Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-11-13
PACIFIC COAST ITEMS.

Fort Walsh, NJ. T., Indians are dying
with measles.
Humboldt is the chief county in the
| State for Greenbackers.
There is to be a prize fight in Tombstone.
Arizona, for 5000 side.
Over 500, 600 was paid to the workmer,
at Mare Island Wednesday,
Mount Sylvania an Indian mound near
Portland, Or, is to be opened.
People are leaving Bodie almost daily TO.
spend the winter a. a lower level.
Some plum trees in Humboldt have
yielded two crops OF fruit this season.
Dillon, Madison county, Montana, con-
tains l25 buildings and is growing rapidly.
The Missouri at Benton, Mont, is six.
inches higher than it was at this time last
year.
Fort Logan, Meagher county, Montana,
has been abandoned, the country being full
OF settlers and no Indians in sight.
Much of the hay in the Santa Clara VAL
ley was bought up by spectators months
ago. and now the farmers indulge in vain re-
grets.
Workmen repairing the roof of house.
at 1ountville, this week, discovered that
bees had built under the rafters and slowed
200 pounds of honey there.
DR.. Woody sends the Kern county Ca
=ette large apple. 1t measures fifteen
inches around and weighs two pounds It
was from three-year-old tree.
There was an unusually low tide at
Santa Barbara, Cal, last week, and per-
sons drove around Castle Point on the
beach, and as far as Galeta.
The British Columbia Penitentiary will
soon be full. Ten more will occupy all
the room, including the female department,
happily not required for the purpose origi-
nally intended,
G. A. Morden is now one of the publish
ers and proprietors of the Eureka New
Daily Leader, and the business of the con-
cern will be hereafter conducted under the
firm name of Hobart & Morden.
Charles Sherman, of Havilah, is engaged
in dlverting the waters of Clear creek into
a ditch, and needs laborers Probably so
men could obtain employment. The wages
are 81 day with board and So without it.
Protracted revivals are now in progress
at Danville and San Ramon, Contra Costa
county, and are being prosecuted with
great vigor. At Danville meetings have
been held every day and evening for three
weeks, and twenty.one conversions have.
| been made.
William Howell, a sewing machine agent,
met with a narrow escape in Eel river,
Humboldt county, lately. A slide occurred
on the mountain above the road, but it
split in twain, one part going behind the
wagon and the other in front, hardly miss
ing the horses, and completely blocking
| nf ~ ~. So
The beautiful Najoqui waterfalls are in
Santa Barbara county, not more than
three-fourths of mile from the county
road leading frym the Santa Ynez Mission
to Gaviota. The approach is from a
northerly direction through beautiful
canyon, studded with shrubs ard forest
trees, under which is delightful maze of
bowlders, brambles, poison oak vines and
ferns. The falls are said to be 300 feet
high.
George Belshaw, of Eugene, Or, has re-
ceived orders for seed wheat from Canyon
City and many other parts of Oregon
also from Tennessee and England. The
samples sent to Tennessee excited much
surprise and admiration, as they were of
such extra quality. The recipients of the
samples of wheat write back, saying that
| eHSy WOuiu otuu sdIiplSS OI WneaC raised
in Tennessee, but the quality is SO far
they were ashamed to sead such grain to
this country. He raised over 100 varieties
of wheat last year.
THE YUBA DAM.-The Marysville Ap-
peal of November l2sh has the follow
ing:
Work was pushed steadily at the dam
On the Yuba yesterday. All the water
could not be turned from the old channel,
but filling went on, nevertheless, and con-
nection was made between the ends of the
completed portions of the dam at the gap.
The brush foundation was laid clear across,
well staked down and loaded with sand
bags. Last night the mattress was being
placed upon it, and doubtless to-day the
gae will be filled to almost the hight Of the
dal'. The river running northward yes
terday filled the low places and piled up
against the dam to the hight of four or five
feet, extending southwark to the ridge
that alone prevented it backing to the gap.
When the water accumulated there was
general sipage through the brush, the
water forcing much of the sand used on
the slope to enter the structure, thus leav.
ing the brush bare at some places. At
such places as are affected the dam will be
faced with sand-bags to prevent washing,
Where the sand was thus washed into the
brush it was caught and filled all the
crevices. The indications of the dam being
completed quickly and acting successfully,
are all favorable, though it takes hard
| fight with the river to gain possession of
the old channel and fill the gap.