Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-10-15
PACIFIC COAST ITEMS.

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west of Maysville, Col, last Monday.
A hairless horse was lately shipped to
1gnacio valley, Contra Costa county, from
Arizona.
The fishing season in Walla Walla and
Columbia counties, w. T., closed on the
lst instant.
Colorado Springs, Col, has realized over
$4,000 from water rates the first six
months of the year.
A canary dealer has been visiting Ne
vada. He sold 500 birds in Nevada and
300 in Virginia City.
Sitting Bull, with about 700 lodges OF
Sioux, is now camped at the Tiger Butte on
the Porcupine. in Montana.
The shipments of stock over the Union
Pacific Road are heavier than ever known
before in the history of the road.
The mountains about Lake Tahoe begin
to show the approach of winter, and the
snow line is creeping down the slopes.
Elizabeth Pulaski, one of the first white
women who settled on the Coquille, in
Oregon, died at her residence there Sep.
TENDER 18th.
The only landmark of the Methodist
mission of ~ at the Dalles, Or, is square
ridge of earth, the foundation OF one OF the
old mission buildings.
Apple trees raised from seed brought to
Alpowa, w. T., in 1886, by Spaulding, the
missionary, still bear splendid fruit. One
of the trees measures twenty.siS inches in
diameter.
There is heavier white oak mast in
Illinois valley, Josephine county, Oregon,
than has been known for several years, and
hunters anticipate rare sport in killing fat
bear this fall.
Butte, Montana, four years ago contained
but few shanties. Now there are 4, 900
people within the limits, it has daily pa
per, and is thought to be the coming city
of the Territory.
Fort Custer, NJ. T., had narrow escape
from destruction by fire last week. The
woods near the fort caught fire from a
burning bakery, and much valuable tim
Der was destroyed.
The new Catholic Church at Yale, B. c.,
is nearly finished several residences are
going up; the railway contractors are put
ting up large frame building for ma
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Says the San Diego Meas A laborer in
the employ of Mr. Lankershim, the other
day, while working in the fields in San
Fernando valley, turned up one of the old
fashioned $50 slugs of the date of 1852.
At Campo, San Diego county, October
lst, an Indian who had stolen some blank
cts was punished by his tribe. One hun
dred lashes were laid ON his bare back, and
the man is in an almost dying condition.
Upon the completion of the two ware.
house additions, and of the new warehouse,
lag capacity Of Livermore will be 90, 900,
al increase OF nearly 1000 tons this sea
Il.
The Salt Lake Tribune is giving to ask
ing conundruns of the Latter-Day Saints
Here is a specimen What has become
of that Jordan canal and the quarter of a
million put into it by the taxpayers of Salt
Lake p
State printing frauds seem to have &C.
Cured, says the Carson New Appeal
Between the State Expert and the State
Printer, the State has been done out oil
many thousand dollars, neediessly ex-
pended.
To illustrate the extent of ck.raisine
in Montana, Manager Sargent of the North
ern Pacific Railroad, recently said that
there were within six days drive of the
end of the track sufficient cattle to load
$50 cars.
The three convicts who escaped from the
Boise City Penitentiaiy fell upon a camp
ing party OF six, forty miles northeast OF
Boise City, tied them together securely,
took their horses, guns, hats, ETC., and
then decamped.
The State Senate of Oregon has passed a
bill allowing women to vote. The bill will
probably pass the House. 1t has to pass
again in two years, and then in two years
afterwards, in order to be submitted to the
voters of the State.
While digging near Palouse, W. T., sew
eral days ago, Warren Witcher unearthed
number of fossilized bones, among them
the tusk of an elephant, measuring four
teen feet long. There were also shoulder
and leg bones of an immense size.
Ranchmen near the Sonora line, in the
southwestern portion of Arizona, complain
bitterly of the loss of stock which has
been stolen, as they believe, by Papago
Indians. One man has lost forty head OF
horses within the past thirty days.
Says the Gold Hill New Meas, People
who have had cattle running in the
mountains this summer are bringing them
that they there eat something which kills
them. No one seems to know what it is.
Lyon county, New, has $50 head OF
horses, l76 mules, 507 cows, 900 beef
cattle, II bulls. l 400 sheep and lambs, 3O3
hogs, 400 chickens, 10 ducks and 80 hives
of bees. The amount of land inclosed in
the county is 10000 acres, of which $40
acres are cultivated.
Daniel Lunt, an old citizen of Santa
Barbara, and formerly Secretary of the
Board CT School Directors in San Fran
cisco, shot himself through the head and
died instantly at 2 p. NJ Wednesday. He
had been suffering terribly with neuralgia
for several months.
Lowell & Hardy of Salt Lake City,
Utah, have launched a steam sporting boat
OF the Jordan for duck and geese shooting
purposes. The vessel is Of like
pattern, has two-horse engine and only
draws six inches of water. She is named
the Mallard and lie the pioneer sporting
boat of Utah.
Work is to be commenced in few days
on the railroad from Reno, New, to Oregon.
The gradc-stakes have been set for a num-
Der OF miles from Reno, north, and set
of hands will commence at Reno and grade
north, and another force will commence at
Belfast, in Honey Lake Valley, Cal, and
grade toward Reno.
The Inland Sentinel, British Columbia,
says: There are miles of benches on the
Fraser which will pay, from the grass roots
down, and where water can be had easily.
The Fraser offers an abundant supply of
water, which can be brought on for from
81, 600 to 81, 500 by small portable engine
and pump, or wire cable and canvas hose.
Jacob P. Good, October 9TH, went to
Golden, Col, ON the cars. As the train
was moving out on its return to Denver,
he thrust his head out of the car window
foot or two to see what was going on. A
freight train was standing on the siding, and
as the train rushed past it, the back of his
head struck freight car, breaking his
neck and killing him.
The prettiest specimen yet seen about
Butte, Montana was taken lately from the
Auselmo. 1t consists of helmet shaped
piece of ore, almost solid silver, while from
the front piece OF the helmet several