Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-07-22
PACIFIC COAST ITEMS.

Der 900.
Albuquerque, n. NJ, is to have branch
railroad.
Salt Lake City is to have weekly min
ing journal.
The City Trustees of Napa are reducing
official salaries.
Climbing the Buttes is favorite occupa-
ton of the young people of Marysville:
The wire bridge at Warren's, Idaho, was
recently swept away by high water: Loss,
81, 200.
Leaks from the water bitches in Fresno
render the country roads impossible in
many places.
In New Mexico recently two men, pros
pectors, got lost, and one was killed by
mountain lions.
Near Santa Fe, few days ago. John
Morgan was murdered and his body de-
voured by coyotes.
The Reese Ricer Rereile has entered its
thirty-sixth volume. 1t is one of the old
est newspapers in Nevada.
Grassheppers are swarming over the
ground for a space of three or four miles
between Truckee and Weber lake.
Mrs. B. c. Kindred of Fort Stevens, Or,
an old lady of go years of age, shot black
bear which weighed over 800 pounds.
Nora Barnum, one OF the little girls who
fell from cliff in Grant county, Oregon,
about month ago, has fully recovered.
Lake Tahoe is three feet higher this year
than usual, which will insure good flow
Of water all summer in the Truckee river.
At Cimarron, New Mexico, recently M.
Lynch was killed by falling tree. He
was an old Colorado miner, and was worth
half million.
Homer Mining Mder The Reno Jour
nal heads an article "a Good Boy Wanted"
Why not call on Senator Ben Hill or Con-
gresham Berry?
Since the water has receded in the Yuba
river opposite Marysville, immense sand
bars afford an indication of the debris de-
posted the past season.
A disease similar to the epizootic, SO
prevalent few years ago, has made its ap-
pearance among the horses in the mountain
district east of Stockton.
A buck was recently shot some ten miles
from Red Bluff, on whose head are three
antlers, having number of prongs, making
a perfect network of horns.
There is large hunting party organ
izing in Truckee, to go out on the 18th OF
August. The provisions, bedding, etc,
will be carried on pack animals.
Judge Paterson, of Stockton, recently
decided that witness could be compelled
to answer, but that his testimony could
not be used against himself, excepting in
cases of perjury.
A large tract of land near Fruit Vale,
Alameda county, purchased by the Odd
Fellows for cemetery, has been sold in
homestead lots, the original idea having
been abandoned.
Willie Beatty, living in Plumas county,
recently killed two bears, Weighing 600
and 800 pounds, and deer weighing I5O
pounds, making l,050 pounds of meat for
a single days work.
At Rocklin, a few days ago, Mrs. John
McRae had been cleaning furniture by
means of coal oil. Her little girl came
along, and thinking the coal oil was water,
drank it down, and the results were nearly
fatal.
The potato, hay and other crops of
Clarke and Cowlitz counties, w. T., will
be very short this year, owing to high
water. Farmers on the bottoms are be-
ginning to 90 back and inspecting their
houses, scrubbing out and preparing to oc-
cupy them.
Nearly all the wing dams in the Skagit
mines, Washington Territory, were washed
away by the late freshets. At the mouth
of Ruby creek the water rose so feet, inun.
dated the little hamlet of Ruby City, and
compelled the inhabitants to flee to the
mountains.
Says the Oregonian, Portland The
meanest and most contemplate sneak thief
in this State has at last come to the front.
The Sisters of st. Vincent Hospital have
put up this year lis jars OF fruit for the
use of the establishment. They have lately
had new cellar completed, and the fruit
placed therein, but some wretch recently
gained admission thereto and stole the
whole of it.
j. f. Carr, who met with an accidental
death last week at Nevada City, was raised
as a Catholic, or rather his parents were
members of that Church. He married a
Protestant wife, and has not since been
very attentive to the duties of the
Church. After his death his friends
were refused burial of the re-
mains in the Catholic Cemetery. AT his
wife's request, the Nevada Light Guard,
of which he was member, buried him
with military honors.
According to the recent surveys of the
Great Salt Lake, its greatest length, north
and south, is 90 miles, while the greatest
width is 43 miles. Instruments show the
present evaporation to be about one inch
per day, and the influx of water through
the many rivers entering the lake to be a
little more than the present evaporation.
AS soon as the snow in the hills gives out
the lake will begin to lower because of the
excess of evaporation over the influx OF
fresh water. So says the Salt Lake Tribune.
There is an old hard shell Democrat who
comes into the office every morning, says
the Carson appeal, and wants to see copy
of the Examiner. When we don't happen
to have the paper ready he growls as if he
had lost mining suit. For the last few
weeks the Bourbon organ has contained
supplement in which was printed the Free
holders Charter of San Francisco. Yes
terday we folded the supplement up in
wrapper. Not noticing the difference he
sat alongside the desk and perused the
charter for two hours. Suddenly he looked
up and remarked " Don't you know Phil
Roachis improvin as the campaign gifts on.
The Carson Knights of Pythias Lodge is
much exercised over the departure of its
Treasurer, James Hunt, with Lodge funds
amounting to S566 20. Hunt came to
Reno last Thursday morning, borrowed $40
on his watch from saloon-keeper, saying
he wanted to go to Boca, and then bought
a ticket to Sacramento and left on the
lightning train. The retiring Treasurer had
been in the hotel business in Carson for
years. Three years ago he married widow
in the enjoyment of $4,000, the life in
surance of her deceased husband. This
sum, together with other property, the
Carson Times says he dissipated. The
valiant Knights are exceedingly wroth at
the skipping custodian, and mean to cap.
ture him if they can.
THE EFFICACY OF PRAYER. Rev.
DR.. Alexander relates that there lived in
Peeblesshire half-witted man, who was
in the habit of saying his prayers in field
behind turf dyke One day he was fol-
lowed to this spot by some wags, who Sc
creted themselves on the opposite side lis
tening to the man at his devotions, who
expressed his conviction that he was a very