Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-02-23
NEWS TAnINGs.
Wood sl4 PSF cord at Bodie.

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There is not vacant dwelling house in
Reno.
The printers ball at Bodie proved a
grand success.
Austin is of the opinion that a town is
lucky that has railroad sent her.
Crops are looking fresh and green about
Haywards, despite the late heavy frosts.
Another beautiful waterfall has been
discovered in the upper Spokan, Washing
ton Territory.
! The Ashland, Or, wooden mills will con-
sumo 100, 900 pounds of wool this year,
against 80. 600 last season.
Considerable gold is still arriving at the
Carson Mint from the Pine Grove mines.
1t is very pure, being $50 fine.
The deepest water in Carquinez Straits
is l6 fathoms, or So feet /; in Mare Island
Straits, fathoms, or AZ feet at low water.
And now one of the old boys steps up to
the front and says that Mexicans worked
the Carson valley placer diggings in 1850.
The early-sown wheat is looking we'll
Every team seems to be busy employed in
blowing and seeding.-[Santa Rosa Repub-
| lican.
Much building is in progress throughout
the Willamette valley, Oregon, and almost
all the local sawmills are running on extra
time.
The Standard claims that there is less
gambling in Bodie than any other town on
the coast, and that all games are conducted
on the square.
The Kokomo Coli Times flies at its
head this ipscriptional device: Published
at higher altitude than any other paper
in the world.
Olive Logan, the actress, lecturer and
writer, is coming to Bodie with q rawhide
to chastise that editor who spoke of her as
"Oliver" Logan.
A Stockmen's Protective Association is
about to be formed in Carliu, in order to
abate the calf stealing practice now carried
on in that vicinity.
Pyramid is building up rapidly. There
are now eight or ten ladies and forty OF
fifty gentlemen living there, and in the
spring the number will be increased.
Six thousand dollars have been sub
scribed by twelve citizens of Prescott fol
the erection of Masonic hall in Tucson.
Grounds will be selected and building com
menced at once.
Vegetation is more backward in Santa
Cruz county at this time than was ever be-
fore known. Grain sown months ago Is
very little above the surface of the ground,
and grass is very little better.
The wife of Mormon shoemaker at.
tempted last week to blow her brains oui
with Ratchet, because he wanted to add
another wife to his list. He gave up the
project, and still calls her his all.
The highest point near Vallejo is Bolsa
hill, Just north Of town, which is about 23C
feet above low water. Capital hill is nearly
l6O feet, and the top of the Presbyterian
Church steeple is 1877 feet above low water.
Mare Island is two and three-eighths
miles long, three-fourths of a mile across
the widest part, and five-twelfths of mile
across the narrowest point Its area Of
upland is 949 acres. The highest point Oh
the island is 900 feet above low water.
There are about 500, 600 head of cattle in
California, and 5000, 600 sheep. The stock.
breeding was begun in 1869 by Spanish
friars at San Diego, who went there from
Lower California with 200 head of cattle
and 100 sheep, besides few horses and
some hogs.
We learn that there is more sickness
about town at the present time than there
has been for some months past, and the
physicians have their hands full. Most OF
it is In the nature of severe colds and all.
ments which are often the result of colds.
| [Austin Reveille.
A large lynx was recently shot on A. j.
Raney's ranch in Gordon Valley and
brought to town. These animals, wild
cats, California lions and eagles, destroy
annually sheep and lambs that aggregate in
value several hundred dollars, on the large
ranges in the hills bordering Gordon, Der
ryessa and neighboring valleys. Napa
Register.
The citizens of Bakersfield held meet
ing recently to facilitate the planting Of
suger-cane in the neighborhood of that
town. The railroad company has agreed
to give the citizens there the benefit of low
rates in bringing carload of sugar-c cane
from Louisiana, and Claus Spreckles has
also undertaken to procure them sugar-tops
through his agents in the Hawaiian Islands.
The Pacific Stock Exchange was organ
lied in May, 1875, with eighty members,
each of whom paid in $1,000, making a
cash capital of $500, 900. The present ac-
tive membership is 50. The seats of q
retired members were purchased by the
Exchange at cost of S76, 600, and are now
the property of the Exchange. A dividend
of 500 to each active member was paid a
few weeks ago, the total aggregating 50, 500.
L. Goodrich, the prominent farmer of
Lowrey's district, has discovered ledge of
marble, which is supposed will equal the
finest Italian marble. A chip from the
surface was placed in the hands of F. IL.
Shurtz, the marble cutter, who satisfac-
torily polished the specimen. Mr.. Good
| rich intends to sink shaft, and if the
ledge extends to any length, will work the
mine and put the marble on the market
Red Bluff Sentinel
A petition has been circulated among
our citizens this week, asking that the
signers be permitted to form a militia COM
requisite nuMber of names have been OBJ
tanned and the petition was sent to Sacra-
mento yesterday. If received at head
quarters in time, it is quite likely that the
new company will be enrolled within a
month, as rumors are extant of several va
cancies shortly to occur. @IOroville Mer-
curry, February Goth.
In decorating the home married people
should be careful how they arrange the
pictures and chromos, says the Bodle Free
Press. The latter ornaments should be
hung high enough to be out of the range
of such articles as the husband and wife
nay see fit to throw at each other while in
the heat of passion. Last night a misun-
Outstanding occurred in certain home,
and the family Bible completely demel.
ished "God bless our home, a beautiful
work of art printed in nine colors. "Peace
be unto this house" was also wrecked by
much-read volume ON "Home Disci-
pine.
| The citizens of Modesto in mass meeting
last week resolved, that it is for the best
interests of Stanislaus county that rail-
| road extension into the center of the county
be procured, and that every legitimate
effort should be made to obtain such an
extension. Also, that to carry out the
spirit of the foregoing resolution, COM
mittee of three be appointed to devise ways
and means therefor, with full power to act
and to confer with such parties as they
shall deem necessary, and that it be their
duty to report the result of their labors to
a public meeting to be subsequently called
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