Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-03-26
RECENT NEWS TAILINGs.
Hay is $50 a ton in Sierra Valley.

Hay is $50 ton in Sierra Valley.
A lodge of A. O. U. w. was instituted
at Weaverllle March 10th.
The old copper mines about Pyramit
Lake are about to be reopened and worked
Winnemucca public schools have beer
obliged to close, on account of lack o.
funds
The Seattle Coal Company shipped Ia. Gas
tons of coal to California during the month
OF February.
James d. Darby has been appointed Au-
ditor OF Contra Costa county, vice j. w.
Darby deceased.
Captain Sam, the Piute brave, has been
visiting in Austin, and has a complimentary
notice of arrival in the Rereile.
The late fogs and the heavy dews which
have commenced to fall of late are bene-
fling grain in this valley very much.
[Napa Register.
A survey has been made from the White
mountains, IN California, to Candelari2, for
the purpose of supplying that section with
water and wood.
The good work is going on in Mason
Valley. They have now one sermon and
two horse races every Sunday. 1t used to
be all horse race.
The Bodie Ne1gs, thinking it about time
to call halt to the wild rush to Mill
Creek, remarks that the whisky is very
poor at that place.
An Elk Point (Dakota) girl set out on a
leap-year raid, determined to marry or die.
She got eleven large and handsomely
embroidered masculine mittens before she
found fellow to have her.
The Enterprise states that Mr.. Davis, of
Esmeralda county, has succeeded in organ
izing narrow-gauge railroad company, to
construct road from Wadsworth, on the
Central Pacific Railroad, south TO Callville,
on the Colorado river. The capital re-
quired-$l, 500, 000-has been guaranteed.
Last Friday, says the Nevada Transcript,
Geo. Sayles, who lives sixteen miles south
OF Grass Valley, sent word to Constable
Peters that a woodchopper in his employ
had become insane and was in dangerous
condition. Officer Peters and ex-Under
Sheriff Bryne went to Sayles' ranch aud
found the crazy man, whose name is An
drew Clingoon, trying to chop large tree
down by using the back of his AK.
The ladies of Suffer Creek contemplate
getting up something new in the shape of
grand leap-year Fourth of July celebra-
ton on the coming national anniversary.
A lady orator will be chosen, and lady
will read the Declaration of Independence.
In fact, the whole celebration will be man
aged by the ladies in the same manner that
such affairs are managed by the sterner
sex, with the probable exception of getting
drunk and having free fights at night.
Woodland Democrat (before the recent
showers) A gentleman who has travelled
over large portion of Yolo county within
the last few days assures us that the crops
are looking better than he ever saw them
at this season of the year, and that he
failed to find any fields that were actually
suffering from want of rain. He says a
rain inside of month will insure good
crops, and thinks the fears of some people
regarding dry season are not warranted.
We find he was correct in his views.
Stockton independents Some of the
farmers owning land along Mormon chan
mel, east of the city, are preparing to divert
the stream of water now running in said
channel upon their land believing that the
same may be beneficial to the late sown
grain, even ii this locality should be fa-,
vored with the usual spring rains. The
water from the mountain streams contains
more or less fertilizing properties, which
are deemed to be beneficial to the land
whenever applied thereto.
The Caucasian organization at Grass Val
ley, which some time since numbered $50
members, have sold cut their furniture, re-
galias, etc., and disbanded Among the
causes assigned for this result is that nearly
all of the prominent members have dropped
from the rolls On account of the turbulent
character of their lodge meetings This
and other causes have resulted in causing
what was the largest lodge of the order in
this State to fall to pieces from sheer lack
of cohesion. Il Nevada Transcript.
The Arizona Daily Star thus glorifies /:
The railway comes booming across the
desert a thousand miles from the Golden
Gate to Asia, without subsidy, without
a land grant, without mortgage on pos
terity, and is welcome to Arizona as the
fertlizing stream that makes the desert
bloom like the rose. :" The vitalizing power
of steam infuses new energy into the mer-
chants, new hope into the miner, brings
comfort to the farmer, and sends the
product Of hocks and herds to busy hands
in the hum of human industry.
Stockton Independent The Changers OF
San Joaquin county are making prepare
tions for a large meeting at Lodi, to begin
on the 2lst of April and continue several
days. Professor Hilgard has signifed his
intention to be present, and all the promi-
nent officers of the State Grange viii be in
attendance. In connection with the meet.
ing there is to be blowing match, and the
intention is to test various kinds of plows.
There will, likewise, be an exhibition of
live stock. From what we can learn, we
infer that the meeting will largely partake
of the character Of spring fair.
Prescott to-day PRESENTS livelier appear
ance than for some time past. g Honest
miners from the hills, their pockets filed
with specimens, and their stomachs with
something more difficult to analyze, move
about talking of strikes, ''big things"
% chlorides," "pay streaks" and other
idioms peculiar to their calling. The
grangers from the valleys are we'll repre-
sented, and are jubilant over the prospects
for bountiful crop" the coming season.
Saloons are well patronized, aud our mer-
chants are doing good business. Il Ari-
IONA Democrat.
On the top of the Dragon mountains,
northwest of Cachise pass, has been dis
covered as old shaft sunk upon iron crop
pings of the usual kind of this country.
The shaft has been explored to depth of
IS feet, but not to the bottom, ncr could it
be told how far it was to the bottom The
vein goes down with the shaft An old
arastra was also discovered close by, much
worn, with four large drag stones. No
one ever heard of it before. 1t appears to
be very ancient as judged from the growth
of shrubbery about it. No ores from it
have been tested Cotton Semi-Tropic.
Yesterday man by the name of B..
Prior was engaged in grading in Upper
Austin either for house or for road, we
are unable to state which, and while dig
ging his pick struck something which was
supposed to be either giant powder cap
or portion of giant powder cartridge,
causing an explosion which threw guam
tity of gravel and fine dirt into Priors
face, which penetrated the skin as though
shot from shotgun. DIR. Trusk was
called, and he extracted with great diff
Guilty the particles of dirt. Both the vic
TINS eyes are badly injured, and he may
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