Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-04-02
COAST NEWS FLASHES.

A STRENGTHENING reform has been inau-
glrated at Oregon City with highly graft
flying results.
Since last September seventy-nine ves-
sells cleared from Portland, Oregon, for
European ports. The aggregate value OF
their cargoes was S4,770, 100.
Lower Lake Bulletin. The season for
stock and crops still continue to be ali that
could be desired. The last plentiful warm
rains this week more than assure us of big
crops.
During last week 30 dozen eggs were
shipped from Downey to San Francisco by
rail, and one firm in Downey have $500
dozen yet on hand. Large quantities are
shipped weekly to Los Angeles.
A hen belonging to J. S. Miles, of this
place, Matched out chicken, having per-
feet body and two wings, but the happy
possessor of three legs, one of the legs
having eight claws. This little natural
curiosity is still chirping its advent into
this breathing world " as we pen this
Item Lower Lake Bulletin.
The California Fish Commissioners have
this year put into the Yuba river 5000
Eastern trout, Matched at San Leandro !;
$4,000 into the Yosemite, 5000 into the
Little Truckee and Independence lake,
5000 into the Feather river and 1000
into the mountain streams, making in all
$4,000 young Eastern trout planted this
year.
Some Auburn children were playing at
mining out in the suburbs one day last
week, and were as much pleased as sur
prised to find, ON going through the opera
ton of cleaning up, that they had really
found some very rich quartz specimens.
The ledge whence the specimens came was
afterward found by the father of one of the
children.
At Moscow, w. T., old settlers say that
the snow in the mountains northeast of
that place is deeper than it has been for
several years, and that if it should go off
with a rain it will be unpleasant for set
tiers along the bottom lands of the south
Palouse Business is livening up slowly
Farmers are all busy arranging for the
spring campaign.
The Olympia Courier says !: Six full sets
of engineers surveying and travelling in
struments have arrived at New Tacoma,
anu VI 1NOlUlCln dOlllO
Railroad intend to put that number of
companies in the field as soon as the
weather will permit, with orders to make
thorough surveys of any and all passes of
the Cascades range that may seem at all
practicable to them for railroad route.
/. Two prospecting miners named w. FL.
Swane and George Heisser, ON last st. Pat
rick's Day, in Silver District, about six
miles below Mariposa, says the Mariposa
Gazette, struck what they think is the main
chimney of the lead, which is only two
inches wide ON the surface and eighteen
inches at depth of seven feet. The rock
is pronounced rich in silver, with certain
percentage of gold The discoveries are
much elated with their prospect.
Alady on the West-bound train yesterday
morning asked Conductor Hopkins, when
the train reached here, how long it waited
for breakfast, and ON being informed that
twenty-five minutes was the allotted time,
remarked that that was ample for her to
masticate what food she required, but
thought it might hardly be sufficient to
accommodate her mother, who accompanied
her. The speaker, although 20 years of
age, evidently regarded herself as still
quite young thing, but the mention of
her mother as being present caused
"Hop." to open his eyes in establishment,
and sure enough, here came the mother of
the 70-year- old lass, who accompanied her
daughter to breakfast. The age of the
elder lady was ascertained to be l03
years.-[Elko Independent.
The st. Helena Star says that Miss Pris-
ella Harrison, visitor at the house of her
sister, Mrs. Cook, went out for walk ON
the 18th of March and did not return
Search was instituted and maintained for
eight days, when the missing woman was
found. The searching party was attracted
to her by the barking of two dogs, which
had accompanied her and kept with her all
the time 1t is thought that these dogs
saved her life by keeping her warm nights,
one sleeping on her feet and the other by
her side When it is remembered that it
was freezing every night during that
period, the fact of her surviving the ex-
posture at all is remarkable She was
asleep on rock when found Her CATERS
and the bottom of her skirts were worn off
with the struggles through the brush, and
she had taken parts of her clothing and
wound them round her feet for protection.
Her legs were covered with bruises, cuts
and scratches from the brush, and her face
and hands were also badly cut up. She
had followed off little stream, it appears,
too far to retrace her steps, and was unable
to find her way out The mountain is de-
scribed as of the widest and most impass-
able character. Miss Harrison thought
she had eaten nothing during her absence,
and Mrs. Cook thinks it likely that she
really did not eat during all that time, as
it has been her habit when feeling badly to
refrain from eating for days together as
hygienic measure. The lost lady is getting
along well, and apparently suffers little i'll
effects.
OREGON.