Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-06-23
PACIFIC COAST ITEMS.

A brittle little boy in Eureka, New, has
mad his arm broken five times in two
places.
At Germantown, Colusa county, Mon
day, John Rice stabbed Tom Cameron in
the left lung and one leg.
There are now 800 Cinnamon grading
in Churchill canyon, Lyon county, Nevada,
on the Carson and Colorado road.
The population of Eureka, Humboldt
county, will fall below 2, 700, falling OFF
in four years of nearly fifty per cent.
a St. Helena Chinaman was thrown
from a horse, and his foot catching, he
was dragged over half mile, but sus-
tanned no serious injuries.
Rev. H. C. Benson has retired from the
editorial management of the California
Christian AdUocnte, after twelve years la
Dor in the harness. He is succeeded by
Rev. DIR. Crazy.
The Stockton independent, noticing the
recently published type-setting challenge
of San Francisco typos, claims to have a
compositor ON It's force who can discount
either OF them.
It is admitted now that about twelve
thousand Will count the population of Los
Angeles. 1t has been from seventeen to
twenty for the last four or five years, &C.
cordlng to the papers.
w. c. Stokes OF Grass Valley was bit
ten by dog nearly twenty years ago.
Every year about the same time the scar
left by this old bite becomes inhamed ard
remains so for several days.
The well at the TOWNSHIP OF Benson, A.
T., has attained depth of one hundred
and sixty-iye feet, and no signs of water
yet The town-site is about one Inile this
side of the San Pedro river.
The Free Press thinks that Ventura
county is the boss county for oil, having
produced coal oil, castor oil, linseed oil,
and last, but not least, some of the best
olive oil that ever entered market.
a month ago the town OF Turnerville,
in the Huachucas "a. ~, was laid out.
1t now has a school OF twenty five pupils,
hotel, stores, ETC., and houses arc going up
every day. The district was discovered
last July.
The Tucson Record states that on the
26th of last month ii. w. Morrison killed
{. Tattlesnake three miles south OF Arlyaca
which measured 4 feet in length and l3
inches in circumference, had 90 rattles and
fangs ive-eighths Of an inch in length.
A copsrtnership notice appears in the
Bridgeport (Mono county, Union, in which
a white man and Chinaman are partners.
The former makes his mark and the latter
signs his name. The document IS the pro-
duction Of Sam Chusg's brain, and for
minute and binding language is worthy Of
the best of lawyers.
The Mountain Rerie,o, of Lassen county,
describes Piute wedding. 1t says: The
mahala was turned loose IN a torty-acre
lot, and the man, according to custom. was
compelled to catch her or the wedding was
no 20. After an exciting chase OF nearly
hall n mile the dusky maiden was cap
tured and led painting to the altar.
The Oroville Mercury states that G.. w.
Colby of Nord has filed complaint where
in the plaintiff alleges that the Spring Val
ley Mining and Irngating Company, cor
poration, has damaged HIM in the sum of
S4l $50, by running sand, tallings and
other debris from It's mines at Cherokee
Flat upon the lands of plaintiff, destroying
to great extent his crops for the past
three years.
A most disastrous fire occurred last week
on the mammoth ranch of Sweet & Fisher,
on Tule river, says the Visalia Times
About 2, 800 acres Of grain was destroyed.
1t was evidently set on fire, but no clue to
the parties is discovered. Seth Kirby also
lost twenty acres, and Fred Shwoerer lost
about the same number Of acres The en-
tire community turned out and worked
faithfully and extinguished the raging
flames otherwise the entire country
would have been simply an ash-heap.
Highland Mining Camp, in Colorado,
has been thrown into great excitement by
the arrival OF genuine female woman, y
the first that has ever brought civilization
to the town Travel had roughened her
complexion, but she was lovely vision
none the less, and with twenty five pounds
of flour ON her shoulder, followed her hus-
band, who carried an infant in his arms
and pack of goods on his back. The min
ers at once called meeting in honor OF the
acquisition of real family, and told the
wife to choose the block in town she liked
best and it should be hers even If build
ings were already erected upon it.
MONEY SPENT IN PRINTERS INK.-The
Union, Upper Sandusky, Ohio, tells its
readers: "While on the subject OF large pay
ments, we here add that IL. IL. Warner Co.,