Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-06-03
PACIFIC COAST ITEMS.

Couss wants Hall of Records.
A dozen new houses are being built in
San Diego.
The tide of tourist travel towards Mount
Shasta has already begun.
Odessa wheat in the southern counties is
an undoubted success this year.
The bonded debt of Kern county is SG5,.
coo, and the floating debt S32, 20l.
-Four hundred and eighty-three men are
at present employed at the Mare Island
Navy Yard.
The Santa Rosa Republican says that
Fair, the bonanza king, was constable in
| Vallejo in 1854.
The locomotive intended for use on the
Austin (Nev. street railroad has arrived at
Battle Mountain.
Returned Carsonites tell the Appeal that
the Wood river country is good place for
poor men to stay away from.
There was fine display of the aurora
boreahs visible one day last week from
points in the Northern Sierras.
Santa Cruz has passed an ordinance max
ing it misdemeanor to sell or give CT.
garette, cigar or any tobacco to any person
under l6 years of age.
| A discovery of platinum is reported at
Tomales. The deposit in Salmon creek Is
said to be so great that it can be picked up
by hand in many places.
At Boise City, Idaho, desertions are fire.
quent among the troops. The other day
two sentinels were missing, and it was
found that they had deserted, taking
horses and complete cavalry outfits.
The dairy business in California is largely
in the hands of the Swiss. They generally
settle together and form small colonies.
helping one another, SO that in few years
each has small piece of land and herd
of cows.
| Riverside, San Bernardine county, has
now l9S, ,355 orange trees, of which I3 $50
| are bearing. In ten years these trees
should each bear 1000 oranges, in all
l9S 355, 600 oranges, making 900, coo boxes,
or 5000 car loads.
The Montana Inter Mountain says Not
withstanding the bad luck of our sheep
men last winter there will probably be
100, 600 sheep driven in from California
this summer. There are now no less than
30, 900 on the road.
Old Californiaus remember the Jolly,
| COi puiCut, EuLuOIOuS iulSlllSclS SOON
old Bishop Peck. He has been located at
the East for many years. At the recent
Maine Methodist Conference some one
asked the Bishop if a clergyman ough. to
run for Congress. The Bishop thought
fully answered, "Yes, yes when it is
painfully evident that he is fit for nothing
else"
/ A gun recently purchased by Yuma,
A. T., gunsmith, is of historic interest.
One of the barrels is smooth bore and
the other rifed. They are made of Da-
mascus steel. The strap band is lifted by
touching spring and bayonet is run
out, springing into place Of itself. Upon.
the gun, engraved in gold, is the lone star
of Texas and the name of General Joseph
Green. There is also golden eagle set
into the stock
The Santa Barbara Press says that Mrs-
Long, who lives near San Rookie Canyon,
while milking her cows abont ten days
ago, was startled by scream from her
FOUR year.old daughter. On fastening to
tine spot she saw large California bon
with the child in its mouth making toward
a thicket. The brute, taking fright at her
cries, dropped the child. Although Sc
verely bitten and bruised it was not seri-
ously injured. The animal hung around
the premises for several days, and Thurs
day last Mr.. Rayes was driven ont of the
canyon by the same lion.