Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-11-28
STATE AND COAST.

Winter Is closing in at Eagle Lake, New.
A new manufactory of agricultural ma.
chinery is about starting in Oakland.
The Sutter Farmer says one hundred
and three teams and one hundred and
fifteen men are now employed On the levee
at Shanghai Bend.
The Gridley Herald has entered upon its
second volume It is an excellent local
journal, and the experiment of its founding
is evidently a success.
One page of the Amador Sentinel, pub
lished at Jackson, is now capped with the
title of "The Plymouth Reporter" the
matter being devoted to the news of that
locality.
The summer. following is nearly all done
in the northern and western part of Yolo
county, and the plowmen are busy prepar-
ing the ground on which crop was pro-
duced last year.
A "Library Society" has been organized
at Indian Springs, Nevada county. It
holds its first entertainment December lst,
when there will be music, readings, recita-
tions and debate.
On Saturday evening last the houses of
Dutch Flat were terribly shaken up by a
blast in the American mine, in which 81.
600 pounds of black powder was utilized.
The blast did immense execution.
The Biggs Recorder utters this amazing
libel: a Truckee constable quelled dog
fight the other day, and the people are cir.
culating petition requesting him to resign
for illegal interference with their pleasures.
The stock men of Harney and Warner
valleys, Oregon, have arrived at the con-
clusion that the disorder with which many
cattle have been dying in that section re-
Gently is not the blackleg, as at first re-
ported, but disease very similar to the
mountain fever.
In no part of Southern California is the
stock Of lumber in any way commensurate
with the de@and, and although the several
dealers have exerted themselves to the
utmost, they find it utterly impossible to
keep adequate stocks on hand. d.-[Los An.
geles Commercial.
1t appears that the vein of the Santa
Clara coal mine has pinched out The
help find it, if possible. The Anaheim Ga
found, large quantity of coal can be taken
from the uncovered vein.
The Phoebe Record says A large nun.
Der of beef-cattle are being driven across
the lower portion of the county to Califor.
mia. The cattle are purchased throughout
Utah by dealers, who drive them to the
California markets. The dealers say they
are unable to purchase as many head as the
markets require. Several droves, number
ing 100 to ]. 200 head in the drove, have
passed through the county within the last
two weeks.
It is rumored that the mail route from
Reno to Fort Bidwell is to be discontinued
upon the expiration of the present contract
If this is true the residents of Surprise
valley will be supplied with mail from the
route which is to be let from Alturas to
Willow Ranch, to be known as mail route
No. 46, I57, which runs from Alturas, by
Cedarville, Lake City and Fort Bidwell to
Willow Ranch, ixty.three miles and back,
six times week.
The Placer Herald says From casual
conversation with some of the leading fruit
growers in this region of country, we learn
that the fruit harvest in the foothills, now
drawing to close for the season, has been
good one that the quality of the produc-
ton has been fair average, the yield of
most varieties large, the demand brisk, and
the prices good. They have nearly all
made some money, manifested either IN an
increased bank account or in increased
improvements, and they are satisfied.
A Salt Lake boy, when ordered to build
a fire the other morning, declined, on the
ground that he was Unable to endure such
hard work, although the kindhng, coal,
shavinga and other modern appliances were
close at hand but IN the afternoon he
packed double barrel gun nine miles and
built q fire alongside the Jordan, although
he had 20 steal boards off a fence and
carry them mile to furnish the fuel;
walked half mile to borrow the matches,
and was chased three quarters of mile
by farmer and his dog.
The mountain just south OF here, gays
the Greenville Bulletin, is certainly won
der. Rising to the hight of about 8. 1000
feet above the valley, it is covered with
rich growth of giant pines to its summit
On nearly the whole of its circumference
it has been pierced by tunnels, but these
tunnels have not yet gone much below the
surface As the tunnels are driven deeper
| the lodges get wider and the ore richer.
The Dixie Canyon mine, the Green Noun.
tain, Crescent, Taylor, Plumas, Indian
| Valley, Union, New York, Cherokee and
Southern Eureka mines; ali of these are in
this mountain.
| During the thunder shower on Wednes-
| day last, says the Orland Times of last
Saturday, the barn of f. G. Graves, at
Olimpo, was struck by lightning, smashing
three or four boards to smithereens on the
side of the barn, and setting fire to the
structure but owing to the barn being
very wet, it did not get good start.
Misses Graves and kirkpatrick were out
milking at the time, and having a bucket
of milk, promptly threw it on the fire and
extinguished it. This, we are told, is the
second time lightning has struck in that
vicinity striking tree the first time and
smashing it into stove wood. Useful
lightning, that.
SUSPICIOUS SYMPToMs.-A minister, who
was perhaps not too careful in his habits,
was induced by his friends to take the tee
total pledge. His health appeared to suf-
fer, and his doctor ordered him TO take one
glass of punch daily.
"Oh!" said he, "I / dare not Peggy,
my old housekeeper, would tell the whole
parish"
When do you shave" the doctor
asked.
SIN the morning"
"Then," said the doctor, "shave at
night; and when Peggy brings you up
your hot water, you can take your glass of
punch just before going 90 bed"
The minister afterward appeared to i'm
prove in health and spirits. The doctor
met Peggy soon after and said
81 am glad to hear, Peggy, that your
master is better"
Indeed, sir, he's better, but his brains
affected there's something wrang wi his
mind. !"
"How?"
"Why, doctor, he used to shave at
night before going to bed, but now he
| shaves in the morn, he shaves before din
ner. he shaves after dinner, he shaves at
night-he's aye Shawn"
The symptoms were. indeed, very sus-