Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-10-05
AROUND The srArF.

Teachers County Institute will be
held at Dixon this week.
The Colusa San wants a tax of S25 a
year levied on every pistol.
Colds and boils seem to be fashionable
here, says the San Mateo Times.
A granary with capacity of 10000
bushels is being built at Dayton.
A five.mill tax for municipal purposes
has been levied in Eugene City, Or.
A forked.horned buck was killed on the
San Rafaef road, few miles from town.
Mr.. Hart, editor of the Willows Journal,
denies that he has goll out Of that paper.
The case of Carleton, charged with kill
ing Brummett, has been dismissed at San
Jose.
A dangerous fever is prevalent among
the children of Little River, Mendocino
county.
The Amador Dispatch, most excellent
interior journal, has entered upon new
volume.
Santa Rosa cries out for new and large
hall to be built there-Sacramento needs
one also.
The Napa Register wants Henry Eiger-
ton to stand in for the Congressional NOM
ination.
Over 10000 bushels of wheat were
thrashed in Lost valley, Lane county, Or,
this season.
A warehouse 6OxIOO feet will soon be
built at Hubbard, Or, making the sixth at
that place.
d. N. Hanson. of Lake county, recently
killed a four pronged buck that dressed
l60 pounds.
Quail are plentiful at the rancheria, at
the gravel along Butte creek, and also in
the timbers.
More than 5000, 900 salmon eggs are now
in the United States hatcheries on the Nc
Cloud river.
Captain John Tucker, pioneer of Con.
aged 76 years.
The Sonoma Inder mentions that the
lowest price paid for grapes there this sea-
son is S27 so.
Fur buyers from Napa have been per-
ambulating through Trinity county, with
success and profit.
From 5000 to so, 900 bushels of grain,
chiefly barley and wheat, was raised in
Goose Lake valley, Oregon, this year.
J. M. Maher, the defaulting telegraph
operator at Spokan Falls, has been placed
in the Walla Walla Jail for safe keeping.
Fruit-peddlers were unusually abundant
last week in Modoc county. From one to
half dozen have made their appearance
daily.
Captain James S. Lawson, OF the United
States coast survey service, is in Walla
Wall, w. T., making magnetic obaerva-
tions.
Some of the timber fires in the Sierras
are said to be FIVE or six miles in length.
A large amount of good timber is being
destroyed in some places.
Presley Cheshire, of Lane county, Or,
will have about %, 900 pounds of hops from
his yards. Captain Jim and about thirty
five of his braves did the picking.
The storage of wheat at Independence.
Or, this fall will amount to about 250, 600
bushels. Very little of this immense body
of graiu held by farmers is insured.
The California Congregational Conven-
ton will hold its annual meeting in Los
Angeles, commencing on Wednesday, 0c.
tober 9th, and continuing one week.
The track-layers are some distance be-
yond Old San Diego, and progressing rap
idly. The boarding cars are at the front,
and two more will be as soon as they can
be put together.
The Willows and Elk Greek Coyote
Club have called meeting at Palace Hall,
Willows, October l2sh, at / o'clock P. NJ.
They propose to have the miserable coyote
exterminated in that section.
The railroad company is again raising
the grade at Bear River, owing to the FILL
ing up and shifting of the stream. w. F.
Knox of Sacramento has the contract fer
the raising of the grade and track.
At San jose, September Path, thirteen
year-old son of Charles MeGettigan swal
lowed bone collar button. Itlodged in his
windpipe, and has since been giving him
the greatest annoyance and pain.
Last week, at Ukiah, Mrs. J. McGrath
was arrested on complaint of D.. G. Pitner,
charging her with arson. About twenty
fires have occurred north of Ukiah this
season, creating some damage and more
apprehension.
The San Jose Mercury alleges that acacia
trees harbor and breed scale bugs and
other insect pests. We exterminated them
last spring, by using kerosene, in the pro-
portion of one quart Of oil to three gallons
OF water. which was thrown in spray over
the Santa Rosa Republican.
There appears to be sort of Vigilance
Committee in this town, which is deter
mined to warn suspicious characters that
this is a poor place to stop in. We have
heard of one man who vas warned and
Z" stood not upon the order of his bounce"
Jacksonville Paiaronian.
On Wednesday evening, says the Reno
Jomnal, the Board of Equalization reduced
the railroad assessment to Sl2, 900 per mile
for the Central Pacific and $4,000 for the
Virginia & Truckee. Frey and Kinney
agreed to it; Lodge wanted the valuation
at Sl4, 900 and SO, coo. No change was
made in the personal property valuation.
During the rain.storm last week three
cars loaded with wood, that was being
hauled up the incline Ct the Lake Tahoe
Narrow Gauge Railroad, slipped from the
clutches when near the top and went down
at lightning speed, distance of about 200
feet. The wood was sent flying IN all d.
rections, and the cars were splintered to
stove-w0od.
In little cemetery near Steilacoom are
the remains of commissioned and non-com-
missioned officers and privates, some Of
whom served their country long and faith
fully, doing good service especially in In
dian campaigns. The inscriptions upon
the headboards which mark their graves
are nearly obliterated by time and it's
storms, and ere long no trace will be left
of the whereabouts of these buried soldiers.
A cutting affray occurred in Sutter
Greek on the evening of the 26th Septem-
Der, between two colored men named
Baker and johnson. A dispute arose, and
angry words brought on blows, the upshot
being that Baker drew knife and stabbed
johnson in the abdomen. He at once sur
rendered himself to the officers. He claims
that he acted in self-defense. Johnson's
wound is very dangerous one. At first it
was thought that he could not recover, but
later reports are more encouraging.
Miss Annie Mcconnell, of Sacramento.
Mr.. Cothrin and Mr.. Gallagher, near
Sunnyside, Lake Tahoe, were taking
horseback ride few days ago, when
large lynx showed up. The party imme-
diately gave chase, and the animal soon
took refuge in small pile of brush. One
gent Jumped on top to press down the
brush and hold the game. while the others
x,,,1ta1 ol- 90 "a r.. his feet and