Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-08-09
ALL AROUND TIE COAST.

past few weeks has been very severe on
children.
ALL AROUND TIE COAST.
Fall River valley, Lassen county, pro-
duces this year 100000 bushels of barley.
At Willows last week w. Fl. Davis in
match walked in % hours 100 miles and 9
laps ga laps to the mile).
A continuous string of ranch teams have
been passing through Oroville during the
past week, loaded with new wheat and
barley, mostly destined for -four mill work.
A Mr.. Butler from st. Helena, visited
Batavia last week with view to establish.
ing a wine cellar there if the. vineyard
prospects of the region were sufficiently
favorable.
A wrestling match has been made in
Grass Valley between James Rodda and
Ezekiel Polkinhorn for 500 side. The
match will come off on Saturday, August
18th, at Ismerth's Grove.
Parties in San Francisco have lately
been examining the hot-water grounds of
the Calistoga Hot Springs, with view of
utilizing the heat thereof for the purpose
of propelling machinery to generate cleo
tricity.
The bar at the entrance of Bodega Bay,
Cal, has shoaled, since the discovery of
the bay, from depth that admitted the
largest ships of the time to about four feet
at dead low water. The tide rises FIVE feet
and affords passage for small coasting yes.
sells, which often run in for shelter from
southeasters.
E. T. Plank, Gold Hill Meas compos-
itor, is on his way back from the Wood
River country disguised. He is coming
overland horseback. Judging from the
accounts published in the various State
papers it would seem that he is not the
only sagebrusher returning from that Sec
ton richer in experience but great deal
poorer in pocket than when he left Nevada.
Mr.. Ball, of Dayton township. who has
been carrying on the blacksmithing bust
ness at Indiana ranch, Yuba county, was
killed in his shop on Saturday week by a
kick on the head from a horse he was shoe
ing. Mr.. Ball was an industrious and
highly respected citizen of Indiana ranch.
The funeral took place Monday at Browns
vile, Yuba county, under the auspices of
the Masonic fraternity.
Thus writes the jab jab man of the
Plumas National The Chico Enterprise
says ga Plumas girl got her feet wet,
and on going home put her shoes outside
the window to dry. When the National
man passed he made the remark that the
Plumas House had got new style Of
blinds" Blinds" are pretty good, but
we never heard of Chico girls getting their
feet wet. They don't use water in that
wasteful way, down there.
The breweries of this State produced
IL, 800, 600 gallons of beer in 1875. and
more than 10000, 900 gallons in 1879, as
follows: San Francisco county, IL, 300,-
900 gallons Santa Clara county, 3, 500, 600
gallons Alameda county, l, AS, 600 gall
Ions Santa Cruz county, $50, 3S7 gallons !;
Sacramento county, 100000 gallons Ne.
vada county, 100000 gallons Sonoma
county, 250,00O gallons Solano county,
200,O00 gallons. Total, 1907, 1857 gall
Ions, besides smaller quantities in other
counties.
On Saturday week fine barn, situated
four and half miles south of Willows,
and belonging to George w. Hoag. caught
fire and was totally destroyed. The build.
ing burned SO rapidly that old "Sweet Pc
tato," the only mule in the barn at the
time, was roasted before assistance could
run four hundred yards. There was some
lively fire fighting to prevent the flames
running through the wheat stubble to the
sacks of wheat near the barn. The fire
was accidental. Loss, 50, coo.
The Carson Appeal says Virginia City is
now about the worst city in the West.
The Comstock journals contain little ell e
than accounts of robberies, cutting ARRAY
and promiscuous assaults to kill. Not
long ago there was $1,000 robbery. A
few nights since two scoundrels broke into
mans house and tried to kill him by
beating him on the head with rocks. On
Sunday there was robbery at Alexander's
milk ranch. Yesterday Frank Kelly, a
ell.boy at the International Hotel, was
stabbed. The police are busy night and
day trying to look after thieves, footpads
and ruffians
Last week the citizens OF Antioch were
represented at Hanford and Grangeville by
7. B. White, merchant of this place.
He returned Sunday, and reports favora-
bly,, not only OF the prospects of the pro.
posed railroad from that section of the
country to our water front, which he feels
confident will be accomplished, but of the
marvellous productiveness and fertility of
the Mussel Slough farms. He was espe-
cially pleased with the system of irriga.
ton in vogue there, all being accomplished
by seepage. He says l60 acres is thoroughly
moistened without cross bitches or flooding
the soil. The country abounds in fruit of
finest quality. Alfalfa is growing on most
of the farms, but the wheat crop is i'm
mense.- Antioch Ledger, August 9th.
The following from the Willows Journal
is true of much Of the wheat that finds
its way to market in this State, and the
farmers should strive to remedy the defect !:
The foul and dirty condition in which
most of the wheat brought to this place is
put in market operates with fearful effect
against every interest of the agricultural
circle around Willows. When a wheat
buyer thrusts his trier into sack of grain,
he notes all against his customer the
farmer bets on his plump grain,
the buyer cuts down his offer
with terrific ratio, by reason of such
evidence Of imperfect cleaning. We can
and do raise grade of wheat, but we per-
init the haste of the thrashermen and a
mistaken idea of economy to put it into
the market in state verging on the un-
merchantable.
A number of small fish fell from the
clouds during q shower of rain at Astoria
Monday week. One Of them was brought
to the office Of the Astorian by Mr.. Os-
trander, and that paper says it shows
well developed head, but we are unable to
classify it, and have sent it to orr fish ex-
pert, j. G. Smith, Brookfeld. On Tues
day evening gentleman named Rhodes,
who resides near Westport, arrived in
Portland on the Astoria boat, having
number Of fish an inch and half in length,
alive, in a pickle jar. He said that on
Monday evening, about half-past J, a heavy.
dark cloud passed over his cabin, which is
away from any swamp. and of q sudden it
commenced to rain heavily. A fash of
lightning and slight clap Of thunder fol-
lowed by shower of fish, which kept
coming down for about ten seconds.