Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-07-14
SAN FRANCISCO. July 13. 1891
COAST CHIPS.

Crops Oh dry soil in Coos county, Oregon,
are unusually large this year.
Near Willows, in Colusa county, says
the Journal, ten acres of alfalfa produced
47 tons.
Los Angeles county furnishes An average
OF four crazy persons per month to the In
sane Asylum.
The population of Bodie is smaller at
present than at any time since the first
strike in Bodie Con.
The sawmiil at Mono Lake is fast ap-
the machinery will be started up.
The hop growers at Hopland, Mendocino
county, assert that there will not be more
than half the usual crop this season.
TIE Etna U'eekIy Post is the name of a
bright, spicy, four-page, six column paper
Just issued at Etna, Cal, by R. Bursloos.
Major Long has joined the railroad sur
veying party, and takes his departure with
them tomorrow morning. II Eureka Senti-
mel.
The Supreme Court of Nevada has de-
cided the Asylum bill to be constitutions :.
Reno is happy. The building of the asy.
lum will proceed at once.
Five of the largest locomotives ever
brought to Oregon were unloaded from the
barge Atlas at The Dalles last week, and
are now being put together.
The Eel river Agricultural Society has
resolved to establish factory for the man
ufacture Of cheese. 1t is to be located
within one mile of Ferndale.
The railroad company have found an OBJ
struction to their line to Baker City, Or,
in the shape OF line of basaltic rock.
which will take them two months to over.
come.
At stations on the new Southern Pacific
Railroad the following signs are seen in
front of tents and wooden shanties "0ne
meal, % cents; y Square meal, 30 cents; .
George, 10 cents"
Lakeview Herald. A little two year
old child of Mr.. Todd, of Tule lake, was
bitten by rattlesnake last Thursday, but
its life was saved by timely application
of salt, saltpeter and turpentine.
Ten different crews will be engaged in
surveying the line of the new railroad
The grading will be commenced within the
next ten days. The work is to be pushed
energetically at all points. Eureka, New,
Sentinel.
The Los Gatos Weekly Ners is new
eight page, five column paper just issued
at Los Gatos, Santa Clara county, by w.
S. Walker. 1t makes creditable appear
ance and starts out with strong advertising
patronage.
The Lodi Sentinel is the title of very
neat.appearing, newsy, well managed and
altogether pleasing weekly paper, just is
sued at Lodi by w. Ellis and J. w. Nc.
Quaid. 1t is of four pages of seven col
umns each.
The OregoRiaa speaks of Ysmhill man
bringing in a bunch of cherries foot long
containing ~ cherries. We can beat that
all to smash. Ed. Duggar has bunch of
cherries S inches long. weighing 81 pounds,
containing ll6 cherries, Whoop for Walla
Walla. Walla Statesman.
The majority interest in the Olympia
and Tenino Railroad has again changed
hands, J. W. Sprague, of New Tacoma !;
+. X. Brown, of Tenino, and r. Wlngate,
of Carbonado, being the purchasers.
Among the principal ones selling are Ward
& Mitchell, Z. N. Ouimette, Jas. Pattison
and Thomas NJ. Reed.
About half past IL o'clock on the night
OF the 7th the people of Dixon were aroused
from their slumbers by the cry of e Police
police!" Investigation proved that man,
who refused to give his name, had been
seriously stabbed. Drs. Harvey and Evans
were summoned and reported cut about
twelve inches long, extending from the
neck and making semicircle, terminating
i L II L. IL
in the wound, and yesterday morning he
was doing as well as could be expected.
The assailant is known as Shorty" aud
has just served out term for stabbing one
Dunning, living near DIXON.