Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-07-07
THE STATE AND COAST.

Several cases of diphtheria are reported
in Tuscarora.
A board of officers for the purchase Of
cavalry horses has been ordered to convene
at Fort Klamath, Oregon.
Judge Rails went to the natural ice cave,
about forty miles west of Bieber, Lassen
county. in Siskiyou county, and obtained
about 700 pounds for use on the Fourth.
The Frenchmen of San Bernardino and
vicinity are preparing to celebrate the
Fourth of July, which by the way is not
the Fourth, bnt the Fourteenth, in patri.
otic style.
The State officials have determined to
stop boys from killing birds in Capitol
Square at Carson. Heretofore they have
been killing the feathered innocents under
the very shadow of the dome.
A fire ragged for several days last week in
the woods in the vicinity of Skaggs'
Springs, Sonoma county, and fourteen men
were kept on watch to prevent the flames
from crossing the creek and endangering
the hotel.
Rev. Father Hudson, who was attacked
by shark while bathing at Santa Cruz, is
getting we'll fast. He writes that he "had
to be sewed up with 1876 stitches, and re.
ceived several wounds on both legs, on left
arm and right hip"
George Wilson, an employe of Barnum's
saw-mill, Butte county, met with a serious
misfortune few days since. His hand
was caught in some way by the log. carrier.
and mangled in q shocking manner. He
will probably lose the hand.
A lad about fourteen or fifteen years of
age, who was recently confined in the
Los Angeles Jail for drawing revolver on
a playmate. declared to his fellow prisoners
his ambition to some day emulate the deeds
of Billy the Kid. He aims high.
About 300 tons of wheat had been
hauled to town up to Thursday, and is now
coming in at the rate of so tons day.
Some of the grain is of good quality, j.
w. McFayden's crop averaging over lao
pounds to the sack.-[Dixo Tribune.
Fish Commissioner Parker, of Nevada,
has deposited 1000 land. locked salmon in
the Walker river, at its second crossing
south of Dayton, at Schurz station, on the
G. and c.. r. Il. The salmon eggs were
brought from Buckport, Me-, and Matched
at Carson.
Owing to high water in the tule lands
the upland farmers planted an unusually
large area in potatoes. The market prices
are such as to leave handsome margin to
the producer, and hundreds of boxes are
daily brought to town by farmers for ship.
ment to the bay city, Antioch Ledger.
A pretty good bird story is told in let
ter from Calaveras county, to the effect
that man aged 79 years shot and killed a
monster crane measuring five feet four
inches and half from the tip of it's toes
to the end of its beak. This was done at
a distance of 80 yards with an old. fash
ioned single. barrel shotgun.
At no time since farming has been en-
gagged in on the San Joaquin plains, have
we seen so many thrashers and other har.
vesting machinery coming into this section.
Nearly every day steam thrasher with its
concomitant equipments passes through
town bound up the valley. Thrashers re.
port the grain as being well filled, plump
kernel and large yield.-[Antioch Ledger.
jeff George, of Grass Valley, was badly
hurt Thursday by being caught between
the seat of his wagon and the top
of the door of blacksmith shop. He
was driving into the shop, thinking the
done, and he bent forward as he came un-
der the door. But there was not room
enough to pass, and the horses moving on
jeff was caught between the top of the
door and the wagon seat. He was crushed
until the seat gave way, the pressure being
OF the spine.
At Nevada City it is now decided to
erect a sheet.iron mast or tower, l40 feet
in hight, near the Court house, from which
will be hung the several lamps to be used.
There is some talk OF reducing the number
OF lamps from six to four, as it is claimed
that four lamps, with the full capacity of
the generator applied to them, will produce
almost as much light as six lamps and
greatly reduce the consumption of carbons,
which is an item of considerable expense
in the operation of the electric light.
Whether the grouping of the lamps upon
this TOW er viii accomplish what is expected
remains to be seen.
If all reports are true the woods sur
rounding Truckee are full of bears. a
few days ago quite an excitement was
created On the streets by the report that
tnr6e OF IOuT DedIS Hau Deeu Seen JuSI
few miles ont of town, and our Nimrods
commenced to get their weapons in readi.
ness for the fray, intending to 60 ont and
slaughter them all. They have not got
started yet, so the bear; are entirely safe.
Last Thursday as ]. B. Brogan was driv.
ing through the woods near Lonkey &
Smiths mill large brown bear came out
OF the woods on the side of the road and
ran along ahead of the team for over 800
yards, when he turned off into the woods
again. This shows that bruin is not very
dangerous animal. -[Truckee Republican.
o. A. Lovett informs US that he and 81.
a. Rawson have this year the finest crops
they ever produced, and probably the best
in the county The wheat is of the White
Club and Propo varieties; is clean, large
and plump, and in excellent condition
otherwise. OF the White Club variety
Mr.. Lovett had about 1900 acres sown,
and 500 of Propo. He will require at least
is, 600 sacks to meet the supply a
nice little showing, especially if grain runs
up, as it is likely to, judging from the tone
of the foreign markets. Mr.. Rawson,
whose farm adjoins that of Mr.. Lovett,
will have as large, if not little larger,
production than his neighbor's, he having
more acres to show. His wheat is of the
same varieties as Mr.. Lovett's.-[ Red
Bluff Sentinel.