Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-08-12
AFTERNOON SESSION.
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PACIFIC COAST ITEMs.

A well-known character by the name of
Laughing Jack" was stabbed to death
at Princeton, Colusa county on Thursday
night by a man named Allen. Allen was
sleeping in house, when he heard a woman
scream Don't do that" Allen awoke,
and saw man rushing upon him with a
knife, and in the effort to knock off the
blow he received a stab in the arm. Allen
then drew knife and stabbed Jack in the
side twice, from which he died. Allen
went TO Colusa and gave himself up to the
Sheriff.
An Indian skeleton has just been found
at Rutherford by workmen excavating for
the foundation of Mr.. Niesbaum's barn.
1t appears to be that of female, and had
around 1t an immense quantity of beads, as
though the woman of that remote period
had been not less sclicitous of comely ap.
pearance than her sister of to-day. 1t was
fifteen feet below the present surface of the
ground, indicating that land. slide lit is
at the base of the foothillsl had at some
period covered it far below its original
depth.-[St. Helena Star.
The grape outlook in Sonoma valley was
never more promising than at present, and
no doubt the exceptionally large crop of
last year will be largely exceeded this sea-
son. The phylloxera scare is over, our
grape. growers having learned how to con-
tend, successfully, with the pest. The
grape knot, fungus formation, which has
appeared in the Russian River valley and
has done much damage. is comparatively
unknown in this vicinity. Altogether, our
vineyardists are well satisfied with their
prospects and well they may be, with big
crops and grapes selling at $40. [Sonoma
Index.
This is the way the Tuscarora Times
RevieU treats the proposition to abandon
frontier military posts and concentrate the
troops at Reno: Powning thinks it would
be good scheme to abolish the posts at
Bidwell, McDermit and Halleck, and es-
tablish good big one at Reno This
should be done by all means. Reno is sur
rounded by hostile Indians who are liable
to raid the new insane asylum at almost
any time. The tar-bucket brigade cannot
always be expected to afford the protection
to the State institutions which should be
given by the National Government. Let
the change be made Immediately.
Alfalfa, says the Anaheim Gazette,
grass notoriously prolific wherever it can
be grown, seems to attain its greatest per.
fection in the moist lands of this county.
There is in Anaheim luxuriant tract of
alfalfa from which nine crops were cut last
year, and it is considered a very poor tract
which will not yield FIVE cuttings every
year. A most noted instance Of its value
is shown in the following statement j. W.
Bixby has on his ranch in Yorba precinct
a tract of 40 acres fenced, 2S acres Of which
is in alfalfa and II acres in brush land. on
which there is very little feed. For the
past two months and a half there have been
in this inclosure "a horses, SO cattle and II
bucks-a total of ll9 animals. They are
in the very best condition, and the pastur.
age is yet plentiful and apparently sufi-
cient to carry the stock for an indefinite
length of time. The owner will, the COM
ing winter, increase the alfalfa tract to 100
acres.