Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-12-07
STATE AND COAST.

Truckee has organized an Amateur
Dramatic Society,"
Los Angeles is to have a new daily paper,
the Times, politically Republican.
The Modesto Necs commenced its
twelfth volume on December LIST.
A hunter in Mariposa county last week
shot deer which had two pair of horns on
its head.
August Quitzow's wine-house at Geyser-
vile burned last week. Loss, $4,000; in
sured for Sc, 600.
Twenty tons of abalone shells were
shipped from San Diego, day or two
since, in single lot
The Nevada City transcript says that
place has population of uear 1000, and
vet only live men wear silk hats.
Grain spectators of Colusa have decided
that sellers must bear the expense al re-
sacklng and putting grain in merchantable
order.
Two dogs attacked H. Meacham's sheep
near Sears Point, Sonoma county, and
killed seventy, besides wounding quite a
number of others.
The Gridley Herald says hunter killed
sixty-three ducks at single discharge of
both barrels of his No. 4 bore gun, on
Butte creek, the other day.
The coal mine near Lincoln, Placer
county, is being thoroughly reopened, and
large quantities of coal are taken out, much
of it being of sunerlor quality.
Rev. R. R. johnson (Methodist), who
died in Napa City November 18th, had
preached for twenty-five years in Missouri,
and for nineteen years in this State.
G. Stoneifer, of Hills Ferry, Stanislaus
county, recently sold two carloads of
Thoroughbred French merino sheep to par.
ties in Utah, and one carload for Wyoming.
Preliminary steps have been taken at
San Diego for the formation OF a company
to erect reduction works in that place, also
to buy, sell and operate mining properties.
The residence of Mrs. Diaz, in the San
Timoteo Canyon, San Bernardino county,
was burned on Friday night, together with
all her furniture and clothes. Insurance,
$500.
Redding reports the first fruiting orange
trees in that place. They grow ID the
garden of Judge G. G. Bush. Variety:
Mediterranean Sweet; quality and color
unexceptional.
A. P. Moore recently discovered seventy
human SOULS in one spot on Santa Rosa
Island, the wind having removed the earth
which covered them. These relics are of
the old aboriginal races who inhabited the
island.
The Fresno Erpositor reports that
change has been made in the route of the
California Central Railroad, and it will
now reach the Southern Pacific Railroad
south of MADEIRA, following in part the old
Mammoth City trail.
The Humboldt (Cal.) Times says that a
man, who was employed to hunt wild ami
mails that prey upon the sheep at MIR. Han
sens ranch, between September l, 1879,
and October %. 1881, killed ISL bears, %
panthers, Isl wildcats, l43 foxes, 36l
coons, 9 coyotes and l5 bald eagles.
The Suffer county buttes cover a tract
of nearly thirty miles in circumference.
Their hight is matter of dispute. Some
say that the cas-. butte is $500 feet above
ties place it at l, $40 feet. The view from
the summit is very fine.
Says the Los Angeles Express. Business
is booming at Wilmington. Five deep
water vessels now discharging coal, and
one receiving a cargo of wheat, WITH six
coasting vessels unloading 1000. 900 feet
of lumber, keep Admiral Banning fleet in
active day and night.
The Winnemucca SiiUer State says that
great many cattle are now being fattened
for the winter and early spring market. ].
V. Button is feeding 500 head, Aaron Lay
ton 200 head, Richie & Barnum 260 head,
and Farrell Bros. rs head. These are all
on the Little Humboldt and in Paradise
Valley, and at least G. 600 head will be fed
north of the railroad in Humboldt county
this winter.
November 9th, an Indian walked into
menced firing, one ball passing through an
pieces, and another entered the right side
body. He died about III o'clock the fol-
lowing night. The other victim, sister
of the murderer and wife of the dead man,
received two dangerous wounds. The muir
derer escaped.
The Adm argus says that John Free
born, of that vicinity, was leading home
three-year-old colt the other day by rope
halter, the end of which he had tied
around his arm, when the colt ran away,
dragging Freedom over rocky plain for
three. quarters of mile. When aid ar
rived he was found to be an almost unre.
cognizable mass of flesh and blood, without
whole bone in his body, and completely
scalped. Strange to say, he was alive
when found, and lived until he was put
into bed near at hand, where he soon
after expired.
The Carson and Colorado Railroad is
now in running order to Soda Springs,
New, 1877 miles from the Mound House,
and l3 miles this side of Belleville. Stages
now leave Soda Springs daily for Belle
vile, Montezuma Candelaria, Gold Noun
tain. Silver Peak, and other places in that
direction. At Lunning, l25 miles from the
Mound House, stage lines connect the road
with Grantsville, Typo, Belmont, and other
places in that part of the State. Gilmer,
Salisbury & Co. have put on their stage
lines connecting with Grsntsville, Belmont,
aud other leading towns and camps In the
eastern part of the State.