Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-06-10
PACIFIC COAST ITEMS.

Contracts have been let at Cotton for the
building of twenty-five houses.
Over fifty mineral springs are found
along Soda creek, Lake county.
The botany class of the Denver (Col
University takes frequent excursions in the
mountains.
The Humboldt Sulphur Works at Rabbit
Hole, New, refined 237 tons of birthstone
last month.
Arizona violets are usually known else
where as onions, and Arizona strawberries
as blue beans.
The Nevada Piutes have recovered from
their smallpox scare and are gathering in
along the Comstock.
That large California lion is still frigh-
tening the residents of Mission canyon,
Santa Barbara county.
The County Clerk of Yuba county is.
sued thirteen marriage licenses in May
double the monthly average.
In the Marysville Police Court Wednes-
day thirty-five saloon. keepers were fined
So each for violating the Sunday law.
The railroad contractors at San Diego
find the Indians employed as graders su-
perior to either white men or Chinese.
The first number of an exceedingly neat
and lively daily, entitled the Morning
Journal published at Wnlla Walla, w.
T., has been received.
The Utah and Northern Railroad is CON-
pleted to Melrose, in Montana Territory,
377 miles from Ogden. The road is well
built, and is said to be the longest narrow
gauge in the world.
One hundred thousand buffaloes were
slaughtered in the Yellowstone valley.
Montana, last winter, which, at 50 50
each, means that $3.50, 600 will be dis
tributed to the hunters.
The Chinese merchants of Marysville
have issued posters declaring that any
white person who enters a Chinese house
for the purpose of smoking opium will be
arrested and prosecuted.
Two Salt Lakers have invented a machine
that they claim will kill 40 acres of grass
hoppers day. 1t consists of sheet.iron
cylinder, revolving fan and two rollers,
and is drawn by two horses.
The Pinal Drill tells curious story
about a young hooking bird captured at
Queen Greek, A. 7. The parent bird tried
to liberate him, hut every effort failed.
Then they brought relief in the shape of a
poison berry, and the little prisoner was
dead
The Red Bluff Daily Eoening Sentinel
has closed its fourth volume, and enters
upon It's fifth with the following announce
rnent : ave intend to continue on in the
same old rut, sparing neither trouble nor
pains to make the Sentinel one Of the news
papers of the day."
Calvin Edgerton, of Yreka, one of the
most fluent political speakers in the State,
attended Moody and Sankey's revival
meetings in San Francisco and was con-
verted. He delivered his first address on
religious matters in Scott valley recently
to an immense audience.
A French Gulch correspondent of the
Redding Independent says: The best clean
up that was ever made In quartz mining in
Shasta or Trinity county was made re-
Gently by Messrs. Frick and Davis Of
Deadwoed, crushing 25l tons of quartz,
which wen. $50 to the ton-S2l, $50
Eight gambling games in Carson, New,
yield quarterly license of over $500 to
TIE school fund. Thus every time man
lays dollar on the deuce he can reflect
that he is contributing his mite toward the
education of Nevada's children, and help
ing to make statesmen and great men for
the future generation.
). S. Durand, wealthy New Yorker,
has been collecting specimens in Arizona.
Aside from the orthodox amount of min
oral, cacti, canned and alcoholed cent?
pedes, tarantulas, scorpions, lizards, ETC.,
he has thriving ella monster of very
rare kind. a vicious Aztec lizard 1.-THE bite
OF which is said to be fatally, rattlesnake
of the kind known as side-wiper," and
youthful and risky coyote.
The Tombstone CA. IT, Nugget says ::
One of our prominent mining men lately
went to examine shaft which has not
been worked for months. When he was
lowered to the bottom the man at the
windlass was started by cries of, Hoist,
hoist, you duffer. hoist like the devil"
When he reached the surface he said
"Why, there-are about-l7 rattlesnakes
50 horned toads-a thousand rats-and
half dozen OF the dist ella monsters
down there you ever saw. / wouldn't
give cuss-for the mine-except as
side-show-or menagerie.
The Reno New Gazette is responsible
for the following: An excited man rang
the door bell at john F. Meyers drug
store last night "What's the matter
said John. "0pen the door," Who are
you " said the drowsy druggist. " Missed
Ga car" "Well, don't care continental
if you missed three, said John as he re-
tired. Presently the bell rang violently
again. whats wanted " asked the ever
ready purveyor. Missed car" was the
answer. "Well, what do you suppose
care ii you missed whole train OF EN-.
Ill take shot a. you if you don't clear
ont. Eyes, but / want prescription.
Ny name is Mister Carr" "Well, said
Myers, Why in - didn't you say so p