Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-10-29
COAST AND STATE.

A cabbage exhibited at the Clarke
county CIV. IT, fair weighed thirty .seven
pounds.
Idaho's bullion product for eight months
of 1881 exceeds that of the twelve months
previous by S475,6lS 06.
A great quantity of timber has been cut
on the banks of the Skagit river this sea.
son, and loggers are moving their camps
further up the stream.
The nights have been extremely cold for
this season of the year in the Wood river
country during the past week. Ice formed
in some places to the thickness of four or
five inches.
There are l,050 patients in the Napa In.
sane Asylum. Officers and attendants
number 100 more people-making a total
OF l, lou who here serve, and are served
by, the State
a plan is on foot to bring water into
Olympia from a large spring near the
Catholic cemetery, on Bush prairie. The
stoppage of the Tumwater supply has been
great inconvenience to people in the
| southern part of the capital.
Taey are talking of organizing mechan-
lcs' school for boys at Woodland. and a
meeting has been held and the subject dis.
cussed. And, the Democrat saws. an Adj
visory Committee was appointed to draft
rules and regulations to be submitted at a
future meeting.
Justice Osborn, at Winnemucca, SEN
fenced man by the name of Edgar Graves,
convicted of selling whisky to Indians. on
Monday, to pay fine of $500 or serve 80
days in the County Jail. The Slrer State
thinks few such sentences as this will
i probably end the business of selling whisky
to Indians.
! Lieutenant Lands, U. S. A., saws the
| Ashland 7'idinqs, returned Wednesday
evening from Fort Bidwell, whittier he
had gone to survey the military telegraph
line from Fort Klamath. His report has
! been sent to headquarters, but we do not
know yet whether it will be decided to
build the line or not. 1t cannot be done
until next spring, at any rate.
To give an idea of the wheat production
in the Mussel Slough section this season,
( we shall state that one out of the seven
firms buying wheat at Hanford has, since
the lst of July last, purchased 1000 tons
of wheat, 1000 tons of which have been
shipped to the bay, and 3, 900 tons are still
held by this firm. Where is the section of
the same area that can beat this ?-[Visalia
Delta.
Thomas l.. Byrne, who was shot in Ne
vada City August ID, by officer E. A.
Wetmore, died Wednesday night last, as
reported in our telegraphic advices yester-
| day. The bull or rather that portion of
1t that did nc! pass out, was found in the
base of the right hemisphere of the brain,
just back of and above the ear. This hemi-
sphere was in a comparatively healthy con-
dition, but the whole of the left one was
badly diseased and contained an abscess
that weighed not less than six ounces.
Wetmore, who surrendered himself, claims
to have acted strictly in self. defense and
as an officer, is committed for examination.
The Homer Inder says: County Clerk
Ben. II. Miller, Deputy Sheriff Jack Mas.
sey, Miss Minnie Allen, all of Bridgeport,
and young school teacher, Miss Nellie
Greenwalt, had walking match few
days since from Henry Williams ranch, in
Sweetwater valley, to the highest pinnacle
Of Mount Lamb-a distance of about seven
miles, it being several miles to the mount.
ain itself, which rises to hight of ii 200
feet. The schoolmarm distanced every
competitor, and is said to have darted up
the cliffs like an Apache scout. When she
reached the top of the highest peak the
others were resting on reef far below,
having given up the chase.