Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-09-05
COAST NEWS.

The wild fax of Arizona is said to fur
nish superior article of fiber.
The new bridge across Little Chico
Creek, at the end of Broadway, Chico, is
rapidly approaching completion.
The largest coal pit ever constructed in
the mountains is being put up in the vicinity
of French Camp by Mexican and Coon.
It will contain about l25 cords of wood.
They calculate upon getting 1900 bushels
of coal out of it,
The property valuation of Phoenix, A.
T., is S309,S5S, and the municipal tax
levied on this amount is 81 200 %. The
city is out of debt, and has balance in the
treasury. The Mayor recommends disin.
corporation of the city.
A military company has been formed at
New Tacoma with the following officers
Captain, George Bachman First Lieuten-
ant, w. j. Fife Second Lieute,s4ss, =.
Fl. Wing Sergeants, Howard C.rr, Geo.
Farley, VIM. L.-Moore and w. s Lemay.
Everything is lively at the Driving Park
in view of the approaching fair. The track
is being placed in splendid condition. That
part of the programme gives promise of a
lively week, although it is feared the stock
exhibition, particularly that of shorthorns,
will fall short of former years. Chico
Record.
Alpha Dahiels, who escaped from the
Steilacoom Asylum several weeks ago, was
found and taken charge of at Spangle a
few days ago He was subsequently taken
to Cheney, where his parents reside, but
when left alone a moment he again made
his escape. Further search has proved
fruitless.
Arizona mailed larger number of letters
to each person, in 1850, than any of the
States or Territories except Wyoming,
New York, Montana Massachusetts,, Con-
necticut and Colorado. The average is
3l.5l. New Mexico is less than half of
it-l3.3S California, 5000; Nevada,
3l.54, and Oregon, 20.S0.
VIM. f. Collins, the would.be wife mur-
derer who escaped from a special officer at
San Juan on the ODD instant after he had
| been bound over fer trial and before he
| could be lodged in Jail, was recaptured at
Grass Valley Saturday night by officers
Peters and Reynolds. Collins has got him,
self into very serious scrape.
The new town of Pennington, about
twenty miles north of Marysvile, in Sutter
county, was surveyed last spring. The
site is what was known as the old Penning-
ton ranch, whence the town takes its name.
The place already has a postofhce and
blacksmith and wagon shop. Thomas
Bruce is Postmaster, and his father, John
Bruce, owns the blacksmith shop Thomas
Bruce will soon open store and Joseph
Edmunds harness shop. A Methodist
camp-meeting will open at Pennington next
Friday, to last until the second Sunday fol-
lowing. There is talk of opening a saloon
at Pennington, but the farmers generally
hope that no saloon will be opened.
The work of thrashing has so far adj
vanced in Umatilla county, Or, that
general idea of the result may be arrived at.
Dr. Blalock, on his ranch near Walla
Walla, it seems, stands at the head of
wheat producers. He has sold the eror-
nous quantity of TO- Geo bushels, and some
of his land ran as high as so bushels to the
acre. The Prospect wheat farm stands
next, and will produce 10000 bushels.
They are now thrashing the crop there.
Among the smaller farmers the season has
been equally favorable. MIR. Brown, liv-
ing on Wild Horse, has 10000 or 1000
bushels j. c. Long has 4. 900 bushels or
more, and to look the wheat region over it
seems an insoluble mystery how the grain
is to be gotten out of the country Nc
crop in the country, so far as heard from,
has produced less than 80 bushels to the
acre.