Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-10-14
COAST AND STATE NEWS.


Yuba river, intersecting the Feather at the
old 40 town-site of Eliza.
Several fights occurred in Willows last
week, and the Journal thinks that good
sign of wide-awake town.
The farmers OF this and adjoining coun-
ties, says the San Diego Union, are antici-
pating a favorable season and good crops.
The Los Aguilas and Quien Sabe
ranches, San Benito county, are being cut
up into small farms, which rent very read
lily.
A Lake county farmer writes from Camas
Prairie. Idaho, to the Bee Democrat, saying
that the blunder of his life was in leaving
California.
The transit of Mercury occurs on the
7th Of November, and will be observed
through the 12.inch Lick telescope from
the summit of Mount Hamilton.
Frame King, an old settler in Colusa
county, and for over twenty years owner
of the Jacinto ferry, has concluded to leave
this country, and with his wife and son
will leave for Texas next Monday.
The Pickerel Lying Club is the name of
new Nevada City organization. The big
gest fish reported yet is twenty-five inches
long, and the club has remitted the in
ventor's dues till some one can prove hav-
ing caught larger one.
A gentleman recently from an adjoining
State is thinking seriously of building and
operating fruit and fish canning establish
ment in this city. He has capital to do it
with, and we hope he may conclude to en-
bark in the enterprise it will pay beyond
doubt. Red Bluff Cause.
A charming Chico girl came across a
Spanish proverb the other day which says
q A kiss without a mustache is ike an egg
without meat" Her Unsuitable curiosity
compelled her to test the truth Of this, and
the result exceeded her most sanguine ex-
pectations She could not keep the secret
Of her good fortune, and now the disease
has become an epidemic. The boys have
found it out and tumble to the racket"
in gallant style Chico Chronicle.
A bold attempt to rob the sluices of the
Mineral Slide mine, near Dogtown, was
made on Sunday morning by two men, evil
IDENTIFY professionals, as they were attempt
irg to insert bright copper rods, used by
professionals only. They were interrupted
during their operations by the watchman,
George Crandall, who opened fire upon
them with shotgun as their heads ap-
peared for a moment above the flume. The
would be robbers ran few PAGES and then
turned and fred two shots from pistol in
quick succession as they disappeared
through the dense underbrush on the oppo-
site side of the creek. .-[Chico Record.
The walls of the new asylum building
are up and the iron. workers are now put
ting on the roof. The water and steam
pipes, the speaking. tubes, the ventilating
pipes and tubes are in place, and the
plumbing is we'll under way. The two
lower stories of the north wing are plaster.
ed. Yesterday workmen were engaged in
erecting scaffolds to enable masoas to clean
the outside walls and "point them. The
contractor has sublet this contract fol
about 81, 400. The work on the asylum
thus far seems to have been done "upor
honor" The north wing will probably ,.
finished within the contract time, p 4 .b
east wing ABOUT two weeks latc- LStock
ton H.srald.
7 Mr.. Aaron observes that an orange tire
planted in front of his residence has es
capped the attacks of red scale, while tree
i 5 few yards distant in his garden are in
/ tested By tne insect. The immunity en-
ioyed by the orange tree on the sidewalk
be thinks is probably attributable to tn,
fact that it is planted between two euca
lyptus trees, whose branches almos. touch
it. 1t is well known that the eucalyptu,
is poisonous to most insects, and perhap
the odor of the eucalyptus trees growing
close by has kept the red scale away from
| the orange tree on the sidewalk. Mr.
Aaron thinks Of planting eucalyptus tree.
in his garden as a protection to the orange
trees there.-[ Marysville Appeal.
Sutter county lays claim to the finest
levees in the State. The work of repair
and construction is still actively going or
in Levee District No. /, extending from
Yuba City down along the Feather river,
and more men are wanted at the camps.
Very heavy work is being done at the
point where the breaks occurred last win.
ter. The Ievees have been improved this
year in one important respect they have
been built not only of uniform hight, but
Of uniform grade. The top Of the fin.
ished Ievees shows perfectly regular slope.
Last year the grade of the levees con.
formed more or less to the configuration oi
the land they were built on. The surveys
| for the levee work this year were made by
Engineer Rhodes. The Sutter county
| farmers may feel reasonably gecure thi:
| winter. II Marysyille Appeal.