Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-10-08
COAST AND STATE.


900 subsidy for wooden mill in Red Bluff.
Woodland proposes to have theater.
Won't Woodland please come over and
cart off our old barn of theater in Sacra-
mento
The electric light towers in Denver are
not success, and the Republican says that
If the city is ever to be lighted by cleo
tricity. some other means will have to be
devised.
On the death of S. C. Scoville the de-
PENDANTS in the Reno shooting scrape, al.
ready under bonds, were rearrested and
placed under new bonds of $1,000 each
on charge of murder.
A child of w. I. Hendrick, of Day ton,
W. T., swallowed a needle some six weeks
ago, and last week the instrument was
taken from its breast by physician, hay-
ing worked its way to the surface.
F. A. Horning, of Benton county, Ore
gon, is experimenting with strawberries,
with view to procuring fall as well as
spring crop of the same. His experiments
have already proved partially successful.
An Indian Valley girl, after reading
Oscar Wilde's new poem, in which he
speaks of "unkissed Kisses" says she has
stock of 'em-about ], 1000 900, 000-and
she wouldn't mind unloading part of the
cargo.
Mrs. n. S. Morrill,, wife of the late Cap
tain n S. Morrill,, was found dead at her
place of residence, Vallejo, October 4th.
An autopsy held by DIR. Frost revealed
the fact that she died from the effects of
dose of strychnine. A Coroner's inquest
revealed the fact that the poison was taken
evidently with suicidal intent.
The Wood River idaho Times, while
admitting that Bellevue won the county
seat of Alturas by one majority, declares
that the vote of Indian Creek was not in.
Guided therein, and that the Courts will
establish the right to have that precinct
counted, in which case Haley will win the
county seat by majority of at least six
teen.
The Deer Greek Mining Company will
begin washing as soon as they have CON-
pleted thorough system of brush dams
for impounding the debris. General
Briggs, of Boston, President of the CON-
pany, has Just returned from the mine, and
every possible precaution shall be taken to
impound all debris. Chico Record.
The Chico Record tells the following
story A Red Bluff editor got letter from
an unknown correspondent, asking how he
contrived to fiirt without his wife being
able to catch him. He pitied the ignorance
of the inquirer and wrote him an explana-
ton of the racket. And when he found
the inquirer was really his wife, he had
delirium tremens without the fun of get
ting 'em.
Last week Will S. Green wrote for the
Colusa San an article in which occurred
this sentence "The Sun is local paper,
and the advocate of local interests" VIII
went to San Francisco, and judge of his
astonishment when he saw the paper at
the hotel with this "The San is a bold
paper and the advocate of bold interests"
VIII, you will have to go to writing
"schule. p Chico Enterprise.
John S. Mills, of Pasadena, has shown
us curious freak of nature, being fruit
half tomato and hall muscat grape. 1t
grew in cluster of muscat grapes and
was shaped like the oblate tomato, with
thin skin and the regular ridges of a
tomato. Its taste was like the grape, but
the pulp was soft like the tomato The
seeds were exceedingly few and small,
shaped like the grape seed, but soft like
the tomato seed. 1t was little larger
than the rest of the grapes, and the only
one of the kind in large cluster of grapes
1t was decided curiosity and case of
nliseegenation.- Angeles Commercial
The Tehama Tocsin learns that the
Seller, Government snag boat, has in all
taken out so far this season from the Sac
ramento river, 533 snags, which at a cost
of S62 so per snag paid to other boats, has
more than paid for the Seller, first cost,
of $50, 600. There has been done some
excellent work on the river among the
best is at Sam Soule bar. The barge Kate,
which sunk sixteen years ago there, and
had remained in the channel an obstruc-
ton, mas been removed, and all other OBJ
structions two dams have been built of
brush and sacks with rocks and sand,
which have materially increased the volume
of water in the channel leaving at low
water mark at least four feet. The cur
rent is swift and lines will have to be put
out, but the channel is much better than it
ever has been before. The river is open
and clear from there to Squaw Hill, except
at MerrilPs, where they are now going to
put in brush dam and drive the water
into one channel, making depth of thirty
inches.