Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-11-15
San Francisco stock Sales.
SAN Francisco. November IA, 1881.
MOpNrN3 gFssroS
AFTERNOON SESSION
STATE AND COAST.

A Petaluma farmer has eighty acres of
potatoes which will yield l30 sacks to the
acre.
Henry Meyer is the name of the man
whose dead body was found on Saturday in
tunnel near You Bet station.
Some Butte county hunters killed swan
the other day which measured feet 6
inches from tip to tip of wings.
Three hundred and seventeen cars were
loaded with wheat at Willows last week.
There was a, 755 tons In these shipments.
Such thing as vacant house cannot
be found in Ukiah, and yet there are par
ties looking for houses almost every day.
The Woodland Weekly Democrat, an ex-
cellent, newsy, and well-conducted paper,
has entered upon the fifteenth year of its
existence.
A Chinaman about 65 years old was
found dead in his cabin at Oroville the
other day, and the jury of inquest found
that he had died OF starvation.
It is understood that the Good Tenn
plars of Ukiah will enforce the Sunday law
If the liquor dealers do not see proper to
obey the law of their own accord.
William Wells, while running the picket
saw in the Big River mills had bis left
hand drawn under the saw, cutting the
middle finger off at the first joint.
Our neighboring counties are complaining
that their gum trees are, many of them,
killed By heavy frosts. Nothing of that
kind in Lake county that we have heard
Of Lakeport Democrat.
Some beautiful molybdate crystals are
now being taken from the Black Rock mine
in Silver District, near Yuma, Arizona.
Unlike those crystals previously discovered
in this camp, they are colored blue.
Some citizens of Gridley propose building
a small steamer to run on Feather river,
which might be used for pleasure excur-
sions, and also to tow light barge laden
with wood and grain to Marysville.
On Tuesday last the whistle of a loco
motive was heard in Bodie for the first
time. The narrow.gauge road to Mono
Lake is about completed, and has all the
business it can do for some time to come.
Governor Kinkead, of Nevada, offers
reward OF $500 for the apprehension of
jeff. Morse, the murderer Of Henry Isabel,
at Deeth's Station, on September %, 1881,
who has recently been indicted by the
Elko county Grand Jury for the crime.
After careful collection of statistics the
editor of the st. Helena Star finds that the
total production of wine in Napa county
this season is 2,0l6, coo gallons, a falling off
of S94, 750 gallons from last year, when the
amount was 3. 9l0.750 gallons. This wine
is contained in fifty four cellars.
The Ogden Pilot says San item is
swinging around the circle OF The press to
the effect that Judge C. c. Goodwin has
grown suddenly wealthy through mining
investment There is absolutely no truth
in the report and for the sake OF the Judge
that fact should be made public.
Frank Crocker was killed al Garberville,
Humboldt county, a few days ago, by the
accidental discharge of a gun. The
weapon was lying on bench in a gun
shop, where it had been brought for re-
pairs, and part of the works had been re-
moved The gunsmith could not account
for the discharge Of the gun.
At Winnemuccs, on Thursday morning,
John McMann, who had been on a spree,
had been left in the section. house while
its occupants had gone to work. By some
means unknown the house took fire, which
was subdued. McMann was found in the
sagebrush, short distance away, with his
throat cut from ear to ear. Fortunately
the wound was not deep enough to sepa-
rate the juguIar vein, and bis wound was
sewed up by doctor, who thinks lie will
recover.
All the fruit raised in the county this
year has brought good price. Mr. Land
ecker informs us that nearly all the sur
plus fruit, both green and dried, has been
bought up and shipped. Last week he
hauled for the California Fruit Growing
Association about 10000 pounds of dried
fruit, principally peaches and plums, all
grown on that orchard. All the informa.
ton he could furnish us in regard to the
mining interests are very favorable, and an
immense amount OF prospecting and work
is going on with good results. Trade is
satisfactory and brisk.-[Placerville Re-
publican