Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-07-16
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The contract for putting up the resorl
house for the Benicia Gas Company will ;
let on Monday and work be commence
Immediately thereafter
The sheep men are getting Up petition
to the Board of Supervisors praying tina
reward be placed on coyote scalps, as al
inducement to their destruction, as the,
are greatly injuring the sheep. Venturi
Signal.
Tuesday of last week about Is, coo fee
of good board fence was destroyed by fir,
on the ranch of Ny. King, near Bangor
The Bangor folks had to turn out aad ex
tinguish the flames, which threatened to
engulf their town.-LGridley Herald.
| In Sierra valley, recently, the grasshop.
pers began making for the grain fields.
when the frightened raachers assembled
on the edge of the grain land, and with
burning straw, sticks, stones, rags and a
large ditch, succeeded in repelling the in
vaders. The crops in that section will be
the largest within fifteen years.
On Sunday afternoon last y house used
by wood. choppers, belonging to j. f.
| Grimm, on his ranch on North Dibble
creek, five miles from Red Bluff. was
totally destroyed by fire also set OF har-
| ness, S70.shotgun and other valuables.
! The total loss was about S35775l-uninsured
This destruction of property falls heavily
on Mr.. Grimm, as he is poor man and not
able to stand any losses.
Mountain teams are daily seen in town.
A good deal of trade with our northern
neighbors IS being conducted by our mer-
chants at present in fact, this being the
dull season Of the year. most of the bust
ness at the present time is in this direc-
tion. Red Bluff is the natural metropolis
for northern California, and every year
better evidence is given that the came is
apparent Red Bluff Sentinel.
The Winnemucca SiiUer State says: Two
little girls arrived here on the train satur-
day, on their way to Austin. A passenger
who seemed TO know them left them at the
depot and told the conductor that they
were on their way to their parents at
Austin, but mistook the route and came
here instead of getting off at Battle Mount
ain. The largest of the girls appeared to
be about 10 or ii years of age, and she
wept bitterly as the train left; while the
younger one, a child about 9 years old,
laughed at the Indians who were at the
depot, and seemed to enjoy herself. They
said they were sisters and that they came
from Pennsylvania, and were on their way
TO Austin. where their relatives reside
Eugene (Oregon) Journal. Information
has been furnished US of the discovery of
a vein of burr rock, near Sweet Home,
in Linn county, which may prove of value
to its discoverer. The burrs for all the |
mills in the United States are brought |
from France, but the supply in that coun-
try is said to be getting exhausted, and we |
believe this is the first discovery of the !
kind ever recorded on this continent The |
exact location of this ledge is known only |
to the discoverer, Stewart Lewis, and one |
or two others, but it is generally supposed /
to lie in northwesterly direction from
Bald Peter and probably some ten or if
teen miles from the postotiice at Sweet
Home. We are informed that samples of
the rock were sent to San Francisco to be
tested, and proved to be very much su-
perior to the French burr. 1t is further
stated that the ledge has been visited by
Portland capitalists, who offered SIS, 600
for the discoveries right thereto. The
offer was refused, but Mr.. Lewis agreed to
sell portion, retaining an interest for
himself. A company has been formed for
the purpose of working the rock, and d
factory for making millstones is soon to be
started. There is no limit to the amount of
rock to be obtained.