Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-04-28
PACIFIC COAST ITEMS

PACIFIC COAST ITEMS
Willows has organized jockey club.
California Strawberries are plentiful in
the Salt Lake markets.
April 2lst the Salt Lake Telephone Ex-
change was formally opened.
There is no truth in the report that
smallpox exists among the Indians near
Virginia, New.
a kind of sandstone strongly impreg-
mated with petroleum has been discovered
in Southern Utah.
Chinaman is now running regular
four-horse freight team between Lewiston
and Mount Idaho.
1t is very probable that the work of
building the Nevada Southern Railroad
will be commenced this year.
A Lyon New county rancher killed a
chicken last week and discovered in its,
craw nugget of gold worth SIT.
a hurricane in Central City, Col, lately
blew down several shaft-houses, unroofed
buildings, and even tore up sidewalks.
The Cinnamon have large garden at
Dayton, New, near the railroad, which
they irrigate by packing water from the
river.
Woodhead & Gay of Los Angeles lately
shipped so boxes of oranges to Denver,
Col, and have other orders from that
point.
a lady-Mrs. Williams-has been in
charge Of the Santa Barbara lighthouse
most of the time since il was established,
% years ago.
The Leadville trains on the Denver and
Rio Grande Railway are going out filed
with passengers for the mining camps The
boom of the prospector has begun.
Christian Fieidstead, who lives east of
San Jose, had fine carp pond. but come
niscreants put prussic acid in his pond last
Monday night and killed all the fish.
At Silver King, a T., Thos Desmond,
a miner, rode into an old shaft 40 feet deer
His horse was killed, but he escaped by
using his miners candlestick to cut foot
holds with.
Washington College will not, as has been
rumored, be removed from Washington
Corners, Alameda county, to Berkeley or
any other place. 1t is successful in its
present location.
There is trouble between the Washoe
nation and the Diggers IN Nevada The
difficulty arose from the killing OF two
Washoes by some Digger Or Diggers I'M
known, two years ago.
Only two of the gentleman connected
with the Methodist missionary work in
Oregon before 1910, are now living on this
coast Rev J. L. Parrish of Salem, and
W. Raymond of Clatsop.
The Teatura Free Press states that r.
Wiikin OF that county has received an or
der from an English firm for 10000 one
pound cans of honey, and another from
Glasgow for 5000 cans.
The floral department of the coming
Oregon State Far is 60 by $50 feet in size.
It is inclosed by solid fence ten feet high
and contains a shed 40 by so feet, under
which house plants are to be get.
Riverside has I9S, $50 orange trees, of
which 49, $50 are bearing. In ten years
these trees should bear 1000 oranges
apiece. or 1875, 355, 600 oranges, making
900, COO boxes, or 5000 arloads.
The Los Angeles people have nearly
raised the total amount required to secure
the Bellevue Terrace site for the Normal
School The small balance has been guar.
anteed by personal security of prominent
citizens.
The remains of an icthyosaurus were
discovered near Silver Cliff, New Mexico,
recently, in porphyry rocks. The teeth
feet in length. The eye socket has
diameter OF 20 inches.
The largest consignment of lumber that
was ever received at Santa Clara it is said,
has been unloaded at the South Pacific
Coast depot There were 1873 800 feet in
the shipmeut-44, 900 feet from FELTON, and
l39 500 from Washington Territory.
The next semi-annual apportionment of
school moneys to the county of Nevada
will be about $500 The July appor.
tionment ofaast year was Sl2, 700 in round
numbers. The whole number of school
children drawing money in the State, ac-
cording TO the last census, is 10, 262.
There may be seen almost daily
woman hauling a cord of stove-wood at
each load into Santa Rosa. She has pur-
sued the business several years, while her
husband chops the wood. The distance
nluieu Is aDOuI IHtlNe ne DalT
are struggling hard to pay for their little
ranch
Bellevue, Idaho, is full of men, prin-
cipally from Nevada, and large number
has gone on to the camps up the river, and
still they continue to arrive at the rate of
about 100 per day. The hotels are full,
provisions are scarce, and prices high.
Town lots on Main street command ready
sale at from $50 to $500, according to 10.
cation.
The Denver (Col.) Tribune describes
lively scene in the stock yards Captain
u. a. Mullett of California had 80 sea
lions, a grizzly bear and brown bear He
was taking these animals East to supply
menageries there. Last Thursday the
brown bear broke loose, attacked the sea
lions and killed three. He was reca ptured
by being decoyed into a large ice chest.
During the past few days, says the
Marysville Appeal, millions of army worms
seem to have come into life in the willow
jungles Just across the 1uba river, and are
rapidly devouring the foliage of the brush,
much OF the growth seeming already to
have been completely stripped. These lit
tie fellows can travel several miles per day
upon fence or iron rail. They began
marching upon this city, and doubtless
would soon destroy much of the shrubbery
if they once entered. They are prevented
from doing so, however, by tolI.collector
Sawtelle, who each day puts a plentiful
supply of tar upon the highway furnished
by the railing of the bridge. 1t is under
stood that the railroad bridge is treated in
the same way.
Pleasure is seldom found where it is
sought. Our highest blazes Of gladness are