Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-02-24
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SUsANvILLE. February 20, 1882.
The residents of this county during the
past winter will, in tie future, have a
point from which to date events, and this
will be the winter of 1851 and 1882, and
no doubt will be called 90 the cold winter,
as il has thus far laid in the shade The ex-
perence of the oldest inhabitant for ex-
IRENE and long continued cold weather.
TIE cold commenced about the first of the
year, and with few exceptional days, has
been continued to the present time, with
little prospects of abatement for some time
to come. During the month of January
and portion of the month of February
the thermometer ranged in the morning
| from two to twenty degrees above zero
This continuous cold, with no snow on the
ground, has caused it to freeze to con-
siderable depth, and has also dried up and
| frozen the springs of water, so that there
is much suffering from that cause among
| the cattle in the hills, and this no doubt
will help to swell the numbers that must
perish from the cold and
LACK OF FEED.
The suffering and death of poor cattle
each hard winter is sad comment on the
feelings Of stock men, when we take into
consideration the fact that there is plenty
of hay for sale in the county. Until the
! frat of the present month there was but
| little snow in the valley, and even now the
ground is not covered in the lower portions
of the valley, and In and around Susan.
vile there is scarcely six inches, although
since the first of February we have had
numerous storms, that have piled the snow
on the hills to great depth. AT Hayden
Hill, after the last storm, the snow was be-
tween four and five feet deep, and two
miles above this town, on the Oroville road,
it was two, and in places over four feet
deep. Last Saturday morning the ther-
mometer marked six degrees below zero,
and yesterday morning ten degrees below.
while this morning it was three above, with
| indications of storm. At Grasshopper, in
this county, yesterday morning the Their
mometer marked thirty-six degrees below
zero.
THE HEALTH OF THE COUNTY
Has been remarkably good the entire win
ter, until quite recently, when sore throats
have been quite prevalent A disease
something like distemper is quite prevalent
among horses here. Only few have died,
but it has incapacitatea many from work.
On the 18th of the present month there
was a meetingof the pioneers of the county
| for the purpose OF forming club and hold
ing future meetings. Although the num-
! Der now is small, they are bound together
by ties that seldom bind those coming from
almost every part of the world. In their
early experiences in settling up this county
each and all had to band themselves to-
gether to protect their homes and families
from the savage bands of Indians by which
they were surrounded. It was often their
duty to lay the dead and mutilated form OF
a friend or comrade in the grave, whose
death was caused by the merciless red
skins, while the loss of stock was almost
daily occurrence The thrilling adventures
and fights with savages TO avenge these thefts
and deaths forms chapter of novel interest.
After the preliminary steps were taken to
form club, in the evening they, with
their friends, joined in grand ball at the
Stewart House hall. After dancing for a
while the large company adjourned to the
dining-room of the Stewart House, and
there partook OF splendid supper pro-
vided by Johnston & Wood, the proprie-
tors, after which dancing was kept up
until morning warned them to retire to
their homes. The history of this and
Plumas counties combined is now being
written up for the purpose of publication
in book form. When published, the his
tory of the adventures Of the pioneers will
alone make book of thrilling interest.
NOTES.
Work on the tunnel to tap Eagle lake
is being steadily prosecuted, and will be
until completed, as the enterprise is in the
hands of those who have the energy and
means to carry it through. The tunnel is
six by eight feet in the clear, and when
finished will be nearly mile and half
long.
Skating, coasting and Safeguarding have
been the amusemen.s here the entire win
Ter, while a debating club and a reform
club have afforded musical and literary en-
tertainment for all who chose to attend.
1t would be useless to forecast the pros
poets of the farmer and orchardist here, as
so much depends on our spring months.
The Jail here, if not an ornament, is Of
but little other use, as its cold walls sell
dom inclose tenant, and the position of
laiier is almost sinecure. L.