Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-04-23
California News.

Says tine Santa Ana Herald: Not les: than half million grape vines have beer and are being planted m this valley the present season mostly of the raisiu Va riety.
 The Straits of Caquinez present q lively appearance nov, by the number of fishing boats thereon, the surface being completely dotted and covered with boats Hnd Lets.
 The Stanlslaus News Is assured that the crop prospects, throughout the east. ern part of the county were never bet ter. It is believed that the yield will be fully up to that of lSSO.
 The San Diego papers report that Cal l IfOrnIa lions aud coyotes aIe dDIng great damage to sheep iu that county, and suggest that iLe Supervisors ought te offer reward for their scalps.
 The wagon manufacturing establish meut of Metcali & Cu., at Santa Rosa, was burned Monday night. lt Ia sup | posed tO oe an inceudiari fire. The loss h about S!JOuU; insurance, S3UUu.
 There is eight feet of snow or the mountain at the north end of Lake Tahoe. It will be at least month later this year than usual before wOodmen aud loggers Can do anything ID the mount alns.
 At Goleta, Santa Barbara county, the ! other day, some dogs attacked q bull gO- ing along the street, when the animal rushed Into the open door of a store where he became master of the situation, and held the fort for some time, but was finally elected.
 A large mass meeting of citizens in favor of uphOldiug the Sunday law was hell at Sacramento last night. Rev. II. J. Brecker presided, and spce echss were made by Col. Lung, Mrs. Stevens, l.. Taylor and Rev. Mr. Hansen. Very strong resolutions were adopted, favOrIng the continuaHte of prosecutions.
 The Pa fife Coast .lRail sad Co nDany has filed articles of S>aa>orp1pessiion to build and operate d railroad from the Southern terminus of the San Lnis Obispo and Santa Maria Valley railroad tU Santa Barbara, the estimated length of the rJad being eighty miles. The capital stock is sl,50O,0OO, divided into 25,OOO shares.
 Two thousand head of stock were fed in Surprise Valley during the winter months. No hay will be left over at all. The crop Of 4,OOO tons cut last year. has all been consumed, farmers realizinr from s to S4 per ton fur it. The valley produced last year about lj0,0OO bushels of barley and 100000 bushels of wheat.
 The monster new locomotive recently constructed at the ilroad shops in Sacramento made a trial trip to RocRlin Su day afternoon. The trip was made without accident, and everything worked to the entire satisfaction of the con structorS. This locomotive which weighs sixty one md half tons. is t. be l the largest one m America.
 Last week an immense cave occurred | at the Mauzaniia hy ydraulic mining | claim, Nevada county, bnrying all their pipes, tools, etc, ani causing consider | able damage. All through the day the l ground had been caviug, tc q more or less extent, but no approximations were of such an avalanche of | gravel being precipitatel upon the who had to flee for their lives.
 As posse of officers were making a tour of Chinatown m Chico. the ,ther evening, they came upon n conple who are highly respected. One of the Der sons was a married lady, the other was a prominent business m m. The couple pad been sm 'king opium, and were lrOwsy from the effects of the drug. but hey implOred to have their names kent 'ecret, promising t1 sin no more.
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