Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-01-27
COAST AND STATE.

ing girl against her will.
The Petaluma Weekly Argus, an excel.
lent paper, has commenced its twenty
seventh volume.
Tie men are hard at work in the Wood
river country for the Oregon Short Line,
and are making good wages.
The skin of a beautiful leopard was
brought into Tucson the other day by q
Mexican. The animal measured eight feet
in length before being killed.
The comic opera of Patience is in re-
hearsal at San Diego, which goes to prove
that the people Of that city are enterprising
in a musical way as well as in a railway.
Last week at Jackson, in a room of the
County Hospital, paralytic patient named
Hope Lopez was burned to death in his
bed. He lighted cigarette, the bed
clothing took fire, and before discovery was
made the man was scorched beyond hope,
and coon after died.
Grant Winkleman. a nine -year-old son of
John Winkleman, OF Dry Creek, Tehama
county, who was thrown from his horse
last Tuesday, was stunned and dazed,
wandered away, was lost, and when found
Friday, lay dead on the ground, his little
hands folded beneath him. Fifty men
searched for the lad night and day.
During the smallpox scare in Dayton,
W. T., the Board of Health collected by
subscription an amount of money from
citizens to be applied toward the relief of
the sufferers. After the disease had been
controlled it was found that quite sum
of money remained with the committee,
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rata.
A shooting affray occurred in the post
office at Union, eastern Oregon, on the 9th
inst, John Jenkins, attempting to shoot
his partner and brother-in- law, John Me-
Lane. Three shots were fired, none of
which took effect. Jenkins had hearing
in the Justices Court next day and was
bound over in the sum of 81, 600 to await
the action of the Grand Jury. The parties
are farmers and old residents, and the
shooting was the first intimation of i'll
feeling between them.
a gentleman informed US yesterday that
he had been told by Mexican who had
Just come from the Jurupa, not far from
Cotton, that the recent storm at that place
was unprecedented in violence. The snow
fell to the depth of two feet, and whole
bands of sheep were literally buried under
it. The gentleman himself reported the
snow as coming up to mans knees all
! through that region. At Spadra sheep
owners also lost heavily. Los Angeles
Express.
A correspondent says: Ketchum, l. T.,
is finely situated on an almost level bench
of land between Trail creek on the east and
Wood river on the west. Trail creek flows
into Wood river just below town. At
present there are four dry goods and
grocery stores, one hardware and tin store,
one feed store, one butcher shop, one vari-
ETY. store and newsstand, one drug store,
one assay Office, two lodgipg-houses, two
restaurants, two feed stables, two stage
and express offices, the supply store of
Messrs. Coe & Carter, the railroad tie con-
tractors, and postofice. OF saloons there
are ten. Here also is located the largest
smelter on the river.
From IT. B. Shackelford, County Sur
veyor of this county, who is now engaged
surveying and laying off the LOCO acre
tract of the old Gerke grant for ex Governor
Stanford, we learn that about 400 acres have
been surveyed and men are employed set
ting out grape. cuttings. He also states
that at least 800 men will be employed in
few days to work on the vineyard lands
and the immense ditch that is to be made
to bring water from Deer creek to irrigate
the vineyard and for other purposes
connected with this immense enterprise.
Mr.. Shakelford says be thinks that Gov
ernor Stanford will spend $500, coo in i'm
provements at the Gerke ranch during the
year 1882 i Peoples Cause (Red Bluff.
| The profits accruing from breeding good
blooded horses in California are becoming
generally recognized, and at many points
in the State men have turned their atten.
ton especially to that industry, reaping
large rewards from the venture. Petaluma
is perhaps one of the most notable horse
centers in the State. Last week an agent
for the S. P. r. R. bought $40, 600 worth
of horses there, paying an average of
$500 head, and following the agents
purchases there were some private sales of
spans at from S400 to $3.50. We cite these
single facts as instances illustrating what
may reasonably be expected by any COM
munity that encourages the breeding of
| blood horses. In this connection we are
glad to chronicle that Healdsburg is pick
ing up in the horse line Healdsburg En-
terprise.