Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-05-26
ALL AROUND THE COAST.
Truckee is beginning to assume its gen.
avail oDripo Iivaliness

Truckee is beginning to assume its gen.
eral spring liveliness.
The people Of Vacaville are taking steps
to erect Catholic church al that place.
Decoration Day is to be celebrated in an
appropriate manner at Virginia City, Eu-
reks and other points in Nevada.
The Chico Enterprise now appears as
daily newspaper. It makes neat, newsy
and in every way creditable appearance.
Bepicia will lose 200 voters at the next
election, that many workmen having left
there to live at Port Costa, where they
work.
Drinks and cigars at Missoula, Montana,
have risen in price to % cents each. his
would seem to indicate great scarcity OF
water in that section.
The mountain country OF San Diego
county seems to be infested more than
usual this season with rattlesnakes, hons,
wild cats and coyotes.
Mrs. Louise Boldly, of Tule Lake, Lake
county, Oregon. has been allowed -, 9oo
by the present Congress for losses sustained
during the Modoc war.
A gentleman now in Los Angeles informs
the reporter of the Express that the even
ing before he left Tombstone, which was
few days ago, purse Of s., 500 was raised
to pay for Indian scalps at $40 apiece.
A redwood tree. Is feet in diameter, was
| felled near Guerneville, and correspond
ent says that when it fell more than 200
| tons struck the solid earth, and the con-
cussion ratified the dishes in hous es a mile
away.
1t is said that the Canyon Diablo bridge,
| on the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, north
of Prescott, Arizona, is the highest bridge
in the world, with one exception. From
! the bottom of the canyon TO the center OF
the bridge is about go feet.
The Ogden Pilot says Our city is begin
ming TO recruit from the rough classes
! again, and insults and insolence are again
being offered to ladies and gentlemen by
prowling tramps. A little more chain-gang
| recruiting would be in order.
Nevada Transcript :. A gentleman who
ought to know informs us that there
are about twenty new houses being built on
the outskirts of the city. City lots are 30
scarce that all the new buildings must
necessarily be put on lots some distance
from the principal thoroughfares.
We think now. of the counties where
wheat is the foremost interest, that Butte
and Suffer are the only counties that will
sell more than last year, and they may
| weaken, as large al cas- Of winter-sown grain
cover both. The State will be short Co.
lusa will be an average county, Colusa
| Sun.
The Reno Gazette says "Washoe City
is excited over the discovery of good ore
at point about halfway between Washoe
| City and the foot of Mount Davidson.
The same ground was located and partially
prospected twenty years ago. No pros
pecting has been carried on in that vicinity
for years until this spring"
The Oroville Register of the 10Th inst.
says: "a, J. Binney, Superintendent of
! the California Northern Railroad, arrived
here Wednesday He is on his way to the
mountains to examine the country up the
North Fork of Feather river, from Oroville
| to the Big Meadows, Greenville, Crescent
Mills, Quincy and other points in Plumas
county, with view to determining the
practicabilty of connecting those points
| by rail with the California Northern Rail.
road at Oroville. Mr.. Binney spent some
| time last year in examining this same coun-
try with the same object IN view. His
present trip, he informs US, is made to
finish the examination commenced last
year. We are not at liberty, at the pres
emit time, to publish the conversation had
with Mr.. Binney upon this railroad sub
ject, but we are at liberty to say that there
is strong probability of Oroville and the
points named being in the near future con-
nected by narrow gauge railroad. Such
a connection cannot fail to be of great ad-
vantage to Oroville.