Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-08-30
CONDENSED COAST NEWS.

Lane county, Oregon, COL tains 3,745
children of school age.
Five thousand cords of wood will be cut
this year in the vicinity OF Truckee.
The total assessment of the property of
Spokane county, W. T., is s., OS3. 24S, of
which S452, FOG is railroad property.
Fishing at Tahoe is poorer now than it
has been at any time this season. Enough
are being caught to supply the hotel tables,
bat scarcely any are being shipped.
Two weeks ago the railroad hands in
Montana were working with mosquito nets
over their faces and gloves on their hands.
Now not mosquito is to be seen.
The Suffer county Farmer has the big.
gest instance of wheat production yet.
James Merrick, of Meridian. got from a
little less than is acres of Sonora wheat
AL sacks, of an average weight of l46
pounds to the sack-S3 bushels TO the acre.
W. r. Todhunter, who lives in Grant
county, Oregon, and whose herds are nun.
bered by tens of thousands, is building
barn. The walls are of stone. 1t takes
| so, 600 shingles to cover the roof and 81. 600
feet OF lumber for cross beams, rafseTs, etc.
The stock exhibition in connection with
the Territorial Fair at Olympia, w. T.,
will be held at the fair grounds on the 2Sth
Of August races will commence August
Doth. The exhibits of grains, fruits and
industrial articles will take place some time
| in October.
Joseph White, of Bake. Oven, Wasco
county, Oregon, began as a sheep. herder in
that region, without funds, five years ago.
He recently sold out his band of sheep for
Sc, 300. From his this years shearing he
sold from CTS ewes 81, l5S worth of wool,
and raised AIS lambs.
A rather curious accident happened to a
farmer by the name of Sayers, on Saturday
at Grass Valley. He undertook to unhitch
his team from in front of Hodges brewery,
when one of the animals pressed him SO
hard against trse that both his collar
bones were broken.
One man in New Mexico, five years ago,
invested in cows, calves, horses, etc., for
ranch use and buildings, etc., to run said
ranch, ST $50, and at the end OF said time
he sold out his stock, ranch, ETC., for S24,
002 80, leaving him clear profit over all
expenses in five years of ST. ,052 80, the
increase of cattle in that time being So per
cent.
Melon stealers near Mendocino city have
gone so far as to haul away wagon loads,
and in several instances have destroyed
large numbers of melons. The ranchmet
decided to put stop to the vandalism, and
placed gun. traps in the melon patches and
orchards. Until last Sunday night the
young men who have been engaged in max
ing these nocturnal visits met with no mis-
| hon h,t Tbap Sayara1 Of thero bovf
devoted all their spare time TO picking out
bird shot.
A correspondent of the Austin (Nev.
ReueiHe is of the opinion that the strange
animal mentioned as infestipg Yankee
; Blade OF nights and killing and eating all
the domestic cats at tina. suburban local
ity must be carcajou. This animal is
somewhat rare, but has been occasionally
met with in the Sierra Nevada mountains
One was killed three or four years ago neal
the head of Carson river. The carcajou il
a predatory, carniverous animal looking
like diminutive cinnamon bear, only much
darker.
Last Saturday, says the Elko New
Independent, while handling cattle in the
railroad corral at Wells, Andrew Harrell
son Of jasper Harrell, the we'll known
stock man, met with a singular and pain
; full accident, which might have proved
fatal Young Harrell was in the corral
mounted, forcing the cattle, which wer,
very wild, into the chute leading to the
cars, for loading. A big broad. horned
steer, becoming frantic, attempted to jump
over HarrelPs horse, and in the endeavol
impaled the rider on the point of one o
his horns, by catching him just under tht
chin and raising him clear of the saddle
; Unfortunately the horse maintained hi
position, and as the Infatuated steer de
scended from his aerial fight, young Har
rell came down astride his horses wethers
which released him from implement
The sharp horn penetrated some distancl
in the flesh, making severe but not dan
gerous wound.
w. HI. Ware, of Meadow Lake minin!
: district, says the Truckee Republican o
August 26th, has bonded his three mice
for $780, 900, to Franklin Penney, of Phila
delphia. Mr.. Penney will Immediately pu
a large force of men at work on the mines
and add machinery and improvements
E the names of the bonded mines are tn,
Empire, Excelsior, and the Pacific Ledg,
of the New York mine. We understand
that Mr.. Penney came from the East fo
this purpose, and that he is acting as agen
for large mining firm. 1t is probable tina
the district is going to have another test
and good, substantial one. What pro
Ncess will be employed for the reduction o
the ore we dc not know but it is not prob
able tl.at people will come clear across tn
continent without knowing what they ar
undertaking. Mr.. Penney spent ,,severa
days at the mines last week. He was il
Truckee Monday evening and the paperi
were drawn up.
HoRsFoRD's ACID PHOSPHATE, refresh
ing drink. DR.. Z. 0. Files. Portland. Me