Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-04-08
COAST AND STATE.

The Yreka public school will close this
week, the district sack being empty of
coin.
C. c. Beekman, of Jacksonville, is again
likely to receive the Republican nomina-
ton for Governor of Oregon.
A special tri-weeklv mail is now carried
regularly between Yreka and Honolulu,
via Humbug creek and Klamath river
roads.
It is estimated that John Boggs will
have about Sc 600 sacks of grain when the
| thrashing season is over With. Both Colusa
and Yolo counties will be able to make
heavy returns.
Nathan Barbour, a pioneer of Solano
county, who came to California, in 1916,
| died at his home in Suisun valley on the
| 9th ultimo. He had resided IN Solano
county since lS47.
At the launch of the Gospel steamer
Egangel, at Seattle, w. T.. religious tracts
| were substituted for the usual bottle of
| champagne, and were distributed freely
among the multitude.
The great avalanche at Lake canyon,
Mono county, that proved so destructive to
| life, swept away trees that were more than
800 years old, showing that no such storm
or snowfall had occurred in that section for
at least 800 years.
On the 9th inst. Towle Bros, of Dutch
Flat, opened up their narrow gauge railroad
track from Alta woodsheds to the lumber
region IN that vicinity, and will immedi-
ately begin the work Of cutting and ship
ping. The Numbering interests in the
Sierras promise to be very extensive this
year.
The Gazos Creek Railroad, Santa Cruz
county, is reported as progressing rapidly.
There are about $50 Cinnamon and some
40 white men now employed in grading.
The length of the tunnel necessary TO pass
from Gazos creek into the country known
as the big Basin," has been ascertained
to be about l 900 feet.
AL Carey and ]. Boyd had shooting
scrape at Red Bluff Wednesday morning.
They were in saloon, when Boyd became
noisy and was put out by Joseph Bond.
Boyd fired at Bond twice and then fired at
Carey, who was present. Carey drew and
shot Boyd through the shoulder. Carey IS
slightly aud Boyd dangerously wounded.
II. c. Ewing has just erected 50, 500
residence at Rattlesnake Bar, Placer coun-
ty. 1t is the finest residence in that
vicinity. He proposes to establish trad
ing. post there. Ia its palmy days Rattle
snake Bar had fully 5000 population.
Mining has now largely ceased and the
town has practically disappeared, and lime
burning in the hills. grape and fruit-grow-
ing and other industries occupy their at.
| tention.
The Ashland Things of Friday week
| says Colonel Hurlbuts surveying party
will finish work upon the southern slope of
the Siskiyous some time next week, and
then move camp to the northern side and
begin an exhaustive survey OF the approach
to the pass from this valley. Through the
rigors of an unusually rough winter they
have kept steadily at work, exposed
good portion Of the time to hail and falling
snow, and tramping through snow so deep
sometimes that they couldn't touch ground
with their feet unless they Kept both feet
together).
On Friday last Che Battle Mountain and
Lewis Railway Company started its sur
veyor out from Lewis for the purpose of
surveying new route for direct line
from Lewis to Battle Mountain. The Free
Press says: Gas the road is now, it is
seventeen and half miles from here to
Lewis, by way of the Nevada Central and
Lewis Junction. By direct line it is
only about twelve miles between the two
places Their road, which connects with
the Nevada Central at Lewis Junction, is
seven and half miles in length, not includ-
ing the extension up Lewis canyon, and if
they conclude to make the change, will
have to build but four and half miles of
new road, as by shifting the track now laid
down, they could utilize the entire seven
and half miles. This change would give
them an independent line to Battle Mount
ain. From appearances we should judge
that they meant business"