Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-02-08
ALL AROUND THE COAST.

A protracted meeting commenced at the
Presbyterian Church, Winters, this week.
The Lakeview papers are trying to per-
suade the farmers of Goose Lake valley to
build their Touring mill in that town.
The Ashland 1'idings learns by telegraph
from Captain Burton that the thermometer
indicated l5' below zero at Fort Klamath
last Thursday night.
A large force of men are now idle on the
line of the California Southern Railroad
and waiting for contracts to be let between
Cotton and Box Springs.
The sickness prevailing in our valley is
something unprecedented. Malarisl fever
has stricken down many children, who are
now happily recovering. -[San Bernardino
Index.
About one foot OF snow has fallen here
this week. Ga the ridges there must be
about six feet, as there was five feet in Hog
canyon before the late storm. Downie-
vile Messenger.
During the month of January, 1882, not
pound of bullion was shipped from Tus-
carora. This is the first occurrence OF the
kind in the history of the district since the
erection of mills there.
Four more graves have been found in the
Old Mission Church since our last issue,
making FIVE found recently. One of them
is supposed to be the grave OF one of Mon
terey 5 early Governors 81 Monterey Argue.
Nevada has about l ZOO. 600 acres of salt
land, and could supply the whole earth II
necessary. Besides this, she has about
another LOCO, 600 acres of soda and brim-
stone deposits-sufficient to run Hades for
the next 100 600 years.
Winter irrigation in the Los Angeles re.
gion is advocated by Ex-Governor Downey,
as well as the abandonment OF the open
ditch system and the introduction of pipes,
preventing the present great loss from
evaporation or absorption.
One morning this week, we understand,
the fishermen seined seventy-fve salmon in
the surf Of the bay. The fish were hunting
spawning ground, we suppose, is the rea-
son why they were caught go near shore.
Monterey Argus, February 4th.
John B. Lembert, of Lembert's Soda
Springs, Tuolumne Meadows, on the trail
between Tioga and Yosemite, on the 1Ssh
ult, discovered in the meadow what
promises to be valuable vein Of silver
bearing quartz. Il Homer Mining Index.
a Rutherford correspondent of the st.
Helena Star stafes that the small acreage
sown in wheat this year is in prime condi-
ton, but cold weather has retarded the
growth of green feed on the hills. Reports
from Pope valley say the growing wheat
never looked better at this time of the
year.
The snow on the mountains between
Upper Lake and Bartlett Springs is up
ward OF foot and half in depth. TIE
large pines on and near the summit are
heavily laden with snow, and the scenery,
when a person is in the midst of it on one
OF these bright sunshiny days, simply defies
description.
In letter from the southern portion of
the county a we'll known sheep owner
states that the intense cold is just now the
formidable enemy of the industry in that
section. Although they have had very fair
rains, the cold keeps the grass from starting
and kills off the weak sheep. -ILos An
geles Express.
The old rare course near town has been
divided NJ. and sold off in ten acre tracts
for vineyard purposes, re- aiizing $500 per
acre. This may seem high figure, but it
ia not when we consider that ID joins the
town Incorporation. Furthermore, three