Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-11-06
The Hop Crop.

hEALDsBURG, November 4th.-Forty tons
OF beautiful hops were raised here this year.
one lot OF four tons was sold Yesterday at IS
cents, or 81 700 per ton. The growers are
making fortunes.
STOCKTON. November 4th.-The hop crop
OF this county is, on q close calculation, Is
per cent. abeFe that of last year. Many est.
mate it at Is per cent. advance. The Weld
mas been gathered in frst.class order. The
whole yield is In prime order. The press.
work and klin-drying is of the best. There
Is no second grade in the harvest for San
Joaquin county. Partial sales have been
ELECTED, but much yet remains in first hands.
SANTA Rosa, November dth.-Ths hop
crop OF Sonoms county, both in quantity and
quality, has never been better, if SO good. A
large portion OF it has already been sold. But
because OF late reports of great rise, oonsid.
cradle lots are still held, awaiting higher
prices. All offers are now rejected.
BAKERSFIELD, November 4th.-Hops are
not grown here for export, because of the
high charges on the railroad. Experiments
made with them here show a luxurisnt
growth and remarkable yield.
NAPA, November 4th.-Hops are not ex.
tensiVeiy raised in this county. In the vicini.
tty OF st. Helena there are three or four hop
farms. few years ago, when grape plant.
ID price, many persons dug up their hons and
planted grapes, but those who kept their hops
have this year had good crop and have OBJ
tanned very high prices.
Los ANGELES, November 4th.-The entire
hop crop, about 200, 900 pounds, was bought
and shipped to New York thirty DAYS ago.
The yield was 10 the neighborhood of . 600
pounds to the acre.
MERGED, November 4sh.-H. +. Buckley's
hop crop consists of sixty acres, the yield in
quantity and quality being larger and better
than IN any former season. The quantity
harvested cannot be ascertained, but ia now
stored in San Francisco. The estimated value
is S26, 600. giving Mr.. Buckley clear profit
on the crop of $4,000.
PORTLAND (Or,), November 4th.-The hon
crop CT Oregon and Washington Territory will
probably exceed OO0. 0C0 pounds of good quail.
Ivy, nearly all OF which has been sold to San
FRANCISCO dealers. Psyallup and Yakima
valleys, Washington and Lane counties Or.
egon, are the chief seats of hop.raising. Six.
teen hundred thousand pounds have been
shipped to San Francisco to date The oual.
lty Is probably the best ever grown.
SEATTLE wv. I. November 4sh.-Of the
hops remaining in the country about one
third have been sold. From the beginning
there has been steady upward movement in
prices. Some hops were sold months before
maturity, and were disposed of at Is cents a
pound. Others have since sold at 20. %, 30
Az, Oh, gu and % cents. Probably 81 a pound
would not BUY those remaining unsold. Dur
ing the early days of hop-raising in this conn
try, 81 cents pound was at one time paid !:
but with that exception no previous prices
Appropriated those of the present time. Nine
cents pound will pay every expense Of grow.
ing, gathering, curing snd marketing. Sew
eral growers have made, over all expenses.
fully SAC. 600 each, aud it is said the leading
growers OF the Puget Sound country have
cleared fully $4,000. An immense increase
IN the hop acreage will be made next planting
time.
The Eureka Shooting ARRAY.
EUREKA, November 4sh.-The following
facts have been developed in the Anderson.
Reek shooting scraps: AS to who fred the
first shot, testimony is divided and directly
| opposed. Most of the firing was done with
| Thomas Dale between the two parties. being
| grasped by Resk. There is change in An.
| derson's condition for the better. The ball.
which passed nearly through him, entering
| the DIT OF the stomach, was cut out of the
| lower part OF his back. This morning the
doctors, In consultation, think that the bow
ella have not been pierced, and that the ball
passed only through the throat of the blad-
der. The wound is extremely serious. how.
ever, and the patients chances of recovery
| are looked upon as one in thousand, The
affair has created a profound sensation. The
wife of Anderson has been driven almost
Wild by the shock, and is in imminent dan.
ger OF her life, lying as if paralyzed, without
ABILITY TO move hand or foot the wife of
| Reek, who Is confined in Jail, bail being de.
MED. is also extremely ill. The cause of the
trouble, which eliminated yesterday in the
shooting, goes back some two years. and is of
| a personal nature. The immediate cause ia
charges in Aaderson's paper of treachery TO
his party by Rsek. Several articles of that
sort published in the Leade, elected card
from Reek published in the Eureka Sentinei.
When they met firing began, and in a min.
ute S all was over, seven shots being fred. two
by Anderson aud five by Reek Public
sentiment Is divided as to the culpability of
the parties, which only judicial examins-
ton can determine.
EUREKA, November 4tb.-James E, An.
dersoa was still alive at P. M, but he was
in an extremely critical condition. Credible
| eye-wltnesses state that Andersen fred the
| first shot.
Found Bead In n Hay Loft,
| TRUcKEE. November 4th-E arly this morn.
ing the stable boy of Moody Richardsop's
stable, on Main street, discovered in the loft
OF that building the body of mulatto man
iyii near some bales of hay. Deputy Coro.
ner Dunster was at once notified, and be, find
ing large abrasion upon the left breast of
| the body, determined that an INQUEST was
necessary. Although the Coroner's iury was
In session for some hours this evening, but
little could be ascertainsd as to tie real facts
connected with deceased, except that his real
| name was Abraham Gray, and that for some
time he has been engaged ia laboring for Mr.,
Bigham of Truckee.
An Incendiary Fire.
YRFKA, November 4th.-At IL o'clock an
incendiary fire was started in the old, unoc.
copied Shepard foundry. The building and
may casting patterns were DESTROYED, Every.
thing being damp from the recent rains no
further damage was done.
workmeh Injured.
Dutch FLAT, November 4sh.-Two work.
men in the gang of carpenters headed BY
Moore, while on haadcar near Cisco this
morning, were run into By a work-traiu and
seriously injured. Oae of them is not ex.
pected to live. Their names have NOT vet
been learned.
Wreckage Coming Ashore.
SANTA CRUz, November 4th.-For the past
two days parts of wreck, such as life.pre
servers, doors. etc., have been coming in and
strewing the beach between here and SEQUEL.
They are supposed TO have belonged to the
British vessel wrecked at the Farallones re.
Gently.
The Gilroy Races.
GILRoY. November 4tb.-The rain pre.
vented any races yesterday. To-day the
trotting race was won by Gray Jake, Billy
Matthews second.
Ewo Engines Smashed and n Tramn
Killed.