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


years from now. when the vines come iato
bearing, this land cannot be bought for
less than $500 an acre. Woodland Demo-
crat.
Levi Williamson cut down a mammoth
oak tree at Blue Tent. Upon splitting it
he foand imbedded in the heart of the
trunk. sixty feet above the roots, granite
bowlder weighing about two pounds.
Many, many years ago when the forest
giant was a sapling some aborigine must
have placed the rock between the main
shoot and one of its small branches.-
Nevada Transcript.
The dwelling house of Mr.. Sperry. in the
lower part OF Sierra valley, near Sol. Mar
ble's, was burned last week. 1t seems the
house caught fire in the absence Of the fam.
lily, no one being present but a hired man,
who built fire in the morning and went
out to milk. When he returned the fire
had got such a start that he was unable to
save anything but one bed The family
lost everything else. There was talk that
the citizens would club together and put
him up new house.
The Central Pacific Railroad Company is
constantly adopting new rules for the safety
VI tIdFCl duQ ONST lis various 1lutS,
| in keeping with the requirements of its
rapidly increasing business. 1t has lately,
to avoid accidents, ordered that trains shall
come to full stop when passing another
train ON side track, and also that en-
gineers of all trains shall sound the whistle
in approaching all crossings, however OBJ.
scnre or unimportant, one long and two
short blasts being given.
Quite a remarkable character died here
last Tuesday colered woman by the
name of Nancy Jane Harris, but known by
all Montereyans as Aunt Jane She was
born in Sumterville, Sumter county,
South Carolina, on the lst of January,
1884, being at the time OF her death 9S
years of age. She came to Monterey in
! 1852 with the McHenrys, and renamed
here till her dea5h. She was well and
| favorably known by every old resident of
Monterey. IL Monterey Argus.
The advent of the railroad into Candle.
laria is said to have wrought the following
changes in prices: Wood, from SIG to
So per cord lumber, from 500 to S37 so
per thousand feet milling from 500 to SIT
per ton; hauling ores from the Northern
Belle dump to the mills at Belleville, from
So % to 81 70 per ton. The saving to the
Northern Belle Company alone, through
these reductions. will be at least $4,000
each month, and perhaps more, for the cost
is likely to decrease with competition.
The Battle Mountain Press says For
the last two or three weeks we have
noticed some teams from Paradise Valley,
Humboldt county, in town, loaded with
barley, wheat and pork. All found ready
sale in this market. The hogs are brought
in dressed, and remind one of older coun-
tries, where the farmers employ their
Christmas and New Year IN butchering
corn-fed porkers and getting them to mar
ket in q frozen state. These Paradise
farmers all have the appearance Of happy
people.
Sunday night, Monday and Monday
night of last week we had snow. storm,
during which the snow fell to a depth of
about fourteen inches. This had but
about time enough TO get little settled
when another fall on Tuesday of this week
Of about twenty inches came down, making
the entire depth about twenty five inches
at the present time on the level where it
has not melted or drifted away. The fall at
Gold Run was as great as at this point,
remarkable occurrence, while at Alta the
fall has been slightly heavier than at Dutch
Flat-say three feet. The present warm
sunshine is having quite good effect in
melting the snow, especially on the hill
sides facing south and southeast. i Dutch
Flat Times, February 4th.
Juan Arana and his bride, who left here
on Saturday last for their home in Yosem-
tie valley, experienced the delights of an
agreeable sleigh.ride from the Big Tree
Station to the valley, distance of twenty
six miles. Mr.. Brightman, in whose charge
the happy couple were placed, says the
snow was eighteen inches deep on the sum-
NIT, and averaged about foot deep the
entire route. Among other things delight
full to gaze upon were herds of deer, which
would have been tempting to the sports.
man. The snow in the valley on Monday
last was about a foot deep. and the weather
delightful, which was being enjoyed by
Barnard, Leidig, Misses Abbie and Katie
Crippen and others. who were enjoying
themselves by sleighing around the valley.
Mr.. Brightman says the wintry scenes in
the valley, upon such day as last Monday
presented, was one well calculated to in.
spire the lovers of romance and grandeur
far more than the spring aud summer
scenes. The health of the people there is
generally good. Mariposa Gazette, Feb
rnary 4th.