Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-05-05
COAST AND STATE NEWS.

A Carson paper says there are more
broken lawyers in Reno than in any town
on the Pacific coast.
Crop reports from various sections of the
State continue encouraging. The outlook
is good for fair harvest.
The wool clip in the vicinity of Anaheim
Is said TO be remarkably good where the
sheep are free from scab.
Trout, of the brook variety, from Inde-
pendeuce Lake and other places in the
Sierra, retail in Virginia City at 33k cents
per pound.
The Anderson Enterprise and Tehama
Tocsnp express the opinion that the town
Of Shasts will hereafter regain her former
importance.
The roads leading north from Reno are
reported in good condition. The stages are
making time TO and from all points in the
northern country.
A petition has been sent to Washington
praying for the establishment of daily
mali, during the summer months, between
Ukiah and Mendocino.
Among the many valuable minerals
found in Arizona the value and importance
Of the opal has been overlooked. There is
"a abundance of these gems in Yuma
0)unty.
The Chico authorities raided an encamp-
ment Of tramps on the edge Of town the
other dsy, and the loafers are now doing
duty in the chain. gang. The camp was
well provisioned.
The Straits of Carquinez present lively
D.. appearance now, by the number of fishing
boats therein, the surface being completely
dotted and covered With boats and nets.
The number of men engaged in fishing in
the neighborhood is estimated at 500.
Regarding the feasibility of artesian
wells in the valleys of Nevada, the Carson
fndsr calls attention to the fact that every
where, throughout the State, the flowing
springs are found near the tops of or on the
highest ranges of mountains and hills.
There were 365 men at work in the navy
yard Saturday, distributed among the sew
eral departments as follows Construction,
SO; yards and docks, l67; equipment, Al !;
navigation, l ordnance, l3 steam engi-
neering, s4 provisions and clothing, 6.
The San Bernardino Times says that q
party of gentlemen connected with the
Southern California Horticultural Associa-
ton are now in that city for the purpose of
arranging for holding the annual fairs of
that society, heretofore held in Los An.
geles.
A new amusement has become popular
in 0akdale, Stanislaus county. A pool is
formed, and the man who can hold an egg
in either hand and jump nine feet without
breaking the egg by involuntary squeezing
takes the pot. Tisn't so easy as it seems
TO be.
The Carson Tribune wonders if the Mint
will be closed again. II says '' orders have
have been received to double the amount
Of coinage, and at this rate it will not be
long before the bullion on hand will be
used up, and as but little is being bought,
it looks as if the stamps were to be hung
up again"
The Colusa Stock Association has almost
completed its arrangements for incorporat-
ing under the laws of the State. The
name will be changed to Colusa County
Agricultural Society. The Directors name
in the articles of incorporation for the first
year are w. H. Bolton, VIM. Ash, Peter
w. Jones and W. S. Green.
The Los Angeles Times says that prom
inent hotel man of that city has had $780,
600 placed at his disposal. with which to
build hotel The offer is made in good
faith, and the gentleman is given carte
blanche to select cite, arrange plans and
erect the building in accordance with his
own ideas, and he is now casting about for
an eligible location.
A Carson gentleman has Jewish penny
coined during the reign of Trajsn, the
Roman Emperor. It is of silver, about as
large as ten cent piece, but contains half
as much more silver. 1t is in fair state
OF preservation, the inscriptions on both
Hices being quite readily made out. It
was secured In Jerusalem about year ago.
Antiquarians would give a good deal of
money for it, but it is not for sale. You
don find coins l, 700 years old every day.
Railroad building in Oregon has caused
an advance in the prices of all kinds of
products, SO that Oregon is not furnishing
as cheap as heretofore, and will no doubt
cause an advance in prices of some articles
here, usually sold at very low figure in
consequence OF Oregon competition. As
the railroad work reaches Rogue river val
ley in extending the line southwark, no
-four, bacon, lard and other products will
find market here, az there will be bet.
ter or as good a market at home in Oregon.
Yreka Journal.
The product of Nevada for the wear 1881
shows sl2, 430, 667 in silver, and 81, SSS, 242
gold; total Sl7,3lS,0O9. The product
represents an average of S44 Is gold.
SIP 20 silver, and Sl56 As gold and silver
for each square mile of its area. With ref
erence to its population, even with reduced
output, Nevada remains the richest of the
mining States and Territories, as its annual
product, if distributed equally per capita.
would give S7S 81 gold, sl99 63 silver. and
$278 Ia total to every man, woman and
child within its borders. Il [Bodie Press.
The American Consul General at Shapp.
hal has lately sent twenty boxes of bam.
boo cuttings for transplsnting in Oregon.
He writes to the State Department that in
the Chinese empire, south of the Yang. tse.
about sixty varieties of bamboo are said
to grow, although five or siy furnish the
principal materials used. At Foochow
and Swatow the large size grows forty to
fifty feet high and six or seven inches in
diameter. On the island of Formosa il is
found even larger. The bamboo serves AT
least five hundred different purposes in
China.