Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-11-18
COAST AND STATE.

One of the Nevada City hydraulic mines
last week shipped Sl2, 000.brick of gold
to San Francisco.
Napa Register A wine-grower informs
US that, as matter of fact, it would be a
good thing for the wine men of Napa
county if the entire second crop were to be
lost. He states that poor wine is made
from it, and that the whole yield of the
valley feels the effect of the inferior article
upon the market. Nothing but brandy,
he claimed, should be made from the Sec
ond crop.
General John Bidwell. of Chico, has do
mated to the California Immigration Asso-
citation, for the benefit of Butte county,
samples of his choicest selections of nine
teen kinds Of wheat, six kinds of barley,
four kinds of oats, three kinds of Indian
corn, and several varieties of fine squashes
and pumpkins, one pumpkin weighing 1875
pounds and another being three feet two
inches in length-all raised in Butte
county.
The Reno Gazette says q" The nice young
man who beat confding young ladies' of
Reno and Truckee out of considerable
money short time ago, taking orders for
shoes that he never intended to deliver,
and getting cash in advance, has turned up
in the northern counties of California,
where he is doing land. office business.
He talks so glbly that contdiDg young
ladies are obi ged to yield to his biandish-
ments and allow themselves to be swim
died" There are a number of Nevada City
ladies who would like to have business
talk with the nice young man. Nevada
Transcript
The body of the young man which was
found on Wednesday at Fruitvale crossing,
with one bullet hole in the head and
another In the stomach, has not been iden-
titled. The deceased was clean-shaven,
and has high and recedipg forehead, and
his cast of cOuntenance indicates that he
was of German nativity or descent. There
appear TO be no peculiarly distinctive
marks, the publication OF which would lead
to his Identification. He wore a peculiar
undershirt of faded dua color, the sleeves
patched at each elbow with merino. He
wore low. cut shoes. His coat and vest are
of dark checked material.
The wreck of the Escambia has been
hnally marked by beil-buoy, the first
placed in position on this coast. A bell
buoy consists OF a kettle. drum. shaped
buoy, anchored by bride. chain fastened
to two sides and meeting below. From
the sides of the buoy tripod support ex-
tends about nine feet in the air. This tri-
pod supports platform and frame, from
which bell is hung. The bottom of the
bell is within few inches of the platform,
and on the latter is an iron ball running in
guides, which, with each motion of the
buoy, plunges from side to side, striking
and Sounding the bell, which acts above as
guard to keep the ball on the platform.
The Lighthouse Service for this coast
will soon begin the construction of steam
whistle fog. signal Oh Lame Point, on the
north side of Golden Gate. The appropri-
alton for this work IS ready, the plans have
been sent from the office here to Washing
ton, and only need approval for the work
to begin. A much more important work
will be begun as soon as plans are drawn
and approved-the construction of light
house of the first order on Northwest Seal
rock, twelve miles from Crescent City and
seven miles from shore. For the beginning
of this work $50, 600 has been appropriated,
but 5000, 600 Will be required 80 finish the
work, which includes, besides the light
house, a steam fog-signal.