Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-04-11
COAST AND STATE.

The crop prospects about Wheatland are
very good.
A new brick building will be constructed
at Mission San Jose, and used as a sem
mary, under Catholic control.
The Dalles military reservation will be
sold at public auction in the Dalles, sale to
begin on the 10th day of May.
Nellie Holbrook, the actress, was thrown
from horse at Walla Walla recently and
badly bruised. Her face was much LAGER.
ated.
About 100000 gallons of water flow
daily from the immense stream struck in
the tunnel on Mr.. Berryman's place al
Berkeley.
The Trustees of Haywards have in
structed the Marshal to collect licenses
from wholesale peddlers-probably a new
name for drummers.
Yuba citizens are talking of removing
the Bear river bridge from it's present site
and placing it across the river few hun.
bred yards below the railroad bridge.
The Weekly Messenger is the name of
new, neat and apparently vigorous weekly
just issued at Wheatland, Yuba county,
by Austin & Goodkind. Success to the
journal.
a Pioche girl of Mormon procl;vities, en-
visit to friends in Salt Lake, was sud
denly induced to change her ideas in that
respect and secede. a buck Mormon, with
four white squaws and one copper-coiored,
wanted to make her his sixth wife.
The committee soliciting funds for the
proposed school building to be erected by
Bishop Paddock in Walla Walla have now
succ: eled in getting subscriptions to the
amount of 81 300 Only 500 more ia
needed to secure to Walla Walla $50, eco
school building.
The late rain was much heavier in the
lower part of the valley than in this vicin.
ity. In some portions of the valley, where
p.ows were running early in the week, the
land is too wet to work, but few days Of
pleasant weather viii make it all right
again. The country never looked better a
this season OF the year. The promise OF
good crops is excellent. -[Red Bluff S .nti-
mel.
1t is understood that inside of month
or two, says the Ruby Hill Ne'c5, at least
two hundred and fifty more miners will be
hired in this district. Oar principal mines
on the Hill are not only in a condition to
warrant the putting on OF largely in
creased force, but Prospect Mountain,
Secret canyon, Adams hill and other ada
cent districts will call for a large number
OF men as soon as spring fairly opens.
The putting on of this number of miners
means the general employment of at least
400 or 500 more men III the district, and
there seems every reason to belive that we
will have very lively summer. We doubt
ii the mining outlook has ever been better,
and business must necessarily be resusci.
tated to a marked degree before long.
The real and personal property of What
com county, w. T., aggregates go much
more than heretofore as 10 promise a reduc-
ton of the tax rate for the current year
county warrants being at par, and the in
debteiness of the county practically moth
ing. 1t is observed that certain kinds of
property have notably increased IN quaint.
ty and value. 4 number Of horses have
been brought into this county from east
OF the mountains and the upper Sound. In
80 matter OF logging camp outfits a good
deal OF taxable property has been added.
Another noteworthy item of revenue is the
property now held in tie form of timber
claims. The occupation OF these is chiefly
on the Skagit and Samish rivers.
A gentleman from Candearia informs the
Carson appeal that the smallest baby in
the world was born in that camp On Mon
day noon. TIE father is a miner il the
employ of the Northern Belle mine, and
wei hs 1870 pounds and the mother is
stout, healthy woman. weighing perhaps
l60 pounds. The child is male, as pei.
+ f. I
but upon its birth it only weighed eight
ounces. It's face is about the size OF a
horse. chestnut, and the size of its limbs can
be imagined when we say that ring worn
upon the little finger of its mother was
easily pulled over its foot nearly up to the
knee. Our informant states that it was
the opinion of the attending physician that
the child would live and prosper in good
health, notwithstanding its diminusive pro-
portions.
The railroad surveys on the extension OF
the Oregon and California road south of
Roseburg are progressing with amazing
rapiditv The line is already permanently
located beyond the forty mile post in Cow
creek canyon, where Mr.. Volk and an able
corps of engineers are diligently at work
pushing the line forward as fast as the ma.
ture of the ground will permit. Mr.. Hab-
ersham's party is camped near the crossing
OF Cow creek. on the stage road, and they
are diligently at work locating the line
from the tunnel down the creek, to connect
with Mr.. yolk. Mr.. Dolson is on the
mountain beyond Grave creek, and Mr..
Hurlburt is in the Siskiyou mountains,
beyond the State line. 1t is also under.
stood that two more fully equipped compa.
MES will soon take the field, aside from the
engineers on construc.ion.-[Pla indealer.
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