Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-06-23
PACIFIC COAST ITEMS.

The dove season commences on the lst of
July.
The grape crop at Anaheim promises to
be the heaviest in years.
A mare on the Glenn ranch gave birth to
two fine little mules last week.
In the Yellowstone valley the herds of
cattle greatly impede the progress OF the
trains.
San Bernardino county has over SIC. 000
in the Treasury, yet cannot pay its debts !;
cause, injunctions.
Stockton fined Mrs. Henley, said to be a
wealthy widow, s. for being found drunk
on the streets of that city.
The crickets have nearly all left Modoc
county, and the crop prospect is one OF the
best ever seen in Big Valley.
Three children named Wetherby, living
in Wallows valley, Oregon, were poisoned
by strychnine few days ago.
A monstrous fish, livery like whale"
, was seen last week sporting in the waters
of Naps river, near its mouth.
1t was so hot in Stanislaus on the 9TH
and Ssh of this month that many of the
smaller birds were found dead.
The farmers about Gridley have signed
an agreement not to patronize any thrasher
who starts out thrashing before July 18th.
A wonderful soprano has been discovered
in Reno, New. Kitty Briggs is the fortu-
nate little girl with the remarkable voice.
A white deer is the curiosity that at
tracts hunters to Elizabeth Lake. For
years he has evaded all attempts at his
capture.
Lordsburg, n. NJ, has population of
500, and boasts Of thirty seven saloons.
There never has been a religious meeting
in the town.
A peddler selling cure for coughs and
colds has been victimizing the people of
LIS Angeles with mixture of water with
little asphaltum.
Copper City, in Shasta county, is again
depopulated. Three times has this town
taken a squirt since 1868, but each time
failed to hold its grip.
A war on the saloons at Portland, Or, is
threatened by the City Council. The po.
lice are to be ordered to close up every
one that resists the law.
CLANS of a new sort have Oeen found at
TillamoOk, Or, some of them being over
six inches in length of shell, and weighing
from eight to ten ounces.
Two murderers, who became crazy
while serving out sentences in the Arizona
Penitentiary, were taken to the Asylum at
Stockton few days ago.
San Diego county has school children
population Of ,, 1914, decrease of 90 since
last year, according to the census. The
city of San Diego has 5l4
Two old gentlemen, named respectively
Grandpa Morris, aged S4, and Grandpa
Nins, aged 81 years of age, are engaged in
gardening at Dayton, w. I.
An employment Office in Los Angeles
had an order the other day for twelve
woOdchoppers at So per day, but no labor
ers could be found to take the job.
Colonel Caleb Dorsey, of Stsuislsus
county, claims to have q calf with hair on
its eyeballs The patch of hair on one eye
is so thick as to interfere with the sight.
H. Britton, of Sequel, one day last week
caught, four miles from land, entangled in
his net, blue Manila shark fourteen feet
long, having sixteen rows of teeth, sharp
as nesdles.
At Canada Alamosa, n N, the Next
can residents have organized to drive off
Americans who have squatted on land by a
stream near the town. The militia have
been called out.
Dr. Perkins, a dentist, became infatuated
with 8 cyprisn at Lordsburg, n. NJ, and
married her. she proved untrue, qusrrels
resulted, and both took poison and ended
their lives q few days ago.
1t is reported that the railroad surveyors
operating in the vicinity Of Middletown,
in LAKE county, for several weeks past,
have within day or two received orders
from headquarters to Withdraw from that
section of the country.
Thomas H Williams, Jr., has turned
loose on Union Island, near Stockton,
male and female monkey, in the hope that
they will increase, and finally cover the
island with monkeys that viii bring
good price IN the market.
1t is stated that at Red Rock canyon. on
the regular road from Mojsve to Indepen-
dence, the cArcasses of 8, 600 sheep are ly-
ing. polluting the atmosphere for miles
about. Il is surmised that they were poi
soned by the bad water of that place.
Mrs. D. Harris, of Arbuckle, COlusa
county, has blooming in her yard water
lily called HymPhG1 o,forGta, bearing beauti-
ful white blossoms. and fragrant also,
Ceretls AcDoaaIdi, being the largest night
blooming cereus. These are plants not
often raised in this State.
TIE Portland OregoniGB says: Some
iies may be formed OF the Columbia river
bars from an experiment made at Govern
ment Island, seven miles above Vancouver,
a lay or two since. A pipe well was driven
down to a depth of lS5 feet, the whole
distance through sand. resembling the tail
ings from quartz mill. From this depth
was pumped up bits of fern roots and
leaves. No rock hSving been reached, it
was deemed advisable to pull out the pipe
till the bottom was only 100 feet down,
and the well then gave a fine stream of pure
cold water.