Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-03-14
PACIFIC COAST NEWS.

Eos several days JACKSONVILLE, oregon, had
no butter.
Helena. M. T., recsived its first freight via
the Northern Poetic last week. -
ReddiDg is canvassing to see how much
stock will be taken in town hall.
Railway surveys will soon be commenced
in the Siskiyou mountains, Oregon.
A national bank, it is said. will soon be es.
tablished in the town of Union, Or.
There are 222 boys and 236 girls between
the sges of 6 and 20 years in Jacksonville
(Or.) school district.
In Union county, Oregon, the price of lum-
Der has been advanced from $12 to $40, and
from $40 to $50 per thousand.
It is reported that large proportion of the
fruit trees in Grand Ronde valley, Oregon,
have been killed by cold weather.
Daniel Tyer and Ben Dye had hard fight
with a 100 pound wildcat in Cslaveras county
few days ego, but finally dispatched the an
imsl.
that the California Southern Railroad had
been sold to the Uni3n Pacific Railroad Com
pany.
The plans for the building to be occupied
by the new national bank at Yakima City,
w
soon be erected.
John Taylor, of Gridley. found two tin
Cove oyster cans with gold dust in them a
few days ago while riding across prairie land.
He sold ths dust for 1886 65.
The recent cold weather has damaged the
Shoalwater Bay oyster beds, in Washington
Territory, and it is thought the trade will be
seriously affected this spring.
Last Monday morning heavy cloudbarst
occurred in the San Jacinto canyon, and the
rushing waters carried away nearly 100 feet
of the California Southern track.
On hill just north of Silver City, N NJ,
is the foundation of an old village, built by
an extinct race. Many fragments of old
pottery are found in the neighborhood.
A. J. Webb and Mrs. Annie Cox have
been employed TO teach in the Indian school
at Simcoe, W. 7. The school is-~ell attend
ed, and many of its scholars are quite pro-
fcient.
In Grand Rords valley, Oregon, best cuts
of beef sre new selling at III cents pound.
This price is unprecedented for that sectien.
cedented price.
There viii be fewer cattle driven from
Rogue River valley, Oregon, TO the bunch
grass plalus tulS year eAAA AOh many yISAo
past. The home demand will consume about
all the available beef.
A southern Oregon paper says: Old resi-.
dents OF this section say they have only
known one other year Ia which there was lit
tie snow in the mountains surrounding the
valley at this season As now.
More building is contemplated in the town
of Union, Or, during the coming season than
ever before. The lumbermen ere preparing
to ol,en up their mills at the earliest oppor-
tunity and run them to their utmost capacity.
The percentage of loss suffered by the stock
men of the Yakima country, Washington
Territory, will be small. Winter held on
late. and when the cold s1ap set in cattle
were in good condition and most Of them
have got through.
The Shasta Courier says: The railroad
company have sent force Of men to work on
the line ab5ye Redding, and have shipped s
LOT of tents and supplies. We are informed
that this is the vanguard Of the railroad a6-
vance, and that large force of graders and
bridge builders will soon follow.
John Slocum, Squaxon Indian, came to
life Saturday at Olympia, W. T., after burial.
He claims that be interviewed the Great
Spirit, whe told him that Virgins was
fraud He preached TO great concourse of
SlWasheS at olympia, and told them that the
Great Spirit had ordered him TO assure them
that no Virgins storm would injure them.
One of the most remarkable echoes we have
noticed in this vicinity, says the Oregon
Astorian, is observable on the other side of
Lewis and Clarkes. A shot fred at the point
opposite echoes and re-schoes, and then sll Is
still for moment, when rattle like the dis
charge of musketry is heard and then thuu-
dering reverberation away in the direction of
Saddle mountain.
The Gridley Butte county, Herald SAYS :
The equiuoctial season has never passed since
1882 without copious showers. In that year.
we are told by men who obtain their informa.
ton from Spsniards in the cattle business
here at the time. that there was no shower
here sufficient TO moisten the ground from
early December until the following autumr.
No green vegetation was to be seen the fell
lowing spring and summer except along the
banks OF the sloughs and streams, and largo
numbers Of cattle perished.
a horrible story comes from Jacksonville,
Or, which says that at about 1 o'clock last
Sunday William Justus, one Of the eldest
settlers of that valley, was shot and killed
instantly by his son, John ,Justus. The sons
statement Is that he was about putting awsy
his rifle, after attempting to kill a chicken
hawk, when it was discharged, the ball pass
ing through his fathers head. A Coro-
ner's jury was summoned Sunday after
noon. AID were investigating all day. Va
rious opinions are held concerning the affair,
which, in the light of all the circumstances,
looks very mysterious.