Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-08-20
PACIFIC COAST ITEMS.

John Robinson's circus sea lion died at
Nevada City.
The Montana Fair Association offers
$4,000 in premiums this year.
At Los Angeles Robert PROXY is under
arrest for pretending to be dead, with
view of cheating the Odd Fellows out of
81, 600.
The epizooty is prevalent among horses
in Contra Costa county, and some valuable
animals have died from it. Prompt atten-
ton will, however, generally prevent fatal
results.
Sunday last, Louis Pitcher, somewhat
notorious character, was arrested at
Truckee on warrant sworn cut OF Justice
Byrne's Court charging him with selling
liquor TO Indians.
The $50, 900 donation of first mortgage
bonds of the Northern Pacific Railroad to
the Oregon State University, by Henry
Willard, has been sent to the agent of the
Regents. This insures So, 000 interest per
annum.
The surveyors are rapidly progressing
with the work of establishing grade for
the railroad to connect Voss's sawmili, in
Little York township, Nevada county,
with You Bet station, on the Nevada
county Narrow-gau Railroad. distance
of about twelve and half miles IS the
road must wind. It will be of three. foot
gauge, and well equipped with rolling
stock for hauling logs and timber.
Beside the expected water famine Carson
is also threatened with a milk famine. The
pasturage is drying up rapidly, and when
COW comes home from the fields and be-
gins TO devour the pickets off the fence the
owner begins to realize how scarce the
grass is. Most COWS in the city have
fallen eff one. half in the matter of milk.
giving, and are still! like stocks, on the
down grade. Water is SO scarce that the
milkmen can only with difficulty keep
their milk cans full, and the end is not yet.
The Placerville Democrat of the 18th
says On October I'd, 1882, VIM. Tyler
started from the mountain range of Bud
Wilson for the purpose of going to the ex-
IRENE head waters of Silver Creek, after
some young sock, preparatory to starting
for the valley region TO winter. He was
lost in a snow storm, and though diligent
scarce was made no trace was found OF him
until the last day Of July of this year,
when some parties travelling near the place
for which Tyler started came upon the re-
mains, where they had been buried beneath
the snow for SO many months. They were
in good state of preservation and were
easily recognized.
The Cause, of Red Bluff, says: A singu-
lar circumstance in connection with the ef-
fects of the north winds last spring was
brought to light on Peter Crumbaugh's
ranch in this county while cutting and
thrashing his large wheat crop. He OBJ
served that there were about l60 acres that
was injured by the winds, the berries hsv-
ing been shriveled, while the balance of
the grain was plnmp and the heads well
filed, not having been effected in the least.
He can account for this singular fact only
in this way. There must have passed over
this particular body of wheat streak OF
heated air that continued for several hours
without intermission. There was no diff
ference in the time the grain was sown, the
quality OF soil or the kind of wheat, and
the shriveled wheat was as far advanced
toward maturity as that which was plump
and well filed.