Sacramento daily record-union., 1883-10-22
PACIFIC COAST ITEMS.

Lake Tahoe is deserted; the last tourist has
gone.
The Mullan tunnel will be completed this
month.
Old and New Tacoma, W. t, are to be
consolidated,
Downey, in Los Angeles county, wants
more buildings to accommodate its people.
| The freight steamer Gold has taken the
place of the los! steamer Pilot on Petaluma
creek.
The Santa Rosa Democrat says that 81 125
ton is the price paid for picking grapes in
that vicinity.
Miss Zabriskie, daughter of DR.. Z2bris-
kie, well known on this coast, was drowned
Friday at Silver City, New.
The Washington Territory Legislature will
consider proposition at this session to pro-
vide $50, 900 insane asylum.
They are building peoples railroad" iu
Fresno county, to accommodate the farmers.
It is likely to be continued as far as Stockton.
A Humboldt county paper states that last
week no less than 104 four-h0rse teams en-
tered town there with freight from Lake
county.
The Cinnamon at Woodland refused to
take any washing last week, in retaliation for
the order compelling them to move their
Wssh-houses.
a new town called Okanogsn has been laid
out in Stevens county, w. T., between Lake
Clelsn ard the Columbia river at point $50
miles west of Spokane falls.
| According 10 the Haaldsburg Flag many
small farmers in that vicinity "have demon
stsated that it is possible to support family
Of five or six persons on less than tea acres of
land"
Five miles of grading has been done on the
Napa aud Lake County Railroad On reach
! Jog Dinnie, some fifteen miles above Naps,
track will be laid snd construction train
put on.
The Tuscsrora (Nev.) Times says: "There
is an item going the rounds headed Poker in
| Oregon We shall not publish it. Poker in
Tuscarors has disgusted US with the whole
subjscs matter.
Since the 1st of January, this year. the
| Central Pacific Land Commissioners, W. II.
Mills, sold, it is said,' STA. 900 worth of their
land grant, in small parcels, TO actual settlers
in small tracts in this State.
John Turner. William johnson, Charles
Hays, John Catlin and Patrick Gleason, the
trarnps who broke into freight car loaded
with wines and liquors at Lancaster Station,
about ten days ago, have been sentenced to
San Quentin for eighteen months each.
In Grass Valley the other day Chinaman
was called into Court to give evidence, and
was asked how he would be sworn. His reply
was me no care clack i'm saucer, kill i'm
cock blow out i'm smatchee, smell i'm book,
ale same" He was allowed to smell i'm
book"
The Haywsrds Journal says several owners
of land in that valley have the past two
weeks been burning off the stubble in order
to make sure work of the millions of insects
like the grain aphis that have laid their eggs
in the lower part Of the grain stalks, ready to
commence their work of devastation next
spring.
Grass Valley Union Droves of cattle are
being driven through town daily. coming
down from the mountains where they have
been pastured during the summer. They are
all in fine condition. All the stock is now
! being driven out of the mountains to escape
the storms that are usually looked for at this
season of the year.
Thirty thousand dollars has been subscribed
by the citizens of Boise City. I. T.. for a
| branch road from the Oregon Short Line at
Kuus and to connect with the main line
s5mewhere between the mouth of the Payette
river sni Weiser, said line to run through
Boise City. The subscription, it is said, will
be raised TO $50 900.