Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-10-08
PACIFIC cossT ITEMS.

Near Virginia City, M. T., last week, two
horses were killed by lightning.
It is thought that tho California Southern
road may be exls.adssa =. : 34eedlss.
One of the faro games 10 Candelaris, New,
has substituted silver dollars for Checks.
Navigation has been difficult in Puget
Sound for some days, because of "a very thick
| fog.
The jury in the case of Joris, for the mur-
der of Clements at Santa Cruz, have die-
agreed.
Chas. Packwood. who eloped with young
girl from Red Bluff, hiss been arrested in So
lsno county for bigamy.
Work, which has been suspended for some
time on the canal between Lakes Washing
ton and Union, w. T., wae resumed on Mon.
day.
The suiis bsoughb by the poiygamists Of
Utah against the Comlnission-eleven in
number-sre TO be argued together. The
suits are to test the c0nsiitutionality of the
Edmunds law.
Ensign Edward F. Hayden. United States
Navy, vas seriously injured at the Cascades,
Oregon, last week. He was engaged in sur
veyine, when he lost his balance by the
giving way of soma esrsh, and fell ever
eff.
Albert Smiley, Cbasles A. Benson and
George Watson we're instantly killed in q
tunnel Of ths Great Sierra Con pany, Tioga
Dist1ict, ueer Bodie, on Tuesday Afternoon,
by giant po zder explosion. The victims
were horribly mspelsd. Bsnson's head was
blown nearly off.
Tuesday afternoon o Bodie Free Press re-
porter was shown curiously shaped egg. It
wss about One-fourth longer than an ordinary
egg, and one-haf the u:usl sizs in diameter.
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wooden cl0thes.pir. The hen has lsid
number of these odd-looking eggs, sud they
are to be hatched if possible.
BIZ premature explosion If 1000 pounds
Of Juls0n's powder in the heGvS work Of the
Oregon & Celifornia Rairoa1, near Jackson
VILE Or, Wednesday, afternoon, two China.
m=n were killed and severai bsdly hurt. The
chief engineer, Colonel Morris, and division
engineer Dolls, u, with MIR. ] frey, the pfic-
cipai tunnel c5utsactor, we're IL the vicinity
at the time. and all we're thrown to the
ground, but zone seriously hurt
The MsrysvilIe appeal learns from persous
who lave lately visit the United States fish
hatchery on McCloud fiver, that the present
SEASON has been uafavcrabls for Matching SAL
mon as compared with former years. For
some reason but few salmon ascended the
river this reason. l. is believed that the con-
tinual blasting of rock along the line of the
California & Oregon extension frightened the
fish and prevented them from ascending.
A girl IN Chico, sged 16 years, became
enamored cf & Circus performer during the
visit Of a circus to that town recently. She
had agreed to elope with the fellow, when
her father discovered the fast. The cid
gentleman did Sc TIE girls admir- 9ould
| like to 60, he took her on MS kHs+, cV5 he
reversed the position, tui Mig her ss',~.sT. is'
up, and vigorously sppiyi Z the asFtP wh5re
| it would DE- the moss good. II this girl wapts
TO pose as Patience or 5 monument smiling
at grief" che will nc. eit down to it-at least
net Just yet.
Nj. Straight, ths special agent Of the Land
| Office, informs the Wood River Qdaho) Times
of town or settlement that Is fvo miles
long. L. is called Stri1gtowr, and extends
from Clifton 80 Oxford, IN Oneida county,
Idaho The settleme nt was made by MormoHF,
by order OF the Mormon Church authorities,
and the homcsteads are SO taken up tina. tho
residences of the homesteaders are within 300
| feet Of each other, and the farms are uere
stips of land from 250 to $50 feet in width.
| This laad was taken up IN this nsun5r to
give every settler frontage on the public read.