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

In q fight Oh Sunday at Suisun, Hubert
Higgins stabbed man named Bonefeld
several times. Higgins was arrested and is
now in the county jail.
John Anderson, prominent citizen of Sui
sun, left his home on October 1st, saying that
he would return in few days. Nothing has
been heard of him since, and it is feared that
he has been foully dealt with.
Aguostino Sisto, alias "the Doctor" a
Mexican, was shot in the back Monday even
ing about o'clock on South G street. Vir-
ginis, New, by a fellow countryman named
Henry Peere, alias " Muchach." The shoot
ing was the result of quarrel over some
wood. The wound is not considered fatal.
A cyclone passed over Geo. Perley's farm,
eighteen miles north of Stockton, about two
hours before the beginning of the thunder.
storm on Saturday last. This whirlwind was
about eighty feet in diameter, and stripped
the trees in Perley's orchard, besides carrying
barn two miles and dashing it against an
oak tree.
Cattle men inform the Battle Mountain
New Messenger that there are hundreds of
cattle on the Humboldt that are perfectly
blind. So far no cause can be assigned for
the disease. A scum forms over the ball Of
the eye, entirely depriving the animal of
sight. A few have but one eye attacked.
The blindness lasts about twenty days, and,
naturally, the animal not being able to travel
in search of food, loses considerable flesh.
The railroad authorities were notified in
Los Angeles, Monday, that o gang of tramps
had taken possession of a freight car at Lam
caster, near the head of the Tehachapi grade.
The car is loaded with wines and liquors and
the report Gays the trsmps are all drunk on
champagne that they took from the car. A
special train has been dispatched with two
Deputy Sheriffs and force of railroad hands
to recapture the car.
The body of Michael Mckay was found
on the roadside near Seymore, Coluss coun-
ty, Friday night, and he died Saturday morn
ing. He had been run over by 8 wagon.
There is evid snce tending to show that Nc
Kay was knocked from the wagon, as there
were bruises Cd his head. The case will be
investigated Mckay was well known as q
ranch foreman in Colusa county.
Last spring soldier named Pearl killed a
companion at Fort Stanton, New Mexico.
He was placed in Jail at Lincoln, but was
taken therefrom the same night and lynched,
as was supposed, by a party of soldiers from
the fort, but the Iynchers were never identi-
fed. However, last week Sergeant turned
informer, and confessed that twelve of his
comrades, in company with himself, COM
case is that the twelve men have all de-
serted, and the Sergeant will have to stand
trial for his crime.
One of the richest strikes known to the
mining history of California was made at the
Nevills, or Mammoth mine, about three
miles south Of jackson, Amador county, last
Saturday. a pocket of quartz, of almost
unparalleled richness, was found less than 100
feet from the surface. in which wss contained
from 49, 900 to 800, 900, and being about
two tons in quantity. Much of this might
be Justly termed huge chunks of gold instead
| of gold-bearing quartz. Some Of these i'm.
mense pieces of almost solid gold were about
as heavy as man could easily lift from the
ground. The largest piece was of an oval
| shape, 16x22 inches, and 6 or inches thick
The gold is almost black, and of the same
character as the former rich strikes found in
the same mine, and which have heretofore
attracted the attention and interest of the
mining men of all parts of the United States.
We have no doubt, says the Ansador Dis
patch, but that this ia the richest fiud of gold
| of this kind ever known in the United States
at one single time, and will undoubtedly
attract much attention from the mining men
of the world.