Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-12-06
PACIFIC COAST ITEMS.

Four or five opium dens in San Bernardiro
are in activity.
| Pruning the vines has commenced in south
ern California.
The raisin pack this year in Los Angeles
county is very good.
Gridley and Biggs want ferry across the
| Feather river, near Burts Ferry.
Many new vineyards of the Sultana will be
put out in Los Angeles this season.
MERGED i, sgitated over the attempted re-
moval of the hospital by the Supervisors.
The white scale, says the Los Angeles
Times, is reported in the lower portion ot the
town.
Chico is putting on metropolitan airs. The
business houses and residences there are to
be numbered.
The Wood River country is agitsting the
Kidding of that section of Idaho of its Nor
mon population.
A society has been organized among the
Catholics of Albuquerque, n. NJ to oppose
non-sectarisn education.
Placentia District, Los Angeles county, is
to vote on the 22d on the question of issuing
bonds for a school-house.
The upsetting of an ambulance at Salt
Lake, Tuesday, wounded several Fort Doug
lass officers and young lady.
The Iron Mining Company, of Hotaling,
has purchased the iron mine in Shasta county,
near the United States Fishery.
John Boggs, who has been confined to his
residence at Benicis for several weeks by a
serious attack of sickness, is convalescing.
Last Friday. while rank DEMO was driv.
ing his valuable trotter at Vallejo, the animal
reared, ruptured biood-vessel and fell dead.
William Alpaugh had one of his hands shot
off at "Our House." Sierra county, on We'd
nesday last, by the accidental discharge Of
gun.
The Glenn wheat, stored at McIntosh's
Landing, ON the Sacramento river, has been
sold. 1t will load about seventeen large
barges.
George @. Cannon preached to the Nor
mons Tuesday at Salt Lake. He said God
was on their side, and their enemies would be
bsffied.
San Bernardino is thinking of establishing
an electric-light plant in that place. 1t is
believed that water-power can be utiliZs I'D to
run the machinery.
Parties at Etiwanda are contemplating the
plsnting.of a 100 acre orchard and vineya ard,
putting out peach and apricot trees and Mus
c t and Sultana vines
Hunters about Santa Rosa are careless with
their firearms. One of DIR. Fulkerson's dsugh-
tiers received a slight wound under the eye
from stray shot last Thursday.
At present there are about 2 400 cattle in
this vicinity being fattened for market. Mil
Ter has 700; Strang & Co., 500; Freeman,
400, and Mapes. 30G.-[Sierra Valley Leader.
Last Friday eight tramps were hauled from
under the straw in barn of James Marshall,
near Santa Rosa. They were all young men,
and will serve ninety days in the County Jail
at hard labor.
The Howard county MO- AdceTtiSer of
November 18th chronicles the death of Thos.
G. Boggs, one of the oldest and wealthiest
citizens of that county, and brother of j ohm
Boggs, of Coluss county.
The olive trees on the fruit ranch of Jan es
Craig, st Pasadena, are growing rapidly, ard
look in bright and healthy condition. All
the upland olive trees appear to be doing
well and sre free from scalebugs. Los An
geles Herald.
Last Saturday young man named VIM.
Fisher went out in a wagon from Oroville
with two friends for hunt. Fisher at
tempted to jump out of the wagon, and, 10 so
doing, both barrels OF the gun were accident
ally discharged, the load of buckshot striking
him in the right forearm, making an ugly
wound.
Out of 357 newspapers Published in this
State, 90 are Independent of any party par
TALLY Many more are independent r pab
iican and independent Democratic. 1t Is a
significant fact that fourth of the press of
the State is independent. and that the strict
party organs are In the minority. Grass
Valley Union.
Miners wages in Germany average from
81 to SIS per month. In Mexico they aver
age SIS and $50 per month, and in Colorado
they average from 50 to 81 day-from $50
to S120 per month Miners wages in Nevada
and Northern California are 81 per day. In
Ell Dorado and Placer counties they are from
81 to So 30 day.
One Fred. Raymond, who has Just served
term Of six weeks in the Shasta county Jail
for an assault committed on a woman in Red
ding, has been resrrested and again confined
at the instigation of J. II. Cooper, Of Red
ding. 1t appears that he enticed the adopted
daughter of Rev. j. II. Cooper into an elope-
ment and took her to Chico. The girl is only
IA years of age, and great indignation is ex-
pressed over the affair.
The trial of T. A. Turner, at Quincy, Plu-
mas county, for shooting w. b. Thomas 10
August last, was concluded last week. The
defendant Turner was found guilty by the
Jury only OF assault with deadly weapon,
aud be was sentenced to term of two years
at San Quentin, to which place he has been
transferred. The Judge, in passing sentence,
said that he gave the longest term of impris-
onment allowed by law for the crime which
the verdict of the jury decided the defend
ants to be, but that the verdict fell far short
of meeting out justice. Mr.. Thomas, who was
shot, lost the sight of both eyes by defend
ants crime.
George W. Lee. who is in California ss
Hanlsn's companion, is willing to row any
one in this section, barring, of course. the
great Canadian. He is willing to row Peter
son a three or five.mile race for $500, straight
away or with turn, course agreed
upon, the race to take pface four weeks after
signing articles. He is als1 willing to row
Stevenson or Cotsford over either Of these
distances for the same money, four weeks
after signing articles, and in case of accept
ance, he will row Cotsford at Victoria, il
allowed $50 for expenses, or Stevenson at
Vallejo under the same conditions. If this
does not meet the approval Of these oarsmen,
be is willing that all four should start in
three or fvemile race, with a turn or straight
away, on a course agreed upon, each man to
put up $500, the winner to take two-thirds,
the second man oDe-third and the money
added by any locality to have the race take
place in its waters, to be divided as agreed
upon. Lee is perfectly willing to row and
will sgree to anything reasonable, and his
hal lanoa shOuld ha accanfad