Sacramento daily record-union., 1883-10-26
Meeting of the State Board Of HortfcuIt

CAkifOhNIA.
Meeting of the State Beard Of HorticuIt-
ure.
SAN FRANCISCO, October 24th-The State Board of
Horticulture met in lis office at 40 California street.
this afternoon, President Ewood Cooper, of Santa
Barbara, in the chair.
Dr.. S. 7. Chapiu, State Inspector Of Fruit Pests
reported informally that he has been occupied in
making visits to the various fruigrowng districts
and had just returned from a tour through
the southern portion of the State stopping at Santa
Barbara county, and finding the general condition OF
deciduous fruit trees quite favorable although the
codiiu moth had appeared in four or five orchards
In Carpentera. He spoke Of the alarming spread of
the IceryG Pl5rchGSi, or cotton cushion scale, in
some orchards. He said Ellwood Cooper had done
admirable work in clearing his olives Of the black
scale. Mr.. Coopers almond orchard was really the
only profitable one he in Southern California
Mr.. Cooper ears that the cottony cushion scale may
destroy the citrus trees of the southern counties
and DIR. Chaplin thought there was ground for the
fear II the trees saved it will be at tine expense
tf great eXerton. Wherever this pest occurs in an
orchard for the first time, it should be stamped out
at once by digging up and burning the trees on the
spot. thus heating the ground and destroying any
that might be there.
The woolly aphis he found wherever there are ap-
pie orchards. Mr.. Cooper has apparently banished
this pest by the of caustc soda in solution Of
one pound to the gallon OF water, washing the
trunk and crown Of the tree and barring the large
roots and drenching them with the solution.
DR.. Chaplin remarked that the orchard trees in
many parts Of the South showed the lack OF water
during the past season.
N. r Peck, Of Placer county, stated that the only
trouble in his immediate locality is the codn moth
This year the failure Of the aIple crop WAS appa-
rently bad blow at the Goblin moth.
There a general discussion OF arrangements
to be made for the general convention of fruit grow
ers which will be held in this city, beginning No.
vember Goth and continuing three days. DR. Cha
pin moved that committee be appointed to act
with the committee OF the State horticultural So
ciety in preparing for the meeting.
1t was decided that the convention be held under
the auspices Of the State Board Of Horticulture.
President Cooper appointed DIR. Chaplin, Mr.. Peck
and DR.. Kimball as the Committee of Arrangemer Is
to send out the notices OF the meeting and invite
fruit growers generally to attend.
The Board then adjourned until the semi-annual
meeting in April next.
Proposed Congregational Club.
san Francisco, October 25th.-A club will shortly
be formed here after the model of the Congrega-
tonal Club Of Boston. prelm nary meeting has
been held, and organization has been determined
upon. Membership will be limited to 100, and forty
five have already met at the meeting Just held
The object of the club. which will be known as the
San Francisco Congregational Club, is to form a
social body where members Of the Congregational
Church can meet each other and discuss questions
Of common interest, aud where visitors from the
East can be received and obtain information that
they may wish. Once month paper will be read
Dy one OF the members, ana q discussion OF II by
the members will follow. The membership is
limited to gentlemen. All Of the Congregational
ministers in this city, Oakland and Alameda will be-
come members, as well as most of the deacons. IL
is thought that most of the constitution and by
laws OF the Boston Congregational Club Will he
adopted
The Veterans Home Association - Re
leased on Bail.
SAN FRANCISCO, October 25th-A special meeting
OF the Directors Of the Veterans Home Association
was held this afternoon, the object being to act
upon the report Of the special committee asking the
resignation of the Directors. A long discussion was
held on the subject Of the life tenure of oice and
finally resolution was adopted advising the Grand
Encampment, G. A R., and Mexican war veterans
that the Association opposed to the life tenure,
and requesting that such changes be made In the
officers as shall infuse blood into it. B. Carr
offered resolution that each Director Of the Asso-
citation tender his resignation, which was done. A
STIR created by resolution proposing to mort
gage the Veterans Home property in Napa for S12-
0G0, in order that accommodations might at once be
made for the veterans.
Edward Hyams, arrested at Elko on a charge Of
concealng goods to defraud creditors arrived to-day
in charge Of officers, and released on S. 600
bail.
The Merced COursing Meet
MERGED, October 25th.-The contests to-day-the
second day of the Pacific Coast CoursiBg Clu's
meeting-were as follows: Puppy stlkes-0ceanic
beat Lady Flood Templar beat ee Nell, Lady Alice
DeaL LUCKY lGuDTOeCk DedC fanny Martin,
Flynn beat Sadie Absent Lovely beat Moll Roe
Second ties Oceanic best Lady Alice, Templar beat
Tenbroek, Lady beat Martin Flynn. Third ties
Oceanic beat Templar, drawn; Lovely by.
Fourth ties-Oceanic beat Lovely and won the first
prize Lovely won the second prize. match for
SIS side between LiberatOr and Antrim Maid was
run. The former won. Consolation stake-Lord
Byron beat Lilly Of Killarney, Lady Place beat
Chicopee. Lord Byron and Lady Place divided the
money-S25.
The Captured Stage Robbers.
TRucKsR, October 25th.-Along the line of the
Central Pacific Railroad from Wadsworth to Colfax
yesterday mornings overland passenger train vas
the center of general interest, on account of Cap
tains Au and Burke, chief detectives of the rail-
road and Wells, Fargo 4 Co.'s detective force hay
ing in their charge two men who have confessed to
the robbery of the Truckee and Sierravie stage on
the 18th of this month. The officers very reti
cent in giving Information, even Withholding the
parties Names but the following facts are known to
be true The detectives have been in Truckee
since the robbery occurred hunting for some
evidence leading to the detection of the per-
petrators of the affair. An "opium fend
finally confessedto them where the road agents were
and iu consequence of this information the detect
ives went to Reno, New, where one Of the robbers
was captured Sunday last. On the following
Monday Captain Aull found the second higbwayman
in Wadsworth, New. Upon searching the offenders
the missing gold dust. jewelry and documents
stolen from Wells, Fargo & Col treasure. box
recovered, and all entire confession made by the
SAYS that this is the fifth time he has operated as
bold road AGENT and that the last exploit with the
driver, G. O. Buxon, was the easiest job of the lot
They are being taken TO Downievile for arrsign-
ment they waived all rights Of a reQuisition. 1t
is almost an established fact that one Of them was
engaged in the robbery of the Sierra Valley STAGE
about two months ago. About s4o0 worth of jew
elry gold dust and amalgam were recovered.
Verdict OF Simple Assault.
SALINAS, October 25th.-The jury in the Leary
trial brought in verdict last night at 10 o'clock of
simple assault which surprised everyone, as Leary
was either guilty charged entirely innocent.
This verdict Is equivalent to ar acquitta as the sen
tence cannot be more than three months imprison-
ment in the county jail, which he dispose of
while serving out his present sentence.
A Fatal Accident.
SUsASvILLE October 25th.--A s. Wright, an old
resident of this valley, thrown from his buggy
by his horse becoming unmansgeable, last Satur-
day. receiving wounds from which he died last night,
and was buried by the A o. .. W. to-day, of which
Order he was a member He leaves a wife and
three children.
Affairs at Emigrant Gap.
EmeRAxr GAP, October 25th.-The cattle which
have been pasturing in the mountains have about
all gone TO the valleys, fearing the early storms,
which usually come ere this. Peaslee's large band
left this morning.
The steam wagon which was intended to start O.
morrow, which had been constructed to convey
lumber from the mills in this vicinity will have to
lie still II the storm does not subsds. The roads
have been completed, and everything is in proper
condition for active operation the coming summer.
Dwelling Destroyed by FIRE.
NEVADA, October 25th. morning a dwelling.
house on Gold Flat, owned by j. H. Wentworth,
and occupied bv the family Of o. A Tompkins, was
destroyed by fire, involving loss of $500. Mrs.
TompkIns and one or two other members Of the
family were sick in bed and bad to be carried out
bodily. All the furniture and clothing were saved
The house insured for $500 in the State Invest
ment Company.