Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-11-28
PACIFIC COAST ITEMS.

Trsmps are thick about Coluss.
Caliente, Kern county, is without Post
master.
Salt Lakes bullion receipts the past week
were Sl6S, 81.
Nevada City and Grass Valley have adopted
curfew ordinances.
Next Saturday the mail service on the
train from Stockton to Milton will be discon-
tinued.
The Holmes Company got verdict for
$3.50, 600 against the Northern Belle mine st
Carson. New.
Work has been commenced on a $500, 600
hotel in the San Gabriel valley, between
Pasadena and Los Angeles.
The well-known Mareugo rancho, in San
Gabriel valley, Lss Angeles county, was sold
last Monday to II. d. Bacon for 500, 600.
Miller, the slayer of DIR. Glenn, has pub.
lished a card Of thanks to everybody who
had any connection with the defense of his
case.
One OF the insane women who escaped from
the Utah Asylum few days ago was cap
tured after she had wandered about in 3
snow-storm for thirty-six hours.
NJ. X. Kettlemsn, of Michigan, and Fred
Harmon, of British Columbia, are TO run a
foot-race for SS. coo and the championship Of
America at Portland, Or. next Sunday.
K few days ago wagon with its load of
hay was entirely burned up near San Diego.
A W heel tire became heated by friction with
the iron of the hay rack and ignited the hay.
San Francisco and oakland parties have in
view the securing of sight in or near Au-
burn on which to erect q large hotel and cot
tsges for health-seekers, at an outlay Of S75,-
600.
The farmers on the lower line of Stony
Creek, Colusa county, are protesting against
the proposed damming cf that sire am above
them and the diversion of its waters for irri.
CATION.
Thomas Jones was arrested at o'clock
Monday morning, at Los Angeles, for theft
He was arraigned at 9, pleaded guilty, and
was sentenced for ten years at Folsem before
10 o'clock.
The Board of Supervisors of Santa Clara
county have sgreed to buy the Boyd place,
located near Milpitas, fer q county farm.
The price is S25, 600, and the place con-
tains 100 acres.
Game stalking with oxen is popular and
profitable business on the plains near the San
Joaquin river. Ssndhill cranes have become
wary that even with weil-trained cattle
they are difficult to approsoh.-[M Merced Star.
Nevada stockmen are holding beef cattle st
quite brisk demand for cattle to feed, and
it seems to be a prevailing opinion among
stockmen that butchers below will have to
pay at least S! cents for Nevada beef before
spring.
1t is stated that the firm of Flint, Bixby 4
Co, the extensive sheep raisers. are subdi,
viding a large ranch owned by them in San
Luis Obispo county, to be sold off in farms
at reasonable rates. 1t is estimated that the
ranch is large enough to furnish homes for
250 families.
Concerning the railroad extension, the
Shasta Courier says: Railroad tunnels l and
2 are completed, and will be in few days;
is on the south end 270 feet and on the north
end 220 feet. The grade is finished to Back
bone creek and track laid above Squaw creek.
1t is thought that the track will be laid on
the south end of tunnel before the working
forces are withdrawn for the winter.
Monday morning at IL o'clock John
Schulze, boy II years old, was killed by q
horse near Nspa JuEctiop. He had been
plowing all the morning, and in attempting
to mount his horse to return home he became
entangled in the harness. The horse took
fright and ran sway, dragging the boy over
the ground. The horse stumbled into q
ditch and fell on the boy, crushing him to
death.
Some trouble has arisen in Solsno county
in regard to the pay of Constables. Several
of these useful officials whose earnings have
been upwards of 800 per month, have not
received cent from the county for about
seven months. They have brought suit to
test the constitutionality of the County Gov
ernment Act. which limits their monthly
earnings to 800. The case is now in the Su.
preme Court.
The Stockton Herald says: H. Dawley is
engaged in the squirrel destroying business.
He hires four men and proceeds systematic
ally. His reward is the FIVE cents bounty for
each scalp paid by the county. He assigns
his men to different districts. Farmers pay
the men 81 day and board for going over
their ranches. That nearly pays expenses,
and the bounty ON the scalps is largely profit
Dawley has poison that knocks the squirrels
out the first round, and generally before they
can get into their holes. He claims to have
scalps enough on hand to clean out the squir-
rel and gopher bounty fund, and have many
left He presents his scalps only as fast as
there is money to pay the bounty. He has
81 900 worth of scalps awaiting an increase
in the fund,