Sacramento daily record-union., 1883-09-22

we are soon to have this beauty as common
as many other fish in our rivers IN this
State, as a large plant Of them has been
made, and specimens being taken IN ditter-
ent places, in rivers and bays, show that
they will soon be plentiful. They Will not
be as gamy as brook trout and some others
in catching, but they discount these and sll
others upon the table. Another very ex-
celIent fish, and which will be prime
favorite as an addition to our natural stock
of fish upon this coast, is the white hsh.
which has also been introduced here, and
some are occasionally being seen by Usher
men.
They are having fun by the acre up
north, spearing salmon, which are now
making up stream. The Yreka Journal,
speaking of the sport, says: Quite
large number of our young men frequent
the banks of Shasta river every night
lately, to enjoy the sport of spearing
salmon, which are very plenty this sea-
son, and now in fine condition. The sal-
mon will be good for few weeks yet, hav-
ing commenced running to headwaters.
As sooa as they get badly bruised in
shooting the rocky rapids, and bitten by
lamper eels and other pests, they sheuld
not be eaten. In Klamath river they can
be seen jumping out of the water con-
ssantly in their journey to the headwaters,
but there is no chance of catching them
there, owing to the great body of water
and the swiftness of the stream"
In late issue of local Journal "Al
Fresco," of Jacksonville, Florida. says :
Peter Gardner had quite frolic yesterday
st Msyport, near the mouth of the St.
Johns river, with tarpon weighing one
hundred and fifty pounds. Its head meas
ured twenty inches in length and two
inches and half across the eyes. Mr.
Gardner states that he carried the small
rowboat through the water at a rapid rate
until he was stranded by sand bar, when
knife was applied to his fishship and he
was safely landed on the beach. This is
the second tarpon taken near the mouth OF
the river within the last two months.
The question has recently been debated
by correspondents in Forest and Stream
whether quails can be brought to tame
condition. In the last number this item
appears Deputy Sheriff Beattie, of Tur-
ner's, n. Y, has quail year old that Is
perfectly tame, and goes when and where
it wants to, always returning to its cage.
Mr.. Beattie has also two tame red squirrels
that occupy the same cage with the quail,
and they, too, go and come at will, and
between them and the bird there seems
to be a decided affection, the quail ex-
ercising a maternal care, lowering them as
she would her young, the squirrels SEEM
ing to sleep the sounder for it.
Numerous cases of fish. poisoning have
been reported, and the light of investiga-
ton proves that the diseased condition of
the fish has been due to pollution of
streams. Though not necessarily fatal, the
results of fish poisoning are serious, and
strict enactments against the pollution of
public waters should be carried into effect
throughout the Union. An incalculable
amount of damage has been done in the
way of destroying and poisoning food.fish,
in once famous streams, by refuse from
factories, mills, etc., during the past de-
cade. Cannot the nuisance be abated ?
Field and Farm.
A review of the work of the United
States Fish Commissioner for the past
year, says the Prairie Farmer, shows that
over As, 900, 900 whiteish fry were placed
in the great lakes that carp were spread
quite thoroughly over the Union, and that
samples weighing from five to seven pounds
are already being caught in Southern
waters. The only ornamental kind propa-
gated is the goldfish, which is wholly ab-
sorbed by members of Congress. Shad, to
the number of 200, 900, were planted in the
Sacramento river eight years ago, and now
they are sold at Puget Sound at % cents
per hundred. They are produced by the
Commission at a cost of $50 per million.
The Carson Tribune says Thomas Ten
nant will next year open an extensive fish
Matching establishment at Lake Tahoe.
Eastern capitalists have become interested
in the matter, and will put the scheme on
solid basis. They have chosen good
man to manage their business.
Robert Hamilton is reported by the Red
Bluff Cause to have recently killed mule.
deer at Snag Lake which weighed when
dressed 300 pounds. Its horns had thir-
teen points, seven on one and six on the
other. This class of deer are scarce in this
State.
A grizzly, which has been making havoc
among sheep and other stock at Bayard 3
Camp, on Pine creek, Lassen county, was
killed by sheep herder few days since.
It weighed 500 pounds dressed.
In pigeon shooting match at Reading,
Pa, Tuesday, Isaac Robert and Oliver
Hinnerchit, of the Forest Club, each killed
forty-fiye birds out of fifty. Bogardus and
son killed forty three.
A boy went fishing, who afterwards met
another boy. First boy "Did you catch
anything?" Second boy: mot until l
got home.
DR.. Hayes, of Grass Valley, recently
bagged fifty snipe in one days shoot in the
Sierra valley.