Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-07-21
PACIFIC COAST ITEMS.

| W x, W. A.g 1879 ObAJ OuO chAOOu
since the 5000 license law went into effect.
Fresno county has increased its valuation
from IS, 3OS, O97 to $l2, 600, 0G0 in the past
| year.
At Fort Mojave, A. T., one night re-
Gently, the thermometer reached ll2' at
midnight.
a couple of booblacks were fined 81
each for bootblacking on Sunday, at Salt
Lake, U. T.
The Oregon Short Line is now running
passenger cars to within thirty-two miles
OF Shoshone.
The contract for the erection of the Sis
ters' new school at Olympia, W. T., has
been let for 50. S25.
C. Il. Warner has been elected mem.
bes Of the Territorial Legislature from
Whitman county, W. T.
Ben McCloud shot and killed his broth
er-in-law, Charles Goodman, in Goose Lake
valley, Modoo county, last week.
A rationale with twenty-five rattles
and button was captured in the mount
AIMS near Tucson, a. T., recently.
James Herno, blacksmith, has mystic
riQusly disapp5 cared from Bod;e, and serious
fears are entertained for his safety.
The Northern Pacific Coal Company have
about fifty men al work developing coal
claims On the Blue Mountains, NJ. T.
The olive trees around San Lnis Ooispo
are terribly sfi oted with the scale bug.
The Tribune wants chem washed with
wbale-oii soap.
The five little ostrich chicks frat Matched
st the farla as Auaheim have died 4 new
and improved incubator hos arrived ut the
ostrich ranch, and . hundred eggs have
been placed therein.
"Poker Jack, Siwash gambler, won
900 horses and three squaws at the recent
Indian racing maCcn near the Idaho
line. "Cuisan5" are cheap at present
among the Indians, and can be obtained for
So or 81, such as they are.
The Livingston, NJ. T, Enterprise says
that the Governments bridge across Tongue
river at Miles City broke down or Sunday,
July Ist, while herd of cattle were cross
ing. and that $50 of the animals fell into
the river and were drowned.
The Reporter says that an examination
OF grain fields in the vicinity of Napa dis
closes the fact the wheat generally is badly
shTunken, and In some instances it is
doubtful ii the grain, which was in the
milk at the time OF the heated weather in
June, will be worth thrashing,
a farmer in Ssanislsus estimates theship.
ments of wheat from that county thisyear as
follows Modesto 20, 600 tons Oakdale,
10000; Sglida, 10000; Ceres, 5000 !;
Reyes, 5000; Turlock, 10000, and the
West Side, 10, 000 This foots up l0l 900
tons, or 81, 600 more than was shipped from
the county last year.
There were entered and cleared in the
district of Puget Sound, at the Custom
house. for the fiscal year ending June 30,
1888 l,3l4 vessels. Aggregate tonnage,
SI3, 962. OF this number 2SS vessels were
coastwise, 30, I47 tons, leaving ] ,026 YES
sells that entered and cleared foreign, with
a tonnage of 543, SIS tons.
The Santa Ana Herald says We hear
that there will not be half corn crop in
the Newport district this season. Many
| farmers will turn their attention to dairy
ing, alfalfa will be planted, mich cows
procured and the cheese factory supplied,
az well as butter made. There Is money
in the dairy business.
The Stanislsus Wheat Grocer gays that
the wheat is turning out much better than
the farmers anticipated. Mr. Islip thrashed
thirty-two bushels to the acre from his
summer-fallow and seventeen bushels to the
acre from his winter-sowing. S. Kearney
cleaned up thirty bushels to the acre on
his summer-fallow and twelve bushels per
acre on Winter.sowr-at third more than ne
expected.
Wednesday, IS the Chinese paymaster of
the Oregon and California Railroad and an
armed escort of seven men were coming
over the Cow Creek mountains, one of the
teams ran away and coillded with wagon
ahead, causing general smash-up. The
wagons, with horses and men, went over
the mountain side, distance of seventy
five feet. John Ray and George Crump
sustained fatal injuries.
Last Tuesday while Mr.. Houx and his
thrashing crew we're at work in the field
they espied something which resembled
small log, and upon approaching it, to their
great surprise it turned out to be large
rationale, which measured six feet IN
length, q inches in circumference and
contained q rattles. 1t is supposed to be
the largest snake ever captured III Colusa
unty.-[Maxwell Star.
Nearly all the Chinese laundrymen of
Chico are raising the price of washing,
having been ordered to do go by the chief
"washee man, An Shu. The laundrymen
say that owing to the law restricting Chi
nese immigration, the laborers already are
demanding an increase in wages, and they
have to be paid, as no other woikmen can
be had. In place of So 80 per week, iron
ers now get S. and washers are paid 81
inetead of S. so.