Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-08-01
PACIFIC CoAsf ITEMS.

The real and personal property assess
ment of Los Angeles county has increased
S., 900 900 the past year.
1t is estimated that there are forty thrash
ing machines at work in Los Angeles
county six days in the week, turning out
5000 bushels of grain daily.
Father Prando. who has reached Salt
Lake from the Blackfoot Agency, says
many of the Indian lodges are without a
child remaining and some with but one
man.
The Los Angeles Herald says that the
loss of the Muscat is only on the high
mesas. The rich plains of Orange and
Santa Ana, which are less than 800 feet
above the sea level, do not give evidence of
any loss.
The honey yield in Ventura county is i'm
mense and of the very best quality. 1t is
estimated that it will reach sixteen hundred
pounds. There are nearly 5000 bee colonies
in Ventura county.
John I. Game. the Mormon delegate to
Congress, concluded a discourse at Salt
Lake, Sunday, by saying a believe there
are some men in Congress whose hatred of
the Mormons is so strong that they would
actually stand complacently by and see
many of our people burned at the stake"
Following is list of the placer canyons
of Los Angeles county: San Antonio, Pa
Tomas, Sierra Pelon, Placerito, Mayo, San
Gabriel, Santa Feliciana, San Francisuuito
and the Pira, the oldest gold-bearing can
yon in the State which is located in Ven
tura county, but which rises in Los Angeles
county,
Valuable gold diggings are reported to
have been discovered on Lone creek, tribu-
tary to the Skeena river, B. c. Six hun
bred dollars is said to have been taken out
by one man in two days. Two other men
claim to have found $1,700 in three
hours. Men are deserving the canneries
and tiocking to the diggings.
A huge rattlesnake was captured by Joe
| Chatham at the st. julien mine, Amador
county, one day last week. His snakeship
| had crawled into Joe's bed during his abb
| sence, and was killed for his imprudence.
The dead reptile was Brought to Amador
City, and is now reposing calmly in large
bottle of alcohol in the drug store.
According to the Contra Costa News, the
quicksilver and coal deposits in that county
have proved to be of such great value that
the Government has directed an eXamina-
ton of their metallurgical and geological
worth, and to define the lines between agri-
cultural and mineral lands. A surveying
and scientific party left Martinez last week
for the purpose of making examinations.
The body of the man found few miles
| above Vallejo on Sunday is now believed to
| be that of Lawrence Lynch, eXMaster-at-
Arms of the United States steamer PenSa-
cola He came to Mare Island recently
| from the East, for his discharge, and was
paid off last Tuesday, receiving a 81 900
| check on the United States Sub-Treasury
| and S54 in money. Foul play is suspected,
and the case is being worked up.
The great bridge over the Colorado river
at The Needles, in California, on the At
lantic and Pacific Railroad, has been com
pleted All trains are running through.
| Pullman sleepers will commence at once
running from San Francisco to Kansas
| City, and Kansas City to San Francisco,
without change or transfer. The line is
said to be in fine condition for the trans
continental passenger and freight business
Private advices from the State of Sonora,
| dated July 18th, state that the true facts re-
garding the yellow fever have been sup
pressed, and that the plague is increasing.
Railroad men are especially in danger. On
| the Monday previous to the 25th inst. the
people of Hermosillo were preparing TO
leave the town. Although the United
States Government had sent DIR. T. King
Ross TO Nogales, and he has prevented
/ several sick families from leaving, there is
still danger of some coming into Arizona.
In the suit of Abraham VS.. the Western
| Union Telegraph Company, in the United
States Circuit Court at Portland, Judge
Deadly overruled the defendants demurrer
Plaintiff, about year ago, sent the follow
ing dispatch from Glendale to Roseburg
Don't sell any wheat. Hold few days"
The dispatch was received, Don't sell all
wheat" By this error plaintiff claimed
he was damaged $4,000. The telegraph
company demurred that there was no ma
terial change in the dispatch; but this was
overruled as above stated