The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1884-08-30
CALIFORNIA ITEMS.

4 rss killed eight csuar.es and n1ctk-
ing bird belonging to lady Of sAcra-
mento, the other night.
TIE Iryo Independent beasts thst the
! limb CT az apple tree nesr that place On
which are ?. apples within the length Of
seventeen inches.
A deer weighing 225 pounds when
dressed was killed at Antelope Station,
| Lzssel county, the ether DAY. The points
Of the autlers we're seven feet apart.
A young Piute buck dressed il an en-
tire suit Of stars and stripes made up
from cast away bunting created quite e
sensation On the streets Of Boaie the
other day.
One Of The largest rattlesnakes On
record Is killed near Susanv;lle, Lassen
county. He was seven and half feet
long. and his body measured ten inches
in circumference.
A Santa Barbara man has pair Of
wild bears tgsk, brought from the Santa
Ross Island, measuring s. inches long.
Reports say that there are 3 great many
Of these animals running Wild on the
island, and having these wicked looking
ianrs.
A spring IL natural saltwater has
been discovered in Sierra county, three
miles from the Red Oak mine. It is
efervesceut, has pleasant taste, slightly
tinctured with sulphur, although there is
none OF the odor Of sulphur. The water
comes from under heavy lava cap, Civ.
ing steady fow Of three or four miners
inches.
The latest from Lone Creek, Skeena
River, reports mining good. One man, il
is said, has taken ont by crevicing S6Ss
inside OF SIX hours. Some seventy men
are mining on the creek and ten COM
panies. They are making good pay
800 to the hand. The gold is cosrse and
spotted, averaging sic IS to the ounce.
The season commenced in July.
Great excisemeu. is caused in Gridley,
Cal, by the fact that soins unknown
crank, Of artistic p7oclivities, almost
nightly effects an entrance into some
house, and after first ohloro:ormiDs the
servant girls, fresooes their lecs iron
heel to thigh in the highes. style Of art.
Being dragged the victims, OF course,
can't kick, but it gals the girls OF that
town awfully when their employers every
morning insist upon making examinations
in order TO ascertain whether their house
has been entered during the night. The
employers also COMPLAIN, on the score
that girl who has been Thus chromoed
becomes SO stuck up that there Is no
living with her, and in consequence
vigilance committee has been organized
with view 10 cspturs the villain who Is
TINS paiDting-no. the town hut the
servant girls-re,i.
At Sacramento, the other day, 2 man
was on his last legs with pneumonia.
His life was insured for several Thousand
dollars, and it appeared TO him a little
tough that be was TO get no fun ont OF
al this money. Determined to do the
best he could under tie circumstances,
be set 20 work and made viii that be
thought would cover portion OF the
ground. His will provided that IL his
funeral every hack in town shonld be
employed, and all OF his friends and ae-
quainsanees invited 70 attend and take
Reversible ride afterwards. All who at
tended were invited 10 participate in a
grand banquet in the evening az the
Golden Eagle Hotel. at which 4 brass
band. which shonld lead the funeral pro-
cession, was 10 enliyen the occasion with
music After making his viii be as so
tickled with the idea Of the whole affair.
as he could see it in bis minds eye, and
with the thought OF what large slice Of
the insuranc he was thus having the fun
Of spending. that be at once began TO
mend. and IN spite Of himself 80; we'll
Now be is as FAR as ever from the insur.
anos money. and mourns the loss CT the
grand banquet, the brass band and the
ether big things that were 10 make bis
funeral a notable event