Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-08-11
PACIFIC COAST ITEMS,

Z. D. Lansing, prominent lawyer o
Eureka, New, died on Thursday of pneu
monla. He was California pioneer ant
| at one time State Senator from Nevad,
| county.
| Stock-raisers in Umatilla county, Or. ar,
much disguised with the failure 10 punish
persons caught stealing cattle, and talk j.
| lnduiged in by them of taking the law into
their own hands.
The Watsonville Pgjdroaian saws nor,
buildings have been erected this summer in
that town and valley than for cianv wears
past, and argues therefrom great degree OF
prosperity TO that section.
y Jacksonville (Or.) naper saws tba,
dcer-skinners are slaughtering the deer in
that section IN q most reckless manner.
ana demands that they be prosecuted IA
the fullest extent of the law.
a Virginia City New paper saws: The
surface OF the Carson river is so covered
WIN noatlng wood for miles above Empire
CITY that duck can't get drink of water
without danger OF having his head pinched
Perhaps the largest prunc orchard in the
world Is situated on the Los Gatos road
one mile south from Saratoga, and con
tains 5000 trees. 1t was planted by McssrS.
Higgins 4 Stoddard, and recently sold by
them to Malone q Brown for $500
\ Fresno policeman shot Il dog on We'd
nesday that had all the symptoms of hydro
phobi9 This, says the Erpositor, is the
second case of the kind occurring in that
vicinity recently. Ii is been asserted that
hydroPhobia is unknown in California.
Napa papers complain that the scalp or
dinance IN that county is proving too tx
pensiVe. One man captured in eleven DAYS
5.9i3 squirrels, which at five ceuis per head
yielded him S297 10. Claims for sralps
aggregated between 81 600 and $4,G00Within
three months.
\ woman at Phoenix, A. T., forgot where
She put her baby the other day and not
ilndlng Ii in the usual place, raised a hue
and cry that the Indians had stolen the in
l.int. Hall the town turned ont TO search
for it, and after time il was found peace
fully sleeping i'll the cradle where the
mother had placed it.
a letter found in the pocket of one of the
hOrse-thievcS recently lynched in Montana
gave information of gang of about seventy
five horse and cattle thieves operating be-
tween the Yellowstone and Missouri rivers.
About twenty Of this gang have been shot
or hanged within three weeks, and many
others have left the country.
The Placer Arg1ts says themuch-talkcd-of
steam wagons were tried at Emisrant Gan
recently with but doubtful success. Three
wagons, each loaded with 1900 feet of lum-
ber, We're hauled easily enough, but when
fourth wagon was put ON the locomotive
broke down, and thus far nothing has been
done toward repairing the damage.
Mrs. Kennedy, of San Jose, missed her 4
year-old son tie other day, and after a long
search the child was seen hanging to the
ladder OF a Windmill seventy or eighty feet
from the ground He was reaching out
with one hand to catch some pigeons sit
ting almost within his reach 4 crowd
gatheed, and the mother called to the lit
tie fellow to come down, which he did i'll
safety
On Monday of last week, George f.
Buckman, aged - Years. was shot and
killed by his son at their home in Slack $
Canyon, Monterey county, in q dispute
about land troubles The young man saws
his father fred at him with a rifle, the ball
going through his hat, when he drew pis-
tol and Shot the old man three times, kill
ing him. He then went 10 Cholame and
gave himself up.
A man riding in the vicinity of Downev,
the other day, heard fearful screams issIl-
ing from house in the outskirts of town
and entering found two girls, the only oc-
cupants, engaged III q desperate fight. The
smaller of the two had the larger one in q
corner and had her choked nearly to death
The garments of both were badly torn, and
their faces and ncCks covered with blood
No names were given.