Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-05-15
Affairs in Egypt.
PACIFIC COAST ITEMS.


Cut-worns are iniuring the Lima beans
in Ventura.
c. O. Harlan, farm laborcr killed him
self near Selma Saturday. Disappointment
in love.
NJ S Fay, a well-known citizen of Los
Angeles, is missing, and fears are enter
tanned for his safety.
a gas well which throws up gas flame
four feet high has been struck about twelve
miles south of Los Angeles
In trying to catch his falling hat, Timo-
thy Mahoney. onc-armcd man, fell from
Il moving train near Oakland Tuesday, and
broke his collar bone.
A daughter of Montgomery Howe "a
years of age, died iaSt Friday evening in
Oakland, from the effects of poison oak, to
which she was exposed ON May Day.
The keepers of tan games at Portland are
said to have made an open offer of $500 for
the death Of anyone who gives iuformation
to the police by which they may be ar
rested.
The man Coallcy, arrested at Stockton
last week on suspicion of being a fugitive
murderer from England, has been dis
charged the evidence being insufficient to
hold him.
The skeleton of a man, who had evident
ly been murdered, was found near Mineral
Park, A. T., a few days ago, There was not
the slightest clue that would lead to its
identification.
There are six beautiful Parisian kiosks
completed and ready TO put on the street
corners in Los Angeles. Chicago is the
only city in the United States that has
them besides Los Angeles.
The White Pine Nc,cs SAYS All the old
bull teams IN the county are being turned
into beef this spring Thcmcat looks well,
but it takes terrible lot of jaw power to
reduce it TO a swallowing fneness.
The Constitution to he submitted to Mon
tana voters next November eNempts from
taxation all mines and mining claims, but
ali improvements, machinery, etc. and the
annual net proceeds of said mining claims
are to be taxed as provided by law.
Ferdinand Pachcco, native of Califor-
MIA, aged 81 years, died at Concord, Cal, a
few days ago He weighed AZ pounds and
his shoes were No. 10. The coffin iii which
he was buried was four feet wide, three
feet deep and seven feet long. About two
years ago he turned the scales at 500
pounds.
The photographers of Oakland have filed
a petition with City Clerk Fisher, asking
that the Municipal License Ordinance be
amended so that they shall be relieved from
the payment of such.a license, basing their
request on the fact that their business is the
product of skill and should be classcd with
such occupations as those of the dentist, the
physician and the lawyer.
Monday evening, al Tayloryille Lassen
county, a halEbreed named Hough was
stabbed by his brother-in-law, A. r. Chap
man, inhicting wound which will proba-
bly, prove fatal. Hough came home drunk
and began hougishing a pistol about. Chap
man then seized and struck him two or
three times. Chapman retaliated by pull
ing his pocket-knife and cutting him about
the breast and ribs, and would have cut his
throat, hut was stopped by his relatives
At Riddle, Or Monday, q quarrel took
place between Jesse Quirc ana Joseph Rus
sell, each aged about Is years, which re-
suited in the death of Quire They had
Scuffle, in which Russell was thrown or
knocked down. While on the ground,
Russell drew knife and cut Quire in the
left side. Death resulted III ten minutes.
Before any one was aware that fatal
wound had been inflicted, Russell walked
away and is supposed to have gone to his
home, half a mile distant Both boys are
OF respectable parentage,