The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1884-03-15
CALIFORNIA ITEMS.

The storm did great damage atound
San Busnaventura. Bridges are gone.
Sixty acres Of soil was washed from one
ranch. A Chinainan was drowned.
There is considerable talk in Calaveras
and Amador counties Of having the San
Joaquin narrow.guage railroad extended
far enough TO tap the great lumber reg.
ion in that section.
Over 200 ducks were trapped in the
Mcintosh warehouse at Chico, the other
day, one of the doors having been left
open long enough for the ducks to 60 in.
side after grain. The warehouse owners
make big haul Of game in this manner
every year.
Oscar Bacon, an old timer Of Inyo
county, made two attempts at suicide at
Camp Independence. Just before these
attempts he burned the fine models of >
number Of machines and inventions on
which he had bestowed all his spare
hours for years past.
Mrs. A. D. Piper. Of South America,
proposes the establishment. construction
and maintenance Of . tropical garden in
Mission Canyon, Santa Barbara. The
first consignment of choice plants have
arrived, and q vessel is daily expected
from Ecuador with additional plants and
seed.
California College, at vacaville, has
recently had bequest of $50 left it by
DR.. A. Stewart, of Santa Rosa. In No.
vember $4,000 additional, by Mrs. H.
Gray, Of Oakland. was given it. SO that
it now begins to look favorable that the
college will be re.established on firm
and enduring foundation.
The Alameda and San Francisco Public
Administrators are fighting for the ap.
pointment Of administrator Of the estate
Of the late Captain Charles Sealy, who,
until within few days Of his recent
deatb by blood. poisoning in San Fran.
cisco, was . resident Of Oakland, and left
an estate valued at $3.50, 900, mostly real
estate in San Francisco.
California's Veterans Home il passing
through critical period. The funds
raised to establish 1t have been squan.
dered, leaving it in condition whore its
fine property is unavailable. The fine
building erected il unfinished and useless
The land, which will Of some day be Of
great value, has few acres set in vines,
bdt cannot become profitable for several
years.
A few miles north Of Salt Lake City is
Sessions settlement, noted alike for its
rich soil and for the firm grip polygamy
has on the district. The man who has
not from two to ten wives is the excep.
ton rather than the rule, and many Of
the old leechers are not always able to
tell the number Of children they have.
Peregrine Sessioni lately had round. up
of his progeny, and the result a. read in
. paper before the Mutual Improvement
Association, placed the number Of chill.
dren at forty .eight, credited to the six
wives Of Sessions. Each one Of these
children is said to visit the postoffice
daily to inquire for mail. The fact that
the postmaster never gets ruffled in TEN.
per at these frequent calls, but always
has pleasant answer and gives prompt
attention, makes him an ideal model Of
patience. The railway station for this
settlement il known ~ Woods Cross. It
10 supposed to have been thus named in
honor Of the jealous labors in behalf of
Mormonism Of old Tom Woods, whose
numerous harems contain Representatives
Of several nationalities. rs. L. Tribune.
New York, May 5.-The Suns Wash.
ington correspondent, in describing the
scene in the House during the considera.
ton Of the Pleasanton relief bill, says:
White Of Kentucky bore down severely
on West Point, and the proposal to pen.
sion one of the ablebodied graduates.
Rosocrans shook his finger in his face,
exclaiming: "What do you know about
war! What do you know about military
matters?" In heated words afterward he
referred to White as an insane person.
In retorting White more than intimated
that Rosecrans had acquired extensive
land possessions in California in way
that would not bear the light. The
scene, though Of short duration, was the
breeziest Of the session. When it was
over, prominent members asked White
not to allow his remarks to 60 into the
Record, but he declined. He instructed
the reporter to eliminate nothing he had
said, unless Rosecrans struck out the
language that had given rise to it. The
Record Of the next morning contained nc
report Of the scene. Rosecrans had re.
quested that his language be omitted.
When Bismarck, or rather the Reich.
stag acting under his direction, excluded
the American hog, the Newspaper pres,
Of the United States was unanimou,
in denouncing the "outrage;" but now
that Bismarck has snubbed the American
Congress. about half the papers express
indifference to the INSULT. This show,
the relative esteem in which Congress,
and tho pig are held by some thought
less patriots. Us. F. Alta.
Rcd Bluff is to be congratulated upor
the vigorous dose of law a. IL administer
ing to the wretches who made bushes,
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