Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-07-25
WHOLE NO. 1888.
PACIFIC COAST ITEMS.

Los Angeles is TO have a $195,Oo0 City
Hall.
Jose.
Snow fell at Livingston NJ. T., on the
9th inst.
new Jail, with stone cells. is TO be built
at st. Johns, A. T.
flnte Indians are doing good work on
the Mason Valley hay ranches.
More oil and gas were struck at Spanish
town tuesday, at depth of los feet.
The Republicans in Oregon will begin
the Presidential campaign on September
1st.
The real and personal property ASSESS
ment OF Los Angeles county has increased
S5,O00e0o the past year.
Comrade Cooley died at the Veterans
home last Saturday of consumption, max
ing the second death thus far
1t IS estimated that the farmers of King
and Pierce counties, w T., will obtain for
the present seasons hop crop 81 100000.
Johnson Sides, Piute Indian of some
distinction i'll Washoe county, New. GLAZING
that the Piute nation is ON the increase
rather than diminishing.
: bunch of timothy hay, the stalks of
which are seven feet and two inches long.
Is on exhibition at Nevada City Ii was
raised ON " Slickens land
gangof white and Indian horse-thieyes
have been working in the vicinity of Cedar
City, L. T. Two Of the members were can
tured in Nyc county, New.
Mrs. George Heller. of Santa Barbara.
while assisting her husband in raising
heavy lron pump out of an arteSian pine.
bad her fingers crushed So that amputatfon
was necessary.
ID. r. Thomas, OF Poorman's creek. Plu-
mas county, was seriously injured last week
by the discharge of quicksilver flask that
he had loaded with nails, stones and pow
der to MAIN sluice robbers.
Edward Johnson, an Oakland barkeeper.
was stabbed in the back with n knife by his
wife on Monday afternoon. She has disap-
peared and johnson is in bed, but will re-
cover. Jealousy was the cause.
An excursion of 100 members of the Ma
tional Teachers Association have reached
Portland, Or. Fifty of the party will go TO
Alaska by the steamer leaving August 1sL
and 4 party comes 10 san Francisco.
President Harris, of the Northern Pacific,
has been served with a notice of suit for
damages. fixed at $l4 600, for the death of
eleven Chiname", who were killed bv n
collision at Hervas during the construction
of the road.
There are now two propositions 10 put
up electric lights in Oakland. One is by
Eli Denison and his associates and the
other by the newly-formcd gas company.
The former propose to use the Thompson
Houston patent
II. A. Peirce, the oldest living white pio-
neer III California; pioneer since Isis
and for eight years United States Minister
at the Sandwich Islands, is now at Napa
Soda Springs for the benefit of his health.
1t has much improved since his soiourn
there.
Bank Commissioners Litchlield and
White, who have examined the affairs of
the Bank of Ukiah, pronounce the institu-
ton solvent, with resources amounting to
$S92 1886 10 The Commissioners have also
examined the affairs of the Farmers Saw
ings Bank of Lake county, and found them
in II solvent condition.
The pursuers of some horse thieves ia
Montana, when they came near to where
the thieves were ambuShed found a card
hanging to a tree with this legend on it
Better you not come any farther, for
somebody's darling might get hurt, for we
are dandies.' Nevertheless, one of the
" dandies is being tried at Salt Lake.
The following Postmasters have been
commissioned by the President: Thos. b.
Hood, Santa Rosa; John l.. Perdy, Capis-
tranO. New offices have been established
at Maynard Los Angeles county, with Levi
Maynard rs Postmaster; at Tiburon, Marin
county, and d. Markham has been commits
stoned Postmaster of n new Office at Mark
ham, Chehalis county, W
The Crows are taking kindly to farming
operations on the Big Horn and appear
greatly pleased with the result of their la
bors. They exhibit the blisters on their
hands, the result of working the plow. with
becoming pride and number of them will
go into the business of cutting hay for sale.
Some of them are sharp enough to have
already located good claims which they
intend to sell when that part of the reser-
vation is thrown open 10 settlement.
The Reno (Nev) Journal says Profess
sor j. 5. Dillen, Assistant Geologist of the
United States Geological Society. has re-
turned from 4 visit TO Pyramid lake. His
visit was for the purpose of ascertaining the
exact altitude of the present surface of the
lake. The Professor gives it as his opinion
that the whole basin, including Pyramid
and Mud lakes, and the sinks of the Hum
boldt and Carson rivers, was prehistoric
lake, which he calls Lake I.ahontan. There
IS also unmistakable evidence that the sur
face of this ancient body of water was con-
siderably n,ore than 400 feet above the sur
face of Pyramid lake at its present stage.