Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-05-22
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Items of Interest.

A heavy shower Of rain fell at Napaon
Sunday night, accompanied by sharp
lightning
Two engines on the Canadian Pacific
road were wrecked in collision near
Yale, b. G., last week.
A seagull was captured near Marysville
few days ago. How the bird got so
far inland is not known.
An egg measuring lOtxS inches was
the curio Gridley. Cal, hen laid last
week. When booken open two perfect
eggs, each in separate shell, were dis
covered inside. H
Henry Ward, a teamster employed at
Oyster Bay, d. c., was drowned, togsth.
er with his kiootchman ian Indian
squawl, by the overturniDg Of their boat
few days ago.
The Columbia fishing season Is now in
Its seventh week and thus far there has
not been paying run. The pack to date
is As per cent of the pack for a CORES.
ponding time last year.
In dispute at Sacramento few days
ago Louis Imsund had the sight Of one
of his eyes destroyed by n handful Of wet
mertar, thrown at him by John Sporting.
A warrant has been issued for Sporings
arrest.
Ii. II. Mason, a miner and somewhat
Of an athlete. left Bishop Creek, Mono
county, several weeks ago to go pros
pecting. Since then nothing has been
seen or heard of him, and il is thought
that he has been murdered.
At Portland the large iron transfer
boat for the Northern Pacific 1t Ksia,na
WAS launched on Saturday morning from
Smith Brothers & Watson's shipyard. II
is expected that she will be ready for
service in about two months.
In fit Of frenzy Frank Wiss OF Dia-
mond SPRING. III Dorado county, sought
to break shotgun lat week by striking
it on the ground The weapon did not
break. but vas discharged, wounding
Wiss ia such manner that he died In q
fw hours.
LAT Vancouver, w. r., Department
tammander General Niles is In recsipt
0f information that the .awniill at Fort
Spokane. together with all the machin-
cry, was destroyed by fire few days
ago. Enough lumber had been sawed
aud was saved to complete the projected
buildings at the post "a
At Fort Verde, A. T., Last week, q
thoroughbred bulldog was matched
against . young mountain lion. The
battle was a very fierce one. lasting about
fifteen minutes, resulting in q victory
for the dog: but the canine did not sur.
vive long. dying from wounds received
during the fight in about half an hour.
The Crystal Lake aud Yuba Pass
quarries, at Emigrant Gap, which have
been running for the past two years, sup.
plying the new dry dock in course Of
construction at Vallejo with grnnite,
have been shut down, throwing about
fifty men out of employment. Cause:
No appropriation made for completion.
At visalia on Friday x-Assemblyman
A. b. Du Brutz had au alteration, fol-
lowed by a fight, on the street, with j.
o. Blakely, editor OF the Journal. The
difficulty grew out Of series Of news
paper articles from Du Brutz. replied to
by Blakely. Dn Brutz paid fine Of $I5
this morning and BlakeIy's case was set
for the 24th instant.
At Baker City. Ogn, Burt Prescott
and A. Steel, cattle thieves, were con-
v,cted Oh Saturday and sentenced each
to ten years in the penitentary. Nit
Prescott got four years and Campbell and
Mitchell were discharged. Ed. Prescott
and Harvey Norton. who escaped with
the five above mentioned, were not re-
captured and are still at large. ~ -