Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-10-02

The Carson box factory is worked to its
fall capacity.
The new water works at San Diego viii
cost $4,000.
The Central Pacific Railroad is assessed
in Nevada for Sc, 4935S0.
AT meeting of Napa county fruit-grow-
ers last Saturday it was stated that single
firm have made $4,000 in shipping fruit
East this year.
Droves Of semi-wiId horses abound in
Mono county, the owners having let them
run so long that they cannot catch them
and they have multiplied manifold. a
Mexican vaquero was sent out last week to
try to catch some, but he had poor success
A Chicago firm have been making extern
sive purchases OF cattle in Washington
Territory, paying for them in checks on a
Chicago bank. Some of these checks have
been dishonored, and the holders of S32,-
GOO OF them are in great trouble over the
matter
Hcaldsburg had eight prisoners in Jail
last week, but one night six of them dug
our and the other two were only prevented
from going by a preference for the quarters
over any others they were likely to find
The Jail has now been repaired TO keep the
escapes from returning.
The Yrel1a Union says; Goldfish, which
heretofore have shown an aversion to fresh
water, are swarming up Shasta river this
season. The salmon law does not protect
Goldfish, hence the fish you see the boys
bring in are cod, although they bear a re-
narkable resemblance to salmon.
The Aituras Hadepe7,deat says that con-
tract was recently sigued in Eastern Ore
gon for COCO head of cattle to be delivered
in Chicago at S37 a head. The cost of
transportation, it is stated, is only $50 a
carload, OF less than So a head. This con-
tract IS profitable for the stock-raiser
Crawiishing has become quite business
on the Oregon rivers. 1t is no trick at all
for fellow armed with half dozen iron
hoops filed with netting to catch two or
three hundred in an afternoon. In the
Portland market they sell for two bits a
dozen, out in San Francisco they are worth
80 to 70 cents.
A Chinaman was fined $50 in Napa
county Court recently for some offense, and
as soon as he was told of the amount he
turned to the Judge and told him that he
would like him to settle delinquent wash
bill of so, and of an officer of the Court
standing By he made a similar demand.
The money was at once forthcoming and
the fine was paid.
grapevine in Santa Barbara almost
rivals the famous one at Montecito, which
was taken to the Centennial Exposition.
The present growing one is twenty-five
inches in circumference at the ground. and
where the vines branch oct, nine feet from
the ground, il is twenty inches in circum-
ference. There are estimated to be two
tons of iricg, delicious grapes on the vine,
which is IL years old.
Bears have Increased greatly In numbers
in Oregon since the great wind-storm of
JanuarF 1880, which threw down so much
timber and rendered the woods almost i'm
passahie in some parts Of the State and pre-
venting the hnna.asof bears with dogs. In
some parts OF southern Oregon .'the woods
are fail OF en-. Z gentleman who has
lately been out 10 Coos county saws there
are more bears than hogs in that county.
When thetown Of Dixon, Solano county,
was incorporated, the limits were drawn SO
as to inci&de part Of ranch owned by
J. s. Meyer, wealthy farmer. Meyer re-
sisted payment of taxes, aud now Judge
Backles, of S5lano county, has given indg-
inent in his favor, holding that the inclu-
sion Of farm properly IN a municipal cor
poration is taken private property for pub
lie use without rendering compensation.