Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-04-27
PACIFIC COAST ITEMS.
Nevada City has no vacant houses.

Nevada City has no vacant houses.
Lompoc bids for the new insane asylum.
A new city directory has been issued of
Tacoma, w. T. The city now claims a pop
ulation of 1000.
There are 5,027 persons of school age in
Umatilla county, Oregon, of whom only
2,023 attend school.
Victoria, B. c., is making preparations
for celebrating the Queens birthday-the
oath inst.-on a grand scale.
There are ISL patients in the Insane Asy
ium at Steilacoom, w. T., twelve having
been admitted during the last quarter.
Steamers will leave Monterey hereafter
in the evening at IA o'clock, so as to take
passengers on the late train for the south.
The Carson New appeal says that
SIC, 2SS was received by the State Land
Office for sales during the month of March.
A grain warehouse in Phoenix, A. T., fell
with great crash April 18th. Fortu-
nately no person was in the building at the
time.
The Phoenix "a. t. Gazette says during
the month of March there were 291 entries
made III the United States land office of
that city.
An Indian outbreak is feared by the resi-
dents of Jordan valley, Nev., on account of
the shooting OF an Indian a short time ago
by three white men.
The Chinese of Virginia, New, foated a
gorgeous imperial ensign from their joss
house in honor of the French defeat in the
last battle with the Tonquinese.
One of the wives Of the fleeing Bishop
Hunt, an Arizona Mormon, who started for
Mexico with colony of the Saints, died at
Pleasanton, and the Bishop has returned to
his Arizona home, where he has another
wife. He has no fears of prosecution now.
Somebody in Yakima, W. T., who was
dissatisfied because the publishers OF the
Siq7,dl were about to move their entire es-
adjustment on wheels to a more entcrprls-
ing suburb, put some giant powder under
the house and touched it off. The house
could never be put together again.
The first trip on bicycles ever made across
the anita Cruz mountains was accomplished
April 10Th by two cyclists, who went from
San Jose TO Santa Cruz in six hours OF run
ming time AS it rained and hailed in the
mountains and the roads were heavy, no
attempt at quick time was made.
Just before the thunderstorm at Antioch
April I'D singular phenomenon occurred
there While the thunder was mutterlng
and the storm was gathering overhead, a
shower of large black crickets came down
seemingly from the Clouds and the streets
and sidewalks were soon black with them.
a young Fresno county Justice performed
his first marriage ceremony few days ago
After asking the regulation questions OF the
interested parties, with few original mod
ifications, he closed by saying; Well, L
guess that will do. l pronounce you man
and WIFE, and if you don't get along very
well together it amt my fault
Boys at Portland are causing the Post
office officials considerable annoyance by
tearing off the stamps from the letters that
are addressed in Chinese characters and
which are placed in an open box in the
lobby, so that the persons whom they are
addressed can pick them out. The en-
velopes are sometimes destroyed, and often
the letters themselves are carried off.