Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-02-16
PACIFIC COAST ITEMS.

The care of AriZona's criminals and in
sane costs the Territory more than half of
her running expenses.
Wild pigeons have again put in an ar-
pearance in large numbers, on the noun
tains around Cloverdale.
About one thousand head of beef cattle
were shipped over the road from Sonora to
Wilcox, Arizona last week.
The hog feed of Shasta county has failed
this year, and large bands of hogs have
dwindled away to two or three.
A company has been incorporated for the
purpose of erecting an opera house and the
alter in Fresno. Capital stock, So, 900.
Another new town, called Covina. has
been located in Los Angeles county, and a
newspaper has been started in the colony.
During recent snow-storm in Winnie
mucca vivid flashes of lightning were seen
an unusual phenomenon in midwinter
storm.
Senator Stanford visited his ranch at
Vina few days ago, and gave orders for
1000 acres more to 0e planted in vines, and
1000 more in alfalfa.
The new paper mill at Lynwood, near
Camptonville, Los Angeles county, is turn
ing out from $500 to 1000 pounds of gro
Gerry wrapping paper daily.
The outlook for Vacaville is good it is
estimated that in two years from now it
will take 900 people to pick and take care
of the fruit in Naca Valley.
Out of 1900 sheep belonging to the Mon
tana Sheep Company, on Flat Willow,
Meagher county, NJ T., only forty-one have
died since the LIST of November.
The Sonoma hldcr- Tribune says that
salmon trout was caught the other day in
one of the streams of the Sonoma valley
that weighed over twenty pounds.
Los Angeles may now fairly be classed
among the great places, she now owing
county debt of S705,695. The city debt is
Also quite large and rapidly increasing.
A serious but unknown disease is killing
the cattle about Halfmoon Bay, San Mateo
county. Over $1,000 worth of yearlings
died last month belonging to James Presho.
1t is a sort of cattle cholera.
The sawdust dumped into the Trucl1ee
river has SO far exterlninated the trout and
other fish in that river that none have been
caught this season above the head of the
CANYON, six miles below Reno.
Coyotes are making sad havoc among
young pigs in Santa Anavalley, Los Angeles
county a petition has been presented to
the Board of Supervisors asking that q
bounty be offered for their scalps.
Nine artesian wells have been sunk in
the Eagle Rock valley settlement, near
Pasadena, Los Angeles county, from 175 to
200 feet deep, and four of them have yield
ed permanent flow of pure soft water.
Between 100 and 40 Cinnamon are at
work within five miles of Gridley says the
Herald. getting out cord and stove wood.
They have contracts under way for $500
cords of four-foot and 800 of stove wood.
The Virginia (Sev.) press urges the neces-
sity of having bail-and-chain gang lnStl-
tuted for the purpose of comforting the
honor and its decorations upon visiting
tramps, who are becoming numerous there
abouis.
A large colored colony is being located in
Los Angeles county. E. J. BALDWIN has
built thirty-two houses for the thirty-two
negro families that will soon arrive from
Tennessee The buildings are erected after
the plan of the negro homes in the South,
and present quite an attractive appearance.
This colony of negro laborers will take the
place of the Chinese laborers on the great
Baldwin ranch hereafter.
Indian Agent Gibson, of the Nevada
Agency, with headquarters at Pyramid
Lake, reports the Indians doing well at
Pyramid reservation. The young Indians
of both sexes are being educated at the
agency school, and are making good pro-
gress in their studies He has abundant
supplies for all Piutes who are willing to
live at the reservation and do a reasonable
amount of work if physically able to per-
form labor.