The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1889-06-29
COAST NEWS.

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paid from the Los Angeles school fund
1t is asserted on good authority tina
the coast line Of Alaska exceeds that o
the United States.
A Selma paper says there are '-222::
girls. 222 boys and one Chinese boy" il
that school district.
To get clear of its debt Los Angelo.
county will require tax of $40 for each
person within its borders.
Sacramento has prohibited the build
ing Of wooden sidewalks. They must be
Of cement or patent stone.
The hot wave struck Yakima. W. t.,
last Monday. At 2 o'clock p. NJ. the
thermometer stood 10 in the shade.
A strawberry was picked in Feidt's
garden. Salem. Oregon. last week. that
measured nine inches around the waist.
At the Sunnyside mine, near the Plu-
mas county line, nugget of gold weigh
ing thirteen pounds was found last
week.
Thirteen hundred men were employed
the past year making railroad surveys
through Norther California for the Tn.
ion Pacific.
The champion pancake eater OF Cali.
fornia lives at Csmpton. Los Angeles
county. He recently ate 50 cakes Of the
usual size for breakfast.
The lower level OF the Idaho mine, at
Grass Valley, will be kept tightly closed
for three months in order to smother the
fire that did 40 much damage recently.
Tulars Lake. which was formerly 20
by 80 miles, is now but Is by 90. AL.
though the water is strongly impregna.
ted with borax and alksli; the lake is
full of fish.
The body of John Bahten. miner,
who persisted from thirst on the desert,
has been found by searching party from
Daggett. The body when found was in
sight Of water. IA.
Private Fitzsimmons, at Miles City,
NJ. T., tore out his eyes and threw one
of them away while insane. The other
eye was removed from his check, where
it WAS hanging. (
1t is reported that band is regularly
organised to rob the Safe Deposit Build.
ing At Seattle, which contains over q
million dollars in valuables aud was
partly destroyed, by FIRE.
The explosion Of an oil lamp at Butte.
NJ. T., june l6, caused = fire (which
burned itself ont through the inability
of the Fire DSpsTtaasSf - do any work.
owing to the rotten hoss. at. mao.
An unkuown mar. deliberately placed
his head on the track Of the Northern
Pacific road between Yakima and Ellens.
burg. w. 7. Sunday. His skull was
crushed and death followed soon after.
ward. I
Twenty tons OF straw berries are retting
on the vines in the neighborhood of
Portland. Oregon, because the growers
cannot sell them at even three csnts .
pound. Many berry growers will plox
up their patches. ri
Forest Fires are prevailing on me east
side Of the Cascade Range. Toe roar Of
the blaze can be heard foe miles, and
lumberman say that millions of feet have
been destroyed. A strong wind is pre-,
vailing. and the fire extending.
The 6-year.old daughter of Portu.
gese family liviDs at Livermore. CAL,
was taken suddenly i'll Sunday afternoon.
The family started to town for medical
assistance but the child died on the
road. An autopsy showed that collar
button had lodged in the child's wind.
piIA, strangling her.
I Not human life was lost in the Sc.
attic conasgration. Careful investiga.
ton shows that no one is missing, and
the two skeletons or pieces Of bonel
found in the ruins are known to BE- artic,
ulated. showing that they belonged to
physicions' Offices. The actual space raw.
aged by the flames covered l62 acres.
A doctor ct Chester. Penn. who I'D,