The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1890-06-21
COAST NEWS.
Fresno had seven fires last week.

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: The late vote of Oregon was abou
$1,000
Caterpillars are stripping the trees a
q Santa Rosa.
r The rainfall at Boulder Creek wa
r l23 81 inches.
The Woodland Democrat cries alon,
for creamery.
Escondido, Cpl, exports 5000 deer
eggs a week.
Only married men are employed OF
street work at San Diego.
The Union Pacific expects to run into
Seattle by December, 1891.
The first figs in the San Francisco mar.
ket were from Yuma, Arizona.
The Sonoma Tribune says buyers are
in town trying to contract for the entire
peach crop at $40 ton.
The largest county in Washington is
Okanogan 600, square miles while
Island liz the smallest-l75 square miles.
Immense swarms of grasshoppers can
be seen on the plains at Silver Creek.
IDAHO The ranchers are discouraged.
The Pomona Times. Courier says the
receipts from all the orange groves OF
Pomona Valley average 5000 an acre this
year.
The fishermen in the neighborhood Of
Sacramento have formed a union and
chosen one man to handle all fish caught
by them.
By the last school census OF Grass Val
ley that town has lost Il children since
1889. At 50 head, the loss to the
school fund 5000.
The trustees OF the Stockton Public
Library have ordered all the files of daily
and weekly papers kept since January !,
1850, sold at any price.
Twenty-four Cinnamon were captured
in Arizona, having crossed the line from
Guaymas, and taken to Tucson Four
boys were in the party.
Two attempts have been made recently
to burn down the creamery at Newport,
Los Angeles county. Both fires were
started in the same part of the building.
A skeleton recently found in Washing
ton township, Nevada county, proves to
be that of John Wilson, shoemaker,
who disappeared about fourteen months
ago.
L. ID. Lilly. a we'll known settler on
the Stillangnomish, Wash, was instantly
killed few days ago while telling
tree. A branch flew of and struck him
on the head.
Dixon was lighted with electric lamps
and water was turned on for the first
time on Wednesday. 1t was big day
for the town and the people celebrated it
in royal fashion.
A barge loaded with $1,000 worth of
silver ore went to the bottom OF the
river at Osbourne, Idaho, last Monday.
The barge was owned by the Northern
Pacific Railroad Company.
The Oregon Insane Asylum now con
contains 620 patients, and is unable to
give them enough ROOM A new wing
will be completed shortly that will help
to remedy the overcrowed quarters.
The ietty tramway at the mouth OF the
Columbia river was extended ! 1892 feet
during May. One and third miles re-
mains to be made, and the huge brush
mattresses will be put in this season.
The Mexican authorities at Magda-
lena, Sonora: refuse to allow the return
of lAmerican cattle which stray into
into Mexico, and have ordered all Amer.
lean cattle hereafter found across the
line to be taken up and sold
A quarrel over the right to enter
house by the owner when it was in pro-
cess of construction at Seattle Saturday,
resulted in the death of G. X. Dobson,
contractor, at the hands Of I. j. Pratt,
teamster and owner of the property.
Ia struggle at Sacramento between
man named Whitaker and his wife for
the possession OF a pistol the charge was
exploded and the bullet entered the
wife's side and killed her. The parties
were colored, and the contest for the
pistol was not in anger.
Says the Yreka Journal: One of the
latest freaks or pranks Of the Central
Pacific railroad engines IL, that last week
at Gazells. the COW catcher picked up a
mule owned by Mrs. Campbell and flung
1T at a mare owned by John E,rrelly Of
Shasta Valley, killing both mule aad