The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-11-25
ALONG THE COAST.
Interesting Occurrences From all
Over the Coast.
NEWS OF THE WEEK CONDENSED.
A Number of Miscellaneous JOttings
Briefly and OurtIy Told In This
Column.

The total enrolment Of pupils IN
the Santa Rosa High School is 2s2.
Los Angeles is improving the city
Fire Department to the tune of $780,
600.
Henry Nelson, a pioneer of Colusa
county. died at his home in that county
recently.
Rev. Slaughter Of Woodland lost
two children within q week of diph
liberia.
The President has appointed Arthur
w. Kinney to be receiver of pablo
moneys in Los Angeles.
Geyserville vineyardists want 1
large winery established at that plac'
before the next vintage comes ON.
John Roberts of MAIDSTONE, England
is in San Francisco. He intends pur
chasing large California farming
properties.
Governor Budd has granted pardon
to Louis Sternberg. the ballot bo,
stuffer of San Francisco, who was sent
to San Quentin.
A bicycle track between Pasadena
and Los Angeles, to be known as the
California Cyoleway is said to be an
assured fact.
The Trustees of Alameda are con.
sidering An ordinance that will prevent
moonlight picnics and dancing parties
in that little city.
The trial of Henry Hoaglin,
charged with the murder of his brother
Charles at Blocksburg six weeks ago,
has begun at Eureka.
Up to this date seventeen whaling
vessels have arrived in San Francisco
during the present season and the value
of their cargoes is $750,000
An important strike of natural gas
is reported in Sonoma county. The
flow is upon the ranch Of John Bern
ham, who lives in Bennett Valley.
The Sather and the Nevada banks of
San Francisco are soon to become Ma
tional banks, the former with capital
OF $500. 900 and the latter $4,000, 900.
A new mining district has been
formed fifty miles southeast of Mo-
jave. and quartz lodges there are
yielding rock that assays up into the
hundreds.
Town Marshal William Delashmutt
Of Selma, Fresno county, has disap-
peared with $500 of the municipal
funds. He is young man between %
and 80 years of age.
The city of Spokane, WASH, is to
issue $500, 1000 general municipal bonds
for the purpose of funding the float
ing debt of the city, the object being to
reduce interest charges.
The Virginia, Nevada, Enterprise
publishes the names Of 327 persons
who were on the Comstock when Me-
vada was admitted, thirty three years
ago, and who still live there.
Three sailors recently attempted to
set FIRE to the whaling bark, John and
Winthrop, while the vessel was in tho
Behring Sea. The vessel has arrived
in San Francisco with the culprits in
icons.
Salmon are very plentiful in Hum
boldt bay and in the streams emptying
into it. In one night two or three
fishermen of Eureka caught 104 sal
mon that averaged over forty pounds
in weight.
Capt. A. W. Hall, of the schooner
Grace, which sailed for Lower Cali
foria from San Francisco, some
months ago, has been arrested in San
Diego for the attempted poisoning Of
his crew.
The Chamber of Commerce of Port.
land, Oregon, has taken steps to sup.
ply food to the needy and starving
miners on the Yukon, and has asked
the government to assist in getting
supplies to Da wson city.
y P. E. Smith, saloon keeper at
Randsburg, committed suicide by
shooting himself in the mouth with a
SS-calibre revolver. Smith appeared
to be in the best of spirits and no cause
can be assigned for his act
One of the largest consignments of
raw silk ever brought to the port of
San Francisco, has arrived by the
steamer Coptic from Yokohama via
Honolulu. 1t consisted of 1858 bales,
and is to be shipped to New York.
There was joint meeting of the
Board of Trade. Chamber of Com.
merce and Merchants Exchange in
San Francisco recently, to concert
measures for securing to San Francisco
next year the bulk of the trade with
Alaska.
Diphtheria is quite prevalent at
Sacramento, and has caused oonsidera.
BILE alarm among parents. The funeral
OF child that had died from the dis.
ease was held at church, and was
numerously attended, and this caused
the disease to spread.
This years grape crop is one Of the
largest ever produced by Sonoma
county. From one vineyard which last
year produced 80 tons, this season roo
tons have been obtained. High prices
have been secured and the vineyardists
are all feeling prosperous.
Hemp growing is proving very
profitable along the Feather river in
the vicinity of Gridley, Butte county.
The produce when ready for market
sells at Eve cents per pound. Hemp
could be grown with profit ON the bot.
tom lands of Kings river.
The first carload of oranges Of the
season from California has been
shipped from Porterville, Tulare
county, TO Boston. From this time ON
the shipments from that point will be
two or three carloads day and the
crop ID estimated at seventy carloads