The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-06-10
ALONG THE COAST.
interesting Occurrences From all
over the Coast.
NEWS OF THE WEEK CONDENSED
A Budgst OF MISCELLANEOUS lettings
Briefly and curtly Told In this
Column.


The Southern Pacific is boring for oil
at Los Angeles TO develop its own
supply Of fuel.
The four-per cent refunding bonds
of Los Angeles, S270, 600, wsre sold at
a premium Of $l43l.
The levees on the Mokelumne river
have broken and the farms near Locke
ford will be damaged.
Lively times are dawning in Cur
NEVILLE, owing to the opening Of quick
silver mines and sawmills.
The prisoners in the Yolo county Jail
are being used TO clean the weeds and
grass from Woodlands streets.
Two parties of surveyors are in the
Tehachapi mountains surveying line
of railroad through TETON pass.
The water committee of the San
Francisco supervisors are in favor Of
municipal ownership of water-works.
The custom house authorities are
taking steps to prevent the shipment
of adulterated California brandies to
Europe.
Julius Kahn has been allowed
$3.50 for services as lobbyist in the
Legislature by the regents Of the
University.
The Berkeley board of education
has made dyspepsia ground of ineli-
gibility to teachers place in its pub
lie schools.
1t is reported that second strike in
the old Gwin mine has, uncovered
So, 900, 900 now in sight at the 1900
foot station.
The following counties have settled
the several installments Of taxes for
1896 Amador, Sierra, Mendocino,
Placer and MADEIRA.
j. S. Kimball q Co. propose to put
in line of steamers between San
Francisco and Central and South
American ports.
The Alcatraz Asphalt Company has
contracted for forty miles Of piping
through which to carry asphalt from
the mines to the coast.
One of the State harbor commission
ers states that 100000 tons of fruits
and other perishable products are an
nually received at San Francisco.
There has been reduction in the
Southern Pacitics excursion rates be-
tween San Francisco and Portland.
First-class fare is now $40; second
class, $l2.
Charles Cavill, the Australian
swimmer, was drowned. while giving
an exhibition in Stockton. He went
under the water TO remain three min
utes, and did not rise.
The State agricultural society,"
report shows short hay and grain crops
all over the central portion of the
State. The fruit crops vary-some
places being light and others heavy.
All the insurance agents of San
Luis Obispo have formed board of
underwriters and agreed not to cut
rates. G. A. Haskin was elected presi-
dent, and W. A. Stanford secretary.
G. A. Wetmore, veteran vineyard
iGt of the State, has secured ten acres
of land ON Roberts Island, near Stock
ton, as an experimental station for the
cultivation of tobacco. He will grow
several choice varieties for wrapping
purposes.
Oakland cigar dealers contemplate
the formation of gigantic co.opera
tive cigar factory that will take in all
the small manufacturers now opera
ting in that city. II is proposed to
employ about 200 cigarmakers in the
monster factory and place several good
brands of cheap cigars on the market
that will take the place of goods now
supplied by Eastern dealers.
New placer diggings have been dis
covered eight miles form Dale City, a
nugget worth 81 has been found, and
two other parties took out two and a
half ounces OF gold in two days with
dry washer. Two others, who have
been working about thirty days, have
taken out between $1,000 and $500.
Now that this is known, there has
been quite rush into these diggings.
1t was never thought that placer mines
would be found in these parts.
NJ. A. Lang and DIR. F. A. Ahrenz
OF Minneapolis, representatives of the
st. Michael's Colony Company of that
city, have closed a deal with jefferson
Myers of Scio, Oregon, for the purchase
of 2470 acres of land three miles
southeast of Scio for the purposes OF
locating a colony of 140 families. The
price paid for the land was $35, 900.
The colony is composed of German
families from Minnesota, Wiscon sin
Nebraska and Indiana. TheyI will
come to Oregon this fall and next
spring.
AT the annual convention of thS
Knights of Pythias at Hanford, the
report Of the grand chancellor showed
that there was net gain of 900 mem.
bers last year in this State, the total
membership ON May /, 1897, being
l0,772, the highest attained during the
past twenty eight years. The Rath
bone temple, recently III session had
twenty five ont of thirty-six temple.
represented, by an attendance of sixty
delegates and grand officers. Eleven
new temples have been founded during
the year, and the order now has 2O0C
members in the State.
The trial of John W. Garner, ar.
rested at Bakersfield on charge OF
counterfeiting, has begun in Los An.
geles before Judge Wellborn Of the
United States District Court. Garner
carried on his operations in a small
mouse on the plains near Bakersfield.
During his absence from the place
several boys broke into the house and
discovered a number of counterfeit IS
Gold niaooc The