| Show NEWS ITEMS s TIIE THE mendocino herald Merald cal CAI says that on the ath of january about 9 pm pathe the timid portion of our inhabitants were badly 61 frightened 1 glit ened by the sudden appearance of an earthquake there were two distinct distine t shocks about two seconds between them the tho houses shook violently at each shock the only damage we have heard of however was the breaking of two or three lamp chimneys A COMPANY has been formed in pennsylvania with capital to make sugar and syrup from corn under dr Goe Goo slings patent the professor selling out his claim for it is said that the experiments have already succeeded in the production of three and a half gallons of syrup from a bush elof el of corn ABOUT seven pm on monday january ath a very severe shock of an earthquake was experienced at santa rosa cal it was the severest shock ever felt there so declares tha the I 1 oldest adest inhabitant 11 A contractor on the eastern division ion lon of the pacific railroad has empl empi employed 0 a large force of pawnee indians ma male bale and female to do heavy work he heays henys says they work very well and exceed his expectations being quite quito handy with the pick and shovel shovel ADJUTANT GENERAL washburne of vermont in his annual report breaks speaks with justifiable pride of the fact fact t that at the colors of no vermont regiment ever fell into the hands of the rebels THE CAMANCHE monitor shipped to ban francisco has been put together and is nearly completed OPENING OF THE california ART UNION the rooms of this new assoni atlon were thrown open to the public on the of jan the collection consists of about a hundred and thirty paintings many by california artists the h exhibition is said to be very creditable comparing favorably with the first eff efforts lorts of the new york art union territorial enterprise 5 car CIE crops 0 r S the yield yil 4 of this years crops is given a as follows in th the e interesting ing report the agricultural bureau the wheat crop is ia bushels against it last tsi ye year ar corn against last year rye 20 bushels or about rie less ess than last year barley or half a million le less Ss thag thai than laa lah last year ear dar oats or 1000 I 1 more ihan than than last year buckwheat 19 bushels more than laa last year potatoes bushels less jess than last year tobacco pounds being 0 70 pounds bounas less ihan than last year and hay hav hay tons being less than each of the two preceding years the flaxseed crop is is irom from from one to four per cent larger than last year THE tue tax paid by the national banks during the first seven months of the current fiscal year amounts to BY a late order of the emperor travelers to russia will henceforth be permitted to take into the empire guidebooks cookbooks cook books works of travel and even romances but prayer books are till still interdicted interdict ed DURING the past eleven months the number of incendiary fires in the united states was and the value of the losses was CAPT WINSLOW late of the kear harge targe has been made commodore to date irom from december 14 4 ISLANDS great storm one of the severest storms that have been experienced for many years at these islands commenced jan ad with a fresh wind from the south accompanied with rain nearly every day till the ith rth on the afternoon of the ath the wind suddenly shifted around to the opposite quarte quarter r and gave us a cold norther increasing in in violence from day to day till monday noon for twelve hours from monday noon till midnight it mig might t be properly termed weeping sweeping over the city and c country with fearful results prostrating pro plo houses trees fence sand growing crops a honolulu advertiser |
