Show WESTERN NOTES MOTES tile the sout SoUl southern hern californian says the sheep men are in fine spirits in 0 they have plenty of gr new fells feels feed pools to the amount of were sold during the tho late races in los angeles the gold hill jems jews says nobody in this section ever saw so much eggnog egg nog as was to be found throughout gold hill and virginia on christmas day K R S thompson of napa kapa cal still continues to send grapes to the market fresh from the vines picked in december the vineyard is in browns valley the successful construction 0 of f the wilmington breakwater is having the desired effect there is already a perceptible deepening of the channel going on A small propeller the emerald isle only forty five feet in length running on lake tahoe is the fastest boat of her size in the united states she makes her fifteen miles an hour the editor of measure for measure gently reminds his subscribers that invariably in advance mean simply a slight anticipation of or the second advent of christ it means paeans now the languedoc Tangue doc doe almond trees in the orchard of 0 iv childs Ls L s now in splendid bloom this tills n newly e wiy natura naturalized lazed tree says the Ep express tese rese is maturing finely and will come of age next year whence shall know its ita real value y the stockton Jn independent dependent says rays atri farmers residing on the west side of the san joaquin in this county informs us that the prospect for crops was never more favorable the soil is sufficiently moistened for fbi the present and everything in the agricultural line is lovely on the hills west of carson says the tribune where a few years ago not a tree could be seen seep is is growing up a young forest that in twenty yc sears years is will anford afford as much if not more wood that has up to this time been cut from the same samo ground A schoolboy informs the san Fralic francisco franeisco isco chronicle that the name Califor california nirOl originated in an old romance of the tile crusades which was wag very popular in the days of columbu and cortes one of the characters in the romance is california ta ane queen of the amazons thirty eight more acres have havo been beep deeded to the lick on lake tahoe and with tho acres previously given make mihe acres acrea included in the selected site which now possesses posses aes zes a pretty little harbor suitable for landing and wharf facilities mr lick will proceed P ro c C ed at once with the construction of the observatory buildings the jute manufacturing faatu ring company ilas lias received liberal orders from stockton vallejo alviso petaluma Pet aluma and other places the factory which they contemplate erecting will occupy three acres of land and turn out bags dal dai daily dally giving employment to white girls boys men and women wherever the capital stock is subscribed the company will locate S ii chronicle according to the sacramento bee the members of the legislature wt re so anxious to decamp for their christmas fi resides as to forget to makh mako out the credentials of mr hager as united states senator until some person noticing the blunder rushed around and stopped pacheco Pach eco cco estee and the secretary and clerk till the defect was waa remedied more orders were received by the last steamer from japan for rabbits says the tile san sail francisco bulletin than thail can be filled in this market Chii chil amen timen are employed in tho the larger towns of or the state stale hunting up fan fain y breeds for the japan market te tie TI e large prices paid for fancy pairs or of I 1 hese these pets in yokohama has greatly stimulated the trade we saw yesterday rays mys the white whito pine bews mews yews of december some thirty or forty rabbits exhibited for sale pale in front of s saloon on maln main street plum tells us that that john conger shot them all while riding across steptoe valley a distance orsome of some twelve miles within the recollection of the oldest inhabitant so many rabbits as aro arc now running in the tho valley vailey have bave not net been seen ru fer ruu r diun |