Los Angeles daily herald., 1873-11-20
PACIFIC COAST NEWS.

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A Washington Territory lad, four
teen years old, killed a bears cub The
other day while the old bear stood and
looked on. ..-.
The Salem, (Oregon) mills, receive
on an average of 1000 bushels of
wheat per day from wagons, and are
paying SO cents per bushel.
Myriads Of wild geese are daily to be
seen on Elk Horn Slough, Monterey
county, portions OF the slough being
literally covered with them.
During the recent storm, snow drift
ed in Beaverhead Canon four or five
feet deep in places, and passage-way
had to be shoveled for the coaches.
VIM. Conner, the newly elected
James Conner, the well-known type
founder, and, in 1850, resided in San
Francisco.
A boy named Thomas Jones was Sc
riously wounded in the leg by the ac-
cidental discharge of shotgun, at
Modesto, on Friday. Amputation will
be necessary.
The grain and potato crops in some
parts of Montana have been almost
total failures this year. The grasshOp-
pers did it for the grain, and Jack
Frost for the potato.
Last week Burrows, gas manufac-
tnrer at Seattle, tried coal from the
Clymer mine, OH the Black river, and
found it adapted to gas-making and
that it would make coke.
Four important letters from the east
have been received at the Auzerais
House, San Jose, for VIM. A. White,
who issupposed to be sojourning in
the vicinity of Santa Barbara.
Abraham Whitson, young man
stopping at a hotel in Missoula, Mon
tana, not long since, got up in his
sleep and walked out of the house into
Hellgate river and was drowned.
w. A. Hudson, of Union Star, Mis-
souri,, desires to ascertain OF the
whereabouts of Oliver Jones, who,
three years since, was a resident of
Virginia, New. by the death of his
father-in-law he has become interest
ed in a large estate. ..eI
Thirty-One eases appear on the dock
ct for disposition in the Circuit Court
for Jackson county, Oregon, which
convened on the 10th instant. Two
murder cases against white men, and
nine against Scarf Faced Charley and
other Indians are pending.
The farmers of San Joaquin Valley
are busily engaged in putting in seed
for another crop. Experience has
proven to the satisfaction of all that
early sOwn land is most certain to pro-
duce crop, and therefore a large area
will this year be seeded before the
commencement of the heavy rains.
The suit of John B. Winters VS..
VIM. Sharon and Thomas Sunderland
came up for trial in the District Court,
Virginia, New, November 18th. The
suit is for $4,000, claimed by the
plaintiff as due him as his share of
the profits Of certain stock speculatiOns
in which the parties are jointly inter
ested.
A fire occurred in the pOstoffice and
dry good store at McMinniville kept
by DR.. H. V. johnson lately. Some
person was boiling oil on the stove,
and turning hisattentiOn to something
else for a moment, the oil boiled over
and caught on fire, and, the flames
spreading, burnt the interior of the
building badly, though the fullest eX-
tent Of the damage We did not learn.
Albert H. Guid, one of the oldest
and most respected citizens of Victoria,
died on the 18th instant. He was an
Odd Fellow for nearly 80 years, and in
the establishment of that noble institu-
tion in the Province he was foremost.
Last year he filled, efficiency and well,
the important post of Deputy District
Grand Master, and at the time of his
death he was Past Grand of Victoria
Lodge of Odd Fellows.
The total coinage of the Carson Mint
yesterday, says the Carson ADpeul of
November 18th, was $4S, 900, $38 900 of
which were gold twenties, and the
balance, $4,000, in trade dollars, all to
be returned to depOsitOrs i'm return for
precious bullion received at the Mint
for coinage. Last night all employees
of the coming department. of the Mint
were at labor rolling ingots of silver
and cutting the same for coinage on
Thursday.
The Oregon Farmer, speaking of
the Salem mills, says: "They have
completed their improvements and
have eight stones in full operation,
one being used to chop wheat, and are
grinding the enormous amount Of 500
barrels daily, or near that figure.
They thus turn out SO tons of flour a
day, and will furnish the Cutwater
with her cargo in a months run. This
is nearly or quite equal to the run of
any other three mills in Oregon" IA
The Tacoma Tribune of last Friday
says: "Three rich Indians and three
squaws down the Sound, who wanted
to do something good and liberal be-
fore going to the Happy hunting
ground gave grand potlatch near
Freeport, King county, during the
past few days. They commenced CIV
ing Oh Saturday and, except Sunday,
continued their carnival several days,
when everything in the world the
three Indians and their squaws possess
ed had been given away. About So, 600
in money and ST. 900 in goods (the ac-
cumulatiOns of their lifetime) We're
given to 3,7OO other Indians. Long
notice was given, and they gathered
from every point west of the Cascade
mOuntains-many going OH horseback,
hundreds by steamer, and the remain
der in canoes, of which no less than
260 were there at one time.u