Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-06-13
PACIFIC COAST ITEMS.
Calistoga has 800 school children.

Calistoga has 800 school children.
San Jose expects to have watch factory.
One or two cases of CHAMBERS are reported
at Napa.
ella Bend, A. T, lost $4,000 by its re-
cent fire.
The Pest-house at Tacoma, w. T., was
burned last week
Walla Walla, w T., ships 5000 pounds
of Strawberries day.
A fire in Truckee, Wednesday night
caused a loss of 81 500.
Coal has been found near the quarry
back of the Napa Asylum
A home for imbecile children has been
opened at the Vallejo Sulphur Springs.
A. 3. Moffitt, AssembIyman from Los
Angeles, died at San Fernando Wednes-
day.
About 175 homestead patents were re-
ceived by the Land Office at Salt lake
Wednesday.
The Twenty first Infantry, Colonel Nor
row, has been ordered from Vancouver to
Sydney Barracks, Neb.
P. r. Welsh's garden in Oroville has
sixty orange trees in fine condition and
loaded with young oranges.
Several citizens of Umatilla county, Ore
gon. have been arrested. charged with
crookedness in land dealings.
Hailstones, said to be as large as hens
eggs fell at Genoa, New, last week, killing
and wounding number of fowls.
The Austrians at Los Angeles are prepar-
ing to receive the Grand Duke of Austria
who is expected there in few days.
All the hotels and summer resorts about
Bonner Lake are ready for the summer
business. The weather is reported fine.
Asa E. Whittier was found dead in his
room at Portland, Or, Tuesday. He is said
to be cousin or nephew of Whittier, the
poet
Numerous waterspouts in Union and
Umatilla counties, Or, last week, caused
great damage to residences, crops, fences
and sheep.
The trial of Cloninger for murder at St.
Helcn's, Or, has resulted in n disagree
ment of the jury. He is IS years old and
quite wealthy.
GrasshOppers are so thick between Fol-
som and Latrobe, near White Rock, that
the Indians gathered fifty barley sacks full
and had a feast.
Mrs Louisa A. Woods has obtained a
decree of divorce at San Jose from her huS-
band Ex-Governor George l.. Woods, for
alleged abandonment.
The opposition on Puget Sound between
the two steamers Eliza Anderson and
George Starr is - great that an excursion
from Victoria, b. c., around the islands, a
distance of 100 miles, last Sunday, cost but
% cents.
A young mare belonging to Thomas Nc
Crane, at Vallejo, while beinq broken in,
last Friday, reared and kicked in such
manner as to break Il blood vessel, which
resulted in death.
A fatal accident occurred a few miles east
of Woodbridge, San joaquin county, Tues
day afternoon. Bessie, aged years, a
daughter of H. Adams, while attempting
to climb into awagon, fell, and the wheel
passing over her body, killed her instantly
A mortgage for $5,00OO0O given by the
California and Sierra Nevada Railroad Com
p,.ny 10 the Central Trust Company of New
York was recorded in SlaniSlaus county
last week The bonds are to be redeemed
in thirty years and the interest is six per
cent. per annum.
Sam Axtell, Youngest son of s. H. Axtell
of Woodbridge, San Joaquin county, was
thrown ON the sickle-bar on reaper Tues
day afternoon, when the machine passed
over him, inticting a severe but not nee
essarily fatal wound, requiring thirty-two
stitches in dressing.
At Pullman, W T., on Friday night,
Charles G. Hoist, a young and prosperous
merchant of that place, committed suicide
He went to his room at the hotel in the
afternoon and swallowed arsenic The
landlady on going into the room found him
in commissions. He said he had taken the
poison because he did not want TO live. He
died about 8 o'clock the same night. 1t is
supposed he was crossed in love.
John Wardle, a cripple, aged IS years,
living three miles north Of McMinnville,
Or, was shot Saturday afternoon b. Geo.
Farris, City Marshal. Farris is a step-son
of Wardle. His mother and Wardle have
lived unhappily of late. Farris went out
TO Wardle's, and in a family quarrel drew
a revolver and shot Wardle in the region
of the heart. Wardle is reported dying.
Farris came to McMinnville, was arrested
and taken to Jail at Lafayette He has a
wife and three children.
At Newcastle, W. T., a serious cutting
ARRAY between women is reported. 1t
seems that for some weeks past there has
been bad feeling between Mrs. Cook and
Mrs Laws, widow of the unfortunate man
who lost his life while fighting the fire at
the mines last fall. a few days ago the
women met and had a fight, but were sep
arated before either one had satisfaction.
The next day, as Mrs. Laws was passing
down towards the store, Mrs. Cook came
out, and, after abusing her in fear
full manner, assaulted her enemy. Mrs.
Laws returned to her house and procured
a butcher-kniic and AGAIN stared down the
STcet. She was again set upon by MIS-.
Cook and a terrible fight took place, duripo
which Mrs. Laws cut her antagonist in the
let lung and in the back Mrs. Cooks
condition is very critical and physicians
have expressed ,he opinion that the cut
over the left lung viii prove fatal.