The Clifton clarion., 1885-03-11
PACIFIC COAST ITEMS.

OdcrdmentO market.
 Strawberries in Santa Barbara are quoted at 20 cents per box.
 There have been no deaths in Shasta county, Cal, during the en- tire winter.
 The whale fisheries of Alaska's waters are said to be worth million annually.
 The Utah mines are doing well. Considering the number opened, the Territory is the most prosper ous of any.
 A telegraphic dispatch was late ly sent from Kansas City to Scot land and an answer returned in forty minutes.
 A joint memorial, asking Con- gress not to grant a continuance of the charter to the Alaska Fur Company, has passed the Oregon Legislature.
 Common to good steers are selling in Denver at from B 50 to S4 50 and COWS at from s 35 to S4. Sheep bring from 3 to g cents, with well fattened animals very scarce.
 A Government expedition is soon to be fitted out in San Francisco for exploration in Northern Alaska. Sixteen men are required for the service, and provisions for two years will be taken.
 The Mount Diablo, Cal, coal mines are about to shut down, the workings having reached level where the flow of water cannot be kept down by means that could be proftrbly employed.
 Sheriff Hopkins of San Francisco announces that hereafter no per sons will be permitted to witness executions except physicians, mem bers of the press and the officers of the court of criminal jurisdic- ton.
 The south side of Alaska, says an exchange, has climate as mild as Kentucky, while the north side has climate as cold and rugged as that found in the Artic Ocean, 25 to 50 below zero for three long months.
 The Oregon Legislature not only failed to elect a Senator, but neglected to pass the appropriation bill, and an extra session will have to be called. The indignation among the people of the entire State is very great.
 A correspondent, after a tour through Oregon and Washington Territory, and after speaking of the merits and demerits of that section says: "In conclusion, I will say this is a good country to stay away from, as every kind of work and business is overdone."
 One thousand men are now at work on the new line of railroad from Colton to Daggett, Cal, and it is expected that by Aug. l the line will be built. This will give San Diego new connection with the East, and will doubtless help to populate that remarkable fine county.
 A marked increace in the num- Der of suicides among young men is noted in California. The causes are as varied as could well be | imagined. But with suspicious | frequency the fact is stated that l the suicide was either in saloon or just about to enter or leave one. The morning cocktail is doubtless the genesis of this sad business.
 4 Chinese leper was placed in the shed in the rear of the San Francisco Morgue last Tuesday, l with view to keep him there until he could be removed to the Pest house. While he was in there he was visited and taken away by some of his countrymen, who tore off couple of boards from the side of the shed. The Chinaman had no sense of feeling in his limbs, and did not vince when needle was run into the calf of one of his legs nor give vent of any expression of pain when q hot stove lid litter was laid on his flesh.
 A Remarkable Act. From the Elgin (ScotIandD Courier.