Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-01-22
PACIFIC COAST NOTES.
Mattere OF Local and General Import
Gathered from All Sources Tor
the Benefit of Our Readers.

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taxes but $75.
Colusa has four and half miles OF
graded streets.
Newcastle's fruit shipment this year
was 5000 tons.
The county hospital at Visalia was
burned recently.
The population of Washington ter
ritory is A0, l40.
The penitentiary at Walla Walla Is
lighted by electricity.
An olive tree in Tnlare has grown
eight feet since last August.
Timber claims are being rapidly
taken up in Mariposa county.
An apple orchard in Lassen cleared
$4,000 the past year from 1900 trees.
Packers ire offering at Riverside VIZ
n box for navel oranges on the trees.
There we're erected at Tacoma last
wear lOl4 houses, valued at $2,dS9,-
572.
down a good many trees in the Men
docino woods.
Yuba county is shipping apples to
southern California and sending orang-
es 10 the north.
A hume 35 miles long will bring
lumber 10 Selma, Fresno county, from
the Giant forest.
The output of gold, silver and cop
per in Montana the past year Is put
down at 500, 4S7 600.
Al Walla Walla dense fog pre-
vailed during the eclipse and at z
o'clock lamps were lighted.
The police of San Diego is con
demned by committee OF the city
council as corrupt and inefficient.
&. w. Reed, OF Fresno, picked ~
pounds of Flaming Tokay and En-.
peror grapes from his vine the LIST oil
January.
Delegates met at Ellensburg, w. T.,
on the Sd OF January and began the
work OF securing statehood to the
territory.
Large paintings OF shad and speck-
led catfish will be made in the streams
of Utah next June by the U. 5. fish
commissioner.
The first carload OF Oroville oranges
was received in Sacramento last week,
and two carloads were being packed
at Oroyille for shipment east.
N. J. Mcdonnell. chief justice OF
Montana. has forwarded his resigna-
ton TO tho President, finding the du-
ties of the Office too burdensome.
, The Teachers convention which
closed at Sacramento recently, recon-
, ! mended kindergarten instruction ano
, the admittanee OF children four year.
, of age.
> The new Brotherhood OF Railway
0 Conductors, organized at Los Ange
Y les some weeks ago, is said to have IL
r special view revenge on the Burning
o ton Railroad company.
San Bernardinos grand jury repor
condemns the county courthouse
o inadequate and the jail as disgrace
o TO deoeucy. Slack business manage
d ment of county officials is also con
Z demned.
The approach OF tho Southern Pa
cific railroad toward San Luis ObispC
is giving quite an impetus to trave
" The road was completed to SAINT
~ Maryarita, ten miles distant, an
II trains running on the 9th OF January
,r AT Bakersfield there is u field
"a alfalfa from which five cuttings WEI
"A obtained the first year, and TN
, ground was 80 thoroughly impre,
= mated with alkali that the surface
:. white with the salt
l. A flock OF nine mountain sheep hi
10 recently been seen among the chr
20 of Stein mouatain, Elko county, Ne
IN patriarch OF the flock is reported
IN be as large as n Spanish mule and h
o. horns resemble the gnarled roots OF
at old cedar.
Is The lumber cut OF Washington Te
s. ritory the past year was Ioo,oooo'
r. feet. valued at 100000. OF III
amount. Puget sound cut 45oOoO,O
nd feet and shipped by ocean 3iO,Ooo,U
It's feet, valued Mt $4,000 900. The ic
'ts eign lumber shipments were vi, 2o
Tia 600.
IS Richard Hail. of Dixon, we
known citizen, early Tuesday morni
of last week, while going home ire
Sacramento, heard the whistle for
In station, rushed while MALT asleep Ire
no. the car, and stepped off while t
train was ia motion. He was serious
to- injured.
Portland shows great progress. Il
'ou wholesale and retail trade in IL
foots up between 800, 900 900 Il
cut 81 900 900, 900, compared with "
too coo 600 in 1887 and x42 100000
1888. The manufactures OF the
and vicinity aggregate nearly $l4 y,
his 600, and the value of buildings erec
red SO 100000.
KIDD David Hart, blacksmith and ira
act ing with the Salvation army at II
nts land, took morphine and told the 81
moued physician that he had had
drug for two years, but had not
the courage to use it before. He s
that he wanted something given him
lich make death easy, and when as