The morning call., 1890-09-22
COAST ITEMS.
Brief Notes From Pacific States and
Territories.

engines.
James n. Lennon, pioneer merchant of
Montana, died suddenly on Sioux River last
Monday.
Portland's Industrial Exposition will be-
gin on September 18th, and will be open
thirty days
The Hueneme Herald says 11S,COO sacks of
barley have been hauled to the local ware
houses this season.
Politics are very lively just now in White
Pine County, New, with six candidates for
the office of Sheriff.
The new school-house at Ferndale, Hum
boldt County, was destroyed by fire last
Tuesday night. Loss $1,000.
A. B. Whitney has been appointed Tax
Collector of Los Angeles County by the
Supervisors in place of Plat, removed.
The Porteryiile Enterprise says shoot on
one of DR.. Henrahan's naval orange trees
grew thirty-eight inches in seven days.
A son of Farmer Owens of Bear Creek,
MERGED County, was thrown from his horse
on Friday afternoon and fractured his skull.
The handsome residence of judge W. H.
Smith OF Monrovia Los Angeles County,
was destroyed by fire on Tuesday. Loss,
$4,000.
A young nan named Moore tried to blow
out coal-oll lamp at Spokane Falls on
Tuesday. IL exploded and he was danger
ously burned.
are to be extended to meet the depots of
both the Southern Pacific and the Oregon
Pacific railroads.
The First National Bank at the Dalles,
Oregon was robbed Of $4,000 on Tuesday by
burglars vino dug a tunnel into the vault
and forced open he door.
Thomas Collins, who stole a team at Red
Bluff last July, and while resisting arrest
at St. Helena shot Officer Howard, has been
retired to San Quentin for ten years
The barn of Farmer Rose of Indian Val
ley, San Luis ODiSpo County. was burned
down the other day. The fire was caused
by the children playing with matches.
Judge Shaw Of Los Angeles has declared
the Office Of County Tax-CollectOr, held by
Robert Plat, vacant, on account of his re-
tanning money alleged 20 be due the treasury
Oae fruit packing company of San Jose
shipped over 100000 pounds OF canned goods
by rail last Friday. 1t was the largest SIN
gle shipment ever sent from Santa Clara
County.
The outfit OF hop-picker that started from
Howell Prairie, Oregon, the other day. COM
prised 2 packages of cigarettes, bottle of
whisky, pack OF cards, pistol and PAR
of blankets.
A fine stick of pine was cut last week at
Mison's Camp, Washington, for the Port
Blakeley mill 1t was 136 feet long, 40
inches through the butt and "a inches
Bishop Donaldson and President Rich.
Mormon dignltaries, have been arrested at
Boise City. Idaho, on charges of conspiracy.
Warrants are out for other prominent mem-
berS of the church.
Antonio Gaspia was instantly killed near
Iona Preta, Santa Cruz County. last Fri
day, by a tree falling on him. Before the
body was removed two large sections had to
be sawed from the trunk of the tree.
Governor Shoup and the Attorney Cen
eral Of Idaho have declared that an alien
does not become entitled to vote by taking
out his first papers, and Registers OF Elec-
ton are forbidden to put them on the rolls.
The Orovile Register has a long account
of the workings OF the company to turn the
Feather River, near town, for mining in the
river bed The paper says the gold yielk of
Butte County for the past forty-two years
was Sl65 100000.
A terrible atfriy took place near Brighton,
Sacramento County, on Monday night, whcnt
Tony Menke was killed and his brother-in-
law, John Glocken, and a hired man were
fatally shot. The parties quarreled over
the rent of a farm.
Ben Smith, farmer of Coos Bay, saw
large buck in his field the other day and he
went after it. BY the time Smith reached
the brush he found big panther eating the
the deer to his house.
The Astoria Columbian says a drunken
Indian woman on board the Telephone. the
othe- day, threw into the river a sack of
paper mail for Astoria, and that the mate
refused to have tile vessel stopped in order
that the sack might be picked up.
The Modesto News says the estate of
George Ii. Munson, who was killed in a
railroad accident i'll New York about two
months ago, has been looked after by an
Eastern lawyer. The deceased left $4,000
worth OF property in SianislauS County.
A fiye-year-old son OF w. ii. Papst was
fatally hurt at Orland. Colu,a County, last
Sunday afternoon. He was playing with
some companions trying to move heavy
iron frame used in foundry, when it fell
upon young PapSt's back. He only lived a
few hours.
When Secretary Gardiner of the Anaheim
Irrigation District secured the $500 bonds
from the photographers lie found that it
would require him to sign his name fifty-one
times to each bond with its coupons.
He expects 10 be able to finish the 10 b in
fifteen months.
Local item in the Pomona Times of We'd
ne5day; Fawn-iooted Mamie and Colorado
Kate, couple of brown-eyed madens from
Y una, are IN the streets for the past day or
two. They are escorted by Mr.. Eatemheap
Jim and Cowcatchem Aleck, two slick and
oily braves who are too lazy to climb 10 the
top OF bOX-car.
Canyon City, Grant County, lays claim to
being the center Of literary culture of East
ern Oregon. 10 back this assertion the
News declares that, notwithstanding the
fact that there are two daily mails, on Tues
day last the Baker City stage started with
more mail than it could bring over and had
to leave fe" sacks on the road.
The Southwest Sentinel of Silver CITY.
n. Mex, says: John A. Murray, who is
in the County Jail under suspicion of hay-
ing blown up and killed with giant POWDER
two Of his sons at Pinos Altos ON the morn
ing of the 9th inst, has settled $500 on his
living son. This is ortion of the money
given TO enc of the dead boys by the Santa
Fe Company and held in trust, and for the
purpose OF securing which the unnatural
father is supposed 10 have committed the
shocking crime.
John Kopp, Louis Smith and Albert Sea-
fralt caught strange fish on the sands of
Upper Astoria, says the Pioneer. BY fish
ermen 1t Is known as a lantern" fish, and
its proper element Is in the deep sea- Its
popularity is its transparency; by holding
1t up to the light every bone can be easily
counted 1t has a reddish tnge and this one
was about seven inches long, although they
have been caught in drag-nets off the coast
that were eighteen inches long. So far as
known this Is the first that has ever been
caught in the Columbia
Something new under the sun in the way
OIL catastr0phes is reported by the Hood
River Glacier of that place. Mrs. Winans
kept pet kitten which was about Ouc-third
grown, and, after brief visit in town, OH
returning home she found the kitten dead
An examination showed that lizard was
fast in the kittens throat, its tail and hind
legs being in vigorous motion in the effort 10
extricate itself. 1t is supposed the kitten
caught the little saurian, which in its effort
to escape made a dart down the kittens
throat, which, being too small for it. the
strapgling Of both kitten and lizard re-
suited.