The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-09-08
COAST ITEMS.
Brief Items OF Interest From Pacific
States and Territories.


States and Territories.
A 9B-pound pike was caught in a creek
near Martinez last Friday.
Farmer Scott of Wheatland gathered in a
165-pound watermelon last Thursday.
The County Clerk of Yolo did not issue
marriage license in the month of August.
Fergus County, in Montana, is the only
one that has no railroad lines within its
boundary.
heavy hail-storm passed over Sierra
Valley last Friday and many grain fields
were ruined.
The schooner Weatherway was launched
at Aberdeen, Wash, last Wednesday. She
can carry 650,0O0 feet of lumber.
The Willows Journal man says local news
is so scarce that he may be forced to give
his readers tue market prices of chuck steak.
The spre of the Methodist church in
Stockton is three feet nearer heaven than
the apex of the courthouse dome, says the
Mail
A squash is under guard day ard night in
garden patch at Colfax, n. Mex. 1t now
measures eight feet four inches round and
is still growing.
Frank Dudley found large porpoise
laundering in the surf near the Coronado
Hotel pier last Friday and captured 1t. The
fish weighed 1910 pounds.
The Territorial Enterprise says the bats,
night-hawks and owls have a soft snapin
globes of the electric lights.
A mortgage was recorded in Seattle,
Wash, on Saturday that calls for SS0.o00,
600 to extend the Northern Pacific from As
snaboine, Mont, to Puget Sound.
William Debo. & switchman, was run over
and killed at Helena, Mont, last Saturday.
His foot caught in frog, and he was I'M
able to get out of the way Of freight train.
Among the queer products of Inyo County
gardens are Mexican canteloupes. they arc
feet long, 4 inches round the waist and
are shaped like the horns of Texas steer,
yet they are very fine quality.
Among the bills recently presented to
Auditor Lopez of Los Angeles was one foc
SS72 for lead pencils for the public schools.
He refused to audit the demand, which
caused much cauStic criticism.
The growing of celery promises to be-
come an industry of Importance in the
| Puyallup Valley, wash, in the future.
One man has 27,0C0 plants, and many others
are setting out ground to them.
Tie Supai Indians in Arizona, who were
| reported to be in a starving condition, Oh
| investigation are found to be well fed and
in good condition. They are all at work
| and engaged in drying peaches, the crop OF
which is large.
| The San Diego Union says fine bed Of
oysters was discovered in the channel near
| beacon No. by parties who were dragging
the bay for the bodies Of those drowned in
the yacht Petrol. The bed extends nearly
| one mile toward the ocean.
The Olympia Tribune says there are trees
near the base of Mount Tacoma, Wash,
that are 600 feet tall. When Chicago gets
ready for the Worlds Fair the people of
| Olympia intend TO cut tiag-pole 400 feet
long and send it on as a specimen
The Tulare Register says: Three carrier
| pigeons were turned loose in Traver the
other day by their owner, Mr.. Leydecker of
| Oakland. The birds arrived at their loft in
| Oakland in five hours and fifteen minutes.
| The distance by rail is 22G miles.
| A gasoline stove exploded in the house of
Mrs. Koch at San Jacinto, San Diego Coun-
ty, on Saturday. The building was de-
stroyed and her daughter 90 years old, was
! fatally injured. She was to have been mar
ried in a few weeks. Mrs. Koch is not eX-
| pected TO survive the shock.
The MADEIRA Mercury says: A species of
| fungus has attacked the Canada thistle, and
is destroying them in several parts of the
| country. California looks with suspicion
upon ANYTHING of a blighting nature, but
| she would welcome visitation OF thistle
blight with open arms.
Says the Needles Bazoo: VIII Vail of the
| Tucson Citizen requests definition of the
| word CLOUD burst" intimating that it is an
improper term. If our memory is not at
! fault Mr.. Vail need no further definition
than six months residence in Tucson.
| Tho 'DurSt is usually Self-eXplanatory.
A Piute brave walked into the Cofax Sem
| tinel Office the other day to see the paper
printed. He was in full dress, with feather
and linen buster. The foreman asked
Afraid to- wash-your- face" why he was not
in the hop field. He said "Me no like pickum
] hops. too much stickum hands. My woman
get 81 70 day"
The Santa Rosa Republican says: The
Swiss national anniversary will be cele-
brated in an appropriate manner at Peta-
luna on Saturday, September 20th, under
the auspices of the Sonoma and Marin Swiss
Club. A grand parade, literary exercises,
etc., will be the order of the day. The
Swiss societies of Santa Rosa, Sonoma,
Tomales, Bodega, Oakland and San Fran
cieco will participate in the celebration.
The MERGED Express says A yellow dog
jumped from unuer the Bear Creek bridge.
on the Cox Ferry road one DAY last week
and played smash with Dick Skaters ten
mule team. They broke the railing of the
bridge and jumped into the bed of the
creek, where they were tangled up, and, for
a minute or two. did some tall kicking. The
wagons, loaded with wood followed then
/ over. and -tissr ; was general wreck. The
mules br"S a. Tongue and got out all
right.