The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-08-12
COAST ITEMS.
Brief Items From Pacific States an
Territories.

Brief Items From Pacific States and
Territories.
Farmer Gorham of Hueneme gathered
1850 sacks of barley from so acres recently.
Bakersfield has a new Spanish paper, La
Cronica Mexicaua. which is owned and edl-
ted by 2. Gomez
The man who shot John Grady, the San
Diego burglar, dead on Friday night last
has not been Identified.
The Printers Union Of Los Angeles has
recnnsdeTed its recent action in regard to
striking, and has gone back to work.
The school-house at ST. John, Colusa
County, was burned down last Friday. 1t
caught from sparks caused by field fire.
The big reservoir for the Crocker-Hu
man canal at MERGED is full, and 1t forms
lake that is seven miles around the banks.
Thirty house-holders of Victoria, British
Columbia, have been prosecuted for not de-
strOying Canada thistle patches ON their
property.
The MADEIRA Mercury says: The Holland
colonists at MERGED are having trouble over
their land. 1t seems they are not finding
things as represented.
The Sonoma IndeX-Tribune says two Of
tile twelve boys at the Home for Feeble
Minded at Glen Ellen are expert performers
on the violin and clarinet.
Chambers broke out in band sof horses
owned by Colonel Waters of Miles City,
prevent the disease spreading.
The Independent says that habit is so
strong with young man in Stockton that
he always takes off his hat and smiles when
he talks with lady by telephone.
The Anti-debris Association of Sacra-
mento Valley was formed early in 1877. Up
to date the subscriptions by counties aud
by private citizens have been S19S, 203
Lemuel Hastings, an aged hermit near
Rocklin, was found dangerously i'll in his
cabin last Saturday. An attempt was made
to carry him to the hospital, but he died in
few hours.
Unless the railroad company builds the
Chico people new depot they threaten TO
pack up the old ramshackel outfit and send
it to the Chicago Exposition as specimen
of prehistoric times.
Whenever the people of Dixon, Solano
County, get ready to put down a macadam
road they order it done and pay for it with
out waiting for the city and county officers
TO waste time in talking.
Sheriff Houston and posse have done good
work recently IN rounding up tough char
acterS that were hiding in the Missoula res
ervati0n, Idaho. Eight murdererS and
horse-thieves are now iii custody.
The Fall River Mail says: If you want
to run for Office just send us your announce
ment. accompanied by little So gold-piece,
aud we'll promise to get you Just as close to
hNhfNh 10 my AhPSl ~ tlito AJtotO'
survey for a new canal to take water
from the Kern River TO lands near DelanU
has been completed After leaving the
river the canal runs ten miles along the
banks and then strikes across the plains
toward Delano.
The new NJ. E. Church at Dalles, Oregon,
was dedicated last Sunday. Before the ser
mon was preached the pastor said there was
a debt OF $1,000 that he wanted wiped out
and the people proceeded to subscribe
enough money to start without owing dol
lar.
SAYS the Corning Observer: The Red
Bluff papers are truly enterpriSng. The
Democratic primaries took place on Satur-
day and up to Wednesday evenings papers
not word about who was nominated. AL
though weekly and published In south
ern town in the county, we Will bet nickel
that the Observer will be the first to tell
who was really nominated
The Lassen Advocate says: Distance
lends (no) enchantment to the view" when
we IN Susanvllle note the thermometer
registering l03 in the shade, and yet can
see banks OF snow twenty feet deep extend
ing for miles along the crest of Diamond
Mountain, ten miles away. Yet they cool
the breezes that enable us to slumber under
two pairs OF blankets when the sun has
gone to China on fatfrying expedition.
The Yuma Times says: 1t is rumored
that strong effort will be made in the
next Legislature of Arizona toward moving
the capital from Phoenix to Tucson. Should
such be the case Phoenix will be treated
to dose OF the same medicine that thew
forced Prescott to swallow, However, it is
not our picnic, and the rival pueblos may
fight it cut to their hearts content, pro-
vided they do not propose to move it to
Yuma as a compromise. We have enough
questionable characters incarcerated in the
Territorial Prison now. and patience would
cease to be virtue were lot of irrespon-
sibe legislators turned loose upon our
peaceful village every two years.