The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-06-02
COAST ITEMS.
Brief Notes From Pacific States and T


$4,000.
There are 1741 pensioners of the Civil
War in the State OF Washington.
The hay crops in Placer and Nevada
counties will be below the average.
The Santa Paula Chronicle says the daily
yield of the Supe oil well is go barrels.
Scott Hewitt, prominent citizen of Ia
coma, Wash, died ON Wednesday OF brain
fever.
Some rich placer dgsinSs have been dis
covered between Blue Canyon and Emf
| grant Gap.
A poppy in the garden of the editor of
the Ventura Free Press measures eight and
| a half inches in diameter.
John Bidwell, Prohibition candidate for
the next Governor of California, has gone
to Alaska for brief visit.
Ii. l. Drew of San BerBardinO has been
elected President OF the Board OF Trustees
OF the new Insane Asylum.
A caild named Palmer was fatally in
jured at Centralia, Wash, on Wednesday,
by his clothing catching fire.
Whenever a ralroad is built to the iron
mines at Minerets, Fresno County, the out
put will be 10000 tons daily.
The Democratic Convention of Mendo-
elmo County Endorsed Rodney j. Hudson
Of Lake County for Congress.
Mayor Vance of Eureka sent to San
Francisco for a 4-inch rifled cannon to fire
statutes on the fOurGu OF july.
The Santa Cruz Surf says Charles n. Fell
ton is the strongest candidate for Governor
that the Republican party can select.
Rev. W. D. .Crabb of Chico has been
elected principal OF the academic depart
ment OF the University OF the Pacific at San
Jose.
a contract was let on Monday for sinking
we'll for natural gas at Drain, Oregon.
1t is to be SIX inches clear and 1000 ieet
deep.
Editor Shoemaker of Grass Valley was
presented by neighb0r recently with a
box Of strawberries. Tley We're so large
that five berries made square meal.
w. G. Parker and Lindsay Apologize
are the only survivors Of pioneer company
that came to Oregon in 1913 by way OF
new road from willamette TO Fort Hall.
Foreman johnson of a section gang ON
the Boulder branch Of the Santa Cruz line
was fatally injured last Tuesday by being
knocked from d hand-car and then having t
roll over his body.
The wool clip Of Ktttas County, Wash,
this season viii be 100000 pounds. With
wool at 10 cents pound ana mutton sheep
at 81 to 81 10 head, the 5heepmen ar5
rapidly getting rich.
The bet Grange tree in Mr.. Menomy's
yard at Cotton was taken possession of last
Friday by biz blue racer, that held the
fort for several hours. Mr.. N. settled tue
business with shotgun.
w. A. Paine was convicted of man
slaughter at San Jose on Wednesday. The
crime was committed at Gilroy last Feb
ruary, and this was the third trial. His
victim WAS named Maxwell.
a woman named Hall was brutality as
saulted by tramp at Cottonwood, ,Sianis-
laus County, Oh Tuesday. The people have
organized a COL Committee and will lynch
the fellow as sUon as he is caught.
The IlwacO Advance says: The first gill
net used on the Columbia River was oper-
ated at OAK Point i'll the spring of 1868 by
Mr. HodgkiDs, who imported it from Ken
neDec, Me. II was sixty fathoms long.
John Snyder lost two fingers in planning
machine at Provo, Utah, last Saturday.
This same machine now has record OF
three thumbs and eleven fingers. A new
taiiy-board has been ordered by the mill
owners.
+. B. Greenleaf, Isaac Smell and James
Wheeler, miners at the DAILY mine, Park
City, U;ah, were going down a shalt i'll 4
cage on Tuesday when the cable broke aud
they were dashed to death. The first named
left family.
Says the 0royille Mercury: There is not
a dairy in the vicinity of Bggs, and the
butter used is brought from Sacramento.
Yet Biggs is in the midst of one Of the
richest farming sections in this or any other
State in the Union.
At recent meeting Of the Councilmen of
Tacoma they voted themselves an extra
salary Of SIS a month. The local papers
are lifting their scalps in great style, and it
Will be impossible for any of them to get
elected TO an office IL that city.
A coil Of cable for the Seattle street rail-
way was to be unioaded last Tuesday. 1t
weighed twenty-eight tons aud contained
five miles of cable The owners are now
trying to fish it out from the sound ill 10
feet Of water and feet OF sIush.
II.
San Diego paper that the reason he quits
being a candidate for reelection was the
greediness Of Southern California p0liti-
clans. They would rather nil their pockets
with his money than TO work for their part
of the State.
The Arroyo Grande Herald says: The
gold washers have abandoned the beach
and stalled as reason that the gold was too
badly coated with coal oil and asphatum TO
be proiitably saved. The oil and aspDaltum
keeps tho quicksilver from taking effect
upon the particles Of gold.
Six months ago not pound Of ore was
being extracted from the mines of tubs
county, says the Colville Miner, while
now we can count on sixty tons day from
what most mining men would call mere
prospects, and the work now in progress
will keep doubling the output OF precious
mineral at an astonishing rate.
Says the Spokane Falls Review: Lament
able controversies OIlen arise III journalism
and mean and cutting things are sometimes
said, but it remained for Congressman to
call another member sewer. The remark,
however, was not so supplementary rs it
would seem at first sight. Sewers are abso-
lutey essential to the health Of the people,
while the country could spare 100 or 200
Congressman and not lose much by the sac
Iihce.
The Portland Oregonian says: s. c. Doyle
went To Tacoma clearinghouse and was
assigned to room in which negro, Harry
Dean, was occupying second bed. Doyle
ordered the negro to vacate, and when he
refused threw tiat-iron at lin. In the
ensuing conflict Dean upheld the Dugilstic
reputation of his race and threw Doyle out
The next day he had the white man arrested
and fined. The negro has his rights il the
State of George Washington.