The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-11-17
COAST ITEMS.
Brief Notes From Pacific States and
Territories

Territories
A light fall of snow visited Julian, San
Diego County, last Wednesday.
The shipments Of quicksilver from the
mines near CallStoga during October amount
ed to COS TASKS.
Between Mojave and Albuquerque the
average loss OF stock by the rallro, 1 every
month is $50 head.
Captain Isaac Thomas was killed on his
farm near Portland, Oregon, on Friday by
the cayIDg in Of ditch.
A heavy sand-storm visited Los Angeles
last Thursday and did considerable damage
to fruit and orange trees.
The beet factory at jacksonville had to
close down last week on account OF the
scarcity of beetS for crushing.
A new town has been started in San Diego
County in one end of the San Jacinto Val
ley. 1t is called New Haven.
Edward Chambers of Albany. Oregon.
tried to catch wild pig the other day when
it bit eff two fingers off his right hand.
The Riverside Press says the scarcest
vegetable in that region is the onion. Even
the thrifty Chinese gardeners have none for
sale.
An lad" crept into one of the Colusa pa
pers the other day that reads thus: Chick
ems and oysters on the shell served at all
hours"
A stockman of Trover, Tulare County,
has built atering-trough on his ranch
that is 10 feet inches long, feet wide aud
feet deep.
A lodge of Good Templars recently sur
rendered its charter at Grass Valley. 1t
was started in 1856, and was the oldest in
that county.
All the bondsmen of County Clerk Francis
! of Los Angeles withdrew from their bonds
! last Thursday on account of the discharge OF
the chief deputy
squash was brought into Ell Monte last
Friday that measured seven feet around the
| waist. 1t will make 927 pies and feed 314
| boys II hours and 30 minutes.
Agents for colony of Dunkards from
| Kansas recently purchased 500 acres of land
near Cucamonga, Los Angeles County. where
| new settlement will be started.
The Santa Fe has commenced the work of
| building storm-sheds through the Cajon
| Pass in order to prevent tile delay and dam
! age done to their road In that section every
| winter.
| An owl that got imprisoned in chimney
| on a school-house in Fresno flew up and
| down the chimney for a week, soaring the
| children numerically. The owl died and
| was soon discovered.
On election day at Oroville some women
| found saloon open ut the rear entrance.
| They got lot of pick-handles, and marched
| into the place, which was cleaned out in
| short order. So far there have been no ar
rests.
| A number of Indians are busily engaged
! cutting tules in the river bottom near River
| side, which are used to cover young orange
trees in the more exposed portions of the
/ valley. They are just the things for that
purpose.
A jury at Seattle, Wash, gave Mrs. Han
sen verdict for $3.50 damages against a
salOon-keeper. Last summer the husband
of the woman went 10 the saloon while
drunk and swallowed seventeen morphine
pills III a glass of beer. He was throw into
the street, lay there for some hours and died
soon after being discovered.
The San jose Mercury says: A. A. Doane
was engaged couple Of days ago in tearing
down on old chimney on the Teri Hamilton
ranch an the Meridian road, when he found
in u niche a Pair of pincers which had been
lost by doctor who stopped at the house
for few days in 1850. There was also
found an old-fashioned fork which had
been brought across the plains in 1S49 by
Mrs. Hamilton. The articles were con-
cealed there by rats.
A Southern Oregon paper publishes the
following: w. Ii. Gore of Portland and
Miss Sophia 1Sh of Jacksonville were mar
ried by Rev. NJ. A Williams at Medford on
Wednesday. Mrs. Gore one year ago was
tho wealthiest lady in Southern Oregon,
having inherited from her father, the late
John lsh, fortune valued at 100000. Mr..
Gore was pecuniarily poor, but rich in all
the attributes of honorable manhood. Mrs.
cores felativeS objected TO the match on ac-
count of the difference in circumstances, and
she decided all OF her property to her rela-
| tives and married the husband OF her choice.
The Portland Oregonian says: Tuesday
| special train Of three cars arrived in tho
| Union Pacific Depot ut Walla Walla with
CHASTITY cargo, consisting of the entire con-
| Lapwai, Idaho. There are upward of sixty
caskets. nearly all receptacles Of soldiers
bones. The reported reason for the ne
m0val is that the land wherein the ceme-
terry was located had been taken up by set
tiers, who show disposition to level the
mains. Uncle Sans guardians didn't relish
this idea, and hence the transfer. The
Fourth Cavalry, with the band, in full dress
and acc0utrements, were at the depot to
meet and conduct the mortualy procession
| to the cemetary at Fort Walla Walla, where
the remains were reinforced with military
| ceremonies.