The morning call., 1890-10-04
COAST ITEMS.
Brief Notes From Pacific States aud Ter
r,Ories.

Brief Notes From Pacific States aud Ter
rI,ories.
Three fatal cases of diphtheria were re-
ported in one family Of Chico last week.
The output of bOrax from Esmeralda
County, Nevada, this year will be 5000 tons.
The big tiume al Olovilla now carries all
the water Of the Feather River clear of the
bed
The Seattle Citizen has been suppressed
by the Chief of Police upon orders from the
Mayor.
The baseball team of Spokane Falls have
won the championship OF the Northwestern
League.
A fine flow Of natural gas was struck at
Sacramento last Saturday at $40 feet below
the surface.
Mr.. Gilbert of SisquOc, Los Angeles
county, has killed seventy deer on his ranch
this season.
Charles N. Reed, editor of the Griiley
Herald, is dangerously i'll With hemorrhage
of the lungs.
A schooner owned and manned by Indians
arrived at Victoria, Il. c., last Friday with
640 sealskins.
A young man named Duncan died al Chico
last Thursday from the effects of a kick re-
celved from horse month ago.
The schooner J. G. Wall arrived at Cres-
cent City last Sunday after twenty-three
days passage from San Francisco.
DR.. John Patton of Lemoore committed
suicide by shooting himself last Thursday
evening while temporarily insane.
Charles Young, conductor on the North
ern Utah line, wound up long spree on
Friday in Ogden by taking strychnine.
Mrs. Sarah Duncan of Scio, Lime County,
Or, is 9S years old, and is peDSioner of the
war OF 1872. Her stipend is S12 month.
A Mexican named CurIy-head Joe was
fatally shot at Princeton, Mariposa County,
last Sunday by c0untryman named Arros.
Bernard Guirardo of Los Nietos raised a
pippin apple that measures fifteen inches in
circumference aud weighs twenty-six
ounces
Last Tuesday the land agent of the South
ern Pacific Company sold 1864 acres of land
in Tulare County for S73,55 49, The first
payments and interest were SIS, Sl3 II.
The financial result of the Nevada County
Agricultural Fair was satisfactory, as the
managers will have money on hand after
paving expenses and $1,000 in premiums.
Hon. James L. Murphy is candidate for
reelection as Superior Judge of Del Norte
County. He has served eleven years, says
the Record, and has had only two decisions
reversed by the Supreme Court.
Robert Barns, rancher, was found dead
on trail near Tacoma last Monday. His
gun lay near the body with its stock broken.
Barns left town for his ranch on horseback,
and his friends think he shot himself by ac-
cident.
Miss Josie Turner closed her school at Big
Pine, Iny0 County, last week. She taught
four months and was supported entirely by
the Indians. The children were model
pupils and nearly every one can now read
and write.
The Puyallup prisoners who were let out
of Jail during the lire last week were locked
in a bOX-car until some more secure place
could be secured. Some one opened the
car and allowed the men to escape during
the excitement.
An aged man was found hanging to the
bridge across Coyote Creek, near San jose
ON Friday morning by some carpenters. His
name is not known, but note in his pocket
said he was poor and not able 10 work, SO
he took mis- own life.
A street fight between members of Long
Shoremen unions Nos / and IL of Tacoma,
took place the other day. Several shots
were fred and Michael Shanahan was nearly
killed. -Four members of Union No. were
held for examination.
The Homer Index says: A sewing-ma-
chine pedder and a tooth carpenter blew
into the canyon last Sunday and each did a
rushing business. The latter has been work
ing on a snag-boat on the Sacramento River
and is very handy at yanking stumps.
The Pajaronian says: Grain sacks were so
scarce in HOLSTER last week that several
machines had to shut down until a supply
could be procured from San Francisco. The
grain crop in San Bento is much larger than
was estimated, and threshing is not yet fin
ished.
A Los Angeles woman has sued the
Southern California Railroad Company to
recover SlT5,S05 damage to her property
caused by the overflow of the Los Angeles
River last winter She claims the railroad
Ieyee caused the water to flow upon her
property.
The Territorial Enterprise says: The
Piutes are beginning to return from their
usual annual hop picking raid into Califor-
mia. They bring very little money back with
them. The bucks bucked off the earnings
of the squaws about as soon as they received
their COIN
The cornerstone of new Jewish temple
was laid at Salt Lake City last Friday. 1t
will have sittinss for $50 people and the in
terror decorations will be taken from the
great temple ut Berlin. In the box was
placed picture of Mrs. Fanny Brooks, the
first Hebrew woman of Salt Lake, who ar
rived in 1853
c. w. Wheeler, editor of the Waitsburg
Times, who weighs $50 pounds, fell into the
cellar OF his new dwelling, which is in
course course Of construction; and "barked"
one of the flooring-sleepers instead of fall
ing between them," said Mr.. Wheeler, I" the
consequence would have been terrible to
contemplate"
The Victoria Colonist says, Running
away would appear to be an infectious dis
ease among boys and girls. 1t was recently
announced that three absconding boys from
Vancouver and New Westminster had found
their way to Victoria and had been sent
back to their homes, and now comes the
news that four Victoria girls have cleared
out to Port Townsend.
John Dolman, wife and child of Steilacom,
were thrown from a wagon by runaway
team. The wife and child escaped unhurt,
but Dolman was thrown headlong to the
ground and when picked up it was found
that the sharp point of a stump had pene-
trated the face between the lower lip and
chin. Teeth were knocked out, the upper
lip torn away, the face unacceptable and
the man insensible to his suffering. The
lower jaw was badly shattered and blood
poisoning may result Ii it does not, how
ever, he will recover
The following is said to be literal copy of
the rules posted on a school. house door up
in the Big Bend country, says the Historian:
Each pupil Is required to make O bow on
entering the School House of morning, also
on leaving of the School Room of evening.
There shall bee no proclaim language used in
School nor on the play ground nor shall there
be no pinsticking, pinchin, scratchin, nor no
taggin, nor no uneasy Whisperin in School.
No pupil shall leve the School house with
out permission Of the Teacher. No uneasy
moven from seat to seat No fitin on the
road from nor to School nor no Nick-namin.
Every pupil over eight years shall be subjec
to these rules, aud the teacher Is to make
allowense for all pupils under eight and en-
force the rules accorden. Ii any scholar
brakes these rules tina shall be punished by
switchen."