The morning call., 1890-09-07
COAST ITEMS.
Bries Items of Interest From Pacific
stAteG and Ter ritories.

BricS Items OF Interest From Pacific
States aud Territories.
The Places Argus began its nineteenth
volume last Friday.
The eighteenth volume of the Supreme
Court Reports Of Oregon has just been Is
sued.
A telegraph submarine cable is being laid
between TilamOok lighthouse and the main
land.
George Campbell of Newhall has shipped
recently 224, $50 pounds of strained honey IN
carload lots.
The people of Linkville, Oregon, have de-
cided 10 invest some Of their surplus cash In
steam fire engine.
The town of MERGED will be soon con-
nected with the Holland colony by ffty
miles Of telephone wires.
Camping parties at Lake Tahoe have been
driven to the valleys by cold weather and
tremendous showers of rain.
The Yreka Journal says the Spencer
Quartz Mine, on Huinbug Greek, turned out
$2400 in six days last week.
George List was run over by runaway
term at Bishop, Inyo County, on August
29th. and was fatally injured
The hop yield of Whatcom County, Wash,
will be $50 tons Of fine quality. Most of it
was sold for % cents pound.
Snake River farmers are now shipping
20O0 boxes of fruit each week to Spokane
Falls and 10 places in Montana.
A "peeping Tom" at Martinez was caught
in tree the other night and was played on
with a hose until he begged for mercy.
The late Uriah Nelson carried heavy in
surance on his life A New York company
has paid the policy of So, 40 to his widow.
The Vancouver Sugar Refinery has Or
dered its first cargo OF raw sugar from Manila.
1t will arrive by steamer about November
LIST.
Therac in Paisley, Lake County, Oregon,
have been put off till November 18th, on
account OF the scarcity of grain to feed the
horses.
Plans have been drawn for 100000 no.
tel to be built at Long Branch, Los Angeles
County. The work must be finished by
July l, 1891.
The Inyo Index says: Twenty peaches
picked from tree at Henry Freeman's one
day last week weighed 15b pounds. That's
1alr sample Of Inyo production.
j. +. Halloran, late editor of the As
torian, tried to ford Elk Greek last Sunday.
lie was swept from his horse and sank three
times, when he was rescued by fisherman.
, Inc Tacoma Ledger says the debts left by
Bentley, who skipped from Walla Walla the
otner day, amounts 10 $4,000. Four days be-
! $500.
Az ADAMS Hill, Eureka, miner has pet
Sheep that follows him all through the mine.
Inc sheep can go anywhere but up vertical
ladder. Inc crltterS said to delight in inclneS,
| WINES and raises.
| Owing to active sales of real estate the
assessment roll of Washoe County, New,
will be 100000 more than that Of last year,
| notwithstanding the losses in cattle and
sheep during the winter.
| During the hot weather the editor of the
McCloud River Pioneer tried to work with
| the windows open. but lie was so tronhipd
| with vallnyU ioatafa fhat bo nod =,
| and shut up the sanctum.
| A young man named Wadman had one of
his eyes put out last Sunday while herding
| cattle near st. Helena. He attempted to
throw RATA, but one end struck him in the
face with such force as to destroy his sight.
Says the Oregonian: The Oregon girl
who 'disgraced her family by clipping with
her fathers hired man" to the Palouse
country several years ago, came back re-
Gently and paid off big mortgage On the
old mans farm.
There is a lively row on hand in Astoria
between the Trustees of the school and the
Superintendent. The Trustees recently ap-
pointed three new teachers, one from Kan
sas, the others living in the town, who have
not been examined. The Superintendent
has notified the Trustees that he will not use
the public school money for such appoint
ments.
The Tillamook Headlight says the China
men living at Garbaldi are in the habit of
catching seaguIls with hooks and then
breaking their legs and turning them loose
TO perish. They frequently tie strings
around their bills and let them fly away TO
starve. The scraps of fish and garbage that
accumulate about the cannery would pro-
| duee pestilenee were ii no. for these uselul
| scaYenseIs.
1t Is strange how stories grow rs they lily
! thfou The Country, says the Hanford Sen
| tinei Last week two boys near Grange
| vile. got INTO q tight aud one dented tue
-otier's wrist with a pochet-knile. When
! the news 70: 20 GrangeYil!e the boys became
- tie dent was q cash !; nv