The morning call., 1890-09-25
COAST ITEMS.
Brief Notes From Pacf ic States and Ter
ritories,

ritories.
Chico had two fatal cases of diphtheria
last week.
The people of Sausalito have taken steps
to incorporate as city of the sixth class.
The sales of real estate in Seattle from
January LIST to September I'D foot up ST.
517.297 65.
The Vallejo Water Company has just
finished a storage reservoir Of 100000 gal
Ions capacity.
Mrs. John Gowan of Sequin, Wash.
committed suicide on Tuesday by throwing
herself into well.
The wood drives On Carson River this year
amounted to $4,000 cords. Sam Longbough
was credited with 10000 cords.
There are still 1885, 900 acres of Govern
ment land waiting to be taken up in the
Marysville district, says the Appeal.
The Otay watch factory of San Diego is
making watch for President Harrison and
another for the Emperor Of Germany.
The Ventura Republican incorporates a
grocery ''ad'' with It's large title line. Adj
vertisers must run things there with high
hand.
Peter Donochea, who was shot by II. T.
Hewitt at San Jacnto, San Diego County,
last Sunday afternoon, died on Tuesday
morning.
Margarita ranch, San Luis Obispo County,
was killed last Sunday by his horse falling
upon MIN.
John Bidwell has just surveyed zoo acres
for an addition to his orchards on the Chico
rancho. On this tract lie will set out A, 90
fruit trees.
Indian bird-catchers have flooded the
markets of San Diego with the feathered
tribe, and there is 4 sharp decline in the
price of singers.
The Supervisors of Butte County have ap-
pointed Cornelia Leggett, Md, County
Physician temporarily. as the regular officer
is seriously i'll.
not at all active. Out OF 1890 names on the
last register only 5000 have been enrolled for
the next election.
John Mclean, foreman of gang of street
laborers at Whitcom, Wash, was instantly
killed last Saturday by the premature ex-
plosion OF blast of giant powder.
Four boys were suspended from one of the
Seattle public schools last term. The other
day they attacked the janit0r with cobble-
stones and other missiles and came near kill
ing him.
At Julian, San Diego County, L. II. Bush,
pioneer, has donated the ground for the
new schOol-house, and says he will give 500
more II the Trustees will put up a $1,000
building.
Archbishop Riordan has purchased the
Porter ranch of seventy-five acres, in Marin
County, where he will establish a college
for theedueation of young men who desire to
enter the priesthood.
George w. Ebberts, who came to Oregon
in 1889 and settled near Hillsboro, where he
has since lived. is dangerously ILL., A friend
named wilkins, who came with him, is also
very near the end, being paralyzed.
A section boss named Mcnamara was in
stantly killed near San Rafael on Tuesday
by being thrown from hand-car. Six
Chinese were with him, but they Jumped
without a rr inc NJ 6an
Mrs. Joseph Douete, pure-blood Puyal-
lup widow, is worth S250,000 Her ranch of
160 acres on Browns Point is the most valu-
able property on the res ,rvatiOn. There are
scores OF Indians ON the Puyallup Reserva-
ton that are worth from $4,000 to $4,000
each.
The Portland Oregonan says: Matteson
Brothers OF Heppner are still blasting away
at their coal pros pect, on which they have
iaboIed hard for ten vars, as yet achieving
but little success. Their main tunnel is
1900 feet. and is large eight-foot square
push-car affair.
John Collins. aged IA, while hunting grouse
in the woods back of Aberdeen, stopped
down to catch bird he had wounded. In
doing 50 his gun was discharged and load
of fine shot literally stripped his right cheek
and ear TO shreds The SIGHT of the right
eye is also endangered
The Elsinore News asks: Did you ever
know of man who succeeded in raising
$1,000 worth OF oranges on an acre of land
by sitting on goods box at the nearest COR
ner grocery while his wife guarded he hem
coop at home with Winchester to keep the
coyotes away? That kind of fruit-farming
is too prevalent in Southern California.
Several bales of moss were shipped down
to Frisco on the last steamer, says the AStO-
ria Columbian. 1t was not obtained from
the backs Of our choice collection of anti
quities, nor from the roofs of their humble
habitati1ns, but is gathered from trees and
stumps in the lowlandS of this vicinity. 1t
is used for packing fruit, flowers, etc, and
is said to be profitable to the gatherer.
The Seattle Times of Saturday, September
ODD, was notable illustration of modern
newspaper making. 1t comprised twenty
pages full of local and general items and
was handsomely illustrated. The chief
feature OF the paper was a history of the en-
terprlSe and description of its new build
lng, presses and Stereotyp;ng outfit.
A very funny law suit was triei and de-
termlned in the District Court before Judge
Bell IN SIlyerton, Colo, Il few days since.
1t appears that some time since the Silver
ton Miner published an item in which the
building OF firSt-class hotel was urged, and
some reflections cast on one of the hotels in
the town. The hotel man brought suit
against the Miner for malice and SANDER
The newspaper man promptly accepted the
situation, went into court. proved the truth
of his assertions and obtained q verdict in
his favor.
The Arizona Gazette says: The man who
likes his toddy is destined to have hard
time in this world. if the signs of the times
are worth anything. In Missouri he mu st
stand up to drink, while in Massachusetts
he must sit down. In Kansas he must swear
that he is afflicted with FLANDERS or pink
eye, and in Iowa he must commit perjury
and endanger his soul, while in Nebraska it
is a penitentiary offense to treat ones
neighbor. Altogether the future is any
thing but bright for the man who refuses to
swear off.
The Heppner Gazette says: Martin An
ders0n Of Andersonviile is back from Green
horn. He states that sheep-herders are in
demand over there for rife targets, aud Mar
tin not liking the business and being too
thin for target, anyhow, Immediately re-
signed. Happy Jack, who took his situa-
ton, was shot at by some one only two
nights after Martin left, the ball passing be-
tween Jack and an old miner who was stand
ing near. If this thing is kept up much
longer people will begin to think there is
prejudice against sheepmen out that way.
The Amador Dispatch contains the follow
ing eventful story: Last Saturday was truly
an eyentful day for the family OF Alexander
Thompson, who is now under life sentence
for the killing of William Spray a few
months ago. AT 10 o'clock on the morning
OF last Saturday the father received his life
sentence in the Superior Court; about noon
was welded to j. Craine, and about o'clock
in the afternoon Miss Tillie Thompson,
another daughter, died at the family resi-
dence in jackson Valley. In addition to
this about twenty head of horses which had
been taken from Thompson for debt were
sold at public auction on the streets of jack
son.
The Plumas National tells of the summary
execution Of John Bull, late OF indian Val
ley, Plumas County. by vigilantes of East
went to Pendeton, Oregon, and studied law
with his father. The firm had occasion to
collect large sum of money for wealthy
rancher, and the day arriving for settle
ment they requested him to call in the even
ing as they were then very busy The next
morning the rancher was found dead some
miles from his home. and the appearance of
the body indicated that foul murder had
been committed. Young Bull was imme-
diately suspected, and upon being arrested,
blood was found to be Spattered I'll over
his clothes. Without further preliminaries
Bull was taken by some few masked citizens
| and nuicklv dismissed of Rnll Sr WAS nm.