The morning call., 1890-11-06
COAST ITEMS.
Brief Notes From Pacific States and Ter

BrIef Notes FROM racine states ana i er-
ritories.
The Daily CouSa Sun was one year old
last Saturday.
The shores of Tulare Lake are swarming
with tlOckS of wild geese.
The town of Dayton, Wash, is infested
with fire bugs and burglars
Only one book has been stolen from the
Pomona pubic library in three years.
One firm of Riverside pack 1000 bt xes of
raisins day for shipping East by rail.
The Hanlord Sentinel will soon be moved
into new brick building owned by the
paper.
Some road-graderS near Gait last Tuesday
uHearthed nineteen trade dollars of the date
of 1876.
Frank Stoner of Astoria shot an elk on
Saddle Mountain last tuesday that weighed
100 pounds.
A twenty-stamp mill has been ordered for
working the ores on Cedros Island. off the
coast OF Lower California.
The water supply of San Bernardino S
ample for checking any ordinary fire, as
stream can be thrown 123 feet high.
The great register of Amador County
shows the follow foreign vote: Italy 2S2,
England 242, Ireland 123, Germany 116,
Austria 10.
A pear was sent to Sacramento from For
est City. Amador County. recently. 1t
measured 1612 inches long, 20 inches round
The Pomona Times wants a cogwheel
railroad built to The summit of Old Baldy,
the same as one recently finished to the
summit OF Pixies Peak, Colorado.
deed went on record at Los Angeles
last Friday conveying 1000 acres of the
Rancho San Pedro to the Redoudo Beach
Company Tue consideration named was
$4,000 Coo
jury in Colusa awarded the Glenn estate
So. 000 damages against the Central IrriLa-
ton District for right of way for their canal.
Before the trial, which lasted one week, the
price demanded was $4,000.
A son of Isaac johnson was instantly
killed at his fathers ranch near Holiister
last Wednesday. He went to drive some
horses from wattr-trough, when one of
the animals kicked the boy in the head.
The first name on the great register Of
Sonuma County is ihulS Abels, the last is
Waiter Zweifel. The Oldest voter is w.
Blackmau, aged 81; the longest name belongs
to a school teacher, n. c. A. L. II. Nielsen.
Twelve years ago Pomona was hardly
known of as fruit producing country.
This year the sales of peaches, prunes and
grapes have brought S270,000 to the farmers,
who have paid eli their mortgages and have
money in bank.
A large porcupine was killed near Wood
land the other day by Ward Adams. His
hunting dog found tue animal and tried TO
Kill il, bat as driven frantic by the sharp
porcupine that has been seen in Yulo
County for years.
The following ad appeared i'll last weeks
Calaveras Chronicle:
SToLEN.-The Chinese burying ground at
Jackson Amador County Cal. A nnera reward
Will be paid for The rest aud convection OF The
perpetrator or perpetrators Of The crime. by
Mok Hill, October %, 1890.
The new lumber flume at SAWYER was
tested severely last week in delivering a lot
of bridge timber Sx12x44 feet. These big
sticks were floated iiity-four miles, and We're
delivered without break. 1t required
four stout men at the dump to snake them
out of the flume.
The Territorial Enterprise says: There
is an organization on the Divide, the pur-
poses and objects of when are tn duuse and
souse wife-heaters. They simply catch
| Wife-beater in the act, tie him to IA post aud
| turn the hose upon hin. They are now "
| ing low for brawny individual who works
| very close to the Gold Hill line.
Says the ClOveraale Review: The LADY,
bug has invaded this valley from Cloverdaie
to Guernevllle, from our personal kuowlt dye
within the last three days They came In
uncounted thousands and are feeding on
the young leaves of the French prune, and
being omnver1us they swarm on all kinds
OF flowers which they utterly estroy. Bu-
! bach does not seem TO kill them and we are
| trying sulphur.
llC cdiHho IuuVA Gay w ililttli IltIlOu
has perfected arrangements to 20 into the
raising of haf-breed buifalosS on the Point
Cypress ranch. He has secured two buffalo
| bulls and one buffalo COW Which are nov on
| exhibition at the Visalia fair and eleven
| Galloway cows as starter. he will fence
| off portion OF the ranch for their special
purpose and expects to realize a profit from
| the robes of the animals bred and the beef
| they make.
| The Los Angeles Elk ress says. L. NJ.
| Lloyd rode out ON his ranch near Ventura,
| to look after a fire which had started. He
| tied his horse In a rayine and Went to work
on hill near by lighting the progress of
| the fire. On returning to the ravine he
| found the animal dead and burned, to-
| gether with the saddle, bride and other
| accouterments. 1t was Mr.. Lloyd's favorite
riding horse and he keenly feels its loss ana
| terrible death.
| The following item got Struggled into the
| politi al notes of the Orland News last week:
| GrashOppers are becoming very thick this
| tail, ana it would be well for those having
! orchards to look out for them as their bite
is poisonous 10 fruit trees. A very little
| labor will rid an orchard of these pests
| should they begin to attack the trees, as they
| can be driven out the same as a band of
| animals, and when once out one person can
| keep them herded away from quite large
| orchard.
The Orovilie Register says: A large num-
| Der of salmon are being caGgbt at the pres
| ent tim in the Golden Gate mine. AS the
| water is pumped down in the deep holes tre-
| mendous large and fine salmon are caught,
] ami Oh Tuesday We saw twelve or fifteen