The morning call., 1890-06-27
COAST ITEMS.

Brief Notes From Pacific States and Ter
ritories-
DIR. Gray OF CoIusa lost $50 chickens by the re-
cent hail-storm.
The damage to crops in Colusa County BY the
receaI haIl-sIUrm was not less than $4,000.
deposit OF beautiful agate and carneliOn has
been found on CedrOs Island, Lower California
The hop crop of Washington will exceed tina:
of last year by 10000 bales, says Tie rortiaua
OregUnlan.
The value OF the barley crop of Palouse County.
Wash. this year will not be much short of
81 200, 600.
Andrew Brown fell Into the San JOAQUIN River,
near Grayson, last Saturday, WhIls hSlliug, and
was drowned.
Sam Ho, a Siwash, killed two fine sea offers last
weeK the beach near Aberdeen. he sold the
skins for $50 each.
Sixty thousand blue gum trees have been
planted this year on the Lankershim ranch, 10
Los Angeles County.
The Idaho Statesman says the operations OF
the Boise City assay Office for the past month
were the heaviest on record
son OF Robert Richardson OF AIbino, Oregon,
fell from raft last Tuesday afternoon and Was
drowned. He was years old.
The house of George Robinson burned down at
Wetser. Idaho, on Tuesday. and bis fourteen-
monIh-old child was Killed. Mrs. Robinson Is
insane through grief.
A 1o-ton bowlder pinned Simon jenkins leg
to the side wall Of the Idaho Mine at Grass
Valley the other day. Tue Gully injury TO Jen-
kins was slight bruise.
BanOs, Stanislsus County, OH Wednesday. No
one was Killed, but man named Hodges lost
both eyes and had y leg broken.
w. Z. Mcclellan and @. w. Robinson Of Col
linstoD, Utah, tried TO ford Bear River last Sun
day when they were drowned and their teams
swept down stream aud were lost.
A number Of mining parties are on the way to
the Navajo reservation. The commander OF Fort
Carr n. Mex, has given orders to eject every
White man found ntIudiBg on the reservation.
A draft horse worth $1,000 was driven from
RtyarSida the Webster road IN hours
one day last week. The weather was intensely
hot and the horse got oyerheaied and died In
few hours.
Last winter In Oregon proved to the owners OF
stock that The ftteSt always survive, Their
scrub animals were swept away, While the AMI
mails bred from pureblood stock stood the sea-
son remarkably well.
The Los Angeles Times says: The wise spar
row no longer wastes time rustling about the
streets for meal. He simply dives into the
street eectrc.lsht globes and dimes from a
choice selection Of "eectrOcuted' bugs.
Says the Chico Enterprise: The san Francisco
Chronicle is engaged now ln GROWING Kings at
$50 king-prlnces half price. 1t would take a
whole deck of such kings as some of them 10
beat bob-tal flush In this neck of woods.
The members of the Congregational Church
Society at Eureka, Humboldt, have decided To
change theii form Of government Into lie Pres
byIerian order ana Rev. j. L. Mcdonald, late OF
san Rafael is on band to assist IN the work..
The Mount Shasta Herald says: Twenty years
ago j. X. Lultrell gave the nrst address 10 the
Masonic fraternity AT FoIt Jones ON ST. Johns
day. Last Monday MIR. Luttrell went to the
same place 10 deliver this second address on The
same day.
r. ID. Little, manager OF the Union Colliery,
ComaX, b. e., was arrested last week for employ
ing Chinese III the niue. lie went INTO court
with Cow, the Chinese, who proved that he Was
IA British subject, being native OF Hong Kong
The Justice dismissed The case al once.
The work of building university at Phoenix,
ArZ., will be commenced in few days. The
main building will be OF brick, thee stories, 125
by 10 feet. II nothing prevents, The university
will be opened by January i, 1891. Ii VIII be
managed by the Methodist denomination.
The Aslorlan says the following "notis" is
posted on fence In TulamoUk County: "u
any mans or woman's COWS or oxen gits u these
here oats, his or her tail Will be cut off as the
case may be. j am a Christian man and pay my
taxes, but curse man who lets bis critters
loose, say l."
The Salt Lake Times says: A big gang OF
men is at work cutting Ties for the Union Pacific
consolidated division in Paysous Canyon. Ii Is
expected that about 100000 ties VIII DC cut al
that point. The choppers are paid 1914 cents
per lie The contract Is held by MISSOURI hrln,
and most OF the choppers were brought from the
People OF The Dallss Oregon, claim that city
handles more wool direct from the producer than
any city IN the United States. The warehouses
are fun. and large wagons loaded with wool are
coming 10 town every day.. This season 5000,
600 pounds Will DO handled. In one day last
week 100 bales were sold at 10 cents, the high
est price yet paid.
The Chico Enterprise is responsible for This
apt illusl ration: The difference between dc
jufe Governor and de facto Governor receives
apt Illustration in the recent attempt TO remove
Warden MeComb OF the San Quentin prison. DE
lure Governor Waterman SAID go; dc iact0 Gov
ern0I Ro-buck SAID stay and tie General with
his whiskers Is still there.
The Burbank Times says: The San Fer
nando Valley covers a territory embracing over
100000 acres OF land, OF which al least 100000
acres are good land, capable Of producing, to a
high degree, every known fruit. Most Of this
Territory, however, Is unimprOyed. but IL will be
only short time when every foot oil available
land VIII be utilized Tor fruit culture.
Says the Santa Rosa Republican: One OF tho
strangest things that has happened here Tor
some time look place at The Enterprise Flaming
mill last Saturday. runaway horse, Win mar
ness dangling. ran into the mill and out again,
passIpg between a piaDer ana slieker, which
were running IN full blast, and only three feel
parr and esca ping without a scratch aud dong
no damage TO anything.
Says The Gold Bush Gazette: The LieneD
weber cannery at Jacksonville, TiliamOos
County, Oregon, Is a total wreck, having col
lapsed last week. So far as learned was
Killed. but several OF the EN- ployes were injured.
The disaster was caused by steam schooner
In making landing at the canneIy. The slow
bell OF the vessel did NOT ring, ana the steamer
out the piing and dropping tho cannery build
Ing all in q heap The damage will foot up sew
eral thousand dollars.
Says The Redlands Citrograph; About tile
quickest harvesting work we have heard OF WAS
doue by Nance & Knight OF Perris. week or So
ago. They started combined harvester.
tnresher and saeker IN the morning AS fast as
the sacks were dropped by the machine they
were hauled TO The firms barley crusher aud
run through. resacked ana loaded on ipe cars.
This was all done so rapidly that i've carloads
were IN san Diego, San BernardlDo Riverside.
Pasadena and Los Angeles In forty eight hours
from the time The grain was standing IN the
leld.