The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-12-01
COAST ITEMS.
Brief Notes From Pacific States and
Territories.

Brief Notes From Pacific States and
Territories.
The Napa Daily Register was 10 years old
last Tuesday.
One Oakland lawyer has pOcketed
| 1884 GOO in fees this year.
A half interest in the Williams Farmer
has been bought by w. 7. Woods.
Captain Kohl of San Mateo has imported
| lot of black swans from Australia.
Stuart Lomax and Jenny Turnipseed
were married recently in Lassen County.
The total output of raisins from John
| BidwelPs ranch, near Chico, was 1900
| boxes.
]. R. Sweeney has been elected Captain
! of Company d at Red Bluff to succeed the
late Breese b. Lee.
An old debt of $500 on the Congrega-
| tional Church at Pomona was wiped out in
| twenty minutes last Sunday.
NJ. Riveroll has been granted concession
| to start paper mill at Ensenada, Lower
California. He will use the Moguey plant
The Victoria Times says it is possible that
| the Earl Of Aberdeen will be the next Co.
vernor-General of the Dominion of Canada.
II. c. Rutledge Of San Bernardino was
operating abuzz-saw recently and quit when
three fingers of his lett hand went into the
sawdust heap.
squirrels are doing just as they did last fall,
digging their holes on high ground. That
means prepare for flood.
Agnes Timson was elected School Trustee
for the long term in Hamilton District,
White Pine New. She is the first woman
elected to any office in that county.
A wild woman has been seen in the foot
hills, near MADEIRA, by several stockmen.
They have tried to catch her with lassos,
but she scales rocks as easy as goat.
Plumas County has some heavy tax-pay-
ers. The Sierra Buttes Mining Company
pays S6242 35 and the Sierra Lumber Com
paDy pays S2545 %. }. w. Thompson Of
American Valley, S702 49,
Charles Binney of Marysyille celebrated
his eignty-frSt birthday last Tuesday. He
is the Oldest railroad conductor in this couu-
try and only recently gave up his position ON
the Orovilie train to a son.
The Napa Reporter says: The Sheriff,
under order from the Superior Court, sold a
one-haf interest in the White Sulphur
Springs for $4,000. Sanford johnson
bought the One-half interest.
A Piute medicine man at Camp Independ-
ence, 1nyo County, lost his third patient last
Monday, and, in accordance with custom,
two Indians smashed his skull with rock
and cut his throat. The local authorities
took no notes OF the affair.
| According to Captain Jim Townsend
Death Valley is the original garden of
Eden. The rivers that once flowed about
| the garden dried. up when our respected
channels are still plainly 10 be seen.
The Pomona Progress says: The daily
| expense to Los Angeles County of session
| OF the Board OF Supervisors, counting SAL
aries mileage. clerks, stationery, etc., aver
ages S3S IS. There are weeks and weeks
when the board is in session every day.
The Lassen Advocate says: A 65O-pound
hog, owned by Dick Roberts at Milford,
which was to have been slaughtered at
Thanksgiving, cheated the butcher by chok-
Ing TO death last Sunday in the absence Of
Mr.. Roberts, who was in Reno at the time.
The Progress says: We are waiting to
witness the first trial of the new city ordi-
nance to prevent chickens and ducks from
running on another persons property. The
lawyers say that whenever case does
come up under this law, it will cause the
greatest delying into Jurisprudence and the
rarest display OF oratory ever known in Po-
m0na'S courts.
While overhauling the U. S. steamer
Alert at the Mare Island dry dock. an as
tenishing discovery was made. About
twenty feet square of the iron boiler sup
ports had rusted off leaving the whole weight
of the boilers to rest upon the ships bottom
plates. If the ship had gone to sea in this
condition the first gale would have sent the
boilers through the thin plates and the
vessel would have foundered at once.
Says the Homer Index: A Lundy dude got
snubbed down here the other day. He
was veneered with one of Silas =. IS forty
dollar suits and considered himself inyin-
chile. He popped and she exploded, like
TINS: Il have some money of my own.
have parrot that can swear like pirate,
monkey that chewS tobacco, and billy
goat that Will drink whisky ana get tumb-
ling drunk. SO you can readily perceive
that have no need of husband" Al this
million ducks on the lake laughed, and the
Judges turkeys eobbled in unison.