The morning call., 1890-12-24
COAST ITEMS.

Brief Notes From Pacific States and
Territories.
Santa Cruz fisherman landed a thirty
pound deep-sea salmon from the wharf, last
Monday. These fish seldom take to the
hook.
The Los Angeles Times says there will
be deficit of S25. 600 to $50, 900 in the school
fund of that city, caused by transferring
that amount to bridge fund by the City
Council.
Rev. j. c. Fisher, who was brutally as
saulted at Santa Barbara last Monday, by
a saloon-keeper named Atkinson, for work.
ing on election day to close saloons on Sun
day, is lying at his house in dangerous
condition.
John Loser has been held to answer for
throwing brakeman Shnllenberger under a
train OF cars at Medbury, Idaho. On the
night of December 18TH The man was
identified by his victim a few moments be-
fore his death.
new web perfecting press and stereo-
typlng outfit has been received by the Sac
ramento Rrcord-Union. When ready for
use the paper will be changed from four
pages to SIX pages during the week, and the
Sunday edition will be eight pages.
The Olympia Capitol says: Skagit County
claims that tobacco will grow like weeds in
Its valleys. We can believe anything of
Skagit, or any of the country west of the
cascades, for that matter. Tobacco should
w VIC Sltp- IL ID WIOuR 10 raise III, Out IL Is
very profitable. Let us have tobacco
craze and be bad while longer.
The dam across Rogue River at Grants
Pass is 400 feet long, feet high in the CEN
Ter, and gives head of feet in the pen
stock. The force of water as it now flows
over the dam Is equal to 156 horsepower.
One hundred and tiftY-siX rover represents
apower sufficient TO raise 5.O5s,00O pounds
at the rate OF one foot per minute.
The export trade of Albany makes fine
showing. says the Albany Herald. During
the month OF November 121 full car and 36
part car loads of freight were shipped on
The Southern Pacific from this city to differ
ent points in the State. or this, 6j car
loads consisted of rock, flour and lumber, As
full carloads of merch andise, representing
the Wholesale trade Of her merchants.
Two Indians of Round Valley, Inyo
County, filed patents last week at the Iude-
pendence Land Office for so and 160 acres,
respectively. A concluding provision OF
these patents is as follows: "This patent is
| issued upon the express condition that the
utie hereby conveyed shall not be subject to
alienation or incumbrance, either by volun-
tary CONVEYANCE or by judgment, decree or
order OF any court, or subject to taxation
Tor the period OF twenty years from the date
hereof, as provided by act of Congress, ap-
proved January Is, 1881"
A letter has been received at Albany an.
nouneing the death of Billy Chinook, one of
Inv cNot hHoNh VI OtcSuL IUuldHS. lie WIS
buried on last Sunday. Billy Chinook, or
William Parker, as he was listed, was FIRE.
mont's guide in 1847, on his trip from Ore
gon to California. In 1S49 he mined In that
State, Mr., John Mccoy, now deceased. of
this city. being in the same party. In 1853
he went back to st. Louis, and went to
school for awhile. He was an elder in the
United Presbyterian Church at Warm
Springs, and was as square an Indian as one
often meets.
George Theodore johnson, Dane, at
tempted suicide in Tacoma pawnshop on
Wednesday night. He fired four shots at his
right temple with the muzzle of the revolver
so near his head that his hair and eyebrows
were burnt, but none of the bullets took eff
feet further than to Craze the SKULL When
asked his reasons for attempting suicide,
johnson said: II had no thought of killing
myself until l was walking past the pawn
shop, and saw the revolvers in the show
window, when l was seized by a mania to
kill myself | went in, secured the re-
volver. had the cartridges put in it, and de-
liberately tried to end my life, bat | was so
weak and nervous from sick ness that could
not hold it right and pull the trigger"