The morning call., 1890-07-22
COAST ITEMS.
Brief Notes From Pacific States and Ter
ritOries.

Brief Notes From Pacific States and Ter
ritories.
The creamery at Hanford is Kept busy making
cheese.
The Herald says the tax rate this year will he
Sl23 ON tn 500 in Los Angeles.
u. l.. jenkins OF MarysyIle has a night bloom
Ing ceIeuS that shows eight nl'-;rOwn flow, rs.
The lnyO Index wants n. L. Chapman of Red
B u1 nominated for Governor by tne kepub-
means.
The Woodland Mail man has been counting
the seeds In one small thistle, aud lie gives 2650
ready for action.
T. Z. White OF fresno. has sold his raisin
crop FOR cents pound. Most OF bis vineyard
Is sci 10 muScais.
Bids were opened at Hanford recently for
building new hotel. The figures were too
steep Tor the owner.
Jacob Otter of Anaheim pulled four pound
potato from his home garden last Thursday. Ii
measured : Y inches IN length.
Ii. &. Lacy OF Tie Hahford Mil had his right
hand caught IN the machinery last Saturday Ind
came near losing IL as well as The arm
The Albuquerque Democrat says the first can
teen staI led at Fort ngate was great success
As 40 hegs Of beer were sold In two days.
Henry Tibbals, Democrat, was elected Mayor
of PUIt Townsend last Monday by eighiee
majority. Three OF the five Councllmeu were
Democrats.
The Express says: The hafves in MERGED
County is Tier this season than II has been for
years The grain IS full aud plump and he yield
beyond all expectation.
Lieutenant I. j. Clay OF General Gritson's
stan lives al Los Angeles Like all Keniucaians
lie loves horses, aud last Thursday lie won
$1,000 with BalgOwaH al Chicago.
&. Ii. Chapman of Los Angeles was graduated
fIOm Yale College In 1850. On June 24th he
went 10 New Haven and met twenty-Glree of his
Old chums Il, Tie celebration OF tnelr lOrlieth
nIYersaIy
Tie Lassen Mail says there is pa CHI OF wild
paisups growing near Susanville that con aims
POISON enough TO Kill every living being in Las
sen County. The paper suggests that the Super
VlSOTs spend some money have tie e.
stiOyed.
While digging reservoir on his ranch one
nile and Quarter back from tbs ocean beach at
Sau Pedro, aud 200 feeG above the sea level Il.
ID. Sepulveda unearhed the skeleton of large
whale last THURSDAY. The animal was at least
90 leeI long.
run sewing machine last Wednesday, but sue
made dismal failure. A needle went through
one OF hel fingers ana she had 10 be taken to ST.
Helena with the whole OUTFIT before the needle
could be extracted.
The Spring Valley Water Works has let a con-
tract TO A. L. Buchanan for raising the big dam
at The Upper Cry Stal Springs Reservoir. The
specifications call for the placing OF II ON 40, 600
10 $4,000 cubic yards OF earth, aud the contract
price is % cents yard.
a valuable hunting dog at San BernaTdino
chased Il cat into The Court house yard last
Thursday night, and managed TO fall into a deep
mortar pit That contained lot OF Stacked lime.
BY The time his hOwls attracted attention aud lie
was pulled out the dog was entlely denuded OF
his silky coat.
The heaviest taxpayer in Santa Cruz County
is +. A. Him, S4Go.2 Among other large
payer are The Santa Cruz Savings Bank, S224,-
$40; Davis & Cuwell S217,595; Bank OF Wat
souyIle, Sl36, T65; CalIfoIn mia Powder Works.
Sl22.O6o; CITY Savings Bank, s1l9.83o; Mrs
SeaTles, Sll5,5lO
The Pomona Progress says The cannery Is
busy with $50 men, women, boys and girls this
week, all at work preparing the aprlcots for dry
Ing. Tie payroll at the cannery is over $500
day, and all the help that can he hired Is had.
Day aud night the place is The busiest anywhere
IN This pant Of the country.
The Santa Monica Outlook says: Three car
loads Of cOru-making nearly 1000 sacks-were
sold TWO weeks ago in this vicinity at 80 cents a
hundred. AT that time corn was quoted IN san
francisco at 81 10. Could this corn have beed
placed cheaply on The ocean steamer, the seller
could have realized al least 20 cents sack
more. This is only one Of a hundred arguments
that can be made III favor OF opening The port AT
Santa Monica.
Several weeks ago Mrs. George Conway OF
MeIced lost IA diamond from ring which she
was wearing aId her husband offered liberal
reward for tue recovery Of the stone. This week
while Mrs. Conway was pruning her honeysuckle
vue she happened to lOoA on the ground and she
SAW something shining in Tie sunlight which
proved 10 be the lost diamond. 1t had been
swallowed by chicken. Her husband now has
II on exhibition.
The Contra Costa Gazette says: The Oakland
scheme ior supplying lliaI city aud other points
with water from the Blue Lakes III the Slerras Is
beng put into shape 10 test us practcabillty.
measure Of this kind Is likely 10 come within
striking distance OF Martinez. There is a kind
OF underlined rumOr that lie Stoek-y yard Company
al Pinole is reaching out for other business
among which has been mentioned the waller
scheme from Lake Tahoe or some Olher point.
The Colusa Herald says: Que of the best
things we've heard this week gotten off by
Hon. L. j. Hart. land suit of some import
ance las been on trial most OF the week, Ia
winch the parties litigant-bOth plaintiffs and
deIendauts-were members of The Nj. Il. Church.
Tie sworn testimony by both parties was directly
contradictory, ana IN order 10 relieve Judge
BIidgIoId, HaIt, who Is one OF The attorneys,
made a proposition to all go out of court and
leave 1t ~ the NJ. Z. church for the Bishop to
d. cide
says the POriervle Enterprise: Rather Gu
rious phenomenon occurred In the Black Noun
tain Valley last Saturday in the shape OF
swarm OF bugs They passed over the center OF
The valley about O'clock in the evening
flying In nOrtleasterly direction, aud
such were their numbers that tue atmus-
phere was not cleared for at least
half an hour. This peculiar bug although not
and evidently belonged to the genus Coccneila.
IL was of glniiug green IN color and the myriad
settled on the banks Of the river north Of The
Coffee Camp.
The Clear Lake Press says: Albert Thompson,
a lad about IL years OF age, found tho Bartlett
mail bag that was lost last winter during the
high wafer, about 100 yards below Cache Creek
bridge, near Leyy's slaughter-h0use. One end
of The bag was in The water when found. IL con-
talned Twelve letters, two papers and a few clr-
culars, addressed 10 different persons in The
neighborhood OF Bartlett Springs, which were
In 4 lair STATE of preservation, and tile address
could be easily read. After being dried they
Will be forwarded 10 their addresses by Post
master Brewer