The morning call., 1890-08-14
COAST ITEMS.
Brief Notes From Pacific States and Ter
ritorics.

Brief Notes From Pacific States and Ter
ritories.
There are some thrifty fields of tobacco
near Pomona.
A lad named Hough landed a six-pound
catfish at Stockton, last Sunday.
Hamilton Campbell, recent arrival. fel
into q cellar at Butte, Mont, On Tuesday,
and was killed.
G. Il. Henderson and party started to
drive a band of 5000 cattle from Wyoming
to Montana last week.
Among the many possessions Of the late
Nicholas Luning was tract OF 1000 acres
III Santa Cruz County.
Edward Zeyrs, workman in a, saw-mill
at Albany, Oregon, lost his left hand last
Saturday by striking buzzer.
The Governor of New Mexico has asked
the Secretary of the Interior for troops to
suppress the White Cap outrages.
The public school in Waugh District, So
mona County, is closed on account of so
much illness among the children.
Work was begun last week on the Port
Townsend Custom-hOuse, and the building
must be finished within one year.
Agents of Michigan lumber syndicate
are buying timber lands near WillistOn,
WASH, at from SIS TO $50 an acre.
The Santa Rosa Republican says that
tramps find paradise In the corn-fields and
melon patches along the Russian River.
L. A. IOliaTQ team OIL Twelve oxen
hauled nine logs at one load last week at
Marshfield, Oregon, that scaled 1888 feet.
Charles B0ynton, aged 49, was danger
ously injured last Friday at Wasco, Oregon
by vicious horse that was being led to wa
ter
One mile of track OH the Carson and Col.
orad0 railroad was washed away last Sun
| day by a cloud-burSt in Churchill CANYON.
New.
Building operations at Olympia, Wash.
are retarded on account of lumber being
scarce. None Of the mills are able to fiji
orders.
Bowen, guard at San Quentin. was on
duty only month, yet he tried to prevent
some c0nvicts from escaping and lost one of
his arms
The Postmaster at Chico had field day
on Monday in issuing $500 in money
orders. Most of them were bought by
French colonists at Vina.
John Tombree was working in a deep
shaft at Leadville, Colo, recently. when a
piece of rock fell from the surface. His
head was mashed to a jelly.
A little girl named Crumpton was split-
ting kindling wood at Nelson's Point. Plu-
mas County, last Friday, when the Ratchet
slipped and sliced off two fingers from the
| left hand.
Six weeks ago valuable mare, owned by
Lewis Davis OF Albuquerque, n. Mex. was
bitten by arabid dog. Sunday the mare died
with every symptom of hydrophoba. The
dog escaped.
| The Pomona Progress says: The Red
| lands Citrograph says that SOC, 600 is the
amount OF money the apricot growers there
| have made from their crops this season.
| We will wager the best hat in Los Angeles
4, that the sum is not 0,0OO. and that Editor
| Craig cannot prove that it Is.
The Santa Cruz Surf says: While. the
Mystic Shriners were visiting the big trees,
few days ago, two immense clubs were
cut from a redwood tree and taken to San
Francisco. They were there trimmed into
shape and presented by Colonel III. j.
Burns. one to Captain j. B. Eakins of the
| New York City police force, the other TO
Inspector Byrnes of the same Police De-
partment.
Says the Riverside Press: A curious
warfare has been raging down at Arllng-
ton Heights for the past few days. 1t is a
| war of determination in which thou sands