The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-15
THE PACIFIC COAST.
The Superior Court Again Decides
Against Mrs. Terry.
The Native Sons of the Golden West
Invite the President to be Present
at Their Celebration.

Dr. Leila Latta Is under arrest at Los
Angeles, charged with criminal malprac-
tice.
Good shooting is being done at Fort
Wingate, N. NJ, by the sharpshooters OF
the regular army.
Purchases of large Landed properties
in Shasta and Butte counties, California,
for fruit purposes are noted.
The run of salmon in the Coauille
river this season has been equal to, if
not ahead OF, any previous year.
San Jose, Cal, is taking measures for
/ a census recount. 1t is claimed that
several thousand people were not en-
rolled.
J. d. Fiske, who was murdered at
Fresno, CAL, had his life insured for $685.
600; he also carried an accident policy
for SIC, 1000.
The United States Circuit Court at Ia
coma has decided that the entry of tide
lands at Tacoma with Valentine scrip is
invalid. III
There is big run of salmon at Coos
bay this year, but it is doubtful if much
fishing will be done, owing to the low
price offered.
Pay Director Williams at Mare island
has applied for an investigation into the
open charges of fraud which have been
made against him.
The American schooner Matte J. Dyer
has been seized by Deputy Emens in the
harbor of Ounalaska for illegal sealing,
with seventy-eight skins aboard.
The Rush boarded the Victoria sealing
schooner Ariel, and was ordered out of
Behring sea. The Captain was presented
with copy of the Presidents proclama-
ton.
The controlling interest in the San
Diego Daily and Weekly Union has been
disposed of to Thomas Gardener and to
General Eli H. Murray, who will be ed
itor-in chief
The necessary amOunt-$500-ha been
guaranteed by citizens of Albany to de-
fray the expense of their hose team
while training and attending the North
west firemen's tournament at Spokane
Falls.
Returns of the census supervisor give
the population of Arizona, not including
Indians, at 81 900. The three largest
towns are: Tucson, 5,185, not including
additions and suburbs; Phoenix, 3,115;
Prescott, l,843.
Exports from Tacoma during July
were: Lumber, 1894, 776 feet; salmon,
5000 cases; coal, 24,628 tons; wheat,
5,425 tons. The total real estate trans
fers for seven months have amounted to
SO, ,2S2 ,032.87.
Chinese have been smuggled across
from British Columbia, where they tenn
porarily took up quarters in the Colville
reservation as squawmen. They re-
manned there until such time as they
could leave without molestation.
Eight men charged with murder now
occupy cells at Fresno, Cal, and secret
meetings of certain parties have caused
the Jail to be fortified with armed men
against the possible attack of vigilantes,
who declare they will hang all the muir
derers.
The sworn statements by the superin-
tendents filed with County Assessor at
Virginia City show that the total ore
yield of the Comstock lode mines during
the quarter ended June 80, 1890, aggre
gated SS, 1893 tons. yielding 81 100000 in
bullion.
The Native Sons of the Golden West
and Society of Pioneers have decided to in
vite the President to be present on the day
of the celebration, and an invitation form
engraved in gold plate has been prepared
and will be Immediately forwarded to
Washington.
The Pacific Mail steamship China,
Captain Seabury, has sailed from San
Francisco for China and Japan via Vic
toria. The China is the first steamer of
this line to sail by this route, and will be
followed until further orders by the rest
of the company's vessels.
At Seattle the PrOhibitiOnists held
meeting the other night, at which it
was decided to put full ticket in the
field for the coming election. The party
claims to hold the balance OF power. The
Labor party, which will also put in
ticket, makes the same claim.
Governor Waterman of California has
offered reward of $500 for the arrest
and conviction of the Cinnamon who in
flicted the stabs resulting in young Pier
sons death last week at McCracken's
bridge, near Sacramento, and 500 for
the arrest of each of the others partici-
pating in the deadly affray.
James w. Kerr, the foundryman who
shot and killed Edward Cognan, the
molders' apprentice, at San Francisco on
June 26. has been held to answer in $50,-
600 BAIL Bonds were furnished imme-
diately, Henry T. Scott OF the Union
Iron Works, w. H. Taylor of the Risdon,
James Speer of the Fulton and Robert
Watt Of Langley & Michaels being
sureties
Forest fires have done considerable
damage to lumber and dry feed in the
northwestern part OF Sonoma county,
California Grass is very dry, and ranch
men have been SO foolish as to attempt
to clear the ground of timber and brush
by firing it. A very destructive fire near
Cloverdale, which burned over several
thousand acres of ground, had its origin
in this way.
Sarah Althea Terry had her case
against the estate of the late William
Sharon retired last Tuesday in the Su
perior Court at San Francisco, and Judge
Shafter rendered his decision, holding
that the so-called marriage certificate,
which she claimed Sharon signed, was a
forgery: that she never had been mar
ried to Sharon, and that she had no
claim whatever upon the estate.