The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-06-15
COAST ITEMS.

Brief Notes From the Pacific Ccast
states and Territories.
Work has been started on 4 new hotel at Paso
Robes.
Woodland Is soon to have irst-class roller
Santa Barbara County has ordered reregis.
traIlon of voters.
Tie county convention of Los Angeles Demo-
Gratis will be held on July 22d.
The farmers of Polk County, Oregon, are anx-
ious TO have cOpiOus rain showers
A new mill for cutting and polishing marble
has been put up at Roseburg, Oregon.
Robert Cannon fell from jam OF logs into the
Eutst River, Wash, last Monday aud was
drowned.
Ii appears from Investigation that the Sheriff
OF Santa Clara clears $4,000 year from board
ing county prisoners.
Eastern Washington is infested with horse
thieves, who run oil stock Into Idaho and Mon
lana without any trouble.
Recent immigration into Grants Pass has
changed the pOilIics OF Josephine County from
Democratic to Republican.
The city of Fairhaven, Wash, has been pro-
yded with new steam fire-eUglne by Mr.. Ben
nett, a railroad contractor
A clerk named Bradbury has skipped from
Vallejo with $1,000 in coin that he had collected
from MS employers creditors.
Chinese pheasants are increasing rapidly In
the Oregon woods. and few birds have been
seed well up In the mountains.
CHARLES b. Western Captain Fourteenth In.
fanIry, U. s. A, al Vancouver, Wash, died sud-
denly on Tuesday of apoplexy.
Rev. c. G. Stratton, late OF Mills Seminary.
Cal, has been elected Chancellor of the Villa
melte College at Salem, Oregon.
Frank Levi fell into a vat in the packing house
at Puyallup Wash, The other day. He was
pulled out quickly but he was badly scalded.
seventeen.days' run on ore from the Wash
Ington mine, near Idaho City, Boise Count y,
Idaho. produced gold brick worth s14, 900.
Whenever an Oakland man wants to get a d.
v0rce lie goes to Martinez and files the papers
hpr 81 as ne anarn
State Treasurer Tufiy OF Nevada has gone to
| Napa Valley Cal, To visit his daughter, Mrs.
| TiDurcio Pdlrott. He Is recovering from severe
Illness.
Mrs. Culbertson of Seattle, WASH, Is working
| on the census enumeration. The Post. Intel.
| gencer says she Is the only woman In the ranks
| Of $4,000.
John Sansome was arrested I'm September
| 1887, at Elk Grove, Sacramento County, on a
| charge Of highway robbery, alleged to have been
committed on the lth OF August of same year
| stopped stage and took s265 from Wells, Fargo
| & Co.'s box. At the trial Sanyome was convicted
and was sent to States prison for life. An APP
| peal was taken and the Supreme Court on Tues
| day reversed the sentence aud ordered 4 new
| trial.
The Portland oregoniau says: j. B. Bart
lett of Spokane Falls was sitting with
his wife on the porch Of their residence when a
battery Of blasts was exploded at the site of the
| new railway station. Mrs. Bartlett saw big
rock come hurting through the air toward her
husband. She seized him and jerked him back
wards, the rock knocking of his hat as she did
50. The rock weighed nearly ten pounds an
had II struck Mr.. Bartlett upon the head would
| have killed him.
A few years ago Colonel Merriam and General
| Sherman cantered over the plains OF the Big
Bend country In search OF suitable location for
| q military post. They stopped one night ut W lid
| Goose Bll's ranch. aud were royalty entertained
| Could they return to-day, says the Spokane Re-
| view, they would witness an astounding change
Instead OF solitary cabin In a desert, they
would see thriving town on the site OF Wild
| Goose BilPs ranch, with Bill himself a central
| figure rs the Postmaster of Wilbur. They would
| also find u newspaper there. the Wilbur Regis
| ter, that would be credit to any town in New
York State oil 1000 inhabitants.
The Seattle acknowledgement OF June 9Th
says: Captain Avery Of the American bark Es.
tella, which arrived at Port Townsend Thurs
day, was struck blind at sea on the night OF
| April Sd, while of the coast OF South America
That day the crew rebelled and remained mu
tlnOus during The rest of the Journey Captaii
Avery Is the oldest master at present sailing L
The Pacific Coast out OF American ports He /:
63 years OF age and has been at sea over forty
three years. He Is life member OF the sociei,
OF California Pioneers, and has, during his event
full career, made and lost several fortunes. Ii,
resides In San Francisco, and with his son own
the Estella.