The morning call., 1890-11-28
COAST ITEMS.
Brief Notes From Pacific States ant
Territories.

Brief Notes From Pacific States and
| Territories.
The orange crop of Oroville will require
SIX car trains to move 1t, which speaks well
| for a new industry.
| Hans Wind was caught in some machinery
at Stars Mills. near Vallejo, on Monday
| and was badly injured
Judge Humes Of Seattle sent five hood
| lums to the Walla Walla Penitentiary for
| ten years each last Friday.
The City Trustees of Sacramento have let
| a contract to fix bad spot in the levee with
| granite blocks for $4,000
San Berdoon is to have new daily paper.
| 1t will be edited by 2. E. Kiplinger, late
| city editor Of the Courier
A blue gum tree was cut down in Santa
| Clara last Friday that was only 10 years old,
| yet it measured l15 feet in length.
DR.. A. C. Lawson of Vancouver, B. c.,
| has been appointed assistant professor Of
| geology of the University of California.
| An heir to the valuable estate of Ernest
| Erich, late of Sacramento, has been found in
| Hamburg. Germany. He is cousin on the
| fathers side.
A lot of cowboys tried to clean out the
| town of Anton, n. Mex, last Sunday. A
| fierce running fight ensued, and both sides
| lost many men.
| raised 49,9lS pounds OF potatoes from one
| acre this season. He sold the crop for u
cents pound cash.
The plant of the Union Creamery at Port
| land, Oregon, was sold by the Sheriff recently
| for less than $4,000. The stockholders were
| out more than $1,000.
The clipper ship Titania left Victoria, B.
c., for London, last Friday. with 3i,6i7 cans
| of salmon. This will be the last Shipment
for 1890 from that port
| James Speakmau, an escape from the
| Stockton Insane Asylum, was captured at
Angels, Calaveras County last Friday. He
was committed four years ago.
| U. Durham, book keeper of the Traders
| National Bank OF Spokane Fails, has been
missing for some weeks. His accounts were
found to be perfectly straight.
| The sealing schooner Triumph returned
| to Victoria, b. c.. last Thursday from Behr-
| ing Sea. She was gone SO long that her
| owners had given her up for lost.
| Charles Phelps was running dance in a
| saloon at Pocatello. Idaho. last Sunday
! night, when he was knocked down by a man
named Best. Phelps shot him dead and
| then escaped.
The Placer Argus says: The Red Point
mine made a shipment of 315 ounces OF bull
| ion last week. The last cleanup on three
days run was 316 ounces They are working
| sixty-five men.
A rare find Of -a-brac was recently i'm
| ported from Alaska to Victoria. 1t is a
| table OF black stone, 3 feet 6 by feet 6.
deliberately carved and inlaid with pearl
and walrus ivory.
| Prescott Sawyer has been indicted for as
| sault to murder by the Grand Jury of Marin
County. lie st bbed Hermann Franz at
| Sausalito some months ago and was released
on habeas corpus by San Francisco Judge.
| A sheep herder found skeleton in the
| brush near West Boz slder, Mont, a few days
| ago. Attached to one forearm was rusty
| pair of handouts. The remains are sup
| posed to be those of George Edwards, who
| esca, ed from car in 1873 while on his way
berry at Billings, Mont.
| The InyD Index says: Conn & Trudo,
| the Saline Valley borax operators, spent a
| couple Of days in town last week. The gen.
| tlemen are in good humor with themselves
and all mankind, and well they may be, as
their Saline plant is regularly turning out
about fifty tons OF borax per month, and the
| supply appears inexhaustible.
| In order to rid the town OF highwaymen
| and sneak-thieyeS, and restore the confidence
| of tue citizens in the officers Of the police
| force, Chief Zwickey Of Tacoma has decided
to ignore the commands OF the bosses for
| the appointment OF scrubs on the force.
He will require that applicants be at least 5
| feet 10 inches In height. of good character,
| and physically in good condition; also that
they Shall be fairly well educated, being
| able to read and write at least.
The Grand Jury of Del Norte County
| made report last week in which the County
Treasurer is scored with neglect of his Of
| fee. His books are not kept in any kind of
shape. One section of the report reads: We.
| the Grand Jury. do advise and insist that
the said Treasurer awake from his lethargy
and keep the books of his office in proper
| and business.like manner, and we would fur
| Their advise that all the officers of the county
attend more strictly to the duties of their re-
| spective offices.