The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-11-15
CUASI ITEMS.
Brief Notes From Pacific States and
Territories.

| Brief Notes From Pacific States and
Territories.
The Concord Sun says that town will soon
| have bank.
William w. Lemon was killed near River
side last Tuesday by kick from a horse.
| For the first time in its history Inyo
| County has been carried by the Republic
| cans.
The public school at Sebastopol, Sonoma
| County, has been closed on account of diph-
| iberia.
The wool merchants of Albuquerque, N
Mex, have handled over 3,000 600 pounds this
season.
Mrs. Wright was elected Superintendent
of Schools Tor Del Norte County by the Re-
publicans.
James w. Easton of San Jose was fatally
injured on Monday by being thrown from
| his wagon.
A nugget OF gold worth $500 was taken
from a claim at La Porte, Sierra County,
last Friday.
Frank Z. Peck was chosen constable at
the last election at Chico. He stands feet
inches tall.
3. Flynn of Champoeg, Oregon, sold the
entire hop crop from ten acres for 40 cents a
pound last week.
Owing to the prevalence of scarlet fever
in Antioch the public schools had to be
closed last week.
The entire control Of the famous HarQua
Hala mines, Ariz., has been purchased by
Hubbard Il Powers.
A number of japanese pheasants have
been turned loose on the Robinson ranch,
Contra Costa County
Mrs. Chavez, aged So was fatally burned
| at PajaTito, y. Mex, on Monday. A spark
set fire to her clothing.
Mark Smith of Arizona has been returned
10 Congress for the third time. He carried
eight out of ten counties.
Farmer Light of Chileno Valley, S0noma
County, killed an eighty-six pound Wild
cat in his chicken-yaId last Thursday
morning.
At the late election in San Joaquin County
there were 56j1 votes in favor of raising
$4,000 on bonds for building a new jail
against 547.
One Riverside farmer has taken eight
crops Of alfalfa from one field this year,
which he sold readily for SIT ton. At
these figures hay is equal to raisins.
An Indian was picked up in Mass Straits,
B. C., last Friday afternoon by the steamer
Boscowitz. He had been six days and nights
without food aud was almost starved.
Port Angeles has been sele ted as the
county seat of Clallam County, Wash, and
the first shil load of lumber left for San
Francisco on Tuesday by the ship SEM
mole.
William Mcintosh came into Albuquerque
n. Mex, on Tuesday, with siXty-three
wagOn-loadS of wool-1S0000 pounds. 1t
was OF fine quality, and sold To Chicago
dealers for high prices.
The Superintendent of mine in Inyo
County rode 132 miles in two days recently
to get medicine for woman who kept the
clearinghouse. Most of the distance was
over deserts and mountains.
Governor Waterman has pardoned George
Nelson, who was serving a ten-year SEN
tence for robbery. He has been in prison
nd N-oE inpn l.tyt l.
confession of the notorious stage-robber
Shinn.;
In cleaning big vat in wine-cellar at El
Verano the cloth used was left inside. New
wine was pumped in, the cloth got into the
bunghole and then the fun commenced.
The wine burst the vat and 5000 gallons
went to waste.
The Yamhll County Ledger says: 1t Is
strange thing to us that the BARRIERS of this
State can't agree 10 shut up their shops on
Sundays without getting up petition to
have the Legislature pass a law making it
penalty Tor them to open their shops on
Sunday.
The preliminary survey of the Owens
River and Salt Wells Valley Canal, in Inyo
County, has been completed. 1t will be 80
miles long, go feet wide and s feet deep.
Work will be started at once, and when
finished small steamers will be used for
freighting.
Several requests to charitable institutions
OF Portland, Oregon, have been made by
the Will of the late Ella NJ. Smith. The
Boys and Girls Aid Society gets $40, co.,
the W0men's Union, Ladies' Relief Society
and the Unitarian Church get 5000 each,
while the Portland Library gets $50, 0G0.
The Pomona Progress says Over at
Compton the other evening the home CT a
man was spattered with rotten eggs and ink
| because the man is Canadian and for six
| years has refused to become naturalized or
to take any part in the government Of the
county, from which he supports his family.
The business manager of Tacoma paper
heard recently that one of his solicitors in
Seattle was on drunken spree. He sent
the following dispatch: 1T is reported to
drunk come home and all will be- forgiven;
if you are not drunk remain where you are
and attend TO business"
The Portland Oregonian says Governor
Pennoyer is supposed to be working on his
message. He will certainly suggest several
plans for relief of the people of the agricul-
tural districts. The field is a fine one for
great talents. For example, how would it
do TO warehouse the pumpkin crop aud issue
on 1t legal tender certificates?
Old Chief Moses nas returned to Spokane
from Visil 60 Washington. He has been
interviewed by the Review and mournfully
declares that he should have applied Tor a
he was East. He incidentally added that
| his son had been dead two years. Moses
has evidently been studying very closely the
| habits of some OF his paleface brothers.