The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-08-30
COAST ITEMS.

Brief Items OF Interest From Pacific
States and Territories.
The box factories of San Bernardino County
keep 1876 men at work.
The Port Townsend Call says the Colony
Mill at Port Angeles will be enlarged so as to
cut 100000 feet in day.
AS soon as the town of Santa Barbara gets
pipes laid to the gas well it will cost only $40
a year for fuel to each householder.
The Independent Mill and Lumber Com
pany of San Jose has levied nm assessment
of $50 share, payable Immediately.
The Central Pacific Land Department
has ordered that its lands in several sec
tions about Grass Valley be regarded.
The Territorial Enterprise says: The I'M
dertakers have to take oil along to prevent
getting hot boxes on their hearses nova
days.
The Finance Committee of the last Demo-
cratic State Convention reports deficit OF
S24 so.
The opening address at the Horticultural
Exhibition of San Diego on September I'd
will be delivered by Scipio Craig Of Red
lands.
Benito Amaya was attacked by a stall
wart Buck in Phelan Park, Santa Cruz, the
other day, and came near being trampled to
death.
The Bazoo says the Needles Band is get
ting there in great shape, and can now
KNOCK the socks off Little Annie Roo
| ney.'"
Wild hogs are quite numerous in the Bear
| River bottoms, near Wheatland. They be-
| long to any one who has steady nerve and
| pack OF dogs.
Dolphins are now playing in the bay at
| Santa Cruz for the first time on record.
| They are following immense schools Of
| mackerel, says the Surf.
| The net income of the Moxer Company Of
Dttrn Inn will ha full n
| $4,000. 1t is estimated as follows: From
hops $4,000, tobacco $4,000, hay and cattle
| $4,000.
Three notorious crooks named Morgan,
| O'Brien and Lawson have been arrested in
| Tacoma. They have been operating in all the
| prominent cities along Puget Sound for the
| past twomonthS.
| Says the Napa Register: Into a peach
tree on his place Rev. Richard Wyle has
| grated different varieties of stone fruit I'M
| til now lie gathers from it almonds, plums
and three kinds Of peaches.
The town OF Juarez, New Mex. was visited
| by a terrific rainstorm on Wednesday, and
great damage was done. Sixty families
| were left without houses. The same storm
| did much damage to adobe houses In
| FL Paso.
The San Diego Sun says it has coed au-
| thorty for stating that the two large steam
ers, Santa Rosa and Queen OF the Pacific,
| will be put on the southern coast route for
| the coming winter. The Queen will make
| her first run south about October 1st.
San Bernardino is going to build a pavilion
! for fairs and exhibition purposes. 1t is to be
| 104x172 feet, and will seat 1000 people. A
broad gallery runs around three sides, and it is
| to have stage 35x77 feet. The cost will be
| S9699-at least that is the contract price. 1t is
| to be finished in November.
| A man Of Mott went on a fearful spree last
week. As soon as he sobered up he went to
| logging camp and was put to work. In hand
| ling his first log he disturbed large RATHER
| that struck his fangs deep into the mans
| wrist. The poison did not circulate in the
| arm, but the snake died in a few minutes
The Mount Shasta Herald says: Mr.. j. II.
| Hill returned from Cow Creek Canyon on last
| Friday and returned again on Sunday. When
| coming down at slow rate of speed large
| bOwlder rolled down from the hillside and
| striking the train came very near knocking
the whole thing into Cow Creek Lake.
A young colored boy named Hamilton
was run over by a train at Turlock last Feb
| ruary and lost both feet He was sent to
the Stanisans, County Hospital, where he
| discharged. He is provided with wooden
feet. and with a cane manages to walk
| quite easily.
The Milton (Oregon) Eagle says: Hon.
| J. S. Hickey Of that place invited minister
to dine with him last Sunday. For the
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| to his wife to make ready. She found the
following articles in its craw: A kingbolt,
link Of log chain, a piece of steel four
| inches long and clevis.
Says the Astorian: Quite an interesting
sight is afforded the bathers Mt Clatsop
| Beach watching two large sea-lions swim in
close to the breakers and sport and plunge
around as if enjoying seeing so many beau
| tifully formed young ladies. The sea-lions
seem TO enjoy It Immensely, as they come
regularly at bathing times.
Says the Homer Index: In short time,
| when we have accumulated the proper
| quantity of venomous spleen to enable us
| to do justice to the subject, we will give
| our readers an idea of how some of the
| leading mines OF this district have been
bamboozled at one end Of the route and
| idioticaly mismanaged at the other.
| The Elko Independent says: 1t is rather
| an unusual sight to see itinerant printers
| travelling horseback, but couple of the
| craft, Pollard and Buckley by name
| passed through Saturday morning by that
method, en- route FROM Salt Lake City to
| San Francisco. They were well equipped
| for the journey, and seem to be enjoying
| the trip.
The Astorian of August Goth says: Cap
| tain Tuthll Of the British ship Strathblane,
| which arrived Sunday from Antwerp, re.
| equator on this side, what looked like
| ship's boat was sighted. The captain salts
| fed himself that no signals of distress were
| living from this object, but did not run
| down close enough TO make out whether or
| not it was boat.
From and after September 1st the What
| com Reveille will be issued as daily. The
| editorial announcement says: The daily
| will not rival the Tacoma Ledger or Ore
| CONAN in size or amount of matter set up,
aud will, no doubt, be disappointing to peo-
| Die who expectve much The proprietors
| have nobody's money but their own to OPP
| crate upon, no opinions for sale, and, conse-
0uently, will hesitate to attempt more in
| the beginning than they can keep up.
Says the Port Townsend Lender: The
| Daily Gatzert is the name Of new steamer
lately inspected on the Sound. She was
built by I. +. Holland, and will run be-
tween Seattle and Tacoma to carry pas
sengers only. Her contract calls for
speed of twenty-five miles an hour and her
nroisctor thinks he will beat even this. On
her trial trip she will cover the distance
hetween Seattle and Tacoma in one hour