The morning call., 1890-12-05
COAST ITEMS.
Brief Notes From Pacific States aud Ter
r!tories.

Brief Notes From Pacific States and Ter
r;tories.
The Tu'are Register says farmers in the
irrigation district are paying their taxes
promptly.
A man in Oroyille was convicted of lille
gally voting at the laSt election, and will be
retired to San Quentin for two years.
A young man named Miller left French
Corral. Nevada County, the other morning
for hunting trip. He dropped his gun,
and the charge sliced off a part of one of his
ears
The brick.masons at Butte, Mont, have
struck. They want 81 day for eight hours
work. All work on the smelters has been
stopped, and 500 miners are thrown out of
their job.
An old boiler used for threshing alfalfa,
at Tempe, Arz., exploded last "Wednesday.
The engineer, Thomas Green, was danger
ously hurt, also James Stinson, who owned
the outfit
A prominent Vancouver capitalist has
offered $4,000 for 1888 acres of land owned
by the Oblate Fathers of st. Mary's Mission
on Matsqui Prairie. They refused to accept
less than $4,000
ID. r. Fredericks was convicted of arson
in a Fresno court last Wednesday. He set
fire to Henry Pero's barn. in Matters Col
ony, ON April 11th. Seven horses and lot
OF hay were destroyed.
A woman of Yountville was tried the other
day for abusing the school-teacher. He
proved that she threatened to horseWbip
him and that she said her oldest boys would
clean him out, yet an Intelligent jury found
her not guilty.
Robert Allen, contractor, of New West
minister, b. y, left that place recently with
out saying g0od-by to his friends or settling
up any of his accounts. He was President
of local benevolent society that is among
| the many victims.
The Register Of Wednesday SAYS: Late
this afternoon the Board of Directors of
Iulare District voted TO purchase from J.
Goldman for 100000 the franchise of the
| Settlers ditch. Mr.. Goldman agrees to tioat
$4,000 additional bonds within a specified
| time at 80 cents
A test case was carried before Chief JUS
| tice Begble OF Victoria recently by barris-
ter, VINO objected TO pay a city license tax
demanded by the Corporation of Victoria.
Alter hearing arguments Justice Bpgbie
dismissed the case on the grouud that the
| corporation had no right TO collect such 6
| tax.
Judge Spencer of San Jose has declared
the issue OF $4,000 worth of bonds by the
trustees OF Gilroy for building water worki
| to be illegal. The points were that by lssu.
ing that amount in bonds the municipal cor.
| poratlon would create a debt exceeding
| per cent Of the assessed value of the real
and personal property.
The Victoria Colonist says: The Scotch
fishermen who are accustomed to supply
| the Victoria trade with the catch of thu
waters of the island coast have opened u,
| considerable business with some of til,
Sound cities. They say that they can pay
the duty levied by the United States Gov
| ernment and still make profit
The Sheriff of Pierce and King counties
| Wash, are engaged in the fiercest kind cf
rivalry to decide who can deliver the greatest
number of criminals to the Warden of tie
| Walla Walla Penitentiary in one month.
During October Sheriff McGrew of Pierle
County delivered eleven, which beat all pre-
| vious records. Sheriff Price landed nine Up
| to November 26th, and has three in tie
| Tacoma City Jail who are willing to plead
| gnilty at a moments notice. He is laboring
| with two more to plead guilty so he can 90
| to the front with fourteen.
The Victoria (B. C) III mes of Saturday
says: To-day City A ,sesso Northcott was
| at his office receiving the registration II
those househOlders and rate-payers who DE-
sire to vote for the Mayor and Aldermen fer
1891. Several h0usehoiders who are Amen
| can cltiZens, who went to register, weIe
surprised when they found that they couh
not do so, q clause in the new declaratih IN
forms making it rule that only British sub
| lects can vote. In the FAST this has nit
| been tile rule and most Of the American
citizens have voted at the municipal elek-
| ti0ns.
| The Virginia Chronicle says: Thousands
| upon thousands OF acres OF grazing lands
which have been entered under the law pf
1885 will in all probability during the present
year revert to the State. According to the
law the price OF grazing lands is fixed at
81 % per acre, the locator paying % cests
at the time OF entry and having twenty-five
years in which to pay the remainder, pIo-
vided he pays 6 per cent per annum upbn
the amount due. Our informant says that
many OF the largest landowners under tlis
act will allow their locations to lapse, rs
they cannot afford to pay the interest ahd
the heavy State and county taxes upon he
land. Besides, the losses OF last winler
were SO great that less pasturage is reQuiHd
for their stock.