The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-07-08
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Territories.
Sloggng matches are strictly prohibited In
EuTeka, Humboldt.
One of Pomona's bright girls put up Ito jars
OF Irull on Monday, last week.
Thomas PalomaIn of Pomona has fifteen olive
branches that sit al his table every day.
The assessment roll OF Inyo County 1oots up
81 ,349,921. In 1870 the amount was $780,
he Prescott Courier says: wind on July
30th pied whole lot of The MarIcoDa Railroad
Station, files ana all.
Fred Hodges fell into a street excavation at
Tacoma, Wash, recently and has sued the city
10 recover $4,000 damages.
-Four British men-oi-war are now at anchor In
the haI bur at Esquimdlt taking on coal aud sup
plies for cruises 10 Behring Sea.
J.. NJ. Larseli of Martinez Imported q Norman
mare from France recently that stands 1919
hands and weighs 1880 pounds.
Three small boys at Victoria, b. C., were sent
to the Reform School lor eighteen months each
last week for committing burglary.
An undertaking company has been organized
al san Diego with $4,000 captai stock. They
must be expecting lively political season.
James CasteI, an old resident ii Junction City,
Oregon, dled with alopeXy last Sunday, caused
by drinking glass after glass OF iced water.
Spokane Falls capitalists talk OF clearing the
Columbia River between PaSco and Priest
Rapids, Wash, and putting on six steamers.
iIy-pound spring salmon was on exhibition
at of tie Seattle markets last Friday. 1t
came from The Fraser River, and The lucky H.
dian who caught II got SO.
The Deep-sea Fishing Company of Portland
Oregon, has established cOld-st0rage ware.
houses at Des Moines, Iowa, Kansas City, ST.
Louis, Cincinnati and Denver.
Two teamsters got into a fight at San Jaclnto,
San Diego County, last Saturday; Frank Akers
tried 10 separate them aud II d his leg broken
III four places between the foot ana knee.
William hawthorne escaped from the Oregon
Stale Prison last Wednesday morning. He was
captured early the next morning by Farmer
Warren, who got $50 reward for delivering the
prisoner.
A. Hunt sunk an arteslan well $50 feet two
miles from San Bernardo recently. The water
rises thirty inches above The top OF the casing,
and stones OF eighteen pounds weight are Occa-
siOnally thrown out
he first sheep brought to Oregon, says the
OregOntan, were driven iiOm California IN 1912
by Jacob T. Leese. In 1874 a small band came
across the plains from Missouri in charge of
Joshua and A. X. Show.
John Dunlap OF Tuare City gathered 1000
pounds OF black berries from one eighth OF an
acre, and sold The whole crop for Z cents
pound. He could have sold three lines the
quantity bad he raised II.
One Of the trunks burned up in the Salt Lake
Opera House belonged to an actor. Besides the
wardrobe it held sl70o in silver coin. lie is
looking among the ashes for the bullion, but so
far Ii has not natefiaiZed.
a Colusa County capitalist went to Portland,
Oregon, recently and stayed eight days loosing
friends that the brlck-layers' union was running
Portland, SO lie concluded not TO invest.
On The last trip of tie steamer Crescent City
from san Francisco TO that place, she net with
heavy head winds ali tile way. The distance be
tween Shelter Cove and Point GOrdia is only
twelve miles, but 1t took her eight hours TO make
them.
$4,000 The Treasury now holds $500, SO
tie levy this year Will be quite small The peO
pie OF that lively city believe in running things
on The cash principle aud they hate a debt worse
than The smallpox.
Fred Hallpap was directing wrecking crew
last Monday at La Gramde, Oregon, in raising
had ha tv.r anI.l hra. ana
end struck The man on the left hand that held a
marnspike. His thumb was torn of and he
sustained internal Injuries that may be fatal
Warren Bailey, aged 49, met with terrible
accident In a saw mill at McMnnvile, Oregon,
last Monday. He was llaying near pulley and
got caught by his clothing. His right arm was
torn oil and the lad WAS otherwise mangled.
Grave doubts are entertained as TO his recovery.
tramp went 10 The house of Captain POLLOCK
at Cornelius, oregon, The other day and found
no one al home but his daughter He demanded
money, but the plucky girl RULED Winchester
and sent ball through his bat for starter.
The tramp left Oh lun and has not stopped yet,
so the gill says.
son OF Ed Fitzgerald OF san Jose tried TO
touch of a lot OF powder last Sunday afternoon.
II was wrapped In paper that did not burn
INTO action. The powder ignited and the foolish
child was terribly burned. The physicians do
not hope TO save bis eyesight.
The Portland Oregonian says: On the I. A.
Davis ranch up the SkOOkumchuck River, Wash,
is cedar which Is classed among The dwarfs IN
tnlS country, Dut III some places might attract
attention. The interior has been burned, so that
circular space has been formed, having a d.
aneter of IL feet inches. The outside cfcum-
ference Is At feet 3 inches.
serious accident came near marring the
closing exercises at Willows on the night OF the
4Ih OF July. A lot OF fireworks worth $500
went of prematurely and the crowd rushed
wildly out OF the grounds. Several women and
children were trampled ana got spged by the
blazing rockets, Roman candles aud fiery SER
penis. 1t was wonder that they were not
Killed.
The Home Index has good word to say for
the young man who has been chosen TO act as
private secretary for +. Il. Newlands during the
coming election season as follows: II Mr.. New.
lands desires TO become United States Senator
Ike caD without much effort, throw him plump
into The middle OF second term. lie can glance
at graveyard and tell just how the d. adsiers
voted before they went TO the worms aud call
the M up and make them vote again
The Victoria (B. c. Times says II is inter
esting 10 note that the use made Of the dock by
the Ampblon alone has more than paid tile I'M
perlai Govern ment for the expenditure made In
It's construction amounting to about one
fourth OF tile total cost. The time the Amphl0n
was In for repairs was seven months and ten
days, which at the regular rates would have cost
the owners something like $4,000. Al the
rates charged In the San Francisco dock the
cost would have been s350.000.