The morning call., 1890-08-05
COAST ITEMS.
Brief Notes From Pacific States and
TrrritOrieR.

Brief Notes From Pacific States and
Territories.
The cannery at Anderson. Shasta County,
is now kept busy on peaches.
The Presbyterian Society of Santa Rosa
are about to sign contract Tor the erec-
ton OF handsome church edifice.
Says the Riverside Press: There are 76
more babies in Riverside homes than there
were six months ago. Who says we can't
grow ANYTHING but oranges?
A waiter named Patterson slapped the
face of the Chinese cook in a hotel at Ell
Pas0, n. Mex, on Monday. The cook got
d pistol and shot Patterson to death.
Some weeks ago Mrs. Mccormick of
Pasadena ran rose thorn into the thumb
of her left hand. Inflammation set in so
that the thumb had to be amputated.
The Ellensburgh (Wash) Capital saws
many settlers in the Big Bend country have
been driven away by the ravages Of squir-
TeiS that swarm in countless numbers in
that region.
small boy named Ferguson of Po-
mona tried to wipe out colony of ants last
Saturday with gunpowder and a match.
His face was terribly burned and one of his
eyes was ruined.
The Tulare Register complains Of the
lack of cars along the railroad, which pre-
vents free shipments Of wheat. 1t says one
line of road in that valley is not able to
handle all the grain to tide-water.
The friends of eX-Treasurer Austin of
Marin County have paid the amount of his
shortage (S6463 73l, but two charges of en-
bezzlement have been filed against him by
the county, and his bail was fixed at $1,000
The Virginia Chronicle says: Last week
1000 cords of wood were burned east of the
Chubbuck Camp, Douglas County As it
had not been received, the Cinnamon will
lose the cutting and the company lose the
WOOD.
The San Diego Sun says: Walter Broth
ers of Temescal have taken from single
hive this season $50 pounds of honey and
they expect to take eighty pounds more
from it before the season is over, making
230 in all.
Among the examination papers recently
submitted by candidates in San Bernardino
County were the following answers ::
Seattle is on the west coast of Africa " !;
Seattle is in the southern part OF France" !;
"The towns of San Bernardino County are !:
San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose. San
Rafael and Sacramento" Another gem ::
"The Gulf Stream is cool, moist breeze
that helps to cool the air.
The Pasadena Star says: People return
ing from Catalina intimate that if some
thing is not done soon on the island to
fumigate it, the smell of dead fish and
other offal will be strong enough to bait
hooks with. The islanders evidently need
a sewer system, and as Pasadena has one
of last years stock left over, sale Of it
might be effected, provided we are not re-
quired to furnish the outfall.
The Inyo Index says: While prospecting
for b0raX recently in Salt Well Valley, DR..
Woodin found some petrified bones of an
extinct animal The ball part of the hip
joint is nearly as large as the crown of a
derby hat. The corresponding bone of an
OK is about the size of hens egg. The
size of the extinct animal may be inferred
from this comparison. Other parts of the
skeleton of the same animal were found.
After a meeting at The Dunkard Church
on Williams Creek last Friday evening.
says the Ashland Oregon Record. John
Miller and Ira SparliD, who have been hav-
ing it in" for one another over dispute
to a water-right to a spring of water at
their farms, came together and had a short
encounter, during which time Sparlin bit
off nearly the whole of one of Miller's ears.
Miller went to Grants Pass to swear ont a
complaint against Sparlin, who it is said
has disappeared.
The Victoria Coonist says: Among a
boom of logs at Leamy &c Kyles mill, on
False Creek, Vancouver, is tree cut into
four 24-foot logs taken from one tree, which
Is one of the largest specimens of the Doug
las tir that has ever been cut in this prov
ince, whose record for giants of the forest
is worldwide. These four logs were re-
spectiyely 81 inches, 76 inches, 20 inches
aud 60 Inches. and in none of them was
there a knot or other defect. The total
number of feet OF lumber that can be cut
out of this tree is 2S,614.