The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-10-18
COAST ITEMS.
Brief Notes From Pacific states and Ter

ritorias.
E. F. Howe is soon to start weekly paper
| at Redlands called The Facts.
The Bapts;s Of Oregon will hold their
State convention at Portland, on October
22d.
Two fishermen at Santa Monica last Friday
| pulled in 1900 pounds OF Sardines at one
| haul.
Some New York capitalists are trying to
| buy the nickel mines, near Riddles, South
ern Oregon
Twenty families from Kansas have bought
| lands near Nipsomo, Santa Barbara County,
| for colony.
The Fresno Republican thinks it an
anomaly to have a Prohibition party in a
grape country.
After ten years editorial work on the
Silverton Oregon Appeal, Ii. g. Guild re-
tired last week.
A franchise was granted in Eugene, Ore
gon, last week for street railroad line.
1t must be begun and finished within one
year.
A small-sized boy, named Robinson, was
playing with ahand-car at Salt Lake City,
last Sunday, when he fell under it and was
killed.
Counterfeits of $50 gold-pieces are in cir
culation at Walla Walia. but the officers
are not able to detect the person that IN
troduced them.
A man named Schultz set fire to a mill at
Bozeman, Mont, on Sunday morning, to de-
StToy competition. He w9S discovered, but
escaped, and soon after lie committed sui
eide by hanging himself to freight-car.
A heavy fiy-wheel in a Puget Sound saw
mill went to pieces recently, and one frag-
ment with section of the engine shaft went
crashing through the roof. The damage to
the mill was quite serious, but no one was
hurt.
The Vancouver Telegram says Sir George
Baden-Powell Is visiting this country to in
vestigate the state of the phosphate trade.
He is a member OF the Phosphate Trust
Company recently organized i'll London
With 9l50, 900 capital.
The OregoBian says: Coos County of this
State was named from Coos County, n. H.,
by DIR. Drew, formerly of that State. Coos
County, n. H., was named from passage
in the Bible which says: ''rhey went down
to Coos, the land Of pines"
A young Russian was hired to clean out
snavlngs and sawdust from the Clatsop mill
at Astoria. Last Tuesday he was working
at the planning machine and used his right
hand instead of stick. The result was that
four fingers were sliced off in jifiy.
Tacoma's Park Commissioners are con-
sidering proposition to purchase number
of goats, says the Seattle Journal. The
animals will be used to clear cut the under
brush, and when they complete that job
they will be used TO keep people off the
grass.
The Marip0sa Gazette says: We do lots
Of growing here about hard times, too many
murders, no roads, no telegraph, no enter
prise, and many other little Inconvenience.
But there's one blessing we have never
counted on. Mariposa County has fewer
divorces than any other county in the State
Says the Santa Monica Outlook Olympia's
wharf to deep water is mile and an eighth
long. GrayS Harbor wharf is i mile aud Il
nnlrtpr long 0ut 1 "a claDuhl Seattle has
200 acres of wbarves, and think L have
seen in this upper country at least lily
wharves much longer than any wharf III
Southern California. And yet some people
seem to think that wharf at Santa Monica
1000 or $500 leet would be too long.
The Nevada City Herald of Saturday says:
Day before Yesterday crew Of men work
ing for Towle Bros. were standing by
the Central Pacific railrOad-track above
Towle's Station, near Blue Canyon, when a
train passed by. The fireman. who was
shoyeling coal into the fire-box, it seems, ran
across piece that was worthless AID threw
ii out. The rock hit one of the men, by the
name of Durkey, on the head, instantly
killing him. The trainmen did not know
anything about it till they reached Colfax.
The Orange News says: A. II. Bibber at
tempted to light fire in one of the CRATES of
the Parker House lately rented by him. He
found tie draught seriously INSTRUCTED, and
on searching for the cause found that
large colony of bees had taken up their
abode in the chimney. On being disturbed
the bees descended in large numbers to the
room below and almost took possession of
the house. A fire was finally started and
soon a stream OF honey aud SmOthered bees
commenced to run down the chimney to the
hearth.
The Whatcom Express says: Every day
inquiries are made for servant girls, nurses
and other female help, but they cannot be
secured. 1t appears as soon as they come 10
the country some of the torlorn bachelors
look over their wardrobes, and finding eX-
ing Or, Immediately proceed to take them in.
The result is the housewife gets lett. The
Chamber of Commerce might endeavor 10
induce a few of the overstocked Eastern
cities to send few carloads of their pretty
girls out here. The chamber might do some
good for the people. at present 1t is more
ornamental than useful
The Spokane Falls Review says: A cat
tleman from Southern Idaho stood gazing
yesterday at the pictures in the art gallery
at the Spokane Exposition. That" said
an obiging bystander, 'is n painting by
Remington, and it cost $500" rs that
sop replied the plainsman. 81 always
knew that Mr.. Remington made the best
rifles on earth, but FL be hanged if knew
he could do such fine drawing as that. But,
'twiXt you and me, mister, I'd rather have
one OF his lead-pumps a hangin' on two
forked sticks in my ranch than that there
$500 picture. 1t sort O suggests feelin'
OF protection that ali the pictures that Mr..
Remington ever drew cannot give a man
who has seen ups and downs Of life in
Idaho for the last twenty years.