The morning call., 1890-08-24
COAST ITEMS.
Brief Notes From Pacific States and Ter
rttOrioS,

Brief Notes From Pacific States and Ter
ritOries.
II. H. Rose of Pasadena gathered 5512
ounds of peaches from fifteen trees last
week.
Vacaville and Winters are connected by
a private telephone wire used by fruit
dealers.
Bradley. Monterey County. now has
neat weekly, the Mercury. edited by George
E. Maloney.
Giuseppe Solari, Farmland. committed
suicide near Santa Rosa last Friday. lie
used rifle.
Judge Hon of Gridley landed carp from
Feather River last Friday that weighed 9
pounds ounces.
The Assessor of Butte County reports
only twenty beehives and 1876 pounds of
wool for taxation this year.
Alfred Williams. Peter Riggs and Carl
Ehrman, prospectors, were killed last week
III the Iehochlta range, n. Mex.
No trains will be run from Salem, Ore
gon, to the State Fair grounds during fair
week, as they 40 not pay expenses.
William Cunday. a miner, was fatally in
mine, Sierra County, last Wednesday.
suit was brought last week in Yancou-
yer, II. e., 10 set aside fifty years lease of
two lots on one OF the principal streets.
A San Diego man is raising dne pineap-
imported the cuttings from Florida early in
the spring.
A sign OF State progress is the fact that
Pierce, Jefferson and IhurStOn counties.
Wash, are about to build new court-houses.
The amount to be expended is about
100000.
Inc Grant County News thinks the cal
casses OF so many cattle and horses which
died last winter and were left unburied or
unburned are the cause of the scourge of
diphtherla In different parts of Eastern
Oregon.
The Cotton News says: The cannery has
been doing an immense amount of business
this year. They have put up over 600 tons
Vi apreots and expect to handle about 1000
tons Ot peaches and 800 tons Of pears and
more than the usual amount of small fruits
The Grass Valley Tidngs says: A man
named Mike McQuillan has been arrested
at Iruckee on suspicion of having piled
rocks on the railroad track near bend for
the purpose of ditching train. McQuil-
Ian was put off a freight, and swore to get
even.
Thomas Maui died at San Juan, San Be-
nlto County, last Wednesday, aged "a. He
came TO California from Heiigoland in 1919.
on tho same snip with c. z. Huntington
and the late b. p. Flint For thlrty-fye
years the deceased was in the employ of
Flint, Bixby IL Co.
Residents of Newport, Oregon, are seri-
ouSly considering proposition to build
new sealing schooner to fish for Goldfish,
halibut and other fresh fish also, when not
sealing. tits proposed to have 1t owned by
a joint stock company, and have the shares
about "one-SIxteenth" each.
The San Miguel Courier saws: Justice
IRWIN of Paso Rooles borro wed all the
money he could and left for San Francisco
one day last week, from which place he
wrote that he did not intend to return I'M
less fortune smiled on him. He said he
was on the point of leaving for Behring
Sea.
A Deputy Sheriff of Napa County got
shock the other day that came near proving
fatal. lie was sent to CaliStoga with a |
oeDch-warrant to arrest a woman. She
asked to be excused until she could arrange |
her toilet, and when she returned without |
'ag OF clothing on said, You can take me |
now"
The San Benit0 Advance says: The crop |
II Sugar-beetS raised in the neighbOrhoOd |
# Watsonyille this season is said to be SIM
ply immense, and those who have gone into |
.he industry are jubilant over the result,
Considerable difficulty is experienced in
securing iaDorers enough TO gather in the
rop.
The Maxwell Mercury says: A few DAYS
g0 j. j.. Rathbun discovered spring of
'ure petroleum oil on Sulphur Greek. 1t is
'ozlng from the mountain side and has ac-
sufficiently so that it can be
Tipped up with bucket. MIR. Rathbun
howed some of it to the miners in that
lcinlty and they pronounce it in excellent
uallty. An old miner of many years. expe-
lence in oil regions of Pennsylvania says
e never saw purer oil in its crude state
John Miller of Ceur d. Alene City, draw
nan, was drowned in the lake Saturday.
lis team backed off the wharf into the
axe, the dray falling ON top of him. Be-
ore he could be taken out lie was dead.
DR.. Miller was one of the pioneers of the
own and was highly respected. 1t is said
here are two valuable gold mines on the
eservaton, the location of which was
nown to him alone. He had been keeping
he secret, hoping to be able to locate them
'hen the reservation was opened.