The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-12-12
COAST TRIMS.
Brief Notes From Pncific States and
Territories.

bflo1 notes from PncihC states and
Territories.
Many of the farmers of Lodi have signed
contracts to take water from the Boutwell,
Canal.
The switchmeE of the Union Pacific Com
pany at Ogden, Utah, have gone out on a
strike.
Under the new charter of Tacoma it costs
$4,000 to run the city government each
month
Farmer Sargent is harvesting a fine crop
OF barley six miles west OF Lodi, San Joaquin
County.
Charles Hcpler picked up a nugget worth
S195 in his flume at Rush Creek, Plumas
County. last Sunday.
During the past six months not less than
go timber claims in Washington have been
| taken up by young women.
The Colusa Herald has changed hands.
Z. ID. Radcliffe, who started it, has sold out
10 j. S. Dubois and c. ID. Whitney.
Marriage must be a failure in the north
ern citrus belt, as five divorce suits have
been filed recently in Butte County
The rate-payers of Victoria, B. c., re-
Gently voted In favor OF raising $95, 600 for
buying lot ana putting up city market.
The Commissioners of Lane County, Ore
| gon. have made tax levy of 22h mills for
| State, county and school funds for the year
new ice-factory started up at Los An-
| geles last Monday. 1t is owned by local
S9pi."HS'o, WIZ nave speuI Soo,oVU IN the
| plant.
The population of Gerovis. Oregon, was
returned by the census at1226 Since Janu-
| airy ], 1899, there has been only six deaths
| recorded.
| The late DR.. Trembly Of Oakland left all
| his meteorological records and instruments
to the city for the use Of the ChabOt OBJ
servatory.
| The taxpayers of Petaluma have paid
every dollar OF their levy, $4,000 This
| makes the second year that they have had
no delinqueuts.
AT the last meeting of the City Council of
Lebonon, OREGON, they ralssd the liquor
license to $1,000 year. Only one saloon
| will pay the tax.
The will of Chum Yuen Wang was filed
Tor probate IN Portland, Oregon, recently
His executors said the properly of deceased
was worth S2G0,000.
| The Oregonian recently gave an order to
local firm for ten tous of white paper. 1t
will be used entirely for the special edition
Of New Years Day, 1891.
| On December 9th forty-thrce vessels were
loading corgeS at the Puget Sound and
British Columbia ports. OF this fie t thirty
| one were American vessels.
A king crab was caught in Victoria (B. CT
| harbUr recently that was feet 6 inches
around The waist. 1t was presented to the
Museum of Natural Science.
Inspector Todd of Seattle made a neat
| maui last Thursday night ON the steamer
| o'ymplan by finding 200 pounds of un-
stamped opium in the tire-roOm.
y b. F; Todd of Victoria, B. c., died at the
| GOOD samaritan Hospital, Portland, Oregon.
last Monday. He is the fifth victim of the
railroad disaster at Lake Labish.
l.. G. Waite of San Bernardino planted
| forty acres TO orchard fruits three years ago.
Last week lie was offered So, 900 cash for
the property and he refused the coin.
pAf .I,s.
| ouck-buntlng last Sunday and soon came
| to small pond that was alive with birds
lie let drive beth barrels and gathered in
| eighty-four victims.
A convict named Webber was seriously
injured at FOLSOM Branch Prison last Thurs
gay by the breaking of derrick. The
boom struck him on the head and one Of his
legs was broken III two places.
The Cottonwood Register says The iron
| ore from Iron Mountain, Shasta County has
Deen tested at the rolling-inills, San Fran
CISCO and found first class. turning out in
gots OF steel OF the finest quality.
The Lost Confidence Mine of Shasta
County shipped TO Denver on Tuesday
thifty-seven bars of silver bullion that
weighed one and three quarters tons. All
TINS was cleared up from one months run.
The Nevada State Journal says: Governor
Bell has been notified by Commissioner
| iron that 1874, 1888 acres in Eureka Land
| DlStriet mas been approved TO the State in
part satisfaction of the 1900. 0OO-acre grant.
Convict Berton, who gave Warden Hull
and Detective Hume information that led Ia
the recapture OF the outlaws Shinn and Dor
| sey, has had his sentence committed from
| sixteen years to one year. He will be re-
leased next July.
A Stockton boy went hunting on Roberts
Island last Saturday and bagsed among
0ther game snow white mud hen. 1t was
| bought by q scientific man. who will skin
| the rarity and send IL N ha T..
stltute at Washington.
A prominent lawyer of Colusa was
| troubled with theftS of his woodpiIe. Hc
loaded some sticks recently and waited for
developments. A day or two since he
learned that well-knuwn colored man was
trying to buy new stove and to get some
repairs made to his cabin.
Editor Layton of the Truckee Republican
endeavorS to impress his readers by stating
edltorlally that he has had the distinction of
SHAKING nands with Sitting Bull the Mes
danes Sitting Bull, Miss Sitting Bull and
Grandma Sitting Bull, all of which oc-
CURED at Bismarck, OAK, in 1880,
Governor Bell of Nevada received n eerv
press'n. request from Sheriff Brougher of
Nyo county for arms. The Indians are
gathering in numbers in Smoky Valley and
the settlers fear trouble. The Governor di-
rected Two cases of arms and 1000 rounds of
ammunition 10 be forwarded on Tuesday
Inc following suggestive item appeared in
last weeks Del Norte Record suit will
De commenced next week against six differ
ent sets OF bondsmen for the recovery of the
money due Del Norte County, by reason of
the shortages in the County Clerk. Anditor
aud Recorder Offices for the past five wears -
The Nevada Herald says: The Digger In
dians OF Pleasant Valley have for the first
time IN q period OF nearly century,
changed the site of their camps to spot
further south. A scarcity of fuel was the
cause OF the change, the Indians bayinp
stripped all the timber from the hills above
their former campoodies.
The Modesto News says: w. Austin
the other day shot squirrel that had 1o1n
grains of wheat stored away in the pouches
OF It's cheeks. AT this daily rate of con-
sumption 100 squirrels would probably eat
SACK OF wheat In five days, or about six
SACKS month. This would keep an ordi
nary family provided with -four
For some weeks past delegation of Sbo-
shone Indians from Eastern Nevada have
been In Owens Valley, 1nyo County. for the
purpose OF inducing the California tribes to
get up big ghost dance" They Went
H9ne WITHOUT obtaining any sympathy.
Inc owens Valley Indians are sufficientjy
we'll posted to keep out of any trouble with
their white neighborS.
| says the Nevada Evening Herald: The
son of Mrs. Andreda, who lives in El Paso
a lex. mas been trying to find out her where.
noouls lor years, but without success
visited this county they have been reonested
to try and find the mother, but on account of
Inc change in her name they were unable to
do i. Last week, on describing the woman
to X z; Walrath he told her She lived on
the Williams ranch. which belongs to the
Proyidence Mining Company. He took Mrs
Mclean there, and his opinion proved TO be-
true. Her son is IA wealthy and influential
citizen OF El Paso, and desires to take ,be
Oh LADY nome and provide for her.
|
Trented Everybody.
Josie Grimes and Lulu Rose. Hactraaaasn