The morning call., 1890-10-07
COAST ITEMS,
Brief Notes From Pacific States and
Territories,

Territories.
A new schOol-hnuse to cost $4,000 will be
built at Lindsey, Tulare County
Wesley Allen fell under train Of cars at
Athlone,. MERGED County, ON Saturday, and
lost his right foot.
The Republicans of Lassen County have
unanimously selected Mrs. W. p. Wordin
for Superintendent OF Schools.
petition has been circulated in Crook
County, Oregon, asking the Legislature to
enact law taxing church property.
vi. .. 3erhens, prominent druggist of
Helena, Mont, was found dead in his bed
last Saturday. He was troubled with heart
disease.
Twelve more Cinnamon have been ar
rested at The Dal!es for completely in the
bank robbery, and the Times-Mountainee
says there are twenty more who will be
jailed as soon as possible.
While several men were grading near
Keihls mill last Thursday, says the San
Bernardlno Courier, they came across the
skull and several bones of a skeleton.
Within % years no one has been buried in
that spot, and it gives rise to mystery.
For some time Mr. Isbell Of Rivera. Los
Angeles County, has been troubled with
bees, that took possession of the upper part
of his house. He sent for the Emerson
brothers of Santa Ana, who cleared the
place out and gathered COCO pounds of choice
honey.
There are now, says the MADEIRA Mercury.
27S, 600 boxes of raisins in transit from Euro
pean markets to this country, and yet we
hear siuTians crying that the raisin industry
is being OveId0ne in this State. We reiterate
with increased ylgor and earneStnesS, Plant
more vines"
Gin Non, Chinese merchant Of Riverside.
is about to return to China to secure himself
a wife, and in order to be allowed to land
upon his return. be has drawn up certf-
cate setting forth who he is, and had his
photograph pasted on the same sheet, and
had the different county officials sign the
document
The Reno Journal says; Since the COM
mencement of the State University term
last Thursday the student roll has increased
from Is to no. the largest number ever in
attendance at the institution. There are
other additions expected, and the probability
is that before the close Of the present month
the list will reach 12J and perhaps $780,
Says the Vallejo Chronicle; Peach-pits
for planting purposes are in great demand
and readily sell at from one-haf to three
quarters OF cent pound. This will be
quite an unexpected source of revenue TO
many Of our rancherS, who usually convert
the seeds into fuel. They make a most ex-
cellent fire, but at SIS ton would be rather
expensive.
The Portland OregoDian says: Blowout
Mountain, up in the Cascades above Breiten-
uuSll, - ullliilSldhdUlS OIle Oh lne wonders Of
the Cascades, consisting OF about SEQ acres of
granite rock piled up in every conceivable
shape. From all indications it has been
caused by an accumulation of gas below,
which, bursting out threw the rock into the
canyon, forming beautiful lake from
twenty TO thirty rods wide and half n mile
long, in which abound myriads of trout.
Four years ago, says the st. John (Wash.)
Header, Miss Lena Woodland, living on Thorn
Creek, sowed the seed from one head of bar
ley. She harvested the crop with a pair of
shears, and sowed the amount received the
next year, again harvesting it with her
shears. The third crop her father cut with
grass scythe, getting enough barley from
this crop to sow forty acres last spring,
which averaged forty bushels to the acre
when thrashed, making total yield of 1000
bushels from one head Of barley in four
years.
The Santa Barbara pampas plume crop
this year is estimated at 100000 The de-
mand for the past two years has been good,
but the prices have never been so high as
they were at the beginning of the industry
500 for 1000 plumes. The decrease in price
was gradual nntii 1856, when sales we're Slow
at $50 per 1000. Some of the growers did
not harvest their crops that year, and de-
stroyed their plants. In the fall of 1887
plLmes were in demand at $40 per 1000, and
in 1888 they were scarce at $50 and $50 per
1000; in 1889 prices were good. The acreage
has considerably increased, but fair prices
have been offered for this seasons crop.
The Homer Index prints the following
touching idyl: a wild greaser with blood in
his eve, on the trail OF an ASCENDING Dig
ger squaw from the other side of the noun
tains, started our Putes last Sunday by
| threatening to murder any Indian under
whose protection he should find his runaway
mahala. His lost love was massive chunk
! OF tan colored flesh, wide and thick like a
bell-boy, who went through here few hours
| in advance of the distracted pursuer,
| escorted by stalwart brave, who didn't look
| as if he would relnquish his prize without
kick and he didn't, as lie took the greaser' s
| horse from him short time afterward and
kicked him all over the lake shore, while
the fat cause of the trouble stood around
and applauded.