The morning call., 1890-06-17
COAST ITEMS.
Brief Notes From Pacific States and
Territories.

Brief Notes From Pacific States and
Territories
d. j. Foley has sold the Modesto Press to l. s.
Lowentha
Joseph Secconi of Orovile picked 100 pounds
of cherries from one tree.
The Republican County Convention OF Tulare
Will be held In Visaia on July 10Th and 26th.
A field fire near MERGED on Friday burned over
10000 acres OF grassland owned by c. &. Smith.
The storehouses of The Idaho Commercial Com
pany at Nelser now hold 100000 pounds OF
wool.
A livery man at Grldley, Butte County, is an
excellent musician aud has fine piano In his
office.
w. V. Gaffey of Castroville. Santa Cruz
County. has one field OF 1900 acres planted 10
sugar-beeIs.
The sales of real estate at Riverside between
February 18th and June 12th foot up
Sl,645,6 93.
Tie heat was so intense last Sunday in the
back country of San Diego County that 1t melted
the honey in the hives.
The warehousemeu OF Sanger Fresno County,
encourage bull snakes TO roam about their
grain stacks, as they Kill so many rats aud mice.
Napa College will soon have au S-iuch tele-
scope put up IN small observatory. The object
glass comes from The factory OF Alyan Clark q
sons.
FIVE runaway accidents were reported for
Suu0l last Friday. Mr. Crist and wife and Mrs.
Siebe were seriously injured By being thrown
down steep bank.
The thirteenth anniversary OF the forming OF
the Miners Union In BulIe, Mont, was cee-
Drated last Friday with a monster parade. There
were 1000 men In line.
During the past eight months DR.. Bellamy OF
the Round Valley Indian Reservation had charge
Of $40 people. He had $40 cases OF illness aud
there were twenty-five deaths.
JEFF WiIson, colored member Of Troop c,
Tenth Cavalry, has been sentenced 10 death at
Phoenix, Ariz.. for the murder OF William Flem-
ming at San Carlos, August 20. 1883.
The Biggs Argus says the Canada thistle is
getting such start in Butte County that stern
measures must be taken 10 prevent this pest
from driving out every farmer IN the county.
L. w. DOane, at one time boOk-keeper in
National Bank at Los Angeles, has been ar
rested on an indictment charging linn with max
Ing fraudulent euIrles III his books and OF steal
ing $500.
An order for some lively specimens OF horned
toads was received at Pasadena the otner day
from museum of natural history at Bologna,
Italy. Ii was promptly filled by some boys who
have a monopoly OF this trade.
AT a recent visit of the Lapwai Indians TO the
Umatilla Reservation, Oregon, some horse-racing
was INDUCED In, besides other gambling games.
They resulted In the LapwaPs getting cleaned
out of horses, blankets and money.
Richard johnson aud his brother Andrew left
Port Discovery, Wash, last sunday to go hunt
ing. About dusk The latter slipped and his gun
was discharged. The load struck Richard in the
leg aud he bled to death in Il few moments.
The Homer Index says: We do not propose
to have barbecue On The Fourth OF July, and
attract all The blow-f flies in the country, but
every visitor Will be presented with fat steer,
and lie can drive 1t home and gorge himself at
leisure.
Work at the big landslide near The tunnel at
AltOmoBt, Alameda County, is still kept up, says
the Llvermore Herald. One hundred and fifty
carloads are hauled each day 10 Lathrop. All
The hill has been cut down for forty feet on each
side OF the track but heavy slides are OF frequent
occurrence.
Paul +. Mohr OF Spokane Falls has bought the
wreck OF the British ship Abercorn that went
ashore near Grays Harbor TWO years ago. with
cargo OF 1000 tons OF railroad iron. The wreck
is partly submerged at low water, but Mr.. Mohr
intends 10 put large force OF men at work TO
recover The iron.
Last February ii. Ross was working in the
woods some distance from Walla Walla, Wash,
getting out railroad ties when he slipped from
a bank. aud silver OF fir inches long by
inches wide entered his thigh and broke off, He
worked along with the incumbTance until last
week. when II began lie trouble him, and he
walked 10 town to have 1t extracted.
The Suffer Cannery Company, says the Farmer
has begun the erection of a building near the
already constructed cottages LA feet by "a feet,
TO contain twenty-four rooms. This Will make
seyenty-two rooms for tenants during the
ming season. which will accommodate several
hundred persons. Most OF the cottages have
already been engaged and are occupied.
The Willows Journal says: A sight that would
paralyZe an Eastern man can be seen northeast
OF town, near the old Hoag place. AL work III a
lcle OF one mile is the two dilching machines,
each drawn by thirty horses, two combined har.
vesIers. drawn by twenty-iour head OF horses, a
having outfit OF twenty men and forty horses, be-
sides over 200 horses and seventy.tve men with
scrapers and plows.
Says the Santa Ana Blade The vineyardists
in aud around Mcpherson and Ell Modena are
iubllant over the fact that vines are again
sproutIng roots which were supposed to be dead.
Along The length OF Santiago Canyon the wild
grape is in a healthy condition. This fact is also
pointed 10 as indication that The dreaded vine
disease has disappeared and that ii Was perhaps
yet take her place In the ranks as grape-pro-
ducing district.