The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-06-26
COAST ITEMS.
Brief Notes From Pacific states and Ter
ritories.

ritories.
Slr. Mudd Is a real-estate dealer in one of the
southern towns of California.
The walla Walla journal will soon be changed
from an evening 10 morning paper
The total yield OF The cherry crop on John Bid
wells ranch at Chico this year Was 249,o0o
pounds
The Baker City Blade says the Evening Star
Mine at Gin.let, Eastern Oregon, has 100000
OF ore in sight.
An attempt TO lay submarine cable from AS
t0ria to Iiilamook lighthouse was failure
account OF rough weather.
A cedar tree on j. NJ. HocketPs ranch In the
kaiama Valley, Wash. is eighteen feet IN dame.
ter and stands 800 feet high.
w. w. Byrne was convicted OF manslaughter
by San Jose jury on Tuesday. He killed Ng
All DIN, COOK, some time ago.
G. +. Hutton, late principal of the Santa Rosa
public school, has been elected to u position IN
the Normal School al Los Angeles.
The value OF the strawberry crops raised at
Azusa, Coyiua. Gendora and Gladstone, IN Los
Angeles County, this season, WAS SS707.
band of mules got punched on the railroad
near NewhalPs ranch, Ventura County, last
Monday. The train came along and Killed Ell ght
OF them.
The people of Sedro. Wash, boast of the finest
flag pole III the Stale OF Washington. IL stands
226 feet from The ground aud floats flag forty
feet long.
The nine Indian reservations In Arizona have
an area OF 1927 square miles, or IL 100000
acres, some OF the land being the choicest In the
Territory.
The Santa Cruz Sentinel OF Tuesday says
combination or lumber-deaers has been formed
there, and that the price will be raised 81 a
thousand feet.
Tie pomace tank of the cream OF tartar works
at Napa will be nineIy-twO feet long fifty feet
wide and forty feel deep. Operations will begin
III about one month.
S9l ,297 10 from Warden McCOmb OF San Queu-
Tin Prison. or this sum 1878 30 was pad
for sale OF jnte bags
Rats at Sequel, Santa Cruz County, are pro-
verbal for their Size and frrocity. One woman
VINO raises chickens Tor market has lost 100
fowls recently by rats
A fierce fire broke out in dive at Cerios, n
Mex, on Tuesday, aud the whole town was
wiped out Loss 100000. The lively paper The
HUSTLER lost everything.
The Portland Oregonan says the census fig
ures on population this year Will be short 5000
to 10000 names. The Chamber OF CONNIE rec
will demand q recount, and The city will pay for
taking 1t.
a new coal mine six miles northeast Of Coal
inga, Callstoga County, Is turning out SIX car
loads week; II IS OF good qualify and finds
ready sale at Haniord, Fresno, Iuare and Ba-
kersiieid.
Tie Ventura Free Press says: with 5000
trees OF aplieots IN this county aud u prospective
income OF Sl60O0O this year from fruit alone,
some people will grumble. We suggest stuffng
their mouths with the fruit.
Farmer Manchester OF Palouse City, Oregon,
moved lot OF weeds from his orchard last week
and dumped them into his pasture. Three OF his
horses INDUCED In a fnl gorge ana died soon
alter. One was worth $500.
The TuscarOra Times Review says: The Cen.
trail Pacific Railroad Company is making con-
tracts TOR snowshed timber, aud Will require an
immense amount of II. The price Is reported to
be Sl2 which Is 81 more than last year.
MIR. Hesketh OF Ventura was driving some
friends about town recently, when he had 70 so
under low-spreading tree. He held up tie
branches 10 allow his iicnds TO pass clear when
his thumb got last In q forked limb and was
wrenched of.
Henry Cahen OF Newman, Stanislaus County,
took the whole Issue OF bonds OF the school dis
SSlDU MDndaV la pra.
MUM. The bonds bear interest at per cent,
and one bond is TO be redeemed on February LIST
OF each year.
A well-to-do rancher OF Otay, San Diego
County, went to neighbours chicken house q
few nights ago, and was peppered full with bird
shot. He was then arrested, found guilty. OF
stealing chickens and sent to Jail for three
months, With Il tine OF $3.50 added.
Robert McHeDry, pioueer citizen OF STAN
came TO Ibis State from Mexico In 1850, ana SET.
lied 10 Stanislalls County. BY. purchasing land
and by good business ability Mr.. McHeniy left
an estate worth over 81 100000.
Says The Fairhaveu Herald: There are more
honely editors In Washington than any other
Stale IN the Union, but thai TACT probably ac-
State In the Union. They waste less time In
trout OF the ookiDg-gIasses aud avoid unpleas-
ant reflections
The Nevada Transcript says: Parson Angwin
has been laying new sidewalk In front Of the
Methodist parsonage. He had the job nearly
completed when lie picked up a 81 90 gold
that kind OF good luck every hour Of every day
Of every year the parsOn Is tile man.
Shortly after the train left Del Mar for San
Diego on Tuesday evening lamp fell to the
floor. The oil set fire to the clothing of some OF
the passengers aud spread the flames TO the
WOODWORK A panic followed, but prompt action
OF the conductor aud brakemen smothered the
flames aud prevented any injury to tue passen-
gers.
The Spokane Falls Spokesman saws: Chief
Engineer Donovan Of the Fairlaven and South.
cru Railroad has sent an engineering party OF
eighteen men. under 9. W. Root, 10 Rouse, for
the purpose OF making the exact location for the
tunnel through The Cascades at Skagit Pass. The
party has pac~-train and will remain In the
mountains all summer.
The Arizona papers are having lots of fun In
INVITING the people OF Southern California about
the scorching weather, and they advise the peo-
pie OF Arizona to stay at home this summer to
keep cool. The last straw came from Fort
that several citizens were glad to get home to es-
cape the iut0lerable heat Of Los Angeles.
The Los Angeles Express says: The trunk OF
arose bush growing at Ventura Is said TO be
three feet In circumference and the first branch
IL throws out Is twentyone inches In circulufer-
eDce. II runs over a lattice work. and though
more than wagon load Of Doughs have been re.
moved it covers a space OF about 1900 square
feet. IL yields thousands OF flowers and Is IA
years old.
The Reno Gazette has the following criticism
of the recent attempt OF The Chronicle to write
up noted men Of the Pacific Coast: The only
true Nevadah that gets in Is General e. c. Pown-
up In the mas cup, or else, II 1t was ever in
tended for the General, The engraver was Ger.
tainly drunk when he chlseled IL out, for not a
| feature Is true TO nature.
| evening T. j. Welsh went into The Postoifice TO
| write postal catd. and laid Father McNamee's
| g0ld-headed cane on desk. When lie left the
POstOffice he forgot to take the cane with him.
When he went back the cane was missing, some
| one having taken It. Father McNamee values
| the cane very highly, as 1t was present to him
/ fron hia for me I ne n las mai ia