The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-07-24
COAST ITEMS.
Brief Notes From Pacific States ant
Territories.

Brief Notes From Pacific States and
Territories.
The boys at Santa Paula are hard at work in
the fruit orchards and are getting plenty OF
spending money for the coming holidays.
Miss Ida Bennett, popular teacher in San
BelnardinO. intends to go to Siam as mission
airy. She Will leave In September for seven
years stay.
A breezy correspondent of the San Jose Mer-
curry, writing from Monterey, says: SALOONS
here are thicker than fly specks on bakery
window pie"
The Common Council OF Ellensburgh, Oregon.
has bought the electric light plant tor $4,000
cash, and alter August Isl IL VIII be operated by
The city officers.
young girl named Patterson proved herself a
real heroine the other day. a lie lghbor'S house
was on HE, when she rushed into lie flames and
rescued little child.
The Boise City Water Works has gwen a con-
tract to a Chicago iirm for 100000 pounds of as
sorted pipe for the new system. The pipes range
from S-inch TO 3-Inch.
In cleaning up the postofice at Astoria last
Thursday package OF forty letters was found
They were written In August, 1887, to different
persons AT Seaside, Oregon.
Tie four-year old son of Frank Williams was
bitten on the foot by raitlesnake at Big Bend,
Oregon, last Friday and death resulted befores
physician could be secured.
According TO The census returns only seventy
hve lndl, rs are living on the klamath ReSerya-
ZION, Del NOrte County. THIS small band Is
Kept on piece of land twenty miles square.
A reward OF $4,000 will be paid by the Provln.
Der who plundered the CaribOO (B. c. stage
few days ago. The amount taken was S41oo.
wag0n-load of giant powder exploded last
Friday near Emure's Camp, Cover Valley, New
The wagon and horses were blown to pieces, but
TWO men who were leading the animals escaped.
The Victoria ColOnist says the Canadian Pacific
Railroad Company offered to keep their steam
ships on lie China line away from San Francisco
II tile Pacific Mail Company would agree TO pay
them 81 400 year bonus. This liberal ofer
was declined.
boc
Eureka crazy by stating that tests made of the
rock supplied by the contractor of the ieities
contains free gold that assays from 800 TO $50
ton. The contractor has dumped thousands Of
tons OF the same quality OF rock Tor 81 ton.
The Reno Gazette says: Young Indian babies
and youngsters are 10 be seen around town as
plentiful as strawberries In June. Their squaw
mdmmas have developed very unpleasant habit
as they accost Ntl anger for bit or quarter OF
dollar by addressing him with Hello, papa!"
seveu-year-old boy of Pasadena has had
series OF accidents lately that make him think
life is hardly worth living. Three weeks ago he
fell out of a seeond-story window, then he was
shot III the eye by an air-gun aud, lastly, he was
caught IN q railroad turntable and was badly
smashed as 10 his legs.
The Board of Supervisors of Nevada County
passed an order permitting j. II. Roberts 10 run
4 steam wagon from Ituekee TO the Sierra
County line, requiring him 10 give bond In tile
amount OF $500 10 be responsible for Injury
that may accrue to persons or property by the
use OF the wagon on the public road.
The San BernardIno Courier says a bill Is TO
introduced in the next Legislature to divide that
county. 1t Will provide for tue formug of the
new county called Riverside, with that town Tor
the county seat. The survey was mace more
than year ago and the bill with 4 map now re.
poses IN the safe of a prominent Los Angeles at
torney.
The city Of Seattle has adopted the following
method for the disposal of garbage: a contract
has been awarded Tor the construction Cf large
wharf. The dimensions of the dock which /, 10
be built 12O feet long ana 80 feet wide
Sixty feet OF the dock Will be arranged so IN nd-
nit the garbage scOw TO pass under, aud In Ihe
center of this dock a large trap-doOr VIII be
placed, as TO allow the garbage to fall through
into the scow. he scow will then be lowed TO
the Duwamlsh heads and the garbage dumped
out. The outward current here Is very strong,
aud all the refuse Will be carried out to sea.