The morning call., 1890-12-22
COAST ITEMS.
Brief Notes From Pacific States and
Territories.

Brief notes From racine states and
Territories.
The Petaluma Imprint was six years old
last Monday.
A military company has been organized at
South Bend, Wash.
The st. Helena Reflector made its last APP
pearance on Saturday.
The Spokane Falls National Bank col
lapsed last Wednesday.
All work ON the railroad from Portland to
Seattle has been stopped.
Signal service stations are to be estab-
lished in Santa Maria and San Luis Obspo.
The delinquent tax list of Douglas County,
New, foots up only sos 70.
The population of Alaska has been put
down at $4,000 by Special Agent Petroff.
A heavy wind-storm swept over Astoria
last Sunday, and considerable damage was
done.
The people of Santa Barbara voted in
favor OF closing all saloons on Sunday by
majority OF 400.
The output of the Martinez cannery for
1890 was 2S6,217 cans of fruit and ISL, $50
cans of salmon.
1t has taken S250,000 to settle with the
victims of the late railroad accident at Lake
Labish, Oregon.
Sixty thousand acres of the San Jacinto
Valley, San Diego County, will be planted
to wheat this year.
:, An infant girl of Mrs. Young of Victoria,
b. e., fell into tub of boiling water on
Monday. and was scalded to death.
A Fruit Growers Union has been formed
at Palermo, Butte County. Twenty-six
members Joined at the first meeting.
The Tacoma Coal Company has Just
struck large vein of pure coal, which will
yield 100000 tons before striking water.
The strike of the union miners at Burke,
Idaho, was failure, and the mills are run
njnp tho old SchadulnS of hOurs and
wages.
A jury at Los Angeles awarded Jessie
Marshall $4,000 damages against j. S. Tay-
lor, a rich stockman. She accused him of
seduction.
During fierce storm off Cape Flattery
Captain johnson of the Charles B. Kinney
was thrown against the wheel and had his
leg broken.
On December 9th the four-horse team of
j. w. Symmes ran away near Little Lake,
Inyo County. Mrs. Symmes and one child
were killed.
The Arroyo Grande Herald says: Beans
are getting scarce, and we shall not be sur
prsed to hear that So so will be paid for
whites before next April.
The Napa Register says John R. Garner
of Lake County has sold $1,000 worth of
hops in the past two years. He also raises
cattle and runs large dairy.
Maynard Baker, who was injured by
cannon while firing salute on the occasion
OF Senator Stanford's visit to Tulare, forty
five days ago, died on Tuesday.
Judge Harris of Fresno refused to grant
a petition Of the Southern Pacific Railroad
Company to stay proceedings on behalf of
the city to enforce the collection of taxes.
A deed for the Potter tract, near San
Rafael, has been placed on record in favor
of Archbishop Riordan. He Will establish
a college for educating young men for the
priesthood.
Among the heavy taxpayers of Del Norte
County are Hobbs, Wall & Co., $1,000 so; H.
Kroft, SS741 so; 2. Snyder, S3733 %; j.
Malone, S1173 90; G. A. Rust, SI365 81, and
the Del Norte Commercial Company,
S1336 3d.
A new California industry has been
started at Santa Monica. 1t is that of put
ting up mussels in glass jars by process
that makes them exceedingly palatable.
They are said to be much more toothsome
than canned oysters.
While skyla1king in saloon at Forest
City, Sierra County, last Saturday night,
James y. Briggs was hit i'll the head with a
chair cushion. He fell against the stove
railing and fractured his skull, causing
death in a few hours.
The Los Angeles Times says: His Ex-
celleney Boruck at the laying of the corner
stone OF the San Bernardino Asylum Grated
one OF the speakers clean off the platform,
while the natives were paralyzed by the
hautboy tone of his eloquence.
A spirited meeting OF the residents of
Swasey, Shasta County, was held last Mon
day evening, to take prompt action in clos
ing the saloons of that town. A committee
was appointed to suggest plan, which, il
adopted, will be enforced by all the people.
Says the Idaho World: With but two
lawyers and three newspaper men in the
Legislature, that august body can well econ-
omize in one particular and dispense with
the services of chaplain, and we may ex-
pect the enactment OF many wholesome and
highly moral laws.
Says the Redands Citrograph: When
fish are as numerous as they are in the Pa
cIfic it seems strange that the refuse that is
unstable should not be manufactured into
fertiliziDg material. Fish guano, as it is
called, is esl ec;ally rich in heterogeneous ma
terial-just what is needed. AT 500 ton it
would seem as if it would be profitable
business.
Hank Parrish was hanged at Elko. White
Pine County, New, on December 18th for
the murder of A. Thompson at Royal City
last July. He made brief speech on the
gallOws: have been charged with great
many crimes. / killed three men, and l
was right in doing it. The last man ]
killed (ThompsOn) assisted in stringing ME
up TIRES times. They say l have
q wife and family that / have not
treated right. My wife has been dead
thirteen years; have two children in Ore
gon. we'll fixed. l am an ignorant man,
have always been prosecuted and am limo
cent Of crime. All this will appear in Mr..
Murphy's book Of my life and want you to
believe it. /"
A Ward Tn Mctbara