The morning call., 1890-10-09
COAST ITEMS.
Brief Notes From Pacific States and Ter
ritorics.

Brief Notes From Pacific States and Ter
ritorics-
The police of Tacoma made 351 arrests in
September. OF these 2l5 were drunkards.
The Prohibition candidate for Mayor of
Seattle only received 47G votes last Monday.
Manly Rogers of Lumas. Wheaton County.
Wash, lost his right arm the other day by
getting it caught in the machinery of
neutrality-suspicious..
Charles Vaughn miner, was blown to
pieces in tunnel near Portwine, Sierra
County, last Friday. He tried to pick out a
blast that failed to explode.
James Ray was shot dead by David John
son at Oreama, Idaho, last Sunday. Both
men were drunk and got into political
discussion that ended IN row.
City Treasurer C0well of Stockton had
pleasant experience on Monday. He re-
ceived a certlf check from Banker Hew-
lett for S195,19 in payment for some city
bonds.
Two horses were drawing an express
wagon In Seattle on Monday when they
touched an electric wire that had fallen
across the street Both animals were in
stantly killed.
Patrick Lannan, a Salt Lake member of
the Worlds Fair tells the Chicago people
that the most effective way to squelch polyg-
amy in Utah i to deprive Morinons OF tue
elective franchise
Miss Lou Cochrane, a compositor at Ore
gon City. successfully III tnipulates an en-
CINE that runs the presses, and Thoroughly
understands the workings of the machinery
to the minuteSt detail
A little child of Judge Campbell at Ia
coma was playing about the home last
Wednesday with button-hook. She fell
and il penetrated her face near one of her
eyes. 1t is likely that the sight will be
ruined.
Governor Waterman has proposed to the
npOpla Of San )ipon t'nunfX N aytanl %
Cuyamaca Railroad to connect with the
Southern Pacific if they will guarantee
per cent interest on S2,700.000 in bonds for
thirty years. The proposition is favorably
received.
Sammy Brazel.on was caught in one of
his own bear-traps last week at Trafton,
says the Stillaguamish Herald, and while
waiting for assistance nearly starved TO
death. Postmaster EsterbrOok happened
along, however, rs Sammy was about 10 faint
from hunger, and released him from his uu-
fortunate predicament.
Local item from the Fossil OR Journal:
The grass doesn't grow in our streets any
more now. But it isn't the cable-car that
has worked such revolution. Oh, no
The reform has been ACCOMPLISHED by a
bunch of about 100 Thoroughbred bucks, be-
longing to Mr.. Durbin, which roam over the
town all day long at the bidding of their
own sweet WILL
The Record-Union says: The American
River has been likened to man who uu-
thinkingly sits on the business end of a car
pet tack, because it rises so suddenly. This
was the case this week after the rain. On
Tuesday morning it began to rise. and so
rapidly did it fill up that by Wednesday noon
the water was going over the dam. By
night, however, it had gone down again.
A prep0ssessing Young lady arrived in
Astoria from Michigan last Monday, says
the Columbian, and on Tuesday went down
to Elk Creek, examined a piece of land,
went to Oregon City Thursday and filed on
it. Returning she went back to the place
ard superintended the construction of a
house and made arrangement for getting in
winters supply of provisions. BY this
time she has probably begun housekeeping.
In the expressive parance Of the day, There
are no flies on tina: young lady,"
Among the curious things on exhibition at
the late Plumas County Fair was an oil
painting of miners at work on Rich Bar,
Feather River, in 1851. 1t was done by
Thomas G. Moore of Harper's Ferry, Va,
who was an artist of some skill and who
worked for some months on the spot. After
painting the picture he gave it to his part
ner, F. B. Whiting, who now lives at Quincy
and who intends to present this picture of
pioneer time to the State Bureau. Mr.
Moore has been dead for many years.