The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-05-15
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| Spokane Falls.
Charles Dudley Warner and family are
visiting friends in Los Angeles.
Helena, Mont, is infested with sneak
thieves. burglars and pickp0ckets.
Salt Lake City will soon have another ma
tlonal bank with capital of S500,000
X. Z. Kelly will soon took charge of tie
nal.
There is much excitement in Ventura
County over the increased production of oil
wells.
g. Mana Tim is capitalist of Helena.
mont, while Pyfeg d Scattebo are real
estate rustlers.
y John Bidwell, prohibition candidate for
governor of the State, spoke at Modesto on
Tuesday night
The Mayfeld Palo Alto says there are 100
horses on Stanford's stock farm that are
worth 100000.
~ Two new banks were opened at Butte.
Mont, on May 1st, national bank and one
by James A. Murray.
Dallas County, Tex, has paper called
tue Texas Mesqulter. 1t is booming James
>, Hogg for Governor.
The Indians of the Klamath River coun-
Try are busy peeling bark for which they
get i've cents pound.
The ship Kennebec brought $500 tons of
coal to San Pedro yesterday that was I'M
loaded In hfteen working days
/, Inc Los Angeles Herald says considera-
pie land now In that city is rented to vegeta-
ple-ralsers at $50 an acre by the year.
A. b. LARGO, Santa Rosa fisherman, has
nad the good luck recently to catch soles
That weigh from 30 to 80 pounds each.
John McElroth was shot to death at Vim
son, Oregon. last Tuesday by Postmaster
Moody There was q woman in the case.
Three men robbed the dump of Cover &
Murphys gravel mine near Nevada City
last FRIDAY night OF 500 worth of amalgam.
Forty-four million feet of logs have been
cut on the Blackfoot River, Mont, which
water.
Governor Waterman has appointed E. E.
Fitzpatrick Superior Judge of San Mateo
County to fill the unexpred term of the late
f. +. Head.
Mrs. S. G. Wright and Mrs. Anderson
are candidates for County Superintendent
OF Schools of Del Norte. The frst-named
is now acting.
d; 4. Sherlock was knocked from the
deck OF the schooner Louisa Olsen when
passing Illlamook Rock last Monday and
was drowned.
The Seattle Times says the Health Officer
OF That city gets from $500 to $500 a month
IN lees, while the salary fixed by ordinance
Is only $500 year.
The pioneers of Port Townsend are max
ing arrangements to celebrate the centen-
MAJ OF FdncouVerS discoveries in Puget
Sound in May, 1892.
MIR. Straub and son of Westminster.
orange County, were poisoned last week by
eating Wild parsnips. For some hours their
condition was critical.
Harvey Ferriil wrote ninetv-six folios last
Saturday In the Recorders office at Eureka
Humboldt County. For his seven hours
| work he was paid $40 20.
Mrs. L. +. Bresler of Traver. Tulare
county, while insane, strangled her Oldest
| child to death last Tuesday and then mutt
lated herself with an AK
The Democrats of Tacoma elected their
whole whole ticket on Tuesday. The Ledger.
Republican paper, supported the Demo-
J cratic candidate OF Mayor.
In DecCiber, 1889, laborer at the Coro-
nado Foundry named Wiegand was killed
by the falling of a derrick. A Jury gave his
widow a verdict for $1,000 damages
The Inyo Register says the Hillside Com
pany has now $4,000 grape cuttings growing
on its upper ranch. Next season they i'm
tend to set out forty acres to muscats.
Says the Carson Tribune: Fine strawber-
RES are selling three for half a dollar in
Virginia City and two for half in Carson.
VIII some dealer explain why it is SOP
A man with an eye for business has
bought 10000 sheep-pelts in Lake County.
Oregon, this spring. This is sad com,
meutary on the severity of last winter
Mazatlan, Mexico, Is now supplied with
water from the Preside River that is
brought twenty miles in steel mains. The
money, S5Oo,0Oo. was supplied by Spanish
capitalists.
A huge conger eel five feet long was
caught near Port Blakeley. Wash, last Fri
day by an Italian fisherman. II is a dam
gerous tlsh and is always in trouble with
the devil fish.
An unruly boy in San Luis Obispo
school was punished by his teacher re-
Gently. The Trustees discharged the
teacher, but he was reinstated at once by
the County Superintendent.
Alter heated debate, the Supervisors of
San Diego have fixed the tax levy at 81 on
the Sloo. Unless the city finances are man
aged very carefully, there will be large de-
hclt by the end of the year.
James Moore of ESc0ndido has two Young
eagles that lie found in nest recently. He
is trying to tame them, but so far has not
made much progress. While feeding the
gloves.
Editor Kaiser Of the Ashland (Oregon)
Record saw fit to criticise Judge Webster's
decision in a small case. He was cited far
contempt. and fined $50. Kaiser took the
appeal in great style.
The great cantllever bridge at the Nee
dies, Cal, was finished last Tuesday. and
by next Saturday regular trains will be RIM
over 1t. In its construction 10000. COO
pounds OF steel and iron were used, and the
center span-36O feet-is the longest in the
world. three men were killed and % in
]ured during the work of building
On October 10, 1888, railroad accident
LOOK place at Hope, Idaho, when several
trainmen were killed and others iniurei'
Henry Bush. fireman, was badly iniured
lie sued the company in an Illinois court
Tor S5o, GOO, and tue jury gave him verdict
for $4,000. The accident was caused NV
negligence OF the train dispatcher.
The Los Angeles Express saws: mr. p
Lander of San Gabriel stepped on needle
ten years ago. 1t broke, and part of il rs.
manned in his foot During the past decade
1t has been taking a leisurely tour of his
anatomy, occasionally giving him much
pain. Recently he coaxed the broken needle
to the surface OF the right side of his chest
with sticking-salve plaster and took il ont.
The Chehalis Bee says: A number of
Indians have been in the city this week ON
legal business. The Assessor, it seems as
sessed them and they paid their taxes. Ac-
cording TO United States law. an Indian
who becomes citizen and takes up Gov
ernment lana Is not subject to tax for
twenty years. They discovered that their
taxes had been collected illegally, and came
TO appear before the court to have the mat
ter rectifed.
The Historian of May Sd says: Over wear
ago Rev. William j. Franklin started for
Portland and since then he has not been
heard from. He was highly esteemed by
all ana MS disappearance is shrouded in
mystery. He left considerable property.
and though very reluctant to take such
course, his sorrowing wife has to apply for
olVorce IN order that some provision NAV
De made Tor her support, as under the
present circumstances the property could
not be disposed 81 by any one
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