The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-04-29
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COAST ITEMS.
Brief Notes From Pacific States and Ter


DEleI Notes rom racine states ana Ter
ritories.
Two oil companies of Ventura County
are paying dividends.
The MERGED Express says the crying want
OF that place is a good tlOuring-mil.
The wool clip of Otay Valley. San Diego
County, to date weighed 1855 pounds.
The Fresno Expositor serves customers
daily by carriers on horseback as far away
as twenty miles.
An artesian well 5S5 feet deep on the
Titus place, Pasadena, has water within
six feet of the top.
The Lodi Sentinel says the apricot, prune
and almond orchards in that section are in
splendid condition.
The United States Coast Survey has
started to run base-line, eleven miles
long, near Santa Ana.
The new ferry steamer now building for
the Donahue route at TlburOn Will be
launched on May 9TH.
Stockmen of Newman, Stanislaus County,
have been busy shipping their animals to
San Francisco in the past week
Since President Harrison took charge of
the White House he has appointed FIVE
Postmasters for Glendora, Los Angeles
County.
The Sheriff of Clatsop County. Oregon, re-
Gently spent ten days in making up de-
Hnquent taX-roll. yet his legal charge was
only SIS.
William Mason of Pasadena has taken a
contract to move the buildings in the town
Satlcoy, Ventura County, one mile to the
railroad.
A box factory at Sawyer is now ready to
begin business with 10000 feet of lumber
in the yard and with contracts out for
1,O00,0 600 feet more.
Three men of Montesano, Utah, recently
paid $500 for 115 acres of land. They now
have IN bank $4,000 from sales of two
thirds Of the tract.
Inc tariff in Sacramento for whipping a
mother-ln-law was settled last week by a
police magistrate. He thought $50 was
about the fair price.
Judge Cheney of Los Angeles has de-
ciared an ordinance invalid that prohibits
the Salvation Army orchestra from playing
on the public streets.
The Territorial Enterprise says the dull
est people in Nevada are the lawyers.
Many have pulled up stakes and settled in
Washington aud Oregon.
An Indian girl at Banning has shown such
decided talent In music as to be taken in
hand by competent pianist to be taught
that instrument thoroughly.
Judge Worth of Martinez has copy of
the New England COurant of February II,
1723, that was printed by Benjamin Franz
lin, In Queen street, Boston, Mass.
A strike by the chain-gang in Marysville
was rewarded by Marshal Mabin by putting
the men into dark cells and treating them
to liberal doses of bread and water.
a large schooner left Los Comas, Oregon,
last Tuesday with 100000 feet Of lumber for
San Luis Obispo. This was tile first deem
water vessel that loaded at that place.
The Salinas Index was nineteen years old
last Thursday. Since April, 1876, the paper
has been managed by W. J. Hail, who has
made 1t success in every department.
There are 600 names on the roll of the
Soldiers Home at Santa Monica. Ten
90 pff no frar n ho,, H..
the veterans live on the fat OF the land.
Contracts have been awarded for building
brick and stone schOOl-houses at the Indian
reservation near PendletOn, Oregon. The
first will cost 81, 900 and the second $500.
j. A. Noryell of MERGED is busy man.
he runs hrst-class weekly, is County Su-
perlntendent of schools, looks after his
barns and dabbles extensively in real es-
tate.
The Lake County Avalanche SAYS several
wealthy men are dlsgusted with the unfair
methods OF the Assessor last year ana they
have decided to sell out and leave the
county.
The owners of the bituminous rock quar-
ries OF Santa Cruz tried to cut the price of
hauling from So a tou to 81 rs, but the
teamsters refused TO submit and quit work
in a body.
The Humboldt Times saws: The warm
rain OF last week Matched out two more
Democrats in MendocinO County, and now
there are nineteen Of them announced for
public Office.
Santa Barbara gardens are swarming
with orioles of brilliant plumage and sweet
songs. They are gladly welcomed by the
people, Tor they are sure destroyers of In
sectS aud worms.
The Ventura County Supervisors have
passed an ordinance that compels owners of
bitches and fumes TO put wire screens at
Their mouths to prevent fish from being
drawn away from their native streams
The Kern County Californian says: Tu-
lare Lake is rapidly rising and farmers who
had settled on land from which its waters
rreceded years ago are being forced to leave.
Many believe that it will rise to its old
shore line.
DR.. William Jackson died at Victoria, B.
T.. last Wednesday from injuries received
few days before by runaway team. He
came 10 that colony In 1862 and filed many
prominent positions under the Dominion
Government.
The Santa Ana Standard says: woman
weighing 3l3 pounds stepped on the scales
near our office this week, and then walked
proudly away She was raised without
irrigation. That's the kind of productions
our county boasts.
News was received at North Yakima,
Wash. on Saturday, that enough bonds
were sold In New York to insure the COM
pletlOn OF the big canal and irrigating
works. The bonds were guaranteed by the
Northern Pacific Railroad Company.
On April 7th Angelo Sorocco left Johns
Vile, Plumas County, on snow-shOes to visit
mining claim on Jamison Greek. He never
get there, and search party was sent out.
1hey found his body in deep hole hot far
from where he started and he froze to death.
The contract for carrying the mail be-
tween Seattle and Port Townsend has
been let to the Puget Sound and Alaska
Steamship Company, for $500 a year. The
service between Seattle and Whatcom was
given to the Union Pacific Railroad, for
$1,000 year.
The Portland Oregonian says: The
Devils Playground, near Puyalup, for
years the center of attraction for Indian
h0rse-raclng and gambling, has given way
to the march Of progress. The owner has
laid 1t off into lots and acre tracts and it
will soon be part of the town.
j. '. B. McCurdy is the PATRON OF Queen
City, Paradise Valley. New. He owns the
only house in the place. 1t stands in the
center of 500O-acre tract, which is inclosed
with seyenteen-wire fence, rabbir-proof.
Inside this fence roam some 5000 Ang ora
goats headed by 30 prize collies.
"A school-boy at Vallejo attempted to
discipline Principal Babcock last Friday
according to the Marquis of Queensberry
rules, but he met his match in the first
round. After being choked into submits
sion, tne young tough was sent home and O
charge OF battery placed against him,
The house Of Charles Branch at Sargents,
Santa Clara County, was ruined by the
recent earthquake, says the Gilroy Gazette
When the first shock came Mrs Branch
caught the baby and rushed from the room.
When the second shock came the cradle