The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-04-04
COUNTY, WASH, FRID
THE PACIFIC COAST.
Thirty Men Attempt to Lyp u.
as Many Chinese.
even Men Reported Killed
dians on the Little B me
New Mexico.

Prairie fires in Southern ~s
doing much damage. ooiofaao al
Cattle and sheep in Nou, M
being sold off rapidly. ave" Mexfce ar
Capitalists talk of esst.h,;sh;
pagne factory at G. am T',Hg TI1nn ms1 cham
l.. X. Hoffman H.
@sERlle. Polk county, On
IA "A o,'a varlGnI n';s1 / Il premium oranges an,
rhioa@o (Thonn " e sent frcm Los Angeles +,
-oa A san san 4iego foylndry is busv maxim,
ooo H dt'' IT'S for The Spreckels sugar refin
cry at San Francisco. " 'ein
w. K. BAD of Truckee Meadows Nov.
az G Just shipped five tons of honey, toethe
nAn Francisco market.
Judge Milton L. Rice, who at one 4ime
was a wel-known criminal LAWYER -
he'.tucky, died in Spokane Falls.
Horticulturists are of the o,,;n;on tb 81
the rains in California have done much
toward destroying vine and tree pests.
Sea lions follow the fishermen at Mar
tlnez and grab salmonout of the nets
frequently breaking the nets in doing So
The Trmkee ice compsnies have onlv
stored ~ 900 tons of ice this season
against 100 800 tons at the same time last
year.
4 sheep herder at Lemoore, Tulare
co hrIty, is said to have an invention bv
witch common wells are made to flow
ike artesian wells.
I Joseph Taylor has sued the San Rafael
Fecsin for So, 900 for saying he had been
arrested for trying to defrand San Fran
CISCO in the delivery of basalt blocks.
Washington State bonds to cover it's
Indebtedness we've sold Yesterday at AZ
per cent with One-eighth of | per cepf
premium to run from five to fifteen vea,s
A gang of the worst kind hf desn r.. =.
does lDfests the mining ca,ons of Snuth.
ern Santa Fe countylN. Nj. Hardy q
day passes but Seine act of robbery or
shooting is recorded.
BasslGero. an Mexican Indian under
arres>e at San Diego, claims that he was
S1reste On Mexican soil, and there prob
ably will result an international corre-
sponderce oD the subject.
At Salt Lake ]. H. Weston, a railroad
fireman OF Thistle, shot and killed two
men named Winder and Wells, who at
tackled him for the purpose of robbery.
weston fired twice and killed both men.
An Oakland syndicate. consisting OF
Ilr. Merritt and others, has purchased
21Q acres of Richland tract, one of the
tnest bodies of land in f esno county,
and the land is being prepared for plant
ing a vineyard.
San Diego says Tacoma men propose
to operate line of sailing vessels be-
tween that port and Puget Sound. The
purpose is to bring lumber and coal down
and take return cargoes of hay, cement,
marble and building stone.
The contract for carrying mails on Lake
Tahoe has been awarded to E. j. Bald
win of San Francisco He has ordered
fast steamer built at Buffalo, N. Y,
for this purpose, and it will also carry
passengers to all points of interest.
Now that it is settled fact that Coos
bay is the best harb on the CO st of
Oregon, outside of the Columbia liver,
two railroads are projected to that section
from the Willamette vail Y, one from
Roseoulg and the other nom Drain
A report reached Silver City, N. NJ,
that seven persons had been killed by
Indians on the Little Blue. al out twenty
miles from Alma, a small place in the
Go'don, about seventy-five miles from
Silver City. The report lacks confirma-
ton.
The Southern California Railroad com
pany has just put into effect new local
freight tariff, which places San Diego on
eqnal terms with Los Angeles as regards |
rates from Perris and San Jacinto conse
quently there is much rejoicing at San |
Diego.
The jewelry stolen in California cities
last year by DickerSon and Rogers, the |
baker thieves, has been received from
New Jers by the sheriff of San Joa-
quin cnunty. The box will next 90 to
Los Angeles and then to Sacramento,
where some of the property was stolen
John SHREDDER, employed on Beryman's
farm, Gray's river, was drowned with his
team at ford. 1t is supposed he missed I
his bearings or the horses became un-
manageable at the ford and got into
deep hole just below the ford, as the
water Is very shallow at the proper point /
to cross. He leaves wife and seven
children.
The lower iron bridge across the river
near Bridal Veil Falls, Yosemite Valley,
has brt ken down and now lies total
wreck at the bottom of the river. The
cause was probably a decayed timber
resting ON the abutment, or possibly de-
fective iron work. The bridge broke
three years ago and was thoroughly re-
paired then
At Roseburg Judge r. S. Bean, of the
Second judicial district of Oregon, sem
tence d Charles Mann, for burglary, to
three years in the penitentiary; George
Stevenson, larceny in dwelling, two
yea IN the p mite ntiary P. Hall, for
obtaining money under false pretepses,
five years in the penitentiary; w. Dan,
for burglary, three years.
A masked larty of thirty men started
In to lynch an equal number of China
men at Fairfield. in Spokane county,
Washington, but onlv a few bruised
heads followed. There have been rumors
OF the cutting of wages by Chinese track
laboiers on the Union Pacific, and the
small riot was the result. The Grand
Jury will probably investigate the matter.
A contract has been closed between
the Northern Pacific and g. w. Hunt
for the latter to operate the Northern
road between Wallula and Pasco. All
Hunt trains will run through to Pssco
on Wednesday without break. Pasco
offers Hunt all the necessary ground for
round houses and machine shops.
Through sleepers from the Sound TO Wal
la Walla, Dayton and Pendleton are be-