The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-10-16
COAST ITEMS.
Brief Items of Interest From Pacifi
States and Territories.

Brief Items of Interest From Pacific
States and Territories.
The Yuba River is cutting new channel
at Marysyile.
More than 10000 sheep are feeding on
Table Mountain, Nye County, New.
In shooting-match between clubs from
Ogden and Salt Lake the forme won all the
prizes.
Mrs. Andreas of Pomona has geranium
bush that is thirty feet high. 1t has been
cut back frequently.
At the annual feast of the Yuma Indians
this year there was large attendance. The
Times estimates it at 1000.
JIG. Smith of Birds Landing. Solano
County, attempted TO take his own lie on
Tuesday by using shotgun.
Three valuable horses were burned to
death in a barn owned by Mr.. Goodrich, at
Round Valley, Inyo County, last Tuesday.
Forest fires in the lower range of mount
aims near Wallowa Valley, Oregon. have
ruined immense tracts of valuable timber.
in sinking well at Dry Creek, near Hill
gard, Oregon, last week, the skeleton of an
elk was found thirty feet below the surface
One grape-grower of El Cajon, San Diego
County, employs 100 women and girls to pick
his crops, and lie says they are frst-rate
hands.
Frank r. Slaughter of University, Los
Angeles County. has ready for the Chicago
exhibition pumpkin that weighs 225
pounds.
A HOLSTER man bought a sturgeon the
other day for his market. In dressing the
fish he found silver bread-knife such as is
used on steamer.
The Victoria Colonist says one of the
schemes that Sir George Baden-Powell is in
terested in is to bring 1900 families from
ENGLAND TO British Colum bia
The Pasadena Star says some rich speci-
mems of platinum nave been found in the
mountains near Arroyo Seco. They have
been sent to Los Angeles for assaying.
Alexander Hodnett, a surveyor, attempted
to walk from San. Juan to Nitinat. V. l.. re-
Gently, with heavy pack. In going al ng q
thrown into the surf and was drowned.
The Grand Jury of Sherman County, Ore
gon reported recently that there were no
prisons or jails in the county, but there were
no prisoners, hence the taxpayers were not
bound to worry themselves about providing
them.
A woman was arrested in Tacoma re-
Gently for stealing jersey from a large
store. She said she could not get clothing
enough TO keep warm, but a search at the
Police Station showed S220 in gold coin on
her person.
George Thatcher, salesman for n San
Francisco house, died suddenly on Tuesday
in Salt Lake City drugstore. He had re-
Gently come from trip through Idaho and
was apparently Ill good health when lie went
into the store,
The arrival Of two overdue ships Tacoma
and James Drummond on Tuesday had a
special interest 10 tie people OF Santa Cruz,
for both vessels carried large quantities of
water pipe that was badly wanted TO conf
plete the new water works system.
The Tombstone Prospector says: The
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who was sent out there from England by
the company. He has spent twelve years
in study in America, Germany and En-
gland, and is said to be remarkably bright.
The heirs of the estate of the late DR..
Glenn want $4,000 for permitting the CO.
lusa Canal Company TO Jun their big ditch
across their ranch. The company contends
land more than that amount. The matter
will be taken into curt in a few days.
The Ontario Observer says: j. w. Nc
Partridge has adopted a novel method of
keeping his turkeys from preying upon the
vineyard of his neighbor. Turkeys have
an instructive dread Of the coyote, and
taking advantage of this fear he keeps
them out of the vineyard by claiming
coyote in IL.
The Albuquerque Democrat says the
boundary liue between Texas and New
Mexico has never been properly surveyed,
and this has caused great deal OF trouble
to settlers. Some of the latter are living
twenty-five miles over the border line of
New Mexico, yet they are taxed as if they
lived in Texas.
The Tombstone City Council was inter-
rupted Wednesday evening by large cent?
pede which came up on the table and began
looking over the minutes Of the clerk, evil
IDENTIFY waiting for the order of new business
to make singing motion. The new order
of business came sooner than he expected,
and his segregated remains were swept out
by tho janitor next morning.
A woman named Kelley was sent to the
Los Angeles County Jail for 500 days re-
Gently for robbery. She is confirmed NOR
phine taker, and the attending physician
gave strict orders to keep her from getting
any. Early on Tuesday morning she was
under the influence when she tried to light
a cigarette. She managed to set her clothing
on fire and was frightfully burned.
Speaking of the recent sad death, by his
own hand, of William Sprague Jr., PEN
dletOn resident says lie was present in Wash
ington when the advent of the young heir
was celebrated by a splendid reception at
the residence Of his grandfather, Hon. S. p.
Chase, which cost in the neighborhood Of
$4,000. No one then imagined that the
child Of fortune who was born into the world
under such suspicious circumstances would
meet with such tragic end.
The South Bend (Oragon) Journal says:
We must really request our friends who are
delivering uSnew potatoes in payment Of their
delinquent subscriptions to select, smaller
varieties, if possible. They forget the only ket-
old tin dipper, suspended, gypsy fashion, to