The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-08-08
COAST ITEMS.

Territories.
Seventy Mormons have been indicted in
Southeastern Idaho for unlawful cohabita-
| ton.
1t costs amateur sportsmen S25 for each
| pheasant shot out of season in British
| Columbia.
Layton Dexter and his sister were
| drowned in the Payette River. Idaho, ON
| Monday last
A number of Chinese fishermen have
been convicted at San Rafael for using nets
with too small meshes.
The Liberals Of Salt Lake County have
carried the election against a combination
of Mermons and Union Workingmen.
An explosion of coal gas in the Carbon
ado mine, forty-one miles from Tacoma, on
Monday, was fatal to Jones and Moran,
miners.
Saida, Colo, is enjoying lively building
boom. Nine brick stores are going up in
one block.
A Riverside man wants to sell the State a
remedy for the Anaheim scale pest for the
! neat sum of S250,O0o. He will keep the
remedy at those figures.
A recount of the people of Oregon is de-
manded and one will probably be taken.
The last census returns are claimed to be
short some 10000 names.
The Aberdeen Herald says: Because
Aberdeen is fayorably situated there are
some old hens who expect to set on loca-
bANA anu hasOu OuO q WY
The Carson Tribune is at loss to know
why Reno should have such a fine court
house and beautiful grounds and Carson so
miserable a tumble-dOwn old shanty.
During a recent cruise in the Arctic
Ocean, Captain Simmons of the Northern
Light captured whale that yielded 5000
pounds of bone. This beats all records on
this coast.
5. b. Bevans. late Special Agent of the
United States Land Office at Prescott Arz.,
was indicted by grand jury for accepting
bride. He fled to Oklahoma, but was ar
rested and Is now in Prescott awaiting trial.
The Victoria (B. c. Times says: Rev. E.
Robson celebrated the twenty-fifth ami
versary of the first religious service held by
him in Vancouver on the 30th inst. by
taking breakfast in the same room, which
is now the cook-house at Hastings saw
mill.
Sheriff Houston and posse captured Pas
cole, Aries and William, the Fiathead In
dams charged with murder, from the reser-
walton last Saturday. The chief refused to
surrender the men, but the Sheriff arrested
him, and to prevent being lynched he or
dered the Indians given up. The trouble
over their surrender has been dragging on
for months.
That Grape ON the door-knob of the
Austin Bank yesterday, says the Reveille,
was placed there by some wag who had
business with the bank about IL o'clock in
me arms OF Morpheus, concluded that 30 all
ptents and purposes he was uead cashier.
Hence tue Grape. We are glad to inform
both still alive.
The Tulare Register says: In sack Of
silver containing $1,000 received by the
Tdlare Bank from the Sub Treasury Cashier
Goble found four mutilated pieces and a
half dollar short. Two Of the pieces were
plugged and two had holes in them large
enough to let daylight through. Those ex-
perts get caught sometimes and evidently
try to unload on the country banks, but they
will have TO 60 elsewhere than Tulare.
At meeting of the Trustees Of the State
Library Mt Sacramento last Saturday Lii
brarian Perkins made his first report.
Among other things he said: The Access
sion register received frUm my predecessor
shows 1886 volumes in the library on
April Z, $780, but after a careful count l
find that l received only 1857 volumes.
The difference in the number of volumes in
the library, as shown by the accession
register, and that actually received by me
ON April Z. $780, is $3.50.
The Seattle Post-lntelligencer is RESPONSE
BILE for this: Captain Creswell took party
| of eXcursioBists over to Colby Beach on the
steamer Jennie June last Friday. Before
the party returned they had somewhat of
thrilling experience. A short distance from
the beach they encountered shark. which
the captain says was the largest he had
seen. L ne snark drove Tue llLlle steamer 10
| the beach, where the eXcursionists got out
| in haste and ran for the shore. The shark
was so intent upon catching them that he
| jumped entirely out of the water, but man
aged to get back into the sound.
The Kelso (Wash.) Courier publishes a
card from William F. Bird denying that he
is a candidate. 1t might serve as a good
model letter for others who are credited
| with seeking office: Il am not candidate
| for any office whatever. Simply because l
was elected once is no reason for you or the
| people of this county to believe that 1 will
| forever haunt every convention that may be
held duting my natural life begging for
an office. am truly grateful to the people
for the flattering vote received at the last
election my majority being FIVE more the
total vote of my opponent. and know of
no other way to repay them than to keep
from boring them to death with importunl-
ties for office"