The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-10-07
COAST ITEMS
Brief Notes From Pacific States and
Territories.


Territories.
Pomona is still shipping oranges.
The Trmecu!a Canyon route to San Diego
is to be abandoned.
The Southern Pacific Railroad Company
have purchased ten acres of land at Grafton
for railroad purposes.
In the ClOvrrdale District, Sonoma
County. there is said to be not more than
half grape crop this season.
After October 10th a dning-car is to be
put on the weSt-b0und overland train that
leaves Sacramento at ) 40 in the morning.
According to the MarysYiIe Appeal the
wheat export of Suffer County is estimated
at $4,000 tons for this year, valued at
S1,9OO,090
a union high-school project, to include
the districts of Monrovia, Duarte and Ell
Monte districts, in Los Angeles County,
failed to carry by large majority.
The remains of black bear were found
on the railroad track near Fillmore the
other morning. 1t had evidently come down
from the mountains, and was killed by the
train.
The st. Helena Star says many more
Chinese are being employed here this year
the causes assigned for this condition Of
things.
]. W. johnson, Portland lunatic, cut off
his hand with an ak the other day. He had
fancy that the hand would cause him to
commit forgery and deemed 1t would be bet
ter to part with 1t.
J. II. Fisher of Santa Ana has sent to the
Chicago fruit exhibit two watermelons from
mis- place weighing eighty and ninety pounds
respectively. The seed was sown April 18th
and never irrigated.
Bears appear to be more common than
usual in the Cascade Mountains this fall.
During the past six weeks. according to the
lace cixyfa hrtgra
creatures have been killed in the mountains
back of Squaw Creek.
Virginia City had a cold snap the other
day that caused a number of breaks and
leaks IN the water pipes and mains OF the
city, and kept the water cOmpany's fore 6
busy for several days.
In the restoration of Suffers Fort now in
progress, number of curious relics have
been unearthed, such as a tonahawk, part
of biacksmith's forge, and the large ad0b.
brick, carved with Masonic symbols, which
formed the cornerstone of the fort.
A camel was born at Ventura the other
day while Sells circus was stopping there.
Ii is the first one ever born on this Coast,
and was christened by Mr.. Sells San Buena-
ventura, in honor of the city by the sea.
San Marcos and Escondido valleys, in
San Diego County, are shipping muscat
grapes East by the carload. This way of
disposing of them ought to be fully as
profitable as raisn-making at present prices
10 Tehama County sixteen persons own
493. 1853 acres of the land. During the past
ten years the population of the county has
shown no increase. but, on the contrary,
shows actual loss. The young men of the
county are being driven out of it to find
employment and homes.
Clarence Grayson of Sonora fell against a
board the other day, from which three large
splinters, fully three inches long. entered
his left eye and became embedded In the
upper lid, after grazing the eyeball. They
were removed, and the little fellows eye is
doing nicely, but it was a narrow escape
from losing that organ.
A Pasadena correspondent of the Los
Angeles Times wants the society people of
that section to take up the chase, la the
| Newport anglomaniacs, who are now chas-
| ing anse-seed bags across country in the
East. II the idea is carried out Pasadena
| ranchers whose land will be hunted over
will doubtless rise and call that correspond
| ent-well, not exactly blessed.
1t is understood that parties who are at
present making their headquarters in Los
| Angeles have perfected process for which
| the patent Is under way, for making gas
| from air at such an astonishingly low figure
that the question of fuel for manufactures
| will be solved at once, while illumination
will be so cheap as to be mere bagatelle.
| 1t is a consummation most devoutly to be
| wished.
Thomas Wrighten Of Marsh Creek, near
Brentwood, was boring a hole in an empty
whisky barrel, the other day, when the
barrel suddenly exploded, and the head,
| striking Mr.. Wrighten on the side of his
head and face, fractured his skull The
| barrel had contained whisky. but had stood
| empty in the sun until an explosive gas had
| generated within it. The injury to Mr..
| Wrighten may prove fatal
Twelve years ago a man named George
| CatZ was murdered near San Bernardlno,
| Cal. No cause for the deed was known, and
| no clue to the murderer was ever found
| The mystery has now been solved by the
| confession of dying inmate of Minnesota
insane asylum, who. ere death. few days
| ago, recovered his reason and con fessed that
he killed Catz in a fit of insanity and then
made his escape. All through his insanity
lie supposed he was in prison for this crime.
Some time ago a boy, while fooling with
turn-table in the yard of the Southern
Pacific Company at Santa Ana, had his legs
| smashed so as to render amputation neces-
| sary. Suit for damages was brought against
| the company and after long litigation the
Supreme Court has inst decided that yh n q