The morning call., 1891-05-30
COAST ITEMS.
Brief Notes From Pacific States and Ter
ritnries.

Grass Valley has LADY baroer.
! Apricots and peaches are ripe in some
| portions of Kern County.
The MERGED Star still continues to rail at
the jury and verdict in the Olsen murder
trial.
The people of Portland, East Portland
and Albina are talking of consolidating the
three places under one municipal govern
ment.
a Newford Greek (Wyo.) ranchman found
a number OF hue steers OF his flock lying to-
gether the other day, every one Of which
had been shot.
The report comes from Yulo County that
the prospect in the orchards and vineyards
Of that section are favorable for the greatest
yield on record.
The orange crop of the Sierra Madre
Villa orchard, near Pasadena, was sold on
the trees this year for 5000, and it is said
the purchasers made $1,000 on it.
The City Board of Woodland are con-
| Slderug the prOpnety OF stopping the rum
! ming Of heavy vehicles with narrow-tired
wheels over the bitumin0us payements Of
| that place.
! The Tacoma Daily News of Saturday last
| says there is every indication that the
! Union Pacific viii, within the next few
! days, do something definite regarding its
| Puget Sound extension.
A clnudbuTSt near Boise City, Idaho, last
Saturday, destroyed a fiume that diverted
the water of Cottonwood Greek, which for
merly ran through the city, and the streets
were flooded with several feet of water.
a pet coon attacked Mrs. Sam Golf of
Piedmont, Wyo., the other day, biting and
! scratching her severely. 1t is thought that
| if help had not opportunely arrived the ami
mai would have succeeded in killing her.
| There is hen at Fresno who seems de-
! ternlned to run opposition to the manu-
a Chinese nn
| apparently ordinary looking eggs, but upon
! one being broken tie other day another and
smaller egg with complete shell was found
| within it.
The Commissioners to the Colville Reserva-
! ton have succeeded in making an arrange
ment with the Indians by which 1.j00,000
! acres or little more than one-half Of the
! reservation, are to be sold TO the Govern
ment for 81 per acre and thrown open to
! settlement.
The Pathological Society of South River
side has been discussing the best season for
planting orange trees, and has decided, on
the experience OF growers, that ii should be
done In the spring or early summer, or. at
the latest before the new growth reaches a
length OF two inches.
The State Fish Commission of Oregon
has ruled that there shall be no Sunday
fishing IN the streams under their juriSdic-
tIon. The fish are apparently willing 70 OBJ
men are otherwise minded that the commits
| sion is kept busy investigating the many
/ violations of the law.
The Kern County Echo says that that part
| OF tue State is just now infested with stock
| thieves. They run of cattle and alter the
| brands in such a way as t. defy owners at
| TemptS at recognizing their stock. Owners
are banding together for mutual protection
| and, il possible, TO detect the thieves and
/ bring them TO Justice
| The newspaper man doesn't often get
| credit for being honest, though h generally
! Is so. The editor OF the Tacoma Globe held
! $1,000 year position as clerk to the Audi
tor of that city, and resigned it, lest the inl-
! preston might be created that ne was I'M
/ duly Influenced IN his editorial remarks re-
! garding the authorship.
The Carson Appeal thus relates an anus
! ing condition of things: R9ncherS in Carson
| Valley say that they find it hard 10 sell their
! butter here. They accordingly send il to
! California, where It finds a ready sale, or is
shipped back here, when Nevada consum-
| ers pay extra freight and smack their lips
| over California butter
a young man from Ohio visiting friends
at Livingston, Cal, took a railway Journey
the other day and was carried beyond his
town. Discovering his mistake he attempted
to jump off the train when 1t was in full
motion. He struck on his head, rolled over
a few times. and the scalp was completely
torn from his skull. He is now doing we'll
however, aud will recover.
j. NJ. Krieder, a young man from Chi
cage, at the instance Of his millionaire
| father, brought mis- young wife TO this Coast
| recently for the purpose, it is said, of getting
rid Of her. In two weeks his abuse and ill.,
treatment hid reduced her To such a state
that she fell i'll Of brain fever, and he aban-
| dOned her, having been married to her but
three months She is now at Seattle, but
will soon proceed East to bring action
against Kreder.
The man who is wanted by the Sacra-
mentO police for connection with the recent
attempt TO murder Robert Alien OF that city
is described thus: Jack Healey, al las Jim
Mitchell, alias jim Bailey, alias Harry
OSburn, aged about IS years, native o.
| New York; was at one time railroad man
is five feet eight inches tall. stout build, and
weighs about 40 pounds. Hair light brown
eyes graYisb blue, face full and pale, com.
| pleXiOa fair. Ballet girl in blue India ink
on left arm, between wrist and elbow
double heart in India ink on right arm, be-
tween wrist and elbow; ink dots below
heart. Has a slouchy gait walks slow and
swings his hands, has a slight peculiarly
about one Of his eyes (thiDk it is his left, il
is inclined to be watery and shows more
white than the other. Was discharged fro m
San Quentin about six months ago; is not
much OF talker, and never drinks to ex-
cess"