The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-04-20
COAST ITEMS.

Territories.
The Presbytery of Benicia Is in session at
! Napa this week.
The Horton House, San Diego, changed
hands recently for S150,000
Squirrel scalps are now worth 8 cents each
| in Monterey and San BenIto counties.
Cattlemen of Silver City, n. Mex, refuse
to sell three-year-ods tor less than SIC
head.
Some settlers from near Wisconsin have
| bought more farms near Hanford, Tulare
| County.
According to the Napa Register the Hes
sian fly has been found in the wheat fields
of that valley.
Port Townsend is to have timetable for
registering correct time. IL Will be operated
| by electricity.
The City Council of San Diego has closed
| contract with a water company for
twenty years supply.
The experimental forestry station at Santa
Monica is now growing thlrty-siX different
species of eucalyptus.
In Orange County the latest novelty in
theft is TO 90 into an orchard and pack off
six-year-Old walnut trees.
No Oregon newspapers are allowed In the
Salem penitentary, though the law says
that cruel or unusual punishment shall not
be inflicted.
There are 1890 mortgages on record in So
lano County, calling for payments of S4, $685.
| 032. Nearly all this money was borrowed
by farmers.
William Walker escaped from the Jail at
| Corvallis, Oregon the other night. He
carried on his leg a shackle of steel of 10
pounds weight.
The pipeline between Bear Valley reser-
voir and the AlesSandra Colony was COM
pleted on Friday. The last rivet driven was
made of solid silver.
In the Salem (Oregon) Penitentiary are
ten Smiths, six Millers, five each of john
son and Williams and four each of Brown,
Jones and Thompson.
While sinking an artesian we'll on the
Bnena Vista ranch, near Salinas, last Fri
day. the drill brought to the surface some
rich silver bearing rock
After one years experience as an incor-
porated town, PasO Robes makes pretty
poor showing The receipts were S4697 90,
the expenditures S3206 63, leaving on hand
S1490 81.
Mrs. McFadden, widow of engineer J John
McFadden, who was killed in the Lake
Lahish disaster, has been presented with
$1,000 from the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers.
The water in the Rio Grande River is
higher now than at any time since 1884.
Owing to vigorous exertions by the people
of Albuquerque,sN. Mex, that.city is in no
danger from floods.
The Trustees OF Bakersfield school dis
trict wanted to raise $4,000 on bonds to
build new school, but no one offered to
take dollars worth of bonds when the
time came for opening bids.
The Ukiah Press says: Some of the
larger meidens at our public school, ION
mischief bent" sought TO work a radical
transformation one day this week by
swapping" apparel during intermission.
They were apprehended and sent home in
disgrace.
Says the Orovile Register: An old SOL
der, who is at the County Infrmary, told
us this week that out of the sixty-fiye in
mates there were but three Americans by
birth. He lately was i'll the Sacramento In
Urinary for short time, and out of 800 in
mates there were 200 of foreign birth.
The mammoth incubator of ID. G.. Pitner
at Ukiah turned out three freaks last week
One chick had cross BILL with one eye on
top of its head, the other halfway down
the neck. The second sported four legs,
while tie third bad one leg to stand on, with
another that stood out behind like a beav-
er's tail.
The Kern County Californian says; The
other day p. j. Mccormack. who has con-
tract on the Kaweah ditch, near Porterville,
wished to ship his mules by rail, but finding
some difficulty about sending the harness
along In one Of the cars, he harnessed up
all the animals, sixty or more, and drove
them across the country to their destination.
Judge Robinson of Astoria refused to ma
turalize five Italians last Tuesday They
had first papers issued in New York in 1885,
AS they knew nothing of the Constitution
of the United States the Judge asked them
if a war should arise between this nation
and Italy if they would support the United
States. Alter conference the Italians de-
clined to answer.
The river at Linkville, Oregon, was so
empty the other day, as consequence Of
the heavy, steady south wind blowing across
the lake, that the trout could be seen every
boys went a-fshing with clubs, ana those
who subsequently said grace over the nice
trout repasts we're especially mindful of the
fact that it's an Ill wind that bears no bless
ing on its wings.
About one year ago the German ship j.
ii. Hustede was forcibly removed from her
anchorage in Victoria harb0r, b. c.. by
orders If Admiral Heneage. The matter
was referred to the Foreign Office and re-
suited in the payment of $1,000 damage to
the owner of the vessel. Soon after the
ship sailed from Victoria for England with
valuable cargo of salmon and furs and
was never heard from.
The Grass Valley Tidings of Thursday
says: A large number of Digger Indians
passed through town to-day Ell route from
the Anthony House camDoodie to Colfax,
where big cry" is to be held. Several
spring wagons, and number of the squaws
wear civilized dress. One in particular is
the envy of her sisters, sporting neat
dress, shoes (and presumably stockings)
and hat adorned with flowers and a
feather
Says the Paso Robes Moon: A large
strange bird was captured near the river by
Oscar Mexican. 1t is a species of the loon
COLUMBUS glacialis and measured about four
and hall feet from tip to tip. When it
got sight of Mr.. Mexican it made vigorous
attack on him and fought wonderfully
This stranger is new to this part Of the
country. as its home is in the Arctic regions,
although it wanders. 1t is allied TO the
grebe, but has toes fully webbed. The
bird was unable to fly any distance. 1t is
quite curiosity.
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