The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-01
COAST ITEMS.
Brief Notes From Pacific States an
Territ 9rfes.


Washington hOp-growers are selling this
years crop at 13 cents.
Weather in the Yosemite Valley is now
said to be all that tourists can desire.
The Government has granted daily mail
route between Corning and Paskenta.
A Sonoma Chinaman hanged himself Sat-
urday and was dead when discovered.
Arthur Kearney has retired from the edi-
torial charge Of the San Bernardino Courier.
A flowing gas well has been struck on the
Main ranch, between Los Gatos and San
Jose.
The latest fish story Is that trout are to be
caught issuing from seyen-inch artesian
well near Santa Ana.
number of pick-pockets visited Los
Angeles while the President was there, and
got in considerable work.
A Mrs. Everett of Casey Flat has in
vented a dish-washing machine. This will
leave women time to go to the polls.
The hide of the misappropriated hog was
introduced in evidence at the trial of a hog
stealing case at Marysyille the other day.
A ton aud half of pig-tin from the Tenn
eScal mines is on exhibition in the ticket
Office of the Santa Fe road at Los Angeles.
The Virginia City Board OF Health is
supervising a general turning out of filthy
premises, milk and hog ranches, etc, in and
about town,
E. E. Dixon, one of the propretors of the
Lassen Advocate, is on trial, charged with
combining horse stealing with his journal
istic duties.
The PIutes of Mason and Smith valleys,
New, are attacked by la grippe, and there is
scarcely q buck, sQuaw or papo0se that is
not down with it.
The Oregon Statesman will hereafter ap-
pear on Sundays, as we'll as week days, as
often as enough advertising is secured to
stand the extra expense.
And now the country ministers are begin
ming to preach sermons cOndemnatOTy of the
Presidents reception in this city, The
banquet comes IN for the most diSapproyal.
Chehalis County, Wash, is to vote in May
on tha proposition 60 bond the county to the
amount of S224, 500, to run twenty years, at
6 per cent, for the purpose Of building
bridges, roads, etc.
The usual jealous squabble between
Southern Californian towns is now in full
blast, the latest casus belli being the proper
appOrtonmeut of glory for having given
President Harrison fitting reception.
James Curry of Oakland visited San Jose
the other day and became so hilarious on
Garden City gas that he offered to whip the
Chief OF Police He was gathered In by a
subordinate before he succeeded, however.
The editor of the COlusa Gazette is brag-
ging because be Is the D0SSeSSOr of two
tailed lizard in a bottle" Plenty Of men
have got worse reptiles than that out Of
bottles without being so proud of them
either.
The six-year-old son of William Arnold
Of Stockton was badly bitten by a large,
savage dog, belonging to a neighOor. The
father was so incensed he procured a shot
gun, killed the dog ami now has a lawsuit
on his hands.
a large and brilliant meteor illumined the
sky above Pomona Sunday night, travelling
south, and casting a brilliant scarlet light
1t finally burst in the sky. the fragments
falling gracefully for moment, and then
disappearing.
The Yellowstone niue, Montana, has now
gained a depth Of $40 feet, and has exposed
great ore reserves. la the 200-foot level it
Is estimated there Is in sight over 40, coo
tons OF good smelling ore, carrying from So
to 80 per cent lead.
A store keeper at ForestviIle, Sierra
County, wrapped up a few giant powder
cartridges the other day, which a clerk mis-
taking the package for waste paper. threw
into the fire. There was spoiled stove and
big scare, but no serious damage.
The high classical editorial writer on the
Tacoma Ledger broke loose the other day.
and evolved the following, apropos of the
Presidents visit: 1t may occur to him
that 1t would be pleasanter TO see more town
and less suburbs. more terra frma and less
terra incognita."
n. Ii. Mclean, Government land sharp
and fraudulent timber land locator Of
Seattle, was released from jail few days
ago and Is again before the public as having
got possession Of all the tools and outfit of
carpenter there, under pretense of locating
him on piece of land.
The Astorian says: With wheat worth
81 bushel In the Willamette Valley,
salmon worth 81 apiece on the Columbia
and 1ne fruit season promised, the or
ganiZer Of Farmers Alliance clubs may have
uphill work in Oregon. Low prices and
scarcity aid political freaks.
Says the Tehachapi Sun: The Mckinley
bill has played sad havoc with the market
price of tramps, and our Constables are
thinking very strongly Of engaging in other
business where profits will not be so fuctu-
ating. In the meantime, however, the tramp
must walk Spanish" through this town.
The Virginia City Chronicle reports that
several hundred Indians were holding a
ghost dance for five days last week at Rhodes
Marsh with no hostile purpose. but simply
to keep themselves in practice in case they
would be called upon by Uncle Sam TO 90
over to Italy and make stand off with the
bTigands.
G. B. Ebey, a Methodist clergyman of Los
Angeles, While in Pasadena Sunday with
his wife and little daughter, slipped the
bride of his horse to allow it to eat. The
animal took fright at something and broke
away, making a wreck Of the buggy and
harness and internally injuring Mr. Ebey.
lie and his family had TO return by rail.
John Fleming, an Irishman, died in Salt
Lake City In 1887, leaving about $500 in
trust with Banker DOOley there for the chill
dren Of Mrs. Michael Foley, an old sweet
heart of his, residing in Ireland. After
long search the woman and her family have
been found in great restitution in the old
country, and so well has Mr.. DoOley OBJ
served his trust that he now has S5827 so to
hand over to them.
According to the Klamath Star. Lost River
Gap has a dog that pays for his keep by
catching suckers for his master. The intel
llgent canine catches the fish in his teeth
and 1t is Immediately gone sucker, as with
toss of his head he filings it high ana dry.
Each sucker yields nearly pint of oil,
which sells readily at so cents to 81 gallon.
80 dog that can catch thousand or moro
in season is worth owning.
Little May Barnes. aged IS months, fell
down well at Clyde, WASH, the other
day. Her grandfather to rescue her let her
eight-year-old brother down the well by the
heels. Unfortunately the boys boots came
off, giving the well another victim, when
the grandfather then jumped in himself aud
but for the timely arrival of their father,
both children would have been drowned. As
1t was all received severe wetting AMI chill
Sam Davis of the Carson Appeal signs to
be seedy, if he is not already so. The Ne
vada delegation in Washington having neg
lected him in the annual spring distribution
of free Governmental garden seeds, Sam
threatens 10 shake the Government from
center to circumference, and SAYS: If we
are not eating green peas out of our own
garden by May 18th, and opening water
melons by June 18th, with green corn in