The morning call., 1891-07-21
COAST ITEMS.
Brief Notes From Pacific States and
Territories.

DAiCi @Notc5 states ana
Territories.
Monterey County's treasury contains $751;
1913 81
Cotton Baptists are erecting new church
to cost $500.
The State Board of Health reports the
mortality for June as 995.
Mutton is extremely scarce in the Vir-
GINA City New markets.
Carl Sparman, the only male graduate
from the Lorin school, died last week.
The Suisun City Trustees have voted for
the establishment of an electric light plant.
Timothy Cronn. a Souoma teamster, Is
i'll precarous condition from the kick OF a
horse.
A number of Eastern capitalists are look
ing Tor real-estate investments in Fresno
County.
One real estate firm at Pomona has sold in
eight months 400 acres of property for an
aggregate of $500
A new Postoffiee has been established az
Acorn, Humboldt County. with David A.
Wright as Postmaster.
Twelve hundred boxes of oranges and
lemons have been shipped from Riverside
by express this season.
The Santa Rosa Republican demands the
immediate determination from its streets of
the weeds growing thereon.
The people of Like County are agitating
the subject of big picnic at Squaw Rock
upon the completion of the new tolI-road
The new Frederick Block at Riyerside
now approaching completion, will be one of
the finest structures of its kind in the State
An orange tree only four inches high, at
1uba City, has borne a perfectly formed
orange about the size of an ordinary cur
rant.
Duncan Mcpherson, editor of the Santa
Cruz Sentinel, was the first to make the as
cent of Mount Shasta this season, which he
accomplished on Tuesday last;
Dora Ford, Postmistress at Snoqualmie,
wash, Is charged with a shortage in her
accounts. She claims that her alleged de-
fciency is an error in bookkeeping.
Nevada City has but two laundries. one
OF which does washing for over 100 fami-
lies. A fire destroying either would create
dearth OF clean linen in that burg
The Stockton Ladies' Aid Society will
give grand picnic and public school chill
dren's reunion on July 25th, at Good
water Grove, for the benefit of the Home
Fund.
The Board of Supervisors of Sacramento
County, accompanied by the District At
torney and surveyor, will visit the mines
at Iowa Hill soon 10 examine their method
of working.
Fresno Expositor: Some people are hard
10 please. Ihey wanted bounty on coyote
scalps, and now they want it taken off on
the claim that coyotes eat rabbits. and rab-
bits eat young gravevnes. If the COYOTE
scalp bounty is only an experiment 1t is a
very costly one.
Tacoma Ledger: The fishing. smack Cady
George has returned from a crnisa In the
straits, where she was blessed with good
luck. She brought back about 25.OCO pounds
OF fish, mainly cod and salmon, halibnt
fifteen feet long is also among the catch,
with monster shark.
vallejo Chronicle: Enoch Davis has
barn which he is particularly proud of. It
is finished in the latest style of orchitect-
ure, and is at one time store-r0om and n
stable, and upstairs Is to be fitted up as a
residence for help. II was constructed ac-
cording to Mr. Davis own idea.
Lots are being surveyed for town near
Hamptonvile. Fresno County. where the
mountain railroad will cross the San Joa-
qHin River. 1t Is thought that the large
water-power at this point will insure the
erection OF large factories in the near future.
Inc power tnat may be developed there is
Visaa Times: The report b,s oono
abroad that Tulare Lake has risen nine feet
this year. This Is a mistake. The waters
have spread out over larger territory than
they covered two years ago, owing to the
increase vi water year ago and this win
ter, but The water Is not covering one-half
the land 1t did several years since when Il
receded so far ""s" ~
AT Riverside, Wednesday. n wagon In
which Two men were riding caught fire and
was TOTALLY consumed, together with its CON-
tents, which included clothing. food. bed
ding, and valise containing a Soo hill The
men. who barely escaped with thar lives.
were on camping expedition. II il Thought
that some matches in the bottom of the
wagon became ignited by joltine over the
road.
Chino Champion: The editor of Harper's
Weekly has made request for photographs
ana descriptive article about the sugar
factory in Chino as soon as it has com-
menced operations. This is the best kind
Of proof that the sugar enterprise here is at
ss5 ,s,aa attention ,hs all over the United
in America. and Harpers appreciate its i'm.
portance. We hope creditable article will
be forwarded. - WV wa
gentleman owning piece of timber
land near this city, says the Visalia Times.
mas mad 1t cleared of trees. giving the wood.
choppers two out of every three cords of
wood obtained from the trees. The trees
were grubbed out, so that no stumps ara left
standing on the place. After the work was
completed he sold his third of the cord-wood
At 81 20 per cord, which was clear money.
FROM number Of the trees ten cords OF
wood were obtained.