The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-08-17
COAST ITEMS.
Brief Notes From Pacific States and
Territories.


The Ukiah is said to be the largest and
swiftest terry-boat on the bay.
The citizens of Placer County are asking
the Supervisors to appropriate $500 to the
Worlds Fair fund.
William Daggett, the injured railway
clerk who had his leg patched with forty
five square inches OF Mrs. Pratts skin, is
doing well.
The fight by Nevada authorities is still
going ON against those who persist in selling
liquor to the Indians, and convictions are Of
everyday occurrence.
There are thirteen Mexican dollars in the
San Diego treasury that were taken in at
par over twelve years ago, and the Treas
urer has never been able to pass them out at
par.
The other evening burglars effected an
entrance through the window of the Santa
Fe ticket Office at OceanSide, and succeeded
i'll walking off with about $40, which they
found IN drawer.
The people of Colusa are beginning to
groWl about the sidewalks being used by
wheeimen. When town begins to grow
progressive this complaint is one of the
first indications thereof.
John Grant, a resident of FosS Valley,
Napa County, aged IA, and a native OF
Maine, was the o.her day committed to the
asylum by Superior Judge Ham, after being
examined by commission of insanity.
Dona Ana County, n. Mex, had twenty
nine schools in operation last year for terms
OF from three 10 elghtmonths' duration. The
highest salary paid was $50 month for
eight months, the lowest S25 a month for
three months.
twenty-fourhorse team got frightened
the other day near Tehachapi ana ran away
with harvester, completely wrecking it.
Two horses were killed and several others
severely wounded, but the driver escaped
without injury.
Reports reached Tucson, Ariz, recently
that tie Mexicans have discovered nest of
nuggets in the low hills between the lower
dam on the Hsssavamps and Weaver riv-
ers. They were from the size of shot up to
$50, aid aggregated S403.
The Lemore Leader claims to have dis
covered the true origin OF the Selma PterO-
dOctYls that created so much CONSERVATION
lately. 1t says they are only couple of
stray Centeryille mosquitoes that have wan
oered into the region of the Selma sWampS
looking for something to eat.
Fred NJ. Campbell, former State Superin-
tendent OF Education, has addressed an open
letter TO Governor Markham opposing the
confirmation of the Pacific Educational Re-
view as the official educational paper of the
State. Campbell desires his own paper 20
be made State journal instead of that man
aged by I. III. Fisher, 10 whom he is deeply
antagonistc.
The Red Bluffs correspondent Of the Cot
tonwood Register says the thermometer az
the Bluffs last week regis tered 1852 in the
shade and was still climbing upward"
We shouldn't think it would have much
farther TO climb on an ordinary instrument
The one the correspondent saw was prob
ably an extraordinary one, or perhaps the
correspondent saw double"
The Lick Observatory buildings are now
open to visitors during office hours every
day in the year; but for the present visitors
will be received only on Saturday nights
hatt on No hnF1ro g 2 80 81 FFt
managers also call attention TO the fact that
there are no hotel accommodations at the
summit and that night visitors should pro-
vide their own conveyance from the summit
to Smith Creek, as there is no way Of lOdg-
ing item on the mountain.
The Oroville New Era SAYS: We are in
formed that Governor Markham will, in the
near future, visit Oroville and form one of
party OF gentlemen who will take trip
through the mountains of Plumas and Las
sen counties. They will start from Oro-
Vile and 60 by way oil Quincy, visiting such
points as fancy may indicate, and will prob
ably 90 as far as Lassen, Butte. and return
by way or Susanyllle and Prattville. The
trip will probably occupy months time.
II. P. Shaw of Otay mesa, one Of the
veterans now in camp at Coronado, had an
experience during the rebellion rarely
equalled by any of the veterans. During
the war he was an inmate of no less than
seventeen prisons, the rebels keeping the
prisoners on the move so that the advancing
Union forces could not rescue them. Among
his most valued relics of those trying days is
an autograph album In which are the names
of many of his w-prisouers, a majority
of whom are now sleeping their last long
sleep.
James O'Shaney of Fresno is said by the
EXpoSitor to have some time SINGS swallowed
a small snake in drinking water In the dark
at the mill ditch. The snake has grown
larger now and raises a terrible eommotiOn
every time O'Shaney drinks anything
stronger than water. The doctors are not
able to help him, and though OShaney once
nearly got rid of the reptile by drinking sui
phur water the creature is with him still,
and he is an enforced member Of the tenn
perance army.
The San Diego Union says: II is now
privately stated, though not as yet Officially
announced, that the Pacific Coast Steam
ship Company will replace the Corona with
the well-known, handsome steamer, the
Queen of the Pacific, now known as the
Queen. 1t is much larger boat than the
Santa Rosa and is the finest vessel in the
coast trade. She is said to be now on her
last trip to Alaska and will begin the regu-
lar run between this port and San Fran
cisco some time in September The Corona
will do the work In the way ports in place
of the Coos Bay.
c. j. Wetmore, chief executive officer Of
the State Viticultural Commission, claiming
W HhN6 mSpecltu lD6 vineyards OF FRESNO
County and reporting that the wine-grapa
crop has not been affected in the least by
the heat and the muScats have suffered but
trifie, the Fresno Expositor says: Mr.. Wet
more's statement is not true. The average
loss of wine and raisin grapes in this county,
much as we dislike to admit the fact, will
exceed Is per cent With our increased
acreage the grape crop OF the county this
year will not exceed that OF last year.
A pine has been laid TO convey water TO
aid in the work Of restoration of Suffers
Fort, and the work of bracing the old foun-
dation has begun. Ii will be no easy matter
to bring back the totterng structure to a
semblance of its original self. Before the
work Of restoring the walls is undertaken
the foundations are to be built under with
concrete. Where new work has been put
into the walls 1t will be of adobe and
cement to secure the greatest possible
strength consistent with the retention of the
of the Old features of the structure.
The MERGED Express says: a party with
band of II, 900 sheep camped at Athlone
one night this week aud offered Billy B0w-
den $50 to let them water the sheep from
his well, which was refused. on the ground
that 1t would exhaust all the water from the
we'll and then not furnish enough for mere
than one-third of the herd Sixty Of the
sheep died during the night from thirst and
the owners piled them up under bridge
near the town and left them. The citizens
knew nothing of the sheep dying until the
at Ia lad sto.x. F,-,,. ekn