The morning call., 1891-09-01
COAST ITEMS.
Brief Notes From Pacific States and
Territories.

Brief Notes From Pacific States and
Territories.
Major Remission has resigned his posi-
ton as President of the San Bernardino
Board of Trustees.
The mackerel catch along the southern
coast is promising well this year, the fish
being fat, plentiful and biting freely.
a COW was taken up at Tombstone, Ariz..
a few days ago, over 20 miles from her
range, she having strayed all mat distance.
An eight-foot shark, weighing probably
200 pounds, WAS hooked at San Diego the
other day, but succeeded in breaking the
line ard getting away.
The necessity of securing proper dOmes-
tic water supply system Is inducing the peo-
pie of Ontario, Cal, to discuss the adYlSa-
bility of Incorporating as a city.
San Bernardno has an ordinance proYid-
ing that all the washing done by Chimes Q
laundrymen must be done outside the city,
but it is found difficult to enforce the law.
According to report, the fruit-growers Of
San BernardnO County have this year eX
pended 1000 in fertilizers. The orange
tree is a very greedy feeder and makes a
great drain on the soil, which must be often
renewed.
A Benicla lady in filling the tank of her
gasoline stove ran it over. When she
lighted the fire there was puff and blaze.
With great presence OF mind she grasped a
lot of old clothes and had the flames smoth-
cred ere the fire company arrived.
The Santa Clara Supervisors have granted
franchise to the prOprietOrs Of the pro-
posed electric road from San Jose to Oak
land to their county line, but the Alameda
County Supervisors are hestating in the
matter, much to everybody disgust.
The trail up Mount Wilson in Southern
California is to be at once converted into a
wagon road. 1t has been determined TO
build the road with such curves and grades
as will make it available for a railroad
later on without any alterations Of road
bed.
The Dixon Tribune says: A sensation
was created In the fruit-cutterS' camp in
Bucks orchard one day last week. The
young daughter OF a poor widow, who, by
the way, formerly resided in the vicinity OF
Dixon or Blnghamton, gave birth to twins.
The father Is unknown.
Noticing the lack of interest manifested
by Southern California in the State lmml-
grafton Convention at San Francisco, The
San Diego Union suggests that the southern
counties have one of their own, as IL is mani
festly impossible for them to affiliate with
the State effort by reason Of the immense
territory sought to be covered.
The American Condensed Must Company
at Geyserville are making extensive adj
ditions and expect to increase the capacity
of their establishment about 10 per cent this
season. Last season they consumed about
forty tons daily. This season they expect
to use about sixty tons daily. They will
work up probably 5000 tons of grapes during
the season.
The Ukiah Democrat says of grapes: Pick
ing generally beglus In Ukiah Valley this
week. The ruling price paid for picking is
81 10. Very few Cinnamon are to be seen
in any Of the fields this year, plenty Of white
and Indian labor having been secured. The
crop is in excellent condition and the yield
will be very large, but our growers do not
relish the present outlook for prices.
The Riverside Press says: 3. II. Rider
laid on our table last evening bunch OF
grapes that is a real curiosity. The grapes
are of the MuscaJ variety, perfectly formed,
good size, almost of pearl white color, rs
hard as marbles and as sour as green goose
berres-not particle of sweetness in them
suns rays never touched them, and conse-
| quently they are utterly devoid of all sweet
| ness
Annie Grcenlaw, a nineteen-year-old Sac
ramento girl, has been sent to the Agnews
Asylum for the insane. She had been be-
trayed and her sorrow so preyed upon her
mind that Sue has become mental wreck.
| The doctors pronounce her case hopeless.
| A singular fact is that even though her
mind is hopelessy wrecked, her one per-
sistent impulse Is to shield her betrayer and
she steadfastly refuses TO reveal his name.
IL no mas any oOul VI COuSClonC6 OH6 may
readily believe the girls insane condition
more enviable than what must be the state
of his mind.
A correspondent Of the Los Angeles Her
aid calls attention to the fact that while
twenty-five pounds of graduated sugar can
be bought in the Eastern States for 81, only
fifteen pounds can be had for 81 on the Pa
cific Coast. The Herald's correspondent is
perhaps unaware that the sugar sold In the
Eas. all contains large amount of ''glu-
cose," largely produced there from corn,
while the sugar obtained on this Coast is
pure. and hence costs more to produce.
When freight rates are such as will pay
producers to import glucose from the East
we will have cheap, adulterated sugar here
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