The morning call., 1891-03-20
Brief Notes From Pacific states and Ter
ritories.

Brief Notes From Pacific states and Ter
ritories.
Monterey will soon be lighted with cleo
tricity.
After six days labor jury has been Sc
cured to try DR.. +. o. Vincent for murder
ing his wife at Fresno.
The shop of an undertaken in Candelaria,
New, bears the following sign; lyon kick
the bucket: We do the rest"
Henry Davis, hunter, was killed with
his own gun last Saturday while looking for
a big panther on the Klamath River.
Frank Peters of Ferndae owns herd of
cows that give milk enough 10 make one and
half pounds Of butter day for each cow.
colony of farmers from Illinois have
bought 6000 acres of land near the town of
Merced, which will be divided into twenty
acre tracts.
A report from Hanford states that the
famous Laguna de Tache Rancho of Is, 900
acres has been sold to English investors
for S1,000,000.
A contract was signed on Wedne esday by
the City Council of Santa Ana with Los
Angeles firm to build a system of water
works for Sj6000.
Thirty-twU vessels are now waiting for
wheat cargoes on the Columbia River On
Puget Sound twenty-One ships are ready to
load wheat for Europe.
The City Council OF Whatcom, Wash, is
NlCob!llir WIN tliC DlODDSillUu Vi tN
100000 in extending the limits and in con-
structing system of sewers.
The Del Norte Record says: A fish-hawk
pulled large salmon out of Elk River one
day last week. The fish was too large for
the bird to carry off, so leaving it on the
sand the bird flew off TO pile of driitwood
and picking up stick with sharp and
jagged edge, returned to it where the fish
lay and sawed it in two, when it flew away
with half of the salmon. The other half
was served for our dinner.
Says the Victoria Colonist: In house
not hundred miles from Victoria are living
at present one grandmother, one grand
father. one father, four mothers. three sis
ters, nve brothers, six uncles, three aunts,
five nephews, six nieces, eight cousins, five
sons. six daughters, one siSter-in law, one
brother-in-law, three granddaughters, one
widow and one widower-and yet there are
only thIteen persons in all.
The Nevada Herald saws: From all over
the mining part of the State come reports Of
people picking up gold in the streets after
the recent rains. Why, that is nothing.
After the rain here last month we picked up
piece OF gold worth just So. together with
piece OF silver and small diamond. 1t
was in purse. and we found it in the Post
office. Not only our streets, but our public
buildings are paved with gold"
Ten years ago Thomas Poole and two
children were murdered at his farm near
Pem0erton, b, q. Il neighbor named Cor
ham was suspected and tried for the crime.
but was acquitted. 1t has recently been
learned that the real murderer was an In
dian chief named Nemsah. who is guilty Of
killing Chinese miner on Fraser River
two years ago. A strong detachment of
police have been sent to capture the villain.
Frank Campbell, noted character Of
Victoria. B. g., died last Saturday. For
more than twenty-one years he carried on
store and was known to every person in the
city for his good humor and widespread
charity. But he was better known as editor
of the Bulletin. This was not a paper, but
was big blackboard on which was placed
every bit of local news as soon as 1t was
known. Frank was genius in his way,
and the people of Victoria consulted the
Bulletin with as much confidence as they
did their newspapers.