The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-07-16
COAST ITEMS.
Brief Notes From Pacific States and


Brief Notes From Pacific States and
Territories.
Stockton Is flooded with bogus dollars of
the coinage OF 1884.
White Oaks, N. Mex, wants shoemaker,
a tailor and an aSsayer
;, Los Gatos is sending large quantities of
limestone TO this city.
majority of Red Bluffs citizens have
voted to disincorporate.
large number of tramps are ruSticating
In the vicinity OF Santa Clara.
Over 500 campers are located on Los Gatos
Creek, between Los Gatos and Wrights.
An artificial ice company will commence
operations at Santa Barbara August 1st.
The Christian Church people of Stock ton
Will soon erect new and imposing b ouse
OF worship, to cost about $40. COO.
During the past few days San Diego has
been crowded with strangers anxious to
Visit the steamers Charleston and Itata.
Reno New Gazette: The best fly-fshing
In the mountains is at Independence Lake.
The fish rise to the Williams fly and bite
like bulldog.
Tule River is running more water at the
present time than is in the recollection of the
oldest inhabtant, and still there is no sign
OF Its diminishing.
The Reno (Nev.) Gazette has information
from Washington indicating that the Car
son Mint will run full handed until October
1st. and possibly longer
A colored boOtblack of Fresno has written
a. communication on the West Side Irriga-
ton District for the Selma IrrigatOr The
bootblaek owns land in the district.
Jonathan Dalton and a companion from
MADEIRA recently killed two bears on the
north fork Of the San Joaq uin River. They
report plenty of game in the vicinity.
During the past quarter Stanislaus County
contributed only thirty-eight coyote scalps
to the County Clerks Office. MERGED and
Fresno counties turned in about 800 each.
Greg on Chautauquans will meet at Gear
hart Z ark, Clatsop Beach, August % to 9Th,
inclusive, and will be addressed by DIR.
| Hensen of Chicago and 9th er lecturers of
ren0wn.
John Bell, an aged inmate of the Wood
land Hospital. attempted suicide with a
razor Monday. He will probably recover
Bell was respondent from a complication of
diseases.
f. W. Holenbeck of Minneapolis died
suddenly Of heart disease at Spokane,
Wash, few days ago. He was to have
been married soon to young lady of the
latter city.
The Petaluma Imprint SAYS: A sister of
Chari"s King of Chileno Valley arrived
mere on Sunday FROM Germany, on a visit to
her brother. The brother and sister had rot
met for thirty-two years.
Phoebe New Record: Our razor. backed
hogs seem to have a monopoly of surface
ground, and parade our streets utterly I'M
conscious that they are only walking about
to save funeral expenses.
The Winnemucca New Silver State says:
Cattle along the river are affected with a
peculiar eye disease, which is said to resem-
Die plnk-eye. A white scum forms over the
eyes, and IN some cases causes nearly total
| blindness.
Spokane, WASH. has an ordinance forbid
| ding cigarette smoking by minors. A thr-
teen-year-old boy recently arrested for the
oHense was roundly scored by the Judge,
ana upon promising to abstain from the
| habit In future was discharged.
Matt Mattson, an incurable inmate of the
| Santa Cruz County Hospital, has made
| thrty-gun miniature frigate which is per-
| feet in every detail. The implements used
| In It's construction We're a penknife aud a
| few rude tools. Mattson Is only % years of
| age.
The next time William johnson, Seattle
(Wash.) cook, builds a fire he will use simple
kindiings only. He lies in hospital, COW
cred with severe burns from head to foot,
caused by the Questionable use of the coal
oil can. Contrary to precedent in such
cases johnson will recover.
young man posing as an Odd Fellow
has swinGied various members of that order
in Elko, Nev. He is an expelled member
OF New York lodge and goes by the
aliases OF Weston, West and Day, but his
true name is IL. &. Watson He was headed
for Sacramento at last adyices.
Red Bluff Peoples Cause: A. L. Hall
gathered and dried twelve tons of apricots
off ten acres of trees on lis Stony Creek
farm this season. He recently sold this fruit
to San francisco fruit-buyer at 10 cents a
pound. The ten acres of apricot trees
yielded him 24.000 pounds of fruit, which
brought him S2400 at his door,
Santa Clara's monster liveoak tree was
destroyed by the wind Monday night. This
tree was known to have been the largest ia
the valley, measuring twenty feet in cIrcum-
ferenee at the base. The longest limb
measured 100 feet, and the tree contained
twenty-five cords of wood. II is estimated
that the tree has been growing for over
century.