The morning call., 1891-02-14
COAST ITEMS.
Matters of Interest From Pacific States
and TERRITORIES.

| Matters of Interest From Pacific States
and TERRITORIES.
There are more than 800 idle miners on
the ComStock, says the Territorial Enter
prise.
A dump-wal has just been finished a,
! Victoria B. G. 1t took $4,000 tons of rock
to fill in the place.
| A shortage of $4,000 has been discovered
| In the accounts of three officials of Multuo-
NAH County, Oregon.
| >, The San Berdoon papers insist that the
Town Trustees shall furnish the policemen
with uniforms while on duty.
Well-dehned cases of leprosy in the Chi
! nese quarter of Victoria, B. c., have been
discovered by the authorities
ID. Z. Cantwell, who murdered James
None on the Black Range Ranch. in Socorro
county, last summer, was arrested in Silver
City, N. Mex, on Wednesday.
The Supreme Court of Nevada manages
to dispose of the yearly docket in fifty days.
This Is at the rate of $4,000 month for the
time occupied By each Of the Justices.
Among the bills introduced into the pres
ent Legislature is one to appropriate $4,000
to import bugs from New Zealand. Another
one calls for $1,000 to pay for Waterman
picture.
A natural son of the late millionair g
banker Davis of Butte, Mont. has sold hi S
claim against the estate for 500, 600 I'll e
prefers the cash to taking chances in long
litigation.
Superintendent of Parks at Los Angeles
IomlinSon says he has growing the smallest
known towering plant in the world-the
Woltla micrOscopica. 1t belongs to the
duSkweed family.
The Historical Society of Southern Cali
fornia has been Incorporated at Los An
geles. The Directors have decided to pub
lish a list of Pacific Coast shells, prepared
by Mrs. w. B. Williamson.
IN accident tnol- plona loct SuDJo, nv, -
railroad from Okanagon to Victoria, b. c.,
which killed a large number of hogs that
were in one of the cars. Thirty were Killed
and 100 escaped in the woods.
A 400-pound Jewish was cast on the beach
near the Coronado Hotel last Monday morn
ing by heavy roller One of the guests
secured the prize and after exhibiting it for
some time ordered the fish served for dinner
for The whole crowd.
During recent trial In Los Angeles it was
shown that the San Pedro Lumber Com
pany has paid S4l7,0 in dividends in the
past seven years, and there is now on hand
S246,0O0 undivided profits in addition to the
original sum invested which was 100000
A stage line is to be established between
bakersfield. Kern County, and Paso Robles,
San Luis Oblspo County. 1t will run by the
way of the Miller 81 Lux ranch Templar.
Polonia Pass and Choame, distance of lis
miles, and will serve about twelve post
offices. The stages will probably start by
March LIST.
Says the Los Angeles Express: The Cath
Ollie Ladies' of San Juan Capistrano, in ac-
cordance with custom handed down from
the fathers who founded the mission, last
week went III procession for several days in
succession to the mountains north of the
village to pray for rain. The ceremony is
repeated for fifteen consecutive days, unless
the rain begins to fall before that time has
expired.
Shell-hunters are numerous Mt Ia JoIIa
near San Diego, at low tide. One observant
lady found a bunch OF devil-fish eggs in a
kelp heap, and while examining them an
egg opened and the baby horror trotted its
eight legs over her hand The whole thing,
now in pickle, is not larger than pea. She
also found polyp, resembling a small pur-
pie leaf, with hungry white tentacles way
ing all over the exterior