The morning call., 1891-09-11
COAST ITEMS.
Brief Notes From Pacific States and
Territories.

Br1e1 Notes FROM ACiIlC 5LAtts anu
Territories.
1t Is reported that there are several cases
of diphtheria at Fresno.
The Sunday ordinance is being severely
pressed against saloon keepers at Los An
geleS.
A four-masted schooner. the largest vessel
ever built on Puget Sound, was launched at
Port Blakely, Wash. last week.
The hop market is said to be so very dis
c1uTaging that some yards In Oregon will
not be picked this year. The lice have done
a great deal of mischief.
Fifty wagou-loadS of immigrants passed
through PrineYlle, Oregon, last week. They
were on their way to the willamette Valley
from Kansas aud the DakUtaS.
At Staytou, Oregon, 4 few days ago. the
little threc-yeaT-old son Of Is. b. Gessner set
fire to his clothing, while playing with
matches, and was fatally burned.
Malards and wood ducks are reported
thick as bees on Sauve5 Island aud CO.
lumbia Slough, up north, but canvasbacks
have not as yet made their appearance.
Woodlands election on the proposition to
bond the city for the purpose OF securing
City Hall, water works and a good sewer
age system was held this week and all three
propUs itlOns carried by large majority.
Tie cable and fixtures for the proposed
new free ferry across Rogue River is GU the
ferry site and is being put IN place. The
cable is IA inches i'll diameter, and will be
perfectly safe for three times tie strain that
will ever be put upon It,
The Cheyenne Sun says the electric storm
when accompanied Melbourne's showers
killed two cows for c. 2. Organ and one for
A. Ii. Hord. AS Mr. Organ was one OF the
chief promoters Of this game he conJem-
plates suing himself for damages, while Mr..
Hord is laying for the rain doctor with a
bill for $50.
Much complaint has been made recently Of
cattle-ste alng in Montana. One day last
week news was received from Custer Coun-
ty that the cattlemen have taken the law
into their own hands and have lynched
Jerry Thompson, notorious rustler, and
his companions, who were caught in the act
OF changing the brands
The Trustees of the State Normal Uni
versity al Cheney, Wash, have rented the
brick building known as the PomerOy Ho-
tel for the use of the school, and as soon as
it can be put in readiness the school will be
opened there. AT present the Normal School
is using the High School Building but they
will have to move on the l4th.
John Zittinger, who was on horseback In
the procession at Sacramento on Labor day,
was run down by street-car, the driver of
which was anxious to get ahead of the line.
Zttinger was thrown to the ground and the
car passed over one of his hands. His
horses hind legs were feaTfully mangled,
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The cash-box Of Gianelli Bros, of Stock
ton, whose store was recently broken into,
was found under corner Of the sidewalk
by a little boy, who took it to his mother.
II had been broken open evidently by ex-
perts, but while the watch and diamond
ring it contained were gone some valuable
notes and important papers were intact.
The disaster at The Dalles is reported as
much greater than it was at first understood
to be. Property worth almost or quite
600 was wiped out. Hardly less than
half the town was utterly destroyed. Not
few persons are entirely destitute. Tie
| Times Mountaineer reports that there are
! cases of restitution which call for relief,
| and local committee has the business In
| hand
A sequel to the sudden disappearance
| from Tacoma, week ago, of Secretary
| Edward Albertson with 5000 of Fidelity
Trust Company'S money. is the subsequent
| disappearance since last Thursday, of John
L. CohOon. his brother-iu-law. The two
| families live in the same house. 1t is said
that Cohoon has been kidnapped by de-
| tectyes and is being subjected to squeez-
| ing DrOges5.