The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-04-14
COAST ITEMS.
Brief Notes From Pacific States and
Territories.


Territories.
Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher is visiting
son at Port Townsend.
The pension list of Ventura County fOots
up S344, says the Free Press.
The value of the wool clip of Nevada this
season viii be not less than $50, 600, says the
Reno Journal.
Henry Armstrong was killed last Friday
at Lac La Ha-he, B. c., by being thrown
from his horse.
The Pomona Progress claims that the
Citizens ticket Will sweep the field at the
coming election.
Mrs. S NJ. johnson of Santa Clara, while
insane, committed suicide on Sunday by
taking carbolic acid.
The fishing schooner Maud S arrived at
Victoria, b. C., from Halifax, n. s., last
Tuesday in 143 days.
The Indians around Walker Lake New,
have been holding big Messiah dance. 1t
lasted five days and nights.
During the past forty years Mrs. Gray OF
Oakland has given various religious cor
Dorations property worth S1S2,0O0.
The entire issue of Tacoma city bonds,
S550,000 at per cent, were taken at par last
friday by trust company of Duluth.
A wealthy OaklandeT, who refused to
give his name, has donated SIS, 600 for new
building for St. Francis de Sales Church.
The British bark Seaforth made the run
recently from Acapulco to Astoria in
twenty-seven days, the best trip on record.
company OF local capitalists of Los
Angeles have been given permission to
erect a $4,000 fruit-drier inside the city
limits.
A three-year-old son of Mr.. Machedo was
burned to death near Santa Maria recently.
His clothes took fire while he was playing
with some matches.
Four business firms of Helena, Mont,
made assignments last Saturday. The
largest failure was a jewelry firm, whose
debts were $50 600.
T. S. Palmer, leader of the Death Valley
exploring party, has been forced to retire
owing to ill-health, ard Dr.. Merriam will
take charge Of the work.
One day last week the people Of San ia
cintO, San Diego County devoted to tree
planting in their public streets The Regis
ter says 1000 cypress aud blue gums were set
out.
The placer mines of Eastern Oregon have
produced more than S10,0090OO, and, if
properly worked now, can be made to yield
twice this amount, says the Baker City
Blade.
Ten carloads of horses were shipped re-
Gently from Sacramento to work on the eX-
tension of the big ditch in COlusa COUNTY
The local papers say it is too late for them
to vote against the Glenn County bill.
A band Of William goats roam the streets
of San Diego at their own pleasure, and
they make things lively for unprotected fe-
males and belated pedestrians. A we'll
known clubman was butted nearly to death
last Thursday night.
The keel of a new stern-wheel steamer
was laid in McDOnald'S ship-yard at Aber-
deem, Wash, last Friday. Every portion of
the boat ana machinery will be built in that
town. The steamer is warranted to go
eighteen miles an hour.
PRINCIPAL Pierce of the Chico Normal
School was packing his gripsack on Friday
evening for visit to Los Angeles when a
bullet crashed through a window of his
room, and buried itself in the wall near his
head 1t was close shave.
The japanese murderer of a restaurant
keeper in Seattle last week threw his sword
into the bay. A vigorous search resulted in
finding the weapon in the mud under the
restaurant. 1t was covered with blood and
had marks showing it to be 2G0 years old.
The Scio Press claims that place for own
ing the meanest thief on record. Last
Wednesday evening while General Paul lay
on his death-bed this thief broke into his
smoke-house and carried off a supply of
provisions that were put up for the use of
the family.
An attempt to wreck passenger train on
the Oregon and Washington line was made
thirty miles from Walla Wala last Friday.
In rounding a curve near Eureka Junction
the engineer saw something on the track
and stopped just in time, as brake-shoe was
fastened to the track.
Four desperate prisoners made an attempt
to saw their way out of a steel cage Ia the
County Jail at Port Townsend last Friday
night, but they made so much noise that
Guard Hutton became suspicious and
searched the men. Among the gang were
Occur, the slayer of John Delitz, and James
Wood, the assassin who killed Mrs. Moss.
While hunting on the Arroyo Seco last
Saturday, says the Pasadena Star, Ollie
Reed, aged Is. came across a wolf with six
wheIpS. Before the boy could use his rifle
his life depended on his standing to the
racket like man. Using his rifle as club,
the boy faced the savage beast and beat its
brains out. He received some severe bites,
and the stock of the rifle was full Of
splinters.
The last fish story is from the Klamath
Star: ID. w. Anderson, at Lost River Gap,
sends his dog fishing for suckers, and the
dog goes to work with degree of intelli-
gence and physical activity that makes the
local fishermen blush With his teeth he
catches grip on the sucker, and with a
rapid firt of his head he filings the wrig-
Cling victim high and dry upon the beach.
Mr.. Anderson and Fido have caught 1000 of
them. As each sucker yields nearly a pint
Of oil, and as tue oil sells rapidly for from
so cents to 81 a gallon, one can estima te
the value of dog that catches several hun
bred Of them every spring-time This is a
fat country.