The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-09
COAST ITEMS.
Brief Notes From Pacific States and Ter
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The Prohibitionists of Oregon have reor-
Canized their party.
A baby weighing 16k pounds was born at
Wallace, Idaho, the other day.
The Magnolia Canning Company at
Heaidsburg refuses TO employ Chinese.
Boise City, Idaho, has sixteen-year-old
girl who Is six feet two inches in height.
Seps are being taken at Portland, Ore
gon, 10 organize State historical society.
La grippe is reported quite prevalent at
Pasadena, probably attracted there by the
glorious climate.
There are 1911 patients in the Nevada
State Insane Asylum, the largest number
since It's foundation.
Two hundred men were thrown out of
employment by the recent fire at CopperOp-
oils, Caaveras County.
Idahn's permanent free school fund
amounts to $325000 which, in few weeks,
Will be sweled TO 100000.
Marysvlle is said to be the only important
town IN California that shows a decrease in
population between 1850 and 1890.
The paror of Native Daughters at Grass
Valley have formed two tug-of- war teams,
and propose soon to have a contest.
The Stockton Mail says that 10000 bush
els Of wheat are stored in that city by
farmers waiting for rise In prices.
A Santa Rosa saIoon-keeper was arrested
last week and fined $40 by Justice of the
Peace for selling cigarettes to a lad under
16 years old
The people of Redlands will soon vote on
The proposition to bond the town for 100000
for the purpose of constructing a storm
water system.
1t is reported that Hon. b. V. Sargent of
Monterey 10 thinking OF erecting a Catholic
church at Bradley, for the acc jmmodation
of the neighb0rng Catholics.
Humboldt County, in this State, has a
population of $4,000 and $1,000, 00) of taxa
Ia n I'm
rest Of the world by railroads.
There is talk of removing the county seat
OF SOlano County, and the town of Benicia
is making a strong bid fer the hoaors and
emoluments of the cOuntyseatship.
The first carload of oranges shipped east
ward from Southern California this season
was started over the Santa Fe from River
side Wednesday, the Sd inst, for Denver.
During heavy storm last week brake
man working on side track near Medicine
Bow, Nyo., was chased to his caboose by
large mountain lion. The beast was
killed BIZ the crew.
The editor of the Cousa Gazette, who ac-
cidently overheard the comment of 4 Colusa
lady to the effect that he is homely, pleads
guilty OF the charge, but urges in defense
That he Is very amlabe.
The allotment of 10000 acres of land in
Rio Arriba County, New Mexico 10 Jcar-
rilla Apache Indians has been completed by
Special Agent John X. Rankin. The re-
mainder of the reservation will be surveyed
and sold TO white settlers.
A long unused chimney refused to
draw " at Healdsburg the other day, and
man was summoned to clean it. He found
no SCOT. but instead, something like a
! thousand dead bees and a mass Of honey
that completely chOked the chimney.
D.. Sloat Fassett. the recently defeated
candidate for Governor of New York, is, &C
cording to the Silver City On Mex Sentinel.
largely interested in cattle in New Mexico
being President Of the Old and New Mexico
Cattle Company, whose cattle range is in
South Grant County.
Mabel McMichacl of Venado, Colusa
County. was riding horseback the other day
and carrying gun, when her horse fell and
the jar exploded the gun, which discarged n
heavy load of No. shot into the girls
thigh. She died, two days after, without
having recovered consciousness since the
occurrence of the accident.
The farmers of Star Valley, Elko County,
New, are having a temperance revival.
They have built hall which they propose
dedlcatlng to temperance purposes. In
Glover and Lamoille valleys the farmers
are following the example of those in Star
Valley. and intend to build halls where
temperance lectures will be delivered regu-
larly.
well-known resident of Grass Valley
recently went on SPREE He sold his in
terest in mining claim for $50. When he
nau only OIL lelL ne invested that IN lottery
ticket, but. being very thirsty. he exchanged
the ticket for beer. The ticket won $50 at
the drawing, and the Grass Valleyan in his
chagrin declared he would kill himself, but
at last reports was still alive.
The Yolo Democrat states that the people
In the southwestern part of Yolo County are
dissatisfied and will take steps to form
new county, with the help and union of a
portion of Napa, Solano aud Yolo. The
people In these sections complain of the
distance they have TO travel to the different
county seats. Winters wants to be the
county seat of the new county
At Yafuina City, in Oregon, Ernest Smith,
aged IT, assaulted the twelve-year-old
daughter of Lafayette Manning, and Mr..
Manning caught the young scoundrel in the
act. No arrest was made, but tho Smith
and Manning families had q consultation
with the result that 1t was agreed that Man
ming should punish the lad as he saw fit.
Mr.. Manning took the young fellow out into
secluded spot and stripped him and then
cave him a good, sound and conservative
fogglng with green switch. A Justice of
the Peace, acting as referee, attended the
flogging.