The morning call., 1891-06-10
COAST ITEMS.
Brief Notes From Pacific States and
Territories.


Brief Notes From Pacific States and
Territories.
Kern County farmers are organizing a
| system OF coyote drives to rid the stock
ranges Of these destructive pests.
| OF late either wolves or a mountain lion
has been doing destruction among the young
colts Of Clear Greek, Chinook County, Mon
! tana.
Mortimer Clifford Rabinbam is the name
! OF young man VINO Is now in jail at Orc
| vile, having become insane through drink
! Ing pure alcohol.
| The city OF San Diego has entered into
contract with the san Diego Flune Com
| pany TO pay 100000 per year rental for
| 100000 gallons Of water.
| Mrs. Augusta Schramm of Los Angeles,
| who sued the Southern Pacific Company for
! $4,000 for the loss of her husband. in 0cto-
J Der, 1887, has been awarded $4,000 by the
| jury.
| Oregon is trying to raise at least 500. 600
J for Worlds Fair exhibit, a meeting for
| that purpose will be held at Portland on
| June 10th, under the auspices Of the Oregon
Board Of Agriculture.
An ola woman at Corning, Tehama County,
| last Wednesday set out to burn the weeds in
| her door-Yard. She succeeded, and also
| burned up long line of fence and fifty
| acres OF barley belonging to her neighb0rs.
Little Homer Scott of Iona Prieta and
n
! place Saturday. The other boy was res
cued, but the Scott boy was carried under
some logs and drowned. He was bright
little fellow and a great favorite among all
in the town.
Samples of mackerel caught off the coast
of San Pedro have been sent East recently,
and are pronounced there superior TO the
best Eastern mackcrel. This ought to be
an important industry on the southern
coast, as the ocean for long distance In
some places Is Whltecapped with these fine
fish.
Henry Farming OF Weston Oregon, while
out hunting on the Umatila River last
| week was attacked by black bear and
had to fight for his lif e. He was armed only
with pocket-knife, with which he was for
tunate enough TO reach a vital point in
bruins carcass. He escaped with some
severe scratches.
James Gonzales. a peaceable and indus
Il0us native Californian. residing at Santa
Cruz, was shot aud killed Sunday morning
by GluZmen llariOs, countryman who.
alter committing the crime, went and sur
rendered himself The trouble is believed
10 nave been over Gonzales wife, from
whom he had recently separated.
The Arizona Sentinel says: A large num-
Der of the indians at the different Indian
agencies have applied to the Commissioners
oil the Columb lan Exposition at Chicago for
space In which to exhibit their curiOs and
aitIcleS OF their own manufacture. They
say they can and will make it one of the
most interesting exhibits of the great show,
Several years ago J. r. Daily kept hotel
at Hanford, and once fed a man who went
away without paying for his dinner. The
other day MIR. Daley received postal note
from the man, who is now in the East, for
81 90, to pay for the meal a, d the accrued
interest. The man stated that he had Joined
the Salvation Army and desired to pay up
all his debts.
During the recent gale at Del Norte the
waves dashed spray over the tower of the
zeal h0ck lighthouse, 100 feet above the
rock. The steamer Sunol that was anchored
OIL the rock had her fre-rOOm flooded with
the water that came down through her
smoke-staek, caused by the heavy seas
washing over her. She was moOred with
eight eight-inch hawsers, four from the
shore, the others from buOys.
Tin 10y, the leading Chinese merchant of
GraSs valley, has gravel claim on Squirrel
Greek, near there, and Chinaman is
ground-siuicing on the claim. Last Friday
three white men went to this Chinaman and
demanded the money from the recent clean
up. The Cninaman told them he had sent
1t to Tin 10y. They refused to believe him.
and IN order to make him ''shell OUT
thrust broom-handle into his bowels,
torturlng him terribly, so that his recovery
Is doubtful. The fends then made off with
about 81 80, all their victim had. and at last
report had not been apprehended.