The morning call., 1891-04-09
COAST ITEMS.


ing out park.
Port Townsend, WASH, Is now entitled to
a free postal delivery.
During March the rainfall at Crescent
City measured 8.14 inches.
Work on the breakwater at San Luis
Oblspo harbor will begin on April 10Th.
During the month of March the shipments
of hay from Stockton amounted to $40 tons.
The Riverside Press says it is reported
that the Bank Of Cotton will remove soon 10
this city.
Arthur B. Knox of Kamloope, B. c., has
been committed to trial in Vancouver on
charge of arson.
On the Stanford ranch, near Vina, Butte
County, I61 acres Of ralsln grapes nave peen
added to the big ranch.
More than thirty new houses have been
put up at Lordsburg, Los Angeles County,
within the past sixty days.
A company has been organized near Seat
tie to build flour-mill opposite that city
that will turn out 600 barrels day.
The Kingston IN. Mex Shaft tells of
strike msde recently in a mine near Her.
mosa that assayed $4,000 ounces to the ton.
Andrew Matheson was run over by the
cars near Boulder Greek, Santa Cruz
County, on Tuesday. He was intoxicat ed.
Some trout were caught recently in Bear
Valley reservoir that weighed twelve pounds.
A number were sent to Riverside for exhibit
ton.
The Chico Chronicle says, after close in
specton OF the fruit orchards in that partof
Butte County no signs OF the Goblin moth
were found.
The toll-gate keeper at Millards Canyon,
near Pasadena, did rushing business last
Saturday, when ninety-tWo picnic parties
Went over the road.
j. L. Smith, one of the train-robbers i'm
plicated in the attempt at IOyah last NO.
vember, escaped from jail at Ell PaSo, lex,
on Tuesday night
A report is in circulation that the Trus-
tees OF the State University have selected
Ira Remsen of Johns Hopkins for PreSI-
dent Of the Berkeley institution.
Last Friday afternoon Miss Doom of Ne
vada City closed her twentieth year OF ser
vice as teacher in that place. Her friends
gave her reception on Saturday.
Anton Parram and Joaquin Boise left
Monterey fer a fishing trip last Sunday and
have not been seen since. 1t is feared they
were caught in Mondays storm anu were
drowned.
Andrew Peters, a rancher of Snohomish
County, Wash, went out to hunt deer last
week and lost his way. After four days
wandering he reached house in starving
condition.
Says the Fairhaven Herald: A new ala
baster quarry has been discovered in Colo
RADIO. This is timely find. The supply Of
ming low OF late.
Saturdays Reno Gazette says: DR.. Pat
terson is figuring on taking a train-load OF
beef cattle ~ the Chicago markets. AT the
present prices big 700-pOund cattle would
net him about 500 per head.
Five carloads of wool are shipped daily
from Pampa, Kern County, to San Fran
cisco. No wool is sold ON the ground this
season, the owners preferring to store it so
as to get the benefit of high prices.
Society item from Nestucca. Oregon,
printed III the Bay City Tribune: Bears
are getting quite tame out here. Hanb
Brown had one by the foreleg (and by the
way It was a female deaD leading her
around last Sunday.
Says the Hucnelne Herald: Whitewash-
ing is usually considered an inexpensive
way Of painting" In the case OF the local
warehouses, however, 1t is estimated that
the wurk soon To be dune in that line Will
not cost less than $3.50.
While hauling a seine at Redondo Beach
last Monday, Mr.. Prices fishermen caught
two big Jewish. One man ged to break
through the net, but the other was safely
landed. 1t weighed 2S5 pounds. This fish
is Sc dom taken in net.
On Thursday night in Carson City, NeY.,
large flock of wild geese tried to break
down The electric lights in the streets. The
town boys turned out with clubs and had
coed sport in clubbing the honkers as they
fell stunned to the ground.
The people of Palmdale, Los Angeles
County, are only thirty miles distant from
the county seat, yet they have TO make
detour OF thirty-six miles in order to get
home. They think direct line would be
an improvement on this kind of business.
The night shift in the bituminOus rock
mine, IN the Devils Canyon, says the Ven
tura Democrat, struck natural gas Sunday
morning, about o'clock in such quantities
that work has been DELAYED for several
days. The gas exploded twice when the
men entered the mine with candles.
According to the School Superintendents
report of Los Angeles County, Iowa heads
the list in Pasadena with 2OS, California
comes next with ISL. Illinois is third with
124, and Pennsylvania fourth with 49, Out
OF 1914 school children only rs are foreign
born aud Sc of these are from Canada
Colonel Robinson, Superintendent of the
! TemeScal tin mines, proposes to manufae-
| ture mammonth tin pail out of the product
| of the Mines for exhibition at the Worlds
Fair. The pail will be thirty feet high, with
| its other dimensions in proportion and will
be suspended by its handle from a derrick.
Somebody at Ashland. Oregon, has spite
| against the railroad. One night heavy
cartridge was placed on the track at the
| depot and when 1t exploded a frat m mt Of
| the shell came near hitting a passenger
| The next night piece of heavy grade was
| creased near town. which delayed the train
| nearly an hour.
The Polk County Observer says: Through
the generous spirit of Attorneys Butler 81
Townsend, the Observer has been enabled
to hang new towel in its wash depart
ment The old one, which has served US
| continuously since January /, 1890, except a
portion that has been broken off and lost,
will be on exhibition for a few days as a
| genuine specimen of antiquity.