The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-21
COAST ITEMS.
Brief Notes From Pacific States and Ter


ritories.
The old City Hall in Sacramento is said
to be IN a shaky and unsafe condition.
Under the new election law it will cost
$4,000 to print the Great Register of Ala
media County.
A carload Of raisins from Cotton to Pitts
burg, Pa, recently made the trip over the
Santa Fe route in eight days.
1t is estimated that California will have
10000 tons of wheat for export between
now and the LIST of next June.
Two hundred and one thousand six hum
bred and tifty-eight acres of land in Solano
County are owned by fifty people.
Mr.: Phipps of Carnegie, Phipps & Co..
who is at present sojOurning in San Diego
has invested 100000 in the Paneo water en-
terprise there.
Thirteen thousand acres of the Sargent
Ranch in the San Joaquin, that have hereto
fore been used for pasturage, will be seeded
TO wheat this winter.
Three persons were arrested at Pendleton
the other day for exhibiting a deforlned
child. The law makes this mdemeanor
punishable by fine or Imprisonment.
The Southern Pacific Company has sent a
corps of engineers TO San Luis Obispo
to DO the preliminary work on its new track
to join the ends Of the coast division line.
After considerable consideration and de-
bate the Sacramento Board OF Trade has de-
cided to make a suitable exhibition from
that county Of fruits at the coming Northern
Citrus Fair.
A young man who entered a store at
Snohomish the other evening and asked for
a package Of coffin screws was handed out
a package of cigarettes. The name is ad.
miraby adapted to the deadly things.
Harry c. Tusslng, a newspaper man of
Ellensburg, Wash, while attempting to
cross the mountains to Wenalctree, froze his
feet and will not be able TO leave his room
for several weeks, if, indeed. he does not
lose his feet
The electric plant being put in at Pomona
by the San Antonio Light and Power Com
pany is said to be furtherest step in advance
In this line yet made, either in this country
or Europe, and electricians are watching
the progress Of the work with great interest.
a peculiar animal that puzzles all the
hunters, was killed near Olney, Oregon, tie
other day. 1t Is not coon or polecat, a
wildcat OF cougar, but seems to partake of
the characteristics of all these. Its teeth
are long and sharp and its tail somewhat re-
sembles hogs ear.
A very singular accident occurred re-
Gently at Medicine Lodge, Idaho. David
Collier and boy started out for a horse
back ride. Golfers horse soon began buck
ing, and, getting beyond control, ran with
such force into the boys horse as to kill
himself, as well as the other animal. At
the same tins Collier was thrown and had
Y,
The bean crop about Grangeville, Tulare
County, this year was almost a total fail
ure all around. Those who did succeed in
growing crops found that after they had
been threShed they could not obtain but
ST. 70 to So per 100 pounds for them. scarcely
paying for the work of handling them.
that is for the pink beans, but the white
beans found ready market at 4 cents per
pound.
The Mountain Water Company of Santa
Barbara has just entered into a contract
with party to tunnel for water on the foot
hills north of the town. The contractor
assumes all risk and expense. and is to get
nothing unless he develops five inches of
water. He will be paid $1,000 an inch up to
twenty inches, and $500 an inch up to 100
inches. Work will be begun about the
middle of January.
AT the approaching Northern Citrus Fair
awards will be offered for other than citrus
fruits. There will be three premiums offered
Tor the largest and best display of olives
S25 SIS and $40; four for olive oil-S50, sos.
Sl5 and S10 Fine purses are to be paid ex
hibitors of best persimmOEs, pOmegranates
raisins, prunes, figs, dried. preserved and
canned fruits, nuts, nursery stock, apples.
pears. etc. Producers only will be per-
United to onpete.
The Daily Historian says: Official Bulle.
tin 146 being the census returns of the
State of Oregon, was received last evening
1t contains the grossest errors In the list
of cities and towns in this State having
1000 or more inhabitants it leaves out Sa.
lem and Eugene. The Superintendent was
too busy having enumerated the number of
people in Connecticut who did not 90 To
church In 1862 to have a correct census
taken of this State.
The Portland Oregonian SAYS: The Ia
toosh cable, recently renewed by the Cen
eral Government, was broken during the
recent big storm. 1t parted under gigan-
tic weight of a mass of seaweed or kelp.
which became entangled with it, This
cable. which connects the signal station on
Iatoosh island with the mainland, is 5000
feet long. 1t was made especially for the
place, which, by reason of heavy seas. re-.
qu'res special make. 1t is said to be the
heaviest cable made. A supply of it is kept
on hand and the break will be splced as soon
as the facilities and weather for doing so
can be secured.