The morning call., 1891-05-31
COAST ITEMS.
Brief Notes From Pacific States and Ter

Brief Notes From Pacific States and Ter
ritories.
Peach buyers in Sonowa County are offer
ing $40 ton on the trees.
Seven inches of snow fell in Phoebe. one
night last week, breaking shade trees aud
Frustrating telegraph lines.
A California lioness and two cubs are
proving about some of the ranches of
Scots Valley, Monterey County
1t is said that the wine product of Califor-
MIA this year will reach 49, 900, 900 or % 0O0,-
| coo gdllOns-the largest in years.
reports are coming in from various dis
tricts OF damage done berries, cherries and
hay crops by this springs unreasonable
rains.
A Dixon traveller returning from Seattle
Says that there are 20O0 men standing about
the streets of that city with no work and no
outlook for any.
Portland has a japanese lawyer who,
having taken law course in Japan, is now
anxious to take up the study of United
States law and practice in this country.
A gentleman living near knights Landing,
Holo County, found two-headed snake In
field, the o;her day. 1t is said to be very
splteful, and an altogether unpleasant sight
Judge Smith of Stockton refused Citizen
ship To an applicant therefor the other day.
because while he could talk fair English ne
knew nothing Of our form of Government,
who was the chief ruler, or who was Gov
eTn0r OF the State.
few days ago on his place near Skaggs'
Springs, SOn0ma County, man named
Wilcox killed large brown bear that
weighed 44O pounds. Ephraim had been
growing Fat for several months on the sheep
OF the neighbOTing ranges.
There is more Illness in Virginia CITY.
New, at the present time, it is said, than was
ever known before. Pneumonia, la grippe
and Brghts disease seem to be the prlnci-
pal diseases, and general Ill health prevails
which Is attributed to the decaying timber
In the deserted mines.
Three Indians are under Indictment in
the county jail at Winnemucca, for killing
woman at LOVelocks, whom they sus-
pected OF being witch. Their lawyer
denlurs 10 the indictment on the ground
that the act CT the Legislature extending
the criminal law TO Indians is uncOnstitu-
tiOnal
The Board of Trustees of Redwood has Is
sued call Tor an election to determine the
bonding OF the town for S45, 600 for public
improvements, to include a sewer system
and electric lights. The town now owns its
own WaterworkS, Is out of debt and the citi-
Zens are DESTROYS OF owning their own light
ing system.
In Centralla, Wash, the other day,
lab0rer uncovered an old well to ascertain
its depth. He was overcome by the foul
SEES and fell into the we'll Three other
men who went 70 his assistance met like
fate. After the air became purer the men
we're brought to the surface but only one
could be TeSuscltated.
At Florence, Ariz., the United States
Grand Jury returned forty-two indct-
ments, twenty-seven of which are under The
Edmunds POlygamy Act. A number of
MOrmOnS are indicted and the remainder
are charged with adultery. Ten of the 10
a Tod inn, "A alY
let off with small fines.
The dairymen of Cayucos, San Luis Obispo
County, are taking steps for the organza-
ton OF protective and cooperative 9ssoci-
alton to meet the opposition of Eastern com
petitors in this market. They claim COM
mission and middlemen discriminate ia favor
of Eastern producers. They will also make
war on oleOmargarine and kindred products,
Fred Lewis, Pleasanton jeweler. has a
live tarautula in glass jar, where he has
kept 1t for over year without any kind of
food. The creature is as frisky as ever. and
looks as though he would gladly try his
powers on anybody or anything. About
two inches of dirt is all there is in the lar.
and how this poisonous animal lives is a
mystery.
The ladies of st. Helena have declared
war against long skirts for street dresses,
and in the columns of a local newspaper
say: ANY lady found sweeping the streets
with her skirts will be tab0Oed by the intel
ligent women OF this community" So much
grnuine good sense on the part of its women
ought to make ST. Helena famous. Pass the
good word along.
Three years ago Mrs. Cranston
died at Redlands, leaving a child 4
years Of age in the care of a friend.
whose identity is not known, but who
Is supposed 10 have been a miller. near
Redlands. The boy, BERTHE, has since fallen
heir to an estate at Puyallup, Wash, but
has disappeared and no clew to mis- where
abouts Is 0btainable.
Fred Hitsman, aged %, disappeared from
his home in East Portland recently. His
mother has just received a letter from him
in which he claims to have been drueged
and carried away. lie wrote on broNn
paper, and was, he said, among Indians
who could speak no English and could not
tell him Just where he was. He thought he
was near Vancouver, and one of the In
dams was going to the nearest town to post
his letter. He was in the habit of CARRYING
stamped envelopes in his pocket, his mother
says. The case is very mysterious one.