The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-07-10
COAST ITEMS.

Brief Notes From Pacific States and
Territories.
No You Don't is the name of new Utah
settlement.
Exactly one hundred arrests ware made
last month by the police force Of Cheyenne,
WyO.
Ferry-boats now run every ten minutes
throughout the day from San Diego 10 Corc-
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number of San Bernardino orchards
have two-year-Old apricot trees laden with
fruit this year.
The country editor whose current issue
does not contain an editorial on "The Day
We Celebrate is a rara avis.
Two cases of arms have been returned to
the Nevada State Armory from Nye Conn
ty, the scene of the recent Indian troubles.
a two-headed calf, strong and healthy,
about months old, was found the other day
following a range COW in Fergus County,
Mont.
Another attempted assault on a woman is
reported from Ferris, San Diego County.
The offender, man named KowaiSky, is
out on $1,000 bail.
The citizens of Blaine. Wash, lave held
nlass-meaiing and protested against the
employment of Chinese in the cannery at
Semeahmoo, opposite Blaine.
According to the Daily Astoriau the great
herds OF cattle in Southern and Eastern
Oregon are being bought up. and there is
danger that the price Of beef will shortly
advance.
"Boh" Davis, Postmaster at Hickman,
MERGED County, keeps post, flee, sells soda
water, does the blacksnthing for the com-
muEity, runs a general store and acts as
head waiter in clearinghouse which he
conducts.
Grasshnppers visited the town gardens OF
HALEY, Idaho, last weeks, by hundreds of
thousands, and have camped down to max.
themselves at home. They will probably
remain until the green growth of the place
is cleaned out.
The Grass Valley Union says a resident
Of that place who recently drove his stock
TO summer pasturage in the mountains near
the head waters or the North Fork of the
A merican River reports seeing at least 30
deer while on his trip.
Frank Loring, young mining man of
Shasta County who recently fell heir to
near the depot, at Middle Creek, Friday.
He had been drinking heavily for some
time, fell and broke his neck.
Some small boys were playing with fire at
Princeton, CAL, few days ago and man-
aged to set fire 10 the grain-6eld of John
Seventy-five acres of grain were destroyed
before the fire could be controlled.
An Indian tried 10 board moving freight
train at Redding Saturday night, but fell
under the wheels, nearly all the cars pass
Ing over his leg and crushing it fearfully.
He was taken to the hospital, where ampu-
tation Of the injured member was found
necessary.
A party of Indians went from Simcoe H.
Yakima, Wash, last Saturday, where some
unprincipled person sold them whisky,
They got into drunken row. in which one
of their number was killed. The murderers
are in jail, and Officers are now hunting for
the parties who sold them the liquor.
The Dailes Times Mountaineer claims
that the closed season for fishing, between
the 10th of August and the 10th of Septem-
Der, is great hardship for the fishermen of
that section, as salmon do not commence to
run until late in the season and the business
just begins 10 pay when the law puts stop
TO il.
The Clallam County CWash.) Commits
Sioners have sold 100000 of road bonds at
a figure approaching par, and viii. In n very
short time, set about providing the people
of that county with system OF good county
roads, which will radiate from Port An
geles in all practical directions, and connect
ing all the different sections.
Contracts are being made in the Vaea
Valley for the sale of dried apricots at IL
cents. This is lower than the speculative
prices of last year. but there is money even
in this price for the growers. In fact, ac-
cording to the Vaca Valley Enterprise, IL
cents for apficots, with such a crop as tue
present, would net the grower Sl25 per acre.
Eddie Walker, aged IA, of Friday Harbor.
Oregon. started out 10 kill deer that ap-
peared in his fathers orchard one morning
last week In climbing fence with his
rifle the weapon was discharged accident
ally, and the ball struck young Walker in
the jawbene, carrying away the whole side
of his face He died on the afternoon Of
the same day.
The Maxwell Mercury scouts the idea
iv,1t,
says: We regard this as an absolute alb
surdity from the fact that we have seen the
test OF the question here in Maxwell within
tine last ten days and We do not believe that,
unless an animal gorges its stomach after
starving on dry feed, there Is any danger
from Egyptian corn.
The Laramie Republican says: An i'm
mense copper ledge has been found near
Battle Lake, on Pass Greek, by party who
lives on the Cache la Poudre. who says it is
a vast copper mine and very rich. That is
a volcanic region and Battle Lake which is
the head of the Slavery River, is undOubted-
ly the crater of an extinct volcano II is
said to have no bottom TO it. The lake is
forty-three miles from Fort Steele and
twenty miles from Saratoga.
The HoQuiam (Wash.) Record says; The
most costly instrument ever recorded in
Chehalis County was placed on record yes
terday at Montesano. The clerical work
alone cost $40. The mortgage was for
loan of 81 ,OoO,O 900 to the Washington South
ern Railroad, better known as the Sat,or,
which is undoubtedly head d for Grays
Harbor. A certain article in the instru-
ment reads that the road shall pursue
southerly direction and have its terminus
on some bay on the Pacific Coast, which, of
course. can mean no other than Grays
Harbor.
Spigola Gets His Wages
Justice Cook tried ease yesterday in