The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-01-27
OAKLAND HOUSES AND ROOMS.
COAST ITEMS.
Brief Notes From Pacific States and
Territories.

Brief NOtes From Iaclnc states ana
Territories.
4 safe at Stockton was blown open on
Sunday night and robbed OF 5000
More than ffty scholars Of the Indian
school at 1ul0lip, WASH, are i'll with
measles.
o. W. Parseu of Wana Walla has drove
Of elk that he intends TO send to the Chicago
Exhibition.
John Boggs of Colusa has just finished
planting a truit orchard OF 400 acres along
the Sacramento River.
The estate Of the late Austin b. Sperry
OF Stockton has been appraised at SoO,OJO.
1t was left to the widow.
DR.. BISHOP, Superintendent Of the Nevada
Insane Asylum, has sent in his resignation,
to take effect on March 1st.
Tie production of brandy in the Fourth
Collection District OF California has been
doubled in the past four years.
Dphtheria IS very prevalent at Virginia
City, says the Chronicle. Fifteen cases are
under treatment by local physicians.
The thermometer marked $50 below zero
last Tuesday morning at Montpelier and
POcatello, on the Oregon Short Line.
Puyallup will have S2G, 600 theater build
ing ready in about two weeks. II will seat
200, and is to be lighted by electricity.
Tie property-owners of South Bend,
Wash, voted IN favor OF raising $1,000 for
new school house one day last week.
The movement at Seattle toward early
closing has resulted in favor Of the mer-
chants. No store is now closed before s
O'Clock at night.
The Fresno Budget and the Inquirer have
been consolidated and will now appear as
the Central Californian. j. c. Hodge will
control the newspaper.
The steamers Thompson and Telephone
ran into each other last Friday on the
Columbia River, while running in dense
log. Neither boat sustained much injury.
Indian police on the Umatilla reservation
succeeded in rounding up about 1900 head of
cattle at the agency, but they stampeded
Wednesday and VIII have to be gathered
again.
The jetties at Yaquina Bay have been ex-
amined by an officer of the United States
Engineer Department. He reports they
= have stood tile storms Of the past winter
very well.
The people OF Lodi are watching for
deg 0isoner who killed several fine animals
enc night last week. If the person is
caught the owners Of the victims will make
an example of him that will prove warn
ing u the world.
Mail Agent McGregor found a five-foot
rat!ler IN his car last Friday while running
from Albuquerque to Los Angeles. The
snake showed signs of fight, but was killed
WIN heaVy mai! sack. 1t was orna-
menteI with fourteen rattlers and a button.
The Fullerton Journal says: Water is
running IN the Santa Aua River below the
Santa Fe Railroad bridge. This is soo,a1
thing unusual for this time of year. con-
sidering the dry weather, and shows that
there is an abundance Of water for irrigat
ing purposes.
A man named Harris found three men
last Wednesday on lot owned by him near
Wallace, Idaho. They were putting I'M a
cabin, aud refused to leave. Harris went to
town for rife, and returned and opened
fire.. Two OF the intruders were killed and
one was dangerously wounded.
-Four druggists of Forest Grove, Oregon,
were arrested last Tuesday for selling liquor
contrary TO city ordinance. DE-. Large was
hnel S210 and Messrs. Stnchcome and HOl-
lister were fined $50 and $50 respectively
The party who made the complaint was also
Sald TO be guilty Of selling liquor, but tie
hecorder refused to issue a warrant.
Inc Baker City Democrat says: Senator
DodSon, not to be behind in sgalantry, has
: ssHapplled the committee Of which he is
chairman, with six young lady clerks. This
Is no particular surprise, but what aston
shes his friends in Baker County Is that
none OF the clerks were selected from his
nome. Can 1t he possible that theresare mo
young iadies In BAKER County qualified to
act as clerks Of Senatorial Committee?
The San Diego Sun uses the occasion of
the Kings death as follows: "The death of
King hslakaua will prove TO be sad blow
10 The Santa Barbara climate, COlds that
XII monarch in a week may well DISPOSE
OF common man in much shorter time.
santa barbara needn't look for any more
winter tonrests to hail the aiphtheriai mild
ness Of Its PERPETUAL spring." While the
hulhofot, spirit of this is apparent enough,
sa the Los Angeles Express, 1t is also In.
spired by that petty jealousy which makes
false statements, and these statements are
promptly snapped up in the East and
worked against Southern California