The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-26
COAST ITEMS.

Brief Notes From Pacific States and Ter
ritories.
According to the Marysvine Appeal, Japs
are rapidly taking the place OF Chinese ON
some of the big ranches near Or0ville.
Oswald Mendenhall of Mndenhal
Springs (Agua de Vida) near Liverm0re,
owns a dog that has freed seventeen wild
cats in the hills back of Livermore.
Two sxteen-year-oId boys of Sequel are
under arrest for a brutal outrage upon 1T
tie girl. II years Of age. If proven guilty II
will go hard with them, as public indisna-
tion is aroused to high pitch.
A thirteeD-year-old boy appeared In San
Jacinto last week who had run away from
his home in New York, beating his way
across the continent by backing boots and
selling papers on the overland traiuS.
A MarysvilIe man owns big Newtound-
land dog that has well-deyeloped taste for
trampS. lie goes for every one he Sees, and
apparently Identifies them by their blanket
roll as it is said ne never attacks man IN
less he is packing blankets.
The Director of the National Geological
Park, Washington, D. C., wants to get forty
or fifty of the common California ground
squirrels for the park. Forty or fifty, why.
bless Us, come right out here and take all
we've got. We wont mind bit.
At Chico, the other day. a cat caught
sparrow, and was going with 1t INFO store
WHICH Hall q upECn bJllCl opdllONo CdlHJ "
the rescue and made such vigorous on
slaught upon Kit that he was glad to drop
his prey and flee TO the friendly shelter OF
the store.
Charles Parker is about TO bring suit
against the Los Angeles County Hospital
for the loss Of his nose. a leg and other p9r-
tons Of his anatomy, which, he claims. he
lost through the careleSsnes5 aud incompe-
tence Of attending physicians who treated
him while there.
a few days ago a fight was advertised to
take place at Seattle between a young bear
and bulldog. The bear was 10 wear nit
tens and the fight was TO be . to a fniSh.
The humane society heard OF it, however
and interfered, and the event has been de-
clared " no contest
Kirk Mcpherson and Charles Lewis in
dulged too freely at ClOyerdale the other day
and got into fight in a saloon. Daring the
ARRAY Mcpherson stabbed Lewis twelve
times with small pen-knife. He was ar
rested and placed under bonds of $1,000 to
await a hearing in the matter.
The University Cadets at Reno, New, feel
sadly the absence of gymnasium and
drill-hall. The State is not in financial con-
ditiOn to build them one, and they have re-
solved TO appeal to Senator James q. Fair
for help, aud have written him letter stat
ing their grievances and desires.
John Smith, a notorious desperate. who is
serving a term of eight years in the Utah
Penitentiary, stabbed another convict, a
eOlOred man named Jones. last Thursday
with case knife that he had managed to
steal, and TO which he had given dagger
point and keen edge. The wounds he in
ficted may prove fatal.
Monday morning the wooden supports
under the pile-dTiver in use in driving
piles for big bridge, at Stockton, gave
way, and the machine fell into Mormon
Channel The workmen were taken along
with IL, and the telephone and tire-alarm
wires torn down by the steam hammer, but,
fortunately and singularly. no one Was in
jured.
1t is reported that thoroughly organized
body of boomers will shortly enter the
Cherokee strip. cut all the fences aud burn
the grass. thus forcing the cattlemen off the
lands. The cattlemen are on the strip with
out authority of law, and have been warned
by Secretary Ross Of the Cherokee Nation
that all cattle found treSpaSSing will be
seized.
William Phillips and other workmen were
loading a truck at logging camp on Lake
Tahoe Friday, when big log flew cut of
place, and striking Phillips IN the back
"raked" down the spine, bending in the
vertebr;e so that they pressed upon the
spinal cord. The body, from the neck down,
was paralyzed. and Phillips died early next
morning.
George Flournoy of Corning, aged 10
years, while attempting TO oil a horse
power pump while it was in action. had his
shirt-sleeve caught by the bevelpnion and
his arm drawn into the machinery and conf
pletely crushed. The tendons wound around
the bevel-pinion and were extrieated with
difficulty. 1t was necessary to amputate the
arm at the socket.
1t is now expected that the Chino beet
sugar works will be in operation by August
1st In this factory 1t Is estimated that the
unwaShed beets will be put through the first
process just sixteen hours before the time
WREN they will appear barreled and ready
for market in the form OF fine white granu-
lated sugar. This is two hours better than
the best time of any mill on record.
A brakeman OF the Denver Pacific under
took to put a tramp off his train; but the
tramp insisted on riding. and pulling re-
volver shot the brakeman, killing him al
most instantly. Another brakeman fol-
lowed the tramp. who Jumped from the ,
train and took to the fields. When the rail-
road man caught up with him he Shot him,
and leaving him where he lay went on about
his business. A cOroner's jury acquitted
him of all blame.
The Central Neyadan says The great
number of the Indian bucks have gone to-
Juniper country, 120 miles north of Battle
Mountain to hunt deer 1t is claimed that
5000 deer were killed in the jumpers five
years ago, in one season. by Indians. The
country lies along the Owyhee River, aud
derives its name from the forest Of Juniper
trees that there abound. The Indians will
sell the venison at Mountain City and TuS-
carora and bring the skins to Lander to
make gloves.
Mrs. Gofre Of Ensenada was preparing
to remove with her daughter, Carmen. to
San Francisco last week. The daughter,
however, took advantage OF her mothers
preoccupation to be privately married 10
Eduardo SantibaneZ, a Customs Inspector,
On learning this the mother was so enraged
that she attacked and beat with her parasol
the Innocent priest who had performed the
ceremony. She was taken in charge, and,
when cooled down, given permission to de
part from the city, which she did.
To Be Buried at Mare Island.
The remains of the officers and men of the
United States steamships Trenton and Van
dalia, who lost their lives in the late disas-