The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-07-19
COAST ITEMS.

Brief Notes From Pacific States and
Territories.
A case of smallpox has been reported at
Selma.
Efforts are being made to build Catholic
church at Saratoga.
Many Santa Clara citizens are sufferers
from recent burglarles.
The Salvation Army has taken up perma-
nent quarters in Jacksonville.
At San Jose Thursday a young man re-
celyed Sc 20 bounty for 207 squirrel tails.
The transfers of real estate at Tacoma,
Wash, so far this year amount to Sc, 9i9, ITO.
Kern County reports an assessment roll
Of $40, 900, gain Of 100000 over last
year.
Stockton's police force is to be increased
by eight men, who will be on the night
watch.
Sonoma's projected high school is an as
sumed fact the citizens having voted for
its establishment.
At Nevada City Tuesday an infant son of
U. A. Tompkins was drowned by falling
into barrel Ut water.
On August 3iSt the citizens of Castrovile
Will vote upon the question Of incorporation
anu elect town officers.
The assessment roll of Salinas City for
1891 foOts up S1,129.6S5. an Increase of
500, 759 over that OF last year.
Vallejo will soon have the electric light.
The company is rushing work night and
day with force of forty inca.
a lively shower of frogs startled the Grass
Valleyans IA few days ago. They covered
an area of nearly twenty acres.
At San Bernardino, Wednesday, Clara
kingman. AZ years old, was probably fatally
burned while playing with matches.
The Brinck brothers of Pleasant Valley
have fve-acre tract i'll pears which good
Judge says Will yield nearly 5000 boxes.
The increase IN acreage OF orange and
lemon culture in Pomona aud vicinity is 1865
acres since May l. 1880, making q total Of
300.
Fruit at Vacaville has been damaged by
the late hot weather to such an extent that
shipments are materially cut down. April
cots have suffered most.
at Keith, Wash, bridegroom Of week
is trying to recover his bride, who has been
induced by her mother TO forSake him and
return 10 tile parental roof.
The strong hand of the law has laid its
grip upon three Woodland saloon-keepers
who sold liquor to minor. The minimum
penalty Tor the offense is 500 tne.
A San Jose newsman has beeu arrested
twenty-one times for obstructing the side
walk. All the cases were appealed and are
awaiting the decision of higher court.
Selma Irrigator: The sugar war in Selma
makes the housewife smile. Fruit-cannlng
season is upon us and cheap sugar means
that many more quarts Of fruit for next
winter
Daily Astorian: A good many Astorians
are the posSesSors OF fue cabinet photo
graphic outfits and take many u snap shot at
passing steam and sail vessels from along
the wharves.
The Pajuronian says that the late hot spell
has done great damage to the wheat field, in
and around WatsOnvllie. There are sew
eral pieces of wheat SO badly rusted that it
will not pay TO thrash them.
Stockton's Superintendent of Streets does
not walt for his subOrdlnates to fast1n loose
boards In the sidewalks, but when On his
Official trips re takes 4 hammer and nails
along and does the job himself.
The Masons of Reddiug have decided to
lay the cornerstone of their new temple on
Friday, August 7th. The event will be one
Of great ceremony and the day will lee gen
orally observed there as holiday.
Boring for natural gas in Stockton Is an
enterprise that has become too common there
10 excite remark. The new $500 900 court.
house is lighted ana heated throughout by
gas from well bored by the county,
Nevada State Journal: j. +. Murray,
formerly well-kuowu business mau and
Postmaster at Candelaria, has beeu sent to
the Stockton asylum from lnyo, Cat, where
he has resided for the last eighteen months,
Bakersfield Californian While out on an
Indian hunt two days ago Constable Chit
wood was bitten Oh the hani by al insect
not larger than fly. Blood poisoning set
in and his hand Is now in a terrible cOndi-
ton.
Pajaronian: The lady bug is getting in its
work on the woolly aphis, and it is said to
be destroying the aphis wherever it begins
operations. Anything which will destroy
the woolly aphlS VIII be welcomed by our
orchardists.
The Santa Clara Journal complains of the
numerous Sidewalk statues" infesting that
and 10 mai,
preston. They are charged with not only
annoying ladies but with using vulgar lam
guage in their presence.
CoItisa is Infested with thieves. On Tues
day afternoon several boys, while SWIM
ming, were relieved of the contents of their
pockets, and the same evening citizen was
stood up and robbed of 800 by two tramps,
who have been captured.
Three runaways recently occurred at Ma
rysville in one day. The most disastrous
results were the damages sustained by
combined harvester drawn by 81 horses,
which was completely demolished. The
| drivers Jumped and escaped injury.
A lot of mems clothing has been found in
the brush near Nevada City. S0me of 1t
| was stained with blood. The Sheriff will
| endeavor to find the owner of the property,
but as very offensive smell exists in the
| vicinity 1t is Thought that he may nave been
murdered and his body concealed.
| The recent intense heat at San Miguel
| caused the chemicals in a drugstore TO ex-
| pode and the building narrowly escaped
| destruction. A rubbish pile in tue rear of
another store was ignited by the action of
| the suns rays upon a broken camela-lens
which had been thrown Oh the pile.
| Astoran: The souvenir spoon craze has
reached Alaska and away up at Fort
Wrangle, and at Sitka the Alaskan indians
are manufacturing souvenir" spoons.
They are OF solid silver, have the beak Of
the raven, the eyes of the whale, the tail OF
the serpent and all the other totems, and re-
| tail for So apiece, with the customary dis
| count for wholesale orders.
| Helena (Mont.) Journal: Charles Mallery
| Of Mallory " Cannon, big sheep-raisers of
| Cascade County. is in the city. He says the
| wool crop was never better than it is this
season. They have sold 10000 pounds of
wool at 10 cents. In reply TO the question
why more wool is not being sold he said
there is but one woOi-buyer in the Stale, al
though other firms take wool on assignment,
| advancing from 10 10 IS cents on il,
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