The morning call., 1891-02-09
COAST ITEMS.
Matters of Interest From Pacific States
and Territories.

Matters of Interest From Pacific States
and Territories.
b. j. Watson has sold the Nevada Herald
TO +. Z. WadswUrth.
A basking shark thirty feet long was seen
In Santa Cruz HarbOr last Friday.
The will of General J. C. Fremont has
been filed for probate in Los Angeles.
The BARRIERS of Visaila have combined to
keep up uniform rates and to close their
shops on Sundays.
+. L. Clarke has bough. the plant of the
Boulder Creek Ratchet and will change the
name TO the News.
Charles Newkom, farmer of Suffer
County, was swindled out of $50 last week
by bogus lottery sharperS.
The people of Santa Cruz intend to form
local Insurance company so as to be indie
pendent of outside corporations.
The Buckeye Mill at Marysville is filling
an order for -four to 90 10 London by ship.
1t will take forty-eight carloads.
The capital stock of the Centerville and
kingsburg Canal Company of Tulare Coun-
ty has been increased from 100000 to S42O.
ESQ.
"a J. Marsh last week sold nine mining
GAINS in Silver Greek County, Wash, to
tile Silver Lake Smelting Company, for ST.
100000.
Three footpads tried to rob Captain David
Wallace at Tacoma, Wash, last. Monday
night, but lie beat them off without much
injury.
The new flyer" that Captain Scott is
building at Seattle to run between that city
and Tacoma will cover the distance, twenty
one miles, in sixty-fve minutes.
| A deed was filed on Wednesday at San
Bernardino from the Ontario Land and In
| provemrnt Company TO Charles L. Har-
| wood. The consideration named was S143,-
| 675.
Sturgeon fishing on the Columbia River is
| very poor this season, owing to excessive
/ hNtV L. On lAH- IN
| fall $50 tons have been taken and shipped
| East.
j. F. E. Marxsen died at Cienaga. Los
Angeles County, on February 81, from the
| effects of Injuries reee iyed on January 29th,
when he was gored by u wild bull On his
| ranch.
| The figures Of the official census returns
! of Oregon have just been secured from Super
| intendent Porter. The State is gwen 3I2,-
! 40 population. Multnomah County leads
| with 70. 767.
The bark Saranac reached San Diego last
Wednesday from New York after long trip
| oil 3lS days In her cargo was lot of fire.
| works intended for the 4tli of July celebra-
ton of 1890 They will come in play this
| year.
The Hueneme Herald says: One of our
farmers on Monday sold his barley In the
warehouse here at the equivalent of 81 42A
| per Genital /. o. b. steamer. This is the
| highest price paid for round lot of barley
| here since the season OF 1SS1-S2.
| The report Of the Portland (Oregon) Clear
| ing-house for 1890 shows the total exchanges
were 500, 459,224 10. The daily average of
exchanges were SOS, 55T 81. and the daily
| average OF balances were 1881 -. The
total ex changes for January, 1891, were
| $3.50. SI5 II.
| Sheep are thriving on the range, and are
| in better condition than when winter set in,
SAYS the Ellensburs Localizer. Fat mutton
Is the rule east of the mountains. The wool
| cup Will be very valuable the coming spring,
| as The sheep are in better condition than we
| have seen any previous season. Sheep men
are in luck for once.
| The Pomona Times says: S. S. Hitler is
| one of the most successful hunters of the
nimble cottontail there is in this whole re-
| gion. lie is the owner of well-trained
| ferret, which does the work for him in good
| shape. The rabbits invariably betake them
to their burrow, when the ferret invades
their domicile and drives them cut and they
are easily caught.
A recent issue of the Hillsboro (Oregon)
| Independent contained the following 1t is
| respectfully requested that parties cuntem-
| plating going on big drunk and requiring
the services of the marshal aud taller will
defer the realization of their intentions in
| the meantime or go to some other town to
celeDrate, rs our Jail Is at present occupied
| to its full capacity.
According to the Register man San ia
cintu is quito breezy place. Hear him
Occasionally these little sand-storms are as
| good as donation patty, as they usua ally
store up large heap of usoful articles In
| the back yard, where their wild career is
| arrested by Dig woOd-piIs Tine zepllyrs
oil several dsysago deposited in our weed
pile, besides considerable real estate, q
clothes basket. bale OF hay aud several
| bundles OF shingles that had arrived one at a
TIME Al this writing the breeze Is caper
ing gently without, and when 1t ceases It:
l:playfulness we Will proceed to the back var
and gather in the sp0ils. We are looklnl
for a par,or stove and few other Ugh
articles.