The morning call., 1891-04-01
COAST ITEMS.

Brief Notes From Pacific States and Ter
ritories.
The average amount paid for daily freight
by Tucson merchants is $780,
A large number Of fruit trees were shipped
20 India from Ontario last Saturday.
Governor ColcOrd Of Nevada vetoed bill
making LincUln's birthday legal holiday.
Fred Fisher was fatally injured by blast
IN the marble quarry near Keelar on Mon
day last.
Southern Oregon contains enough timber
II sold at $40 a thousand to pay our national
debt of twice.
Ernest Wehrman attempted suicide at
Fresno on Monday. He was out Of W ork
and was RESPONDENT.
The City Trustees of San Jose have de-
cided to widen two streets, Provoot and Lo-
Gust, from 60 to so feet.
A special election will be held at Salt
Lake City on March 30th to raise $500, 600
for school buildings, etc.
Captain Mathew Sherman has been nomi-
mated for Mayor OF San Diego by the Re-
publlcans. he had no competition.
A teacher in one of the Sacramento public
schools is to be investigated on charge Of
having cruelty beaten pupil recently.
Only eighty-three votes were cast in op-
position to issuing 100000 by Salt Lake
City for school improvements on Monday.
The late food proved a blessing to Farmer
NGWpOIl Ul IeIIlS. LOT his nlfeQ men Killed
more than 1900 gophers in his alfalfa fields
The late D. H. Wells, Counselor of the
Mormon Church, left six widows, twenty
four children aud twenty-five grandchildren
A stiff game of poker was INDUCED In at
q seaside resort in Los Angeles County last
Sunday, when a Santa Fe banker dropped
$4,000.
A telephone line now connects the towns of
N0rdhUH, Hueneme, santa Paula, New Jer-
usalem, Saticoy and Montalvo in Ventura
County.
On June list the new hotel at Salt Lake
City will be open for business. 1t cost
$750000. The lessee has gone East to get
furniture.
The local physician of townsville, Plumas
County. bad ninety cases of la grippe to
look after recently. He managed to pull
them all through.
The Directors of the Ormsby County Fair
have selected a site for new pavilion in
Carson City. 1t Will be located near the
State Printing Office.
A twelve-year-old boy carries the mail
from Tucson to La Pas, AriZ. The distance
is seyenty-fiye miles and the trail is through
one of the widest portions OF the Territory +.
Burt Smith. alias Frank Smith, a noted
bOrse-thief, has been arrested near Texas
Ferry, WASH, and lodged in Jail. He escaped
from officers about two months ago in Mon
tsna.
While loading hay near 0tay, San Diego
County, last Saturday, William Fraley fell
from his wagon and fractured his skull.
His condition was pronounced hopeless by
q physician.
The Vallejo Times says last Friday while
the baggage Of Fleet Surgeon Woods was on
the way from San Francisco by The tug Ivy
It got watersoaked, and the contents were
damaged to the extent of $1,000.
The Boston Herald perpetrated this joke
at the expense of Yuma: 1.-THE penitent iary
Is about the only building that hasn't been
washed away by the flood at Yuma, and it
is feared that the inmates of even this
structure will have to be bailed ont"
A deposit of sulphur has been found on
the west slope Of the CocOpah Mountains,
seVenty-fve miles southwest of Yuma, that
is said to be the largest ON this continent
It is 1100 feet long, 60 feet wide and 40 feet
through. Running through the sulphur are
veins of potash-alum, varying from to IA
Inches wide. The sulphur is said to ana
lyze from IS to 81 per cent and the alum
from SO to 81 per cent.