The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-01-19
COAST ITEMS.

Brief Notes From Pacific States and Ter
ritoTfes.
Santa Rosa is infested with chicken
thieves.
John Grant has been reelected Mayor of
Victoria b. C.
The life-saying stations at Umpqua and
BandOn, Oregon, have been completed.
Some opa have been found on Hay Creek.
Cock County, Oregon, that sold for $500.
The new deck at Port Hadlock, Wash,
will he 325 feet long, 100 feet wide, and will
lit 5000 tons.
Scipio Craig has been unanimously elected
President Of the Southern California Press
Association for 1891.
The people Of Linkville, Oregon. are get
ting fat on mallards that cost only 10 cents Il
brace all ready for cooking.
The people of Slverton, Oregon, turned
out in force last Wednesday to dedicate
new sehool-house, for which they paid $4,000.
A boy named Smith was fooling with a
Illuminating cap at Frrndale, Oregon, last
Thursday, when it exploded and took OF two
fingers from his left hand.
A blast was fired in the Harterv mine
near Grass Valley last Wednesday. 1t un-
earthed rich pay streak, from which $1,000
was taken from one carload of ore.
There is trouble in the John Day region
between the cattlemcn and the shepherd
ers. Both sides 20 well armed, and if any
one Is found tampering with stock he is shot
without ceremony.
The Nevada papers are disgusted with the
Board Of PaIdons for releasing the murderer
Matheney last Tuesday He was sent to
prison in 1873 for life. and the papers say
lie was lucky to escape the gallOws.
The Santa Ana Standard cOmmends the
effort to cut up the overgrown counties. but
points out to those undertaking it that the
ten commandments cannot be Endorsed IN a
California Legislature at less cost than
$4,000"
S me time ago the Common Council of
ColIaX, Wash, invested $1,000 in machinery
for sinking artesian wells. When it arrived
no one in the city or county could be found
to run it, so they sent to St Louis, Mo-, for
an engineer.
Booths Bazoo comes out decidedly op
posed to dividing San Bernardno County,
and yet The Needles is nearly $50 miles
distant from the county-seat. Still, River
side, within twenty-five minutes of the
county-seat, is kicking" for a new county.
The Mayor of WhatcOm. Wash, has
| opened a crusade against gamblers. lie is
| determined to allow no gambling in saloons
| or places exposed to public view. The war
was brought about by the cOnsorting of
| large crowd OF tinhUrn gamblers. blocking
| up one OF the principal streets of the city,
Strong hopes were entertained during the
| past lew days that there would be fall OF
snow IN TINS county, says The Dalles Times
| M"untalneer, but the clouds have rolled by
| duu Ile weather moderated. There is no
USE denying the fact that without snow or
| moisture OF some kind crops will be very
| light next harvest, and this viii affect all
| branches of trade.
| charles King, a carpenter at Hadlock.
| WASH, met With what may be fatal acct
| dent last Saturday. He was employed build
ing shed to be used as a Decentralization
| by the dry-dcck, when plank gave way,
| tumOlIng the unfortunate man twenty feet
to the ground. lie landed on his head fall
| ing over on his shoulders. Several of his
| ribs are broken. lie also has internal in
| Jurles. The wounded man has wife and
| family.
Says the Salinas Journal: The large pile
! Of rock at the rear of the Courthouse on
which the chain-gaDg did such valiant work.
| having dwindled to small proportions. the
| Board of Supervisors have ordered a new
supply of rock hauled, so that the tramp
| fraternity which are now doing the town
| may, under Sheriff Horizons able guidance
and directions, earn their bread by the sweat
of their manly brows.
The San BentO Advance says: Herman
Gehrlng, the well-khOwn fisherman Mt Camp
Capitola, made novel catch last week On
| going out 10 pull up his nets he saw new
kind of fish in the shape of deer swim.
ming around in the bay. Alter his aston
lshment was over he went to capture the
animal, which WAS accomplished after quite
a struggle. The suppOstion is that soire
dogs chased the animal out of the woods
ana to save itself it jumped over the bluff
and swan over the breakers 1t was oyel
two miles out when captu red.