The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-10-28
COAST ITEMS.
Brief Notes From Pacific States and
Territnriea.

Otay, Cal.
The town of Yreka is now lighted by
electricity.
Chambers is reported to be spreading all
over San Diego County.
The electric light plant at Vallejo has
been attached for debt.
Over 100000 trail sheep are estimated to
be crossing Wyoming this fall. bound for
other States
company has been incorporated at
Eugene, Oregon. to make and sell a dynamo
invented by +. J. Crouch, which makes live
electric light wires safe 10 handle. Capital,
S1,000,000.
John Grattan, a well-known Stockton
farmer, has become inSOvent through in
dorslng and signing notes for other parties.
His Indebtedness amounts to something
over $4,000.
The Visalia Times knows all about tin
plate. If the tin-plate workers do not be-
lleve it let them read this, its description of
what it is: CAS- a fact, tin plate is only
annealed steel plate coated with TIM
Louis Allgewhar, n prominent brewer Of
Buffalo, n. Y, is in Fresno, where he con-
templates establishing large brewery.
Tie effect of such an industry on the Fresno
pterodacty crop is difficult to predict
The Lower Californian says that pros
pector recently showed up in Ensenada
with a lot of rich gold rock, which he
claimed to have broken from lodges back of
San Telmo, which lie describes as yalua-
Bile mineral region.
Special Agent Mclean. who was sent to
this Coast to examine sites offered the
Government for public buildings, has
recommended a lot at the corner of Suffer
and Channel streets, Stockton, for that
city'S new p0stOfIice.
An Oregon woman was recently taken i'll,
and her husband undertook to relieve her
by practlclrg medicine upon her. As re-
suit both husband and wife have become
insane, and were last week taken to the
State Insane Asylum.
William Looney, former colored prize
fighter Of Stockton, died at Seattle last
week. He had fought two or three battles
in the Northwest recently, and it is sup
posed his death was the result OF injuries
received in one OF them.
David Branscombe, living near VAN
c0uver, the other day spilled some gun
on dustpan and, little later, forgetting
what it was, emptled the contents of the pan
into the stove. The explosion that followed
blinded her for life.
1t is said, reports the Monterey Cypress,
that G. 2. Huntington has an eye on Mon
terey, and Il at unless San Francisco shows
more ienlen;y TO the great corporation over
which the millionaire presides, he will make
this the landing place for all the vessels
under his control sailing on the Pacific.
The recent earthquake shock left its
traces on the POpulo ranch, near SonOma.
Since the day of the earthquake the ground
is cracked and scanned, and from the assures
gushes water, in some places boiling not, in
others icy cold. The flow of the Vallejo
artesian well has been greatly increased.
The residence, barn, outbuildings. grana-
ries, machinery, etc, of Patrick Russell, a
wealthy farmer living near Walla Walla,
Wash, were destroyed by fire the other
10Th hn lnSC inf 70 lAnn
with insurance of $4,000. So Russell loses
almost the entire results of twelve years
toll.
Conservative authorities declare that 22OO
carloads is not ont of the way as an esti-
mate Of the Riverside orange crop this year.
Many new orchards are bearing for the first
time, all of which will produce budded fruit.
The crop at present is reported to give
strong indications of being the choices: ever
grown in the valley.
The editor of the Dixon Tribune having
received cemetery lot from a subscriber in
payment OF dues, now suggests that If some
undertaken will agree to take advertising
and pay in trade he. the editor, will write
his own obituary, free of charge, and the
county will thus be relieved OF nearly the
entire expense of burying him.
The Oregon State journal claims to
have learned from a gentleman in Port
land, who is well Informed, that the
ton of the line from Portland to Seattle
after having spent very large sum OF mon
ey on it. The reason they assign Is lack
OF money by the company to 90 on with the
work.
Five Indian soldiers have been taken
from Fort Washable, Wyo., to Fort Hall in
Idaho to help enlist company of Bannocks
ut the latter place. The idea is that the
Fort Washable soldiers will inspire in the
Bannocks desire fer army life. The Clip
per says they do present fiue appearance
with their close cut hair clean faces and
full regimentals.
When the Pacific Press, two years ago,
sent an agent and $4,000 over to London to
establish an English branch, they struck it
rich. The manager over there went
heavily into the subscription book business,
which was virgin field for that country, and
he claims that if he is allowed proper scope
this year he will turn in a profit of 500, 600
for the spread of the Adventist gospel.
Down near San Jose lives a woman who
carries on small orchard business, and has
acquired some reputation for the care exer-
cised in drying her fruit Recently, n
sieaklng of visit she made neig hbor who
asked her what she thought his dried
fruit (of very inferior quality was worth,
she said: u didn't want to appear iIlpOlite
so | just merely said ! didn't think such
trash as that was worth anything"
1t appears that the defenseless condition
VI tHe HdIuOE Vi San Dl6RO Is now attract
ing the general attention of the military
authorities. and is in fair way to receive
deserved recognition. Concerning the de-
STABILITY of Strengthening the harbor the
San Diego Union says: Point Iona and
North Island, at the entrance to the bay,
brlStling with heavy cannon would inspire
confidence that would be farreaching in
its effects.
The Humboldt Times says: A new chan
mel showed itself last Saturday morning at
the entrance of Eel River, to the south of the
old channel, and the steamer Newport had
no difficulty in getting to sea at high tide on
that date after weeks detention In the
river. She found no less than ten feet of
water in the new channel and as the old
channel has disappeared it is believed that
no more trouble will be experienced this
fall In getting in or out of The river, barring
rough weather, of course.
A well-matured plan has lust come to
light whereby Fresno Coun ty wheat-grow-
ers propose to ship their wheat by water.
by way of Coles Slough aud the San Joa-
Quin River to Stockton in 1892 A COM
pany has been formed by the wealthiest
landowners in the Crescent and New Hope
districts, and they will have draw put in
at Whites bridge and do all the dredging in
Coles Slough that will be found necessary,
and will operate n line of steamers and
barges to take away the crop of 49, The
saving in freight to the grain-growers will
amount to many dollars by using this means
of getting grain to Stockton or Port Costa
Highbinder's Assault.
Early this morning Characteristic high