The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-08-15
COAST ITEMS.

Brief Notes from Pacific States and Ter
ritories.
A bicycle club has been organized at
| Santa Barbara.
a number of diphtheria cases are reported
| from Fall River, Shasta County, Cal.
A large number of SIS and $50 bills are
| said to be in circulation in San Bernardino.
The fruit-growers at Campbell, Santa
! Clara County, are paying 10 cents box to
| apricot-pitterS.
The trustees of the Redlands school dis
| trict have let the contract for an S11,0
| addition to their school building.
| Elko, New, is said to be oyerrun with
| tramps. They robbed a train caboose the
! other night, stealing a watch and other
! articles
Los Gatos is to have a fine row of SUBJ
| stantial two-StOry brick buildings to take
the place of the frame ones destroyed in the
recent big fire there
The Los Angeles Times claims that the
! school department. OF that city is run by one
| horse ward politicians, and is advocating C
movement to clean the department out
a family of nine persons, including an old
Eian aad his grOwn-up son and daughter
| are said TO be living in the utmost sQualOr in
| tent near the WolfSkill depot, in Los An
| geleS.
a couple of rotten electric light poles on
! Raymond avenue, Pasadena, broke down
! Saturday afternoon, and horse driven by
| a Mrs. Elliott. becoming frightened at the
| wires, ran away and threw the lady out,
| somewhat iDiuring her,
The new opera house at San Diego is
! progressing rapidly. Great granite blocks
| for the building are bsng brought from the
! Lakeside quaTrles, among which the other
| day were two blocks II feet in length and
one g feet high. The latter was nearly
| square.
! The Fresno Expositor says: F. C. Still
! man OF Selma recently harvested on the
| SINKS of Cdutua fifteen sacks per acre on
the second year volunteer wheat. This
was tie result Of two hours overflow OF
the Cantua Creek, aud only shows what
water will 90.
Captain Hillyer's yacht, the T. Ellis, was
| launched at San Pedro on Sunday. The
| Ellis dimensions are 46 feet keel, II beam,
| and she draws between 8 and 10 feet of
water. Next Sunday an excursion will be
taken to San Diego by the owner and some
| invited guests.
The managers of one of Tulare County's
| big fruit ranches have decided to employ
women, girls and boys in the grape harvest
this week. They say that picking grapes is
really women's work, and that the assert
| ing Of fruit and raiSinS should also be given
to women and their boys and girls.
| The recent hot wave in Southern Califor-
| MIA cost one rancher there over $500 in one
day. He had bee ranch at Newhal which
| in the forenoon was worth 5000. About l
| O'clock hot wind came up which in two or
! three hours had melted the honey
| smothered the bees and cleared out the
! whole thing.
A ten-year-old San Diego boy stole two
| chickens the other day ana took them home.
| Learning how he came by them, his father
| marched MIN 10 the police station, where he
left him and returned home Later the boy
| was allowed to 20, after he had wept long
! and promised to be a good boy, and it will
! be long time before lie forgets his severe
| lesson.
At Lewiston, Wash, the other morning
| band OF horses attempted to cross the rail
| road track 10 front OF moving train. Two
| OF the horses were struck by tile engine, one
being killed, the other so hurt as to render
shooting necessary. The engine and tender
| we're derailed and badly demolished, the
| engineer and fireman being both slightly
| injured.
The Los Angeles Herald says there are
| sixty slaves in that city whose owners hold
| bills OF sale of their bodies and deal in them
rs horses and cattle are bought and sold.
! Inc slaves are ChlneSe women, WHO dare
| not attempt to escape, as such attempt
| would mean death. They range in price
anywhere from $500 to $1,000 according to
their age and beauty.
Mrs Jennie II. Parker, wife of P. w.
| Parker, proprietor OF the Morning Historian,
| OF Astoria. was drowned at ClatSop Beach,
| Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Parker was in
company with +. w. Dunn and vile, hold
ing the latter's hand, when the undertow
took all three off their ieet. Dunn and wife
were rescued. Mrs. Parker was borne TO
sea on the crest of wave.
Miss Conant, shut-n cripple of San
| Diego, has made picture out of postage
| stamps which shows Coronado beach, Point
| Iona, the Coronado Hotel and the sea be-
| yond with the sun setting, and In the fore
ground the G. A. K. Encampment. A
| in q u
badge are among the embellishments. the
| work is an ingenious one and will be sold at
| the encampment for Miss Conants benefit.
According to the lone Echo, Camp Seco,
10 the Calaveras, which has been depopu-
lated for ten years, is at present experen-
cling revival The copper mines in the
vicinity are being put In readiness for taking
out ore, and large number of men are en-
ployed about the mine and in grading for
the erection OF smelter to be used in
working the ores. Already the old town has
several new saloons, butcher-shop. restau-
rant, store and livery stable.
Some fifty marksmen Of Cheyenne, Wyo,
including some OF the experts of the Rocky
Mountain Sportsmen'S Association, have
arranged for division tournament to be
held at the fair grounds near that city Sep
TENDER 1st, ID, Sd and 4th. There will be
| thirty-two events, some extras and 5000
added money. Live birds will be reserved
for the last day. Every number on the card
| Will De open 10 the world. Professionals
will be handicapped by the Keystone system.
J. NJ. Edmiston of Ell Cajon. who tried the
experiment last year of employing women
in his vineyard, says: | believe we have
done work that has never been equaled. Our
different crews have been making an aver
age per hand of fifty-slX to seventy-six trays
each per day, and they were filled 50 full
that sent a large crew over the first pick
Jugs and had them thinned out on the tray.
No one ever saw cleaner work or trays more
nicely filed. We have whole families here,
who have brought even their cows and
chickens and made themselves comfortable
homes for the fruit season."
The San Bernardino Trustees recently
served an order on the Street Superintend-
ent TO enforce the ordinance fOrbidding the
use of steam by the motor companies on E
street. the time granted them for such use
of steam on L street having expired on
August 1st The Superintendent at once
served the order on the various motor con-
ductors as they arrived at the crossing, and
confusion and trouble rcigned all the after
noon, and some arrests were made There
is good deal of Indignation expressed at
| the way the thing was done. Passengers