The morning call., 1891-07-22
COAST ITEMS.

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A union high school has been organized at
Ventura.
Careless hunters near Hanford have killed
several cattle.
Diphtheria is quite prevalent at Willows,
C0lusa County.
Thirty-one evil-doers languish in the So
noma County Jail.
Percy Ross of Los Angeles has invented
an improved refrigerator car.
Counterfeit dollars of the date of 1879 are
in circulation at Grass Valley.
Oregon's penitentiary is crowded to the
doors with an even 400 prisoners.
Many children of the Navajoes in New
Mexico are dying from diphtheria.
Eleven counties of Southern California
have paid over $4,000 for coyote scalps.
A little over $4,000 has been guaranteed
toward the projected District Fair at Vallejo.
The Fresno County School Board has Sc
cured A No. teachers for the coming year.
Long Valley (Nev.) farmers say they will
have an immense crop Of hay, grain and
apples.
Bartlett pears and early Crawford peaches
are being shipped East from the San Joaquin
Valley.
Several San Diego saloon-keepers are
threatened with prosecution for selling
liquor to minors.
Mrs. Michael Crowley of Nevada City
has lost her husband and seven children in
the past few weeks.
A siX-foot rattesnake was recently killed
IN canyon near Lus 4 angeles by Miss Addie
Boehme of that city.
The Half Moon Bay Fourth of July Com
mite came out more than even, with bal
ance of SIG on hand.
The general merchandise store of S. Hart
man. at Santa YueZ, was burned Friday
night Loss, $4,000.
Tucson (Ariz.) mothers, while out shop
ping, corral their younsters in front OF the
stores with twelye-foOt rope.
Some chap with weakness for turtle
soup recently stole fine turtle from in
front ola San Diego restaurant
MendOcno County sent TO San Francisco
during the month OF June 9.556,2I9 feet of
lumber, I'll, 800 shingles and 5S,024 railroad
ties.
MIR. and Mrs. A. Carlton of Santa Rosa
celebrated th"ir golden wedding last week
They have been residents of Sonoma County
since 1865
Sixty-fve men are at work in the noun
talns north or San Bernardino surveying
lines for the proposed Arrowhead Reservoir
CompanyS wagon road.
Ranchers in the vicinity of Reno, New,
complain OF scarcity of hands for hay
making. Every man who is able aud willing
TO work can now get employment.
The proprietor of brick-yard at Astoria.
oregon, says that there is clay enough there
to make millions of brick, and he Will soon
put in machinery to make from 10000 to
10000 day.
a Hicksville Sacramento County, sep
tuagenarian Is anxious to run ;oot-race
with any man in the county for a purse of
$780, and Will deposit 500 as an evidence
OF good faith.
Stockton's new railroad station will be
$50 feet long and 81 feet WIDE Ii will be
constructed of brick, with slate roof. and
in form will somewhat resemble the station
at Bakersfield,
At Maxwell, Colusa County. the other day
discarded cigarette caused the destruction
OF stack Containing thirteen tons Of hay.
The adjoining house and barns were saved
with difficulty.
Ukiah Dispatch: Reports continually
reach Us of injury done to fruit by the hot
spell of two weeks ago. Apples. plums and
berries suffered mostly. In some cases the
trees were badly damaged.
The new Presbyterian church in San
Jose, now IN course OF erection, is said 20 be
in danger of coliapsing, owing to faulty con-
struction. Work has been stopped on the
structure pending investigation.
Miss Clara Wittenmyer, for many years
principal of the Martinez High School, has
resigned to accept position in Mills Sem
mary. Miss Wittenmyer was also member
Pherix (Ariz) Gazette: The Indians in
this country are fast becoming civilized.
The SquawS wear dresses and shoes and
stockings now, though they have hard
time learning to walk with shoes on.
According to the Lakeport Democrat, a
paradise for fishermen exists at the steamer
wharf, the waters in the yicinity being liter
ally alive with millions of fish, almost
crowding each other out Of the water.
Santa Clara Journal: Joseph Jones and
wife, who left Tor the East about year ago
to take up their permanent residence, con-
cluded there was no place like Santa Clara
and have returned here TO reside again.
Redlands Citrograph 1t has been said
that Arizona Is supplying scalps for Pomona
coyote-hunters, who are ingenious enough
to make several scalps from the same pet.
The fve-dollar bounty is an alluring bait.
Fresno Expostor: A colt that saw the
wooden horse in front of harness-store
mistook 1t for Its mother, and it was a con-
siderable while before it could be made to
believe that the wooden horse was fraud
The first annual fair OF the Thirty-f fourth
District, Lassen and ModOc counties, will be
held at Susanville, commencing October 9TH
and continuing five days. The speed pro-
gramme is good one and the purses liberal
Gait Gazette: The Grecian costume bene-
fit party to be given in Gait next month is
already creating quite stir in society cir
cles here, and our young ladies are busy
making every preparation possible for the
occasion.
According to the school census published
In the Independent there are 1890 children
between. 6 and is years Of age in Elko
County, New, OF whom 1876 are boys and 534
girls. The total number under II years in
the county is 1873.
The first number OF the Tri-wcokly Tele-
gram will appear at Eureka, Humboldt
County. next Saturday, under the auspices
OF Nj. III. Vaughan and L. NJ. Howard. The
former is well-known local writer and the
latter job printer.
Auburn Republican: A young man from
Amador and San Joaquin counties says we
nave not any grasshoppers worth mention
ing in Placer Over in Amador he SAYS he
saw enough hoppers on the side of house
to fill bushel basket.
Riverside Press: Ontario, like Riverside and
other rapidly growing towns, is compelled to
employ more teachers in her schools than
the State money will support, and Will vote
a special tax to cover the expense OF the adj
ditlona force required.
San Diego Union: Mrs. c. B. Richards
OF San Diego has received notice that she
has become heir to property in New Jersey
valued at $l2s,000 Mrs. Richards is from
New York City and is one of New York's
most accomplished musicians.
Three girls who were berrying near In
dependence, Oregon. became lost in the
woods and were forced to spend the night
there. they reached home in the morning
just in time to stop party that was about
being organized to institute search for
them.
The San Mateo County Bank, to be To-
Gated at Redwood City, is now an assured
success, some of the most prominent men
OF the county having identified thems elves
with the enterprise. The capital stock Of
the Institution will be $500, 600, divided into
1000 shares of 500 each
Santa Rosa Democrat: Fred Hood has
just returned from Vina ranch, where he
has been gauging several hundred gallons
OF brandy. There are between 100000 and
100000 gallons now in the winery. upon
which $1,000 revenue taxes are being paid to
the Government per day.
Salem Oregon Statesman: Our County
JAN had Its first occupant for many month
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