The morning call., 1891-08-20
COAST ITEMS.
Brief Notes From Pacific States and

Brief Notes From Pacific States and
Territories.
| Strawberry shipments are very light this
| month from that home of the straw berry
| the Pajaro Valley.
The Union Pacific has made special rates
for h0p-pickerS from all points on the What
com and Victoria routes.
A Digger Indian, riding on a fiat car. in
some way fell off, north of Mary sville, the
other night, and was run over and horribly
| manged
The Seaman's Union of San Diego made
an unsuccessful attempt one day last week
to prevent the unloading of the steamer
Wellington.
Fresno vineyardists are being greatly
troubled by trampS who invade the vines,
trample them down and help themselves to
the best of the fruit.
The town of Ventura now has an electric
light plant and an ice factory, both operated
by the waters of Ventura River, one of the
smallest rivers in the State.
Los Angeles big cable company is in
financial difficulties and creditors are crowd
ing it. a suit for foreclosure on the second
mortgage has just been ended.
Healdsburg has a lawn tennis club, with
thirty members, tne ground and every
thing necessary to a successful club except,
1t is said, apparatus to play with.
1t has been agreed that those farmers
whose property was injured by the break
ing Of the Galloway Canal, near Bakersfield.
recently, will arbitrate with the canal COM
pany in the matter of damages.
j. r. Rawlins of Fresno was found dead
in his bed OH Monday of this week. He
was large property-h0lder in Fresno
County. A pOst-mortem examination re-
veaed the fact that. death had resulted
from cere bral hemorrhage.
Robert McGiven, q Waterman on the
Northern Pacific, was found dead on the
all o. Il Il
Weston, this side of the Cascade tunnel 1t
is supposed that lie fell off the bridge which
crosses the road at that point.
w. A. Hayt is exhibiting some rich speci-
mems of lead ore taken from ledge about
twenty miles from Riverside. The location
of the find is kept profound secret as vet
but Mr. Hayt declares that the ledge is
three feet thick, and that the rock carries
both gold and silver.
The Humboldt division of the Southern
Pacific Is to be abolished. The division has
mileage OF zoe miles and will be cut in two
at Carlin. One hundred and twenty miles
viii go to the Iruckee division and the re-
naming eighty miles will become a part Of
the Salt Lake division.
1t is reported that a deal is in progress
for the construction of railroad from
Truckee to Lake Tahoe. The distance is
hfteen miles, and the cost of construction is
estimated at S2U0000 Z. j. Baldwin, who
owns the Tallac House at the lake, is one
of the promoters OF the proposed road.
The other night at Sacramento n legless
negro, who has been seen on the streets for
long while. got drunk and created dis
turbance on X street, near Fourth. He was
SuOdued with the assistance OF several citi.
Zens, but even then he had TO be haudcuffed
before Officer Shellars could cart him off to
jail.
DR.. 3. F. Mason has retired from the edit
orshlp Of the San Leandro reporter. Mason
was very learned man, and used to fill his
paper every week with discussions upon
geology, to the almost entire exclusion of
local news. 1t is needless to say he has not
retired to enjoy the fortune acquired from
such sheet.
The cases of nine Cinnamon arrested in
Montana few days since for being in the
country Illegally were brought up Wednes-
day before United States Commissioner
Duff at Fort Benton. Eight were found
guilty, the case against them being plain
one. They will be taken to san Francisco
and returned to China.
A census bulletin just issued, giving the
statistics of the Catholic Church in all its
branches in this country. shows that in
Utah there are % Catholic organizations,
II church edlficeS, with seating capacity
OF 22l0; Is halls, with seating capacity of
go; church property of the value of SOS, 900
and 1858 communicates.
The citizens of Santa Rosa are contem-
plating raising bonus of $4,000 to secure
the establishment of BelGen silk factory
there. 1t is probable, SAYS the Republican,
that the movement will be con summated.
The enterprise, if established, will employ
scores of hands and pay out annually for
labor alone from $500, 900 to 100000.
few mornings ago. according to the
Reno Journal. an Ind AN sIinnosed to he
one of several who were going to California
to gather hops. was found living on the track
near the water-tonk horriblv 7nongIed INT
alive. His injuries were fatal, and he died
shortly after being discovered. No one saw
tie accident, and the other Indians did not
seem to miss him..
= Master Joseph Latham, aged ~ years, of
South Pasadena has picked 1900 pounds of
DlackDerries this season. Joe is an ambi-
tious LAD and means to raise the figure to
2ooo pounds before the season closes. If
lhe ABOVE hgnres are correct, age and size
considered, Joe is probably the champion
Derry-plcker OF the country. What school
boy can show better record?
According to the Vallejo Chronicle there
are at present in the yard The Charleston,
in the dry-dock having her bottom cleaned