The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-19
COAST ITEMS.
Brief Notes From Pacific States and
Territories.


Territories.
1t is now reported that ii. Jay Hanchette
of Los Angeles, has been seen in South
America.
From 200 to 300 pounds of fish are being
caught daily in Independence Lake, near
ITuckee, New.
Charles la Fava of Salt Lake took carbOlic
acid last Friday. thinking it was syrup of
figs, and died in fifteen minutes.
Santa Barbara has issued a numerously
signed invitation to ex-President and Mrs.
Cleveland to pay their city visit
The people Of Sebast0pOi. SOnoma County.
ale talking Of joining with neighboring
districts to secure Union High School
Andrew Bresalin war veteran painter
by trade, in a fit Of insanity attempted sui
eide Saturday at Yountville, in a room of
house where he was at work. He has been
sent to Napa.
Joseph Rodda of Grass Valley, while
drunk the other night, pushed his wife off
the porch of their home, breaking her collar
bone and injUring her seriously. ROdda has
repeatedly been IN jail for beating his wife
while he was drunk.
1t is said that the abundance Of monster
tu' ties at Magdaena Bay. Lower CalIfOr-
MO, has induced Company TO go into ths
business of canning the extract for expOrta-
ton. The first lot of their product has just
gone TO England through Ell PaZ.
Chief PEG, of the Umatillas, is not in favor
of allotting lands to the Indians under the
February act, for the reason that it gives to
women, as we'll as their lords eighty acres
each, while the Slater bill which he fayOrs.
gives the head of the families 160 acres and
the women none. "Women'S rights no
good" is the tersely expressed opinion OF
the chief.
recent break in one of the many canals
in Fresno County inundated part Of the
city of Fresno, forming a lake about a block
do "a frT1ltr hoif fIal
the residents could only be reached by boat
or wading. A number of acres of vines
were under water, and some places badly
washed. The break was repaired the fol-
lowing day and the water has subsidized.
At San Luis ObispO the other day sid
walk was ordered repaired. as it did not
seem safe. While the Workmen were busy
on it one of them stepped on trap-dOor in
the walk, and it gave way under him. He
fell into an excavation twelve feet deep,
striking his head, and was seriously in
jured. 1t was then discovered that the side
walk was thoroughly rotted out, and the
only wonder is no one was hurt before.
In regard to the way Cinnamon make
money at market-gardening in this State,
the. Pomona Progress says; Hung Lee
came to this valley two years ago this
month, and rented an acre of land for EN-
barking as a gardener. He lad about So
at the time. He has worked like a slave,
and saved like miser Last week he
bought ten acres of Spadra land for $500,
and has over $500 more on deposit in a Los
Angeles bank.
The NhatcOm ReYeille cOntradcts the
assertion that there are no poisonous rep
tiles on Puget Sound, and says that
venOmous reptiles have been killed there
from the bite of which horses and other
animals have died. 1t is too cold aud the
rainfall too great for rattlerS, but the In
dams nave deadly fear of marine spider
fnund fbnrn itiph resembles HACK hat -
They claim that the bite OF one OF these sea
tarantulas is fatal
At a recent meeting of the fruit-growers
in Clarke County, Wash, the folio owing STA
tistics Of the industry in that county We're
presented: PruneS, 1900 To 2000 acres;
peaches, 100 acres; apples, 600 acres; pears,
200 acres; cherries, 100 acres PraneS dried
last year. 200 tons; green fruit exported last
year, 100000 packages; orchards planted
last year, 1000 acres. Two hundred tons OF
| dried prunes represent about 100000
pounds of green fruit, and dried and packed
are worth about $4,000.
A would be sport from Sacramento visited
| one of The public schools In the Orange Valr
| Colony, near Sacramento, the other day, and
| finding it in charge of a lady proceeded t.
| annoy her and brighten the pupils. The
| teachers fGrbearance becoming exhausted
| she took the fellow by the collar aud put
| him out. He returned, whereupon the
| piucky girl and one or two of the larger
| pupils gave him a sound drubbing aud sent
| him away a sadder, if not wiser man.
| Alexandra de Arrue Jimenez is a Son
| senate Central America poet, who desires
| to contribute a poem to the Columbia EX-
! position at Chicago. He viii read the puem
| through for the people. The reading will
occupy nine days, and each person who
| desires to hear it may do 50 for $40, Tor
| which money he will also receive a copy Of
| the book. which is to be printed at tile ex-
pense of the exposition and sold at So 50
and "a copy, the proceeds to accrue to the
modest poet, who will also receive % per
| cent on the profits of the readings
The Governor OF Utah has issued an invi-
tation to all the States and Territories west
| of the Missouri to send thirty delegates
! each to a convention to be held at Salt Lake,
| September 18th, 10th and 18th to consider
| matters pertaining to the reclamation of the
| arid public lands of the West and t0 pet-
| ton Congress to cede 10 each State and Ter
| ritOry the lands within its borders for pur-
| poses of reclamation, for the support Of lis
/ public schools and for such other public
| purposes as the Legislatures OF each State
| or Territory may respectively determine.