The morning call., 1891-08-02
COAST ITEMS.
Brief Notes From Pacific States and



Territories.
The annual State meeting of the Camp
| ballite christian Church is in session at
Santa Cruz.
Elias Eberhardt is now in Jail at Port
land, Oregon, awaiting trial for forgeries al
legged to have been committed a number of
years ago.
At knights Ferry, Stanislaus County, is a
fig tree TO feet in height, with branches
shading a circle 20 feet in diameter. The
! trunk mt the base is feet around.
Charles Nickshaw, mountain guide, had
| his toes badly frozen Il few days ago, while
ascending Mount Shasta with gentleman
who was anxious to reach that summit.
j. s. Baird of Chua Vista, San Diego
| County, has sold over 10000 pounds of april
cots this season from fve-year-old orchard
on fiye-acre tract, receiving over $1,000 for
the crop.
A Lady living near Dayisville went re-
Gently for a few weeks soj0urn at Pacific
Grove. The family cat grieVed so at her
mistress absence that she refused all food,
and died on the second day, apparently Of
grief.
A monster basking shark became en-
tangled in the nets of the Sequel fishermen
| the other morning, and was captured and
| brought IN by them and tied up at the
| wharf near Camp Capitola. Theifish was
| over thirty feet long.
The LakepOrt Avalanche complains bit
| terly that San FranciScanS who visit that
| place seem to have left their manners be-
| hind them in the city, and delight to con-
| duct themselves as ''hoodlums" and chip
| pies" rather than as ladies and gentlemen.
The Santa Ana Press says there is no
truth in the report that they are feeding ice
10 hens, ont at una, TO prevent them from
LAYING hard-b0iled eggs. We take the word
OF the Press. in this matter, though we are
not sure we do not run too great a risk in
doing SO.
Two ShOShOne bucks named Spruce Aleck
and Laughing Charlie fought a bloody duel
on Monday at Wells, New, an Indian camp.
The trouble arose about squaW. They
were both hobbled together, aud fought
with knives. They are horribly mangied,
and Aleck will die.
Officer Frank Dennen of Grass Valley was
buying small pistol from Chinese mer-
chant the other day, and the Celestial, not
thinking 1t was loaded, began swapping it,
| when the weapon discharged, lodging bull
let in Dennen's under jaw. The wound was
| painful, but not fatal.
a lady living in Prescott Ariz., has in her
garden night-bloomng cereus which has
| been blossoulng every night for some time
past. 1t only blooms at night. The flowers,
which are beautiful, large, rich white bios
| SONS, with some brownish colored petals
| only remain open few hours.
Tehama County fishermen say the Upper
| Sacramento River Is about 'tished out. "
| According to the Reddlng Democrat the
| State ought to reStock the river with trout
for the next three or four years, and pei
| certain parties 10 take out the dams they
have put in the river, or else put in fish lad
| ders.
The Los Angeles Herald has heretofore
claimed a right TO name the new body OF
water in the desert Lake Herald" but now
cOnfesses to an inclination to waive that
right, and call it, instead. the Sea of
! Ipnlpf If SnDpnsfpl
| paralleled hot spell down there is in any
way due TO the new lake.
A professional man of Berkeley, having
! trouble with his office landlord, and being
| given notice To quit, did so, but first pro-
| cured some murIaiic acid, with which he
| sprln kled the handsome carpet in the office.
| The carpet was speedily made fit only for
| the rag-bag, but. of course, that particular
| tenant had no longer any use for 1t.
A number of prisoners in the Yreka Jail
| recently imprOviSed saw from case knife
and have since been deyoting their nights to
| saving the bolts that confined them, work
| ing by the light of a lamp of bent tin, con-
tanning fat, with piece of cord Tor wicking.
| They were progressing finely when, the
other night, the Sheriff happened along and
borrowed their saw.
The San Diego Sun says: Some enter
prising citizens of San Diego propose to
| charter vessel and send it to Iquique with
| provisions. This Is something that should
! have been done long ago, but it is not now
| too late To make handsome profit by the
| deal. Besides lquique there is good mar
| ket for food stuffS at Lima at which point a
| grain famine is reported.
The Tulare Register says: a lady on
| Iule River has hit upon novel heme for
making a feather bed. She raised some
| ducks which proved to be all brakes. The
! lady picked the feathers from her brakes and
| then snapped them off for ducks She has
nfpEpH oil md has nH,a
| mind. She wants to trade her ducks off for
| drakes-unpicked brakes.
The Arlington (WaSh.) Times says: Bears
| are getting tO be rather numerous in this
vicinity. Last Saturday Sam Hansley met
one between Cummins and the railroad.
| Monday one OF Dcwey's teamsters saw four
and Thursday morning ye editor ran onto
one in the trail about half way between
| town and the school-h0use. Or course, no.
body had gun. One evening last week
three were killed up North Fork.
A tramp passing the home of j. K. Nich-
| OILS, near Oroville, one day recently, saw Mr.,
Nichols tiyey ear-old boy sitting in the
| doorway, and with no proyocatiun DIS
charged pistol at his head. The weapon
! was loaded with fine shot, which took effect
in the boys head and arm. Hearing the
| shot his mother ran out to find tile hiIi
bleeding on the doorstep. hetramp made his
escape, and though party was organized to
search for him he succeeded in eyading
them.
Samuel McCrea of Limekln District, Ne
yada County, while suffering from tempo
rary alteration of mind recently, under
took to commit suicide by shooting himself.
His son secured and unloaded the revolver.
whereupon McCrea took liberal dose OF
strychnlne. 1t had been in the house
for twenty years or so, however AMI had
lost its strength, and only caused cramps
ana slight muscular commissions. He was
Kept walking all night, and in the morning
taken to Nevada City to be examined as 10
his sanity.
w. 5. Cone of Tillamook, says the Oreeo-
man, Is preparing novel exhibit for the
worlds Fair, which he proposes shall be
seen even II Oregon is not otherwise repre-
sented. 1t is short section Of one of Tilla.
mook's largest fir trees. The end will be
dressed and polished. and on it will be
painted artlstlcally complete map of Tilla-
nook County, showing the products of the
different localities. The cost will be about
$3.50, not including transportation. 1t will
he shipped by steamer to Portland, and
should be exhibited first at the exposition in
this city.
Ten little Washington boys thought it
would be smart to rob the Indians orchards
or the reservation recently. Ten little boys
were found in the MIDST Of enjoyment of
apples more or less green by Agent Eells.
They ranged in age from to 10 years. The
agent took them into custody and marched
them to the Indian jail, where they were
given over to their reflections for a couple
of hours. When they were let out of the
JAIL they were gwen an effective lesson in
being taken before the Indian children
gathered in school and shamed, Every ma