The morning call., 1891-10-23
COAST ITEMS.
Brief Notes From Pacific States and
Territories.

IerflbOrIeSs
Heavy fOgs are said to be interfering with
raisin drying in Riverside.
1t is reported that a Mr. Newberry OF
Chicago proposes to start all elephant farm
in Southern California.
1t is estimated that u, 900 quail have been
killed in Mexico and marketed in the Uni ed
States since tile season opened, October 1st.
Mrs. Bayard Taylor, widow of the great
poet and author, has bought twenty-four
acres of land at San Marcos, San Diego
County.
Parties in Riverside are thinking oil estab-
fishing a factory there for the manufacture
of orange marmalade from culls and unde-
sirable oranges.
Charles Crofoot of Glen Ellen, Sonema
County, died last week from injuries re-
ceived from being kicked by a vicious STALL
ion which he was taking care OF.
There were so many quail about the
streets of Carson the other day that num-
Der Of sportsmen bagged enough for break
fast without leaving their yards.
1t is estimated that fully $4,000 in coin
leaves San Diego each mouth in payment for
tickets in the various lotteries. One dealer,
it is said, boasts openly OF making 500
month on his sales.
a Santa Barbara woman makes from
$500 to $1,000 year growing pampaS
plumes, dyeing them to fantastl colorS and
then selling them to Chicago wholesale deal
erS III fancy gOOuS.
Twenty-ounce pippins! exclaims the San
JacMo Register. What Eastern orchard
could produce heavier weight? They are
magnificent yellow, firm and juicy! These
huge pippinS grow on tine Wiltshire Bros.
ranch, Potato Canyon, in the mountain
range near San Jacinto.
The Perris New Era says that water has
caused the population Of Perris Valley to
double in a single year. Water caused the
nnaniDu nj San .IapintO NunVO ff
settlement with its $4,000 acres OF fertile
lands. Water increased the value of lands
from $50 to SO per acre.
a rainbow at night is something new. but
that is what DR.. Congsr and family, of Pas
adena, saw the other night on toward the
mountains distinct semi-circle was out
lined against heavy bank of fog, being
altogether like the regulation rain bow, eX-
cept that ii was cOlOrless.
San Francisco firm has purchased n
plasteT-Of-p paris mine near RincOn, which it is
working with force of forty men. The de-
post is said to be the finest in the State and
the company proposes to develop it fully.
The Santa Ana will be bridged at once aud
q track laid from the mine to the Santa Fe.
Young ladies are scarce at Banning, and
a correspondent from there proposes that
the town incorporate and cffer inducements
to young lady settlers, and make it misde-
mean0r for any young lady to move away
without permission from the Board of Al
dermen, which would be exceedingly hard
to get.
The San Drgan declares th at under the
law of this State 1t is better for man bent
on murder to succeed in killing his victim
than to attempt to do so and fail. The pen
atty for manslaughter is from one TO ten
years in States Prison for assault with in
tent TO KILL one TO fourteen years. Our
lawmakers evidently believed that failure
in an affair OF this character is deserving Of
some punishment
A crowd of hoodlums at Los Angeles Sat
urday night surrounded Chinese wash
hOuse and tormented the proprietor until he
came out, evidently intending to give chase
when one of them fired revolver, wound
ing him in the leg, shatteriDg the bone
badly. The Chinaman crawled into the
house, where he lay helpless and undlscoy-
cred until Sunday afternoon.
An old white mare named Daisy, who
pulls Fourteenth-street car in Oakland,
does not like to be passed on the road by
any other horse. The other day Daisy got
excited in endeayorlng to pass hack and
team, and taking the bit ran away with tie
street-car and passengers. Before she had
gone far, however, the tugs broke and she
went on, dragging the driver over the dash
board and leaving him in the road.
Experiments made with the capriicatiOu
of figs in Fresno County are reported to
have been very successful The expert
trees, where in past seasons the fruit has al
ways been blasted. and the result was that
this year all the blossoms that were pollen
ated from the capri or wild tig filled and
matured fruit that in size aud taste was
equal to the genuine Smyrna fig. Next sea-
son insects will be introduced into the or
chard to do the eaprifying.
The library OF the University of Califor-
mia has Just received very valuable addi-
ton of several hundred Spanish works COL
lected and purchased by Professor Moses in
his recent s0j0urn there. Many Of these
books are rare aud of extreme value. A
large number relate to the old Spanish COM
merce and the relations of Spain with its
New World possessions. Among the vol
umes is a large handsome history OF Spain,
in seven volumes, which shows the modern
bOok-maKing OF Spain to Its best advantage.
In some parts of the Colorado Desert, says
the Los Angeles Herald, water bOlls up
from springs, which are surrounded by Cir
cular hillOcks of carbonate of lime from
four to eight feet in height, the mate
rial of which has been deposited from the
flowing fluid. The latter is so highly
charged wita gas that it Is difficult to keep
corks In bottles filed with 1t. It seems
queer to find in such desolate country real
suda-water fountains supplied by nature.
Syrups are not offered tO 0rder, unlOrtu-
pately.
The Italian-Swiss a Agricultural Compauy's
winery in Sonoma County is mammoth
affair, according to the Cloverdale Reveile.
Ii has capacity of 1,000.G00 gallons. Some
of the tanks are large enough to fit up for a
two. story dwelling-house. especially the
two that are named the twins. They have
a capacity of $4,000 gallons each. There
are thirteen tanks Of lS,OoO capacity each,
twenty-five 20o0- gallon tanks and fifteen
Il, ,0Go- gallon tanks, besides fermenting
tanks and smaller ones and shipping and
storing puneheons..