The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-01-23
COAST ITEMS.
Interesting Notes From the Pacific States
and Territories.


! pany at Blacks, \ OlO County, was robbed
! last Sunday night.
Ten barns in the suburbs of Santa Rosa
! have recently been burned by incendAres.
! The tre-bugS have been caught, and claim
they did their fendish work " for fun"
A Seattle jury in the case of James Evans,
! colured miner on trial tOr the murder Of
| his wife, has disagreed. Two cOl0red men
J on the jury would accept no verdict except
arquital.
The horses and mules of Oregon. says the
! OREGON Statesman, Will pay as much taxes
| as the railroad tracka2e of the State The
| patient mules have been the burden bearers
| In al! ages.
The ueople of Mound City. San Bernar-
! dino County, are constructing a cement
storm drain to take care Of the storm wafer
/ which ut times has caused considerable
damage in that vicinity
There IS talk of Abandoning the postofiice
at Garfield. Fresno County, IA mOst Of the
residents Of that burg carry their letters to
/ Fresno Tor mailing, thus deprVlng the office
! OF Its only source OF income.
ak-theyes are very numerous up in
| Phoebe, New, so that the Record sugges Is
that it may he necessary to unite and give "a
/ neckte party before long, by way OF recog-
! milton OF their unWelCOme visitors.
The Albion Mill Company Of MendocnO
/ has turned its railroad into a general traffic
! road and now convey produce, ties, posts
/ etc. to their wharf, regardless OF whether
/ the company IS the purchaser or not.
A company hrs leased the Slower Noun
! tain lime and marble deposits near Cotton
/ The lease requires that 100 barrels Of ce-
/ mCnt be turned out daily during the fist
! year, and 800 per day the next five years.
! a movement is on foot TO establish in
Spokane shlDEl e-mill with capacity Of
/ 10000 shingles per day, which will be in
creased 70 100000 as soon rs the trade will
warrant tho addition OF new machinery.
A factory has been started at Los Angeles
! for making essential oils from tho rnds of
/ ORANGES and lemons. The experiment is
! thorough success. From 1000 TO 5000 oranges
are used daily, and the oils are in great de-
mRnd.
Another norther visited Riverside this
week, and according TO the Press, blew off
great quantity Of slightly damaged fruit.
The Press opInes that what now remains on
the trees is uninjured by frost, and will
bring a good price later on.
While cXcavatinE for the new high school
a San BeuDTlinO recently a skeleton was
found head down, three feet below the sur
face Of he ground. 1t IS IN all probability
! the skeleton OF a soldier, as a United States
I belt buckle was found with the bones.
Citizens Of Lori,burg, La Verne, Azusa.
GlenGoTa and san Dlmas have taken steps
! 10 organize an Irrigation district 10 embrace
$1,000 acres. They expect 70 bring water
q a
estimated cost Of half a million dollars.
The Paso Bobes Moon says that that
/ place is receiving constant aCceSsiOns 10 its
residents. During the past year, 1t IS esti-
mated, more than 200 people have settled in
/ the city, and Judging from appeaTan es this
aUmber viii be greatly increased during the
/ year.
/ The Antioch Ledger says that Antioch is
I taking mold OF The bett-Sugar business with
/ a good deal of vim. Many farmers have
| promised to plant tracts Of from five to
twenty acres each, and II is probable that
/ 800 acres in the aggregate Will be planted in
! that vicinity.
! Colonel W. II. Root, the Laramie (Wyo)
/ man who has such reputation for being
/ abe to capture wild animals of every sort.
! from prairie dog 10 a grizzly has just
/ filed AN order from Jay Gould for three
/ elk. He has forwarded three magnificent
/ specimens Of thi, noble game.
Some of the ministers Of Oakland have
! been carrying On Il lengthy theological dis
/ cusslUn IN tie columns of one Of the daily
/ papers The other day Chlnaman called
al the Office Of the paper and desired copies
! OF the numbers containing the articles, as
! he desired TO read up on the discussion.
1t is amusing, says the California Fruit
/ Grower, 10 hear the Florida people, who
! have always plumed themselves upon the
/ sweetness OF their oranges, now brdg about
/ their adaptabllity 20 the European trade on
/ account Of their Sonrness. II Is strange
/ now the color OF money VIII auect naYor
The Vallejo Chronicle says there is a vast
/ amount Of waieF-po"er going 10 waste in
! Iuo.umne that ought TO be utilized. There
are two rivers, each having a fall Of over
/ Y'Eu Iee' N'lIIIh l4e Souhty. IAry would
! iuih'sH I'm "ssIe4tNe I'll Iu''Vo AOI power,
! II lIopeIy utlIzed: rover coulu De trans
! IeIied 10y means OI eIecIIIci'y HIty miles II
! necessary.
! 4 few DAYS AGO eavs thu Voodiard M,fI
! farmer VINO lives near town procured a
! WaSoh-IoAu Of craze ponace from one OF
/ me "lhtI'es VII. WHtcu 10 leeu ms hoB>.
! pom pid'ihE IL pcluic the SWINE tHey ate
OF IL 80 ht"itF a. 10 acquire Ioad III more
/ ways 'Aah one, ioI they became intoxicated
ana remained III drunken stupor Tor sew
era Jay
during 1871 Montana farmers raised
! l,o3b,uOO bushels OF wheat. valued at q, SJ6.-
/ coo ! he acreage In wheat was % SO3 They
/ planted during the year !i,IH acres in oats,
! NhLrh y,e'uel Z''i9,VOJ Dushels valued at
81 49, ne NI''u Vi oa's 10 inc state
was |2t2 p"SA5lS per acre. lheSe hsuTeS
are OHci'I' ana are IurhIShed by Tue De-
/ tatt'"on' VI AS' 'C.'''"te
/ lhe C0huenga farmers, who have been
hitherto dependent upon rainfall alone for
! the production OF thelT winter crops OF ycge-
.aO'to ana snail fruits are earning the ad-
! FauIaSeS OF irrigation. IL IS probable that a
! district irrigation organization VIII be eff
Iecied by Ihrm before long. or that in some
! other way a suihclent supply If water will
DC se'u!eu LOT lI'e IroSlie'S oeiL
me southern racine mas between forty
and MY men employed IN preliminary
work between Santa Margarita and San
Luis OOispo, preparatory to enabling bid
deTS 10 contract nttHigently ana closely on
the sections OF tie work to be built The
engineers nave to renew the stakes and
MARKS Is,. Oh previous "oIk, ana Ia9orers are
Governor Markham will soon be asked to
pardon young man named Loosmoore.
VINO is in San Quentin. The case is a
strange Onr, and il the stories told about II
are true the prisoner ought to be quickly
set at liberty. Ii IS said that Iousnoore's
ranch, near the line Of Kern and San Luis