The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-04-04
NEWS OF THE COAST.
Nathan California.


z. F. Leuson has retired from the Red
Bluff News. which has been purchased by
}. 4. Linthicum. who assumed control on
April l.
The Napa Weekly Journal entered upon
its ninth year on the list inst. 1t now has a
vigorous daily edition to pat it on the back
and tell what good old creature it IL, just
as all daily editors patronizs their parent
Weekles.
Southern California.
Redands has decided to pave section Of
several blocks with vitrified bricks.
A correspondent of the Los Angeles Ex-
press says that the shipment of oranges
from Duarte this year will reach 100 ear
loads.
Escondido, San Diego County. offers the
free use OF their fair grounds and track in
good condition il the district fair will hold
the session Of 1892 there.
Work has been begun on the excavation
Tor the new County Courthouse at San Ber-
rardino. The Courier SAYS: This sounds
the death knel of county division.
The Petaluma Courier is informed that the
proposed electric road to connect Petaluma
and Santa Rosa is likely to become an ac-
complished fact within reasonable time.
Rediands has ordered an extension of the
drive 10 Sniyley Heights so that it will pass
around the foothills. affording a greatly ex-
tended road from which magnificent scenery
may be viewed.
On March % the Los Gatos Mail COM
pleted its eighth year, and w. 7. Hughes
retired from the editorial chair, TO which
w. 5. Walker, the founder and proprietor
of the paper, has returned.
The San Diego Union of the 1st inst
| states that the coyote crop of that county
Tor the brst quarter of 1892 reached 300
scalps, and adds: And within few weeks
$4,000 Of State funds Will be in circulation in
| this county.
Ihe Surf gives an account of marriage
| in Santa Cruz OF man and woman over the
dead body of their child, the community
having previously supposed the parties to
be what they pretended Their names were
| w. ID. Huffman aud Susan Purcell.
Mr. William Sherlock of Grangevlle, in
Tulare County, has about 80 young peach
| trees that seem to be healthy, but they have
| dark red leaves which at a short distance
| look almost black. He has found no one
says the Vlsalia Delta. who can account for
this strange case.
| The Fresno Expositor says: d. w. Park
hurst shows his faith in the future of Fresno
County's raisin vineyards by putting out
100 acres more of vines this season near
| Fowler. To an Expositor reporter he said
| the other day: THE market for California
| raisins is bound to increase and there will
| be demand for all we can produce
The meteorological observations taken at
the Benicia Barracks for the past % years
| are TO be discontinued. The New Era saws
This means that no records of heat, cold
| or rainfall are to be kept hereafter at Bent
| ella Barracks. We have made an effort to
| have the apparatus transferred TO us, as
there is no branch of the Agricultural Bu-
reau here, but in vain, az the red tape forms
OF the Government are too intricate"
Washington.
| The South Bend Journal says that a
| Pacific County cranberry marsh of 40 acres
| produced last year 100 barrels that were
| sold at 81 TO $40 DER barrel. The Washing
ton cranberry is larger and OF finer flavor
than the Eastern berry, but the life of the
| vine Is not so great
Pnyaliup Valley papers report indications
OF renewed attacks of the hop louise this
| year. THIS pest did much injury last year
In all the hop regions OF the State, the
growers not having previously suffered
were ignorant Of proper remedies. This
year They Will have the benefit Of what they
learned in 1891.
Miscellaneous.
On April the Genoa Nev) Courle, en-
tered upon its thirteenth year. A year ago
1t was enlarged from four to six pages. and
1t has maintained its improved condition
with credit to its home
Acting Governor N. o. Murphy OF Ari-
noZa has published a proclamation inviting
the citizens OF the different counties to file
Recommendations with the Governor for IN
poinLment OF County Commissioners" for
the Worlds Fair.
The Truckee Republican considers The
pig canal as an assured Improvement. 1t
Will tap the Truckee River near Cuba. in
Nevada County, and will extend through
| lemon, Long, Spanish and Prosser valleys
| country