The morning call., 1892-01-07
COAST ITEMS.
Brief Notes From Pacific States and
Territories.
AntiOch wants a beet-sugar factOrY.

Brief Notes From Pacific States and
Territories
Antioch wants beet-sugar factory.
A society for prevention Of cruelty to ami
mails is being organized in Sacramento.
Pasadena is making an effort TO secure
tile establishment Of an EGGPLANT there.
a fitteen-yeaT-old Benlcia girl is held for
| trial in Vallejo Oh a charge Of burglary.
About eighty men employed in the Slcra-
mento railroad shops have been laid of
Horses as well as human beings are hav-
! ing the grip in some portions OF the State.
! Leap-Year parties are now a prominent
! feature Of rural festivities In the northern
| part Of the State.
Mail-car.ierS IN Eastern Oregon are hav-
| ing much trouble IN getting the mails
| through on account Of the rain.
The ministers Of Marysyilie have formed
/ an association among themselves Tor the
! purpose of more ettectually carrying on
/ their work.
The carle-r0ad company in Los Angeles
| intends 10 convert the h0rSe-car lines INTO
/ electric roads, thereby making a saving Of
| 5000 year
A large pile-driver is in use at the New
! port Wharf in making some needed I'M
/ prOYements, and SIXty-fUOt extension OF
/ the wharf is contemplated.
! A survey Of the Monte CristO Railroad in
! Falls and two parties OF engineers are now
at work between the falls and Hartford.
Figures are published showing that the
raisin crop Of California this year has been
| . 500 900 boxes. OF this amount Fresno
County has produced considerably more
than half.
A Young man named Welt while hunting
I'D in Washington the other day met a band
of elk. He shot and killed one when the
whole band turned and showed night and he
was obliged 10 Kill seven before they wOuJd
leave
The Fresno EXpOst0r says: There are
about 1000 men IN Fresno. each Of whom
could have captured Dalton II he had
been there But these men never happen
to be there when there is any capturing to
be done.
Santa Barbara, with a population of
about COCO, has, by a vote Of 5J3 TO =. DE-
cided TO issue bonds to the amount of So
900 fuT the construction along its beach If
boulevard, paved with asphalt and OOIdered
with flowers.
Within a few days an election will be held
in San Diego County TO vote 5000 600 bonds
for the purpose Of grading a road 10 be
turned over TO the Southern Pacific Railroad
for a TOadhed. Ii now looks as though bonds
would carry.
A Sacramento young man who welcomed
in the New ear by blowing a police
whistle was arrested and fined so, it being
mlSdemeauUr to blow police whistle
without good cause. He probably thought
| he was paying dearly for his whistle.
B. c. Eppersuu, C0lusa pioneer. wants
/ to have the first California Native Daughter
! placed upon exhibition at Chicago during
| the Worlds Fair, and asserts that Mrs.
! FuTman Of that county IS the lady entitled
to that distinction, if it can properly be
| call such.
A Seattle woman dOnned a suit Of her nus
| bands clothes the other night and accom-
/ panied him on a stunning" trip IN the
! lower part OF the city. A lynx-eyed police
! man recognized her disguise, however, and
the pair were arrested before they had pro
| Ceeded very far.
An experimental Olive-mill has been set
! by J. L. Howlan of Pomona for the pur-
! pose of making olive oil. Mr.. Rowland
| reckons that he will have from his four
| vear-old orchard not less than Is go gallons
| of olives. which converted iutO oil ought to
make 1000 to 2000 gallons.
Charles Newark, q wel-t0-do rancher
| living near PalOuse City, Wash, walked
! into the diuing-TOOm Of a hotel there a few
! days ago, and sitting down in chair, sud
| denly became unconscious and died soon
after without recovering his senses. New
= ark had been king heavily for some
time previous.
Visala's new jail is said 10 have been
made of cheap materials, the wall, poorly
constructed and the cages insecure. 1t is
also said that the officials are lax IN the
matter OF vigilance. When murderer can
dig out OF cage and jail In one night with a
case-knife and a file, this description OF the
jail and the officers is certainly justified.
From Seattle comes the story that an
American bark on the Pacific recently sailed
for FIVE hours through a sea OF boiling water,
says the Pomona Progress. It is a pity to
waste 10 good lie on the Pacific Coast
NH hv : n ba 10
the crew might have been pictured dipping
up bowls Of oyster stew out Of a seetIing
sea.
The largest irrigation dams in the worl d
are located in California. The 'Merred dam
is one mile long, 70 feet high, 650 acres.
capacity 5,500000,OJ0 gallons; the Sweet
water River dam, near san Diego, 90 feet
high, rs acres. capacity 5000, 600, 900 gal Gus
and the Bear. Y alley dam 10 San BernaTdno
County, 80 feet high, 300 acres, 10 0O0, 0JO, 0O0
| gallons.
Some time ago, says the Oakland Times.
c. =. Huntington stated that he would send
the Pacific Mail steamers to Long Wharf if
the HaTb0T Comm ssiOners compelled them
to dock al North Bea h. Harbor Commits
siOner Alexander now states that the steam
eTs will certainly be ordered to North Beach
1t now remains for the railroad maguate to
carry out his threat.
Henry Gerkin, a native of Germany aged
y
| at Iruckee, on Saturday morning got out of
the back window Of his cabin and started
for the IruCkee River evidently with the
intention Of drowning himself The snow
was So deep that he was exhausted before
he reached the river and his lfeles, BODY
was found lying on his back about 200 feet
| from the river with his head down hill.
| He had told Mr.. Shaffer several days before
that he was tired Of life and did not care to
! live.
A certain lady in Soda, New, who thought
| here husb band spent too much tina down
| town, one day last week took a walk 10 find
| him. says the Carson News. AS she passed
| a saloon she saw her liege lord seated at a
| table near the stove engaged in a game of
! seVen-up. SO she walked right in drew n
| chair near the stove, put her feet on the
| fender and drew her knitting from her
| pocket and began 10 knit. Her Husband
! told her TO 60 home, hut she said she was
| quite comfortable and would wait until he
was ready TO go. Finally the old man quit
the game and they departed.
There is cedar tree near Arlington. Sno-
homlsh County, Wash, measuring sixty
elght teet 10 circumference. Around the
knotty roots the tree measures ninety-nine
teet About seyenty-fye feet from the
| ground It forks into four immense branches.
and just below the forks is big knot-hoIe
Five men climbed into the hole aud ex-
plored the interior of the tree IL was
found to be mere shell, and about forty
i've feet down 1t would afford standing
room for forty men. The tree is still green
and remarkable feature is said TO be that
1t IS parked on the inside and outside alike
Park Commissioners Cited.
The Park Commissioners w. Stow
r. 2. Hammond and Joseph Austin-hay,