The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-01-05
COAST ITEMS.

| Brief Notes From Pacific States and Ter
TitOries.
The Ophir mill at Dayton, New, has smut
down for the winter.
SoIano County has 1885,. 900 worth of
property within its limits not iia0Iesto taxa
ton.
The Oregon State Board of Equalization
! has raised The total of taxable property OF
! the Stale S30,O000J0
About S75O.000 worth of oysters IRE
| shipped to San Francisco annually from the
| oyster beds Of san MateO County.
/ The newly organized Bank of Monterey,
at Monterey, IS to erect handsome bank
/ building of pressed brick, granite and iron.
Now that the rains have sUftened the
ground and made it possible the farmers
are all Fastening to get their blowing done
and grain in.
The Sacramento River News says what
California needs is some one TO originate
feasible plan for Kidding the rivers and
sloughs of the State OF carp.
Nevada is getting to be great dairy
| State Three creameries are TO be estab-
lished in Mas Valley, Lyon County, that
will use the milk Of COCO cows daily.
Near Chico the other day between $50 and
200 of a band of 800 sheep became fright
ened and before they could be stopped
Jumped over a pTeciplt0us bank and were
killed.
The Colusa sun has changed from morn
/ ing TO IN evening paper, finding, alter
! trial Of both times of publication, that the
! latter is best adapted To serve the interests
! OF the town.
Forty carloads of redwood Christmas
! trees were shipped into san Francisco over
/ the Southern Pacific line during tie week
! before Christmas There were about 800
/ trees 10 the car
Vacaviile horsemen are building a kite
! slo P "a
! be one Of the best in the State, owing 10 tie
/ peculiar SYringy nature Of the soil on which
! it is being made.
! Redwood City is to have al electric light
| ing ana pumping plant, owned by the town.
Part Of the machinery has already arrived
| and viii be in position at the water works
| by January 18Th.
OF thirteen applicants who recently ap-
peaTed before the Nevada County Board of
| Education, seeking certificates as teachers,
/ ten failed 10 pass the necessary eXaUlna-
ton. Eight failed In arithmetic and TWO in
grammar.
! At Falls City, Oregon, the wind blew 50
flercely few nights ago that ole man,
newcomer there, died from fright. Large
trees were cracking and crashing in every
direction and some OF tile houses there re-
celVed Il terrible shaking up.
According to the Willows journal a man
was buried from the County Hos pItal, there,
a few days ago, with ~ services Of friendly
mInistratjUn whatever. He was stranger,
poor and destitute, Yet at one time hal been
! a soldier in the Union Army.
! The Salem Oregon Statesman publishes
/ wild story OF a young lady who was the
/ victim of ghos-ly yioItati0ns, beng con
/ sIantly pursued by the jawbone OF a hog.
! The young lady and Ter parents removed TO
! California to escape the infection. but at
! last accounts the bone stIll pursued her
Judging from the reports in the country
| papers Of casualties resulting from their
use. about half the boys in the State must
/ have received air guns or similar weapons
/ for Christmas. These toys" are much more
TO be dreaded in The hands Of a child than a
siX-sho0,er would be il the hands OF muir
derOus desperate
The tramps crawl forth from their dens
under the lumbeT-ples and rubbish heaps,
says the Fresno Exposition. looking ike
drowned. rats. They are made aware Of the
fact that the rain falls on the just and IN
just. When it was summer and the heat
was oppressive the TOad-tTotters sighed for
the cool OF winter. Now when the rain
comes down On their reeking heads they
wish IL was summer again.