The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-08-06
PACIFIC COAST NEWS.
Important Information from All
Over the Coast.
NEWS OF THE WEEK CONDENSED.
A Budget OF Miscellaneous Jottings
Briefly and Curly Told in this
Column.

Column.
A powerful electric submarine glot
has been placed for night angling q
Long Beach.
The fruit crop ON the Paige ranch
near Tulare. is light. with the exceT
tion Of pears.
Mrs. Pane Rich was the chic
speaker at the colored peoples memor
ial service in San Francisco for Harrie
Beecher Stowe.
The Kings River school district ha
Just voted $4,000 bonds to build
needed new school house has an as
sessed valuation of 100000.
Mining is being carried on at tn,
beach in Lompoc, Santa Barbars
county. From forty hours run las
week six ounces of gold and tire,
ounces of platinum were obtained.
The Board of Education of San Der.
nardino has made an innovation by
choosing teachers to serve four years.
1t is believed that this method will do
away with political manipulation.
The Goto remedy has begun to show
its efficacy ON the lepers in the San
Francisco pesthouse. and they are now
filed with new hope and happiness
over prospects of relief if not positive
cure.
Southern California physicians are
much interested in the report of the
Pediatric Society on the use of anti
toxine in private practice. This report
is based on returns from 6l5 physi-
clans.
The State Board of Health is investi-
eating the condition of Russian river
in the vicinity of Guerneville. Peo-
pie who battle in the waters contract
blood poisoning, and horses that drink
there get sore mouths.
A large school of white hake, a very
good food fish, whitens the shore off
Tiburon in San Francisco bay. Men
wade out in the shallow water and
throw the fish onto the beach simply
with their hands.
Work on San Francisco's new post.
Office building will begin November /.
The government inspector is row ex-
amining the ground to determine what
stone should be used in the beautiful
five story double tower surmounted
structure.
1t is expected that the coast line of
the Southern Pacific will be finished as
far as Gaviota by October. 1t will not
take many weeks from that point to
Elwood, which will enable passengers
to come to San Francisco by the coast
line all the way.
The German population of Santa
Cruz is at present busy with the
arrangement of the Bezirk funniest to
be held on August to the 18th. The
affair promises to be one of the biggest
events ever witnessed in this city and
the enthusiasm is equally great among
the American population.
7. j. Kirk. Superintendent of the
Fresno county schools, has Just rem
dered his annual report, which shows
that 1000 children were on the books
OF the schools during the past term.
The total attendance was ,666, or %
per cent. The total number of teach.
ers employed was 200, of whom 1872
were women.
The City Council of Santa Barbara
has adopted an ordinance in accord
ance with plans furnished by the CITY
Engineer for sea-water pipe system.
reservoir and pumping plant at a cost
OF 10000, and pipe line from the
CITY water tunnel, including fresh
water reservoir, at cost of $4,000.
After legal publication bond election
will be called. /
Governor Budd has appointed ,
Raleigh Barcar of Vacaville and H. H.
harris OF N6pa as trustees of the Napa
insane asy lum. He has also appointed 9
ROBERT I. Devlin State prison direc. =
tor, vice ]. H. Neff, resigned The {
State Board of Health has selected DIR. Q
). ID. Dawson to represent that body
at the Pan. American Medical Congress. q
which meets in the City of Mexico next '
October.
DIR. Hoisholt, of the Stockton Insane S
lsy ium, says that Simon Raten is hone.
essiy insane. Raten killed James h
lansing In Sacramento several years :
go and was sent to Folsom for life. a
mt was subsequently pardoned. After \
canning around the country several
months he murdered two Japanese
With whom he was tramping. He 81
vas then pronounced insane by the p
ury and sent to Stockton. a
Another body has been found ON the :,
5lairmore. Beneath the ballast dis. n
Igured almost beyond recognition and (
nangled by the weight of wet sand
he body of Samuel Kenny. the stew
I'D, was found. Kenny was native is
u Brooklyn, N. Y. and was fort-one T
ears OF age. 1t is believed that there Il
stlll another body ON the shin. al. g
hough one man who..was found on the W
oakland shore of the bay was identified N
8 a sailor of the Blairmore. Sc
The State Development Committee n
as just undertaken work which il q,
onsiders of great Importance to San a
francisco in particular and to the O
tate in general. 1t proposes to print
$4,000 climatic and typographical =
APPS OF California with a birdseye y
ew OF San Francisco and vicinity. Ia
r distribution to men Of capital In VI
. East. Half of the reverse side of SC
Q map is to be taken up by matter a.
scripfiye OF the general resources "a
q attractions of the State, and the 10 :,
her half will be tiaYntad To rani4al Tn