The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-06-18
ALONG THE COAST.
Interesting Occurrences From all
Over the Coast.
NEWS OF THE WEEK CONDENSED
Budget OF Miscellaneous Jottings
Brieny and Curtly Told in this
Column.


Sacramento has 2IS more children
of school age than last year.
Sacramento's bonded debt will b.
entirely Cancelled during the year 1898
The first balloon ascension and para
chute drop ever made with search
light took place successfully at San
Francisco.
Large shipments of California pro
ducts are going into the Albuquerque
market as we'll as to points ON tn
Atlantic and Pacific Railroad.
The people of Alameda are preparing
TO make a strong resistance if thu
Southern Pacific attempts to charg,
local fare within the limits of theii
city.
The California State Pharmaceutical
society will at San Francisco establish
laboratory TO manufacture many
medicines that they now purchase in
the East.
The Boys Brigade from San Fran
cisco, Alameda, Oakland, San Jose and
Santa Cruz, will camp near Los Gatos
creek for one week ON June 16. There
will be $50 of them.
An offer has been made by Proprie.
tors Hicknott and Nelson of the can
merry in Biggs to employ $50 women
in their establishment during the fruit
season. The work will begin about
July LIST.
The two new brick barracks now to
be added to the San Francisco Preside,
making five in all, will cost $40, 900.
The inside furnishing will be of red.
wood and each will accommodate two
companies or 1870 men.
The Ancient Order of Hibernians OF
the State of California met in biennial
session at Young Mems Institute Hall,
San Jose, last week, with good dele.
cation present from all parts of the
State. There were about 100 delegates
present.
The Los Angeles team took nearly
all of the honors at the shoot of the
State Inanimate Target Association al
Stockton. Chick of San Diego woI
the diamond medal, and the Los An
geles outfit won the first prize in thu
three men shoot.
OF the 200 or more guests, abou
half men and half women, at tn,
dinner given in Chico to the Sacramento
Valley Press League, but nine voted
aye when the question of woman
suffrage was % put to a test OF thes
but two were women
The Santa Barbara Street Railroad
Company made application to the Cit,
Council to have its franchise so ex
tended as to enable it to operate it
system by means of electricity or com
pressed air and an ordinance grantin,
this privilege was Immediately granted
During the recent street-car transfe
troubles in San Francisco Fredericl
Wagner got into difficulty with tn
conductor and gripman of a Market
street car. In the struggle severa
blows were struck and Wagner wa
arrested for battery. When his cas-
came up before Police Judge Conlal
he was discharged.
The citizens of Lake county are pre-
pairing to hold notable carnival OF
the waters of Clear Lake as a featur
of the Independence Day celebration
A great show of enthusiasm has beef
manifested already, and every ON
within miles of the town is busily en-
gagged in contributing some feature o
interest to the gala occasion.
A report is current in the oil field +,
the effect that at least one large con
tract is in existence for the delivery 0
oil at 81 cents per barrel, covered by
$4,000 bond in the hands of one o
the banks in Los Angeles. The Oil Elk
change increased the price of the fue
product to sl.25 per barrel aboard cars
at meeting of directors held recently
There is now under consideration b,
the Market-street Railway Company
project which will give San FRANCHISES
as fine a pleasure ride for 10 cents as i
offered anywhere in the world for tn,
money. Details are being arrange,
for belt line which shall give rid
from the ferry to the ocean shore, tw,
miles along the beach and back to tn,
ferry for two 5-cent fares.
Charles Coyne has been convicted O
attempting to blackmail millionair
Stimson, of Los Angeles. Coyne i
the man who was charged with explod
ing a dynamite bomb under Stimson'
house on Figueroa street some month
ago. BE contantly represented t,
Stimson that a band of desperadoe
had determined to kill him, and tina
he was the only man who could captur
them.
The completion of the Corral Hollow
Road will be made memorable on jun
12 by the laying of the last rail will
two golden spikes, presented to Loca
Manager Barber by c. E. Owens. TIL
completion of the line will be cele
brated by a simple formality in tn
presence of the principal members o
the company and number of the loca
people who stood sponsors for the en-
terprise when the talk of establishing
the terminus at Stockton was frs
preached.
The Valley Railroad right of wa
committee of Bakersfield, held NEE
ing and, after discussing routine maj
tiers, appointed committee of two
e. Dinkelspiel and S. G. Simth-to g
to Fresno to meet directors of the roa
xrrl,n a,-a nornirt.r 70 disnncn oonstrnnfio