The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-06-11
ALONG THE COAST.
interesting Occurrences From all
Over the Coast.
NEWS OF THE WEEK CONDENSED
Budget of miscellaneous Jottings
Briefly and Curtly Told In this
Column.

natcnerles Throughout California.
Hereafter pensioners ON this coas
will be paid by checks sent by mai
obviating the need of old men waiting
in line for hours at a time.
The summer school of chemistry il
Berkeley will continue from June L
until July 80. The director will b.
Prof. Rising Of the State University.
Rev. DIR. f. R. Ollie, pastor of tn,
Central NJ. r.. Church at San Fran
cisco, returned from a six weeks visi
TO the Hawaiian Islands. He declare
the Hawaiian government is the bes
on earth.
Irving NJ. Scott of San Francisco
who since he built the battleship Ore
gon to beat the world for speed, i
known as Great" Scott, has beef
chosen president of the States semi
centennial at Monterey.
DIR Hugh NJ. Smith of the United
States fish commission, has been a
Monterey, and will visit other point
of the coast to ascertain if the Eastern
Holsters distributed along the coas
many years ago have died or fiourishei.
Not one has ever been caught.
William Greer Harrison, of San
Francisco, has written another pay.
1t is not a light production, the story,
on the contrary, breathing strongly of
tragedy, while the title of the play,
"Expiation," conveys, and very ppro-
priately, the same idea.
Assessor Siebe, of San Francisco, has
been arrested on complaint O A. J..
Clunie, charged with swearing falsely
as to his duties as assessor. Tie parti-
cular instance mentioned is assessing
the Market street railroad property at
three millions when it is worth seven
teen and half millions.
John S. Bugbee, formerly United
States District Attorney for Alaska and
one of the most prominent citizens of
that Territory, died at JUNEAU May
10th as the result of stroke of apo
plexy, received while making pacify-
ing speech to crowd of highly in
censed men at the Republican conven-
ton.
The steamer Belgic has sailed fo1
China and Japan, carrying the Lick
Observatory eclipse expedition. Pro.
fessor J. NJ. Schaebrele, senior astrono.
mer at the Lick, is in charge of the
party and Mr.. Charles Burckhalter
astronomer of the Chabot Observatory
i'll Oakland, is first assistant. With
them will go two volunteer observers.
Mr.. Louis G.. Masten, of San Francisco,
and DIR. A. &. Shuey of Oakland.
Police Judge John Carr, pioneer
of 1850, died of paralysis at his home
in Eureka at the age of 6S years. Dur
ing the gold excitement in Arizona he
left Eurek and became the first Mayor
Of Tombstone. Judge Carr was the
author of pioneer Days in Califor-
MIA, " which has had large sale. He
was prominent Mason and member
Of the Humboldt County Pioneers.
Resolutions expressing sorrow for the
death of the late NJ. Baron de Hirsch,
the great Jewish philanthropist, have
been adopted at the meeting of Mon
tetiore Auxiliary No. 3, Independent
Order of B'nia Birth of Oakland. The
resolution was handsomely engrossed
BY Herbert J. Samuel, member of the
order, and the copy will be forwarded
% the Borrowing relatives of the de-
,eased.
Shipkeeper Anderson of the old mon
tor Commanche and two companions,
who were sailing out to the vessel from
Harrison street wharf, San Francisco,
we're capsized in the stream. The sail
lalyards fouled and in endeavoring to
oosen them the men toppled their boat
'ver. Boatmen Sackey, Harry John
on and John Bean" Carroll went to
he rescue, picked the men up and
anded them at Folsom street wharf.
The first full carload of apricots
hipped east this season was forwarded
rom Winters May 81. The fruit trees
n the neighborhood of that place bear
ully ten days earlier than any other
ection. The apricots are of good size,
xcellent color and have every appear
nee of being good shippers. This
Teek will wind up the cherry crop in
he neighborhood of Vacaville and
uisun. The crop has been light.
A report is in circulation in Los An
eles which has caused alarm to own
rs of oil wells. 1t is said that salt
Tater has mingled with the oil in two
'ells of Dohemy & Cannon. These
yells had shown signs of failing, and an
rider was given to deepen them
ouple of hundred feet in the hope of
'riking new strata of oil. Instead
this, as depth of 900 feet was
cached, salt water was encountered in
'rge quantities.
Attorney Gallard of Santa Barbara
as been searching the records, and
nds that the claim made by Judge
harles Huse of that place, who has
cen unable to get release from High
Inds asylum, was not insane when he
aimed to have important property
lterests thereabouts. These show
lat Huse owns the Dominguez tract,
lcluding the Summerland and Mon
otto tracts, and that owing to the
ldge's incarceration the bar against
demption under mortgage is inoper-
i've. The property is now worth mil
ons and celebrated case may grow
1t Of this discovery.
Lemons are Healthy.
T.amonS with thair ,,oxra,.f,,I ao;d /