The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-05-14
PACIFIC COAST NEWS.
Important, Information From All
Over the Coast.
NEWS OF THE WEEK CONDENSED.
Budget OF Miscellaneous lettings
Briefly and CURLY Told in this
Column.

Court Petaluma. Foresters Of Amer
ica, will build fine ball soon.
Executor Bresse of the late Senator
Fair estate, died at Ensenada Of pneu-
monia.
The frost at Ontario seriously injured
the growing potato cop. though it is
believed the plants will recover.
The olive crop Of Southern Califor-
mia is estimated TO have amounted to
nearly $12O. 600 this past season.
Fire broke out in the Standard Mine
at Bodie and did great damage before
it was gotten under control. No lives
were lost.
The Hickmott cannery on Bouldin
islend, in San joaquin county, will
put up 100 carloads Of canned aspara-
gus during this year.
The Hessian fly has infected over
400 acres Of wheat on the Philips
ranch near Santa Rosa: 1t is feared
that the crop has been badly damaged.
An election held in Visalia April
Gath on the proposition to issue bonds
for $1,000 to build a new school
house resulted in favor Of issuing the
bonds.
The Alameda Driving Association
will soon build circular racetrack on
the marsh land. 1t is proposed to
make the track the finest and fastest
in the State.
The Grand Jury Of Sacramento
county. in its report recommended
that there be constructed dark cell
or dungeon for the purpose Of combining
refractory prisoners.
Congregational statistics show that
the church membership in California
has increased during the last ten years
from 5000 to l6,700. The annual loss
Of members has been 400.
Redlands recently had a municipal
campaign on the prohibition issue.
The citizens got out and worked night
and day and prohibition is looking
very blue in Redlands.
The Citizens Traction Company Of
San Diego. successor to the San Diego,
Cable railway. is building second
pavilion in forty-acre park overlook
ing Mission Valley. and the ocean.
The San Francisco trade council is
gathering information IS to the impor-
tation into California of convict ade
goods. all Of which will be laid before
the Manufacturers and Producers as.
ISOLATION.
An association has been formed in
Yreka to be known as the Siskiyou
County Mining Exchange and Board of
Trade for the purpose of advancing
the mining and other material inter-
ests Of that county.
The contest between o. J. Lincoln,
present incumbent. and J. L. Wright.
over the City Clerkship at Santa Cruz.
resulted in the election of Wright by
one vote. The defeated candidate will
contest the election.
The Stockton Odd Fellows celebrated
th Q seventy seventh anniversary of the
organization Of the order in America
by devotional exercises at the Central
N~Ahodist Church's large edifice, which
packed to the doors.
pills of the Oakland high school
eing informed on the money ques-
ton. Prof. Ross of Stanford Univer-
sity lectured the other day to them on
the silver question. and will next pre-
sent them with the gold standard.
Boring for oil ON the Worwick
claim, in the vicinity of Coalinga,
will commence soon. Oil prospectors
are becoming numerous on the Kettle
man plains and in Sunf1ower valley.
The entire country will soon be staked
of into claims.
Prof. G. M. Gayley has resigned
from the chair Of Englishsat Berkeley,
having just signed contract with
Macmillan & Co. to assume editorship
Of series of critical works on the
English drama, which will occupy
about five years.
The State Of Nevada has won its
suit against the Central Pacific, which
will compel that corporation to pay
taxes on its land grants even though
1t fails to take out its U. s. patents
to the land. This decision will affect
all railroad land grants.
The rainfall in San Francisco for the
twenty -four hours ending at 1880 a. m.
April "a, was 3.18 inches. This is
the greatest rain ON record for any
twenty-four hours in the month of
April since April. 1853. when, s.45
inches fell on the 10th of April.
Several of the electric street railroad
companies at Oakland decided to fur.
nish car beautifully decorated for the
purpose OF creating enthusiasm for the
Fabiola fete on May day, and for two
days the floral train, with musical &C.
compartment. paraded through the
city.
Superintendent Sickler reports that
the water in the Escondido dam has
reached the fifty-eight and half foot
contour, and that there is a stream
400 inches running in the ditch. This
is about twice as much as the dam con.
tanned last year. and water is still
flowing in the river.
George Gilbert Of Troop G, Seventh
Cavalry, dove from the bank OF the
ella river and struck his head on q
rock which was only a few inches
under the surface Of the water. His
lower limbs were paralyzed from the
effect Of injury to the spinal cord. and
he died four DAYS altar