The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-11-05
ALONG THE COAST.
interesting Occurrences From all
Over the Coast.
NEWS OF THE WEEK CONDENSED
Budget OF Miscellaneous Jottings
Brisny and Curtly Told in this
Column.


Near Santa Rosa 500 squirrels were
poisoned in one day.
Dana Perkins, the State Librarian,
died recently in Sacramento of paraly-
sis.
The reservoir of the Oakland Water
Company broke a few days ago. The
loss is $500.
Sunol farmers have united to estab-
lish a new and economical way of
handling butter.
Arthur Gregory of Redlands recently
shipped carload of dried apricots to
Antwerp, Belgium.
Work on the addition to the Red
lands Commercial Company's ware
house is progressing rapidly.
William Alvord has just been elected
president os the Bank of California at
San Francisco, for the nineteenth time.
The $4,000 bonds of the Rocky View
school distict, Tulare county, were
bought by an Oakland man at $500
premium.
East Oakland has branch of the
new beneficiary order, the United
Artisans, which admits men and
women ON equal terms.
1t is reported that the Dave Moffat
syndicate of Denver is buying up all
the valuable claims in the White Hills
camp, Mohave county, A. 7.
Redlands has adopted prohibition
ordinance, in which one of the provis'
ions is that prescription for liquors
at drugstore cannot be refilled.
A new ostrich farm is about to be
established ON the Lincon Park tract in
South Pasadena. 1t will be ready to
receive visitors in about month.
There are now 701 pupils in The
Dalles, Or, public schools. "This is
the largest number ever enrolled at
one time in that school district.
The1 Merchants Association will
make a determined fight in San Fran
cisco and in Washington, against con-
Wet labor that completes with free
labor.
The new Palm theater at Santa Cruz,
will seat 5000 and has the second
largest stage in the State. Its proscen-
ium arch is palm in papier mache
bas relief.
The Salvation Army is considering
the introduction of California dried
fruit in Europe, South Africa and
Australia through the channels of the
army's trade department.
Out-of-door avaries are one of the
fads of San Diego people. These wire
covered bird houses-some of them as
large as big cottage-contain birds
from all quarters of the globe.
Mrs. Virginia Rodriguez. the Span
ish woman who, in self-defense, killed
an Indian in San Bernardino on the
night of October 9th, has been dis
charged from custody by Judge Soule.
Mathew Kannely, who has farmed
twenty -six acres in Santa Clara county,
for thirty-two years, is insolvent. The
cause is small crops, low prices, de.
probation in land values and general
hard times.
Pumpkins are scarce this fall. Bugs
and worms seem to have played extra
havoc with the vines in the summer in
the section around Visalia. A two.
horse load of pumpkins sells from 81. 80
to 81, delivered.
The Pima county cattle Association
recently set the stockmen Of Arizona
a good example when they hired
detective at 500 a month to enter the
Papago country and endeavor to locate
Indians who are Strengthening cattle.
The line segregating the Deer Creek
coal fields from the San Carlos Indian
reservation in Arizona will be about
forty-fve miles in length, marked by
stone monuments one-half mile apart.
The price to be paid for the work is
$12 mile.
The public schoolteachers of Pasa.
dena have organized circle for the
study of the principles of teaching and
kindred topics. This circle, which
is largely attended. is branch of the
Los Angeles County Teachers Peda-
gogical Association.
Local sportsmen in the vicinity of
Petaluma are considerably worked up
over the fact that parties supposed to
be tramps are fishing with giant pow.
der. In stream north of town over
1000 Gead fish, ranging in size from
two feet to small minnows were found.
The heavy rain which visited Tue.
son, Arizona, recently was preceded by
quite fall Of hailstones, about as
large as small marbles and perfectly
formed. Congress street, says the
Star, for short time resembled a large
irrigating canal with full head of
water in it.
T At the Rose mine, in the Morongo
district, thirty-five men are employed,
working night and day shifts. A new
strike of rich ore has recently been
made. The low grade ore, running
from $40 to 500 per ton, is worked at
the mill, but the rich ore is shipped to
the smelter, netting from $3.50 to $500
per ton.
An epidemic of diphtheria has
broken out in the parochial school at
the corner Of Dolores and Fourteenth
streets, San Francisco. Within two
days seven cases Of the disease have
developed in the school. Dr.. Spencer
and DIR. Williamson have decided to
visit the institution and make an ex-
animation Of the premises.
Port Townsend residents have wit.
messed what was clearly volcanic
eruption Of the Olympic Mountains.
The mountains stood out plain and dis