The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-02-04
ALONG THE COAST.
interesting Occurrences From all
Over the Coast.
NEWS OF THE WEEK CONDENSED
Budget OF Miscellaneous Jottings
BrIsny ana CurtIy Told in this
Cn'uria.

The public schools of Benson, A.
T., are closed on account of diphtheria.
A $4,000 appropriation has been
recommended for the State Printing
Office.
A bill was killed in the Legislature
granting greater liberty to jurors be-
fore a panel was completed.
A bill has been introduced in the
Legislature exempting bicycles and
typewriters from taxation.
Phoenix is planning for the erection
of a $4,000 opera house, the site to
cost almost as much more.
The sueeess of tobacco culture in
Cajon Valley, San Diego county, has
caused another large ranch to be given
over to the plant.
The Committee ON Roads and High
ways has reported unfavorably on the
bill regulating the width of tires ON
wagons ON public roads.
A salt bed project is on for Long
Beach. similar to that long in opera
ton at San Diego. Eyaporating tanks
are to be made west of town.
The supervisors of San Francisco de-
clare that in future jurors in criminal
cases must pay for their meals out of
the 50 day they receive for serving.
The contest for the Chief Justice.
ship of the Supreme Court of Arizona
is between Judge Charles Wright of
Tucson and Judge Webster Street Of
Phoenix.
An Alameda man will ship ten HON.
ing pigeons on the Rather, on condi.
ton that they be flown along the coast
of California, 100 miles north or south
of San Francisco.
Water is more valuable in Rands.
burg than gold. A number of.wells
are being sunk, and it is thought a
good flow will be struck at depth not
exceeding sixty feet.
The Los Angeles City Council has
refused to elect q. J. Griffith, who re-
GENTLY donated 5000 acres of land to
the city for park purposes, member
Va tAAO dAh
A Jerome miner, while looking
down the shaft of the United Verde
mine, was struck ON the head by a
rapidly descending cage and fell 100
feet, escaping uninjured.
San Diego's horticultural associa-
ton has appointed permanent COM
mittee of five to see that the county
horticultural commissioner properly in.
spects and protects all orchards.
The late Captain Curtis p Williams
of East Oakland was the first captain
to sail four-mast, full-rigged ship
through the Golden Gate. He came
around the Horn in 1S49 with lumber.
The Finance Committee of the Sen.
ate has decided to report favorably the
bill of Senator Wolfe for the appoint.
ment of a commissioner to represent
California at the Guatemalan EXPOSE
ton.
L. W. Teaby of the university's ju.
nior class at Berkeley, is the second
student to become minister. While
carrying on his studies he is also pas.
tor of the Christian church at Warm
Springs.
VOORHEES, has introduced bill in the
Senate appropriating SILL 900 for i'm
provements at the Preston Home, and
Hollaway has introduced one for $155,
600 for improvements at the Glen Ellen
Home.
There is an earnest movement among
substantial citizens in San Diego
county to build twenty mile road
from about the terminus of the Cuya.
maca road to the Santa Maria Valley,
to cost 100000.
The year 1896 was one of generous
rainfall in Arizona, resulting in album
dance OF range pasture and conse.
quent increased prosperity of the stock
industry. The price of cattle has
gone up several points during the year.
The San Francisco Trades and Labor
Alliance has notified the secretary of
the navy that the Union Iron Works
is violating the law by requiring EN-.
ployes working ON the government
gunboat to work nine instead of eight
hours.
The Oakland Fruit Growers union
is agitatlng for legislative bill max.
ing it compulsory for packers to place
ON every can and jar in indelible fig
ures the year in which the goods
were put up, the factory they were
sent out from and the name of the
packer.
San Diego will have a grand water
carnival on Washington's birthday. in
honor of Admiral Beardslee, U. s. N.
who will retire on that day. The
American warships Oregon, Philadel.
phia, Monadnoek, Monterey, Adams
and Albatross. and the British war.
ships Pheasant, Conus and Imperi.
euse will partcicipate.
The damage suit of Miss Lulu Mess
against Principal Randall and faoultv
OF the State Normal School, at San
Jose, for $4,000, has been stricken
from the files by Judge Hyland.
Plaintiff was expelled from the school
ON November 9th aud the suit fol.
lowed. She claimed to be innocent of
any wrong and charged prejudice.
Lompoc, in Santa Barbara county. is
reported to have the smallest tax rate
in the United States. The town is
lighted. the streets sprinkled, graded
and graveled. Almost the entire mu.
nicipal expense of $4,000 per year is
met by saloon Licenses, $270O per year,
and business licenses, $1,000 per year,
together with the proceeds from sales
OF water, the town owning its own
water system.
The Roman Catholic Bishop of