The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-09-30
PACIFIC COAST NEWS.
Important information Gathered
Around the Coast.
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST.
A summary of Late Events That Are
Boiled Down TO Suit our Busy
Readers.


81 years.
Eagle Rock apricots are being
shipped to Alaska from Southern
California.
The erection of public pavilion by
the city Of Phoenix is advocated by the
Phoenix Herald.
Mrs. Martha 4. Rogers of Compton
died recently. She was a pioneer OF
thirty years standing
The box factory and ice plant Of ].
II. Sinkinson has been destroyed by
fire in Santa Cruz. Loss, 10000.
The regular passenger and freight
train service on the Valley Road be-
tween Fresno and visalia has been in
augurated.
The Supervisors of Butte county
have appoIonted H. d. Lausen County
Clerk in succession to Ed Hardness,
who resigned.
The run of salmon in the Sacramen-
to River this year is much greater than
it has been for many years past; in
fact, since 1888.
Opium dealers in Fan Francisco will
hereafter be compelled to pay quar-
terly license according TO the amount
of business they transact.
r. L. Stock, San Jose dealer in
hardware, has failed for $29,84S; as
sets, $20,59S. Attachment proceed
ings fastened the insolvency.
Pope Leo XIII. has signified his in
tention of presenting the Stanford Un-
iversity with handsomely bound
catalogue of the famous Vatican
library.
Lieutenant J. ]. Kippel, who has
been the chief executive officer of the
Salvation Army ON the Pacific Coast
for several years, has been ordered
East in October.
bakersfield has subscribed $4,000 to-
ward the establishment of temper
ance saloon, with a gymnasium at
taohed. Weavervills has an institu-
ton of that kind and thinks we'll of it.
Long Beach needs an additional
$4,000 for school building purposes,
and proposed levy to raise the money
is objected to because of alleged ex-
travaganoe of the trustees, who would
expend the money.
News of the wrecking of the schoon-
or Eliza AndIeso, bound for the
Yukon, is confirmed by Capt. Stowe,
who was passenger on the Star from
Skaguay Bay. The vessel was last
seen at Kodiak Island.
California ranks first in acreage of
wheat this year, but third in yield in
the table of estimates made by the
New York World. California 8 acreage
is given at 1924 900 acres, and: the
yield as SO, 768, 900 bushels.
The contracts for constructing and
equipping the plant of the Stockton
Beet Sugar Company at Stockton have
been signed. The essence of the con-
tracts are that the builders are to have
the work completed within year, and
are to receivefor it $3.50, 900.
Quite an excitement has been caused
at Victoria, B. c.. by Charles Hay
wood and other prominent citizens
stalking off claim to have good speci-
mems of rock from ledge which runs
from the water front right through the
business portion of Victoria.
Anxiety is expressed over the new
infectious disease which has attacked
horses in San joaquin county. 1t
begins with swelling on the breast
or shoulders and proves fatal unless
attended to Immediately. 1t is not con-
tagious but is apparently epidemic.
Southern Californians are in COM
munication with the Department of
Agriculture at Washington and the
fruit inspectors at Nogales, with a
view to preventing infected Mexican
fruit coming into this country and
thereby introducing the dreaded Nor.
ales orange worm.
Collector jackson of the port of San
Francisco has issued an order that
hereafter all chronometeIs taken off
foreign vessels to be regulated at this
port shall be searched by the customs
officials. Small but valuable articles
might be struggled ashore in the
chronometer case, and it is to prevent
this that the new rule is to be enforced.
The crop OF English walnuts of Santa
Barbara, just now beginning to drop,
is the best. all things considered, ever
produced in this county. There are not
as many nuts on the trees as last year,
but they are larger, will weigh and
measure more and are much better
matured than usual. The yield will
equal if not exceed that OF any prev
ious season.
Complaint is made that many of the
grass lawns in the southwestern Sec
ton Of Los Angeles are going to pieces,
other growths of grass coming in and
: killing off the turf. No satisfactory
explanation has yet been given for this
condition of affairs. Some people be-
lieve that the seeds Of weeds and
grasses are brought down by the irrgat-
ing water.
The Norwegian steamer Transit,
which has arrived in port at San Fran
cisco from Departure Bay, after pas
sage Of three days and twenty -one
hours. reports that while between the
Columbia River and Cape Blanco, she
passed through ten miles of pine lum-
Der. 1t may be the deck-load of some
vessel which was cast overheard dur
ing heavy weather.
1t is reported that Los Angeles
fruit dealer has purchased q large