The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-08-05
ALONG THE COAST.
interesting Occurrences From all
Over the Coast.
NEWS OF THE WEEK CONDENSED
4 Number of Miscellaneous JottinKs
Briefly and CurtIy Told In This
Column.

mas ueOiaIeu a DIVIDEND OF per cent
in favor of the creditors of the insol.
vent Consolidated National Bank Of
San Diego. Cal.
Thirty thousand dollars is what Los
Angeles estimates that Christian En-.
deayorers spent there. 1t is estimated
that the Christian Endeavorers spent
over one million dollars in California.
At the annual meeting of the San
Francisco Produce Exchange the retir-
ing president called upon the members
to show more loyalty to the exchange
and made splendid showing of bust
ness.
The Board of Health of San Fran
cisco has decided that no milk from
bay counties can land in San Francisco
unless the COWS from which it is de-
rived have been submitted to the
tuberculin test.
James Stevens, miner, who was
buried by cave-in in the Mammoth
gold fields, near Phoenix, A. T., was
rescued after being thirteen days under
ground without food or water. He
was IN fairly good condition.
The city council of Vallejo sitting as
board of equalization, discovered
that many valuable franchises and
steamboat property were not on the
assessment roll of the city of Vallejo,
and at meeting later the assessor
was instructed to place the same on
the roll with their valuations.
George N. Plat, a well-known citi-
zen of Vacavlle, died suddenly at his
home in that place. He was soldier
in the War of the Rebellion and Post
master under Harrison. He had been
local Republican leader during the
past twenty years and the office of
Justice of the Peace since 1894.
The sugar factory at Chico started
up with force of 1870 men. The
largest beet crop in the history of the
factory will be manufactured, requir.
ing run of $50 days. 1t is estimated
at over 10 tons, and refined into sugar
will make 33, 000,0 900 pounds of stand
ard graduated sugar. Last years
sugar product was 20, 900. 900 pounds.
1t is estimated that two thirds of
the grape yield of San joaquin county
has been destroyed by hot weather and
more particularly the hot winds of
last week. The Tokay vines are the
heaviest sufferers, and the grapes of
that variety which will be raised here
this year, will be insignificant, but the
grapehopper is playing havoc with
the crop. The insect is more numer-
GUS than ever before and hosts of them
are to be seen in the vineyard. All
the fruit in the county was more or
less damaged by the warm wind, but
the grape, apricot and plum were most
damaged.
AS the life of their little son was
ebbing away, the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Louis Tore, in San Francisco,
was nearly burned down. While the
mother watched by the deathbed of
the boy, the father helped to fight the
flames. When they were extinguished,
the lad was dead. A remarkable fea.
ture of the case is the fact that the
boys death was the result of injuries
received while playing that he was a
fireman and aiding some young COM
panions to extiuguish an imaginary
blaze in the very place the flames
afterward broke out
David Amaya's cottage on Day
street, Santa Cruz. has been totally de-
stroyed by fire. The telephone con-
nections refused to work, and the fire
John w. Murray of Santa Barbara
has brought suit in the Superior Court
against the Bankers Alliance Com.
pany of California for payment of a
$500 policy on the life of her hus-
band. She also accuses the company
of malicious attempts to coerce her
into surrendering the policy, and the
directors are accused in the complaint
of squandering the company's funds,
and receiver is petitioned for.
Judge Smith of Los Angeles dis
missed the case against Frank Valdez,
on motion of Deputy District Attorney
McComas. Valdez is seventeen
year -old Mexican who was charged
with the murder of Michael Fl. Lordin,
a storekeeper at Calabasas. Valdez
was tried for the crime, pleaded self
defense for his action, and the jury
disagreed. The prosecutor said there
was no chance for conviction, ON &C.
count of lack of evidence.
The Yukon Mining, Trading and
Transportation Company, which was
formed in Wilmington, Dell, last year
is completing plans for the construc.
tion of railroad from the coast to
Teslin Lake, the head of the navigable
waters Of the Yukon, Alaska. A
practicable pass was located, and the
chief protector applied for charters in
West Virginia, British Columbia and
Canada, all Of which were granted
last spring. To augment the enter
prise British Columbia made the COM
pany grant of .120 acres of land.
department did not learn the location
of the blaze until the dwelling was in
ruins but it arrived in time to save
the adjoining buildings. Amaya's loss
will run up into the thousands, his
residence having been elegantly fur
nished. The family was away from
home when the oonfiagration started,
and nothing was saved. They had
left lamp burning near an open win
dow, and it is supposed this was re-
sponsible for the blaze.
Mysterious treasure-hunters have
been hunting for the past few days
at Tombstone, Ariz. No one seemed
to know who they are nor where they
came from. There were four in the
party, all recent arrivals and unknown