Mesa free press., 1899-09-01
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
Readora
Readers.

the San Francisco postoffice for the
fiscal year ended June 80 were $1,OO2,-
470 as against $92O,337 for the year
1897-1S98. 1t is the first time in the
history of the Office that the million
dollar mark has been reached.
The people along the route of the
Arizona and Utah railroad are jubil-
ating over it's completion. Los Ange-
les would like to enjoy similar thrills
Of enthusiasm over the completion of
the new transcontinental route via
Salt Lake. The thrills are long time
coming.
There was an exciting episode on
Market street, San Francisco, when
woman arrested another and held her
until a policeman arrived and took
charge of the prisoner. Mrs. Katie
Buick made the arrest, and the wo-
man she captured gave the name of
Mrs Jeanne Howard. The latter has
been swindling various women by
means of bogus postoffice money or
ders.
In the Phoenix, Arizona, Jail is one
J. G.. McKiDben, alias Will Scot, who
was arrested at Pesco, Texas, for
counterfeiting. The interest which or
binary business men have in this item
lies in the fact that this man made and
circulated $40 Webster head treasury
note, a SIS Jackson-head note, and
$40 note on the Hanover National Bank
of New York. These notes have been
widely circulated and it would be wise
to look close at notes of the above
descriptions and denominations. That
such notes have come to Southern Cali
fornia is reasonably certain.
And now comes Riverside county
with a promising coal mine. AT Alber-
hill vein Of coal is now being worked
that is nine feet thick, and is uncovered
for 600 feet. Forty men are employed
there, and the Riverside Press says OF
it: Thousands upon thousands of
tons of coal are now in sight, and there
is probably enough coal in the mines
to last Southern California for life
time" Thus the good work Of devel-
opment goes on, each section in it's
turn appropriating the possibilities
presented, and swelling the list of
commercial factors This is true pro-
gress and is to be commended.-L. A.
Times.
w. J. Nieudorf of Winchester met
"a beautiful lady" through matri-
monial agency, and decided to her his
home, ranch and all he had, as nee
essary pre-nuptial settlement. The
beautiful lady," having gobbled all he
had, left him for Chicago, preserving
her original state of single blessed
ness, and all of his estate that lay out
of doors. Nieudorf is engaged in
whistling for his property and weeping
for his expected bride. A ful1-grown
tragedy lies in this item, and the worst
of it all is, there is no law to kill the
fool or arrest the heartless wretch of
woman. Thompson's colt was Solo
mon compared to the Winchester
bumpkin.-L. A. Times.
A peripatetic street musician in
Fresno gathered a crowd of idlers
about him and blocked the street. A
jealous policeman arrested him and
now the musician has sued the police
man for $4,000 because he has been
"humiliated and damaged in his repu-
tation to that extent" Maybe it is
the dread of losing $4,000 that keeps
the wealthy Los Angeles cops from
emulating the example of the Fresno
man. Sidewalks and streets are fire.
quently blocked, and to the danger
point for pedestrians, while the
gentleman copper is around the block
painting imaginary landscapes of the
sea.
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