Show PACIFIC COAST NOTES 1 CULLED FROM LATEST WESTERN EXCHANGES I 1 tacoma ff W T march liam martin was convict convie edl tedd of murder la in toe the Arst degree today and will be sentenced to death tomorrow martin brutally murdered fred Nel a saloonkeeper saloon keeper in this city on the of last december while the latter was counting his money lie he took his conviction ip in a nonchalant manner red bed bluff cal march 13 H kraft a banker sold today to J C sketchley of Oakia oakland nu al about out acres five miles north of red bluff on the sacramento river for an ostrich farm sketchley has just sold his los LOB angeles ostrich farm in a few days he be will put up a building and move 11 NS I 1 ostriches up here he paid ab about 0 u t for the ranch sacramento march 11 A boy named Charle fr baugh a recent arrival from san francisco was found dead in bed at the statehouse state louse house hotel list last night niba it is said that the deceased form formerly worked as a bellboy at the occidental hotel and lick house in san francisco he was 18 16 years old it Is ie believed that he took poison and a postmortem post mortem examination will be held tomorrow virginia nov nev march 12 this afternoon james davidson while chopping out an old timber cap in the consolidated california and virginia mine let his bis axe slip from his bis grasp in the sharp edge of the blade struck his breast and cut a frightful gasn five inches long baring the ribs the wound bled profusely before surgical aid was summoned and may prove fatal sacramento march 11 an unknown man was killed by th the train etrain from san francisco a short distance distance qi stance from this city i this his afternoon I 1 the lie man was caught in a creale and stepped on a stringer where he be would have been safe but be rose unbelieving up believing the train had passed the steps ol of a rear coach struck him cutting his head bead entirely off he was dressed as a laborer an and d was probably a ranch hand from yolo county the los angeles evening express of the ath last speaking ot of the recent earthquake in california says the earthquake was sufficiently severe in pasadena to pi a stick of type in one of the printing offices it was the severest ever there and brick buildings building were severely shaken the shock rattled crockery and seared scared the people pretty badly i in a santa monies monica the whole of this immediate section seems to have been shaken up in a very lively manner portland march 11 A short time since W H grayson who was confined in lail all at asotin arotin city W T for the murder of matthew witz made his escape by cutting through the wall of the jail ail since his escape the authorities have been making every possible exertion to capture the fugitive but bat I 1 without success the whereabouts of grayson are not known and the general belief Is that he be made his escape to british columbia his shackles were found in the brush brash near town the day following his escape since then co track has been discovered of the prisoner fresno cal march 18 last sunday two mexican woodchoppers appers livi living n at hildreth in this county named pasqual bargas barcas and valentine dias became involved in a quarrel over an old feud fend while laboring under the influence of whisky barcas followed dias bias to his bis cabin naif halt a mile south of hildreth and attempting to force an entrance trance ea tuto into the cabin was shot the gilad with a pistol and instantly killed dias surrendered to a constable and was brought to this cit city today both were over 90 years old barcas was single aud and dias his has a family portland oregon march 13 18 A number of german citizens here have subscribed a fund of a thousand dollars to purchase singing birds in germany to 9 be turned loose tri in this city and vicinity vic ine arrangements have been made with a party in germany to furnish nightingales skylarks bullfinches bullfinch es chaffinches chaff inches goldfinch goldfinches goldfin ches e s th thrushes rushe lin in nets starlings starlin gsand and ot other h er birds to the number auber of they aiu arrive here next spring in time tie to te neat and rr rear young hd it is considered certain that they will then return here from their winter ral migration to the south routh an n act tor for the pro protection lection tec tion of these birds W will W tee bc passed by the next dext let legislature ture some of the subscribers to wished to impart a few storks was found imar impracticable ati ble i birds are scarce an and cost fitly fifty do 0 o or more r e per paira pal rand would be to t transport IWI sport and probably ay hard to tote no w hect or acclimatize the san francisco chronicle M the tenderfoot tourist wh who 0 is ialy 1 eibes about the florl glorious on S 14 california will proba probably b I 1 y k beep ih 14 while the reports of t the h e M marsh arch I 1 zard ov on the atlantic coast are conett in it woul dot bese be seemly emli to I 1 S in any sarcasm on tog fog and wind i y M in a great city like newyork new york a tn ness man is brozen frozen in a knowd his bis way to his office |