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Show pacific; COAST SENS. Cotton, pickine Is procro.-sing lively in Kern county, and over 00,000 pounds are ready lor tho gin. There is a marked increase of travel for Arizona, by tho way of Los Angeles, An-geles, from San Francisco aud the northern part of California. The little son of a Mr. Burkhardt, of San Diego, was stung by a stinga-rca stinga-rca on tho 24th ult., and at last accounts ac-counts his condition was critical. Tho Antioch "Ledger" states that io tho little neck of woods in the mountains, moun-tains, between Antelope Springs and the Carsou canyon, there are pow pas: tured 70,100 sheep, 462 head of horses and 4,128 head of oattlo. Judge Schmidt owns a quartz ledge on Wood's ravine, which for more than a year himself and his two boys have worked, at little expense. He raises grapes on tho top of the g:ouod and ts gold below the roots of his V1BCB. The Marysville "Appeal'' states that the annual conflagration has commenced. com-menced. Tho tules bordering on the Sacramento river, above its junction with the Feather, commenced to burn on Thursday. The Buttcs were partially par-tially vikUd yesterday morning by their smoky vapors. At night the western sky is aglow with flashes of light. Everything in diamond matters is quiet at present. The officers of the Original Discovery company are in daily anticipation of news from tho party which they sent out, and are of the opinion that the men l ave penetrated pene-trated the country beyond mail communication com-munication of any sort, or they would have heard from them belbrc this time. The dead body of a young man who was engaged in herding sheep for Bucheneau, was discovered on Sunday last, a short distance from Quartzburg. fjpon investigation by tho cooner it was decided that he came to his death accidentally by a gunshot wound. The shot entered a little to the left of the left nipple and lodged in the shoulder. He had evidently bled to doath from the wound. Tho name of tho deceased was Micha l Ambrozzia, a native of Braccia, Italy. Oil KG OX, Ac. Thirteen deaths occurred in Portland in October. The counsel for Bird, convicted of murder in the first decree, at Portland, for killing the Sitka ouicer, has applied for a new trial. The track of the Portland street cars has been oompleted the length of First street, but the street cars will not commence com-mence running before December 1st. Several families lately from west of McMionville moved to Tillamook. The immigration into that county has been greatly stimulated by the passing of the wagon road act. The Jacksonville "Times" says: "There arrived on the stage in towu this week an intelligent looking Indian, said to be a preacher, bound for the eastern parte of this country, to preach to the Indians there. It is also said that he has made more converts than any other minister in Oregon." The "British Colonist" of the 27th says: Messrs. Strenach and Wclton, the discoverers of tho Kootenay silver lead, arrived by the "Onward" on Monday night, bringing about 2,000 pounds of ore from the mine. The New Westminster "Guardian" reports the arrival of Indians at Hope with some specimens of rich silver ore, which they stated they had found on Similkameen. Mr. Bristol returned with them to ascertain the whereabouts of the ledge. Cariboo now delights in tho possession posses-sion of the fastest pieoa of horseflesh Jn British Columbia. This has been fully proven both at the Pavilion and Ashcroft races. At the former McKay's Mc-Kay's horse "Cariboo Cbarlie" won the principal race the Pavilion mountain moun-tain Purse and at the latter carried off the two main events, the Thompson River stakes and the Ashcroft Derby. |