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Show PACIFIC COAST NEWS. CALIFORNIA. Wilkinson, who shot Mrs. L'urk-hardt L'urk-hardt iu San Francisco on Wednesday, did so because she rejected him as a suitor. The Alfa and liallttin are contesting contest-ing for the championship in publishing bad newspaper maps of San Francisco and its railroad surroundings. San I.hego is shipping native oysters to San Francisco. A beautiful natural fall, luu feet high, ' has been discovered near the headwa-1 tors of the San Diego river. 1 he Santa Clara election on Monday Mon-day resulted in the success of the entire en-tire Republican ticket, except treasurer. treas-urer. A movement is on-foot in San Francisco Fran-cisco to continue one of the street railroads out to the Cliff house. The San Joaquin Valley bank and Bank of Stockton have each declared a dividend of one per cent, for the mouth o March, payable on the loib instant. Mrs. Nancy Kellcy, who crossed the plains in LS-fl, lately paid a visit to captain Weber, at Stockton, who traveled trav-eled iu the same train. Mrs. Kclley resided at Sutter's Fort until JS-13. The recent earthepjake let the bottom bot-tom out of the well of Josiah Rogers near Nevada cily. Tho well Ins never been without water in the dryest season, but since the earthquake shocks the water has disappeared until there is not a bucket full left. 'The San Diego Cnhn says that Grant, Stewart ec Co. will soon dispatch dis-patch the schooner Jlutiie Porter to the Cuudnlupo island, to procure a good load of mahogany, with which the Uland is represented to abound. The limber, when received, will be forwarded to the Kimball carriage factory fac-tory at San Francisco to bo tested and its qualities ascertained. The bill to release all lottery dealers , from prosecution lor past offences is a I law, but they musn't do so again. I NEVAUA. The bullion shipped from the oliicc of Wells, Fargo & Co. at Virginia for the three months ending March 31st, was worth in coin fi'J-l.-lS. JO. Johnny Williams and Willie Miller, Gold Ihll boys under eleven years of age, quarreled last Tuesday when the former deliberately shot the latter with a pistol, the ball from which entered the head of the Miller boy inflicting a dangerous wound. Ren Higby is a candidate for city marshal of Virginia city, Nevada. As far as heard from, Fish creek is the locality in Nevada where the late earthquake runde itself tho most sensibly sen-sibly felt. Some of tho lumbermen on the headwaters of the Carson have already commenced driving wood down that stream. Wood is becoming a scarce article in Carson, therefore those who first rnneli lho nmrL-nf -III I,;.. - "-'i. nut i. uii; prices. OltKGON AND WASHINGTON. An Oregon county boasts that its jail has been empty lbr sis months. A Mr. Rutler has a flock of forty Angora goats at Klickitat, Washington Washing-ton Territory, which are doing well. A local preacher of Linn county, Oregon, has been detected in incestu ous intercourse with his own daughter, and has fljd. The Seattle InttWgcncer of March 25th refers to the celebration held on the occasion of the opening of the railroads connecting Union Like with Funet Sound. The Roscburg Orcg n) Ensign says : Stock buyers are already visiting visit-ing our county. They seem to be discouraged dis-couraged a: the high prices demanded for cattle and mutton sheep. Some of them talk of going to Nevada for stock to drive to the Sacramento val-ley. |