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Show PACIFIC COAST NEWS. CALIFORNIA. The grain crop of Stanislaus county is estimated at 7,000,000 bushels. Railroad cruployi-s in Sacramento have two and a half months' pay due them from the company. The liquor dealers of San Jose are forest.il 1 in l' the Local Option law by procuring licenses for a year in advance. ad-vance. The artesian well of the Tacitic Reduction Works at Jlclroso is Uj2 feet deep, and discharges 250 gallons of water a minute. JleporLs from Los Nictos states that agricultural interests are in a flourishing flourish-ing condition in that section, in a few days farmers will commence cutting hay. Joseph Avcron, of Sequel, is planting plant-ing about twenty-five acres of bottom lands in hops. The mountain pcoplo of Sonora say that they never had a better crop of grass than at this season. Dr. Wade, of old San Bernardino recently shot a rattlesnake within, three feet ol his door while the ser-pent;was ser-pent;was in the act of springing upon a cat. It was a monster, measuring four feet eight inches, and having thirteen rattles. The San Francisco Christian Advocate Ad-vocate charges Dr. Stone, of San Francisco, with being a supporter of rum-shops. The Vallejo Chronicle opposes a return re-turn to free exchanges and thinks a paper to which a postage bill is an object had better go where the woodbine, wood-bine, etc. The canal known Chinaman's taking water from the San Joaquin river above Firebaugh's and surveyed to strike the Cowchilla river is under construction by a large force of men. This is the way the Santa Barbara Press announces the commencement of tho bathing season: ''Quite a number num-ber of persona, ladies and gentlemen, entered King Neptune's domain yesterday." NEVADA. Judge W. H. Bcatty is announced as a candidale for Supreme State Judge. Sol. Carman and Jo. Wood have beon matched, for 100 aside, for a trial at foot-racing, jumping and wrestling, at Austin, shortly. A man named George Williams walkcd into the shait of the Oregon mine, oOO feet deep, at Austin, recently, re-cently, and wivs instantly killed. Austin registers 408 Totera for the cuming election fifteen less than last year. John Miatt, for murder in the second degree, and Charles Wilder, for grand larceny, have been sent to the Slate prison for twelve and two years respectively. There is in the Nevala State Treasury: Trea-sury: Coin, $-152, 572.10; coin vouchers, vouch-ers, $9S,721.1o; total coin vouchers, $.521,292.20. Currency, $46,609.25; currency vouchers, SI, 86. 77; total currency vouchors, $48,597. 02. Bonds belonging to State School Fur.d,$104,-000. Fur.d,$104,-000. OKEGOX. j A beet .nig trie is to be erected at Day I on. The Oregon State election will occur oc-cur the first Monday in June. Last week an Albany woman obtained ob-tained divorces from two dillcrent husbands. A young son of Jouathau Butler, near Eugene, shot three of his fingers nearly oil', tho other day, while hunt- A survey will soon be made, with the view of improving the channel ot the Yamhill River to the head of navigation. Bridging the Yamhill Riverat Mc-Minvillewill Mc-Minvillewill cost $2,000. The Grangers of Yamhill will lake their fine stock to their meeting at McMinville, to compare them with thiir neighbors. A Brownsville man has a horse nearly thirty years old. He was brought to Oregon Iwcuty-fivc years ago, Tho average daily attendance o( scholars at the public schools of Linn county is 2,251, and the value of the school-houses is 92,890. The ship Vermont, now loading al Portland, is the first vessel taking an entire cargo of grain from that porl for Europe. An Albany boy induced his father to sit down in a pan of hot grease oi the 1st of April. He now mourn; because he did not get half-soled with , sheet iron on the 31st of March. |