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Show PACIFIC COAST SEWS. (VMIOltMA. Muryaville shipped 2,500 dozen . egga to Sitn Francisco last week. A series of balloon ascensions will be made at Sacramento ou t'oo 1-th in-stant. in-stant. j Work on the new road-way for the wharf" at Wilmington, Lo3 Angeles Go., is progressing finely, over 1,100, fret being built. There remains but 280 feet more- to be constructed before the island, where the work is to terminate, ter-minate, will be reached. Tlio salaries of the .State officers for the month ending March 31, amounted amount-ed to $23,4lX).GG. An artesian well hag been sunk at Yreka, Siskiyou Co., in the vicinity of Salt Springs, by a, gentleman who desires to engage in the manufacture of salt. At a depth of 500 feet there was fourteen cubic inches flowing from the well, or 4o0,000 gallons per hour. It is said that gas escapes in a sufficient suffi-cient quantity to light tho town of Yreka. Tim Ar..-;nn .(, n-, ;.-,!,-, is no danger of a flood, because of the compact condition of the snow-banks, which are like ico, and will require nn August sun to melt them. The wholesale and retail liquor dealers of San Jose have formed a combination for the purposo of opposing op-posing the proposed encroachment of the local option law. No longer Mokclumnc. The namo of Mokelnmno has been changed by an act of tho Legislature, to Lodi. JJJohn R. Coe, of Iv'npa City, is happy hap-py over the possession of two Brahma eggs that measure 0: by S inches. At San Jose, a ticket composed of temperance men will be submitted to the public on the day of the charter election. An $S0,000 hot-el will soon be eerct-ed eerct-ed at Stockton. The Gilroy tobacco factory is manufacturing man-ufacturing GOO pounds perday. Los Angeles sheep men talk of employing em-ploying Chinamen to do their shearing. shear-ing. r- Within Iwo days after tho county scat of Tulare was located at Tulare City, 100 building lota changed hands. The Legislature passed, during the session, 794 bills, not including those vetoed or pocketed by the Governor. Wild geese aro so abundant in Tulare Co., that men have to mount luirsos. and with nina r.hosft thnm nfV ! the cultivated crops, to whi ch they , seem especially partial. I NEVADA. j Santa Clara county, Cal., is shipping ship-ping out hay to Virginia City. The locators of mines north of Carson Car-son City are exceedingly jubilant over their prospects of becoming millionaires million-aires in a few weeks. Not a foot of that ground from tho railroad tunnel to Mount Davidson can be purchased for love or money. Thirty-eight trains perday are now being run over tlio Virginia and Truckee Railroad. William Sharon has removed to Virginia City ior the purpose of preparing pre-paring for the ensuing Senatorial election. The attendance at school of all children between the ages of eight and fourteen years is made compulsory compul-sory in the State of Nevada. Parents and guardians are held responsible, and are liable to imprisonment for neglect in tho matter. A few days since, two married ladies (Bisters), of Silver City, Lyon 'county, eloped with two boys, aged fourteen years each. A Dayton lad, aged fifteen years, recently eloped with a married lady, aged fifty years. The husband, who is somewhat of a philosopher, is making mak-ing no effort to recover his truant wife. Matt. II. Funsfon, clerk of tho Austin City Council, committed suicide sui-cide on Thursday night, by shooting himself through tho head with a pistol. pis-tol. The deceased had been a victim for a long time past of inflammatory rheumatism. OHI(.OX. Quite an excitement wo3 created at Portland on Wednesday afternoon, by Mofl'ett's reception of the Crusaders with Chineso gongs, fire-crackers, and bombs. A row was imminent at one time, but it was quelled by the police. The ladies retired in good order to their headquarters at the Methodist church. Tho Albany hoodlums have a new game they stretch wiies across the sidewalk and trip up the ladies. D. C. Stewart has been nominated by the Independents of Yambill co. aa a candidate for County Judge, yice A. B. Henry, declined. The women of Albany have secured over 400 signatures to a petition to the Mayor and Common Council, 'asking 'ask-ing the repeal of the liquor law of the city, and will besiege the next meeting meet-ing of tho Council, armed with thig formidable argument in favor of teni: pcrance. Charles Hogan, a barber from Dallas, Dal-las, yent over to Independence a few days ago, and while drunk used some vulgar expressions in a drug store in the presence ol a lady. The proprietor, proprie-tor, Whittall, ordered him to leave the store, but refusing to do bo, he was taken by the arm and led out. As soon as they reached the sidewalk, Hogan drew a revolver and shot three ehpls at 'W'hittall, but fortunately missed liim. Before a warrant was got he lclt in a buggy for Dallas. The following is tho address on a letter received at the Oregon City postoflix: "Mrs. Doctor . This lady's maiden name was Ellen Hamilton, Ham-ilton, born in Fincastle, Virginia; is about U0 or i'i'-i yeara old; moved from Missouri to Oregon. Postmaster will confer a favor by Bhowing this letter to all doctors, so that sho may get it." Also another: "Mr. Tumbon, to ure-on ure-on City. This is ft inquiren letter for ny connection, pleas Post master take hit out 4 reod hit, if tha is no tumbon thar, give hit to eny body of that name." |