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Show PACIFIC COAST NEWS. CALIFORNIA. Emperor Norton lias applied lor a patent on a now-plow. Stephen Ma-sett ("Jeems Pines") has be-n dabbling in stocks. Stocks . went down and Ma-.-'-tt wenr up! j Wc are told that Bishop Kip's son ihasunde ov.-r jluo.inH) iu minim; stocks within a Week or two. Who lo-t it? i A calico ball at San Jose in aid of j (he French indemnity fund, was a irreat ' "iUCJ.-S. luv-h siuiis :uv r.'p-iricd to U?. in-Jfeeted in-Jfeeted with lriehii:;e, aud will be ruled out of the market in San Francisoo. i The last steamer from Los Angeles brought to San Francisco over a 1,0" Ht , bars ol'bn.-e bullion from Cerrro Gordo. 1 A California paper epitomises the ! week's news of murders thu.-: Murder at lleJwo'id murder at Salinas murder at Yi- ilia -mur-ler at Santa I Barbara. I The I mo Intlrpfwli at of April l::ih, 'says: "The shakes, up to date, recur i at intervals of fnnu ten to tweiry hours, but except from the a-soehitiou, arc nowise alarming." I The Alvarado Beet Siu-ar oompauy have planted 15U acres, and according to the Alia will plant about C"0 acres moro as rapidly as the condition of the ground will permit. Much of it is too wet at present. Some of the beets are already up, and they will, it is supposed, sup-posed, be icady for rcduetiou about the 1st of August. The Conrad ditch property at Whisky Hill, Calaveras county, has passed into tho bauds of tho Messrs. Craig and San Francisco capitalists. The purchasers intend to bring the Calaveras river into tho mines, and will couience. operations without de-lay. de-lay. Tho San Bernardino Guardian of Saturday says that Mr. Sharpc has just returned from 1 lardy villo, and brings news that rich placer mines have been discovered in the neighborhood of UO hundred miles above Uanlyvillc, on tho Colorado river. Mr. Sharpc says that miners aro making at least live dollars per day ; that he is conneo-tcd conneo-tcd with fourteen others, who discovered discov-ered the diggings, and has come iu for a supply of provisions, aud will return immediately to the now El Dorado. From this it seems that the news southward, from the Colorado mincs.is not so flattering as that which takes a northerly direction. Mrs. Keilly, wife of a waiter at the Grand Hotel, San Francisco, fell dead yesterday evening at the corner of First and Lick streets. Johannes Von Aspcrn went aboard the steamer Osceola on Wednesday and has not since been seen. His hat was found on the steamer's deck next morning. At the Republican primaries, yestcr-day, yestcr-day, in San Francisco, all the factions were "anti-Goat island." NHVAUA. A man named John McCabe,was instantly in-stantly killed in the Murphy mine at Ophir canyon a few days ago. One death has occurred from smallpox small-pox at Palisade, and another case is reported. Parlies from Railroad mining dis-' trict report that the Highland silver mining company have made a strike of very rich ore iu their Humboldt mine. The Elko tunnel has aiso struck a fiao body of ore. The mines that are being worked look promising, but there is plenty of snow yet to contend with. The Carson Register of Lhe lo, says: From our fellow citizens who yesterday returned from Aurora, we learn that earthquakes have become so prevalent in Esmeralda county, and the people arc so accustomed to them, that they i uo not seem to enjoy a nigtit s sleep or a meal without a lew shakes occurring during the time. The atmosphere was so dense, and such a sleepy sensation was felt by the citizens of this town, that some . fear was ap prehended the travelers had brought a Jew quakes with them. J. A Shotwoli, the noted forger who made so much trouble in White Pine a tew years ago by his skill in left-handed oopying of other people's names, end who escaped Irom the oountyjail in Hamilton soon after his arrest, has turned up iu Montana. Deputy United States marshal Hank Kncrr left Hamilton Hamil-ton a few days ago for the purpose of recapturing him. MONTANA. Phillip Diehl, of Helena, was drowned drown-ed in theMissouri river at Gal latin, while crossing a drove of cattlo on the Gth inst. Another letter has been received in Bozeman, lrom the east, stating that the Northern Pacific will enter the Gallatin valley through Bozeman pass. The Gallatin route is now an established establish-ed faot. i Two weeks ago the soldiora at fort Ellis were paid oft', and several of thorn took advantage of the occasion and the improved condition of the roads, to abandon the profession of war for the more peaceful pursuits of the civilian. |