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Show PACIFIC COAST A EM S. - FIRST DISPATCH. CALIFOItXIA. Sau JVanclsco. -4. The failure of McDonald tt Whitney, leading stock operators, has been a matter of considerable consid-erable comment on the street to-day. It is generally attributed to being caught short iu Yellow Jacket. The amount of their liabilities is variously estimated. It is suppose J the firm will compromise mid resume business soon. Operations in the board were considerably contracted by this event to-day. James .1. Bobbins sues the Old American miniiig company tor over sil,uuO, alleged to be owiag to B. B. j Thayer by defendants and by him J transferred to plain tiii'. The operations of what is evidently iu new gang of burglars, in various i parts of the city, are of nightly oceur-i oceur-i rence, and as yet the police am unable 1 to obtain any clue to them. The gang , are supposed to have arrived recently 1 from England or Australia. ' Tho Central Pacific 11. B. company j commenced suit to-day again-t the city Lmd county of Sau FrancL-co and the Icoumy of Alameda. 10 compel then) to ; interplead and settle the question of j i ho boundary betwe.u the two co unities. un-ities. The tix collectors of both coun-1 coun-1 ucs iuvc demanded payment of the 'tax on the depots, aud improvements :a: the wharf opposite Verba Bueuu island, and the coujrioy oiic to pay 1 die monty into court to Lite the I question authoritatively decided. The important case of E, K. Carpen-1 Carpen-1 fT, adminitrator of the estate ot Catharine Hayes, r. C. J. Brenham, let a., involving the title to a lam1' tract of land in the eat part of the' city of Oakland, w;i submitted for de-1 ei-ion in the I Jib di'triet court to-day. ! Los Angeles, -4. The miners of 'San Gabriel canon and vicinity held meeting last niclit and revised their old laws, ro-oriranized the district to embraee all the mining ground on 1 he i river and its tributaries. A party of prospectors left to-day for Arizona. There aie rumors of a silver lode being found iu tin- mountains north of this city. I The tiu-rmoineier reached in the hhade this afternoon. Valleio, 1M. John Fulger, a butcher, butch-er, of this city, was thrown from his horse last night and died from the injuries in-juries received. ! NKVAUA. j Virginia, New, '-'4. J'rank Jame-i son, Wells, Fargo & Co's ex-messen- ger, of this city, died very suddnly this; i morning. Drs. Bronson and Atchison, j who atteuded him, both state that the j I symptoms in his case were identical i with those of the Asiatic cholera,! Cholera morbus is becoming more and1 more frequent in this city. ! About twelve o'clock last night a tire was discovered in Geo. P. Morrills' j drugstore, coused by the bursting of a j bottle containing phosphorus. The stock of drugs is considerably damaged 1 by water. Winnemuiva, 1. The cattle which were driven from here on the huh. byj Indians, have been recovered. The , Indians finding themselves closely pur-j sued, abandoned their plunder aud fled 1 to the mountains. Wells, Fargo A Co. shipned to day four bars of bullion from Silver city, Idaho, valued at 1 ;t,74'.t. lleno, L'4. While the workmen were engaged this morning in placing one of the large timbers, in constructing construct-ing the Virginia and Truekec rnilroad bridge, by some means it slipped and crushed tho ankle of one of the employes, em-ployes, leaving him permanently dis-able.l. dis-able.l. This evening us several men were engaged in transferring a largo casting from the cars to a wagon, by means of a derrick, tho chain broke and the casting, weighing 2U00 lbs, fell upon a Mr. Bubb, bruising him severely. He may possibly recover. Austin, :M. Mrs. W A. Bank in, wife of Dr. Bankin of this city, was scvorely injured by being thrown from a wagon last evening. There is considerable excitement iu town to-day, owing to the killing of Charles Fowler, the escaped prisoner, by Indians. Captain Breskenridge, chief of tho Piutes, and hii tribes are leaving to-night. KlCUOiY. Portland. 14. It is reported that the People's Steam Transportation Co. have disposed of'thoir entire interest, inter-est, to whom its not as yet made public. pub-lic. A Ore for several days has been raging rag-ing in the woods east of Holladay's addition. ad-dition. Several houses and the new bridge on Holladay's avenue escaped destruction only by the vigorous efforts of the citizens in that vicinity. Another An-other lire is raging in the timber north of town, filling the oitywith smoke. SECOND DISPATCH. CALIFORNIA. Sun Francisco, 25. Treasure, S-.V; Golden Chariot, 21; Yule, G. V. A., Hi; Imperial, .r; Mahogany, 4; Jackson, Jack-son, SOcents; Gould & Curry, 104 A; Kcntuck, 1.15; Caledonia, 2U; M. Valley, 21; Savage, 4f ; Yellow Jacket, Jack-et, OTA; Eureka Con., 14; Chollnr, 3I:f; Belcher, 220; Succor, G5; Elmore, 5. Bcloher, 220 buy. 32211; Eureka, g. v., 10 10 200; Succor, G 7, buy. 10350; Eureka Con., 1415 buy. ;iO 14; 15, b. 30950; Jacket, OS 0y 70, buy. 30 OS, 70-, b. 30 0'Jl 70, b. 30 fit), b. 30 09, b. 15 OS OS:; 400; Cholhvr, 32 34 31$ 32 315 205; Savage, 4142, b. 3042, b. 3042. b. 3041 455; Bande, 2ui 20 b. 30 204, b. 30 20.T, h. 30-560; Caledonia, 21 22, b. 302122, b.30 21 21, b. 30200; Valley, 2121. b. 1021 25; Crown Point, 2S0 311; Gould l& Curry, lu2 101 103, b. 30100 11599100100; Ophir, 23 24, b. IU 23i s. 3200; Hale & Norcross, SO 75 77 78 77 70 79 78 145; Kcntuck, 143, b. 30145, b. 30 140 135 135 300; Pioche, 12-'2 12-'2 b. 30 12, b. 30 S5; Mahogany, 14 14 05; Imperial, 40130; Treasure, 99. San Francisco, 25. There are indications indi-cations that McDonald & Whilneyand their creditors will make a combined effort to break Jacket and otherstocks on which they arc short, lo facilitate settlements and enable them to resume business. McDonald claims to be able to pay the full amount of lus liabilities. It is .said that Cavallicr sent them S00 shares of Jacket to helpthem through, but it could not savo them. A break in the market appears inevitable, though it is believed there will bo an immediate reaction. The first spike of the Oakland, Brooklyn and Fruit Vale Bailroadwas driven yesterday. The Dry Creek Tunnel aud Flumine Co., to operato in the Picly Ilill mining min-ing district, Shasta county, Cab, with a capital of 5,000,000, was incorporated incorpor-ated to-day. It is reported th;it Major Jack Strat man will be a candidate for sheriff on the Bell Ringers' Republican ticket. He is particularly anxious to correct the abuses existing in the county jail. The liabilities of McDonald A Whitney, Whit-ney, stock brokers, is estimated at. SI 00, 000. The majority of the stockholders oi the Ijiddeu Treasure Mining Co., voted to request a majority of the trustees to resign, The Republican Bell Ringers' committee, com-mittee, in secret session, elected A. J. Bryant treasurer, and adopted the following fol-lowing programme: 1st, to endorse tho Republican State ticket; 2d, to nominate a straight legislative ticket; id, to nominate a straight municipal i ticket; 4th, to electa Republican coun- ' ty committee under the primary election elec-tion law, on election day, Sept, 6th; 5th, to suspend ihe consideration of judicial nominations until all others are made. The Democratic Conference Convention Conven-tion got into a wranclo about the representation from the third ward, and a new deal is demanded. 1 The funeral of the late Abel Stearns will take place to-morrow, instead of I Sunday, as first announced. ! Gold, 112;. j |