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Show PACIFIC COAST NEWS. CAMKIIUXIA. Harry Urecory, well known iu California Cali-fornia and Nevada, was buried in San Francisco on Thursday. The Iran Francisco pre.-s complains that I be eas'crn journals exa.'erate the duiuL'-i of i he reeeiit earthquakes. '. pix.-iuii, p'-eiublhig di-unt ar-rilt.Ty, ar-rilt.Ty, are in the iimuntuUH of Inyo, from Mount Breckinridge. l'':ithT Rt'le, of Visalia, is JarntiT-ou-ly ill from hemorrhage uf the lung H'l' li.'hi hupfs are entertained enter-tained of his recovery. The fund being raided in San l-Yau-ci.sco fur the relief uf the Inyo sufferers suffer-ers had, on Tue-day niiiht, reai-hed the sum of $.V;'-'-'"l Parties at Plaeerville have entered on an experiment of gathering and -hipiang the fiber of the soap-root, which grows extensively there, and is used in the m:um!'n:ttire of bed ;. The St. Louis railroad committee are expeeled in San Kranciseo in two week. It is reported that St. Louis offers to furnish two dollars for every one furnished by San Francisco. The Fresno Kj-posit-jr learns that the railroad grade U completed to some fourteen miles south of the San Joa-(juin Joa-(juin river, and the track laid a distance of about six inilca. The homa'Opaf hie physician-; of California Cal-ifornia celebrated Hahnemann's birthday birth-day in San Knuifiseo on Wednesday evening. (jraocLi recti wood was to ad dros the meeting. The Stockton liuirpauh-nl says; flic track of the Sun Joat;uin Valley railroad rail-road is now laid to the bauk of the Han Joaquin river, a distance of one hun-,dred hun-,dred and seven uiile3 from Lathrop, or jono hundred and sixteen miles from thiscity. There i.i a reported discovery of tin and silver iu the hills south of Cuco-mungo, Cuco-mungo, near the Kubottom Ilancho, in JjOs Anjclos. Thirty men arc now prospecting the hills. A ledge was found cn Monday last. The locality has been traditionally reported to be rich in mineral wealth. The Dutch Flat Blue Gravel mining company is about to run a tunnel from Bear river, which will furnish the desired de-sired fall for the immense bed of rich gravel of the Dutch Flat neighborhood. A.K.Phillips of El Monto.ljos Angeles Ange-les county, has been held to answer before be-fore the grand jury on a charge oi'com-pclling oi'com-pclling Joseph Plenty to drink a glass of poisoned whisky, whereby Plenty nearly lost his life. The Los Angeles Nncs announces that a new ice machine has commenced operations. It has a capacity of six tons of ice, and will produce during the summer months about one and a half tons per day. Jesus Taj am, one of the alleged Medina murderers, who was sentenced to be hung last July, but who was granted a new trial in tho supreme court, to come ofl' in tho May term ensuing, en-suing, died in the county jail at Stockton. Stock-ton. A club, called the National club, is being formed in San Francisco, irrespective irre-spective of existing parties to support the nominee of the Cincinnati convention. conven-tion. The Germans threaten that if the leading Republicans in congress continue conti-nue their abuse of Carl Shurtz on account ac-count of his birthright, they will unite in opposing the Philadelphia presidential presiden-tial nomination. It is reported that the old Folsom estate is again to be overhauled by the probate court, it is said the executors execu-tors held notes against the estate for large amounts, which were allowed to run till the interest absorbed a large . amount of property. It is reported that a change has taken place in the ownership and management man-agement of the San Francisco Daily Fost Harry George going out, and Thompson, late editor of the Bulletin, assuming the management. Colonel Caney has arrived from Arizona, Ari-zona, via the Mohave desert route. He reports that at Camp Cady, a few miles abovo tho sink of the Mohave, the earthquake of March lGth was felt with considerable force. The old adobe barracks were thrown down, but no person was injured. The ground was heaved in waves with such force as to move heavy government wagons several seve-ral leet. The shocks or waves came from the northward. Several shipments of California vegetables, veg-etables, celery, asparagus, green peas, etc., have already been made to New York this season, and reaching there in the midst of the snow storms and bitter coid weather, havo brought prices remunerative to the shippers. It is currently reported that the citizens' cit-izens' railroad committee of San Francisco Fran-cisco have had a meeting with Stanford, Stan-ford, and that the latter made a proposition pro-position that if the city would advance 53,000,000 for the construction of an iron bridge across the bay the railroad company would terminate all its lines in Mission bay, and that previous to and during the construction of the iron i bridge the company will build a temporary tem-porary bridge on piles for the use of the roads. SKVADA, The only church in Dayton (Nev.) was burned up by an incendiary last Sunday. Saturday, the tth instant, was the coldest day since winter began, in Carson Car-son city. The yield of ore of the Crown Point mine for the week ending April 5th, was 3,0U3 tons. The estimated value of that sent to the mills was $H7,-703 $H7,-703 5'-. The Carson Jtcfister says that the business of the branch mint is increasing increas-ing so rapidly that it is in conterupla tion to run it night and day. In the examination which terminated at Mineral Hill the otherday'iomLazell was held to answer before the next grand jury. Never since 18(53 has Virginia City looked as now. Every house is occu pied; not even a room can be had for love or money, and those desiring to reut are compelled to apply days in advance, ad-vance, and consider themselves fortunate fortun-ate if they secure one then. A party ef nine prospectors left yesterday yes-terday for i he Colorado gold mines. Another batch leaves to-day. Those of our mining population who came to the coast ''iu the days of '4')," seem to go wild at the bare mention of "eunce diggings." Eureka Sentinel. |