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Show PACIFIC COAST SEWS, j CALIKUUAI.l. j A store on the cu-uptirativu plan is! to be established at Coupville, Whid-1 by" Island. A lirle son uf CoriK-hu-; IM-maikj was drnwncl in a barn-l, at Paeheeo, j 1 on the 1 1 th int. A pii-on. r in Los Angeles d.inityi jiil a UK-ro L.y has been put in irons i on account of his unruly conduct. J One of the great cities that wa-s to ' be - UransMi city, in the Julian minim.' di-tru-L wa nven! ly --"M, wh-ie and enrii'i'. I'.r ?:M. On th.; evening ..I (he lJih iti.-t., a lady resident nl' Alae-ia fn'.unl a waif on her dimr step. Parties h-ii niTii: to Oakland are suspected. I n ;il li-mp: ing to cros I he track in front of a locomotive, at Klk (irove station, on uio I lit li iiiMant, Ilenrj Maikstone wn run over and instantly killed. In Calaveras cuunly an effort is making mak-ing to reduce the wages of laborers in the mining claims to 2 per day. Il augurs ill feeling. The Placer Ikra d uf April Uith says: J. . Nicker.-iui has sold hi mine, Lvalrd near Hear river, for $100,1101). This is a heap of money, but the Cedar is a monster ledge and a promising mine. The San Diego f 'nt'im of April (ith aays: A clean up of ore from the Owen's Ow-en's ledge at the mill of 1),- Frees A: Co., shows that the grade of the ore has advanced from $17 to tfOO per ton. Ktghty tons were crushed which yielded $-1,000, and the mill has commenced running upon another lot of the rock, which is expected to yield $7.') per tou. A little boy, not more than twelve years of age, fell -into the bay at San Francisco while fishing at Long Bridge on Saturday, and was rescued by a companion named Willie Harding. The lad who did the rescuing business threw off his coat and plunged into the cold waters upon the first alarm; and is entitled to great credit for his cool and determined action. The Uilroy AJrocate of April 13lh says: Robert Stanyon & Co. of this place have discovered what promises to be a rich fiuieksilvcr mine on the headquarters of the Uos Ratios, in the northwest corner of l'Yesno county. The company have a number of men working the mine and with fiattcring prospects. The cinnabar assays the equivalent of $222 per ton. At Red Bluffs on Sunday, at half past three o'clock in the morning, a shooting case took place in a house of prostitution, in Chinatowu. It appears that a man named Perkins was in the house with a woman named Nellie Brooks, when a man named Pearcc shot through the window five or six times, wounding Perkins in the leg and killing Nellie Brooks. Pearce then went oil", but came back in a short time, when he was shot and killed by Perkins; who was arrested and is now in jail. The Bulletin of Monday says : Br. Ilcwer, long known as an intimate acquaintance ac-quaintance of Citizen Sam Piatt, departed de-parted this life some three or four days ago in his own wretcbed apartment, at the south-west corner of Broadway and Dupont streets, lie was a character, charac-ter, having lived in one spot for fourteen four-teen years, during which time no person per-son save himself ever crossed his threshold. thres-hold. He gained a livelihood by collecting col-lecting rags, was ragged himself, and when found dead on Saturday, laying upon a pile of rags. Ilia room and j person were filthy to a disgusting de-, de-, grce. The doctor was supposed to be about 70 years of age. lie was formerly a surgeon in the Knglish navy; and was possessed of property to the valuo of $.0O,OUO. He was generally credited with being a miser. An inquest will be held by coroner Stillman to-night. OREGON. The island of San Juan has a population popu-lation of 350. Covernor G rover will stump the Slate. A five weeks old baby of Portland walks. Powell, of Lafayette, has invented a machine for clinching horse .shoe uails. Douglas county, Oregon, has a schoolmaster, whose delight is to buckle in and larrup the big girls when they don't behave. An Oregon breach of promise case was compromised by the lady.who gave hor lover $12.50 and a bottle of Florida water. ARIZONA. Indian raids are reported on the miners of Upper Lynx creek, in Brad-shaw Brad-shaw district, and at Burnt Ranch, within a few miles of Prescott. They have stolen cattle and horses. A distressing rumor comes from Camp Ycrdc, through Indian sources, that tho large freight train of Tully, Ockoa it Co. had been attacked by Cachise Indiana in San Simon Valley, near Camp Bowie, when most of the people belonging to tho train were killed. |