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Show CAI.It'OKNIA. Travel on the Southern I'acitie railroad rail-road has been suspended on account of tlio flooding of the track. The San Francisco Gas Company, in accordance with their generous annual an-nual custom, on Christmas, presented each of tlo-ir employes with a fine (ur- The Ophir mining company on Saturday Sat-urday last filed with the secretary of State their intention of increasing their capital slock from 370,000 to $1,000,-000. $1,000,-000. 'The amount of damage done to the main Central l'ac'ilio road and its branches has been greatly exaggerated. All of the lines will soon be running again. Generally, the reclaimed islands on tlio San Joaquin and Sacramento rivers have withstood the flood, and no serious damage whatever is reported on them. The steamer Amador hi ought from San Francisco to Sacramento oo Saturday Sat-urday morning, a large quantity of Japanese and Chinese siiks, valued at between $ 1 , 3uO,OoO and $,000,000, en route lor (he east. Tho California papers say that all tho placer claims arc being worked under tho inspiration which the rain has produced, and thousands of dollars will bo tuken out of mines that have not been worked in many years. The San Francisco police authorities have commenced a campaign against gamblers, and tho effect is already apparent ap-parent in the closing of several of the houses. Judge Stanley has instructed the grand jury in regard lo the law prohibiting pro-hibiting gambling and requests them to act upon it. At tins time last year, there were seven mining companies paying dividends divi-dends in Han Francisco, only two of which still continue, ono of these then paying o per share, against $1 per share now. The amount of mining dividends p:dd last month was $li7IS,-uuO $li7IS,-uuO against $:;:;2,o00 for the previous year. The Sacramento l uio.i of Sunday s;:ys that all the levees surrounding that oily were in perfect condition, and there was not. the slightest danger of Hood, even if the wafer should gain an additional hight of four or live feet, to do which, however, it will be necessary to flood the entire country surrounding the city. On Saturday night the Sacramento Sac-ramento 'river was uinetccn feet two inches above low water mark. Thomas Neill, an Knglishman in San Francisco, in the excitement of a spiritualistic seeance held about live years no, made a will bequeathing lo the society of Spiritualists I ho sum of 5,000. Mr. Neill lived long enough to change his mind, but unfortunately for his legal heirs, he never set about remodeling the will until he was on his death bed, last Saturday evening, and before a new one was prepared, he died. A syndicate has been formed in London for the'purchase, reclamation and cultivation by Fnglish and I'utch immigrants of marsh, swamp and overflowed over-flowed lands in California. About 2j0,000 acres have already been secured se-cured by bond. The lands comprise some of the richest and most available in the State. The project is strongly recommended by general Alexander, the chief engineer of the United States for the Pacific coast, and by many capitalists and leading citizens. The Alia thinks that the enterprise will bring $0,000,iki of Hritish capital to California. Donovan, who murdered George Minchcll, in Contra Cosla county, was sentenced by Judge Dwindle to be hung in San Francisco on the loth of February, made a long rambling speech, the drift of which was, if drift there could be found, that he had been convicted con-victed by perjury. lie advanced to the Judge's bench, and displayed diagrams of the house where the murder was committed. He would scarcely finish a sentence before he would commence another subject. lie compared himself him-self to Jesus Christ, in the false testi-: niony borne against each. He talked in this manner for about fifteen minutes. The prisoner has attempted to make out a case of insanity. , XKVADA. During ihe past fiscal monlli ImO tons of ore was shipped from the Kentuck mine, averaging 21 per too. The Eureka Scnltnd says that the recent workings in the property of the Furcka consolidated, on lluby Hill, have opened immense bodies of high grade ore in the lowest levels. The stable-men of irginia on Friday raised the price of hay to 100 per Ion five cents per pound. Wc are informed that 00 per ton is asked for hay in lleno down in tho valley, where they are always making it when the sun shines. The commissioner of the general land office has directed the register at Carson Car-son city in acting upon mining claims located on veins or lodes of quartz or ouicrrocK in place, not to receive any application for a patent embracing surface sur-face ground lor the convenient working uf the mine, unless the same adjoins tho location or claim on the vein or lode, and then only such area in is allowed al-lowed by leal Villus-. Last week 1,400 tons of ore was taken from the Ua!e and Nuruross mine. 'I be incline from the bottom ol the m iin :-halr now down a little over luiiteet in length and prfgres.-es at ihe ra'enffbur fee! a day. When ihe di pth of l"'i feet perpendicular measurement is attained, a uew level : will be opened, and important devclop- incuts may be confidently linked for. ; The pre.-ent arscsiuent of per ,-haie, ampuls to -(0.0'm. The No- vember receipts were $GiJ,nto. i The Carson Kcgisi't of Sund.iy ,s;iy.s I the storm of Saturday last renewed the j hud slides on-the Virginia andTiuckcc : railiTud, and di-ab!ed the .-trtielure t-o that trains cannot now reach Kuipirc. Two loctimolic-is arc rot elf between the bre aks. The Mexieati im being rapidly whittled away by the present : one, and f.;i(,u00 will not replace that .MiiFture. It is imputable now to ' predict when the railroad will be open or when tho mills on the Caifin will be in a condition lo resume operations. |