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Show PACIFIC COAST NEWS. CALIFORNIA. A miner named Goorgo Meikle was recently killed at the Union claim a, Gibsonvillo. Robert B. Swain, a prominent citi zen of San Francisco, died suddenly in that city on Friday. The waters on the tulo lands between Sacramento and Davisville are becoming becom-ing very high again from the melting i snows of tho mountains. Thomas IL Roberts, a pioneer of California, died in Sui-un on the 12tb inst. A. J. Knight, of San Diego, wns poisoned ou the 5th inst., fiom eating fresh pork, and came near dying. 0en Newman, a cigar maker of Sacramento, drew some money from the savings bank on Monday, and has not been seen by his family since. His wile fears he has been murdered. A little child of William Murray, i near Stockton, came into the house a few days ago swinging a live snake by the tail, and sang out to his mother: "Papa's b ack-Mjaku 1 papa's black-snukc black-snukc 1" The child had been accustomed accus-tomed hiaring about his father's black-snake whip. While the mother was lookiug for a stick to kill the sruko it made its escape. Collector Shannon, of San Francisco, will recommend, it is stated, the removal re-moval of all the employes in the custom cus-tom house who favor Greeley. The Phillips poisoning case of Los Angeles has been appealed to the supreme su-preme court. General Douglas is dangerously ill of pneumonia at hii residence on the Calaveras. A. B. Gregory, a leading citizen of Nevada city, died on the 13th inst. Soto Udaldo. a Spanish boy, was drowned near Visalia on the 7tb inst. A. P. Dallam, the citizen of San Francisco who had been missing for some time, returned to his home on the 12th inst. The road from Placerville over tho mountains is now clear of snow. Another cave occurred at the Taylor Fl'tll claim, Piumas county, on Tuesday last, instantly killing a man named ; Martin. This is ihe fourth man who has lost his life at this claim this spring. It is reported that warehouses to cost $200,000 are to be built at South Vallejo. The primary meeting, called ty soite of the Democrats of San Ftanciico, ha-i been dropped. ! A party ol Jorty-ninc Boi-tonians are . in San Francisco, preparing for an extensive ex-tensive hunting and fishiug campaign in Oreeon. Ifafew "web-foot mists" eaton them out, they will wish themselves them-selves salely hived in the "Hub." NEVADA, A man named Ingraham attempted to perforate the diaphragm of J. L. Ludwick, alias "Dutchey," with a leaden pill, a few days ago at Schell-burn. Schell-burn. Another respectable citizen coming "in the road of his aim" received re-ceived the slight token in the fleshy part of the thigh, instead, Walter Tedrow was shot and wounded wound-ed by a frail woman at a saloon in Eureka, Eu-reka, on the 8th instant. Tho crops in White River valley aro reported in a flourishing condition. Similar reports come from Carson val-ley. val-ley. Dr. King", one of the first settlers of Carson city, died in the State of Virginia Vir-ginia recently. Professor Ring, of the Reno grammar gram-mar school, sustained a compound fracture of the rinht arm a few days since, by being thrown from a wagon while returning from a pio nio. Several hundred Greelev hats have been ordeied by the Greeleyitea of : Eureka. A little sod of George Downey fell j into an old shaft fifty-four feet in depth, on Mount Davidson, lastThnrs-i lastThnrs-i day, breaking his rig tit thigh and otherwise injuring him The little sufferer suf-ferer isgeitine along comfortably. William Witty and James Sheridan tried to convert each other into mince meat, with bowie knives, in Virginia on Thursday evening. Though badly cut up, neither is dangerously so. i Sheridan is under arrest. Great preparations aro being made : in Hamilton to celebrate tho Fourth of j July. ' A destructive hailstorm viited Rose vailey, twelve miles from Pioche, a few days a-o, whieh ruined crops, killed half grown chickens, and played smash generally. IDAHO, Tho minium.' prospects for the present season in Boiso baio, according to the World, aro very good. A minor named John Larry, while runuini: a car in the Golden Chariot mine, Owyhee, got his arm broken by being caught between tLo top of the car and a low slull. The Sfutii Chariot mill, Owyhee, is now crushing abyut eighteen tons of Mahogany ure p.-r day. Letters frum Rocky Bar stale that thirty or thirty-five mm could find constant con-stant employment, ut good wages in that eouity. ijii'iness has commenced iu earnest, and there iy not an idle man iu tho camp. The farmers of Boie valley are agitating agi-tating tho subject of holding a county lair duriog the coming fall. Litell's bridge across Boise river, seven miles abovo Hoiso city, was swept away by hiirh water, a few days ago. 1 It is the third tiu c that the bridge at lliar p, i.' in1- hcui washed awav. It is now e.-ti:na-rd t! al on"-half of the jeruin sown in Boise and Payette valleys has b".n destroyed by hk-b wa-; wa-; tor. and that fully two tliou-and aervs ' of land have ti-'-ri w i-lu-d away Uvf''Vw" "' lr;hJ' U" hne. ho lluo nvor L Uiu pt l-w days, fallen twenty one ai:il & half inches. |