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Show PACIFIC COAST NEWS. CALIFORNIA. . Work on the Kearsarge, at Mare Island, Is-land, is progressing rapidly and well. A farm in Tulare county raised a half acre of rice toil yoar. The yield per acre was largo. The San Franoisoo cadets are thinking think-ing of making a starring tour through the Eastern States, exhibiting their great proficiency in drill. There is a young lad? in Los Angeles Ange-les county who owns 6,000 aores of land and 4,000 bead of cattle. She has uo incumbrance in tbe shape of a husband. hus-band. The oase of tbe people against Samuel Sam-uel Box, charged with the murder of Washington Guthrie on last Sunday, terminated Wednesday evoning, and the prisoner was discharged. Captain P. Munday waa killed at Emigrant Gap on Tuesday evening by the bursting of a cut-off saw in a mill where he was working. James Kelly, a lad of about twelve years of age, tbe son of P. Kelly, was seriously injured lately at Vallejo, by being run over by a dump cart. An affray occurred in Castroville on Tuesday morning, in which Edward Wixon was killed by Samuel Kuther-ford, Kuther-ford, and Rutherford received what are supposed to be mortal wounds at the hands of Wixon. The petrified forest, oovering 150 acres of land, near Calistoga, is said to be 800 years old. Napa has consumed, this month, 10,000 feet of lumber, producing 800 boxes of grapes, 400 of peais, 1,200 of apples, and 300 cases of wine and brandy. Good enough for Napa. Wm. Donovan, sentenced at Franoisoo, Fran-oisoo, on Tuesday, to be hanged for the murder of Minchell over two yoarB ago, has been sentenced twioe before. Minchell owed Donovan f 15 for the non-payment of which he was shot by tho prisoner. Bakerfield had a gentle earthquake undulation on Friday moroiog rattling the windows and awakening the sleepers. sleep-ers. Only a morning call. I On Natoma street, Sao Francisoo yceterday, a man waa discovered confined con-fined to his bed with rheumatism. His wife, who had, three days before, given birth to a child, was also confined con-fined to her bed. Three children were , on the floor crying for food All were suffering from starvation, NBVADA. Moriarty, arrested for the murder of O'Tool and discharged, because tho chief witness bad decamped, has returned re-turned to Pioche. Charley Goodwin says he is chewing up Kendall, hut Kendall says he has digested Goodwin. Pioche is sweeping her street so that tho eipcctcd " Washoe lephyrs" will " wing their passago" down her streets without stirring the dust. The Carson " Anneal" rvh that a coalition of capitalists have taken hold of the coal mioo near Carlin, and wiil help Mr. Moore to develop iL A Piute Indian attempted to outrage out-rage a little girl at Wionemueca on Monday. Citizens pursued and shot at him several times, but be managed to escape by jumping into the river. California grapes are sold in Pioche at wventy five cents a pound, coin. Judge Foster, (not our own jadge of tha Golden seal) of Piocho, is working hard for the offioe of justice of peace. He has a good name, Goodwin and Kendall are stumpiog toward Pioche. They may find our mining governor. The Virginia city passengers who were "churned op" at the Trockee railway smash, found out, on Thursday, Thurs-day, they were turning black and blue in epota, A destructive fire occurred in the Truckce railway tunnel. Dear Gold Hill Thursday. Some 500 feet of the timbering tim-bering was destroyed. Passengers will be transferred for a few days. Crown Point mine, on Wednesday, shipped 6ix bars of gold and silver bullion, bul-lion, valoed at $18,458 7a. Mrs. Seraphirja Sing, a celestial lady of Austin, wae, on Wednesday evening, waitzed off to the station house for interrupting with vociferous ocreeehiog Mr. J. W. Young's eulogy on the "sage of Cbappaque," Sam Sing runs his wash house alone while Seraphina lingers in prison. On Friday, at Winnemuoca, two sports had a shooting affray over a card tabie. Four shots were fired, odc of j the parlies being slightly wounded. OKRGOIY. Snow on the Bine Ridge mountains, between Walla Waila and Lagrand, is 5i t inches deep. The Cariboo people arc preparing a memorial asking the banks not to withdraw with-draw their agencies during the winter. win-ter. Dispatches received is Victoria, from Cariboo, announce heavy freshets, which have done heavy damage to the roads. The governor general of British Columbia has signed the death warrant of George Bell, who murdered a man named Nathan at Xanaimo. The following vessels have gone to Fea from Portland during the last few davs: "Free Trade," "Perpetua," "Navigator" and "Electra," the last two with cargoes of wheat for England. Eng-land. Says a Victoria dispatch of the ISth: The United States sioop-of-war, "St. Marys," twoed her majesty'd ship "Scylla," put to sea yesterday, on a sp?cial hjdroeraphio service. The "Scylla" sailed for England. The land agent of the Northern Pacific railroad at Walla Walla has received re-ceived instructions to receive no more applications for land. As a reason given, the company have found that in Minnesota, when the land comes in market, the applicant seldom purchases pur-chases it |