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Show PACIFIC COAST NEWS. CALIFORNIA, J. Swartz aDd J. H. West, of Yo.be l coonty, both insace, have Lxren placed ld the asylum. On Satarday, there were paid iotc the State treasury installments of tide laod payments which apcregated the sum of $1,343 95. There is still three or four feet of srjjw at the Big Trees. The proprietors proprie-tors of the Big Tree hotel are making extensive preparations to accommodate a larger number of guests than formerly. former-ly. An addition is to be built which will furnish sixty or seventy peop'c with suites of rooais. On Friday last at Sonera, Ah Bun, the Chinaman convicted of the murder of Ah Wow, was sentenced by -'judge Booker, on the 10th instant, to be hung on Friday, April 25th, 1S73. between be-tween the hours of ten a. m. and 4 p. m. The execution will take place in the jail yard. During the big " time " of the Pioneer Coursing Club of San Francisco, Fran-cisco, last week, a Stanisiau3 deg won three prizes from the city dogs. "The Modesto hare, ' ' as the veteran is called, was jumped up in the edye of the town, and after an exciting race ot a mile and a half, got away from the whole batch of dogs. The new steamboat line has been inaugurated in-augurated by t o California Pacific railroad company. A. steamer will leave Colusa twice a week, connecting with the cars at Knight's Landing for Sacramento and San Francisco. IU-turning.the IU-turning.the steamer will leave Knight's Landing twice every week, on the arrival ar-rival of the cars, for Colusa. This will be a great convenience to residents of Colusa county. rue V A !... The Cutro tunnel is to havo a telegraph tele-graph line. Th3 taxes on mines in Storey county for tho last Quarter were $16,000. A Mexican, while coupling curs at Mill City last Sunday, Jell and had both legs severed from his body, lie lived three hours. Tho iS'cws is afraid of freohcts in the streets of Hamilton if the warm weather wea-ther continues. The streets are in a bad condition. On Wednesday last, justice Talbot Root, of Hamilton, was the recipient of a map ni Scent gold watch and chain. Another body of ore has been struck in a portion ot the Richmond mine not involved in the litigation at present coins '"n; and the company in a few days will start up their furnace on this ncw-ibuDd ore. Mining matters in the Belmont urn-ing urn-ing district continue to look well. The Can field t-haft makes a very favorable exhibition; it (.how; a fuce of five feet of ore averaging $300 per too. The El Dorado consolidated are working in an immense body of black sulphurets, which assays from $150 to $1,600 per ton. The compauy is reported re-ported to be shipping bullion at the rate of $2,000 daily. A great amount of dissatisfaction in Ely district as to mining matters. The miners call for a new and fearless journal jour-nal that will proteot their rights, and allege that large numbers of mining claims are held by bogus claim ants, and they desire redrew. OH EG ON, Oakland, Oregon, wants somebody to work its salt springs, which are now lying idle. Canon city, a mining town in Grant county, claims to ship yearly $300,000 in gold. The ladies of Baker city relievo the monotony of dull times by an occasional occa-sional foot race on the streets, Jacksonville hoodlums parade the streets at night, tossing brickbats on the roofs to see if there is anybody at home. A man who has been selling forged certificates of deposit at Cornelius and Vancouver, is wanted by the authorities. authori-ties. ' !The foundation of a City iiall at Roseburg has bocn laid and the superstructure super-structure will be reared as soon as the weather will permit. An Oregon paper wants people to believe that a watch was dropped into the river on Sunday and fished out on Monday still running. Last week Joseph S. Lane, accompanied accom-panied by his son and another person, killed two large cougars near his farm on the headwaters of Deer Creek, about twelvo miles from Roseburg. The lato city election in Jacksonville was a spiritless contest except for tho office of marshal. For that tho fight was warm and the successful candidato won by a majority of one vote only. Ichabod Heokle'a saw mill, oc the south fork of Mnry'B river, li miles from Corvallis, was burned a few days ago. A fire was left burning on a block, and when tho owner returned re-turned tlio glory of Ichabod's mill had departed. Dr. Foley is fitting up a summor resort re-sort at Siloam Spriugs, on Mckenzie's Fork of the Willamsct. The place ia pretty well up in tho Cascade Mountains, Moun-tains, Quito a building will be erected, and bath rooms will be attached. Peo plo who havo visited the springs have great faith in tho sanitary effect of tho waters. In Baker city, Oregon, everybody is a spiritual medium, and a stranger cannot can-not go into a house without being knocked by flying tables and chairs and beiog interviewed by the ghost ol his grandmo'.hcr. |