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Show PACIFIC COAST NEAVS. CA LI FOB NLA. A freiaht train is now runo'iDi: regularly regu-larly between San FrancUoo and Salinas Sali-nas ciiy- The iate Normal school at San Jose is toooostly for eeoeral r-atroace. The average noomfaiy eipenies of the puniis bciDg iio. The Marysville Appeal declares that Mrs. Fair abandoned her strong "holt'' when she neglected to plead insaoity in her defence againet Quiet's suit for attorney's fees. A Mr. Gonld of Santa Clam recently recent-ly amused himself by tanping oil a train running at a rat of twenty minds an hour, near Lathrop, San Joaquin county. As the train did not stop, it Is not known whether be was injured. The heavy frosta of vhe 3d ani.4h instant, did an immense amount of damage to the gardeners in the vicinity ef San Leandro, a large part of the early peas and potatoes around there are about ruined. The damage to the fruit trees is not 60 extensive. The Lake oouoty Bee 6ays a number of quicksilver mines have lately been i discovered in Lake county. Two of the most promising ones are now being worked, about fifty men being engaged od them. Kdward J. Buybridge, phetographio artist, has completed a series of views of Yosemite and other poiDta ofjnter-est ofjnter-est which will attract attention in any gallery in the world. H. Allen, the "conviet leoturer," complains bitterly in the Nevada city Transcript, because no one attended his lecture there. He says that if he was to have been hung he would have had a big audience, and that "such treatment serves but to harden the mind and close the avenues which lead to the Bouroes of a man's best action." ac-tion." . A lusty blind beggar, weighing 250 pounds, escorted by an able-bodied partner, is making Lhe tour of Mariposa Mari-posa county. He carries a large printed prin-ted sign with him, and if he cannot get coin, takei produce such as whisky and lager. His accommodating style in this respect was Dot productive produc-tive of financial success. After goine the rounds of several saloons and other places where Quids are dispensed, people began to "pass that blind." Claus Sprecles proposes to drain the chain of lakelets and ponds on his ranch, to the west of the ataonviUe road, Santa Crui county, and excavate all the mad and sediment, and then run a feeder or ditch to the small stream heading up near Buzzard Lagoon, La-goon, so as to form artificial fish ponds, for the raising of choioe fidh for table use. The ponds, whtn ready, will be stocked with eastern trout, black bass, pike and pickerel. Mr. Bonbomme, at Sonoma, hatched hatch-ed 2,500 silk-worms on the -5th ult, and about 150,000 on the 5th instant, and will hatch 150,000 more on each of the 10th, 15th and 20th o this month. Those .already hatched are doiDg well. The Wutohumna irrigating ditoh in Tulare county is being built by a local company, which subscribed $1,000 for that purpose. It takes the Kaweah river at the upper Line of foothills and follows the high grounds to Antelope creek. KKVADAr Rents are coming down in Virginia city. Jerome Smith, the cattle dealer, stabbed by Frank Craven, on Walker river, is pronounced out of danger. Ninety car loads of ore were shipped over the Virginia andTruokee railroad on Monday'to the Silver oity and Carson Car-son river mills from the Oomstook mines. W.. Frank Stewart, whilom poot, editor, lecturer and scientist, who has been confined to his bed iu Virginia city through illness, is again able to be about. A young but remarkably vigorous hurricane recently undertook the job of removing Elko, Nov., to some point further up the river. It, however, only .succeeded . in smashing one house. A Fiocho man came very near being lynched the other day. Ho accidentally accidental-ly discharged his gun, and when the pcoplo oame running up they were so mad at finding nobody killed that they wanted to havo a hanging match right off. A new post office has been established estab-lished at Minium's station, to be knewn as tho Junction post offije. Abo Minium Min-ium has been appointed postmaster of the aforesaid, at the munificent e alary of $12 per annum. ORKGOBf. Ad Oregon broker was almost worried wor-ried to death on Monday morning when he opened his safe and found it empty. By-and-by, he remembered that he didn't have any monoy on Saturday Sat-urday mght to put into it, and ho was again happy. Tho Independent says : Tho flouring mills at Hillsboro are idle at present on account of there not being any wheat to be ground just now at the place. These mills have been paying very well all of the the lime they have been running. run-ning. They havo cleared about $200 per month. The Fantagraph says : Some lawless characters placed a rail over the track on tho railroadjuet above Wilbur, last Friday evening, and as a party who had been at the exhibition were returning return-ing home on a hand-car, the car was thrown from the track and Mrs. Aiken severely injured. On Friday of last week sheriff Parker, Par-ker, of Linn county, brought to Albany Al-bany Elias Kcency, who has been indicted in-dicted for murder in the Bceond degree for the killing of Fclton at llarrisburg last winter. He has pleaded not guilty, been admitted to bail in the sum of 2,0W and is now at larcc. Says the Dalles Mountaineer : Lieut. Cairarc, of the United Stales artillery, loft on Wednesday morning for the Warm bprines reservation to muster in and equip the company of Indians that was lately raised there to fight the Mo docf. They will be furnished with tho Spencer carbine and army saddles aoJ equipments. As soon as they are nra-; terea in and organized they will proceed south to Lhe scene of the ln-idian ln-idian hostilities. |