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Show PACIFIC COAST NEWS l A 1,1 1 OK M A. Cliimw nn rclinnt.s of 8;m Kranris-iti Kranris-iti nl'afliiiowlnlKitl rrsportaLilily and tnlhiciicr, drnnuiiri! the tsivn-l, lliji Vrt; Tniig MH-irly, imd iwk llmt tin' irinriil's tlicrtnl' In1 i-nuvictrd. Tlnv Kt:i(c that two mm, t'lmy mid Titiig, an; ihr Irailrrs, ami liavt- imported il,(in0 (.ihinawomi'ii from China who have hern sold for mvr six luindn-d dollars t-acli. They want -,-o lo keep the puh-lic puh-lic Ki-hool-s of Oakland idloat for onr year. The Oakland nrs r-vh the fcrrv stcaniers on the Hay will nuiimenci half-lioiirly trips hy the lstofiSoptem ', bcr if not sooner. "Let me kiss him for his nmrder" has heroine a very popular Hnng witli the prisoners at the S;m Fmnciscc eounty jail, since the lato execution. Wheat it) coming in slowly at South Vallejo, the farmers anticipating ii rise in the market. Tlio average receipts re-ceipts during the past week have been aUmt 1"U tons per tiny. 8oiuc oil portraits from Calcutta, India, on exhibition at 138 Montgomery Montgom-ery street, .San Francisco, attract a great deal of attention. TSey arc painted from card photographs, hy a process unknown in this country. The Lake county lice, noticing Ihe importationfiof potatoes into Lake county, which arc sold to consumers for three cents per pound, gently suggests sug-gests to the farmers of that county to raise a crop for home consumption. consump-tion. The Kern county Courier says: Many of the farmers are now busily engaged in making alfalfa liny. They all complain that it grows so fast that thev can hardly manage it. No sooner soon-er U a field mown down than it is ready to cut again. The pearl-fishing expedition was out of luck in San Francisco. It got the hell to work splendidly, when the entire crew, with the exception of two divers, stole the boat and left the schooner. Captain Cushing procured warrants for the arrest of the deserters on a charge of grand larceny. The boat was recovered. . Louis Oltman, n German, shot liim-self liim-self dead fsiuulay niirhfv at San Francisco. Fran-cisco. San Diego says the thermometer stood 117 to 1-0 in the shade, at Fort Mojavc, last Saturday. OKI4.0V The agricultural works at Sajeiji cost 630,000. Baker City Itoasts of an entire block of stone buildings. Hay is selling at from four lo eight' dollars per ton in 1'olk county. Beef cattle from Oelioco are sold in ttie Salem market for four cents a pound. The Clove unm cut snagrpulK-r is still tugging away, cleaning the river or' obstructions a few miles from Salmi. Jackson county promises n good sulphur sul-phur and several soda springs, well impregnated with minerals of a healing heal-ing character. Steps haTe he.rn taken to. erect t monument to John Fleming at Oregon Ore-gon City. Fleming was the pioneer printer on tho north-west coast. A gentleman who has lcon making a trip of the Yakima Valley, informs the editor of the Muutuimcr that it is one of the finest itgriculUiral valleys east of the mountains, and that the harvest will be one of unusual abundance. abund-ance. Never in the nnnats of Jackson e.ouniy has there been a grain crop so prolific as the prescnl. Tlic hay Crop has also been very good, and the fruit nop, with the exception of peaches, is excellent. Hay lias about all been mown, and farmers arc commencing on the grain. |