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Show California. San Prancisco, 12. A. P. Gordon, of Oakland, accused of the crime of incest with his daughter, a girl aged fourteen, was to havo been examined in that city to-day, but the case was postponed till next Saturday, to enable him the belter to prepare his defence. Tho assertions of his daughter and her lover, William Robinson, are very positive as to his guilt, the latter declaring that he caught them in the act a day or two before Gordon's arrest, Gordon says that Bobinson came to this State on a steamer with his wife, and that he had causo to believe their relations then and afterwards wero of an improper character. charac-ter. He quarrelled with his wife about ltobinson, and say 6 the present prosecution prose-cution is a part of a conspiracy to get him out of the way. The daughter says the first act of her father, in their incestuous in-cestuous intercourse, was committed nearly two yoars ago, in thia city. To-day prominent citizens of Oakland, who think him innocent, started a subscription tor nis ueieose. Xiooiuson was seen in tho streets with the girl, chatting and laughing, as if nothing had ever occurred occur-red to interrupt thoir happiness. A story was started this afternoon, and spread like wiid-firo over the city and through tho country, that Laura D. Pair had shot Jacob Shew dead, and tired at Georgo Thistleton. Crowds visited the police otiice, but only to learn tho story was a hoax. Sacramento, 12 Mortimer, indicted for tho murder of Mary Gibson, was arraigned ar-raigned for tho trial in the Sixth District Dis-trict court this morning. Much difficulty diffi-culty is experienced in procuring ft jury; a voniroof fourteen jurors being exhausted exhaus-ted ai,d only one accepted. It is intimated th..t a recount will be demanded of tho vote cast yesterday for tiro commissioners, as regards Kirk and Khoads. The report of the election gives Khoads fourteen majority. E.Pickett, of Washington, shot by D. H. Woods last Saturday evening, is reported by physicians to bo sinking very fast, without hope of living more than the day ouL Santa Ciara, 12. To-day S. F. Boss shipped, per ex pre-?, six pounds of strawberries, the tirt of the season, Li'S Angele. 12. The San Bernardino Bernard-ino Guardian says the Pox surveying party has completed tho survey of the lino through san Jacinth, Potrero, and San Gorgorio. They profess to believe in the existenco of an understanding between be-tween Stanford and ScotL The epizootic is represented as spreading spread-ing rapidiy in Owens river mining district, dis-trict, Inyo county. Tho grand jury report twenty-two true bills of indictment, including for murder, three; for mayhem, one; grand larceny, four; burglary, tour. The first shipment, ten bales of tho spring wool clip, will go by the Orizaba to-morrow. |