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Show PACIFIC COAST SEWS, CALIFORIA- The leadiDft boaoess men of Sonotna oonoty contemplate huddling & woolen mill t Held?barg. The Sao Diego "Union Ears that nothing hfce the drouth now prevailing has been known for twenty-one years. The Vetura "Signal" says that people peo-ple of its bali wick talk of holding a jobilee in honor of ihe birth of California's Cali-fornia's fifty-first chUd ' entura county on ihe 1st of January. It is reported that the opposition Btearaer "William Taber" commenced running between San Francisco and San Diego, touching at intermedat; ports, on Wedoesday, December 11. The Sslano ".Republican" says a stained glass memorial window has lately been placed in the chancel of St. Paul'B Church, Bcnicia, by J. McAllister McAl-lister and wife in memory of their little girl, who died about a year and a ha'f ago. Mrs. Judah fell dowm a pair of steps at the California Theatre, a few evenings even-ings ago, and injured her knee 60 severely that her attending physician is in doubt about her ever beiDg able to appear on the stage again. The Santa Barbara "Press" eays that Co1. Holliater will soon have the largest almond orchard in the state. It will contain about 20,000 trees. Besides these, he is planting large numbers ot limes, lemons and oranges, and many other fruit trees. Iu San Franoisoo last week 59 deaths " were reported: the males numbered ; 34, females 2a; whites, 49; copper- colored, 10; died under ODe year of ' age, 10; Bnd 8 were buried from pub j lie institutions. The average number r of deaths for corresponding weeks the c past year was 65. OBEUON. 9 A correspondent at Pendleton under reoeut date writes that the snow had disappeared and the weather waj putting on regular Webfoot airs, with rain and fogs. John Dobbins of North Plain Washington Wash-ington county, died last Monday at bit residence. Ue came to Oregon it j 1847, and has resided in Washingtor county ever since. He was 72 yean of age. The "Times," Jackson county, says : "Thouch the largest part of the tall 1 grain has been sown, there is still considerable sowing going on. In some of the fields the grain has already Btarted, and the country presents a spring like appe iranoe." The dwelling house of Perry Watson, Wat-son, who lives about six miles south of Salem, was entirely destroyed by fire at about three o'clock, yosterday morning. morn-ing. The ciroumstaoces were such as led to the belief that the fire was the work of an incendiary. The "Mountaineer" eays: Mount Hood postoffioe in Wasco county will be moved to McAttee's as soon as B. MoAattoe shall qualify. The stage route will then be changed by way of Tygh Valley, Deschutes Bridge, Bike Oven. Trout Creek, WiPow Creek, to Ochooo, and return the same way. Tho challenge to the falsetto singers of Oregoa and Washington Territory, : thrown out by ' Oregon Boy" of S--l lem, has been accepted by Priul Phil-' Phil-' lips of Poitland. So we may expect ', to hear of some tall screeching by these j "chaps." AH who intend to witne ' the trial ahould stop their ears with s oottoo. ' H Mro 1-1 Shonnnrd. whn lives about four miles east of Salem, met with a very severe, and it uidy be serious accident ac-cident on Sunday. She had juat bitched up a team of youDg horses which became frightened at sowething, before she had yet got into the wagon. wag-on. She tried to hold them, but they became ungovernable, and as they Btarted to run one of the wagon wheels struck her violently, knocking her down and bruising her considerably. |