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Show PACIFIC COAST SEWS. CALIFORNIA. A camp meeting is progressing on thE Pa.soUobles Ranch, the first ever, held in San Luis county. The Jlethotlist ministers of Cali-j fomia receive, on an average, about. $090 annually. j Heav' frosts have occurrwl in tlie' mountains, eighteen miles from So-nora, So-nora, during the past week. j At an altitude of 3,000 feet, Dili-1 fornia bus a milder climate than l)a-j eotah or Montana in the most favored valleys. Ministers of all denominations wilb find no lack of room to sow their secdl in Contra Costa county. j k Truckee is overrun with btiot-' shiners, and the shiners are candidates candi-dates for tho penitentiary. It has alcO a new flagstall", which docs not lake sides in politics. W. II. Canada, of Oakland, while in a fit fell into the fire, and being alone, his face, shoulders and arms were burned almost to a crisp. Says the Marin County Juuntttl : Venison is plenty in the market. Some Frenchmen came in Monday morning with two horses loaded", Among the carcasses being a fine buck, weighing alxut 12- poundj, Two sisters residing in Cbico, aver that they have seen the apparition of a little girl who recently dial in the room where they sleep. The family have removed from the house in consequence, con-sequence, XEYADA. A severe accident occurred at tho 'Richmond Mine, Eureka, on .Sunday. .Sun-day. A large quantity of rock fell on a miner, crushing his leg in a frightful fright-ful manner. It is thought he will recover. re-cover. Tlie dusky maidens of the Shoshone tribe are earning their pin money from the Eurckans very easily just at present. Tine nut0 are at a premium in that market. The Watson Mill, Mineral City, will resume work in a few days. Times arc lively and money plenty in Eureka, as is usually the ca.se the first of tho month. The Virginia Chrojih-h says that 'JO net cent, uf the tickets "in the State lottery are unsold. The Piochc Record complains that bills have been presented to the County Coun-ty Commissioners of that County for cigars and liquors furnished juries in late trials. It is said the new Court House at Winuemucca, when completed, will be one of the finest buildings in tho State. Frank Pascoc, an Austin wife beater, has been lined 30 for whipping whip-ping his wife. It has become a popular pop-ular amusement about there to bruise wives, and then go to jail. The local reporter of tho Itciriltc siys: We don't wish any particular person any harm, but it would be a delight to our heart if some fellow would commit suicide, kill somebody, or set a house on fire, so as to relieve the monotony of our reportorial labors. la-bors. The assessment roll of Eureka county for the vcar 1ST a foots up 21094Il34. The Virginia Eiitfrprinf says that in the recent hailstorm at that place, hailstones fell that were two feet in diameter. Men have lied before about such things. ORKGOX. There are about 35,000 bushels of wheat in the various storehouses at Corvallis, The sewing machine agents are on the war path at Eugene, talking innocent inno-cent women to death. Wheat is turning out from twenty-two twenty-two to thirly-eight bushels per acre in the vicinity of Amity. Three men dug out $1, 250 in live days' work, on Myrtle Creek, Curry county, alraut a fortnight ago. The Southern Oregon wagon road extends a distance of three hundred and forty-three and one-half mile: from Ashland. The Klamath Lake country is slil! ' settling up rapidly. At the present . rate of immigration the vacant lam will soon be all occupied. |