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Show PACIFIC COAST SEWS. OAI.irOKXIA. J. A. Larrieu, "assessor, of Sierra county, committed suicide in his of lice . about one o'clock Monday, by shoot- ing himself. j Curtis' new distillery at Los Ange- t les has been ready to commence oper- i ations several weeks, but no authority has yet been given by tlie revenue ' offieeis to lire up. Meantime the graie crop is now ready, and the pro- j ductive industry of the county loses aWmt 1-30 per dny. - Engineers of the Texas and Pacific ' railroad are encamped al. the Soledad Divide, which lies between San Buenaventura Bue-naventura and Soledad Canons, and : lire engaged in prospecting tor the SOO-foot tunnel through the Divide. They are sinking a shaft, over the . course of the proj octal tunnel. Mr. James Harlow, while prospect-ins prospect-ins near French gulch, on the head waters of the Fresno, struck a rich prospecting vein. The gold is coarse, and several very line specimens have ! already been taken from it. This is 1 considered by old miners to be thee old vein that has mi p plied the adjacent ' gulches with the rich, heavy deposits to in id in other years. NEVADA.; The Eureka ,iimtl says the Elko and Hamilton narrow-gauge road is "played out, "and calls upon Palisade lo step tei the front with the road. Mineral Hill mines are lookhigbct- ter than for several year. Eureka is raising a subscription for the Shrevepurt yeliuw levej- sufferers. . Fiuuier develop hi-ju is. have been-. made in the Green mnnh r mvstery at Eureka. The U'V Matheney sa his .-toryjj the sheriff was false. He savs Pinney.who proved an alibi upon his e x imiuation. kil'e-d (ircen. Finney Fin-ney hi's lK-or.pjamsud. The yield of oats pel' act-.- un I'.Lirnt i i ve i- isab.uit '-"0 busiiei.. Cpips of all kinds did well there this scasen. It is thought that there were i'O'V ifti) bushels of 'wheat sold in the. Albany market last Friday and Saturday's! Sat-urday's! one dollar per L-Uihel. JA lor e of men is hu-ily tng..gd on the Catholic I. hurch at Astoria. . It will so.m be enelos.d and oth-r-wise protected l'min the weather. : Eight hor-cs aitach-.d to a h..rsc-.p'jwer h..rsc-.p'jwer near Breiwn ilie one day la.-l week.wtre iitaiil'(t!rtl by the 'clt conne. te-ei with tiie t levator, ' living oil" and by unamin-.Mis lonsvnt r.ui away. The horse-powe r was badiy sma.-lr.'d up, andonchorje suecee-drd 1 in l-reaLuig "lie bind !' -. |