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Show PACIFIC COAST SEWS. CAL1FOBJVIA. The irrepressible George Francis Train has gone to Sacramento for a brief season. It is reported in San Francisco that Carl Sohurz will soon come to that city to speak. The demands for duties for the past week at San Francisco, were $232,-851.69, $232,-851.69, makine a total since January 1st of $5,272,333.68. The steamer "Hassler," with professor pro-fessor Agassiz and his exploring expedition, expe-dition, arrived at San Diego on Sunday. Sun-day. The Burckhalter toll house, half way between Mariposa and Hornitos, burned to the ground last week. Loss about $4,000. At Julian City the total yield of gold from one hundred tons of tmselected ore, crushed for the Golden Chariot company at Whitney's mill, is $23,-091.20. $23,-091.20. A suit has been commenced by the Nevada and Sacramento canal company compa-ny against Kid et al.y for $200,000 and possession of certain water rights. B. S. Tyler, living not far from Fid-dletowo, Fid-dletowo, Amador county, had 100 tons of hay, with his barn, burned by incendiaries incen-diaries the other night. The inauguration of a chain gang for the suppression of hoodlumism is advocated in San Francisco. The system sys-tem has been found most effective at Sacramento. It is said that governor Stanford's horse "Occident" made a half mile in 1:064 the other day, at Agricultural Park, Sacramento. A horse, saddled and bridled, was found lying dead in the road four miles from Visalia, on Sunday, with a pistol-shot pistol-shot through the head. No solution ! is known to the mystery. 1 The San Francisco transfer company handle on an average fifteen hundred trunks and packages a week, or over seventy-fivo thousand pieces a year, and claim to have lost but one trunk since the company was established. The grand jury found no bill against Paul Kern, who killed his brother inlaw, in-law, McElroy, at Los Angeles, the killing kill-ing having evidently been done in self-defence, self-defence, Kern was discharged from custody. A company, principally composed of San Francisco parties, is about to construct con-struct a tunnel from Willow creek valley val-ley to Eagle lake, iu Lassen county. The object is, first, to drain Eagle lake, by whioh it is estimated the county will reclaim 1,000,000 acres of land. In the district court at Los Angeles, in the case of Higuera vs. Woll'skill, one of the greatest land cases ever before be-fore the courts ia that seotion of tho State, involving the title to one of the most valuable orange groves, dating back to 1836, after nineteen days' trial, the jury brought in a verdict iu favor of the defendants. NEVADA. Drunken Indians infest Winncmuo-ca. Winncmuo-ca. Hot Springs, Genoa, are freely patronized pat-ronized by gout cripples. Katie Welch, seven years old, fell down a sixty ieet incline at Austin, Saturday, without serious injury. The "Keveilio" says: "Old Nye will have the political cholera morbus'" Boon." Eureka has a maniac who claims to be a second Jesus Christ. The Silver West furnace works to a charm. Rich ore is tho oharm. Kobinson district has made a big strike of horn silver. Whito Pino is excited. 13. M. Randolph, of Eureka, nearly bled to death from a gash in the tbigh cut -by ao ale bottle breaking as he drew the cork. New mines on tho Hamilton and Pioche road assay $327.21 per ton in silver. Judge W. W. Price, an old resident af Virginia city, died at Donner lako, Dn Sunday. Carson mint rceivcd from the Corn-stock Corn-stock mines on Monday 13,326 ounces jf mixed bullion. Ten thousand half dollar pieces were joined at Gold Hill, Tuesday. The Yellow Jacket mine sent to Virginia Vir-ginia oity on Wednesday 2,050 ounces af refined gold and silver. UKEGOS. Captain Birnic's location survey from Hodgdon's has been completed north to Whito river. Kev. Mr. Ilea exuects to organiza a Presbyterian church ot Port Townscnd, and preach also on Whidby islaud.- Rvv. A. C, McDougall has organized organ-ized an encampment of tho order of the Independent Champions of the Red Cross at Seattle. Corporal Edwards, of company M. Filth cavalry, was killed by lightning recently, near tho camp on the San Carlos, Arizona. Mr. Geo. Blair, just from Arizoi a, reports that David Neahr's train has boeo captured by tho Apaches somewhere some-where beyond Arizona city. Tho new mining news from the Omineca country is encouraging. On both Germansen and Maosoo rivers minora were doing a very fair business. busi-ness. There is no truth in tho report of the murder of white men at the forks of the Skcena, The Indians, however, refuse to allow freights to go up. |
