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Show PACIFIC COAST NEWS. CALIFOKXIA. Job, a French restaurant keeper at San Rafael, was found dead, Thursday last. He is supposed to have died in a fit while out hunting. A Chinese fisherman was stabbed to the heart by his companions, on Friday, near Don Pedro. A gang of Chinamen on the North Pacific road hung one of their party Saturday. He was cut down by white ; men in time to save his life. The California State Fan- opened on Monday. Occident is expected to trot on Wednesday. KF.V.VD.V. Friday evening during a game of cauls, at Austin, Sylvester Severitch shattered the left jaw of Jack Grant with a derringer ball. Liquor and hot wonts caused the shooting. Severitch Sev-eritch was arrested. Garvey, the man who had the contract con-tract for plastering by which the city oi New York was robhed of half a million, has Liken up his residence at Battle Mountain. Tho last heard of the Elko and Hamilton X arrow-Gauge, Mr. Salisbury Salis-bury was in Sacramento endeavoring 10 negotiate with the Central Pacific liailroad Company relative to freight rates to Elko. The great wood drive on the Carson Car-son river U being slowly moved down the stream by means of a succession of dams, and it is believed that tin: whole drive ( 30,000 eords ) will rcaeh Empire City sometime next month, notwithstanding the low water. A correspondent from Kaufan-vilie, Kaufan-vilie, the metropolis of Cornucopia District, says two white women appeared ap-peared there a few days ago but after surveying the situation drove off in a cloud of dust to the great regret of the miners. Austin has had tlirec fires within a week tho last ouo destroying the Grove hoisting works; loss, $1,200. A gravel train, near Roseburg, was thrown from the track on Saturday night. The conductor and a China-nian China-nian were badly injured. ORCOOX. An effort is being made at Egucue to organize a militia company Twenty-five names arc already enrolled. Dallas mourns for an influx of marriageable mar-riageable voung men. There are thirty maidens fair, residing there at present, between the ages of loand Z). The placer mines on Steamboat Creek arc paying a day on the lower bar:ou the upper bar they have-not have-not been able to save all the gold, which is very line. An elopement was recently frustrated frus-trated at Kosoburg by the lady's fattier at the tryting place. He thrashed tho young man and led the would-be heroine home by the car. The n-iiwhahr says: Ben Hulli-day Hulli-day and Mr. J. J. Comstock have formal a partnership for the purpose of opening the coal mines on Pass creek. lis proximity to the road will enable the rrmpanyto furnish it at a price which will not only defy competition, but will bring it into general use in the State. The importance impor-tance of this enterprise to the interests of the State cannot K overestimated. Henry Barker, a miner, had his leg broken in two placis, nn Saturday, Satur-day, in the Eureka mine. |