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Show PACIPIC COAST SEWS. CALIFORNIA. Twenty-two bars of bullion were piled op in the bank of California on the maroirjg of the 22d. The people of San Rafael are agitating agi-tating a project for oonstrncting a railroad rail-road to conneot that town with Peta-lama. Peta-lama. The line of steamers running between be-tween San Francisco and San Kafael has been purchased by the Central Pacific railroad oompany. Mr. "Jo block aod pardner" struck a $3,200 nugget on Yellow creek, Rio dc la Plumas, Cal., divided it with an axe, and started immediately for a trip to Italy. The late colonel Albert S. Evans was the last of four brothers, all of whom came to violent ends. Two were killed by Indians, on the plains; one was drowned about a year ago, and now tbe last hag gone. It is believed that the combinations for moving and purchasing the grain crop of California the present season will cost the farmer fully five million dollars more than it oaght to. Who is fool iih enough, says the Marysville "Appeal," of the 22d, to go to Arizona or Colorado for diamonds, dia-monds, when they can be picked up thirteen miles northeast of Oroville? How stupid the people seem. How cool they keep when surrounded by diamonds. D. W. Harwood, of the Lone Hill vineyard, in Santa Clara county, besides be-sides his vintage of 6,000 gallons of wine, has sold 150 tons of grapes this season, with fifty tons yet on hand. This is from a 120 acre vineyard, only from four to six years old. Accounts from the famous Dunder-burg Dunder-burg mine, in Mono county, are of a very encouraging character. A gentleman gen-tleman directly from the mine, a few days since, informs us that ore is now being extracted that will yield high up in the hundreds of dollars to tho ton, and the vein shows evidence of permanency, per-manency, with well defined walla. There are several men constantly employed em-ployed taking out ore. Work on the mine will be continued without intermission. inter-mission. Recently it is said the conductor- in a San Francisco street car did not let Mrs. Fair out at the plaoe she wished, when she remarked angrily, "I suppose nowadays to stop the car and catch your eye a lady must carry arid blow a policeman's whistle-." The poor conductor con-ductor was taken all aback, and meekly responded: "No necessity for a whistle, madam; just fire off that little memento you are in thr habit of oarryiDg, and I'll hear you." Larra X). Fair evidently evi-dently felt she had lost a point, and left the car with an indignant glance at the conductor, who smiled "ohildlike and bland." H KV ADA. i Ruby Hill boarding house burned. 1 Tho Pioohe "Record" rejoices in tho receipt of a new power press direct di-rect from Chicago. The ' 'Chronicle' ' announces ?ix bachelors' bach-elors' ball to come off in Virginia ciiy th's winter. Frank Dowd, wounded in a shooting shoot-ing affray at Piocbe on e'ection day, is again oh his pi dp. Dowd formerly lived in Eureka. gA great many Sierra Valleyites, Paradise Valleyites aod Washoites have been in Reno during the week, procuring winter supplies. An immense quantity of lumber has been passing through Reno the past week, mostly destined for Salt Lake oity and Virginia city, It came from Truckce. The Et Dorado company are still pushing their work on both their minef, the El Dorado South and the Anzonp. The ore houses of both these mines are jammed full, and every available space on tho dumps is piled up with splendid ore. The "Sentinel" says that Tom. Tcn-nant Tcn-nant "relies also on the Democratic vote" of the legislature to assist him in jumping Burgess' seat in the assembly. assem-bly. The supreme oourt of this State has denied a new trial in the oase of Mollio Forshea, courtesan, oonvicted of murder mur-der in too second degree for the killing of a man at Keno last winter. MOST AX A. The thermometer at Camp Baker, on the morning of the 15th inst, went down to twenty degrees below zero, and at Diamond, sixteen below. District court will convene at Deer Lodge, Monday, Dec. 2nd. It is probable proba-ble that the findings of the grand jury will make a considerable criminal docket. The "Moutanian" has hoard nothing, noth-ing, as yet, of its absconded agent, A. B. Kiacr, who disappeared with a couple of thousand dollars of funds belonging be-longing to the paper. Mcssia. Ilurdt & Olds, of Cherry creek, have taken a ton of EnsclmGD silver ore over to Brown's guloh,wheie it is now being worked by tho Turmr process. A ten stamp quartz mill has been erected at the head of Montana gu!cb by the Yancey mining company, of Philadelphia, but will not be set in motion until the opening of another season. A minor in Montana named W. Perkins, is engaged in shipping silver ore to Chicago for reduction. He pays $30 per ton freight to Corinne, $25 per ton freight from there to Chicago, and then pays $3o per ton for reduction, and yot be makes money io the business, COLORADO. A man named Charles Hurlburt was accidentally shot and killed at Georgetown, George-town, on Wednesday last. In all probability, the present question ques-tion of voting railroad bonds will be withdrawn in Larimer county, temporarily, tem-porarily, to bo renewed hereafter in another form. An opal mine has recently been found in Clear creek county, west of Empire city. A prospector gathered a gold pan full one day recently. In Leavenworth gulch near Centra! there was recently discovered a vein of mineral containing the valuable metal uranium, which is used for coloring glass and procelain. Its value is about one dollar per pound. The "Chieftain" says that the miners at the Canyon city coal banks are on a strike for higher wages, and that active operations have been temporarily tem-porarily tnu-peoded. The little di5er- ' en oe will probably be amicably ar-; ranged in a day or so. Mining affairs, both lode and placer, will occupy the time and attention of large number of men in Summit couDty, daring the summer ofh73. The discoveries lately made in Peru district, in that county, and io the new district of Geneva, in Park oouDty, yield ore of surprising richness and in large quantities. IDAHO. The people of Nci Perce are conrd-erabiy conrd-erabiy exerc:rd over the question of a division of the mimy. Indication of petroleum have been found on the Upper Stinking-water, and part if p "e making preparations 10 , bore for oil. Michael Ponahoe, who was tried and convicied in Ada county, about a year aco. of await with intent to kill one Jowph Afkioon, has been pardoned by Gov. Bennett. Col Che$nut is pupplyinir fine article arti-cle of inne coal to the people of Boze-tnan Boze-tnan City, Montana, at $10 jct ton. Ibe ooai oomea from a mine in Boze- man Pass, about seven miles from the city. Thomas Williams and Joeeph Edwards, Ed-wards, who were convicted some time ago and sentenced to the penitentiary for stealing government horses, have both been pardoned by the President 1 The non-treaty portion of the Net Perce Indians assembled recently oni Lapwai creek, above the Post. Theyj appeared at tbe Agency in alt their fantastic regalia, but left before the i distribution of the annuity goods-One goods-One of tbe mail bags containing the through mail from tha Dalles to Kel-ton, Kel-ton, was abstracted from the itage at Miller's ranch, dow Yantis' station, on Burnt river, and taken to tbe stable, cut open and rifled by unknown par-1 par-1 ties. One of the stage agents, Mr. Boomer, brought the sack op to Boise City a few days ago. Indian agent J. B. Mondeth. distributed distri-buted the annuity goods to the Indians I at Lipwai on November 9th. The1 W alio was. under young Joseph, to the number of about 150, refused to receive anything, and proclaimed their determination deter-mination not to give up tbe Wallowa valley to the settlers. They refused to' go on the reservation, and the agent , informed them that, should he receive I orders from Washington to prjttbtrar oq the reservation, he should do so if he had to bend troops after them to compel them to come io. |