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Show I PACIFIC COAST EWS. j CALIFORNIA. The crop of apricots in Yuba county this year ii &aid io be a failure. Oat htalks have ben brought into 1 Jo.-e which were eiht and a hall feet long. , Worn has been commenced on the iiit' Kivcr road which is to connea l;ih vailcy with the coast of Mendocino. Mendo-cino. I A man named Taylor, who lived on ! 'he H-i.-t F'irit ol So 'tt river, and had a wife and family of six children, was I trowmd litely rffule attempting to I t'ord the Sjuih K-rk on horseback about a mile ubove Cadahan's. A few i-v.-niiiiiri biue-i a dipu!e arose , V'twecD Charles t bed ai.d J JLU"t liruck at Culouia, which resulted in iiroek be'ng Blah bed ly Shed, fatal it was ut tirt suojuised, but latest ac-:ourits ac-:ourits seem to warrant the belief that tie will yi'i recover. J, dm 13. Kehun has accepted an ic-viution ic-viution to deliver the second annual oration before the Durant rhetorical society at some tune during tho com-inctieemetit com-inctieemetit of the week. John Kountz, the young man who -h'. at a dog and knled a Methodi.it 'Minister, for which he was indicted tor manslaughter, wjs tried in Fresno jjunty lut week and acquitted. A bunch of wheat, IUj stalks from me kermd. grown oq the runch of W, li. Van 'lear, five miles south from I'aruiiniiion, on the Stockton and V isa-tia isa-tia railroad, was brought to Stockton lately. AtOtklanil a lady fifty-three yoars if age, Mrs. I) raise, has been missing from her residence on Washintf too street, near Tenth, since Tuesday, June 1th, at 3 p.m. She had been slightly in wind, and had talked of oommicting suicide. v nliam B. King, indicted for detaining de-taining a letter unlawfully whde acting us postmaster of an olliee in one ot the lower counties, was arraigned Juoe ")th in San l'Vancisco before the United Stutes circuit court and pleaded not guilty, llo will be tried July Uth. The hydraulic mine- of Gaskill &, Bowers, near Forbestown, is proving to bo very rich. They have commenced to clean up their wiuter's washing, and in four days took up two hundred and fifty ounces of gold. At this rate the entire elean-up is estimated at $10,000. All the grain lands in tho Santa Clara, Gilroy, San Juan, Salinas and in tho narrow mountain valleys will produce heavy crops. Silk culturo is carried on in Santa Barbara to a considerable extent. It waa warmer in San l'ranoisco Friday Fri-day than on any day this season. More or less ru-;t prevails in all the stout grain fields about Marysvillc. NEVADA) Pioobo had a hail storm last werk. Tho Floral Springs Water company is building, at Piocho, a tank capable of holding lOO.OUij gallons of water. Cope district, according te tho Elko ImlrpendtiU, is looking up this season. sea-son. , - A company is about to be incorporated incorpora-ted to bring watT from Trout creek into Humboldt Wells, for drinking and irrigating purposes. iluiubejdt valley has been the recipient of copious bhowers lately, something new at this season of the 1 year in that sago bru.-h paradise. i A new paper in the interest of Sharon and Xye is spoken of in the eastern portion of the state, with H. Miehels as editor. Mini-ter De Long has been stump-' stump-' ing in Hamilton. It is thought that ! he has an eye on old Nye's boots. j IDAHO. Star ranch, on the Payette, has a double-headed raif. William ICenrne.vGts.bbed Con. Don aho in Idaho mty on Wwluuj week-The week-The wounded man is in a critical condition. con-dition. Mr. Joseph Shisslcr, of Camas prairie, has ahotjt one hundred chestnut chest-nut trees of from three to foar years growth, on his place, which give evidence evi-dence of thrifty growth. Farms are rapidly being taken up in the Camas prairie country, John li. Louck, ono of the oldest citizens of Idaho, died at Pierce city a few days ago at the ags of 66. Ho came to the coast in 1S49. A wagon road is to be opened from Warron'ueamp, to the head of Payette valley. The soldiers stationed at forfc Boise have made a fine garden this spring, which they will not be permitted to enjoy, en-joy, as they are ordered to the barren wastes of Arizona. J. Gounsky, a Boise city tailor, has absconded, leaving bis creditors "holding "hold-ing the bag." A large amount of drift-wood and logs have lodged in the mouth of the south channel of Boise river, near John Buckley's place.above Boise city, turning the current into the north chan- nel. breaking the levee, and the water has flooded the ranches of Messrs. ! Buckley, Walling, Stout and Kussell, with the prospect of its soon covering j Davis, Slater and McLedan's ranches. Frank Capps, the expressman, in-i in-i forms tho Signal that there is no snow j on the road between Lewiston and i Pierce city, but there is plenty of mud. There is plenty of "grub" in Pierce city, and the miners are all at work. j OREGON. A heavy frost fell at Albany on Tues-I Tues-I day morning last. Tho late showers have very ruateri-j ruateri-j ally benefi'ted the crops. A line of stages will soon be estab- fished between Garvais and Marion I county and Wilhoit's Soda springs. I Douglas county contains extensive j lime beds, coal beds, gold mines, silver and copper ore, and many other valuable valua-ble minerals. Thieves infest Roseburg and pick up anything that can be carried off. The old "Pengra Road" leading to eastern Oregon is now cleared of all obstructions. Running deer through the town of Dallas is tho principal amusement in Polk county at present. Benjamin Smith was killed at North Bend mill, Coosonunty,on Wednesday. He was caught in the machinery, both arms and a leg being torn from his body. |