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Show PACIFIC COAST SEWS. CAXIFOUX1A. A juvenile historical society has been organized in Truckee, A frost at Eureka on Monday night killed all tender Tines. John Dwyer was found dead in an old band wagon at San Jose last Monday Mon-day morning. The short-hand report of the second trial of Mrs. Fair covers 1,998 pages. Dr. Horner, accused of roasting a baby to death in San Francisco, has been held for manslaughter. Frank Smith, an upholsterer of San Leaadro, dropped dead in a store in Alameda on the 24th ult Charles Pfeiffer was killed on Indian Creek a few days ago by a log which rollod over and crushed him. A little ohild of C. C. Cornwall was kicked by a horse, in Petaluma, last Saturday, aDd seriously injured. The Oakland papers boast that the hotel now building in that city is to be the finest one od the Pacific coast. Tho grain separator and two stacks of grain, belonging to John C. Parker, livtDg Dear To males, were burned oo the 26th. John Jack's variety store in Nevada city was robbed of its whole stock of tobacco and cutlery on Tuesday mornint;. morn-int;. The factory of the Sacramento valley val-ley beet sugar company is in successful operation for the season, turning out a riplendid article of sugar. Says the Monterey "Democrat," of the 28th: Toe Chinese have been taking cuttle fish in considerable numbers num-bers during the week. Their appearance appear-ance in this bay is something rare. One of the colored seholars ruled out of the white schools of San Franoisco has given notice of her intention to apply ap-ply to the supreme court for a writ of mandamus to compel the sohool authorities au-thorities to admit her. The inquisitive countryman who poked up a sleeping bear at Woodward's Wood-ward's gardens od Thursday is using Dr. Ficccenj'shair restorer, and hasn't auy further curiosity on the subject of bears. It is stated that the physicians in attendance at-tendance on the Fair trial as witnesses have submitted bills for the approval of judge Kcai dun at tho rate of $100 per day caoh, or averaging from $700 to $000 each bill. The sales at the San Francisco stock beard during the past week exceeds $2,000,000. Meadow Valley continues to be more dealt in than any other stock. About 100,000 sharea of all stooks ulianped hands, at generally j lower prices than during the past week. NEVADA. Eureka is discussing Maxim gas. The fires in the mountains around Carson are subsiding. The running races at Reno com-mcDcc com-mcDcc on the 8th. The Sutro tunnel company have contracted con-tracted for 500 tons Kocky Mountain coal. Wiuncmucca, Nevada, ia improving very rapidly. A brickyard has been established there. Wood is becoming Bcaroe in Carson and increasing correspondingly in price. Wells, Fargo & Co. offer a reward of one fourth the bullion for the recovery reco-very of the sii bars stolen near Austin lately and valued at $10,260J $500 is offered for the thief. The La Page Arizona and New Mexico prospeoting and mining oom-pany oom-pany ia being organized at Virginia City. OKEOOX, Ac. The British Columbia parliament will be convened on tho J5th of Pe-cember. Pe-cember. The richest gold diggings yot discovered dis-covered in British Columbia are reported re-ported from Lost creek. Dispatches from the upper country, British Columbia, report exceedingly cold weather for this season of the year as far as heard from, Two men, recently arrested in Eastern East-ern Oregon, charged with horse stealing, steal-ing, made their escape from jail Saturday Satur-day morniDg. The British ship "Siam," from Middlesborough, England, with rail-road rail-road iron, the r!jochdie," from Liverpool, Liver-pool, and the bark "Free Trade," from San Franoisco, are reported as entering tho river for Portland, Oregon. Ore-gon. Salem, Oregon, has purchased its first load of croquet balls and mallets, and the wild boys and girls of that region re-gion are now playing match games. An Albany, Oregon, dispatch sajs: The Linn county lair closed on tho ISth, having been successful. A youDg lady lull from a swing yesterday, yester-day, and received injuries from whioh tho died to da. Mrs. II. S. Crowder took tho firat premium for lady eques-trianship. eques-trianship. The mounds on the prairie between Monticello and Olympia, whioh have caused much speculation as to their origin, have lately been examined by one of the North Pacific railroad engineers, engi-neers, and found to contain pottery and other curious relics, evidently the work ot human hands, |