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Show PACIFIC COAST SEAVS. CALIJt'On.MA. Tlie Los Anpclea JlcralJ in Advocating Advo-cating tlie esUiljliahmcnt of a college for th tit citv. The orcliartlista of Yuba County are now sbipping large (juantitit-s of apricots. apri-cots. In the p-avel turd for gnwling the streets of WaUonville has been clis-coveicd clis-coveicd pieces of quartz rork with indications in-dications of gold in them. It is estimated that the yield of honey in San Diego County this year will reach two "hundred thousand pounds. Judge J. S. Tlioni.aon, Governor Downey, I. W. Hellman and others, have purchased a tract of about 8,000 acres m the Cacanmngo Ranch, and contemplate dividing it into homestead home-stead parcels under a general system. Concerning' crop prospects in that section the Healdsbnrg Flag o( tlie ISth inst. says "Wheat, in some fields is beginning to turn and will be ready for tho reaper in ten days. All sorts of Fall fruits promise well. Tho grape crop in this part of the county will be unusually large." The Truckee Hqwblivan says " Truckee is the largest town in Meadow Lake Township, has the finest niountatn river in the world, the handsomest -women, the ugliest-looking ugliest-looking bachelors, the best-looking ! widowers, a population of 2,000 people, besides 'Indians not taxed, and still we never thought oi boasting of such overwhelming natural advantages ad-vantages and attractions." Four hundred and seventy-four tourists have lett Merced lor losemite Valley, so far this season. The Stockton Independent announces an-nounces that more improvements of a permanent nature are now being made in Stockton, than during any previous season for several yearB. A letter received from tlie Dea3e Lake mines, June 4th, says that there were about 900 men in the mines. The general prospects were good. The output of gold on Dcase Creek would be astonishing. The high water wa-ter was expected to subside about the 1st of July, when mining would be prospected with vigor. Before the freshet, this correspondent f-tates, three men in four days took out 174 ounces of the precious me'al. SET AD A. The small-pox has entirely disappeared disap-peared from ELko. Gold Hill proposes to paddle her own canoe at the coming Fourth. The first Baptist church alifice in Nevada is being erected at Virginia City. Belmont has contributed $1,000 for an Episcopal church. The Summer campaign at Lako Tahoe has iuirly opened, and the hotel keepers rejoice exeeedincly. A man named John "Hatton was almost instantly killed Friday evening, even-ing, at the Eureka consolidated mine, by a mass of rock and dirt caving in on. him while at work. Deceased was about forty years of age and a native of Ireland. The Richmond Company, Wednesday Wednes-day shipped. .!0XX000..pouuds..of re-000, re-000, and the Hoosac Company 20,000 of crude bullion by rritchard's line to the railroad. Total, 1!S,000 000 pounds. There was also shipped by the fast freight 14,907 ounces of Meadow Valley bullion, Ironi Fioche, valued at $7,029.17. The Keno Crescent of the 17th says: ' The jury in the case of the State against the Central Pacific Railroad Comoanv, for balance due on tho taxes" of 1S70, within twenty minuter from the time of retiring returned a unanimous verdict lor the plaintifl for the full amount cl ihnea 810,-134. 810,-134. SO." And the Crescent of the 10th, under the heading of "Another ; Victory," says: "Last evening the jury empaneled in the suit entitled 'State of Nevada against Central Pacific Railroad Company after five m;,,nif.' wisnlLition. broucht in an unanimous verdict in favor of the State for the full amount $37,780.-80." $37,780.-80." OHEUOS. The late ruins have had a beneficial effect upon Spring-grown grain. It ensures a heavy crop of grass. Crops in Polk County never looked better at this time of the year. W. Fiddler, of Josephine County, states that rich, diggings have been found on Bridge Creek, in that coun-tv. coun-tv. and considerable excitement pre vails in consequence. A large number num-ber of persons are floeking there. The Jacksonville Time says: "Shearing has commenced, and tho wool is already arriving. Considerable Consider-able has been shipped below during the past week, aud the demand is good. Although the clip will be quite large, owing to the mortality among sheep last Winter, it will not approximate approx-imate the product of 1S73. It is to be hoped the Ashland Woolen Mills will be running soon, so there will be a market for the product at home." Merchants in the Umpqua Valley oro nTi-uncnniT tn Tftf.P.ivfi their COOUB this Summer by way of Coos Bay and the Coos Bay wagon-road. They say they cannot think of freighting by railroad on account of unreasonable high freight tariff. The new bridge across the Yamhill at McMinnville is finished. It is 400 feet long and sixteen feet wide; is built upon piling which it) driven iijto tlie earth from ten to fifteen feet, and I the superstructure is securely bolted to the piling, being connected with heavy iron to every pile. On Saturday evening, loth instant, at Portland, C. F. Scboppe, a well-known well-known member of the police force, was shot dead at the Cozey Saloon, situated on Oak street, between Front and First, while in the discharge of his duty, in a cool, deliberate and most cowardly manner, without the hadow of provocation. The murderer, mur-derer, R. Gibbons, was immediately arrested, and is now in jail on a charge of murder. |