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Show PACIFIC COAST NEWS. CALIFORNIA. Since tlie first of lust July siit'-sevvii siit'-sevvii ships have loaded wbeat and flour at South Vallejo. At Citico no boy under twenty yearB old u allowed in trie Blreeta after S o'clock p.m., unless with a parent or guardian. Ttie following anecdote ia reported of Brother Haniruond. During a conversation with a brother clergyman clergy-man he said : "I have been in the revival business for eighteen yearn, and I know how to do it, you fcet your boots." The aggregate capital of the joint ttock companies incorporated in California Cal-ifornia for the transaction of various branches of business is Hbout Ji304,-000,000, Ji304,-000,000, ol which $160,000,003 is in mining companies, $110.000,000 in raihoads and $66,000,000 in bank deposits. The risks of insurance companies in California are $:3o, 000,000. L. D. Carter was the victim of a highway robbery in San Francisco on , riunday. ! The charge for the coinage of trade dollars has been increased from the hall" of 1 per cent, to 1 por cent on the nominal value. The rainfall of Sunday was of very great, advantage to the hlate. In most districts there is now assurance of an abundant harvest. Morrill and Anthony, late propri-' propri-' etore of the Sacramento Union, will soon remove to San FrincitcO. The voters of California will decide, at the general election on the first of September next, whether they want a constitutional convention. A gentleman from Virginia suggests sug-gests the extensive cultivation of the scuppernong grape in California. NEVADA. Miners riding on the ore cars between be-tween Virginia and Gold Hill, being charged witb. pilfering lumps of ore, an order has been issued to allow nc one to ride on such cars. The restaurant men of Virginia city are making out a list of deac beats, none of wtiich are to be allowec credit. Spelling matches are the latesl amusement at Virginia city. The Nevada Central railroad a Pioche was sold the other doy, and or Thursday, the loth proximo, wil again be Bold by the sherifl under at execution. A German musician named Spey ser, in Virginia city, attempted t commit Buicide lat Sunday by sever iug a large artery in his arm with i -razor. He was discovered and his lif saved. Drink. |