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Show PACIFIC COAST JiEWS. CALIFORNIA. Tho Napa trustees are debating a proposition to raise the monthly license of retail liquor sellers to $00. "Slim Jim" and party are about to mako Bakerefield and vicinity their new field of operations. California has 218,010 horses, 22,-003 22,-003 mules, 30.30S beef cattle, 5,971 oxen, 108,760 cows, 118,305 calves, total number of neat cattle, 770,793; 59,676 goats, 253,122 hogs, 4,114,149 sheep; of which Butte county shows 0,-H.J norses, i6z mules, 4,00 cowa, 3,326 calves, 204 oxen, 67.S55 sheep, 150 goats and 12,978 hoga. Burglaries are becommg frequent in San Francisco. Tremenhero L. Johns, editor of the Figaro, and a well known journalist died in San Francisco on Sunday, j from an over-dose of morphine. Last Thursday night the residence I of Hon. Milton S. Latham was entered en-tered by burglars and robbed of about 53,000 worth of jewelry. Tho new revenue cutter, Richard Rush, launched at New York last March, arrived at San Francisco on Friday. She carries two guua and a crew of thirty-six men. On Saturday John H. Clayton, of Chicago, played a game of billiarda for $500 a side against L. A. Gates. The latter won by 46 points in the 2,000. Annie Howard was shot in a brothel at Hollister by some unknown persn on the 10th. The house of Captain Douglass, of the San Francisco police, was burglarized burglar-ized Sunday night, but a barking dog spoiled the fun. A young lady enteied a San Francisco Fran-cisco printing house and enquired for a young man who had gone out to lunch; she said she would cull again; determination lurked iu her eye. When the young man returned, the kdy was described to him, and he amply remarked: "Well, I guess I ought to have married her, but, good-byo," good-byo," aud he was out of the door in a twinkle. He did not think of asking a settlement with his employers. NEVADA. Tho bullion shipment of Austin for the year 1574 was 9ol bars weighing 91,914 lbs; value, L,lti3,594.S0. This bullion was almost entirely the production pro-duction of the Manhattan mill. In Virginia, the school trustees held a consultation unon the compulsory compul-sory education law, and came to the conclusion that it could not be enforced. en-forced. Col. Dow, of EIL-o, has introduced a bill in the assembly, which provides for a board of equalization of freights and faro. lleck'e bill limits railroad fares to six cents per mile for each passenger, with one hundred pounds of baggage; not more than three cents lor children under 12 years of age, and children under 5 years to pass free. The maximum freights are: When carried at less distance than 20 miles, 12 cents per ton per mile; over 20 miles and under 30, 11 cents-over cents-over 30 and nndor 40, 10 cents; over 40 aud under 50, 9 ceuts; over 50 and under 60, Scents; over 60 and under 70, 6i cents; over 70 and under 80 5 cents; over 80 miles, the rate of' 4 cents per mile Bhall not be exceeded The Virginia Jndependant denies tnat the 47 republicans who voted for bharon correctly represent the opinions opin-ions of a majority of the republican party. In his eagernesa to get hold of ground contigious to the Corn-lock one man has gone nearly to the apei of Mount Davidson and staked off a claim. |