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Show PACIFIC .COAST ITEUS. CALIFORNIA. The oldest man in Modoc county is Samuel Maluey. He in now in his 'Sid year and is hale and hearty. He owns a ranch about two miles out oi town, does all his work alone and frequently walks to town rather than get horst to navel so short a distance. dis-tance. Young ladies of Nevada ity have organiztd a club with tho queer name "WhyXot?" They'll find out by-and-by, if they keep on in their wild career. Stockton U building two stem-wheel stem-wheel steamers, costing $1(3,000 each, for a Russian company to ply on the Amoor river. Tha financial report of the state agricultural lociety shows the 'receipts, 're-ceipts, including subscriptions, donations, do-nations, tickaU, receiptd, etc., amount to M6, W, andthe expenditure! to $oo,7894o. Two green immigrants have taken out over lour thousand dollars in a few days with pans, from a rusty , quartz ledge at Dead Man's Flat, Nevada county. The capital stockof the Consolidated Consoli-dated Virginia and California mining companies has been increased from 10,SOO,000 divided into 10S.000 nhare, to $54,000,000, divided into 540,000 hares. A calico ball in aid of the " Infant Shelter" will be given by tho "Little Sinters," at the Pacific hall, on the oth of February. The Carson Appeal wants a school of mines. We suggest that a "school for stocki" would be more beneficial if properly managed, we nave oeeu taking private lessons in the latter for several years past, paid enormous tuition, and haven't yet mastered tho rudiments. Gold Hill Keics. 1 The Carson mint has lately received a large quantity tof new machinery, including a grinding machine, lathe machine, shaping machine, hydraulic press, hydraulic pump, rolling machine, ma-chine, draw - bench, cutting press, and coining-machine. The San Francieco pepen.' boast that their new Palace hotel will require re-quire 4,000 locks and 48,000 keys to make it just the thing. These lock and kevs will weigh seven tons and will cost $20,000 in gold coin. NEVADA. In the vicinity of Austin the annual yield of wheat, barley and oats is 1,380 tons, of which over 1,200 tons findB a market in Austin. The bill for the new state asylum provides for a budding to cost not more than $50,000, and to be capable of accommodating 400 personB. Citizens of Austin who rejoiced over the passage ot their railroad subsidy sub-sidy by the Kevada legislature, may have been premature in their gratu-lation. gratu-lation. The acting governor is very dubious about siguiug the bill. The proposal lor a Sunday law has gone by the board, notwithstanding the efforts of its friends. |