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Show PACIFIC COAST NEWS. CALIFORNIA. There ia ft married woman at the alms-house in San Francisco with her lower limba deformed aud sho ii compelled com-pelled to use crutches to move around. The malformation waa reproduced id three children, two boya and a girl, all ol whom also require crutches. The woaittu'fl husband deserted his family many years ago, and removed to Arizona, where be is now the pos HPosnr nf n rich and exlaosive olaim. lie has sent lor her, and thi family of cripples ia preparing for their long journey. Col. Peter Saie, a brother of the great American poet, John G. Saxe, und a dealer in thoroughbred stock, is on a business trip to Southern California, Cali-fornia, and paid Colton a visit this week. As the Col. expresses it, he is a 'good deal of a fellow' and we can certify, a8 genial as is the balmy air which he came to enjoy, or as he says; "thaw out in." Colton Semi-Tonic. The Sin Diego Union reports that the Indians of that region are growling, growl-ing, and thinks they have good cause for their discontent. There is a Herious division in the San Francisco democracy, and unlets it can be bridged over, leaves that party no hope of a majority in the city, either on the municipal or legislative legis-lative ticket this fall. San Diego has recently held a large I meeting lo urge the construction of the Texas Pacific railroad as an independent inde-pendent competing route acroaa the continent. It is reported that the San Francisco hoodlums are exhibiting symptoms of a disposition to commit all aorta of outrages in various sections ol the city. The Holly water-works at Sacramento Sacra-mento seem to b a failure. The Central Pacific railroad company com-pany has ordered a reduction of 10 per cent, in the wages of all employes, em-ployes, to take effect at once. The California Farmer Bayi that the grain crop of that state will be much larger and much better than even its friends have anticipated. KEY ADA. Now, we don't expect to check stoct ganiDiing in toe least, nor nave we any desire to interfere with any man's right lo bet bis money, but there are, it seems to us, a few points upon which we may all agree: The man of family has no right to ptat the comfort and support of his little ones on a margin in the etock market. Stocks that are half bought belong to capitalists. A dollar in the store is worth two in the stock market. Every man mayown the controlling interest in a home; very few can control con-trol mines. Shares in ft homestead always pay dividends. No man can win unless another lose. . Where one covetous man gets rich, one huiKirtd get poor. It is always best lo be slow and sure, and let well enough alone. Reno Gazette. Cbarlcs Dido, the reportorial pe destrian, who, on a $j00 wager, is boofmg it from Ogden, Utah, to Sacramento, arrived at Elko at 2:50 p. m. Sunday, G days out." Accord ing to the terms of the bet, the distance dis-tance (743 miles in to bo made in 20 days, Sunday excepted, beiu? an average of a little over 37 miles per day. Some of the employes of the Central Pacific rftiiroad were paid aa much as 3,240 each in silver coin when the pay-car was at Winoemucca the other day. lu the new camp of Osceola, there i are in full bluet four saloons, one store, one butcher shop and one restaurant. WYOMING. Hazaid, the next station west of Cheyenne on the Union Pacific will be the northern terminus of the Colo rado Central railroad extension. From Hazard to Cheyenne the trains will run over the niaio line. Work was to be commenced Jon tde exten-tion exten-tion on Monday. The Leader complains that no e0orts whatever have been made to capture the mail robbers who are rob biog stages and interrupting travel in , Laramie county. By actual count there are just 75 saloons aud liquor houses in Dead wood proper. Gold Hill is the name of a new city laid out on Wbitewood creek at tbe mouth of Reno creek, three miles above Pennington. Quicksilver has been found in sluices in the central pait of the Hills, where it is positively known nout bad ever been used in mining fnr gold. MONTANA. If Montana has a railroad during the next ten years, connecting her with the marts of the world, it will be a line connecting with the Union or Central Pacific as far west as Cheyenne, Chey-enne, and it is far more probable that its initial point wilt be aa far west aa Ogden or Corinne. Independect. Tbe wbite female population of Benton now numbers filly seven ladies, an increase ol fifty witbin two years. Tbe bay crop will be Letter this year than ever before. The amount of merchandise, machinery, ma-chinery, military aud Iudian supplier j coming this year to Montana is estimated esti-mated to reach, if it does not exceed. 1-50,000, 000 of pounds. Manumit, for ! the year 1877, will pay not lead than fl,A 0,000 transportation bills en in ' coming 'rt-in'nts alone. Tuis estimate . j includes military and Indian con I tract!, lor which the general govern-1 i mentis responsible. Herald. j |