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Show PACIFIC COAST NEWS. CALIFORNIA. Judge Blake of San Francisco recently recen-tly sentenced A. A. S'.rceler to serve a term of one y nr in the county jaii for libel, in ending a threatening and oU'cem: letter to ft young lady, nnd the supreme court has affirmed the seiitenco. Notft caso of wifo-bcating has been brought beforo tho police court ot Sim Francifco since the piiaiio of the law making tlie olloncc puninliublt- l.y tho application ol the lush. Previous of ill piw-iigo there was an average ol lour nr fivu cases every week. On Friday hist Milton S. I,alh:irn, of thu Jytudim and S.tn Fraiiei.-ii:i bunk, wiis lying dungi-rouy ill at Iiih residence. Tho Aseombly has indefinitely postponed tho bill to apprnpralc $25,-000 $25,-000 tu urovido for the prnper representation represen-tation of California at the Conlcnninl Exposition at Philadelphia. On the occasion of tint marriage of a Lo,h AriL-'elcs mail for Hip third lime, recently his joceso friends met and U ri soiutiuns against a third term. On Thursday morning tlovcrnor trwin sinned tho bill making digging on the bare back the penalty fur wile beating, and on Thursday night a Collax man, iroludily anxious to be tho first exainplo of tho working of the new edict, beat his ivifo unmercifully unmerci-fully and was arrested. A free relurinus snciely will soon be organized al Santa Barbara, comp'ed .1 iM.ileriali.sti", Spiritiiiilin's, I'rpc-ibiokers I'rpc-ibiokers and oilier inl'idclfl, who will hold weekly meetings, |