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Show PACIFIC COAST NEWS. CALIFORNIA. The San Francisco public schools cost last year $732t424,17. Mrs. Francis Reynolds of Ukiah took pussage on Tuesday Tues-day morning ou the Lmkeport stage, and wns waylaid by J. B. Caueza, an old resident of this town, who requested of the driver, when the stage en me up, the privilege of a ride, which was gruuted. As soon as he got into the stage he drew a pistol and shot her twice, killing her instantly, remarking as lie did so, "this is what I cume for." He then jumped out of the stage, and placing the pistol to his own head killed himself. The giaiu growers of the state affaire the determination of the board of equalization to tax growing crops as well as the land on which they are raised, 'Ihe farmers will make a political issue on thisjsubject in choosing choos-ing members of the legislature this tall. The great suit of tho Eurtka Consolidated Con-solidated against the Richmond Con soliduted will be commenced in the United StMos circuit court at San Francisco on the 23J instant. It promises to be the most interesting ruing case ever tried in the United States. By the burning of snow sheds at Emigrant gap ou Wednesday considerable con-siderable damage waa doue. A freight train going east ran into the fire, the train-men narrowly escaping with their lives. Four men were badly burned. The entire train was destroyed, des-troyed, consisting of two engines, and two flat cars loaded with tics. ARIZONA. The Tucson Star gives the largest yield of wheat iu Siinla Cruz valley that has come to its notice. Dr. Goodwin of Tucson, on his ranch sowed 483 pounds ol wheat, from which he got a yield of 50,000 pounds. Magill Martinez sowed 650 pounds, and his yield was 00,000 pounds. The transportation of sheep into Arizona has been greatly on the increase in-crease during the past tew months. General Banning recently landed at Yuma several thousand, having been shipped by the Southern Pacific rovl. |