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Show PACIFIC COAST NEWS j CALIl-'OUNIA. Tho completion of the Southern Pacific railroad to Los Angeles will I lead to active- competition for the travel and trade of that point between a steamer line and the railroad. The , faro from S.m Francisco to Los Angeles by steamer will be $8 and ' by railroad $15. I The people of San Bernardino nro holding meetings to oblaiu a branch connection with tho Sou thorn Pacific railroad. Colonel A. H. Hamner, who re- eehtly committe ' suicide at Los Angeles, was a confederate colonel' first in Texas under Sibley, aud after- , wards served under Price in Missouri and Arkansas. He had been laboring labor-ing under an afl'ection of the brain. In a nolo to his wife, written just before ho died, ho expressed the u'.-tuost u'.-tuost a lection for her. i The lady descendants of revolution- j ary fathers bavo taken measures to' form an organization. I A movement is on foot for the com- , bi nation of the quicksilver interests, of the coast, with a view to sncure'; better prices for tho products of the mines. The mine owners assert that ( it is a losing business to produce tho j metal for 45c per pound. I Allien 01 ItlC Sliver irom una uuitat. i ia being sent directly n China from i dan Francisco, instead of going via London, as in former limes. Tbc total shipment ol treasure by the j China steamers for the past ti.ree, months was $1,021,800. i General Coey's report on the San Francisco Centennial celebra'ion ol I tho 4th of July shows that of the $23,-1 000 appropriated by the city and county and collected from tho people nearly $4,000 was distributed among the charitable associations of the city. The republican party i8 being Ihoruighly organized in California. Tho California chief of police has issued the following prouunciamento: "Officers while on duty will bo required re-quired to preserve an officer-like and gentlemanly deportment. Lounging, gossiping, carrying their hands in their pockets, smoking during afternoon after-noon watch, or other unofficor-like conduct, is strictly forbidden. A soldierly carriage and officer-like bearing will command the respect of citizens, while dillerent deportment will excite ridicule and contempt." The California Bociety for the prevention pre-vention of cruelty to children has tiled its articles of incorporation and is ready for business. The Calilornfa Pioneers will celebrate cele-brate on Saturday next the 26th aniversry of the admission of California Cali-fornia into the Union. Hon. William J. Shaw will deliver an oration; Hon. Frank $ule a poem: and George T. Bromley, Feq., an address. NEVADA. On Friday night at Eureka a fracaa occurred, in which a woman named Kate .Miller, better known as Bull Oog Kate, was h tabbed by Mary Irwin. An ill feeling has existed for some time between the two women. I A aoort time before the difficulty both ; were in the sdoun waging a windy war of words, when Kate Miller asked the other what she was going to do. "I'm going to lick you," was the reply. re-ply. Both EtarUd for the door, when the- latter turned, whipped out a bowie-knife and commenced slashing it iuto the U;dy of Kate, iulhcting several wounds, the moat serious being a cut in the abdomen, from whicb the bowels protruded and she died the next morning. Bulldug Kalo, alias Oi.if Kate, is i'.iQ same who became notorious a few years ago by reason of a difficulty at Sacramento with John W. Wilcox, otherwise known as tiiu Maripo.-a blacksmith. |