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Show PACIFIC COAST NEWS. , . CALIFORNIA. The aggrf-gate amount of dividends of incorporated compawies paid in San Francisco during tbe year 1876 is stated at $38,612,100 against $30,0.32,-S00 $30,0.32,-S00 in 1S75, the mining dividends furnishing nearly 24,000,000 of the amount last year. The San Francisco Call thinks that five-cent silver coiua should take the place of the elumsy nickel substitute which is now in use. A libel suit has been commenced in a San Francisco court by Mr. Pickering, Picker-ing, one of the publishers of the Bulletin Bul-letin and Call, agaiust the publishers of the Chronicle on account of a Bcries of defamatory articles published in the Chronicle. Damages are estimated at $-3,000. At Los Angclca a policeman Was captured Joee Lopia, alleged to bo one of the highwaymen who robbed the coach between Newhall station and Santa Barbara last Saturday night. A Mrs. Maria Isabel Toomes who recently died in Oakland, leftau estate es-tate worth $141,000 tu the wife of a printer named Butler, Mrs. Butler having been very kind to her during her last illness. Mrs. Toomes left not a relativo living, so Uu-re can ho no contest to tho will. A new daily democratic- paper was announced to appear on Monday in ! San Francisco. Mrs. John Dean of O.iklaud, tock strychnine on Friday cvoning and died, on account of family difficulties. difficul-ties. Small-pox cases appear to be cn the increase in California. David Kurlander a native of San Francisco, fifteen yeara oi age, died on Thursday from the effects of arsenic taken with suicidal intent, it is believed be-lieved on account of violent pain caused by a rupture, caused while playing with other boys. Several times since the accident he staled that if he was not relieved of the pain the rupture produced he would kill himself. In making a raid recently on some of the Chinese gambling dens of San Francisco the police entered a house the doors of which were of oak strengthened by iron bars; and so well was tbe work done that the officers offi-cers were compelled to cut away the doors from their frames. In' tbe meantime the gamblers had eBcaped, leaving however, tools for dealing the game, and over $200 in coin. |