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Show PACIFIC COAST NEWS. CALIFORNIA, A man naked for a room in the Second Street houue, San Francisco, Saturday evening, paid for it in advance, ad-vance, and took possession at once. Sunday morning ho was found dead in the bed with a paper of strychnine, aud a piece of cake coated with the poison, by his aide. In his pocket was found the following note: "My Dame is Marcus Salinger, am tired of living, for it is too hard to I live. I am a Jew, and wifih to be ' buried in a Jewish cemetery." In hi3 clothes were $5,03 in silver and a silver watch: also ft paper written in Hebrew character. Salinger was apparently about 30 years of age. Gilbert Wood, San FranciBco, having hav-ing been discarded by his wife, Bhot her in the neck. The ball lodged in her mouth and she spit it out. Wood then tried to shoot himself, but was prevented; he said there is another man in the caao, and he wanted to die. Sixteen year old pickpockets are quite successful in Sau Francisco. Yesterday afternoon, a tall and remarkably re-markably ugly Chinaman entered the office of the prosecuting attorney, and addressing the clerksaid: "Him place this, you catches paper." "Yes," replied the clerk "what do yoa want?" "Me likee one paper for ca tehee one woman," replied the Chinaman. "What for7 what did she do?" asked the clerk. "One woman, alia same young girlec, handsome faceo, him name Maly Blocks; you Babee Maly Blocks?" "I have not the pleasure of her acquaintance," ac-quaintance," said tho clerk. "Me spose you no sabee him girlee, ehe heap no good; too muchee loolee me." "What did she do?" aeked the clerk. "Wha bim do?" repeated the Chinaman Chi-naman in astonishment, "you lookee sue, me tell you, him say me heap time, me likee you Ah Chow, spose you good man alia time, me makee you wife, me likee white woman wifee. She say to malla, Ah Chow you give money buy dies?, shoe, hat alia things. Me say how muchee you likee monoy, him say thleo hundled dolla, Bpose no give thlee hundled dolla not be you wifee. Me gHve dolla not be you witee. Me giive Maly Blooks money, she go way tell me 'yu come my bouse to-malia.' Me go Maly Blooks' house to-malla, me see me heap toolee, no see Maly Blooks, no money, she bab got lun away Melican man, staalee Ah Chow money, talkee lie, no good, now me likee catcbee paper for catcbee Maly Blooks, for stcalee." The Chinaman was given to understand under-stand that as he had voluntarily parted with bis money, a charge of larceny could not be brought against the woman, and that he had no relief re-lief except in a civil court. Ah Chow Bhook bis head and said, "me sabee, Melican girlee too muchre Bmartee, Cbinamnu him eabee alia same nothing." Call. On Saturday afternoon George Wiukleman, who resides with his wife and four children in 2,026 Fil-bert Fil-bert street, San Francisco, purchased a bottle of poison at a neighboring drug store and drank its contents with the design of ending his earthly career. Winkleman is a musician by occupation, but has been out of employment em-ployment for several moDtha past. The would-be suicide recovered, MONTANA. The altitude of Buite is 5,800 feet above the level of the sea, and but four hundred (eet lower than the summit of the range in the gap, two short milos distant. The town, which covers about 260 acres on the western lope of the mountain, and which is all new and growing into city like shape, with mush room-like rapidity, is estimated at this writing by competent com-petent judges to contain a population of 000 people, while in mines and mills in the immediate vicinity, there are from two to four hundred persons. It is one of the oldest mining camps in Montana. Wm. Allison and Geo. Umpbrey, the first discoverers, hav inc located here in May, ISti-t. Wages in the mines and mills at Butte ar $1 to $3.50 per day. Board from $7 to $10 per week. Carpenters are getting $5, and moaona$7 per day. The Alica or Rainbow mine at Dutteis owned by the Walker Bros., . Utah. The shaft on this lead has reached the depth of HO feet, where they were compelled to abondon the sinking on account of the increasing but how much of this ban been seen , below water level, or how rich tb ! body of ore is at the di epe-t develops- j j nu-tit. is not known to any but the , ownt-rti, aiA iftliey can tell, they are j uo n.oru apt lo reveal this , secret thau they aro to slate ' their private bank account. Tbe famous mine is now giving emplojment to about forty persons leu hours iu eai;h dy. Theie is cutidiJi'nue money paid out each mouth, (or latxr. hut the Helena Herald daub's ii there is enough iu circulation to justify tha payment of the hifch reuu that are being paid for business house, and the building ot extravagant clone buildings that uro gomg up. We fear thfcre will come a lack and drag ot busiueis, such ah may be disastrous to the territory. The Helena public schools have been closed, ecarlet lover is an epiduuic in tliat city. NEVADA. John Frost went out to Italian creek ou a tisuiug excursion yesterday, He says he caught 183 trout. When a frumd to whom be related his exploit tolil him that a few fish would wake a uice breuklaut, John said he had given them all to a sick woman. Query how many fidh could that iic: woman eat if she was well and in possession of her usual appetite? Austin jteveilltf. |