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Show PACIFIC COAST XKWS. i cai.ifoi:nia. 1' Vrii-ua S.iu Fratic:."CO firms aro ! i jis-cii.iriiiDt; UiiiLiuou Ja borers to matot ro"!n lor tvliitt's I, The California rillo iitsuoiation will' tend lo New York ut its expensL1 titoi bet Icjii; rane marksman in the state who t-liall be an Aim-rican eiti-i zen to complete for a plaee in tho AmerieAii rifle, team which will eon-' test for the championship ot the world I aikI the Centennial trophy at Creed-moor, Creed-moor, New York, on 8eptonibcr l'Jth and loth, 187(3. The California delegate dele-gate will be sel'.'cted at a tct to take place at 6:n lint no 1.1th and 2:M itisld., and at Bay View 10th and 2Sd, insls., competitors to lire tiity shoU each day as follows: 15 ut SJ0 yards; 15 at y JO yards, and 20 at 1,000 yards; two sighting; bhots at each distance, each day. The competitor liaviny the highest grand ayureyate score, providing the same s'nall bo not !e?s than an averago of centres, shall be! declared to have won the first place. 1 Tho new cathedral at Los Angeles! Wis opened with impoainy ceremonies ! on Sunday. Thomas H. May, of Sacramento, lias an old Pluenician coin of about the date of Phoenicia's conquest by the Komans, shortly before- the birth of Christ, A scamp at Cosumnes got a wasp's nest, plugged up the hole, and last-en last-en td it to a steer's tail. Then be drew the plug and got out-of the way, whereupon the wasps settled upon the steer and clung to him until he fell into the river, where he was nearly drowned. Tiie net gain of population to tho state during the first threo months of this year is 10,700, of which 4.S0O are Chinese and 3,900 whites. The trade dollar is fast disappearing from circulation in San Francisco, since the business men beizan to receive re-ceive them at 10 per cent, discount. The banks have been buying tbeni up. By orders of the mayor all the Chinese Chi-nese hotises of prostitution arc blockaded block-aded by the police, and the inmates will soon be forced lo leave the country coun-try if the blockade continues. The gambling houses are similarly closed. ncieimiT every meuicai pracu lioner in California will be obliged to submit his qualifications to one of the three boards of examiner to be ap pointed respectively by the allopathic, homeopathic and elcctic medical colleges col-leges of that stute. Fourteen Chinese merchants have subscribed the sum of $500 and sent the sum to the president of the Centennial Cen-tennial committee. Tue bank of Nevada county suspended sus-pended at noon on Saturday, No cause is assigned (or the failure. The bay mare "Cracie," who was so frequently upon the tnrf last season sea-son in the hands of Mr. James L. Kofi, has been sold by Mr, Grin Jones to Mr. Matt Kerr, of San Francisco, the price paid being $1,500. "Ciracie" is a trotter of much promise. "Katie Tease" Ins been retired from the turf, and is lo be -sold at auction. Auti Chinese clubs aro being held throughout the state. The champion me m thief it) somebody some-body at Fresno, who recently removed the bricks from a brick vault built over the grave of a child of A. J. Thorn, and hauled them away. A committee is calhi.g upon San Fra icisi'o merchants to request them to discharge all Chinese in their employ, em-ploy, uud another committee to see that no more offal from the slaughter bousi s is given to the Mongolian. MCV-iDA. The Virginia Ci.nmU-U- is responsible responsi-ble for the following: Dr. Mary Walker had a new sensation in Silver city on Moi day nignt, and one which came nearly proving fatal. A gentleman gentle-man who took her down in a mine had the audacity to kiss her. Notwithstanding Not-withstanding her Agitation and apparent ap-parent indignation, she seemed to like it prelty well. FJ. Harris is the name Of the reckless dare-devil who sipped the viigin honey from the dc dor's lip.-. A lady sent to the editor of the Austin iUvcille some cakes on the 1st of April, but he had ''beet: there bo-fore," bo-fore," and gave them lo an Indian. Lo, the poor Inuian, bit through one ol them an l got his teeth full of cotton, cot-ton, the cak'.s being composed of that material, thinly di.-guisi ti on the outside out-side with batter. The Indian looked foolish for a moment, ami remarking, "Me heap fool 'eia bquaw," marched out of the oflice. Silver coin is still received without discount by the retail dealers ut Virginia Vir-ginia city und Gold Hill, but the banks will now receive it at a discount of y per cent. A number of I'ioche merchant have concluded to resist tho payment of taxes this year on the ground that a number of other parties e-eauo from paying taxes. An anli-Cmncae meeting has been held at Klko. The present population of U mo is about 1,700 and rapidly increasing. There iq a markrd falling oil ol the Black Hills emigration from Virginia City and Cold Hill. Tho heat is so great about trie quicksilver mines at steamboat Springs that the miners fear that,, alter lollowiny down their leads lo a certain depth, they will n ach a point where the metal will be in a vaporous condition. |