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Show PACIFIC COAST NEWS. CALIFORNIA. ! Certfliu capiUlisU of Loa Augelcs have obtained a cbartor .roin th e city I council to erect gaa workB for the i supply of that city with gas to bo iiiunufac lured after the "Greeu-Mcaser" "Greeu-Mcaser" patuut from Btrcet rubbub. A youug man uanied Foley from Suu Francisco while riding oa a freight ttain on Saturday last at American Flat, fell under the wheels and had his bead cut oil. On Thursday morning- a Chincsfl cabin ou San Pedro blreet, Loa Angeles, was entered and the inmates robbed of $200. The Chinamen China-men were gagged and burning candles placed to their feet lo make them tell tho kiding-placo of their anver, , A six-year-old sou of Mr. Nutaon, living three miles from UrangcviHo, chased a squirrel under his lather's barn, auhort time ago, and in order to smoke bim out set the straw on fire, which burned the barn, sixty loads of baled hay and th Bquirreh Laland Stanford is making arrangements arrange-ments to build a mansion ou the tract lately purchased by him and located in the northern part of Santa Clam county. A hundred thousand dollars is the figure mentioned as the coat of the new building. During the last election campaign 2,407 aliens were naturalized in San Francisco by the various courts. The result of the congressional election between Pachcco, rep., and Wigginton, dem., in the 4th district, is very close, both parties claiming it by a email majority. The Lob Angelos Eprtts says that tbe tbicTiug game of bunko ia carried on there with impunity. Senator Mitchell ofOregon, according accord-ing tOj the Bulletin, Bays that the rumor about Dr. Watts being ineligible ineligi-ble as a presidential elector is abnurd, and says he resigned as postmaster and his resignation was accepted before be-fore the election returns wore counted. The small-pox bai been introduced in San Luis Obispo in ft very singular manner. Ono ol the undertakers ot the place received a coniignineut of collins from San FraucUoi, with tho LrinimiiiLS wrapped iu an old shirt, and this old aiiirt, it Beems, was infected in-fected wilh the diseiue, and tin , unilcrtiik-r (fll a victim to it. Great cutiBtfrnntii'ii was caused in Sao Luis when the fact got out, but every I precaution was taken to prevent tho nproad of the dieeuae, and at last accounU it had been successfully confined con-fined to the original case. If the theory of the introduction of this loatlmome diacaae is correct, tho man who in responsible tor it is guilty of a very craw (..flense. Lea Angeles N1.VAUA. The tly whec-1 of u LoUling engine at one of Hid niiaiu of I 0 Sutro luunel burst on Tuesday last, just after a distinguished party ot visitors witli Mr. Sutro had left the bouso. The wheel weighed four tons and fragments weighing irum l'KJ to 4 'XI pounds were edit in every direction, and ihruugu th roof. Louder county gave TiiJfii 145 in.ij' ffity and Nyu comity, incotn-pi.-h-, 3 majority. Tut lir.r-e U'-vrr iV-i-V-V- anys thai there was a good dt-al of betting on tho election in Austin, the republican iimerally belting that Tiidt-n would he the next presUimt. Jack Williams, an old resident of Lander county, cut iiimaelt iu chop p.ng wntxl, and dini, it 14 said niurr irmn fright liiau from hid wound. Out n thr it-'t vot'-a c.ift by co'.i.rfl! tutu in Virginia city, only one was cut for the di tnocr.ilic lick'-t. That one was ca-t by Lsl.y K.rd, who claims lo U) a colored Jrihtun. Ti'.e I -)s of Virginia nty arf If ruining rui-ning to Lave very t; "-l :crc- in the tra;.p:i:g uf ';, it uru cal!i-.l htineU a ape. mcs of nativo mifiu budi. .th. ul tne n w ot a can irT. 'I r i birvl-. arc of brown n-Ior, Willi rnl lop-knot, lop-knot, but do n.d command very Ingli piiceji, at their iti;.;ing t inli:i-r t-i the common canary ll ia laid that ,;.-niiihO iiigtitmgaitf, prrciiely f-iuii-lar to tb'-e of Itiy. aro to Ik O-uimI in our hili-i, but w har s-ni n.mie of them cait:;iil tu Hie lr.pa. 1 ny aenn Ui ii'iiiiui hig'.i up in the hii-a, while thi- hnnrui ll n'k down into lliu v.htirha of the town im the app oath nt winter. W hile tlio luaj rity for tin- republican repub-lican rlretori Will ei'-e.-.l I.tJ liir IricxTa'.a elect tno ivnalorii in Storey county. Ttu rrtult huuu tl.i- ri piihlo un niA;'irtty in the irnale In one, if Iii indrpdtdrtit aftialor troni Wan! 11 m) Ci unity ail with the rrpuKlCMiri. OU00N. Avt rage alii rtUnrp of (he publie HChooU of I'nrlland J , J I. Arlilii'ial hIoim; for hml.liuK ia Iming u-ed in Ure jn .tut 1 in Portland. Tin-rn wire -,717 inlfi p-dlid in I'nrlUnl, of which Hay 'i reeeind a in ii'Tity of V' |