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Show PACIFIC COAST NEWS, CALIFORNIA, A $00,000 trailing Btnumer for tbo FliiWftiinn government is buiny built in fan Francisco. ' During March, 2,360 state nnil county licensuB were boM in San Francisco. Tlio receipts amounted to $110,523 50, and of tliis sum dealers in malt and Bpiritous liquors paid $10.5lJ0. "You ate cliarged with having been drunk in u public place," said tbo clerk of tbe police court yesterday to itivry Plogor, one of the prisoners in tlio dock. "I know that," replied tbo prisoner. "Woll, what is your pica, guilty or not guilty?'' asked tbo clerk. "Yes, I was drunk," answered the woman, "and when I Rot out I'll get drunk again, nod I'll keep gettinfi drunk every chance I net; I don't caro bow olteu you send me to jail." Sun Frauciaco paper. A well near San liuenaventura at a depth of i,wouty feet struck a flow ot between two and three barrels pei day of good green oil. A goutleman from Lob Angela utatee that he was lBt week ottered ' Uock of 8,060 Bhecp for $1,000. Tin ted has been bo short that they hat become too weak to bo driven to tin raounlainB. On last Sunday morning two boyi named Jones and Ltranam, afiu ru j jipectively 14 and 17, started trom dan ( Rafael in a small sail boat and proceeded pro-ceeded down the inlet and into the bay, uud have not aiuce boon heard from. On Sunday fifteen or twtmty young ; fellows were Btuiiding on Fillmore btreut, between llaight and Waller, when a Chinaman chanced to jjass by. They inmitdiutely selecUd him as the victim to their powers of torture, and at once gavo chaao. The (Jhinaiuau was soou surrounded, but broko throuyb the ring of young rought. and run for bis lift. He was followed j closely by the young ruffians, whO continued to ptriko him as he flod,1 until at last Walter Gray, more dex-l terous than the rest, brought the j gamo to a halt by breaking a board over tlie MonKolian's head, nearly l killing him. A gentleman who witnessed wit-nessed tho performance from his , bugcy, gave chase to Uray and cap-J lured him. Gray, who is "aid to be-long be-long to a good family, is not over 10 years of fte, but in consequence of being tainted with the spirit of hoodlum. hood-lum. am, now finds himself behind tho bars of the city prison. COLORADO. F. ur niilm from Ouny, in the San Juan region, there i a uplendid out-1 crop ol bituminrmj cnal, vary'ing from Tour loeiyht feet in thickness, wiiK-h enkta equ;d to iVniiiylvaui or Ui-ti Virginia cu.il. From Ouray lo the Utah Central railroad a coal Wigon i ro.ul and brides acros Urniid and i L-reen rivers will bo made, no that the ; nearedl and be it w:iy to S.m Ju in will by by that roulo for rea.dtiitj of Ulih ' niuLNeVAda. NEVADA. The total cost of the work nf bring-isig bring-isig water from the Sierras to Virginia: city has been iJO.'Hl.tt'l. The wuirui , i 2 Oi hj feet above Washoe vailt'y just nt'oiit aa high an tiie crr.it ol Mount Oavidion while from Va.ii e valley to Cue reservoir on the summit, sum-mit, Vie watvr is forced up tn an el-vatior. el-vatior. above the valley of l,.yJi f-et. |