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Show PACIFIC COAST NEWS. CALIFORNIA, George Priew, a San Francisco Frenchman, 60 years of age, took laudanum and died. His rent was due and he bad no money. Irrigation by Pumping. A geu-tleman geu-tleman who recently paid a visit to1 Union Island describes to us a mam-: moth steam pump that has been in operation there for drainage purposes. It is said to have a oapactty of 52,000 gallons per minute, a volume of water1 sufficient, if used for irrigation, to irrigate three hundred and thirty acres a day to the depth of four inches, or 10,000 acres once a month. The pump cost originally $25,000. How much it costs per gallon, or per day, to run it, we did not learn. A few pumps of that size placed along the San Joaquin river at intervals through the valley would supply a great deal of water for irrigation and we are inclined to think thBy would pay. If a $25,000 pump will supply water sufficient lo make ten thousand acres yield a ton of wheat to the nr. worth $40 a ton, or a total of $400,000, it would be a pretty good investment' even if it oost $1,000 a month to run it. We are iuclined to think, how-over, how-over, that a pump of such capacity cannot be built for any auch money. Stockton Independent, August 21st. The Call says that in the case against the De Young? at Placerville, a plain case of libel was made out Hgaiust them. The proof whs compete; com-pete; the libel was marie out, and no proper justification wai made. The San Franoisco rival democratic committees have Bellied their difficul lies and will pull together iu the approaching ap-proaching election. The Sau Francisco water cornmis-sioners cornmis-sioners state that the oflsr of $9 500,-000 500,-000 for the works of the Spring Valley oompauy was based od the careful estimates of tbeir eo-ineer, Colonel Mendel!, and is lull value for all the properly included. The oiler having j Deen refused they will now treat with other companies for u wir .mi. The Sauti Rosa woolleu mill goei into operatiou about the Istofsep tember. About $21,000 has been raised by assessments, it being 75 per I cent 00 the stock issued. The treasurer treas-urer has paidout $24,000, aud all demands de-mands have been promptly paid up to this time. They now have on band $32,000 worth of wool. The machinery is beiog placed ready for work. NEVADA. Four men were dangerously if not fatally wounded in the Belcher mine at Virginia city on Saturday by the explosion of a blast that had missed fire. A man was crushed to death on Saturday at the PeUluma mill. At Virginia city on Saturday a gale damaged Forehaugh's circus tent about $1,000 worth. |