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Show ; PACIFIC COAST NEWS. CALIFOIiXIA. I Joaquin, a bandit nnd robber, waa j captured by a shcrifl'a posse at Jackson Jack-son on tho l'Jlh. They surprised him , with a knite in one hand and a pistol in another. I Tho work of raising funds for the construction of the Pacific Coast Cen-I Cen-I tenmal hall, at Philadelphia, in tho ; Exposition building has been entrusted en-trusted to the building and finance committee appointed by tiie society of California pioneers. NKVADA. Tho nVficirncy in weight of the j trade dollars coined at ihc Car.-on i mint, which amounts to one or two cents on each coin, said lo be duo to fauliy machinery and negligence; if it is true that on the average amount of coinage in progress at this mint, tho bullion gain by deli -ient weight is about $100 per day, tho ermr may be attributable to something some-thing more discreditable then cither of the above causes. Tho Virginia city prize-fight on the 21st for $250 a side between Sullivan and 'Providian was won by the latter in seven rounds. The light took place near Empire. Sheriffs Irom lour counties were pre-tent. Notwithstanding Notwith-standing the presence of Sheriff Ocok, of Lyon county, who protected against the proceeding, the tight wunl on. Tiie crowd decided tho ring to over I the line of Onmby county. In the first round Trevilliau struck Sullivan a fearful Mow under the lell ear, knocking him ti lt on his hack, ihc blood issuing from his nosn and mouth. Ho WRfl carried to his corner. cor-ner. Five minutes more finished the fight. Trcvclli.iu had not a MT.deh Sullivan had to he lifted on tle cars. An Italian wuo.l chopper wns frozen to death near the Usiser grade on the t 21st. |