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The Placerville Observer states that at
White Rock, in Ell Dorado county, three mi
ners domicile in the same cabin, who meas
ure in height respectively feet 81 inches,
feet Al inches, and feet q inches, making
in the aggregate l9 feet 81 inches.
The bankers and business men of San
Francisco have agreed to receive foreign and
private coin at its mint valuation only.
There is an opposition boat running on the
Sacramento between San Francisco and Ma
rysville:
Preparations for the observance of thenext
national anniversary are already making in
many portions Of the State.
The Marysville Democrat is informed of
horrible act committed by brute at Deer
Creek He set some fierce dogs upon an old
Indian and his squaw who were engaged in
the harmless occupation of gathering clover.
The squaw was torn SO that she soon died,
and the Indian was badly hurt. Nothing
had been done to the wretch.
The Treasurer Of Calaveras county has
proven defaulter in the sum of 1884, 920 40.
New gold diggings Of considerable rich
ness have been found at Brockliss' Bridge,
eighteen miles east of Placerville and close
to the Genoa road. Quite an excitement
existed about them at Placeryille.
At the farm of j. 4 s. Wolfskill, COM
prised within Mexican land grant of $3.50
acres, and situated cn the Putah river, near
the Coast Range, the orange, lemon, lime;
citron, and other tropical fruits are ~cultiva:
ted without fear of frost: They carry. ripe
fruit to market from two to four weeks ear.
lier than most localities:
The Board of Trustees of the Agricultel
raj, horticultural and Mechanics Society of
the Northern District are taking active
measures preparatory to holding an annual
fair this year in the city of Marysville.
Miners are doing very we'll on the San
Gabriel river, about thirty miles from Los
Angeles.
The various candidates for State offices
are calling on newspaper editors and making
themselves acquainted with the sovereigns.
The Uxion says train of twenty-five mem
seventeen pack-mules and horses lately pass
ed through Sacramento from Barker Valley
and Suison, en- route for Missouri.
The Red Bluff Beacon is to be enlarged.
The .Siskisou Chronicle has been imposed
upon by plagiarist, who garbled from one
of Millers novels d quaint address to to-
bacco pipe. The plagiarism went the rounds
until exposed in the Yreka Union.
Calvin b. Mcdonald delivered beautiful
address to the Odd Fellows at Weaverville,
on the occasion cf the anniversary:
The Mohave war has come to an end, and
a treaty been made with the Indians by Col.
Hoffman. They have left in his hands sew
eral chic is as hostages, and have also given
up for trial a humber Of theft tribe believed
to have been directly concerned in the lats
massacre of emigrant whites.
From the California Farmer we learn that
the total amount of Oregon apples received
at San Francisco from July 1858 to April
1859, inclusive, was 29, 100 boxes, or $4,000
bushels Taking sixty pounds as the avers
age to each box, we have total of l,75l,-
400 pounds, which cost, at the average rate
of fifteen cents, $262,7l0.
The jackson Ledger prunounces Amador d
good county; demands against it are as good
as cash, and its people are as good as God
makes them.
A Floral exhibition will be held at Oaks
land on the 18th Of June.
San Francisco is about to erect school
buildings costing 100000:
The Maryssille fxpfess reports the killing
by Indians of two white men, named Lassen
and Clapper, about twenty-five miles from
Honey lake. They, with others, were on q
silver hunting expedition.
SEsArua BuRrox.-The Alta California, id
alluding to the recent departure eastward of
this gentleman; awards him the following
merited praise:
aFor four years Re has represented Neta-
da county in the Senate, as ably, and HON
estly and fearlessly as any man who has ev-
or been honored with a seat in the Halls of
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