Russian River Flag, Volume XII, Number 44, 2 September 1880 — Coast Items. [ARTICLE]

Coast Items.

The Greenback wing of the W. P. ; C. in San Francisco, has nominated Stephen May bell for Congress. Governor Perkins has commuted tbs sentence of Sprague, condemned to death for the More murder in Ventura county, to imprisonment for life. Neither the British yatch Lancashire Witch nor the Government schooner Freda have discovered any traces of the lost from the lumber ship Jiathilde, foundered at eea some weeks ago on her voyage from Puget sound to South America. The yatch explored Socorro and adjacent islands. In the case of L P. Chalfant, on trial in San Francisco for the murder of Josiah Bacon in the Baldwin some months ago, the jury returned a verdict of murder in ihe second degree. Charles N. Fox, nominated a Republican Presidential elector, has resigned from the Assembly in order to be eligible. The Merced Grand Jury is indicting the ex-officials of the County by platoons. Fraud is charged. The S. P. R. R. cars are expected to run into Phoenix, Arizona, cn February Ist, 1880. The State Beard of Equalization has determined to raise the valuation of San Francisco city lots ten per centum. The bullion product on this Coast for July last was $1,681,000 against $2,198,900 for July, 1879,