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of the brain induced by undue exertion and excite- 

 ment. The losses sustained were estimated at $7,000,- 

 000." 



Other destructive fires occurred at Marysville, So- 

 nora, Stockton, San Diego and in the agricultural dis- 

 tricts ; an immense amount of property, being de- 

 stroyed. In the cites the damage was repaired with 

 astonishing rapidity, but some individuals were utterly 

 ruined, the results of years of labor being swept away 

 in a single night. 



