New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-12-13
YIPr IN SONORA


WEDNESDAY MORNING. Nov. =. 1883, - O'Clock
Atsl O'Clock This morning tho building owned by Nr
Nalesn and occupied by Chinese on the corner OF peiss
and Nsshng on sfs discovered on 6rehe origin Of
IL is as vet unknown The buildings ar0GnL except tw'
were Of wood and soon in flames. On the west the
FIRE was arrested BY the Hose Company before reached
YarcF Berthe BsnAing House. But even their en-
cheney would avail, but for small hre proof building
which interviewed and gave them chance 90 woN 70 al
vantage ON the east side the Hook and Ladder Company
did elective service by tearing down Woods N Pudys
paint store There small vacant space between taeir
building ard the next the south, which space beng
thus increased by the Hook and Ladder Company enabled
the Hose Company TO stop the ire at this point
We never saw work with oreiudgment, energy or
efoiercy-we rot only the two Companies but the
he foiiowng is a list Of the buildings destroyed.
On the eastsde Batcheders Daguerrean saloon tin and
stove store Messick * McCulloughs carpenters shop
Neils saddery, the Shades saloon barber shop Justice
Hal \ Greenwoods office J. Hall Co. Tor sewing ma
chine. Woods 4 Purdy e book and paint store
ON the west side, Chinese gambling hou'e, corner of
Dodvs " grocery store, Settings store.
The following is a list OF the individual losses
coli 500 NeL .sddsry. ssoo Mups, Co. $3.50 Lysn,
slb Sls. ) hsi 20 G 49, $50, o Js,esS krn,sas
$50 Ms sripeh tiac Alexander Koiy ESQ ya'ls,s co
$40 H Ho.,,Ty bTo. 5000 Dr. Blsse 81 %
The norton of the CITY DESTROYED lies between the two
burnt districts visited by the last fires that
neatly the whole north OF the City Hotel has been
burned over this year.
cities Of California he should have been present this morn
mo Nothing can save hut works. aud they are
perfect protection The hills around dnd in sonora seem
to be formed for reservoirs and our citizens have had les
sons enough TO teach them that these hills should be i'm
Mesers VIM. G.. Heslop, Jonathan warden and seyerh
Others were badly burned
Both Express offices uninjured.
Several San Francisco fr,men who were ON visit to
this Mace rendered assistance.
Adr1crITTRr M Tuy REp HuIs-Col Benoist of the
Forty Mile House FL Dorado Co. has Informed TIE Sac
renenf0 ourKci that the experiment made THIS season IN
tho cultivation of the red lands of the foot hills OF the 81
l.el
raised Il barley aud oats that averaged yed
Of bushels to the acre The red lands also appear TO
be REGULARLY adapted 10 the cultivation Of beets ana nr
nm of which Nc has heavy crops The potatoes planted
ON This soil do not thrive wei a. other escalent roots
1hose raised this season are small In SIZE ana OF poor
cuaLv The successful nature OF the numerous. expert
that have been made this season concuslvely esiao
.h the fact that for certain crops the foot bills OF the Nj
ezra will hereafter be proftably cultivated.
THE IMMIGRATION THROUGH THE sOSoRA fhs.-u Is
ssd that 1913 wagons 375 individuals and 1870 heal OF
catile have come through the immigrant route over
Sonora Pass during the present season lew OF .ne
through sanJose Valley but the greater portono
them have tiled about o settle IN the valley oil me
joaquin The new pass requires the expenditure OF
w thousand dollars 10 mako IL as good as any through
the Sierra Nevada. The people OF stockton are much IN
eres,ed IN rendering this route attractive to immgan's
and they therefore called upon 10 contribute maternal
FyATHrR RIvER DIGGISGs The yield Feather
River this season has established It's to compete with
any river In the State At White Rock, says The h1rys
ie EIDrfss we understand that the miners are doing
we although the richest portions 81 their claims have not
been reached. At Sailor Union and Cove CLAIMS about
three miles above the average for the past 1--we days has
betn om twenty TO twenty FIVE thousand dollars day.
Those Of our citizens owning shares in the claims may
readily be imagined, smiling faces.
STocKroS-Ihe JourH0f says that Tuesday last was the
busiest day ever known ia the history of Stockton. The
leveo was crowded piled up with goods while numberess
mails worked back and forth in vain attempts TO reduce
the accumuating pile Of dry goods, groceries lumber,
uoultrv pigs peanuts Cinnamon and other fancy hHins
UTiLfH ~ SrocKToS The health Of Stockton, says
The IorrnoL is somewhat n dsrepue at present. so many
have been seized with the ch and fever lately. There
81 scarcely a citizen in but who has felt the effects OF
The preget untoward weather and many the hombres
Whose frnmes have shaken to the tune of decided chill
within the last month