The Georgetown news., 1855-11-22
News Items.

of dirt where he was at work. Mr.. Wells
in the adjoining claim, after assisting to get
out Gibson, walked off short distance
when he was suddenly seized with conges-
ton of the heart, and expired almost in
stantly.
The boiler in the steam saw mill of Tan
ner, Caldwell & Co. on Selby Flat, Neva-
da, exploded on the 10th inst, instantly
killing L. D. Pettibone, and severely scaId-
ing James Parker, two hands employed
about the mill.
A duel was fought in San Francisco on
the l. 7th inst, between two French editors.
1t is a lamentabe fact that nobody was
hurt.
A fine quarry of marble has been discov-
cred in Solano county.
Sacramento will be lighted with gas in
a few days.
A man rolled overheard from the deck of
the steamer Defender on the 18th inst, and
was drowned. Its supposed he was asleep.
It is stated that gold in very large guam
titles has been found in various parts of
Washington Territory.
Nicholas Carroll, citizen of Marysville,
and prominent member of the American
party, of fine talents and very much re-
spected, died at Grenada on the 2lst of Oc-
tober.
The Sacramento Tribune says that sew
eral nights Of last week were exceedingly
cold-colder than any Of the weather Of last
winter.
There has been manufactured in Marys-
vile, the present season 100000 brick;
number of men employed, So; cords ofwood
consumed, 1856; average price of brick at
kiln, SIS, and when laid, SIG.
The body of Elias Webb was found q
few days since in shaft IS feet deep, near
Iowa Hill.
Taking the criminal calendar as an evi-
dence, CalaYeras county stands pre-eminent
as the most corrupt Of any in the State,
The Sacramento Union says the indica-
tions since the election in several Of the
Southern States would lead to the conclu-
sion that all secrecy connected with the
Know Nothing organization is to be abol-
ished
Two strapped hombres, says the Placer
Herald, struck nest Of golden nuggets, in
a rayine near Auburn, on Thursday of last
week, the largest one weighing thirty-four
ounces, and all amounting to fifty-eight oun-
ces.
The Mountain Democrat says the Hospi-
tai III this county is in excellent condition.
Gen. Denver has addressed letter to
Gov. Bigler, relative to the troubles be-
tween them about the Office of Secretary of
State. The letter is very severe on the
Governor.
Gen. w. II. Richardson, U. S. Marshal,
was assassinated in San Francisco on the
18th inst, by a gambler named Chas. Cor
ra. The excitement in the city was intense
and the authorities with difficulty prevented
the infuriated people from hanging Cora
on the spot,
An elegant wire bridge has been built
across the Middle Fork of the American
river at Murderers Bar.
The Ooloma Argus says that swindIe is
being perpetrated on Cinnamon by num-
Der Of men who are travelling throughout
this State procuring the signatures of all
Cinnamon to an agreement to pay 81 each
in the event Of the Foreign Miners License
being reduced to So per month
Two of the pursuers of the murderers of
Wall and Williamson were killed by the
band, on the Salinas river on the 10th inst.
The Sheriff sent to San Jose for additional
assistance, and the call was answered by
seven men. The murderers are surrounded
and it is hardly possible that they can es-
cape.
The Sacramento Tribune says tha a gen
tleman writing from Coloma states that
Marshall, the first discoverer of gold in
California, is hopelessly insane-a calamity
brought upon him by inebriation. Although
poor and forsaken, he imagines himself pos
sessed Of countless millions of wealth.
The election held in Stockton on Satnr-
day last, for the choice of City Treasurer,
and an Alderman from the Third Ward, re-
suited in a triumph to the American party.
Wm kuhlau, native of Prussia. COM
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