Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1857-05-23
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nun AVA - Ibe Wlie OF Mr.. George
keener. Auburn, was thrown from buggy
with her child, and severely injured. OH
Tuesday, May 18th. in that place
On Saturday night last. about 12 o'clock,
Mrs. Margaret Alley, wife of john Alley, a
milkman at Folsom, PUT an eud to her ex-
istence by taking strychnine
ACCIDENT On Tuesday. May ~, work.
man at New York Ranch Amador County;
had three fingers cut off by a shingle ma
chine.
AMADoR WAGON ROAD MEETING A
Wagon Road Convention was hell at jack
son on Thursday, May IA Committees on
survey and finance were appointed, and re-
solutions for the vigorous prosecution of the
work adopted.
ACCIDENTALLY SHoT-Thomas Walker
was accidentally shot by James Reynolds,
at Wisconsin Bar They were in conversa-
ton at the time the pistol was discharged
and lodged the contents in Mr.. Walkers
body. He died on the l4th He resided at
Grizzly Flat, where his widow resides
Their only child was drowned there about
two years since
HOMICIDE IN PLuMAs County, A miner
named Rice was stabbed by Wm. Harper. on
Sunday, May 10Th, at Quincy, Plumas
county, and died in few minutes They
were ceth intoxicated. and got into quar-
rel about dance Harper was lodged in
jail. ~
MEXICAN KILLED On the 10th instant
Mexican named Jose Norma. killed another
named Brineella, at Aqua Frio.
A PAN FULL.--Fifty dollars was taken
out of one pau full of dirt. IN the Cooper
claim, near Shasta, one day last week.
OPEN COURT "A divorce case WAS recent
y tried in open Court, in San Francisco,
with the doors fastened.
A SOLEMN OArH.-S. Matthias. a Mexi-
can. Charged with the petit Larceny OF q
bed spread, the property of Loo Soo Chi
naman, was recently tried before the Re-
corder of Sacramento On being sworn.
the young lady swore that, IF don't tell
the truth, I'll cut my head off" but as Chi
nese evidence cannot be given against Amer
lean citizens, and as native Calfornians are
included in the latter list, the case was dis
charged.
BADLY SoLD.-One of the earliest hob
bies of certain political patty, was to add
to the ordinary qualifications of voters the
ability to read, and after working long and
hard they secured the adoption of this plan
| in Connectcut. 1t was intended to cut off
large number of naturaized voters; but
great was their chagrin to fl d that the Ian
guage man must read is not named, and
the Courts decide that the law admits all
who can read. whether in English, German,
Hebrew, Irish. Choctaw, written or printed
| tongue.
EXTRAORDINARY AcQuITAL The Los
Angeles Star states that Miguel Blanco,
! charged with the robbery of Capt Twist,
vas acquitted by the jury before the Court
Of Sessions on Thursday, April 23d, not
withstanding the Identification of the pris.
oner and the direct testimony of Twist to
the main facts of the ease as regards him.
This appear, still more strange when it is
known that the prisoner had confessed to
the officers his participation in the crime,
and what disposition had been made of the
booty. But the confession was not legally
before the jury.
Consul AT PUGET SoUND.-The French
| Consul at Puget Sound, was ut last accounts
in New York. He was shortly to leave for
Washington, in order to place in the hands
of the Preident his claims for losses sus-
tanned by him from the Indians burning
his house last year, and destroying his books
and property, Notwithstanding he surveil-
lance which is supposed to be maintained
over them by the American authorities
He resided in Kings County, in place called
Chatllon Dwamish on the banks of tho
White River
"BrANcA-"- The Sacramento Bee, in an.
nouucng the arrival of the "Matilda Heron
at that place, remarks that she can't play
Blanca as well as the lady whose name she
bears, but she sometimes rides 6u anchor
as gracefully as any craft that p,owes these
waters.
correspondent informs the Los Angeles
Star, that on Saturday week Gen. G. @.
Elch, and Col. Lyman, with thirty more
members of the Mormon Church, started
from San..Bernardno for great Salt Lake
City. The train consisted of about thirty
va ,ons The party was escorted by Ia rgs
number of citizens, as far as the Cajou Pass
where they encamped and passed the night.
Next morning the friends separated and the
emigrants proceeded on their journey to the
Mecca of the great Prophet