The Nevada Democrat., 1857-11-18
WHOLE No. 215.
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NEWS ITEMS.

O'Clock at night-the moon shining brilliantly
--along the Santa Clara road. near the Santa
Cruz mountains, when. says the Bulletin, he
saw coming slowly towards him. what he imag-
ined to be COW and two calves. He was al
most upon the brutes when he discovered them
to be huge grizzly bear and her two cube. He
had just time TO utter q loud cry for help, when
the old bear was upon him He was instantly
felltd seneeless TO the ground. His cry was
heard nearly mile OF. aEd yohn Morgan, aRet-
III r, mounted horse and galloped to the place.
Welch was found with bis face buried in the
| ground, and the scalp torn in dreadful man
ner off the buck part Of his head. II would APP
pear that bruin. after giving the poor fellow .
smart pat the skull. had FASTENED after her
cnhs. and left Welch half dead and senseless
with fright aud the blow.
CHILD SHor by HER FATuRR.--A Mr.. Burns,
| living near the summit Of the Sonoma noun.
tain, on returning from Petaiuma last Sunday,
took his pistol from his belt. and was adjusting
the hammer upon the cap, when the former
slipping from his finger, the pistol exploded.
i His little daughter was standing nigh, with her
hand up to her head. The ball struck her little
finger, and passed into her cheek, near the left
eye penetrating three and 0ne-eighth inches,
to the base Of the skull where it lodged. A
surgeon was sent for and says the little suffer-
er is doing well. A sngultr circumstances Il.
that the child has not uttered q groan or cry
since the accident. Either sensibility has been
suspend, d. or the little oEe possesses extraordi-
nary courage.
MURDER on GREEN HoRN.-News came to town
yesterday morning of the murder Of man nam
ed Baker, on Greenhorn creek. Deceased went
out 10 chop on Tuesday, aud not returning at
night. search was made for him yesterday morn
ing, and he was found dead having been shot,
Ii was supposed the murder had been commit
ted between two and four o'clock in the after
noon. Suspicion strongly rests against mar
J who had had some difficulty with Baker on acA
count of some disgusting misconduct He was
seen going 10 u cabin Tuesday afternoon in the
vicinity of the place, from which revolver has
! since been missed. The suspected party has
not been seen since, aud II is supposed be has
A DEsPARADo AT PETALuMA.-The Sonoma
Journal rpcorGs siahbng affair." which occur.
red at Petaluma on Sunday the Sth inst A
sport known as Alexander Marshall, went
up to a person named Jacob Leapan. commenc-
ed pulling him around. aud ended by drawing
bowie knife and inhicting two wounds upon
the person of l.eapian, either Of which would
have proved fatal. had not the knife, at each
| time, fortunately struck rib and glanced.
Marshall effected his escape; but one E. ID.
Murray was subsequently arrested and held 10
answer as an accessory after the fact.
BoY DRowxrD-The Trinity Journal, of tho
! 7th inst. says that boy belonging 10 pack
train. on its way from Humboldt Bay to Wea-
verville. was drowned in the Trinity river, above
North Fork. on Wednesday night The boy was
riding the "bel horse, in advance Of the train.
II being dark at the time, he took the wrong
trail, and IN passing point OF rocks his horse
slipped, throwing him into the river, aud before
assistance could he rendered he was drowned.
SINGULAR INCIDENTAL singular incident IL
related connected with the Central Americg
disaster. II is said that a short time previous
to finding the surviving passengers, the captain
of the Norwegian bark was on deck, aud a bird
flew into his face three times. In consequences
of this inc dent he made an alteration Of three
points in his course by which means be was
made the happy instrument of saving the lives
of forty-nine survivors.
SACRAMENTO MuNICIPAL AfFAIRs.-In consc-
quence Of the heavy debt Of Sacramento city,
aud the large sums annually paid for interest,
the citizens are trying TO devise a plan to cur-
tail the current expenses OF the city govern
ment. An effort will probably be made TO
have the city and county governments consoli-
dated. The whole amount Of the property tax
annually collected is barely sufficient to pay
the Interest on the debt.
TIE ARrEsrAx WELL, at Stockton. has reach
ed the depth Of l.0O3 feet. A new stream has
been struck, which has greatly increased the
quantity of water discharged. The funds for
prosecuting the work are nov nearly exhaust
I'd, and 1t further appropriation is demanded
What action The Board Of Trustees will take
with reference 10 the matter, we are not dvised
RAISING THE CENTRAL AMERICA--It is reported
that negotiations are going on between the
Boston submarine armor company and the un-
derwriters OF the Central America, TO raise her
hull, which is suppOsed to lie in twenty eight
fath0ms-waer. The sprcie on her alone would
. fnruish an1nlp induppmput for the pYDerImeDk
if her position eau be accurately fixed
DEATH OF AN AcroR.-Mr. VIM. B. Chapman,
the well known commedan died at his resi-
dence in San FraIcisco, on Saturday night. the
7th inst lie was supposed to be about eventy
years of age. lie leaves wife aud two chill
dren, both boys.
GREAT ExCAvAnoN-The late freshet In
the Amer can river, says the Sacramento Bee,
has carried or near three acres OF ground from
McGarvey's ranch above the old distillery.
The waters for length Of over 100 yards have
eaten far into the bank.
THE GRAND jury of Santa Clara county re-
commend the digging Of u ditch fer the pur-
pose Of carrying of the surplus water from the
artesian wells This water is now doing much
damage to the public roads and private pre-
perty,
THE CAPE CIAIM.-An exhibit Of the receipts
and expenditures OF the Cape Mining company
for the year has been furnished to the Record,
showing the profits to have been something
more than two hundred thousand dollars.
From Cusroxs.-The total duties collected at
the San Francisco Custom House for the year
ending September 30;h 1857. was $l.67T ,675 81
Total value of merchandise imported during
the saais time. $979S,535.
CHNAMAE The Plaeerville Argus
learns that q ioht occurred on Sundey. Nov.
9Th. near Coloma between Two parties OF Chi
nese. abost claim in which one was killed
and several wounded.