Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1857-04-25
San Francisco Items.
Fire In San Francisco so Two Children
Burned to Death.

| Burned to Death.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 81.
| A FIRE occurred here last night, on Pine
street, between Kearny and Dupont. Two
buildings were destroyed. Two children
burnt to death, AID another So badly burnt
that its life is despaired Of.
| California Appointments.
| D. f. Washington, Collector;
Frank Tilford. Naval Officer;
| Vim, b. Cameron, Surveyor Of Port;
Moses E. Flanagan, Naval Agent;
VIM L. Morris, Surveyor General, vice
Jack Hayes
James Gallagher, ub-Treasurer;
DIR. VIM. Parke. Physician to Marine Hos
pical;
Col. Tom Henley, Indian Agent,
i, SUIcIDE.-Herr Boscher, one Of the
proprietors Of the German Hall. on Mont
gomery street, near Bush, committed sui
eide on the 2lst, by hanging himself with
black neck handkerchief.
sBA drayman got on . spree, and cap
sized q milk wagon, thus shrinking, the
streets Of San Francisco with chalk and
water.
RoBBERY-Two young men named Henry
McDermott and Henry viner, were arrested
on the 2lst, charged with an attempt to rob
an Italian saloon keeper on the corner Of
Clay and Drum streets.
PsoMpr AID FOR WAtKER.-The bark
Ocean Bird sailed yesterday for San Juan
del Sur, with material aid fol. Walker. con-
sisting Of arms, ammunition, provisions and
men. The Ocean Bird is fast sailer, and
with ordinary luck will reach San Juan
within twenty five days. She was fitted out
for this expedition at q cost of nearly TWEEN
ty thousand dollars. In the event Of her
reaching her destination without mishap,
| she will be in season Go prevent any disaster
that might happen to Walkers army on ac-
count OF scarcity Of provisions. May she
have fair wind aui pleaty of it to speed her
on her way.
g.s-A man named Mark Bromberger was
arrested on Thursday, ON a charge of open
ing a letter addressed to another party.
DEADLY Assault ON JOHN 7. LoUCKs.-
Mr. John 2. Loucks, produce merchant, had
his head cut open with a cart stake yester-
day AFTERNOON, and narrowly escaped being
killed, by some ruffian unknown to him. He
was passing up the wharf about six o'clock,
when he saw four men quarrehng. Stop
ping for q few moments he saw one OF them
| grasp q heavy cart stake and make towards
the other three. Mr.. Loueks seized hold of
the man, who appeared to be an Italian, aud
told him not to use such deadly weapon
upon any Of the other men, The man said
he would, as there were three on one; but
he finally dropped one end of the stake. as
if he thought better Of the matter, and MIR.
Loucks turned around to look at the other
men. As he did SO, however, he received o
tremendous blow on the head from behind,
which felled him to the earth.
MALtGsir{.-on Saturday evening. be.
tween the hours of and IL o'clock; some
wretch entered the composing room Of the
F.reman's Journal, and knocked one full
page of advertisements into pi.
CArsIzED.-A small pleasure boat eUhtain-
ing three men was capsized yesterday af-
terngpn; off Stuart street wharf, by a sud-
den flaw of wind. the inmates of the boat
succeeded in keeping themselves atioat by
climbing on the keel, and Remained in that
position until several persons put off to their
assistance, and brought them safe to shore'
The OLp SuIp ILLINOIS. old ship
on Pacific street, Just below Battery, which
has stood there since 1850, and part of it
used as an ale house, called the ''Old Ship
Store," is now being broken up and can car
ried away. This is the old Illinois, and she
anchored in her present position now sepa-
rated from the bay by numerous streets and
blocks of buildings, when the water line ex
tended heafls up to Montgomery street on
Jacksoh.
Cur in THE FACE VITA An AxE-A man
named VIM OHara had fight with another
man named Andrew Cummings, on Harrison
street, near the Pacific Gardens, yesterday
afternoon, and finally raised a wood
and struck him in the forehead with 1t. But
he did not make very serious wound, con-
sidering the implement used-just cutting
the forehead, though the battery caused one
of Cummings eyes to be closed, and he was
otherwise disfgured from the fight They
we're both drunk, and the fight commenced
about their wives. who we're present, and
highly excited also: