Oroville daily Butte record., 1857-04-29
CLIPPINGS.

IHE OMNIBUS AR.-Ihe opposition ON
nibus drivers in San Francisco fight with
each other, and run over people in the
streets and talk in the Recorders Court,
and in the newspapers.
IMPovEMENr-The First Baptist Church
Of San Francisco is to be greatly improved,
and another story put upon it. This is the
first or second ever organized in this Stete
CHICKEN THIEF.-A man called mick Of
the Woods" is now confined in the Sacra-
mento station house, having been sentenced
to sixty days Imprisonment for stealing
chickens.
The attempt to sink an artesian well in the
Station House yard at Sacramento has been
abandoned.
SUDDEN DEArH A colored barber NAM
ed Jerry Smallwood, died suddenly on sun
day, in Sacramento, of hemorrage from the
lungs.
Messrs p p. Hull and C. c Woodward,
have retired from the Town Talk. The pa
per is now exclusively owned, and will here
after he conducted, by an association OF SIX
practical printers.
DARING AND IMPORTANT ARREST The
San Francisco police have succeeded in ar
resting small Italian who has no hands,
for grinding "A hand organ by means of iron
hooks attached to his sumps, thereby pleas
ing the babies and children, and damaging
the peace Of that orderly city.
BLIrIsH AGENcY.-The English paper
published in Costa RIca, which is devoted to
British interests, and is very bitter against
Walker and the Americans, has announced
that its agency in California, is ut the Bull
letin Office, San Francisco j. Nesbit is the
agent.
BENICIA SEMINARY.-The fifth academic
year OF the above institution will cease
with two public examinations, on Wednesday
and Thursday next.
Escaped PRISONERS. Three prisoners
lately escaped from the Napa Jail. Rumor
has it that the keys of the Jail were surrep-
titiously obtained from the Sheriff, the door
opened and the prisoners set at liberty.
man named VIM p. Stokes died in the
Jail Mt Columbia, last week of deliIium tre
mems
Mrs Leslcrnier is playing at the Nevada
Theater.
The cornerstone of the new Catholic
Church at Shasta, is to be laid on the LIST Of
May, by Bishop Allemany and Father Gal
lagher.
A mail route between Los Angeles and
Vsnlia has recently been established and
placed in operation. 1t was much required
as convenience to the people Of Kern river,
Fort TETON and the Indian reservation
The MrNr.-From the 1st to the 18th
inst inclusive, the U. 5. Branch Mint in
San Francisco coined SO 600 double and -
600 half eagles, valued Mt $3.50 600. and
I,l Ia ~, o;lvar Tho 1oDoaitS
of gold amounted to % ,S7094 ounces.
The steamer Eclipse is to take her place on
the Sacramento river in few days.
A distressing case of suicide is reported
by the Placer Press j. $ Welcb. Esq of
Yankee Jim's, had dog for which he wos
offered one hundred dollars. The offer was
refused, and the same night the dog hung
himself with his chain. No other cause can
be assigned for the rash act
CoAL.--A large fold of bitumeuous coal,
lying from ten to twenty feet under the
earth, has been successfully prospected,
about twenty miles from Sacramento, near
the Drytown road, just within the line Of
Amador county.
Valuable copper and silver mines have
been discovered in the vicinity OF San Diego.
The CALIFORNIAP PAPER MILL.-The pa
per mill recently started by Taylor & Post,
is now making six tons of printing paper
per week The capacity of the mill when
the machinery is all put in will be IA tons
per week 1t is furnished at lover price
than is now paid to importers from the east.
EMIGRANTs FROM SoNoRA--A large num-
Der of industrious Sonorans are about to
emigrate to California, bringing with them
their families and herds for the pur pose Of
packing and stock raising
Mons Patrick Dillon has been received by
his sable Majesty Faustin, Emperor Of llayti
as Consul General of France.
May QuEEN--The boys and girls of Colo
aaa recently elected n queen, who. on the
first of next month, il to reign as Queen Of
May 1t is alledged however, by the defeat
cd party that the friends of the successful
candidate, did some balot-box stuiling tor
til cir favorite.
NOTICE TO LEAvE.--At Smiths Flat, on
Monday last, la2y, who was passing along
the street was, without proyocatioD, attack
cd by Mrs. c., and thrown into n ditch. \
public meeting was held, and Mrs. c. and
hrr family were ordered to leave within
week Several arrests were made in conse-
quence-
DRowNED.-A party of Mexieans, at
Lancha Plana, on Sunday last, rode their
horses into the Moke umne river, when one
of the Senortas was carried down the stream
and drowned Her remains had not been