Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1857-05-02

ESCAPED .PRIsoNERs.-Three prisoner
lately escaped from the Napa jail Rumoi
has 1t that the keys of the Jail were surrep
titiously obtained from the Sheriff, the doc,
opened and the prisoners set at liberty.
A man named VIM P. Stokes died in the
Jail at Columbia, last week of delhi lam tire
mems
Mrs Lesdernier is playing at the Nevada
Theater.
The cornerstone of the new Catholic
Church at Shasta, is to be laid on the lst OF
May, by Bishop Allemany and Father Gal
| lagher.
mail route between Los Angeles and
Visalia has recently been established and
placed in operation. 1t was much required
as a convenience to the people of Kern river,
Fort TETON and the Indian reservation
The MINr.-From the 1st to the 18th
inst. inclusive, the o. S. Branch Mint in
San Francisco coined SO 900 double and r.
900 half eagles, valued at 81 $40 900. and
10000 half dollars in silver. The deposits
of gold amounted to 90 ,0709 "a ounces
The steamer Eclipse is to take her place on
the Sacramento river in few days.
distressing case of suicide is reported
by the Placer Press J. S WEIGH. ESQ of
Yankee Jim's, had a dog for which he was
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 bitumenous 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 CALIFORNIA PAPER MILI..-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 a lover price
than is now paid to importers from the east
EMIGRANTs FROM SoNoRA--A large num-
Der of industrious Sonorans are bout 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 Iayti
as Consul General of France.
May QuEEN.-The boys and girls of Colo
ma recently elected a queen, who, on the
first of next month, is to reign as Queen of
May. 1t is aliedged however, by the defeat
ed party that the friends of the successful
ca ndidate, did some ballot box stufing for
their favorite.
NOTICE TO LEAvE.-At Smiths Flat, on
Monday last, lady, who was passing along
the street was, without provocation, attack
ed by a Mrs. c., and thrown into a ditch. A
public meeting was held, and Mrs. C. and
hrr family were ordered to leave within a
week Several arrests were made in conse-
queuce.
DRowNEp.-A party of Mexicans, at
Lancha Plana. on Sunday last, rode their
horses into the Mokeumne river, when one
of the Senoritas was carried down the stream
and drowned. Her remains had not been
found
The TULARE CANAg. Mfr on:gomery
and "A surveying party passed through Stock
ton on Friday for Tulare Lake, to commence
operations on the new canal, which he and
others are authorized to construct for the
purpose of draining the Lake and Kings
River.
OUTRAGE IN MARYsvrLLE.-T The Herald
able to learn, committed an outrage on Sun
day; on a lady, while taking walk on the
plains near Yuba city. After knocking her
down twice, she was rescued by some per-
sons who heard her screams. The perpe
traitor of the outrage has not been arrested.
Extensive mining operations will be car
ried on during the present year, ON the Mid
die Fork of the American river One con-
Ann ha aracta1 he haul
of Yankee bar, a distance of four and half
miles
SLUIcEs RoBBED.--Several sluices on res
oryoir Hill, near Placerville, were robbed
last week of the gold they contained.
A man by the name of Bob Patterson was
killed at Henderson, Ranch, Illinois valley,
O. T., on the 11th, by Vincent Cunningham
on account of an old grudge existing be-
tween them. Cunningham made his escape.
Horse THIEF.-On Wednesday a man
named John Burnham, was arrested at
Knights Ferry and taken to Napa county
on charge of horse stealing He was ex
amined ON the sau.e day, indicted on Thurs
day; and was to have been tried on the wi
lowing Saturday.
A NUGGET Recently a boulder was
picked up from among the taiiings of the
West Point Company, at Monte Cristo,
which is supposed to contain thirty pounds
of gold.
county are apprehensive that the grain crop
will not be more than half that of last year,
unless there is good deal more rain.
MEXICAN SHEEP-The Santa Cruz Scnt-
mel says that in the neighborhood of San
Juan and Gilroy, there are several immense
focks of Mexican sheep, brought to this
country year or so since-one firm is re-
ported to have % goo head they are now
being sheared, and the wool conveyed to San
Francisco, to be shipped thence for N Y.
CHINESE FIGHr.--The two rival factions
of Cinnamon had fight in Sierra county on
the 18th inst, in which according to report,
some ten or a dozen of the celestial bodies
were ex tinguished.
INTER- sTING SURGICAL OPERATION
The Stockton Republican has been shown a
very large cancerous tumor, removed by
Dr. Ryer from the breast of lady The
tumor involved the whole mammary gland,
and the larger portion of the great pectoral
muscle. The whole breast, with its attach
ments to the ribs, and the muscles, were
completely removed. The patient, lady of
sixty, is doing we'll
DROWNED WIN. Doran, Captain of a
schooner, while going on board of his vessel
Friday night, at San Francisco, fell into the
water and was drowned.
The body of man named Wells, was
found in shanty near San Leandro- a few
days since, with evidence that he had been
murdered The man had apparently been
dead for several weeks.
Stockton seems to be filled with thieves
and burglars. who commit their depreda-
lions either in the day or night, as comes
most convent ent
VALUABLE CIrIzEN-The Columbian