Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1857-06-20
Lynching at Diamondx,,,.

Lynehing ut Diamondvfile.
On the night OF Friday, June 5th, the
'inie boxes OIL Mr. Timothy o Meara's claim
nj Diamoudvile. were robbed of some 500.
10 detect the thief if possible. watch was
set during the subsequent nights, and on
last Friday night at late hour, the man
ON watch discovered Cinnamon in the act
Of cleaning cut the suiees. and under cover
of the night advanced with his shot gun and
tired AT John, shooting him in various parts
of his legs and body Though badly woun-
del John started down the bank. swan the
creek and ran about two hundred yards on
the other side, when he fell and was cap
tured by his pursucrs. A meeting of the
miners was called and measures adopted to
| brighten John iuto a confession. He was
surrounded, a rope put about his neck, and
he led to tree. His captors threatened TO
cut his queue off aud did it, but still he re-
NAMED mum. The rope was then thrown
over the limb Of tree aud Mr. Ghinaman'S
neck very much elongated. but still he weud
tell nothing. These eff irts were made to ex-
tract confession If the whereabouts of the
missing $500. and after second hanging,
John agreed to pay the money il they would
AIRY him to a Chinese store near by.
Being unable to move in consequence of his
wounds. he was carried to the store on poles
but the Chinaman who kept the store refused
TO have anything to do with him. and cries
were again made of hang him." but upon
reflection. and in consideration of the pun
sement he had already received he was set
free Our informant is MIR. W II Abell
who was an eyewitness TO the whole affair
SMoK I'D OUr-A short time since. rob
her of sooty complexion, attempted to en-
ter the house Of a widow named Howard. in
Bradford, Virginia, by descending Chin
ney. He stuck fast midway, however, and
the widow heard him She heaped straw
in the fire place and lighted it The robber,
half suff Gated. roared. Persons were col
lected by his cries. and being drawn mp
with ropes to the top of the chimney. more
dead than alive, was sent to the me cies of
the law.
PARTNERSHIP NoiIcE--As will be seen by
reference TO our cnlumnes Of new advertise
meuts, MIR Mnaid IL Farley and Mr. Hen
~ A Castor have entered into a co-part-
nsrship, for the practice Of law. Give them
a chance
THE NATIONAL The Hotel at Bidwel's
Bar. famous in this county's history, bearing
the foregoing appelatcn is now as announced
in another portion of to days Record, pre-
sided over aud in possession of Mr. l.. Tarr
the former popular host Of Garden Ranch.
Every sojourner at or passer through Bid
wells should stop at Tar-'s
Fossils Mr.. o. @ Goodrich brought in
to our office, yesterday afternoon, several
specimens OF Fossil formation which were
found in digging n well at Hopkie's Ranch
near Spani- htown. The specimens are
formed of solidihed sediment thickly inter
PIERCED with genealogical bivalves and i'm
pressions of leaves etc The shells are pc
culiarly marine, and the entire specimens
indicate an origin beneath the briny deep
How did they get ~ to Hawkins:
NARROW E>cAPE FRoM f;RE.-Marshal'
Beeue informs us that n very serious con
fl grafton from an overturned lighted can
die was prevented by '.Scotty" who saw the
accident happen, and with dish of water
prevented its turtle. damage Good for
Scotty'
JERRY SULLIVAN AGAIN Upon the ar
rival OF the mail steamer. Jerry Sullivan
chartered a sail boat, in whch he took his
papers to Nalltj ,, from Whence he took them
to Sacramento on horseback. Jerry is the
greatest newsman living
BopY REcov fRED.-0 Gu the 9th Of March
last, the little daughter of james II ward
Ed, of For bestown, was drowned in the
South Fork of Feather River We learn
from Edward Gallagher Egg that her body
was found on the first Of June at a point on
the river, ouly about ten feet from the place
of drowning
~ Tie official organ Of Judge Lewis,
was. We believe the only PAPER in the State.
ki-Yi, Vigilante. or Niger we' shipping.
that obj cited to the ,ctrines enumerated in
President Buchanan's Inaugural address
The Democracy OF Butte county should bear
this fact IN remembrance
THAxKs-we are in leb'ei 10 Florence
Maboncy for the earliest delivery OF San
Francisco and Sacramento pspers yesterday
We also greatly indebted to Messrs. De
Witt & Calkins for exchanges from below
FIRE ALARM YESTERDAY An alarm OF
fire occurred yesterday occasioued by the
ignition Of saw dust aud other rubbish from
a lighted cigar thrown between the Buckeye
Hotel and Smiths Saloon, on Montgomery
street There was great deal more saoke
than FIRE. and much more fright than harm
done The Bates hustled out the 3 hay
rack with great promptness. hu' their ct
forts AZ extinguish'ug and demOfishIng were
not called in.o play.
Sa.rrut~c Rf-p ~t~c Great clouds re