Oroville daily Butte record., 1857-05-07
CLIPPINGS

/ nays since Dy u WIN Thttlesnahe winch huu
just been taken. He is dangerously i'll from
the effects OF the poison.
CALIFoR MA RAIsINs.-Capt Hussey is GO
ing to Los Angeles to devote himself TO the
cultivation of grapes. He believes raisins
can be cured here as well as in any other
/ portion Of the worM.
FIRE ALARM.-On Friday morning May
lst. fire was discovered at about two o.
clock in the house Of a Chinaman at Jack
son. The flames were promptly extin-
guished.
ANOTHER ON Monday, April y, n mi
ner.whose name is not given, had his collar
bone broken by the caving in OF bank,
near Clinton, Amador county.
Nrw CsE OF Duck HosE The Amador
! Ledeer, Of May 2d, says that Messrs. Meek,
Pardee 4 Co. are conveying water across
jackson creek, at a highth Of ninety feet,
through common duck hose, which is sup
ported by frame work erected for the pur
pose.
MINING CASUALTIES. - Mr. Solomon
Blair, n miner on Shaws Flat, wa 80 Sc
yerely injured by tie caving of a bank ot
earth, on Tuesday last, that his life was dis
paired of
SHEEP IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY The san
DiegO Heydid, referring to n paragraph IN
an Eastern exchange, in which II Is stated
that the largest flock OF sheep IN the I'M
ted States numbers u 600 head, says that
there is one dock in the l;tle 'cow county
of San Diego numbering 2o,O0V head, and
that isn't sprinkling to some droves that
cross the Colorado, and are driven directly
up the country.
ANOTHER CALIFORNIA DIsCoVERY.-lt
has been demonstrated 10y an actual expert
ment in Shasta county that the leaves Of the
Manznata tree which abounds most plean-
tituliy throughout the mining region, are
possessed of all the astringcnt properties re-
Qusite for tanning This article is now be-
ing used exclusively in the above county by
a gentleman in his tannery.
A RESPITE. The Union D'moerot $50
nora) of Saturday, says .--"Davis, who was
to have been hung yesterday, in accordance
with his sentence, for the murder OF IA Chi
namau received "A respite from the Cover
nor until the 10Th June. There were many
people in town yesterday, but al were no.
ted for their orderly and peaceable bearing
SHoorING IN MARIpo9A.--OE last Tues
day evening a MIR. Henry } Atkins was IN
stantly killed in Marposa by IA ball fired
from pistol in the hands of Mrs IL. i,
whitney in the rear Of Il saloon kept by }.
NJ Nandykc on Main street Mr.. ANEins
was entering the room Of Mrs. Whitney,
through the window, when she tired. ltscehs
that he has lived with her for years, and
had morbid desire to marry her, which
she declined The matter viii be inyesu-
gated.
CHINAMAN SuoT.-Last Wednesday near
the Salisbury Station, on the Valley Rail
roud. Chinaman WAS accilcntly snot and
killed by "a man who fred at IA dog that had
attacked and injured his colt. The China
man survived his wound but very little
while.
FRANK MOORE This individual, convc
ted in Nevada, first upon charge OF rape
and next of murder, is said to have dis
PLAYED great fortitule in Court, but succom
bed in his cell after the last conviction.
New diggngs have been discovered at the
hea waters OF the Frenl0, which are said
to pay well
A man named Kittrell in San Francisco,
in II dispute with a cigar vcnder named Ro-
senberg. threw glass jar at the latter, ana
cut him on the hand lie was fined 800 by
Judge Coon.
a meeting of the members of the bar of
San francisco was held on Thursday after
noon, at which resolutions were adopted
highly complimentary to Judge Shattuck.
George Lount thinks the mines on the
Skies River are the richest ever discovered
in Oregon Territory.
MULE DRowNED.-One of the pack mules
belonging to Greathouse & Bros Express,
laden, with express and mail matter, was
drowned in crossing Coffee Greek, in Shasta
county on Sunday, April 26th. The mat
ter WAS lost.
Man MlssInG.-Jos. II Davis, alias Pink
Eve Davis. lefs Petersburg, on Salmon river
on the 18th of April, and has not since been
heard Of He was slightly intoxicated.
SHASTA TAxEs.--On Friday, May lst, the
County Assessor of Shasta, paid into the
Treasury S9l0, from the following sources
Poll Tax, S6l9 So hospital tax, $40 I;
military tax, so 40
DREADFUL ACCIDENTAL young man
named David Flemming. at work in the
store Callahan & Co, in Shasta, on Monday,
April 9th, slipped and fell, and ut the same
time hogshend of bacon weighing | 100
pounds rolled upon his head and broke his
face in a shocking manner. 1t was thought
he would recover, of course greatly dishg-
ured.
ASSAULT AND BATTERY.--Aifred Il.
Hook got furious yesterday, and aimed