Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1858-01-22
California JottiD,.

tlce IS recorded BY the Saer.n
ION Near Gold Hin, Place,
man named Johnston, while N
'n'oAi'a'i00' Shot bis wife. H. n.
to a livery stable and nroo..-,
as it is supposed, for the pu,,,..
Gaping. II attempting to ~.
he was thrown and Instantly M a
being struck by the horse. bs.,'
Fl, R, W. Woods, DEPUTY :.
of State of California, getting f., s'.''
with a lewd woman Of SAG,
struck her over the head Win
cane a heavy blow, which u. /
producing her death. Wood,
rested, pleaded guilty, and Is
$500. O Va
q well dressed man, VIII
rently' neither drunk nor de,,,,., p /
bore a distressed look ots,. ,1''s'' = /
zen of San Francisco "a bs,, y &c
interesting little female child ~.
years of age" which be said s. NY n
for the sum of Eve dollars H., ! Y /
man at first declined, bot later !, !, s,'.'
seeing the same inuiridu,, !. - 'o'
of a crowd endeavoring to ssp -, -. ms
he determined to purchase il le So :, "a
fall into bad hands, and ,hipkio NJ /" ~
have been stolen. The man, u,
from the interior, gave as a ,s,,,.
wishing to sell his child that i.
had deserted it. Efforts will b. =.
ascertain the truth of the 9.....
Near Marysville the past s.,... 81,
squashes, weighing 1904 lbs.
ed from one vine, the produce
seed.
4 miner in EIdoradO cou7 -.
picked up on his claim a speca.,,.
ing nearly nine and a half roy,l.
posed to be nearly pure as there !
little quartz visible.
The kind of liquors drank IN 5.
Francisco is indicated by tie f5I,,,.
paragraph from the BaIletla:
The police lately seized a ou,,.,.
of liquor kept for sale at several irsE,,,
saloons by one Diedrich Gerie. =
susPecting it to be poisonous, haltg
alyzed by skillful chemist. IaH>
port we were told that the braniy "a
fiery, burning and bit ter-compsI
torty-seven parts of spirits and
parts of WATERWAYS colored with Nh
sugar. and contained one-sixteer5 &,
grain of sutphate Of morphine 10 ssr
ounce of the liquor. The gin Taas
posed of torty-seven parts of spirit, a.
fifty-three Of water, with a dash 4 q
ph"rie ocid. The whisky contain
strychnine and creosote. The mali Il
dy' contained, among other poisons. Pr
SIC acid"
MIR. \. L. Downer recently gail
among the tules in Tulare Vallev
strayed about for seven days With.
food. At first he was on horseback.
his animal getting mired in tie mud.
was compelled to desert him. Oh
seventh day he came to a SOLITARY Il.
which he climbed, and from the lob 4
serted the highlands, which he resl.
after six hours travel. Mr Dow
was much emaciated when he arrirdi
a human hakitation. He is now ra,a
recovering his health.
a citizen who had case before ID
tice Maxey's Court in Tehema, pars
largely of the ardent in order the IA
to plead his own suit, but when the 3
came on declared the court adjournaa
the purpose of "taking driak"
Maxey ordered silence, aud 10. 4
obeyed by the fuddled litigant, and .ia
being no constable present, "booted' ID
out Of the room and across the street b
then returned and declared Ii. CIR
ready for other business.
The 18th of December was dr. 3
horrible incidents for the little tow 3
Sonara. Three men were executa e
murder, and an immense crowd asaS
bled TO witness the sight. Two d y
cnlprits were druak when PLACED %
the drop. At the same time a fire
out which destroyed four houses. AAI
Of the people got drunk, and one n1
was killed in the ARRAY while On iis W
home after the execution, and a1a-l@.
was killed next morning 10 3a4''"
growing out ofthe excess Of The ''"''
day.
A grand Gandango has been a'aP
going on at Cluver's Nils, aO'u' ~ 7.
miles from Placerville, where 'oa' ."
or GOO Digger Indians have ben ''-
ing luxuriously on roasted oSs'' -