The weekly Butte record., 1861-01-05

The roof OF two story house at Durgan'
Flat, the property of j. Webb Nicholson
cayed in beneath the pressure of the snow o.
Thursday last. Fortunately no one was in th
house at the time.
A collector of Foreign Miners License, kill
ed Chinaman in self defence, on Bear Greek
Mariposa county last week.
John Daugherty, Assemblyman elect from
Sierra, nearly lost bis life in the late storm
while travelling from ST. Louis to La Porte
on his way to the Capital.
A man, hamed William Calmer, who haG
/ been missing from Grass Valley, for severa
days, was found on Saturday, lying dead OF
the roadside. The Coroner's Jury found that
he came to his death from exposure.
John Long, the supposed murderer of Mar.
shall was arrested and lodged in the Nevada
jail on Sunday
An insane man, named. Feip, has been Ia
ken to the Insane Asylum from Los Angeles.
An attempt was made on Sunday morning,
about two o'clock to blow up the house of II.
X. w. Clark. in San Leandro Alameda coun-
ty. Mr.. and Mrs Clark, their son and three
other persons, were asleep in the house when
the explosion occurred 1t shattered the front
OF the building, destroyed the partition and
knocked the sash and glass of the windows into
the garden, but. strange 10 say, not one of the
inmates were injured. A bag Of powder had
been pushed through broken window into the
basement aud ignited,
About noon, on the lst inst, Mr.. Samuel T.
Newell. editor OF the Auburn Signal, was kiilf
ed by Mr.. Horace Smith, the first Mayor o.
the city Of Sacramento 1t is said that Mr..
Newell made some statement in the Signal re-
fecting upon the character of Mr.. Smiths
wife, and that Mr.. Smith expressed the deter
mination to shoot him at sight. That yester-
day. both being in this city, Mr. S. sent him
word to that effect That at noon they met
nearly opposite the What Cheer House. and
after few words Mr.. Newell retreated into
Ashim & Bros. clothing store, Mr.. Smith rap
inly following, and stabbing him in two places
The wounded man then fell and crept away
under show case, and rising again, walked
into the back room of the shop, where he sat
down in q chair and expired in about half an
hour, having uttered never word from the
time he was stabbed. In the meantime Smith
put up his knife, and walking to the City Hall, i,
delivered himself into the custody of the Po-
Ices. F. Mirror
Frederick Mahle, of Honcut, Yuba county,
has been missing since Saturday Dec. 29th.-
He rode wild horse away.
The News relates that DIR. Boyce. an old
and esteemed citizen Of Sacramento, was shot
and mortally wounded, on New Years morn
ing, by VIM. Tiernan, who had a ned his pistol
at one Cassidy, with whom DR.. Boyce was
talking, but shot the latter by mistake
Tiernan had been long seeking an opportunity
to kill Cassidy for the wilful and wicked seduc-
ton of his wife some two years ago. Seeing
Cassidy talking with Boyce, he drew his pistol
and leveled it on his man, but as be pulled the
Doctor jumped to the right and Cassidy to
the left, nearly exchanging positions, so that
the Doctor received the fatal shot, and Cassidy
escaped, though pursued and fired after by
Herman. The latter gave himself up to an
officer.
A Modern Othello is reported to have be-
witched nearly half dozen Desidamonas late
". They are all daughters of one family, and
threaten to elope if the slightest opposition to
their perpetual union with the Moor as made
by pdtcr fdmHias The names of the young
damsels are Miss S. Carolina, Miss Flora Ida,
Miss Ally Bama, Miss Sssippi, and Miss
Georgia. The others, Miss Virginia, Miss
Louisi Anna, Miss Souri, and Miss Mary L.,
are in love with the fellow bnt won't leave
Uncle Sans comfortable home on his account
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