The weekly Butte record. [volume] (Oroville [Calif.]) 1866-1887, 1866-09-01
FoptheBtffI REcoBD.
Nautical Queries.


Nautical Qaeries.
SELECTED BY y.w.L.
Why is ship like hen Because she oftes
keeps cackling.
Why is ship like a wellbred FrenehmaA Be
cause she prides herself on her graceful bowsA
Why is ship like comet? Because she moves
rapidly along, and leaves . brilliant and sometimes
marvelously crooked wake behind.
What animal dose ship most resemble !, A Cat:
She has cat heads, catharpings. catsblocks par
tail to catspaws, and to often provided with cat
o-nine-taiIs- n B.-Cat harpings, a corruption Of
cat'sharpstrings. mean catgat
Why is ship like a woman' Because she is one
of the most beautiful pieces of nature or art; looks
best with a neat fgurehead; is proud of her fine
and wellftted rigging; takes delight in earrings;
jewels and ginger brea work; makes of stays
to keep upright; moves with swimming gait !;
I wears caps, to which are fastened many strings
and occasionally claps on a bonnet; besides. it is
desirable that she should be well mated and pro-
perly manned for if left to her own guidance, she
would founder on the ocean. or be wrecked
upon the rocks. p. S.-There are innumerable
other resembances. The above will suffice for the
| present.
IT seems that ]. W. BCFFUM, who has just been
convicted in the Poll ce Court of San francisco, on
the charge of sending infamous letters to School
mistress, formerly Illicit distillery in that
city The liquor carried into stores and saloons
/ in milk cans, and placed in barrels containing Gus
tom House brands. This trade was finally broken
] l, g.
tunate old gentleman appears in another character.
/ Poverty and pinching want is sometimes great
destroyer of apparently honorable men; though We
cannot help thinking that the true man would never
be forced to dshonorable and criminal practices by
any circumstances whatever. The naturally de-
praved and vicious readily seek such methods to
drive 1.-The wolf from their door, while the true
MAN would prefer filling paupers grave if need be-
One of the San Francisco papers states that there
was no room for doubt in the case his defence being
merely some childish and frivolous excuses 81 ch as
that he sent the letters with the sole view of ascer
tanning whether the lady was modest and virtuous,
or not. The atmosphere of San Francisco, seems to
develop the trl nature of men, like Laughing gas.
We do not mean by this that the atmosphere of San
Francisco leads TO the conviction of all the dishon
est men who ass emble there. Was such the case
the City of San Francisco would be removed to San
Quentin, without leaving pillar of salt to mark the
path they travelled. To think that BUFFUM form
erly associated with the "honest miners of Butte
and was once chosen their Supervisor. He was also
at one time candidate to represent them in the
Legislature. "How are the mighty fallen.
AFFAIRS IN MENDoCINo COuNrY.-A correspond
ent, writing from Point Arenas, Mendocino county
under date of August 18th, gives the following
items as occurring there: "a man by the name of
ScorcH NED, was killed at Long Valley last week
under the following circumstances: NED had been
at Cache during the fore part Of the dav and while
there had INDUCED pretty freely in the use of Gyc
crime, or what is sometimes called whisky and on
going home went by BEN. BuKSs', where he found
no one at home but the daughter, girl some Is or
l6 years of age, with whom he endeavored to take
undue liberties, brusing, beating, and biting her
arms. She finally succeeded in releasing herself
from his grasp, when he left the house and pr oceed
on his way. His body found about half
three-quarters of mil from the house, pierced
with the unerrng bullet. The people in that sec
ton all seem to think that justice done without
SuSt 10 tnt touHty. lHciC Is HoW oH oui eouH-
ty Jail, at Ukiah City. a man by the name of G. W.
STRONG, under sentence of death for the murder of
FRANCIS HOLMES, in 1865. He is to be executed on
the LIST of this MONTH
EXPLOSION AND Loss OF LIPE.-The locomotive
the Petaluma Railroad exploded its boiler before
leaving the depot, at that city, on the morning of
the 9th ut. The locomotive was rent into frag
ments and hurled in every direction. Two hun
dred yards from the locomotive lay the engineer,
frightfuy mangled in the agonies of death. On the
top of car lay young Arthur Thompson his head
blown from his body. On the top OF the platform
lay Colonel J. Fl. Lewis, nearl ly cut in two, and
near him Mr.. S. B. Dodge, agent of the depot, with
his breast crushed in and at his last gasp Charlie
Yeamans, of Wells, Fargo & Co, was badly injured
but will recover. One man is missing and several
others seriously wounded. The locomotive was run
ming on the railroad from the town of Petaluma to
the steamer landing.
HIGHWAY RoBBERY-The Amador Ledger of
August 25th says
Last Saturday J. H. Hammond while coming
from the Rancheria to Jackson by the trail was
stopped about a mile above the village of Suffer
Greek by three persons-a negro and two Mexi-
caus-and robbed. They made him get of his
horse, and after stripping him of his boots hat
and shirt, tied him to a tree and took his money
(some S50), horse. saddle aud bride and left him
tied. He remained in this unenviable condition
from about twelve O'Clock Saturday until two
O'Clock on Monday, when he was relieved by some
Cinnamon who happened to pass that way. He
suffered intensely during the time from heat and
the annoyance of ants. He was taken to Sutter
Creek and properly cared for and on Tuesday left
for his home near Copperopolis, Calaveras county.
MARIrosA BURNED.-The town of Mariposa save
five or six buildings, was burned on the evening of
August 18th. The fire originated in the Free
Press Office. destroying every building on both
sides of Main street down to the Government store,
including all the buildings on the southwestern
side of Bullion street. The Odd Fellows and Ma
sons Halls were both burned. The total loss is
reekoned at more than 500 900. The Ga-ette
Office is thought to be uninjured.
PRESIDENT JOHNSON started on his western tour
IN the morning of fhs 18th Th.. .olac-a,b ~ forr,.