The Placer herald., 1871-10-28
TELEGRAPHiC SUMMARY.

500 were destroyed and 90 Goo persons
driven from their homes, leaving 245 coo safe
in their domiciles. The total area burned is
l 900 acres, leaving II 100 acres unno-
lested This is not as bad showing as We
were led to look for from the excited and
exaggerated dispatches that reached this
coast. New York has contributed 81,
coo GOO to ,hc Chicago sufferers. Snow
two inches deep has fallen in Ulster county,
n. Y. A fire in Cameron, Penn, de-
stroyed s32, 900 worth of property. Over
$500, 900 has been raised in England for CHI
cago. -. Louis Napoleon wants to be En-
peror Of France again, but wants no fuss
about it. 49,. A watchman shot Col. Grosve-
nor in Chicago for refusing to halt and ex-
plain, from the effects Of which he died. ...
Many insurance companies in the East have
failed; cause, Chicago fire. Some robbers
captured a train at Union, Tenn, while the
passengers were eating supper, run it oul
two miles and robbed it of 81, 600. 49,.
Cabra has whipped Baez, Grants champion,
in the San Domingo swndle. .. The official
report of the First National Gold Note bank
in San Francisco, shows its aggregate re-
sources to be 81 SIT 600. An extensive
fire has occurred in Detroit . Both parties
have united on one municipal ticket in Chi
clgo. . The work of rebuilding Chicago is
progressing rapidly, and the weather !. very
favorable TO out door business. a colored
convention in South Carolina declined to en-
dorse Grant for the present. o.. Many Of the
States of Mexico are in revolt against Juarez.
Summary o. Coast Dispatches.
Elko, Nevada, was nearly destroyed by
fire on the 10Th inst Later dispatches say
only about $50, 900 worth of property was
burned in the Elko fire. . Carson river is
on the rise from storms in the mountains.
... "A line Of opposition steamers is TO be
placed on the Columbia river in Oregon. .
The Suttcr Creek mining companies have
failed to pay the soldiers who protected their
property during the so-calIed Amador war
... A man named Fenwicls murdered one
Wilson in San Diego on the 20ih inst. in a
cold Llooded manner Fenwick and Wilson's
wife are the guilty parties. ... The Califor
MA Glove Company informs the public that
Ihc impression that the California ground
squirrel skins are valuable for gloves is wholly
erroneous. They have no value whatever
except to the original proprietor, and the
large ehipmcnts which have been made
are all II dead loss to the shippers. "A fire
company is being organized in Los Angeles.
,..l 1t rained heavily in San Diego last
Sunday. 49,. 1t rained on last Wednesday at
Los Angeles he tin mines at Ogden,
Utah, are creating great excitement and it is
now declared that they are so rich and ex-
tensiye that they will revolutionize tie tn
trade of Tie world. HE question of the
5000, 900 subsidy to build bridge ever lie
bay was submitted TO the San Francisco
Board Of Supervisors last Tuesday evening.
&C.. The Peoples Insurance Company, Of
San Francisco, has failed and the Insurance
Commissioners will wind up is business
go. Francisco Felix sues the G. p Il. r.
for 500, coo for personal injuries.
Los ANGELES, October 9th.
Officer Bildcrain attempted TO arrest a
Chinaman ior shooting another, last night,
and was resisted HE officer called Robert
Thompson to assist him, when the Cinnamon
commenced firing on both sides of the street
Thompson was shot through the breast and
Bderam though the shoulder. The China
man then jumped from him and ,s.apcd. A
Spanish boy was shot through the leg
thompson who is dead, was Il quiet, mot
fcnsve citizen The excitement is intense,
aud the citizens are rising The Chimes,
quarter is now in a state OF seige. a hun
tlred men are armed with Henry rifles. One
Chinaman was just captured and hung by
the citizens; firing at intervals and regular
,olleys are heard, firing into China houses at
random and from housetops. Two China
men arc killed. The Sheriff and civil au-
thorilies have given up trying to restrain the
mob. The Chinese are we'll armed, and
more blood viii probably flow.
In Il shooting affray at FL Monte yester-
day, Huffman was shot through the hand by
Switzcr. The parties were arrested.
Los ANGELES, October 24ih--9p.M.
Another Chinaman was hung at two min
utes past s, and third one is just being
taken down by the crowd to be hung.
LATER-9: 10 P. M.-Eight Cinnamon
hav. been hung, and nine more are to be
hung as soon as ropes can be found. There
is great excitement and a genera. riot is I'M
pending.
STILL LATER; so p. M.-Fiftcen CHI
namen have been hung The authorities
have succeeded in preventing furtherv violence
Another Chinaman was captured and put in
Jail. The crowd is dispensing.
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