Weekly Trinity journal., 1871-10-28
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to the North Pole and found an open polar sea
swarming with whales.
The construction of a narrow-guage railroad
from Los Angeles to San Bernardino has been
determined upon-distance 60 miles.
A destructive fire broke out on the 9th inst
in Eko, Nevada, laying good part of the town
in ashes. Loss estimated at $4,000.
Iowa went Republican, at the recent election
held in that State, by 10000 majority. The
" fires of Radicaism are raging furously.
Fl. J. Howe is likely to be elected Prosecuting
Attorney in the San Francisco Police Court, to
succeed Louderback, who is elected Police Judge.
Napoleon does not sanction violent proceed.
ngs to recover his throne, but desires to leave
the matter to plebiscte of the French people.
Gold has been found near Lake Shabondawin,
northwest of Lake SUPERIOR and the residents
are greatly excited at the sight of the nuggets
and dust.
The canal lien bill for the relief of Chicago,
which passed both Houses of the Illinois Legisa-
ture, has been signed by the Governor and is
now law
Before the present term of the Supreme Court
of the United States expires, decision will be
rendered relative to the constitutionalty of the
income tax.
The Bulletin is clamoriug for a school ship in
San Francisco-a place where the boys who de-
sire to follow the sea for living can learn the
business thoroughly.
The Examiner advises the Democracy not to be
discouraged, but to " pick their hints and try it
again" That's what is the matter. The Re-
pubicans used percussion caps.
Charles Claude was accidentally killed in Ba.
ker county, Oregon, recently, by gun set in
window in neghbor's cabin so that it would
go off in case any one tried to enter.
The Chronicle says that Michael Reese has six
sisters living in Chicago, who lost every thing by
the disaster. He sent them $50, 900 on the 10Th
inst Mr. Reese's loss on insurance stock will
be over $ll5, 900.
The Salinas Standard, paper published at
the smart little village of Salinas City-a place
of some four or five hundred inhabitants-refer-
ring to the Chicago fire, heads an article " Our
Sister City in Ruins"
The losses sustained by the Methodist denom-
ination in Chicago foot up $295, 900, on which
there is $4,000 insurance The preachers of
New England are taking the initiative in raising
5000, 900 to make the loss good.
Captain John S. Ellison, the oldest member of
the Sacramento Pioneers, and participant un-
der General Scott in the battle of Lundys Lane
and other contests of the war of 1872, died in
Sacramento, Thursday, October 10th.
Great excitement prevails at Seattle, Washing
ton Territory, in consequence of rich gold and
silver-bearng quartz having been discovered ff-
ty miles east of that place by n surveying party
in the employ of the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company.
Won Schmidt has received from Washington
patent ior his improvement in removing subma-
rine rocks-the same by which he removed Bios
som rock from San Francisco harbor, and which
is to be employed in removing He'll Gate rock in
New York.
On opening the vault of the United States Gus
tom House, of Chicago, which contained one
million dollars in gold ana two millions in green
backs, it was discovered that the gold was melted
into solid mass, and the currency, of course,
destroyed.
Susan B. Anthony proposes to give grand
lecture at Olympia for the benefit of the Chicago
suAerers-one-t to go to the sufferers and
two-tbirds to Miss Anthony. Very liberal of
Miss Anthony she had better pack up her duds
now and go home.
The original copy of Lncolns Emancipation
Proclamation was destroyed in the great Chca-
go fire. 1t was the property of the Chicago
Historical Society, whose building was burned
with all its contents. The society paid $25, 900
for the original copy
The Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Company
have completed their line of telegraph to Phoebe,
Nevada. An office has been established in Pio-
che and also at Bullonvie, completing direct
telegraph communication with San Francisco
and the East, via Atlantic and Pacific telegraph
lines.
Frank Blair has been making speech at Mont
gomery, Alabama, taking ground in favor of the
nomination of Republican by the Democratic
party for President, and declaring the new de.
parture a failure and confession of inability on
the part of the party to carry the elections this
year on its own principles.
The Chicago Evening Journal Is authority for
the statement that the terrible conAagration
which all but destroyed the Lake City, was orig
mated by the kicking over of an oil lamp by
COW which was being MIXED in n stahIe M tha
corner Of Twelfth and DeIaven streets Z" Be-
hold how great fire little matter kindleth 4"
Chico correspondent of the Butte Record
writes that while r. H. Lee, who lived on the