Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-02-26
PACIFIC COAST DINpATCMES.
FROM CALIFORNIA.
SAN FRANCISCO Eehrnar ,

Harb"r Commissioner j ~. Marks
has resigned his office.
5. s. Bookstaver, Market Inspector
of this city, resigned to-day. lie
found the duties too arduous and try
ing.
No new cases of smallpox have &C.
Cured amongst the passengers by the
japan, tut six cases of the disease are
reported bv the Health Officer to-day
gers and crew of the Japan were per-
mitted To- come ashore to-day.
Chas. n. Frnton, Assistant United
States Treasurer in this city, has re-
signed his position. the resignation 10
like effect upon the appointment of
his successor. During his term, two
forged drafts We're drawn OH the
Treasury, amounting t. $4,000, which
he made good ont of his private
funds. and for which he has not vet
been reimbursed.
A jury has been obtained i'm the
Twelfth District Court for the trial of
John Devine, indicted for the murder
of August kamp.
Tie case of C. p. Huntington. c.
Sanford. and II. II. HOLSTER VS. the
Tax Collectors of Slntt Clara, Ala
media, San joaquin, Sacramento.
Placer. and Nevada counties. to re-
strain them from collecting the ASSESS
mentS levied on the Central Pacific
Railroad in those counties. was ar
gued i'm the United States Circuit
Court to-day. on a motion for an in-
junction. Sanderson, Mccullough,
and Boyd appeared for the G, m pany.
and At ornev General Love Tor the
State, with the District Attorney of
each county. Mccullough took the
! trpnr,nA thnt ftn y,.n,I =,
controlled by an Act OF Congress, and
is not subject to the revenue laws of
the State. Love held that the COM
panv is not the agent of Congress, but
IA State corporation. and therefore liza
ble to State taxation. The ease was
not determined.
SAN Francisco, February 25.
A special to the Bulletin from Yreka,
to-day. states that Whittle and his
wife last night returned from a second
visit to the MOdoc camp, bringing
Modoc Dave. The band, fo%rty-three
in number, met them one mile from
the lava bed, heavily armed. All had
gum. TIL ~ say they do not want
to fight. They said to White. We
have not got mad vet /; your house Is
standing-so is Doris, Van Bremer's,
Fairchild'S. and Snlalls-becauSe we
" " "a N0llhfl Is "lllIIIS
to talk with Steele, Fairchild. orJudge
ROsenbOrough. Indian Dave went
back this morning with q message
that Fairchild and others would go
over tomorrow and range for a
meeting. The Commissioners gave
orders that no reporters should ac-
company the meSsengt rs tomorrow.
When II SquawS first returned from
the lava bed, a KLAMATH squaw said
that all the Modocs received her
kindly We're glad she had come
they wanted no more war. Captain
Jack and SchrOnches We're the princi-
pal speakers.
The Indians sent no propositions,
according to the report, but the wo-
ma says Captain Jack will insist on
having mis- place on Lost River as one
OF the concessions The whites must
make, in the event Of peace being on
Guided.
VIM. Lent has sued Jos. T. Good
man, of the Daily Territorial Enterprise.
Virginia. for alleged libel. and e laims
SIS 900 damages. The article COM
planned of was published August 31st.
1872. and entitled 1.-The Diamond
Swindler." The complaint contains
a copy of the article.
" III. johnson was on trial this af-
terno"n in the U. S. Circuit Court, for
paSSinS bogus money.
Governor Booth has rendered
the appointment of Harhor Com
missioner to Lewis Cunningham, for
mell.y Senator from Yuba. but at
present a resident of this city.
The San Francisco S%ericultural
Conn any has filed a certificate of i'll
corporation. The object of the COM
pany is to raise ~silk-wornls and rec !
silk in SonOn,a, Napa, Alameda. ana
LoS Angeles counties capital stock,
500 600. Trustees. J.Jacoi S, A. Noel,
j. GOiclauX, and Z. Br ,wn.
STOCKTON, February a.
1t commenced to hail here at one
o'clock this afternoon. and the storm
lasted ten minutes. Hail-Stones fully
as large as walnuts fell in the streets,
which in a few moments were GOV
cred. Men, boys, and girls had a
pleasant recreation i'm SnOw-balllng.
The storm was accompanied by flashes
OF lightning and peals of thunder,
with a light wind from the south.
SANTA CLARA, February "a.
There is thunder and lightning here
tonight. Just before the thunder.
storm commenced, it hailed hard. but
only for a few moments. The pros
pect is good tor plenty of rain.
VOLCANO, February %.
Frederick Tarditf was shot and
killed Yesterday 10y a man named
w oOley, near Volcano.