Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-10-14
Pacific Coast.

quit the city.
Pacific Coast.
Grange - Dastardly Poisoning of
Horses--Rincon Rock--The Dangers
Of the Sea.
SAN Francisco, Oct. 13.-H. Z. Ben
nett. editor of the Independent Defender,
was in the Police Court to-day on a
charge of publishing libel against his
old partner, r. F. Fitzgerald. By con-
sent of the parties the case was contin-
ued till Saturday next.
The State Grange OF California will
meet at San Jose to-day.
A new case of smallpox is reported to-
day in the Chinese quarter. The pa
tent was removed to the pest house.
Some unknown miscreant entered the
stable of Stewart, ON Seventh street,
Saturday night, and poisoned 33 horses,
some belonging to customers. Nine of
the animals are already dead. 1t is be-
leved others will die. A chemist is now
making an analysis to find ont what kind
of poison was used.
J. n. Risdon has the contract of
removing Rncon Rock, in the harbor of
Mission Bay, and he has commenced the
work of blasting the rock.
April 30, in latitude % SOUTH ship
Elizabeth, Kimball, from Port Gamble
for Iuuiqui, sprung aleak and was run
ashore on Easter Island. She proved q
total loss. A small schooner was built
on the island, in which the Captain and
his wife and crew sailed for Tahiti, where
: they took passage for this port on
the Mariana.
The ship William Thomas, from Port
Blakely for Valparaiso, got water logged
and made Easter Island March Is. The
vessel and cargo total loss.
Trial of the Cruel Mate--Grand Bal
loon Project--Death From Small
, PoN.
, SAN Francisco, Oct. 13.-John Wright
q second mate of the ship ST. Charles, was
, brought up for trial for cruelty to seamer
, this afternoon Witnesses testified that
> his conduct towards the men was gener.
ally rough and brutal. Case not con
q Guided.
q NJ. Druet, the French aeronaut, who
4 superintended the balloon service a
,e Paris during the war, is here, and pro
in poses to go up and find an eastern al
:. current, if it exists He contemplates
trip to the Atlantic States in that way il
monster balloon to be furnished b
N parties in Philadelphia.
v. 4 chinaman died of small pox in til
t, temple on Broadway to-day. Sewers
~ other cases amongst the same people al
reported.
Row at Oakland.
he OAKLAND, CAL, Oct. 13.-Last evel
IS ing, about clock, while officer Thon
to as was trying to arrest n man name
If Thomas Conway, in East Oakland,
was set upon by gang of roughs, Il
by Thomas Mccarthy, who tried to re
l cue the prisoner. The officer, in SCI
'i0 defense, first fired his revolver in ord
to brighten them, but seeing that it hi
no effect, he fired at the ring-leader, M
NN Carthy, the shot taking effect in Il
v" thigh, and ranging upward into the a
~ domen. The crowd Immediately d
persed At O clock this morning M
Carthy died. Officer Thomas was q
-, rested and held to await the result of t.
- Coroner inquest.
:" Brutal Affair at ElkO.
ELKo, New. Oct ia brutal cutti
lik and shooting affray occurred on the low
he, toll bridge last night, in which Thorn
I'd. Williams, an Englishman, was the v
le, tim. Yesterday d. n. Harding, the to
collector, visited the house where W
NJ liams was stopping for the purpose
D having row. Very rough language "
by used. Williams soon after came to ELL
asst On returning he found thetoll-gate on t
bridge closed He was in the act of SC
OF ing the gate when Harding, waiting
ie- him, dealt him blow on the head wi
at an axe, cutting entirely through the SIX
OF into the brain. Williams fell back
sensible, but soon recovered and
er tempted to make his escape, when Hal
ing pulled revolver and shot Willia
'fe through the left arm near the should
Williams fell a Sc cond time, but ag'
Jay succeeded in gaining his feet, made
sns way to house about quarter of m
uie distant, with portion of his brain p
nu- truding from the wound, and bleed
'h'S profusely. Harding was arrested abb
Tue clock and lodged in Jail.
rial From Arizona.
mn SAN DIEGO, Cal, Oct. ia gent
re- man from Camp Mcdowell says the
re- NOR concerning 1000 Indians leav
ing the reservation is true. He refers to
on Prescott Miner, the last issue of VIII
'm- says Lieutenant Schuyler, comma
'ses ing at Verde, tried to arrest Del Che
the a VIGOROUSLY bad chief, who resis
A and left with l, 900 of his followers.
acre Lieutenant having but few soldiers, !
Mise powerless to stop them. General CIR
10 has gone in person to that camp.
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