Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-12-30
PAIN
PACIFIC COAST DISPATCHES.
FROM CALIFORNIA.
sAy FRANCISCO. Dec

An atfray occurred this morning nj
the Occidental Hotel on Pacific street,
in which Chas. Ebbetts, q waiter in the
house, was stabbed and severely
wounded by 4 Spaniard named Vim
cent vartez. Ebbetts was taken to the
Hospital.
Jas. McCarty was arrested by the
police officers on Sunday and turned
over to the United States authorities,
for having in his possession several
spielmarkes, in violation of the law of
Congress.
1t rained hard here all night, and is
still raining.
An inquest will be held tonight in
the case of John Jewett, who was
rescued from drowning Saturday night
and taken to the Hospital, where he
died. 1t is believed that death was
caused by consumption.
officer Fenncl found a Chinaman,
sick with smallpox, who had been
taken by some of his countrymen into
a vacant lot at the Mission. covered
with a piece of canvas and left there to
die. He was taken tp the Pest-house.
Greenbacks, CO., 20 81.
Charles kinsey, Nancy, his vie, w.
w. Dow. a. Mclean and Michael Nc
Lean, were brought before the Fourth
District Court to-day on habeas corpus.
They are the persons accused of muir
dering Harvey Green at Pescadero last
November. Fox. attorney for the peo-
pie. stated that he will be able to prove
that Kinsey hired the man to kill
Green, and furnished the weapons.
The case was finally continued till to-
morrow, to give Fox a chance to get
the witnesses from San Mateo.
The examination into the affairs of
commission for the new City Hall conf
menced to-day before the Legislative
Committee. LAYER. the architect, said
the whole cost will be S3.2ll.4 : and
that extra expense will result from the
extensive changes made in the original
plans. at his own suggestions. EXAM
nation will he resumed tomorrow.
J. Wick. proprietor of the National
Hotel. died suddenly this afternoon.
Excessive use OF liquor is believed to
be the cause.
During the present month there have
been IS cases of scarlatina, mostly in
the southern part of the city.
The Chamber of Commerce will
meet tomorrow to receive reports on
railroad fares and freights OH this
coast.
1t ra:ned hard here nearly all div
and still continues.
\ suit has been commenced in the
Fourth District Court of this city. in
the name of San Joaquin county
against the Central Pacific Railroad
Company. the Western Pacific Rail
road ompany, Chas. Mclaughlin ct
ais. in which plaintiff pravs that the
ont - hnfy-non AfATnIprhlir owl Tho
Western Pacific Railroad Company for
the construction of the road be de-
clared fraudulent and void, and that
the transfer to him of the lands do
mated to the Western Pacific Railroad
by Congress be declared null and void:
and that defendants by ordered to sur
render to San Joaquin scounty $500
shares of stock subscribed by that
county: also requests the Court to de-
clare who are bona tdc stockholders of
the county.
The mining stock excitement con-
tinued undated this afternoon, and
dispite the storm California street was
throngcd with operators. The reports
of sales show a general advance OF
prices.
Hereafter the Pacific Mail Company
will dispatch but one steamer per
month to China and Japan.
BLACK DIAMOND, Dec. %.
a serious accident occurred in one of
the coal mines at Nortonville. The
dust arising from coal dumped at the
bottom of the 300-fOot shutc ignited
from a lamp and exploded. burning a
man at the top Of the shute. Nine men
were burned, among them D. Fergu-