Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-04-23

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'Spsrjury, ana is now in Jail awaiting his
trial at the next term OF Court. Luther
King was sentenced TO one year in the
peni.entiary for running away with
giri under 16 years of age.
Hon. Judge Thayer is very low of
typhoid fever.
SACRAMENTO, April Il.
Horace Gale, engineer on the passen-
ger train going East, on Friday, was
struck on the head by stick of wood
while wooding up at Clipper Gap, and
received a bad scalp cut, narrowly es-
Gaping a mortal wound.
RED BLUFF, April Il.
Quite heavy shock of earthquake was
felt here at II O'Clock last night.
San Francisco, April q.
4 fire at Chico, Cal, Sunday morning,
destroyed fine block of buildings, and
at one time threatened TO destroy the
whole town. Among the heavier losers
are Stetson & Co., hardware merchants,
insured; Banl; Of Butte Co., insured;
o. P. Weed, livery stable, no insurance;
William Agie, merchant, no insurance.
The balance of the buildings were used
principally as saloons, restaurants and
offices. The Etna Insurance Company
loses about 81, 800, Homo Mutual 81, 900,
PheniZ $4,000, London, Liverpool &
Globe 81 900. The total loss is esti-
mated at $4,000. The fire is supposed
to have been the work of an incendiary.
No courier has arrived at Yreka from
the front since Friday night. A sutler
arrived yesterday evening and reported
, Indians still in the Lava Beds; but Gen.
,, Schoield does not consider that this is
: reliable, as General Gillem would have
! telegraphed him if such was the case.
} General Schofeld is making preparations,
and will proceed to Redding and estab-
: lish his headquarters there, as soon as
e he receives dispatches from General Gil
: lon regarding his whereabouts. A COM
pany of volunteers, under command Of
Captain Burgess, left Yreka yesterday
= for the ava Beds. It is thought that
General Gillem is in pursuit of the Mo-
} docs. He has no. been heard from since
q Friday night.
it Two out of the seven cases Of small.
1t pox brought ty the Colorado from China,
have proven fatal.
-, the epizootic appears to be spreading
:" rapidly; several horses of the different
- street railways are sick. On the Suttel
'e street line alone, 1876 horses are unfit
for work. At the Fashion livery stable
!, 100 horses are affected.
if A special meeting of the Board of Fire
30 Commissioners was held at three ococl
N this p. III. On motion, the Board re
s., solved to proceed to the election of Chic
te Engineer, and the President appointed
s, Messrs. Toney and Rosenfeld tellers
re Messrs. Frank Whitney and David Scan
j. mel were placed in nomination. The frs
nd ballot resulted as follows: Whitney, 8
ur Scanned, 2. Whitney was declared elect
' rS ed. Torrey moved that the position G
- First Assistant Engineer be declare
ia vacant. The motion was adopted by
al vote Of Freeman, Torrey and Merritt il
"a the affirmative, and Rainey and Roser
On field in the negative. The Board pre-
re ceeded to ballot, and Henry c. Burcke
n was unanimously elected. Mr.. Tore
rs moved that Scanned be requested to d,
DIS liver the charge of the department to hi
ct. successor ct eight O'Clock on Tuesda,
ih8 Rainey said Scanned was anxious to /
oi relieved Immediately. Whereupon To,
reg withdrew his motion.
of Arrived, steamer Dakota, from Aucl
nm land, Australia, with dates to March l9tl
be- The Steamship Conference Of Austral
En- sian Delegates, respecting various ma
of tiers of Importance to the Colonies, HI
ip. closed. Melbourne has been selectt
as the terminus for the Gale and Au
tralia Mail Service. A new service hi
. been resolved on through Torres Strait
at cost not exceeding e25,000, of whic
=. the Imperial Governments asked to pl
~ $1,000. The Imperial Government
,1H also to be asked to pay goo, 600 year t
'0- wards the California Line. The Hon. NJ
90 Eogel, who returned from Australia son
wv. ten days ago, has, in conjunction vii
mt the delegates for New South Wales an
81 Queensland, made provisional arrang
n no' ment subject to the approval of Parli
be ment, for the laying of cables betwee
ied Singapore and Queensland, and betwet
ing Australia and New Zealand.
arv SAN FRANCISCO, April %.
tho Following is the latest from Gener
her Glllem to Major General Schofield
u vi a this city, dated April 90: The positi,
IN Of the Modocs has not been discovere
zen A small band is, think, in the mou
the tains near the southern boundary of Il
a aS Lava Beds, about five miles south
did their old stronghold. All the caval
to and Warm Spring Indians are out see
the ing the Modocs. l shall endeavor
. ,aa protect the people and at the same tin
100 punish the Indians. The bodies of
| in warriors have been found on the fie
nat of battle. l have ordered Mendenhal
hat and Hasbrouck's battery to this plae
no | think it probable that if the India
axe leave this vicinity they will go into 4
'n9 mountains east towards Goose Lal
ef- The epizootic has appeared, and if
ect. spreads among the cavalry horses it W
:. render useless that branch of the servic
but they may be used as infantry.
NEVADA Cry, Cal, April %.