Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-12-05
LATEST DISPATCHES.
SACRAMENTO. Dec. A.

Nothinapew this morning in ref
erence to the Speakership of the
Assembly or President pro tenn. of
the Senate. Wilcox, of Mariposa,
is still in the field for the Speaker
ship, and will take that position or
nothing.
The fight is very lively for the
position of Sargeant-at-Arms for the
Assembly. The general aspect OF
affairs is, however, tame compared
with the Saturday before opening
two years ago, when the question of
United States Senatorship caused
some lively canvassing.
SAN Francisco, Dec. A.
Governor Pacheco refuses to par
don John J. Marks, Joseph Casey
and the Brotherton Brothers.
The Board of Managers for Cali
fornia for the Centennial EXPOSE
ton have prepared petition to the
Legislature asking for liberal APP
preparation to advance the interests
of California exhibitors. The petit
ton has already been largely and
>inauentially signed, and it is hoped
many more names will be obtained.
Suit was commenced to-day by
Attorney General Love in behalf
of the State against the Central and
Southern Pacific Railroad Com
panies, demanding that letters OF
patent issued by plaintiff to the de-
PENDANTS covering sixty acres OF
land in Mission Bay be decreed
null and void, and that defendants
be compelled to surrender the value
to be cancelled, and that plaintiff
may be restored to the possession
of the premises included therein on
the alleged grounds.that defendants
have failed to comply with the con-
ditions of the grant, by neglecting
to locate their terminal depot on
the tract in question, and that the
time allowed for the performance
the of conditions of the grant ex-
pired June 30th, 1875.
PORTLAND, o., Dec. 4.
An Astoria extra yesterday give
the following particulars of the loss
of The ship Emily Farnum, from
San Francisco, with a cargo of rail-
road iron. The ship was driven on
Destruction Island on the night of
the 18th in a gale and snow storm.
A heavy sea stove the boats an hour
after the ship struck. The after
part broke in two and the top after
house lodged on the rocks, the crew
climbing to it. The Chief officer
aad. four men were swept off by
heavy sea. The Chief Officer and
two men were rescued; Jno. Hoaglin
and a Chinese stewart were drowned.
The remaining fourteen chung 10 the
top of the after house till morning,
when a seaman, Thos. AcGill, swan
to the main Island with a line. 4
raft was rugged and all went 10 the
island. They were taken to the
mainland three DAYS afterward bg
Indians. Officer Mofett and two
men, the remainder of the crew, and
the second officer, arrived AT Astoria
last evening. Captain Bolles, Of the
Ajax, rendered the shipwrecked mari
ners passage to San Francisco.
The Ajax was still detained yester-
dav at Astoria by rough weather. but
probably sailed to-day.
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 4.
The Mexican raid on Campo Sta
ton, in this county, this morning,
has created profound sensation
here. The Gaskill Brothers were
well known here as euterprising and
highly respected citizens, and have
the sympathy of the entire commu-
nifty. Sheriff Hunsaker and deputies
left for Campo at p. ". Advices
from various points in Arizona along
the border say great number OF
Mexicans are coming irto the United
States since the annexation canard.