Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-11-09
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books of the Company. The Board
OF Trustees passed the following
resolution, to which they referred
the investigation committee, who
were called to examine the books:
Notice to stockholders, copy of the
resolution passsd by the Board OF
Trustees of the Woodviile 5. NJ. Co..
to settle as to who has authority and
possession of the books of this Com
pany. 1t is hereby resolved that the
President of this Company, has full
possession of and control and author
! ity over the books, papers and ex-
chequer of this Company until fur
Their orders from this Board. Par
ties desiring an inspection OF them,
must apply TO the President. Ali
attempts TO find the President on
Saturday were futile.
II. c. Bennett, formerly Pension
agent OF this city, and who abscond-
ed some two and a half years ago,
and defaulter to the L. S. Govern
ment, was recently seen in San Luis
Potosi, Central Mexico,
The ). +. Stock Board this morn
ing appointed committee to draft
resolutions in honor of b. f. Sher-
wood, deceased. The members of
the Board will meet tomorrow to
attend the funeral.
The following press dispatch has
I Just been received from Seattle,
Washington Territory
The Daily Dispatch" received
the following special from Poor
town, sent this morning The
American ship Messenger" Capt.
j. F. Gilkey, arrived, nine days
from San Francisco, and reported
picking up. twenty miles South of
Cape Fattery, part of the pilot house
and Henry I. Jelly, the only sur
vivor of the steamship Pacific. !"
which sailed from Victoria at nine
o'clock Thursday evening. Jelly
tioated on the pilot house from
eight o'clock Thursday night until
ten o'clock Saturday morning. when
he was picked up by the "Messen-
ger" Several boats were launched
but all foundered. Mr.. Jelly Is too
low to give full particulars. He
states that he was in the boat which
swamped, and with another man,
succeeded in reaching part of the
pilot house. The other man subse-
quently died from exposure, and
was cut loose by Mr.. Jelly. The
following is a list of passengers
fourteen of the first ones mentioned,
together with ten or twelve in the
steerage, being from Puget Sound,
and the balance from Victoria !:
J. Hellmufe and wife, Mrs Mahon
and child, H. c. Victor, G. T. Vim
ing, Fred. d. Hea !, c. B. Davidson
and wife, A. Robbins, L. Allison, o.
Mcpherson, VIM. Maxwell, B. Wood,
John Tarbell, VIM. Ammiss. NJ.
Wilson, VIM. Purdary, r. Taug, Dr.
Young, j. Fitzgerald, J. Condor, C.
Chisholm, \. Frasier, J. s. Webster,
Hurlbut & Rockwell Troupe, F. Ga
rezhe, Miss A. Reynolds, Mrs. F.
Palmer. Mrs. Moore, Mrs. Lawson,
E. II. Purly, james Leuning, Mrs. j.
Styles and child, d. c. McIatyre, c.
B. Fairbanks, Captain and Mrs. Par
son, a. B. Orway, W. j. Foy, J. 7.
johnson, Mrs. Smith, John Cochrane,
s. O. Moody, 7. J. Ferrell, NJ. Sum-
mers, J. CahiII, John Watson, VIM.
Wells, James II. Webbs, VIM. Polly,
Col. Vaudeville, wife and child; r..
Hudson, II. Clunee, E. p. Alison, T.
Beverly, r. Layscle, w. Waidron,
John Lee, G. Gribbie, Geo. Morton,
John Mccormick, John Sampson, j.
Webb, P. l.. Chapman, and 40 in the
Storage.
Los ANGELES, November 8.
Yesterday morning, rs the three
O'Clock train was leaving the depot
for San Fernando, native Caliior-
MAN, named Assessor Japia, tried to
stea.. a ride by slowing himself away
on truck of one of the cars. The
train hardly got fairly started when
Japia rolled against the brake and
fell to the ground, and had his hip
crushed and severely injured inter
nally. The night Waterman found
the wounded man and summoned
assistance, only to find OH his return
that Japia was dead. Deceased was
intoxicated at the time.
United States Surveyor Norway,
now engaged in timber survey for
Government in this county, reports
that the country is filling up at a
surprising rate. All the foothill
lands are being taken up, and the
most remote and inaccessible Govern
ment lands pre-empted.
SAN FRANcIsco, Nov. 8-1P.M.
The San Francisco Stock Board
holds no session to-day on account
of the death of B. F. Sherwood, q
member of the Board. who expired
last night at the Occidental Hotel.
The Board will probably have a
session Tomorrow morning but ad-
journ to attend the funeral. The
Pacific Board meets as usual.
HOLSTER, Nov. 7.
The heaviest shock of earthquake
ever felt in this vicinity was expert
enced this morning at 10 o'clock. II
lasted twenty seconds. 1t was pre-
coded by a harsh, rumbling noise.
1t commenced very slight, gradually
increasing. The vibration was east
and west. Many inhabitants rushed
into the streets clocks stopped
goods were shaken from shelves in
the stores brick buildings were
cracked, but no serious damage was
done. This is the second shock
which has been felt here in the last
three months, which was not felt al