Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-07-13
Santa Barbara Items.
.lFrom the Press sth ints. !


Sheriff Covarrubias received q tele-
gram this morning from gentleman
in Indiana inquiring for the maiden
name of Mrs. Norton, the murderess,
and the age of her children. Fame
travels with slow speed, but infamy
has no guage for Its progress.
A day or two since it was stated that
all the men working In the mines had
been discharged. It.is however ascer-
tanned that all work Is not stopped nor
will be. The furnaces are not smelt-
ing; but 25 men are employed in pros
pecting, getting out ore and making
every preparation for good start
when the quicksilver market lightens.
Our reporter learned this morning
that while w. H. Phelps, assistant
light house keeper at Point Concep-
tion was fishing the other day from
ledge of rocks he slipped and fell into
the ocean. He had companion who
made every attempt TO rescue him,
but he sank instantly; no doubt he
struck on rock, as he fell thirty feet,
and was killed before reaching the wa
ter. Mr.. Phelps was young man, a
native of Indiana and resident of
this State only year.
[From the Press 9th inst]
All the labor spent in filling up the
holes in the upper portion of State
street was useless. How much good
was done by putting dry dust in those
ruts? Not particle; in fact the
street is worse than before.
A very firm yet novel foundation
for Stearns' new building Is being laid.
The trenches are first dug about
four feet wide and three or four feet
deep. Into these trenches water is
run for some time, the object of which
is to settle the ground. After the wa
ter has been well absorbed, planking
is laid down and another stream of wa
ter poured on. Upon this the founda-
tion will be laid, being of brick, four
feet through at the bottom, and rising
I'm tiers till at the surface it is sixteen
inches-the thickness of the wall Of
the building. The work is being done
by Prosser & Buckingham.
From the Press 10th inst
That part of the Wheeler Expedition
for some time under the charge of DR..
Yarrow, for the search of relics and
remains, have for the present COM
pleted their labor. The party has
been very successful, and on next
steamer about IL tons of relics and
collections will be shipped. The party
is now under the charge of DR.. Roth
ruck and will start for Fort TETON.
DR.. Yarrow who had charge of the
party while here, leaves on the steam
er on Monday morning for Utah. The
presence of these scientific gentlemen
will be mi ssed.
From the News 9th iAst.l
DIR. Winchester, employed by the
side of the prosecution, repaired on
Wednesday, to the scene of the Nor
ton murder, and had the remains
which were discovered there, exhumed
for the purpose of making critical ex-
animation of them. The posterior
position of the skull was found to be SO
badly fractured that the pieces of bone
fell into the cavity when it was rolled
over. The anterior portion, just above
the eyes, was also so badly broken
and a part displaced, and the front of
the jaw, or chin, is broken In. One of
the hands of the individual had been
taken off at the wrist. Norton had
misshapen chin, and a finger of one of
his hands was stiffened and disfigured,
and it is probable that the chin was
broken In and the hand cut off by the
murderers to disguise the remains so
as to prevent identification. Here Is
another morsal to add to the bloody
tragedy of the Rincon.
From the News 10th inet.l
Cotton has new gray suit, that I'M
proves his appearance wonderfully,
and has been removed from the dark
cell to light and airy one, where he
spends his days, returning to the Sc
clusion of the dark cell at night. Some
sympathizing ladies, of the sort that
encourage crime by lionizing the most
desperate criminals, have visited the
murderer with beautiful floral trib.
ute that fills his new apartment with
brightness and fragrance. With his
improved fortunes his spirits seem to
improve also, but his unhappy para
mour spends half her time in tears,
and frequently exhibits such signs Of
suffering In her slumbers, that those
observing it awaken her, in pity.
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At stockholders meeting of the
Bank of Healdsburg, held last Tues
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