Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1875-07-29
Pacific Coast.

ocratlc legislative committees of Sar
Francisco and San Mateo met, to tax,
steps for nominating a Joint convention
lhey appointed common platform anG
order of business and adjourned.
The Democratic County Central Com.
mittee, the Young Mems Central indie.
pendent Club, the Citizens Independent,
Executive Committee and the Demo.
cratic Municipal Convention held meet
ings, but transacted no business of i'm
portance. The Republican County Com
mission also met and decided on a pri-
mary for August Sd, for choice of dele
gates to the Legislative Nomination
Convention.
The failure of Duncan, Sherman e.
Co. caused but little excitement here
not being connected to any extent with
our financial affairs.
MARYsvILLE, July 27. - The Great
Council of the I. o. r. M. for the State
OF California, convened here yesterday.
Reports of officers were read, showing
the Order to be in prosperous condi.
ton.
BEAVER, Utah, July 27.-The greater
portion OF the afternoon session was oc.
cupied by arguments on law points. The
defense desired to examine BRIGHAM
Young and Geo. A. Smith, but both were
too feeble to travel to the trial, The
Court was willing to have their depos;-
ton taken at Salt Lake, by mutual con-
sent OF counsel, but the prosecution OBJ
Jected and said both were able to coma
Geo. w. Bradshaw was next sworn His
testimony was relative mainly to Haipht's
discourse and to the people both before
and after the massacre. Lee and otbsrs
during the trial seized every occasion TO
contemptuously laugh, even though the
matter was referred to of the butcbery of
children and women. This matter ex.
cites the angry condemnation of Gen.
Tile strangers and officers of the Cont
and Is creating much bitter feeling. To-
Jay Bass appealed to the Court to pro-
tect the witnesses from fictitious innen-
does. Apostate witnesses are band,sa
roughly and the Mormon witnesses are
treated with respect by the defense The
wife OF Lee at the time of the massooro
out now divorced, has just been brought
INTO town as witness by Marshal Max
well.
BEAVER, U. T., July 2S.-Robert Ker.
shaw, being sworn, said that when the
emigrants arrived in Utah, GEORGE A
Smith. Brigham Young's counsellor told
'ne people not to deal with them, under
the penalty of being cut off from the
Church. Some traded with them and
were cut off. I was Mormon, but am
not now. G. Mathews swore that Dana
ana Halght got mules of bis Company to
go as they said to protect the emiprants
from the Indians james Pearce saw the
emiRrants at Payson; saw them again n,
Mountain Meadows went with crowd.
IL was said that some of the mob that
moooed the Mormons in the West we're
there; also that they had poisoned
a spring and outraged the people.
some OF them had helped to kilr
Joe Smith, and were going to Cali
lorna. and coming back with an army
to fight the Mormons; was sick at the
tlmA OF the massacre and did not leave
camp; heard the guns and shouting of
Indians. E. w. Thompson, sworn; Saw
train at Beaver: letter was read in the
meeting to the people at Beaver, coun-
selling them not to sell to emigrants gen.
orally. AT noon to-day suspicious of
Lee having aid to escape became so
sure as to induce sudden search. He
WAS accordingly removed from his cell
and 1t was searched. He had in his pill
low huge butcher.knife and under his
mattress two compasses to drive in the
wall and climb upon. then over the door
casing large Matched, with long
handle. and small hatcbet, with the
corners broken off fresh. converting it
into stone chisel. In the bed clothing
was found. one coarse knife, with fine
saw teeth. for cutting the bars, and other
implements. The Jail is a small, square,
stone building, the cell windows open
ing outwards. General Maxwell has
two extra guards and ordered
Lee to be searched every time he is
moved from Jail,
PEscADERo. Cal. July Is Senator
finney was found dead this morning, a
snort distance from his residence, shot
through the head from the discharge of
Henry rife. Nothing d, tiuate known
IS to the cause, whether accidental or
otherwise.
SANTA CLARA, July 2S.-A field engine
exploded this morning on the ranch of
Nike Sanof, three miles west of town.
'iiiin2 the engineer, A. Gammock. in
'tantiy' and seriously injuring BENJAMIN
ticker and Alexander McLeanan.
Los ANGELES. July 2S.-The citizens
. San Bernardino have pledged 800 900
Q Los Angeles & Independence Railroad
company. II they will diverae their sur.
10y 70 accommodate that place. 1t is
hoasht that twice that sum can be
aised.
'o.n AZ yer was found guilty of as
"uitine Hawley. and sentenced to sixty
lays IN the county Jail and three hundred
!ollars fine.