Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-10-29
san Francisco News.


Hall.
San Francisco News.
SAN FRANCISCO, October 28th.-The
Relief Committee appointed last night
at the meeting of citizens at the Pal
ace hotel met this morning to devise
means for relieving the distressed Vir-
ginians. Among the prominent gem
tlemen present were Hon. J. p. Jones,
Hon. VIM. Sharon, w. r. Babcock,
VIM. NJ. Lent, J. GlaZer, L. j. Bald
win, Gen. q. ). Dodge, S Heydenieldt,
Fred. Mact relish and many others.
j. p. Jones was called To the Chair and
Richard Wheeler chosen to act as Sec
retary. An Executive Committee,
composed of the following gentlemen,
with full power to act, was selected:
Messrs. Jones, Sharon, Baldwin, Dodge,
GlaZier, MacCrellish and Lent. a
subscription list was started ,and Jones
and Sharon led off with $1,000 each,
Glazier and Baldwin $500 each, Pres
cott, Scott & Co., $3.50. i he following
named mining companies subscribed
the annexed amounts: Crown Point,
Belcher, Alpha, CLolar and Imperial,
$500 each; Overman, Kentucky and
Lady Bryan, $3.50 each. The meeting
then adjourned. 1t is expected thar
subscriptions will be received from
nearly all the mining companies OH
the COmstock, and that he sum raised
will be very large. The following dis
patch was received this afternoon from
the Mayor of Virginia: 1--WE need sta
pie goods, provisions and blankets.
Signed, j. G. CORRY, Mayor The
subscription list opened this afternoon
in the Pacific Stock Exchange for the
relief of the sufferers, and $1,000 were
at once subscribed by individual mem
bers.
The subscriptions Of members of the
Exchange were continued this morn
| ing, and the amount now reaches S.,
800. with number of prominent
members yet to he seen.
MatIoni Sebastiano, who was ar
rested at Marysville v it'll Augustine
BaoZzi on charges of coming and hav.
| ing in possession and passing counter.
felt two-and a-half dollar pieces, was
| also found guilty i'm the U. S. Circuit
Court Tuesday afternoon.
Thos. Williams, the burglar who
tried to kill policeman on Tuesday
night aud was shot in return, is still
in the City Prison. Yesterday DR..
Stivers found one of the bullets under
the jaw on the right side in immediate
proximity to the large arteries. How
it got there is Il mystery, as it entered
his body at the lower edge Of the
shoulder blade. Williams will doubt
less soon be strong enough to go ovel
| to San Quentin on q somewhat pro.
tracted visit.
Serious Accident.
SANTA CRUZ, October 28th.--As a
party of eighteen in an open excur'
SION wagon were returning from Dav'
enport's Landing this morning, where
| they had been attending q picnic an.
ball, the horses ian away, throwing O
number out. Among them was Miss
| Trefey, who died in n few minutes
| from injuries received. The rest oi
the party were thrown over bluff
completely demolishing the Wagon
and seriously, If not fatally, injurine
the occupants.
List of Losses by tI,e Virginia City
Fire.
VIRGINIA CITY, October 28th. .--Th,
| following Is a list of the losses:
The loss to the Ophir company i.
said to be $500 0G0, aud the loss to thu
Consolidated Virginia, including til,
mills, must be double that amount
| On the West side of T. street the fol
lowing list of losses, in round mum
bers, have been obtained:
J. & J. b. Mallon. provision dealers
lose about $50, ,000; Bank of California