Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-03-08
PACIFIC COAST DISPATCHES
FROM
Important Suit-Mec1iu. Of Yellow
Jacket Stockholders Drowned
ia sise Bay.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 6.
j. Menu brought suit to-day in the
Third District CourJ against The Con
soliiated Virginia Mining Company to
r.cover l,52l shares oil the stock of that
company. on the ground that at the
time of the transfer 80 IL of The nite d
Murphy mining claims he was a hold
or or eight shares of that company, ano
the representative valne of the satne
n W Is equal to the portion he now de.
mandS in HE inuanzA sock.
A meeting of the \ OckholderS of the
Yellow JArkef is called for the 18th
last. tn vote upon the proposition 10
cut mp the stock.
Two brothers. John and Frederick
Semer. German BARRIERS, aged 20 and
y Years respectively, hok a white
hall boat from the foot of Third street
Yesterday afternoon for "A sail to Oak
land, and whpn opposite Goat Island.
in n en i.avor 10 tack. tie hoat upset,
aud Frederick, The elder. was drowned,
John being Rescued by "a life boat from
the steamer Oakland in an exhausted
and almost perishing condition.
IisininS at tho Welss-A NwfndIfn.
Mimi. Tom ,a.sy at ~prucrunomt.
WELLS, New, March q.
II has been >lornninL all day, princi
pally rain. mich makes it Impossible
for any further trouble with snow on
the railroad This year.
Considerable excitement exists here
among miners. laborers and others on
account of "a mining company in
Sprurennnt, which hired all the labor
and lm,ight all it could on credit
| n,,t ftan S,lj ant fn,ID,r 10 ..,,I.
its bills. They will probably make il
warm tor the ring leaders in tile swim
die, if caught.
Remarkable Escape From Prison.
SAN BERNARDINo, March q.
William Mitchell, The wife murderer,
has again made his escape. lie anu
has brother were captured y few DAYS
since and lodged in Jail, where they ap
peared unusually contentei. aud made
light of their situation, SAVING il WAS
all right, which 0aS verified in thei,
escape last night. 1t appeared that the
Sheriff visited them in their cell abont
q o'clock =. NJ. yesterday, and as he
assembled the steps to his Office The
nj .ht guard went down, ~ Il the Sher
iii locked him in torthe night. Asthe
guard passed the inner door to the r
ridOr he was fei.ed by n heavy blow
dealt by Con. Mitchell, who had left
his cell through an excavation previ-
on.ly m de under the cell window,
and lay hid behind the door. After
being Knocked down they jumped
upon him and tied him. He SAYS they
first offered him $500 to keep quiet and
they would lie him when they were
ready to leave, but he refused and thew
placed a pistol, which turns out 20 he 4
wooden one, to his head and took his
arinS from and gagged him. as also an
other prisoner, in Jail for horse. steal
ing, w~herenp"n they proceeded ut their
leisure To escape by breaking the locks
tn the outer doors without meeting
with further hinderance.
Heavy Suit She weather - Fatal
Accident.
SAN FRANCISCO, March Z.
A complaint, brought ny the Central
Pacific Railroad Company, against A.
A. Cohen, in the Third District Courl,
alleges, in substance, that Cohen, while
employed as agent and attorney OF the
company, purchased a piece Of city
property from Henry Is. Tichenor for
plaintiff for $780, 00. but had the papers
made out for $3.50, 900 and pocketed the
difference. That he also. in The pur-
chase OF coal for the use of the com-
pany, which was entrusted to Cohen.
swindled them on transportation
fifty cents per ton, amounting to $751;