, 1876-10-28

were found upon his perscn, beside the
stolen treasure. He carried carbine
aud six-shooter and was heavily masks
ed.
EXC. Oct. PA man giving his
name as Peter Heenan was run over in
the c. P. yard last night by freight
train. Ee was crushed in such ter
ribe manner that he survived but q few
minutes.
SAN Francisco. Oct. 25.-It is report
ed that Mr.. Ward. junior partner of the
wholesale liquor firm of Ce]larias d
Brandt, has absconded. taking with
him funds belonging to the concern.
He is supposed to have left on the
steamer for Mexico last saturday.
t1eporte3 that an expedition is to
ba fitted cut to pl""red to the Arctic
ocean in search of the abandoned ,whal-
ing fleet, to rescue the survivors, if any
and recover the prorcr,v.
The fnmigators a's ,.".': through
their work in ChiIa avn During the
progress of thci' ,.,',rutions, they
have uneat.btd '.o0,i' nue hundred con-
valesceht ea eS ai smallpox, which the
Chimes h d >ecre;ed in their midst.
a m'.n named 3. Webster. a citizen
of this pace, a butcher by occupation,
co.unit "a suicide last night by taking
s,rlc lchrine while under the influence of
liquor.
A dispatch received ut Merchants
Exchange reports that the steamer FL
de)iter, running to the northern coast
ports, went ashore yesterday at Cuffsy's
Cove, with a shaft broken ard foremast
gone. No lives lost.
A few days ago the Eueniag Post. in
its financial columns, suggested the pos
sibilitv, on account of tie war risk
placed by the British Lloyds on English
bottoms, that shipments of treasure
from England to China, which have
hitherto taken the Suez route, would 60
via San Francisco. 1t is now stated
that such course has already been de-
cided upon, and that bills are now be-
ing bought Oh San Francisco for the
purchase of silver coin and bullion to
the amount of about S1.000.O0O for
shipment by the next China steamer.
SHASTA, CAL. Oct. As the Shasta
and Weaverville stage was coming down
the mountain. thirteen miles from this
place. this afternoon, highwayman
sudd,nly jumped from behind brush
covering Wells. Fargo & Co.'s messsn-
ger. John McNemer, with a shotgun
before he could make any resistance,
and demanded Wells. Fargo 4 Co.'S
treasure box, which he was forced to
hand over. The robber started for the
brush with his booty and ordered the
uElNoE " u1lNc Ou. Ao eOO" AS tucy
we're out of sight of the robber. McNe-
mer jumped from the stage. ran back.
got on the robbers track and followed
him a short distance. where he found
him taking the treasure from the box,
which he had already opened with
pick. McNemer fired at him. knocking
him over. He jumped up aud run a
short distance. when McNemer gave
him the contents of the other barrel,
killing him instantly. McNemer re-
covered all the treasure and brought it
safely here. He left the dead robber at
Towers house, where Coroner Hart
man has gone to 'Iold an inquest.
GlLRoy, Oct. 2i.-The most destrac-
tive fire ever known here occurred
last night. The alarm Was sven about
1925, and the fire proved to be in the
cigar factory building of the Consolida-
ted Tobacco Co. Every effort was made
to save it. but it proved futile. and by 8
o'clock only the smcuideripg ruins re-
NAMED. Beyond a donb: it was the
work of an incendiary, kerosene being
found freely distributed through the en-
tire building. and the floors aud goods
thoroughly saturated with it. Loss,
$150, ,000; amount of insurance not