Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-03-23

brewery and saloon at this place, was
suddenly killed this morning by the roof
of his brewery cellar caving on him.
SAN JOSE, March 21.-word was re-
ceived here this afternoon from Santa
Cruz, that Thomas NJ. Lilly. late County
Assessor of this county, more recently
Superintendent Of the San Lorenzo
Flume Company, of Santa Cruz, had
fallen distance Of 30 feet from the
trestle work Of the fume and was killed.
He was member OF the I. o. 0. F. here
and stood very high in the community.
He leaves a wife and son and was native
of Pennsylvania, about AZ years of age.
CAMpo, March 21.-Iniormation deem
ed to be reliable, has been given to
Gaskill Bros. by Mexican officer, that
Cruz Lopez, who led the raid of Decem-
Der 4th, is now at Tecarte just below the
line forming band for another raid.
PnEscorr, March 21.-In July last at
Camp Apache, a soldier named Frank s.
Neal of company I. 9Th cavalry, while
intoxicated shot and killed sergeant of
The same company. Neal was brought
here and turned over to the civil authori-
ties. The grand jury found true bill
against him for murder and his trial was
set for the coming term of the District
Court. On Tuesday last the prisoner
made his escape and was recaptured on
Sunday and brought back. To-day while
in the Jail yard with other prisoners, he
entered the keepers room seized pistol
and blew his brains out. Neal was from
New York.
CAMP GRANT, A. IT,. Mar. 2l.-Aivices
have been received from the San Carlos
agency. dated the 18th instant, stating
that fifteen Indian police. under the
guide OF Beannard, had made scout into
the Tonic Basin and on the 9th instant
killed sixteen and captured twenty-one
renegade Indians.
SAN Francisco, March 22.--The state
ment telegraphed from Chicago purport-
ing to emanate from Special Revenue
Agent Phillips concerning whisky frauds
on this coast continue to attract atten-
ton. aThe recent indictment OF Mappa,
formerly Deputy Collector OF Los An
geles, is supposed to be hard blow to
the parties endeavoring to break up the
fraudulent system prevailing as he had
been relied upon as in important witness
by Phillips. His indictment was evi.
IDENTIFY instigated by the ring as offence
on his part is purely technical. The
Chronicle offers an explanation this
morning of the grounds of complaint
against him, though not altogether full
or accurate. 1t seems Mappa run shorl
of stamps, and under instructions from
his superior officers he issued receipts
in lieu thereof, taking up the receipts
and issuing stamps when the latter came
to hand. When he closed his accounts
on being removed and turned over thu
stamps in his possession it was dis
covered that through inadvertance som,
of his receipts had not been taken up
which icing brought to his attention HI
promptly made the amount good aud th'
, business was satisfactorily settled. TIL
present indictment was grounded on tn
discovery of one additional case OF som
kind, the amount involved being fiv
dollars only. Mappa's removal froI
office was merely to give place to frien
, of prominent California politician, M
\ from any dissatisfaction with his dil
charge of duties.
q An evident attempt at defrauding tn
. customs has been discovered. in whic
q twenty-nine cases of opium and tie
a cases Of silk received by the steamt
: Alaska from China last December wei
, supposed to have been transferred o
4 board the Colorado for Panama, fc
which vouchers were filed in the Gu
, tom-house, but we're in reality retaine
in this city for shipment to the interior
, Attention was called to the matter b
= the discovery of the packages {
silk in question in the Oriental war
house, where they had been stored b
{ some blunder of the parties to th
I swindle. Special Treasury Agent Mil
, is of the opinion that the practice prevail
8 to considerable extent. The matt.
, has been referred to Washington.
SAN Francisco, March o. An q
tempt was made last night by some PEI
q son unknown to burn the City Hall. III
: fire was started in the attic, but bsin
badly arranged burnt out without doin
much damage. Had the attempt bee
1 successful it would have resulted in th
destruction of all the records and othe
8 public documents, and as furious gal
was blowing from the north sweepin
0 confagration might have followed.