Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-09-28
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a oacrnnonto dlspetch OF yesterday
says: About noon to-day an outrage
was committed In the town OF Washing
ton. opposite Sacramento. which has
created much sxcitsmsnt.s Eta Free
man, aged four years, daughter Of Will
liam b. Freeman OF Washington. was
found in the orchard OF Captain Hodge,
son on the river bank opposite the foot
Of h street. She was fearfully wounded
In the face Is u by some edged dull inn
plsment or sharp piece Of wood. She
was also bruised about the hoad. She
was lying under q tree among some
young shoots, and WAS In q furrow and
covered over with earth clods. 4 boy
named Fay had been sent to market by
his mother and on his way saw the child
aud gave the alarm. A Chinaman was
at work In the orchard thirty feet away.
He has been arrested. but the Officers
believe he had nothing to do with II.
and that the child might have been
placed where shs was without biz SEQ
ing IL. =.
There was launched enc day this week
. novel little steamer at Sulphur Bank.
Clear Lake. owned BY the Sulphur Bank
and Stage Companies. II made q trial
trip. Il Is propelled with neither wheel
nor screw, but by an invention by which
the water IL displaced by jets Of steam.
and the boat urged forward. The vss-
sel travelled rapidly. and the machinery
worked smoothly. Econemyi In original
cost VI machinery and saving OF fuel 10
secured.
DR.. 7. Plumb has discovered some
very rich gold quartz on the high bench
above Clear creek. and just across the
creek, nearly opposite the town Of Shas.
n. The Cedar creek diggings paid i'm.
msnsely rich In that vicinity. but IL has
been generally believed that the goll
came from quartz lodges ON French
eulch. but II nOw appears that there ia
also rich gold quartz on the opposite
bank Of Clear creek.
Walter N. Phillips. late secretary Of
the board Of railroad commissioners,
while sitting in Gruhlsr's saloon. Sacra-
msnto. yesterday. drew u pistol and
shot himself through tho head. falling
dead IN q few moments alter. Phillips
came from Massachusetts, here purpos.
inn TO take the sscretaryship nansd.
being highly recommended on account
VI his familiarity with railroad mattera
and commissioners at the East.
Jack and David Lett were shot anil
killed on Let's ranch. on Storey creek.
about forty miles northwest OF Colusa,
Yesterday, In q quarrel and effort u
drive two men named Peter Smith and
Hsrsey OF . piece Of land claimed by
Lett. which had been jumped by smith
The coroner and deputy sheriff have
xsns out. Both parties gave thom'
selves up and claim that the act wa
done 10 self defense.
There l. nm extensive coal district IL
the range northwest Of Tulare lake,
The Directors Of the Central Pacific
Railroad Company are aware OF II /; an,
1t il supposed the recent surveys from
Bnntas to Lenore. on tho west side o.
the San joaquin valley. have been made
~ much for tho purpose Of connecting
with the coal mines as for tho announce,
object Of making thousands OF acres oil
choice agricultural land marketable.
The case Of Michael Nolan. for tn
murder Of Dexter l.. Paricott. has besiI
on trial in the Sixth District Court Al
Woodland all the week. The homicide
was committed at Dunnegan on the 2Stl
Of May last. The deceased attacke,
the defendant, who shot him. The jur,
returned a verdict yesterday afternoon
convicting the defendant Of manslaugh
ter. Sentence will be pronounced nsll
Wednesday.
John Murran, q young man who hA'
besn under investigation In the Polic'
Court Of San Francisco on charges o
antenuptial eccentrieities, flankei tn
prosecution yesterday by marrying th'
girl in the jail. The husband was. how
ever. held in $1,000 bail. lie gave tn
bonds. AID was discharged.
The manager Of the Youths Dirsc
tors in San Francisco represents that al
average Of fifteen homeless boys ar
provided by that institution with lodg
hugs, and that durin. the past sii
mouths an average Of twenty boys q da,
have been furnished with employment
A reward OF S25 Is offered for the re
covsry Of the body Of Marks Cohen
who WA. drowned on last Sunday from
OF the s. n. whipplc. Cohen 10 salt
10 have been thrown of the steamer by
Edward Ireland. who is under arrest foI
murder.
Twenty prisoners will DO discharged
from the State Prison on October LIST,
and twelve OF the number will have TIN
rights and privileges Of citizenship re
stored to them.
Sheriff Wells, OF Solano county. ar
rived IN San Francisco yesterday. Will
| James Mallon. under sentence to th'
State Prison for life for the murder o
his wife.
Al the rarss In Stockton ON wednes
day. Guy Livingston won the thrss-year
old match, Cato. the $50, and Mag
della the four.yrar.old race.
A young man named Harrington fel
into n well ut Allison ranch on Ssturda,
| night last and vas drowned.
Tho telephone was successful,
worked ON Monday between San jose
and San Francisco.
The Pe,aluma Fair is in full blast,
and tho streets OF the city aro filled with
strangers.