The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-04-24
, Wholesale Vaccine ton,

SAN Francisco, Apl., "a.
Yesterday the Quarantine officers
vaccinased all the passengers and crew
of the, smallpox inflicted Pacific Mail
Steamship, Alaska, who mad not al
ready undergone the operation. As no
one will be allowed to leave the vessel
for the port, lit is understood that the
company will transfer all hands to the
steamer Arizona, where they will re-
main in quarantine during the term
specified by law; Meanwhile the
Alaska will be funigated and her cargo
discharged. The mails have already
been fumigated and landed.
FeIton's Condition
The health OF j. B. FELTON, improves
constantly. Yesterday he partook OF
and relished considerable light food,
aud last night at ten o'clock, he rec
ognized his wife and spoke to her CO.
herently. His physicians predict his
speedy recovery.
The Chico Anti Chis csc Trial--WIt-
nesses ConIrndict Their sworn
Statements.
31he county court met yesterday at
2 P. NJ, for the trial of Mahoney, one
ri tho Ib,oo ,nnan1,a~;.. M 1-,,..
room was as it has been. during the
trial of all the cases, crowded, and the
interest manifested still continues,
showing that the community fully APP
preciate the importance Of the result of
these cases. After an hour and half,
they succeeded in securing jury, who
were sworn to try the case. The de.
fendant is charged with attempting to
set fire to one of the buildings in old
Chinatown, in Chico, on the eighth
day of March, last. District Attorney,
Freere. opened the case with concise
statement of the facts of what the peo-
pie expected to prove, and the first
witness called was d. Noonan, who
testified that the building referred to,
was the joint property of himself and
brother; that the morning after the fire,
he visited the place where the fire had
been started, at the side OF the build
ing CLOSE to the ground, and found where
the side of the building had been char
red considerably before the fire had
been extinguished. The building was
occupied as Chinese dwelling house.
Charles Slaughter, one OF those, under
indictment for murder, Was called;
when asked if he had seer the defend
ant on the evening of the fire, be de-
MED it positively and repeatedly. thus
contradicting two sworn statements
which he had previously made, that he
was with defendant at the time Of the
fire, and stated further, that he.could
not remember what he had stated in
Chico that he was 80 badly scared be
did not know what he did or Dsaid
In thee vening session, Jno. Slaughter
was called, and like his brother, de-
MED having any knowledge about the
fire, and said that he did not remem
Der having seen Mahoney at that time
When confronted with his sworn state
,msnt, made at Chico. that Mahoney
was present with the rest and held /
pistol while the Others set fire to build
ings, he said he thought he would have
to tell something to get away from
Chico. as he hadreceived paper in
forming him of vigilance committed
there, and he said that one, Budd
Fallon. had told him there was some
talk Of lynching. that this was the rea
son he made those statements, with
out regard to their truth. The counsel
FOR the people were evidently taken b,
'Burprise by the statements of the
Slaughter's as they had been led to be
,'lisye that 4hey would respect thei