Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-09-25
CALIFORNIA ITEMS.

Saturdays Are in South San Francisco
proves 10 DO moro serious than was at
nrst supposed. It started 10 Msssen-
gers dysing establishment. and spread
from thence to the adjoining buildings.
Messengers loss on stock Ia not yet as
certainsd. His insurance 10 SIC, 900.
The building belonged TO Fauch 4
Schloss, who ran q tannsry in the next
structure. which was also destroyed.
Their loss, II Ii claimed. will exceed
$40, 900, on which they have only $4,000
insurance. NJ. Korn 4 Co., who started
q wool.pulling and sheep-skin tannsy on
the 22d Of June last, lose some SIC, 600,
With an insurance Of $4,000. There
we're no Cinnamon employed In any OF
these establishments.
The San Francisco Cal Of yesterday
says /: Marcus Cariolanus Chambers.
driver Of O balloon car belonging to the
Suffer Street Railroad Company. left his
seat and the reins In charge Of q passen.
ger while he went into the q TO collect
fares from the passengers. When the
car reached the corner OF Pacific aud
Cough streets, Chambers ran around to
the fiont and attempted to jump on the
platform. He missed his footing. fell
on the track. and the wheels passed over
his chest and stomach. crushing him
frigh,fully. He was taken to . drug
store, aud from thence 10 the City and
County Hospital. where he died at p.
n. Chambers was q native OF New York.
AZ years Of age.
Yesterdays San Francisco Ala says :
A party Of young men left the city yes
terday morning on a hunting sIpsdi.
ton. In the afternoon they arrived
near the Ssventesn.Mils House. One
Of the young men got out OF the wagon
to FIRE at some game. whom = gun In the
hands OF another youth, who was seated
ON the front seat. was accidentally dis
charged. lodging the charge Of shot In
the small Of the back OF the young man
who was on tho ground. The sufferer
was John Triplstt. Of TOO Natoma street.
Tho wound Is very serious, and may
prove fatal. Triplstt was removed to
his home at 10 O'Clock last evening.
At Los Angeles. Patrick Connolly. his
sister. Mary Connolly, aud young man
named JEFF. Gaines, have been indicted
and placed under arrest for the murder
Of Fred. wsitzsl. which occurred nearly
two weeks ago Mary Connolly shot
and severely wounded q man named
Dunno n year aud u half ago Ia that
city. and had II not been for the utter
ference OF other parties. would have Ia
ken his life. Connolly lost a hand In a
former scrimmage with the deceased
wsitzsl, and Q brother Of Gaines Is now
about 10 undergo o second trial. after
enduring Imprisonment for a year. for
stabbing the same man.
Robert q. Rogers. Republican candi.
date for Sheriff Of San Francisco, has
flei his statement Of grounds for o n
testing tho election Of Nunnn, Dem.
ocrat. He asserts that votes were
wronctully counted against him and In
favor Of Nunan. and cites specific cases
TO that effect. and asks that q special
term Of court bs held TO determine the
contest.
The following are tho assessed values
in San Jose for 1878: Total value OF
land, S5.525. III; valuo Of improve
ments. s2,5l0 .sG5. Value Of improve
ments on real estate assessed 10 Others
| than the owners. s3i.250; valuo Of per.
sonal property, 81. 2sl, 1888 /; amount OF
money, $23i,07l. Total value OF all
properly assessed. $~9,5s5,G33.
Returns Of the vote on the Conyen-
| ton question have been received from
all tho counties save Del Norts, Fresno,
Humboldt, Mendocino. San Luis 0bispo
and San Diego. and they foot up For.
%. 2O7 against, 42,373. Total vote,
i3C, 0G3. This is q majority OF 1854
for the Convention, over the vote against
tho Convention.
A little Chinaman. who was In tho
employ % q Chinese merchant at Col
fay, was found down on Bear River.
about four miles from Colfax. last
Thursday. dead. with three bullet holes
In him. by whom he was killed and
for what no was killed arc at present
unknown.
The st. Helena Star says that consid.
cradle interest has been evincsd In 70.
ligious matters at that place lately. The
Methodist Church received last Sunday
All accession Of eight TO its membership.
The Sunday before tho Presbyterian
Church received ten.
The Briggs orchard, about two miles
below Yuba City. Is being protected
from another overflow by shutting oil
tho slough from the Feather river. A
strong force Of men aud teams ara at
work, and the levss will be completed
before Hood times.
The use Of steam on tho public streets
IL now being practically tested In San
Francisco. The Suttsr-Street railway
began 10 run noiseless locomotives OH
Larkin street yesterday.
The San Bernarlino Times says that
fires have beeu raging In tho mountains
for some time past. and large quantities
Of timber must have fallen beneath their
destructive breath.
II il reported that maekerel. almost
equal to tho mackorel Of the Atlantic
coast. exist In large numbers of the
Channel Islands. Santa Barbara.
Daniel Coughlin, q ssven.year-old
lad. wa. drowned in Mission Bay. San
Francisco. ON Sunday. His body was
recovered in n short time.
The Annhsim Gasdts says that many
Of tho shs-pmen intend holding their
fall clip Of wool In anticipation OF
higher prices.
Tho number OF boys AMI girls enroll.
ed in the Sonora public school is just