Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-07-26
PACIFIC A ST.
CALIFORNIA.
CONFIRMATION OF THE DISCOVERY OF
VALUABLE PLACER MINES.
THE MORE MURDER TRIAL.
John JuRkins Murdered by . HALF.
Breed Indian.
THE MORE MURDER TRIAL.

San Francisco, July rs.
A private dispatch from Yum confirms
the press dispatch recently received an
nouncing the discovery Of valuable placer
diggings about $50 miles above Yuma, On
the Colorado river. An American, just
from there, states that the ~diggings are
Of considerable extent and the ground
rich. A party, with a dry washer, took out
$3.50 in four days. This man and his part
ner, who were the only Americans in the
diggings, we're run out by Mexicans work.
ing there. He will at once organize a
company sufficiently strong to maintain
their rights and return to the placers.
SAN BUENAvENTuRA, CAL, July rs.
The time OF the District Court to-day
was taken up in examining witnesses for
the prosecution in the case q John Curlee.
Furguson, Juan Glivas and Jim Tot, all of
whom were present at the killing, were ex-
amined, but their evidence presented no
new points. Knox, a juror who was ex-
cluded from the Sprague jury on account
of having shaken hands With the prisoner,
is a member of the present jury. The
prisoner Churchill seems somewhat better
to-day, but there is little hope of his re-
covery.
SAN DIEGO, July rs.
A man named John Judkins was MUIR
dered at San Dieguieto, about 80 miles
northwest Of this city, on Tuesday even
ing. He was shot in the back Of the head
by . balf-breed Indian, who had been in
his employ and had lately been discharged.
No further particulars can yet be had.
EVANSVILLE, July rs.
The case Of James II. Reyes VS.. the Little
York Working and Water Company, is
now on trial in the District Court OF Suffer
ccr,pfy Tho coSo will he tho toak ~ <l,a
relative rights of farmers and miners in
the mining debris question, and excites
great interest.
SAN Francisco, July as.
The Government has purchased 80, 600
ounces of fine silver Of the Anglo-C alifor-
nian Bank, and the same amount from the
Bank OF California, and 70, 900 ounces from
Lazard Feres, all payable in standard dol
lars.
SAN ~BARNAEpfNo, July IS.
A man by the name of Pascal Castrino
was lodged in Jail last night, charged with
numbering his wife. The man, with his
wife int several children, resided at o
sheep ranch in the hills, a few miles from
Chino Ranch, in this county. Night be-
fore last the man complained Of being ill,
and awoke his wife to prepare him some
medicine, to which she objected. A quar-
rel enSued, winch resulted In nef being
shot three times, once through the heart,
killing her Instantly. There were no wit
nesses to the deed, the children being in
bed and asleep. The murderer surren-
dered himself to the officers, and was
taken before a magistrate, to whom he ac-
knowledged the crime. The woman is
represented as being a very bad character
and a terror to the neighborhood. On the
way 10 jail the prisoner attempted to COM
init suicide by cutting his throat with q
piece Of iron.
SAN Francisco. July 25.
Hall & Charles, stock brokers, have filed
a petition in bankruptcy.
The Chronicle this morning contained q
column sensation about q rich develop
ment Of gold-bearing sand on the ocean
beach near the Ocean House. Further in
quiry shows that a small quantity Of
exceedingly fine dust is found to exist
there in black sand, but it is not probable
that it can be obtained in paying quanti-
ties. Its presence was discovered in the
course of some experiments made in the
black q for mechanical purposes by q
foundryman in the city. A number OF
claims have been staked off on the beach.
Prospectors in their researches rave dis
covered q vein of coal running out into the