Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-11-30
PACIFIC A T.
PACIFIC A T.
ESPECIAL TO THE EUREKA DAILY SENTINEL.
CALIFORNIA.
Thanksgiving at the B y.
J.. c.. DUNCAN ON TRIAL.
LUCKY BALDWIN AFTER The ENGLISH
fDRGca.
a Suicide, n SEINE Valuable
Paintings.
TIE AUSTIN ESTATE.
TIE AUSTIN ESTATE.

SAN FRANCISCO, November ".
Thanksgiving Day was very generally
observed YESTERDAY. Business was almost
entirely suspended. Services were held in
all the churches in the morning. A great
number Of sporting attractions were Of
fered. including boat races, La Crosse
games, a bycycle race on the Cliff House
road, shooting matches. etc. Social gath
erings wound ;p the day. Dispatches
from the interior show that the day was
generally observed as a holiday throughout
the State.
j. c. Duncan was placed on trial in the
Municipal Criminal Court to-day.
TIE Case Of the English forgtr. Saville.
came up in the Police Court this morning.
Lucky Baldwin took the witness stand and
testified to the circumstance under which
lie bought stccks for the prisoner. taking.
as security. a forged letter Of credit on the
Union Bank Of London. The testimony
added nothing Of Importance TO the ac-
count heretofore telegraphed.
Thomas Toorack, q German labortr,
about 81 years o. age, committed suicide
last night by hanging himselfwith a hay
rope from the balcony Of a two-story lodg-
ing-bouse, at &c Minna street.
Detective James II. Rodgers yesterday
recovered from the baggase-room OF the
Brooklyn Hotel eight paintings, which F.
Bernardo Gregory, Of Durugo, Mexico.
claims are works of old masters. and worth
$500 900. The pictures were left with the
proprietor Of the hotel two years ago for
safe k, eping. by C. W. Callahan.
To-day was set for tie hearing Of the
case involving the right to the possession
Of certain life insurance policies issued to
the late Alexander Austin. and supposed to
be at pres MT in the hands II Miss Ellie
Wilton. Besides the policies, the Public
Administrator called upon her to show
cause why she should not deliver mp other
property hell we'd TO be in her possessicn.
and belonging TO Austin's estate. The
! HI airing was in chambers. Judge Myrick
and the attorneys on each side deciding
it was best there should be no publicity.
1t has been aseerta;ned by Public Admin
istrator Doolan that Mr.. Austin. u few
days before his death, borrowed various
sums Of money from personal friends, in
all about S12.0c0. Where this money went
to has not been discovered. 1t IS the opin-
ion of Mr.. Doolan that Mr.. Austin was
subjected to sorne terrible pressure Of some
kind which rendered the immediate raising
Of the above amount Of monty nj cessary.
and the discovery If his necessities at that
time may throw som light upon his mo-
tive for committing suicide when he did.
Persons who loaned this money to Austin
will make no claim against the estate. bs ing
very unwilling that their names shonld
figure in the case. Mr.. Dnolan las in
formed the firm Of J. NJ. Walker 4 Co.
that the seat in the Stock Board would be
considered tile prop rty II the firm.
There WIGS a hre in an unoccupied build
ing in Oakland this morning. Loss, 81. 800.
II is attributed TO tramps. who set it in
r, vense for having been ousted from the
building by the propri' tor.
Fire mt Sacramento.
SACRAMENTO, November 90.
In a fire at 4 O'Clock yesterday morning.
in the planning mill Of Taft. Tolman &
F~arnsworth. on l. street. just east IL Fifth,
one quarter Of the block was burned. The
property destroyed was mostly wooden
old bindings, and bnt two valuable houses
suffered. The loss will aggregate about
$4,000.
Racing NJ M~arysyiIic.
MARrsvILLE. November 20.
The second days races at the Park
drew a much larger attendance than yes
terday. to witness the match between
Rarus and Swetzer. for a special purse Of
81 600, the former being the winner. Time:
First H. at. 2:22; second. 2:l7; third. 2:22.
A Rich strike In Kern County.
CALIENrE. November 20
A strike has heen made in Kernville.
Kern county. by the Sumner Gold Mining
Company. in their 160-foot level, $50 feet
sonth II the main shaft. They have found
a body of ore ten feet thick. which ii Is
said will yield from $500 to $500 per ton.