Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-08-14
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 At St. Louis, Mo, Charles W. Curry beat and 3ruteily killed Nathan Pretty man, Monday night, during a1 alterca- tion resulting from PrettyInan refusing
 to allow C1rry to visit Lis daughter.
 < fire at Pawnee City, Neb., Tuesday, destroyed twenty-five business houses, and at one time threatened to annlhllate
 the whole town. The estimated loss Is S5OO0O; insurance hght-
 at the Mint investigation, Thursday,
 Director Burchard testified thitt he con sidered the vastage at the San Franelsco mint in 1878 and 1879 as unusual con seluent upon receipts of large quan-
 tity of loW--rade hulhuo.
 James Gately, laborer, vas arrested
 at East Dcdham, Mas Jhurstay, Tor clubbing his wife to death The wall and ceiling of his room WAS bCipattered with blood, while his victim. with her head smashed, lay m a pool Of blood,
 which had soaked through the bedding
 to the floor.
 James Holland, of San Francisco, was arrested "Wednesday evening; on tue
 charge of killing his daJguteT, Mrs. Jos
 Wollsf0rd, b. beating and Eclung her
 while both were in .. drunken bout Mon day night. An autopsy shows tlat death ra5l1ltad from. cerebral hrnaoa rasge, but
 whetber caused by the whisky 0r viola tiop is uncertain. In the ease of the People ys. Clarence Gray, for the murder of Clancy, the Santa Barbara editor, the motion for new trial and arrest of judgment, was uverruled. The defendant was sentenced for twenty years The Sheriff of the county vas ordered 10 appear in Court and purge himself of contempt in giving liquor to tine .ur!.
 The senli-aImual report of the produc- .ion of precious metals in California for tue six months ending June Both, pre- pared by John J. Valentine, Of Wells, Fargo & Cos Express, is as follows: { Gold. S9,s1A,3S; silver, S29S,2Gi. This rate, continued during the remainder of . the year, would give the largest prUduc- ! tiou since 1874.
 The Southern Pacific Railroad Com Ilauy, Wednesday, elected directors as 1 follows: Charles CIOcler, Charles F. | Crocker. H. M. Newhan, Charles Nlayne, ! W. V. Huntingdon, \. T. Smith and J. l.. Nillcutt. The directors then elected ] the following officers: President, Chas. ! CrucEer: Vic President, Charles F. Crocker; Treasurer, \. T. Smith; Secre- tary, J. l.. Nilcutt.
 ] \ Virrinia City lNevJ dispatch slys that the hydraulic pumps are all right
 again and will 1e tn operation Thursday. ! They w0ull have been started Wednes- day but for small break in te pump l iug apparatUs of Hale and NOrcrCss. 1 The Alta pump wiii be completed also, connecting the drift between Imperial
 and 1cloE, Jacket on the 2>'s-ie5ei'
 wlicl as FteI reoUened and repUufi. ! The remains O. Kaufman In-eIsoD,
 wcl known farmer oi Iuchiauc precinct,
 W shmgtol county, Nebraska, were
 found Wednesday in a corn field 1n his
 farm. There was guushCt wound
 through a.s lCgd. and near by lay re- vo.er with two chambers empy. There
 was found paper stating his decrml-
 nation to commit suBiGo. He had been
 missing several days No cause is as-
 signed for ,he act
 LLc New York Chamber oT Commerce
 ser Is delegates to tJc Transportation
 Convention. August lS.h, at Utca, m ac-
 coIGaucc with call signed by many
 prominent farmers tl-oJxhout the State
 ANl l .
 Co c0ntnUc Co bo a governmental lhepe)- ! pie for the people and Jy thopc)ple, or
 whether lt lS Go 1o a guyerumsut OI cor puTatioBs, by corporations and for the
 benefit of corporations.
 The body o' Miss Minnie Williams
 was found n Salt creek. just outside of
 Lincoln, Acbrisl.a, "Wednesday, she hay-
 ln- committed suicide. owng to de- sU0ndcucy caused by disappointment in ! love and soreness of eyes, witch ar the time threatened tu ruin he eyesighf. ] She vas the daughter of Professor Wil- ! ! hams. editor Cf he Ncb.a5kan, pub ! iIsIej at Has,IIg-, Nebraska. She was ]. m Lincoln ier the purpose o, having !. her eyes treated. At the election cf Directas of the ' CcIt-a' Pacific Railroad for tle ensuing . year tie following gentlemen were clec- | ted. Leland Stanford, C. F. Huntingdon ] Charles Craci.cr. C. r. Crocker. E. H. ! Miller. Jr, W. '. Huntington. J. w. l Hopkins. Subsequently a meeting ui . the llrcctors--vas held, and Leland . Stamford was elected President. C. ,. ! Huntington, First Vice President, Clas. . Checker, Second Vice President; r. H. ! Miller, jr, Secretary; F. W. Hopkins, ! Treasurer.
 At tLe American Bankers Association. at Niagara Falls, Thursday, Chairman Thomas Henry made humorous speech. The Secretary oi the As>ocia- ,iOn read paper on government finances, by Secretary Wmdom. It deals with the reduction of the debt ul Teluld- ing at 8 per cent George $. Cock. of the Executive Council, read an address on What Shall be the Currency of the Future EX-ComptrOller of tle Cur rency Knox was received with great ap- plause, and read an exhaustive address on banking and the currency oi the country.
 At the Mint investigation Wednesday ! Director Burcnard was on the stand. l. He had been generally satisfied with the management. of ttc San Francisco Mint 4 portion of the large wastage of 1879 was due to the us. or copper Canisters in auneaiiug. The practice has now been abandoned, and no further loss caused by the working of low grade bul- lion. Silver bullion with copper base ha5 been receive at all United States branch Minis Ststcment irum recnrils of the Mint showed that of condemned iEgots for the G-c;. year 1879 and lSsU ' 2it. per cent Was Northern Belle bull lion. The witness instructions to branch Aimts, coucurred ia by Secretary Shel- man. were that uc charges be imposed un bullion that does not require refining. even when such bullion is below tho standard. Clarles should be imposed when tLe metal coa tails other properties tla, would make it brittle.
 A. C. Sharp O. the United States , Postal Service, has been visiting various { portions of Oregon, inspecting routes i and making such maniati1ns to 1 the government as he deemed expedient. f His principal object vas to investigate 1 the alleged Star route frauds. He spent ', some time in tlCsc iuvtsti cations. So v far as could possibly he ascertaiuej. I Posta. Agent Sharp discovered no new I developments of fraud or irreguIaIity on |. amy Cf the routes other than has been pnbiished. The postal ser q 'icc over the Baker City and Paiueville i -outes- i1 eastern Oregon. vas investi- [ -ated by the Postal Agent of this State 1. and Washington Territory, some time q since, and he rocumIucnded that service !, bee reduced Co twice a week. as that au- a 'wcrcd tle present requirements of the {. HrrIH|rH Il.