Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-07-22
PACIFIC COAST ADVICES
EX.COnSressman LuttreiI Sued to
Recover $4,000. which he Failed
to Pay over to the Alta Mining
COmpany-An Assessment on Bull.
liOn-Crushed to Death by a Car
Death of A. j. Crum.

San FRANCISCO, July 21.-The Alta Min
ing Company Of Arizona has brought suit
against ex-Congressman J. K. Luttrell to
recover S37 900. The complaint alleges
that Luttrell, during his SUPPLEMENTARY
of the mine, received $50, 900, which he
failed to pay over to the company, and also
got $1,000 from ore reduced, which he ap
propriated to his own use.
Michael McKenna died this morning
from the effects Of g pistol-shot wound in
aicted by police officer Dunn a few days
ago, during a drunken row between Dunn
and another officer, in which McKenna in.
terfered.
Bullion levies an assessment OF 60 cents.
San RAFAEL, July 2l.-At Duncan's
Mills to-day, William Powers, aged fifteen,
was crushed to death between two cars he
was attempting to couple.
CHICO, July 2l.-A. J. Crum, who was
brutally assaulted and kicked on the head
on Tuesday, near Chico, died at l O'Clock
this morning. When it became known he
was gradually sinking, there was a strong
feeling among the citizens to take the man
Noakes from the lookup and give him
lynch law. but Constable True and Mar
shall Rundel put heavy irons on him and
took him in a buggy to Oroville to the
County Jail.
NAPA, July 21.-A man Of medium
stature, aged about % years, yesterday
registered at the Palace Hotel in this city
as G. s. Smith, Of Arizona. This afternoon
he went to the bar and asked the barkeeper
to drink with him, when he stepped in an
adjoining room, and putting a pistol to his
head, shot himself and died instantly. He
left nothing by which he could be iden.
tilted.
VIRGINIA, July 20.-At l o'clock this
morning Isaac Frock, a miner at the Com.
bination Shaft, had his right arm caught in
the machinery Of the hydraulic pump and
so crushed as TO render amputation neces-
sary. Frock died in about three hours from
the shock and loss Of blood. He was at one
time foreman Of the New York mine, and
leaves a wife and four children at Gold Hill.
the hydraulic pump is now running right
along, and working satisfactorily. The
foundation Of the pump, at the 2700 foot
station Of the Union shaft, is completed
aud the pumps will be in place and running
in 10 days, when a new start will be made
in the North End mines.
The east crosseut on the 5000 level Of tbs
Yellow Jacket is out PA feet, and no change
Of material.
The Alta shaft Is down 2,l40 feet; rock
very hard.
SAN Francisco, July 20.-A Victoria dis.
patch says: The steamer California has ar
rived from the north with the following ad.
vices; Nearly all the business citizens OF
Sitka have removed their goods to Harris
burg. Very little work has been done on
the lodges, but the prospects look better
than ever. The lodges are showing up well,
and have every appearance OF being solid
and permanent. The placer mines are all
paying wages from three to five dollars per
day, and some yield handsomely. The
hills are full of prospectors, many having
gone far into the interior. New locations
and discoveries have been made, but none
Of any great value. The citizens Of Har.
risburg have issued a cali for q convention
for the purpose Of sending a representative
to Washington. who will be instructed &c
urge upon the Government the necessity foI
the establishment Of some form Of Terri
torial Government and laws for the regu'
lation and settlement Of disputes growing
out Of conflicting interest in mining snd
other property. There is great complain
because the Government has made delay ir
establishing a mail service, in accordance
| with the petition forwarded last February
Upwards of so Indians have already beer
killed in the war between the upper anf
lower Chilicat tribes. The war is now al
most over.
Rev. Sheldon Jackson will proceed a
once to Chilicat to establish . mission anc
erect q school and church.