Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-02-21
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PORTLAND, February 20th.-The weather
is cool and cloudy.
Harrison Rice, father of Judge S. w. Rice,
of this county died at Roseburg yesterday
evening, from injuries received on the 18Th.
while riding vicious horse. The animal be-
came unmanageable and ran against barn.
Rice's head struck violently against barn,
fracturng the skull He survived the shock
only 80 hours. Deceased was one of the old
pioneers of the State and highly respected.
On the Isl the body of man named
Weatherby was found on TillamoOk beach.
While attempting to swim his horse across
one of the swollen streams a few days age,
Weatherby was swept from the saddle and
borne down on the swift current and drowned.
The jury in the United States Circuit
Court have rendered verdict for So, 900
against Messrs. HumasOu, Savage and Isaacs,
of The Dalles. Some time ago the Govern
ment brought an action against these parties,
who are bondsmen of William Logan, for
merly Indian Agent at The Dalles. It was
claimed that this sum was due the Govern.
ment by Logan at the time of his death.
The jury in the United States Circuit
Court in the case of Demitriz Sepagin,
charged with the Illicit manufacture of hoo
chino at Sitka failed to agree after two trials.
The action will doubtless be dismissed by the
United States Attorney and defendant dis
charged. Six other defendants arrested on
the same charge have entered plea of
guilty, and will appear for sentence to-mor.
row morning.
Charles Russell, brother-in-law of J. A
Thomas. who was hanged a few weeks ago at
| Walla Wslla for the murder of Brumfeldand
his mistress, has been convicted of the crime
of perjury, committed during the trial of
Thomas, and sentenced 10 the Penitentiary
of Washington Territory for the period of
! five years.
After being issued one week, the EUeaiag
Chronicle, little paper published by j. T..
Atkinson as a continuation of the defunct
| Bulletin, suspended publication last evening.
News has been received from Fifteen-mile
creek. Wasco county, that the residence and
contents Of Thomas Slusher were totally de
stroyed by fire. An old man named james
Iippen, aged % years. VINO was living with
Slusher, was so badly injured by the fire. in
an attempt to escape from the building, that
he died from the effects.
DR.. s. Il. Joseph, who has for some years
been connected with the State Insane Asy-
Ium as one of the visiting physicians. hes
been appointed Superintendent of that insti-
tuition, vice J. c. Hawthorn, deceased.
ID. P. Thompson, J. B. David, Joseph
Smith and B. F. Smith of this city have been
awarded the contract by the Oregon Railway
and Navigation company Iot clearing Ine
roadway from Portland to The Dales. The
contract includes the remainder of the work
let sometime ago to the Chinese firm of
Coung Ye Loung & Co., and left unfinished
On account of the failure OF the firm. The
work will be commenced between the lower
Cascades and The Dalles in few days, and
crowded forward with all possible dispatch.
a Chinaman employed on gravel train on
the Northern Pacific Railroad near Puyallur
switch, fell off on the track and the train
passed over his arm and leg, dreadfully
mangling the limbs. He died in few hour:
liter the accident