Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-03-30
COAST AND STATE.

The Fairfield and Suisun brass band have
reorganized.
Ten stamps of the new mill of the Mer-
rifield Company started up on Saturday
last. The timbers for ten more stamps are
being put in, which will give the mine in
all forty stamps Nevada Transcript.
Three years ago there were IS Cinnamon
and 25 white men employed at the Milton
| mine at French Corral. Now the entire
force consists of white men. A similar
revolution has been brought about in all
the large mining properties on the Ridge,
through the anti Chinese agitation, and the
exertlons of the local Miners Unions. All
the white miners are now members of these
! Unions, as we'll as all the bosses and fore.
men. Nevada Transcript.
According to the police authorities there
is much cause for apprehension at the IN
crease of the opium habit in Nevada City.
Not only are there many votaries who are
supposed to have arrived at years OF dis.
| cretion, but come boys OF tender age and
respectable parentage have joined the ranks
of the unfortunates. In most cases the
slaves to the drug own the paraphernalia
necessary to crafty their depraved tastes,
and the officers cannot legitimately inter
! fere with them Nevada Transcript.
The Stockton independent of Wednesday
says that meeting of attorneys and other
| prominent citizens of the county was held
| Tuesday evening in the parlors of the
/ Yosemite for the purpose OF presenting a
petition to Governor Perkins for the par
don of John Campbell, who was sentenced
/ to five years imprisonment for the killing
! of his brother-in-law about two years ago.
! The Governor stated that while he could
not tIy the case over again, he would not
| ignore the petition of representative men
presented. He would inquire into the
matter. 1t is understood that the pardon
will be granted as prayed for.
George w. Grayson, of Oakland, met
with a very serious accident on Friday
last, and narrowly escaped violent death.
He went up to Calaveras county to exam
inc mine situated near the Mokelumne
river, about two and half miles from
West Point. The shaft is now down about
thirty feet, and the only means of reaching
the bottom is by ladder, which rested
against the edge of the shaft and projected
somewhat above it. 1t seems that this
ladder snapped off short at the point of
contact just rs Grayson placed his foot
upon rung, and he was precipitated back
ward, falling to the bottom with much
violence. Fortunately, he fell in such a
way that his only injuries were broken
ankle and the crushing of the bones of the
left foot. He was taken to his home,
where he is now resting comfortably.
We have heard of men meeting death in
consequence of almost all kinds OF acct
dents, but the following is the most singu-
lar we have ever heard of. Truly, the old
woman's expression that "a gun is a dam
gerous thing, even without lock, stock or
barrel, is verify. The death of B. f.
Frost, about ten days ago, in Mendocino
county, was brought about in this very
unheard of manner: He and two others
were riding in company, when his hat blew
off. In trying to reach it, without dis
mounting, his mule threw him to the
ground and hurt him. His companion dis
mounted to assist him. The account in
the Ukiah Press states that he was barely
seated when one of the loose horses of q
comrade shook himself, as horses som. .
times do, the rapid and violent shakes dis.
charging a pistol in its holster, the ball
striking Frost in the heart This was the
finding of the Coroner's jury,