Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-02-26
California News,

California News.
 The defence in the Auburn train
 wreckers case have about eighty-hve 1 witnesses m readiness.
 Mss Sarah Reftiff of Pennington, San | Joaquin county, while in a 1t, Monday, fell into tte hre. She was rescued, but
 Is fatally burned, and the house caught
 fire, and was consumed.
 It has been the coldes: spell of wealth
 CT experienced in Humboldt county for
 many years. Unless the STOW goes off with a ram there will he great loss of stock. If a warm rain should set in there
 would be a flood that would likely do much damage.
 San Diego has had nearly seven inches of rain this season.
 State Superintendent Campbell reports the appOrtionment of the SchOol Fund, and San Francisco's share IS S586, 6,967-5O.
 A heavy flask fell on Colbert Miller in the Marysville Foundry Monday, break ing two ribs and causing slight dislo eaton of the hip. Internal injuries arc feared.
 The locomotive for the Arcata and Mad River Railroad has arrived at Eu- rek1, and will be put on the road as soon as possible.
 At National City, on Monday night, | man named Brady was dangerously stab | bed by one Doyle, who IS now in jail.
 A Chinese laundry-man, who had been | to deliver some whashing to parties living | near the Nurchie mine, about two miles l from town, was stopped while on his way | home by three hlshwaymen, who robbed | him of S3-all the money he had An gered at not getting more plulder, they | then beat the Chnaman in an unmerci- ful manner, and left him for dead, bu, he will probably recover.
 Rev. Father Slattery died in Petaluma | of typhoid fever, Monday.
 So far, the receipts in Bodie for the Veterans Home foot up Sl 100
 T. P. OCOnnOr spoke at Petaluma Friday night, and at Santa Rosa Satur- day night.
 There were shipped from Humboldt Bay last year, 59, TX, ,396 feet ot lumber, 3S,9t5, 75O shingles, 2,9lS,7OO shakes and 46,l45 posts.
 The residence of Charles Blackburn, of Petaluma, was totally destroyed by fire Saturday morning. The building NtlN AbA ~HNN anu N tN's
 IL Is reported that the Madrone Min eral springs, situated a few miles north east of Gilroy, will be purchased by a company at Oakland for $500. and that Sl2,OOO more will be spent for improve ments.
 Thelrruckee Republican says the pres ent season has been the most favorable for logging for many years. An i'm mense amount has been cut and quite an army of men and teams has been en- ployed on the Little Truckee.
 Daniel Flint, of Sacramento county, and Master of the California State Grange, has just returned from the East, where be went to represent this State at the session of the National Grange, Pa irons of Husbandry.
 4 telegram from San Diego, speaking Of the railroad between San Luis Key and COltOn, says: The construction IS being vigorously pushed on the surveyed line, and there will be excursion trains run to Temecula on the 22d instant.
 Mrs. c. D. Smith, of Visalia, was scalded tO death last week. She was bathing in a tub near the stove on which was sitting a kettle half filled with boil ing water. On coming from the bath she became dizzy and to save herself from falling, clutched the boiler and pulled 1t from the stove, the contents completely envelOping her body.
 Santa Rosa is to have a musical con yention about March 2lst.
 Capitalists propose sinking for oil in the town of Santa Barbara.
 The MendocinO county woOl-erovers meet the first Saturday in March.
 Curtis Phelps was killed by a tree 'alling upon him in the MendOcin woods last week.
 The freezing weather has destroyed he grasshoppcr eggs m Modoc county. |.
 Dutch George, Blocksburg, Humboldt ' county, was killed by a falling tree, last | week. I Eight deep-water ships were in Will S nington harbOr on the I7th, and several ! nore are expected there this week. I There are about 27,OOO logs in the AL l ,ion river, MendOcinO county, and .OOd season is assured for the mills.
 Patrick Carberry a rancher living near TOmales. has been charged with giving Edward McCune poison in whisky oddly and is held for trial. ' An enormous stream of artesian water n .as been struck on the Stewart property V rest of the Mound City tract, which Is ii aid to be the largest flow of water ever \ truck in San BernardinO county. v At San Rafael yesterday, 5. R. ThrUck- [ norton paid into the hands of the Sher : Y the sum of S147,0O0 to redeem his DOT V lon of Saucelito Ranch, sold under fore r lOsure of mortgage to Henry COwell e bout SIX months ago. a The large army of graders who com 2 leuced work last week at MOhave, are n ow several miles out, and track-laying U Dward tine Colorado River commenced ! U A hundred carloads of ma U srial arrived last week. The Los Angeles Times of February =, 1th says: The rains have been much f, eayier throughout the southern portion sl the county than in Los Angeles, and l n be blows have been constantly at work n efCre and after the rains. Orange con- n nues to receive new accessiOns to it's 1 tJ opulation daily; many newcomers are ai valuable property; large hi curing mill will soon be erected on the m anta Ana ditch where thirty-foOt fall r, water has been secured. K