Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-07-26
Fire at Nevada City-TwO Boys Burned to
Death.

Death.
NEVADA July 25th-The large residence Of
| J, II. Boardman, on Broad street, was dis
covered on fire last evening about o'clock.
The alarm was quickly responded to by the
| fremen, but owing to q scarcity OF water at
the outset and the dry and combustible
nature of the building, it required hard
working to gain control of the flames. Carter
and Edward Boardman, aged respectively
and years, were asleep in the upper story OF
| the house and undoubtedly persisted in the
| flames, as they are nowhere to be found.
Men have been busily engaged all the morn.
| ing looking through the ruins in search OF
their bones, but as yet have failed to lind
them. 1t is thought the intense heat entirely
consumed them. The nurse and baby barely
escaped from the burning building. BY ex-
erting themselves, the hremen prevented the
fire from spreading much. Boardmans
house was burned to the ground, with an an It's
contents His loss will amount to 3,OO0, on
| which he has 81, 600 insurance. a dwelling
belonging to Il. Mccoy was also destroyed.
| Loss. s.. 600 insurance, $500. The residence
| of l.. P. Schmidt was damaged considerably
by fire and water. It is fully insured. u.
Luproil, roomer OF Boardman's, lost about
| 500 in personal property. Mrs Kits, the
nurse lost $3.50 in coin, most OF which has
been recovered. Great sympathy is expressed
! Tor the parents OF the Durueu Chhotch'
SECOND DISPATCH.l
NEVADA, July 25th.-The bodies of the
two children who were burned to death III the
fire here last night were found amidst the
ruins this afternoon. Only the trunks and
skulls remained.
Miner Injured by n Blast.
NORTH SAN JUAN, July 25th.-Y esterdsy
afternoon about o'clock man by the name
of Edward Brophy, while working in the
Manzanita claims at Sweetland, was badly
| injured by the premature explosion of blast
| The fuse ignited the blast before Brophy had
time to get away. Tie explosion hurled him
into the air distance of fifteen feet, and he
| feel insensible. His body and head received
numerous COMMISSIONS of dangerous charac.
ter, but his physician says he may recover.
| Brophy is married man.
skeleton OF Man Found.
GRASS VALLEY, July 25th.-To-day some
wood.choppers found the skeleton of a man
in the vicinity of Buena Vista. near here. A
bottle of stryIhnine was found near the re-
mains, which are supposed to be those OF
Christopher Stspf, who disappeared from
here about fifteen months age.
A woman Drops Dead.
SMARrsvILLE, July 25th.-Mrs. Dauchee,
of San Francisco, passenger on the Marys-
willie stage en- route to French Corral to visit
relatives. dropped dead of heart disease at
Empire Ranch to-day.
Damages Promptly Paid.
MARYsvrLLE, July 25th.-The residence of
John Spsngler took FIRE this morning from
the kitchen stove-pipe. The company in
which the building was insured paid the dam
age (S330) this afternoon.
A Dead Mans Heart In Court.
STOCKTON, July 25th.-The trial of Fell
cine Racouillet for manslsughter, in the kill
ing of John O'Brien at Woodbridge on June
9th, occupied the attention of the Supe-
rior Court yesterday. The murdered mans
hesrt, picked in alcohol. was offered in evil
dence, as O'Brien was stabbed in the heart.
Racouillet is only II years of age, and belongs
in Butchertown, San Francisco.
Stabbed Four Times.
STOCKTON, July 25th.-Thomas O'Brien,
steamboat man. was stabbed In tour places
about the head and neck yesterday by some
unknown man. One stab was within half an
inch of the jugular vein.
Boy Horribly MaDeled-LOst Poll Tax Re
ceipts Found.
STOCKTON, July 25sh.-A boy II years of
age, named David Mathews, was run over by
the cars near Bantas last night about half
past o'clock. BE was stealing a ride, and
was riding on the bumpers, and was jolted
off, The wheels ran over both arms and one
leg. He lay all night by the side of the track,
and this morning was found and brought into
this city and taken to the hospital. Both
arms were amputated, one above snd the
other below the elbow, and the leg below the
knee. His home is in Los Angeles county.
He is not expected to live.
A short time ago the books of the county
officials were exported, and several errors
were discovered. Among others, Charles
Grunsky, County Auditor, was charged with
being short SSS poll tax receipts, their face
value being 81, 609. To-day the receipts were
found among the other books, the experts
having overlooked them.
sonoma County Republicans.
SANTA Rosa, July 25th.-The Republican
County Committee of Sonoms met here to-
day. The 18th of August was appointed for
the primary meetings. and August 10Th for
the County Convention, to be held in this
city.
Admitted to Bail-Ranch Fires.
MERGED, July 25th.-W. J. Howard, who
shot Dodson near Mariposa, mentioned in
former dispatches, was arraigned yesterday
before Justice Temple, of Mariposs, and ad-
mitted to bail in the sum of 81 900, and Wed.
nesday, the I'd of August, set for the ex-
animation. Dodsons wound is said to be q
very serious one, but not necessarily fatal. The
quarrel grew out OF tine snOOting Oh n0rseS
owned by Howard that got into Dodson's
field. In the difficulty the wounded man is
alleged to have been the aggresser.
A new barn being built for Erastus kelsey,
on the MERGED river, near MERGED Falls,
caught fire yesterday at about o'clock P. NJ,
while the carpenters were at work on the roof
shingling. and was destroyed. Two horses
and q mule and other property was also
burned.
A fire broke out about 2 o'clock the same
day on the farm of the Cloud Bros, near
Smelling. destroying stack of hay and in
turing $50 sacks of wheat. The fire caught
from ashes dropped from the engine, just after
the thresher bad been moved from the stack.
Crop Outlook.
PORTLAND, July 25th.-A special from
Eugene, regarding the hop yield of Lane
county, says outside of the yards in the
Willamette bottom the late dry spell has had
the effect Of bringing the vines out in burr
much earlier than usual, and the yield will
be small as compared with former years.
There will be very much of stop" crop
that ia, that which grows near the top of the
poles.
Harvesting has just begun in the William.
cite valley, and indicates full yield of fall
sown grain, while spring wheat ia light.
In Umpqua valley, where the harvesting is
half finished, the same report holds good.
ARIZONA.