Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-01-03
Died from Paralysis.

| VIRGINIA, January 2d.-Conrad Brown, of
the boot and shoe firm of Brown L Tassel,
suffered stroke of paralysis yesterday which
resulted fatally.
Fire I'm the sufrO Tunnel.
VIRGINIA, January 2d.-At seven o'clock
yesterday morning fire was discovered in
| the north branch of the Sutro tunnel. Su-
periltendent Patton disconnected the COM
pressed air-pipe at the surface and at the
| ], 750 foot level water was turned into the up.
per end, and the pipe and hose attached to
the lower end, when men advanced into the
drift driving the smoke back with stream
from the hose. It took about three hours TO
drive the smoke back, the fire being at point
300 feet north of the G. sud G. shaft but
when the 6ra was finally reached, it was
quickly extingaished. 1t burned out thirteen
sets of timbers and the drain boxes that ran
along the side of the drift. The FIRE was all
out by three o'clock this afternoon. Work
men are putting in new drain boxes and max
ing the repairs. The Sutro tunnel miners
left off work in the tunnel yesterday after
noon at four o'clock. When they came to
work this morning they discovered the FIRE
and sent word up to the q. and G. shaft to
Patton. How the fire originated is not
known. Patton and his men did good work
In putting it out SO soon. In driving the
smoke back they were troubled by its moving
along over the logging of the roof and getting
behind them, otherwise they would have
reached the fire sooner. The fire has stopped
no work.
The Legislature.
CARSON, January 2d.-The bill to appro-
PIRATE $50, 600 passed by the House yesterday
for legislative purposes, was cut down to
s55, 600 in the Senate. An attempt was made
by the Democrats TO dispense with the services
of chaplsins, but the resolution was beaten
In both Houses.
Was it Murder, or Suicide?
EUREKA, January 2d.-Profouud excite
ment was caused by the discovery of the
dead body OF George p. McConkey this
morning az 3 o'clack at Hamilton, in his
Office of County Treasurer of White Pine
county, in which he also transacted business
as agent for Wells. Fargo & Co., and for
Gilmer & Saulsbury's southern stage line
from Eureks. The body was found with .
pistol shot through the heart, and lying be-
tween the county safe and that of Wellg,
Fargo & &c. TIE former was wide open,
and the latter shut and the combination on.
About $40 in coin was scattered on
the floor. Public opinion is divided as
to whether the act was murder or
suicide. The only weapon found was Me.
Conkey's own pistol, which lay few feet
from his body with one chamber empty and
containing the she'll of an exploded cartridge.
No note was left behind by deceased. Nc
Conkey has for three terms served Gs Treas
urer of White Pine county, being defeated
for reelection in November. He has enjoyed
the highest reputation every wsy. and his
death is n great shock. The deceased leaves
wife and two little children without imme.
diate support.
A later dispatch from Hamilton says the
verdict of the Coroner's jury is that he came
to his death by unknown hands, the supposi-
tion being that he was murdered. The affairs
of bis Office have not yet been examined.