Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-09-15
PACIFIC SLOPE.
YOUNG NAN KILLED IN NEVADA
COUNTY.
Woman Murdered in Arizona =
Republican Electors Resign
Utah ard idaho Advices.
CALIFORNIA.
The Methodist Conference.

PACIFIC GROVE, September 13th.-Last
evening the Educational Society was ad-
dressed by Bishop FOss and J. II. Wythe,
Jr This years collection was reported as
! 1925, an increase over last year of $500. c.
c. Stratton D. D., was elected President of
| the society William Taylor, Missionary
Bishop to Africa, was introduced He ad-
dressed the Conference to-day. Wesley
Peck, of Gilroy, was granted a superannu-
| ated relation on account of sickness. VIM.
| T. 5. Duncan, local preacher of the Balti-
| more Conference was admitted. August
| Lemken, J. +. Holmes j. 3. Chisholm, j.
| W Riedemann and J. H. Bacon, having
passed the four-yearS' course of study, were
| elected to elders orders. Ross TAYLOR, of
| San Jose, was.admitted on trial and elected
to deacons' and elders orders for mission
ary work with his father in Africa. Reso-
| lutiOns were adopted reatfirming the doc
| trines of Christian perfection. denouncing
| the formation of union holiness bands and
| indorsing the California Christian AdyOcGte.
The business of the book depository in San
Francisco has increased $3.50. The report
on the Bible cause was adopted, showing a
large increase in the work accomplished by
the society and in the collections of this
Conference. Bishop Taylor led in prayer
| for Gods grace to rest upon J. o. Johnson,
Superintendent of the grove, whose wife
died this morning.
An Encounter with Eobber.
NEVADA CITY, September 13th-TO-dav
was payday at the Providence mine, and
as Joseph Thomas, the superintendent, and
John Frend0nning, an employe, were com
ing home a masked robber sprang from
the bushes and with q cooked revolver COM
manded a halt Thomas and Frendonning
jumped down the bank, separating as they
did so. when the robber fired one shot at
Thomas, which fortunately missed him.
Just below where Thomas jumped,
the bank had been excayated for
depth of about twenty feet and he fell
down the embankment, sustaining severe
injuries to his head and back. The rObber
disappeared in the woods.
Robbed by a Highwayman.
ORov1LLE, September 13th.-Ed Quin-
ton, a teamster, was robbed by one man,
armed with a uble-barreed shotgun,
about : O'Clock last evening, five miles
above here, near Minus ranch. The man
was unmasked, but it was too dark to see
him plainly. He stopped the team and de-
mandcd the teamsters money, which was
handed over the amount being S1l, when
he told Quinton to drive on, and immedi-
! ately disappeared in the brush The de-
scriptiOn of the man tallies very closely
with the taller Of the two who robbed the
| Laporte stage yesterday. This robbery oc-
cured six miles this side of the other
Grapes il. a Napa Valley.
ST HELENA, September l3th-The grape
crop is ripening rapidly and has sustained
no injury whatever from the recent rains
Already grapes have been crushed in many
| cellars, but not in large quantities Con-
| tracts have been made for grapes during the
! past week at about the following rates :
| Missions, $50 per ton; MalvOises, $25; lin
| fandels Reisiings and Chasselas, $50
Run 0vtr.by a Roller.
Stockton, September 13th-S. Briggs
| keeper OF the Stockton race-track, was run
| over TODAY by heavy metal roller used to
! smash clOds on the course. His left shoul-
| der and c0llar-bone were broken, ribs con-
| fused, cash cut across his forehead and
his nose injured
| Fractured Skull.
| SANTABARBAEt, September 13th.-Y Yester-
day afternoon about 3 o'clock John Rodri-
guez, who has charge OF the old stage sta
| bles, threw broom at some children who
were playing, with the intention Of fright
ening them awav, as they were hindering
him with his work Cordero boy about
t , years old, in his haste to get away, fell,
| striking on his head and fracturing the
! skull just over the temple. 4 piece OF
bone as large as q quarter Of a dollar has
been extracted. The chances for his recov-
cry are very dou' tful.
A Shark in san Francisco Bay-sui eide
Through Whi,ky-Accidental Drown
ing.
SAN FRANCISCO, September 14th-A valu-
able, large Newfoundland dog was seized
and drawn under the water and drowned
by shark in the bay near Long Bridge
to-day. This spCt has been fayorite resort
for swimmers.
George I. Ebens teacher Of the Berkeley
Gymnasium, slIiclded to-day with pistol
bullet in the temple. The cause was ex.
cessiye drinking.
Fred. BurgmaSter, car cleaner of Oak
land, was accidentally drowned to-day
=. while fishing of Peralta street wharf.
Senator Vrooman's Resignation as a Pres
idential EIeetor-Two Men Crushed Il
Death-A Fatal Fall.
SAN FRANcIsco, September 1fth.-Senatol
Nrooman's resignation as an Elector on tht
Republican ticket is made public A doub
expressed that his position as State Senator
conflicts with the law concerning Presiden
tial Electors leads him to do this, though
satisfied that the objection has no sole
basis.
John Dempsey and Thos Wallace wer,
crushed to death a the Potrero gas work.
this morning by the fall of an iron roof they
We're putting in place.
VIM. Gilman, brother of Ada Gilman
the actress, employed on the Queen of tht
Pacific, fell down the companion way anC
fractured his skull, dying soon after.
Young Man Killed.
DrrTrrr I7f At GoDtn,, bor al, A ,-a,,,,r
man named James Skein, working a
TOwle Bros. hosting works, near Powell
Hill. Nevada county, was killed YESTERDAY
by the breaking of Il lOg-chain, which re
bounded, striking him on the head.
Furious Thunderstorm.
ORovTLLE September 14th.-The heavies
thunderstorm, and accompanied by tn
most vivid lightning ever seen in northern
California, occurred here last evening
SiXty-five hundredths of an inch of raii
fell in about an hour.
Escape of Two Prisoners.
RED BLUFF, September l4th-Last night
about O'Clock, two prisoners under con
victiOn-Tom Casey and James Dunn
sawed through the bars of a window of tn,
Jail, and made their escape. Both had beeI
previously sent to Folsom for ten years. ant
the last trial resulted in their being foun,
: guilty of burglary in the second degree
They were TO have been sentenced on Tues
day 1t is not likely that they will escape
as officers are in hot pursuit An attemp
was made to break the locks. 1t is certain
that outside parties aided in their escape
Three others, one Of whom has received
life sentence, were also in the Jail, but re
fused to take advantage of the opportunit.
to escape. Both the escapes are well-known
and travel now is difficult Dunn formerl,