Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-04-19

Shocking Tragedy in Chico.
CHIco April ISth.-This morning about
| 10 O'Clock the city was thrown into a state
of excitement by the report that a man had
| shot woman and then killed himself in
the public street in broad daylight The
murderer is named John Duncan formerly
of Magaha, in this county, and the woman
| is ms wife, living in i family here, making
q living for herself and daughter, about 10
! years OF age. For the past year the parties
have not lived happily together, and Mrs.
| Duncan was taking means to get divorce.
| Duncan, If seems, on learning this, said he
would be revenged. His presence was not.
| known in Chico he having come TO town
within day or two. He disguised himself
with straw nat and duster, and watched
near the house for his victim. This morn
! ing Mrs. Duncan came down to the street
and put the baby OF Mrs Carpenter (for
whom she workedl in the buggy, and wheel
| ing 1t before her, proceeded to take walk.
| Duncan followed her without being recOg-
niZed until she got to n quiet place, when
! he walked up TO her, said something and
| fired a shot. She cried out Don't do that
| here, and seeing that he had missed he
| put his arm around her neck, drew her to-
wards him and fired shot into her head
| He then turned the pistol on himself and
| fired one shot square in the forehead, fell
over and died in fifteen minutes. The wo-
man is not seriously injured, the shot hav-
| ing glanced and the doctors pronounce her
| in no immediate danger.
SECOND DIsPATCHl
CHICO, April 1Sth.-Mrs Duncan, shot
| by her husband this forenoon, had a mar
row escape. The wound made by the ball
is only scalp wound, and the doctors say
she is in no danger
The Sacramento River.
CoLusA, April lSth-The river here night
before last was nine inches higher than
ever before. 1t has now fallen some
eighteen inches, but it is falling very slow
ly-only about four inches in the last
| twelve hours. On the west side of the river
| there is a small break al Princeton, one
three miles below, one ten miles above
Colusa, one five miles above, and two about
mile above. These have not done great
| deal of harm. Except these the levees re
manned intact to Knights Landing ON the
west side. On the east side there was one
break six miles above ColuSa, one about a
mile above and a number on the Sutter
side below Butte Slough District No. 7.
just below Butte Slough, reported under
water, is all right the break having been
stopped without damage The greatest
damage TO crops in Colusa county is by the
backing of the cut formerly made at
Knights Landing 1t is estimated that
this will destroy some 1900 acres of grain
in Colusa and Yolo counties. Our crop
prospect is as good as it could possibly be- |
The State Prison Directors.
SAN RAFAEL, April 1Sth.-The Board of |
State Prison Directors had the jute ques-
ton under discussion until II o'clock last |
night. The question was finally compro-
missed by the Board accepting the jute at 10 |
per cent. discount and the shippers making |
arrangements satisfactory to the Board for
future regular supply of raw jute.
The Board met at A. NJ. to-day, and de-
prived Billy Miner, who attempted to es-
cape yesterday, Of all his credits, amount |
ing to years and months He will now
have to serve his full sentence of 25 years
with no hope of pardon or commutation |
Burton Greeley, his cell-mate, who assisted
him, was also deprived of l year and Z
months credits.
The Board passed an order transferring |
fifty convicts to Folsom, to work in the |
rock quarries General McComb, of the |
Folsom Prison, and Attorney General Mar
shall have been present during the session |
of the Board
The Debris Case to be Appealed.
NEVADA, April 1Sth.-In compliance with |
petition received from the citizens and |
taxpayers of several townships, the Board |
of Supervisors to-day voted unanimously in |
favor of the appropriation by the county of
s., 900 to aid in defraying the expenses of |
an appeal to the United States Supreme |
Court from the decision and decree rem
dered by Judge Sawyer in the case of |
Woodruff vs. the North Bloomfield Gravel |
Mining Company. The action of the Super
yisors is in accord with the sentiment of
nearly every person in the county.
Marysville Items.
MARYsvILLE April 1Sth-The Yuba and
Feather rivers are seven feet below high
water mark, and falling slowly. The levees
are all in splendid order.
The crops have not suffered TO any ex-
tent by the late storm.
The weather is bright and beautiful.
The Grand Parlor, N S. G. w, adjourned |
yesterday. A grand ball was given last
evening. and the delegates left this morn |
ing.
Levee Broken Near Lathrop.
LATHRoP, April 1Sth-The levee on the
San joaquin river broke al o'clock this |
morning. The water is spreading and is
within one mile of Lathrop. If not
stopped about 12000 acres of wheat will
be destroyed
An Aged Priest Dead.
SANTA BARBARA, April 1Sth-Rev Father
Francis J. Sanchez, the only one remaining
OF the early Franciscan missionaries at this
place, and probably the oldest priest at
present in the State, died yesterday morn
ing at 7:45 o'clock. Father Sanchez came
to California in 1s41 with the first Bishop,
the Right Rev Garcia Diego and has re
manned here ever since. He had been i'll
for several months from the effects of
| cold The deceased was well known in
San Francisco and throughout southern
California. He was aged II years.
Suicide with Razor.
EUREKA (Cal), April 1Sth.-Robert Ku-
ecklea, German aged % years committed
suicide at Arcata yesterday, by cutting his
| throat with q razor. Cause, temporary in
sanity.
| Grand Shooting Tournament.
CHICO, April 1Sth.-Great preparations
are being made for the grand shooting
tournament here next Monday. One hun
| dred dozen pigeons have been secured, and
| a big gathering is expected.
The Los Angeles Embezzlement Case.
| Los ANGELES, April 1Sth.-Charles D.
Platt, charged with embeZzlement in con-
| junction with E. Berman late jewelry deal
ers, was held by Justice Morgan in the sum
of 81, 900 Yesterday The charge of perjury
was taken up against the same defendant,
and on motion of his counsel the examina-
ton was held with closed doors. 1t was
shown by the Bank President, in whose
hands the FIRMS funds were placed, that
81, 800 was drawn out three days before the
alleged fraudulent assignment was made.
The Southern Pacific.
TEHAcH1PI, April 17th-11:30 P. MA
slide occurred at the south end of Tunnel
at this morning Got the track almost
clear at II P M., when another slide at the
same plece came down and buried the ca
boose, two fats and the front part of the
engine of the work train. The men were
unwilling to go into the cut until morning
1t is impossible to tell when the track will
be clear. 1t is raining slightly.
TEHAcHIPI, April 1Sth-Express train
No 20 bound north, has laid here since II