Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-12-11
WHOLE No. l0,49S.

of tan bark. The few dwellings imme-
diately surrounding the burning pile were
threatened with destruction, which, how
ever, was prevented by the occupants, who
kept small streams of garden hose in play,
and hung wet blankets in front Of their
houses. kranz places his entire loss at
Sfo,oOV the building being worth 500, 900.
the, stock about $1,000, and the material,
including machinery, s., 600 The tannery
was insured for $4,000, while the stock
was uninsured. 1t was the fourth fire that
has visited this tannery.
On Trial for Murtler-Fau of mn old Man
MARYsvILLE. December 1oth.-Tbe case
| OF Clinton Grimes, charged with the muir
der of E. NJ, Bronson, was called in tho
Superior Court of Yuba county TODAY.
Judge keyser presiding. Bronson was
knocked down and robbed in this place on
the 18th of August, and died September 2d.
Clinton Grimes and Tim Buckley were ar
rested, and the latter made what purported
to be confession, duplicating Grimes in
the crime. The entire day was consumed
IN impaneling the jury, and the Court adj
1ourned until tomorrow at 10 A. NJ.
Washington Rank, aged 90 years. fell
from haymow here to-day, distance of
/ fifteen feet. The fall broke a rib III his left
side, and rendered him unconscious for
some time
Found Dead in the Road.
SoNoMA December l0th.-R. A. McDon-
aid, resident of this town, with his little
boy eight years old, left home for Petaluma
yesterday morning, expecting 10 return last
night. This morning he was found near
Hingstrum school-house lying under his
wagon dead. The hoy was all right. The
supposition is that the load was too heavy.
and the horse backed over the grade, thus
upsetting the wagon and killing Mcdonald
Murder or Suicide-whichs
TRucKEE December l0th-Great excite
ment prevails i'll Sierraville on account of
the murder or suicide of John clearwater.
He was young man, and was this morn
ing found in his bed dead, the top of his
head being shot off. double e-barrelled
shotgun lay beside the bed. 1t is said that
he was all covered up snugly in bed. which
would preclude the idea of suicide. He
had been collecting money for the past two
weeks, and was supposed to have had at
least $500 in cash in the house. A Coro-
| ner's inquest is being held the details of
which will not be known here until to-
morrow morning.
The Truckce Ice Harvest.
TRUcKEE, December 1Oth.-The harvest
ing of ice will begin in a few DAYS. Men
are being engaged, and three or four more
| days will witness the beginning of active
operations. The weather continues delight
| full with cold nights and sunshiny DAYS
An Unknown Boy Run Over and Killed.
| SAN JOSE, December 10th.-The remains
of boy, about IA years of age were found
on the track about two miles south of this
| city by special freight train this morning.
The boy is supposed to have been run over
and killed by the through freight, which
went through here at 9:45 last night No
one has as yet identified the body
SECOND DISPATCH.l
| SAN JOSE, December l0th-The remains
of the boy found on the railroad track at
10 o'clock this morning have been identi-
fed by the clothing as those of Fred C.
Brooke, who resided in this city with his
grandmother, Mrs Jackson. An inquest
was held this afternoon, at which testimony
was given that on several occasions the de-
ceased had to be tied to a fence by his conf
rades to prevent him jumping on passing
trains
The Weather.
MARYsvILLE, December 10th Last night
was the coolest of the season. The ther-
mometer registered 500 Ice formed in ex-
posed places 70 the thickness of an eighth
| of an inch.