Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-03-27
PACIFIC COAST
Capture Of kvt Joy.

SVtIre on AN 10Y.
TrosoS, March 2S- The railroad au-
thorities here have been in possession
OF news since Friday Of the capture OF
hlt Jov by the Snerif's uosse. fhe
p7rticr!a-s are unknown. IN. il il ru-
mored that desperate encou,t ter took
place, and JOY WAS badly shot up. He
was taken TO Silver City. where ne is &
deaths point. II is learned that some
| ranchmen ran across Jov somewhere on
the ella. he refused 10 surrender. aud
started - run. A ball pioughed through
his scalp on the sid. of his head. and a
second sho: struck him in the leg be-
low tue kuee. He then gave 40, An
WIS t.keu to Silver CITY, wher. a sur
! geon amvuia'ej the leg below the knee.
bat IT was soon discovered that t. save
| his life the leg must be taken off above
the knee. so another operation was
| performed.
| Sheriff Paul of this county confirms
the news Of the woundIng and capture
OK hit joy, and states that Joy Was not
wounded III the silver City fight. a. At
| frs. reported. Previous to the last bat
tie ana captore be Vas uniujured.
Alaska News.
NASAIMo. Il. e.. March ~ - The
steamship Idaho, Captain Carroll. ar
| rived from Sitka AMI way ports With
the following passengers: MIR. and Mrs.
Coils. Mr~Stati of the steamer A'ans,
Il. Taylor, j. II. Hopkins. q. c. Barte.t
and several Others. The weather was
exceptionally fine. md n pie SAINT trip
Was had up and dowu. At Si.ka on the
18th instant George ~ Lewis. a seaman
| Gu the United States steamer Adams.
vent ashore, and In the evening al
tempted to reach tue vessel in a small.
watef-loeged dory. without All o,r or
paddle. The night Was stormy. and il
u Thought the frail craft capsIzed and
the man WIS drosBed. The steamer
Ros-, the steam LAUNCH IF the Adams
ana other boats made q gent PC
for tue body, Dut failed 10 recover II.
| he body of Mr.. Prior. who WAS report
Ell lost, WAS found nv one of the search |
lag parties within SIX miles of the lower !
kilsno village. The faithful dog of tie |
dece Used WAS found dead living across |
the body of his Inflated master.
There Is ant little news from the |
mines. Zee ireadweli tunnel is now in |
the LEDGE 400 feet, with excellent pros |
poets. The Company have $50 feet yet |
to drive tn go through the ledge. Work |
has not vet co ntnenced in the pl tcer |
mi Is.
Tue officers Of the Adams ar. anx-
.ouslv awaiting the arrival of the |
steamer Pinto to relieve them.
Active preparations are being made |
to open several new canneries during |
tae 81 ring.
The sharon Divorce Triai.
San FRANCISCO. March 26-In the |
Sharon divorce trial Mrs. Colonel Stapp |
tresumingD testified on crcss examina
ton that she caHie here at the request |
OF sharon, who, through third party. |
sent h"r "A check for $500. Shs didn't |
know il she and her husband were to |
pay their own expenses.
Coloael Henry X. Stagg. late of the |
Seventy eighth New York Regiment. |
residing at Denver, Col RADIO, testified |
that he heard Miss Hill say abont the
beginning Of May, 1881, that Sharon
wanted to marry her, but that she did |
not want to marry him. He was too
OLD. If she did marry him it would be
iii the fall, and she would send cards.
He talked with her about Sharon and
she said that be- would settle S2OO.0O0
and the Belmont estate on her. She
thought it WAS not enough. As she had
$4,000 Of her own.
Port Townsend Notes.
PoRr townsend. March 26-Morgan
* Hastings steamer Enterprise got Up
steam and circied around tue bay. =
The Di-p Itch and Edna both went to
DangeGt 80 today.
Quite a little tiutter of excitement WAS
created in town today by the advent of
Mr.. Richard Delanty, who had very rich
specimens of gold bearing gu ,rtz, pick
ed ua on Quimper Peninsula. One spec
linen, a.. ut { 10 siZs of n pea. was about
half gold, aud another lump, about AS
large as a hen egg, contained streaks of
pure gold. The stone is gray quartz.
Mining stocks.
SAN Francisco, March 26--Best & Bel
cher 80. Bodie Con. $50. Bullion 800.
Chollar rs. Con. Virginia l0c. Eureka
Con 4.25, Gould Il Curry l. 10. Belchrr 500.
Hale & Norcross l35, Mexican l.55,
Ophir 10, Potosi Zoe. Savage $50. 81
ezra Nevada 2.40. Uni.n l5O, Yellow
Jacket =. Alta lao. Utah l. CalifOr-
MIA l0s, NJ White &c. Mono l.75. Alpha
30. Crown Point LIS.
shipping auaeliixencc.
Fort TowNsENs ,. March 26.-Arrived-
Schooner Li,lie Bonnie.
Pogr DISCOVERY, March a.-Arrived
Jennie Wandsig.
Sailed, 23th-C. G. Frink.
SAN Francisco, NJ .roh &.-Arrived-
Steamer Oregon. from Astoria.
Sailed-Schooner kodiac, for Ouna-
laska.