Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-06-22
PACIFIC SLOPE.
ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE nrcoHD-psroy.I
CALIFORNIA.
CelestlaI Law-Defers.

PoRr COSTA, June 21st.-Saturday after
noon last the Fish Commissioners sloop,
while near Red Rock, San Pablo bay, dis
covered five Chinese iunks, each contain
ing five Cinnamon, fishing with illegal nets.
On attempting to arrest them, one boat and
crew were captured, the crews OF the other
boats escaped to the hills, where they were
followed by Constable and another man,
leaving Constable Atchison, OF Rio Vista,
in charge of the sloop, and still another
man in charge OF the five Cinnamon on the
| Junk The five Cinnamon seriously as
saulted the man in charge, and finally
7 threw him overheard, when Atchison, in
| the sloop, sailed alongside and was COM
PEELED to shoot among the crowd in order
| to save the swimmers life. Atchison, alone,
recaptured the junk and the Cinnamon.
/ The latter were taken TO Martinez, where,
/ to-day, their trial came Off One Of the
Celestials may die.
Destructive Field Fires.
/ L1vERMoRE. June 21st-A fire broke out
at II o'clock yesterday morning near Alta
mont, and destroyed about 1000 acres of
grain, besides considerable hay, pasture
and stubble. The losers are T. L. Collins,
/ z. Fl. Sherman Michael Dunlea, c. H.
| Christensen, L. E.lerbrook and others. The
insurance is divided among the Home Mu-
tual, Lion, Connecticut, EIna. London and
Lancashire, Firemen's Fund and others.
and amounts to about $4,000, while the
losses are at least $4,000. Considerable
| farming machinery and two horses were
! burned. The fire was prevented from
! spreading by the united exertions of the
| farmers. A fire this morning in the same
locality burned about 225 acres of pasture
and grain also two haystacks and seventy
/ H..
They were insured in the Lion.
Murder VIII Out.
| SAN JOSE. June 21st-A Coroner's in
quest was held yesterday at the Almaden
mines over the remains of man found IN
AN abandoned tunnel. The investigation
established the identity OF the man as Gu
mecindo Luera who disappeared January
| 20, 1866. He was Mexican, aged 80 years.
His widow and a number of comrades
swore positively to his identity. There
was pistol-shot through the skull, and
pistol lay beside him. Some circumstances
indicate that he had been murdered by
Nicolas Duarte and Pedro Yturbe, his part
ners, with whom he had difficulty, and
who disappeared about the same time he
did. The former was seen some years ago
working as sailor on the coast of France,
and the latter was hanged in Mexico for
the murder of his wife.
Change of Date-Boy Badly Injured.
SAN JOSE June, 2lst-The Santa Clara
Agricultural Society has changed the date
of its fair from August 18th to October ID,
| so as not to conflict with the Santa Rosa
and Nevada fairs.
Henry Howard, aged Is was thrown
from buggy last night and sustained a
| fracture of the skull over the left eye. He
is now in a critical condition.
Freight Train Ditched.
SAN BERNARDINo, June 21st.-Al Caion
| this morning freight train on the Califor-
MIA Southern Railroad was ditched. The
engine and fifteen cars were thrown off the
track. The engineer is believed to be
fatally injured. The fireman was some
delay in all east-bound trains.
Sixty Years for Burglary.
ORovILLE, June 21st.-Jndge Freer to-
day sentenced Milton MCGEE, convicted of
burglary in the first degree, and with
record of former conviction for felony, to
sixty years in the State Prison.
Brace of Monsters.
Stockton, June 21st.-John Collins and
John Wilson, one of whom is bar-room
cornet PLAYER, are under arrest for an I'M
natural crime. fine victim was 14-year-
old boy.
Accidentally Killed.
SoNoMA, June 2lst.-Ye sterday Joseph
Marti, aged 20, son of NJ. MART, living
four miles from town. was handling gun
while cleaning it, when the weapon was
discharged, killing him. The side of his
face was blown off.
First Shipment of New Wheat.
PoRT CosrA. June 21st.-This morning
the first shipment of new wheat of the sea-
son was shipped aboard the British ship
Aberfoyle There were seven carloads
from Goldman, of Tulare.