Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-03-19
OREGON.
A Batch of Lively News Items From the
North Boomlsnd.

North Boomlsnd.
PORTLAND. March 1Sth.-Ah wy, Chi
naman, committed suicide by hanging this
morning. He was poor and sick. The
Coroner's jury returned a verdict of
dependency.
Great uneasiness is felt here concerning
the quarantined steame, Columbia, as a
large number of prominent Portlanders are
aboard.
AN ELoPEMENT
Ben Corkrell, a so-called detective, who
figured conspicuously with insurance COM
panies in San Francisco, eloped recently
with the wife OF variety actor in Seattle.
The guilty pair are in Paris.
A DESPERATE HoRsETHIEF.
The Clackamas horsethief continues his
depredations. He was found in a barn
sleeping. While an officer was reading the
warrant TO him he pulled his pistol and
fired, and his pursuers fed The next day
he entered house and stole a rifle and
ammunition. If found, desperate fight
will undoubtedly ensue.
DIsGRAcING TIE CLOTH.
Rev. Ezra Haskell has skipped the town.
He was recently sued for debt, the Court
rendering judgment, and his household
goods were levied upon. He promised to
raise the money, and he was allowed to re-
main the custodian of the attached prop
erty, but he took his goods and left for
parts unknown.
Stabbed In the Abdomen.
PORTLAND, March 1Sth.-Last night Billy
Brown, hackman, stabbed John Buckley,
plasterer in the abdomen. Buckley was
talking to woman, when Brown ap-
preached and slapped her. Buckley re-.
monstrated against such conduct, when
Brown again repeated his action, and turn
ing to Buckley plunged dirk into him.
Buckley is in a precarious condition.
Brown is in jail.
The Lord Trial.
NEVADA CITY, March 1Sth.-In the Lord
trial to-day expert Horton resumed his tes-
timony on cross ss-examination. Counsel for
the prosecution long but vainly sought to
weaken the force of his evidence to the ef-
feet that the defendant did not do and
could not have done the writing on the
ballots.
Many prominent citizens were called,
and they without exception testified that
defendants reputation was above reproach.
1t is thought the case will not go to the
jury before Thursday.
Sensible Citizens of Merced.
MERGED, March 1Sth.-The Republican
and Democratic parties held fusion Con-
vention to-day and nominated ticket for
officers of the city, to be voted for on the
goth inst. The Democrats selected NJ. D.
Wood, +. l.. Dixon and w. L. Silman tor
Trustees. The Republicans nominated
VIM. d. Turner and ]. r. Jones for Trus-
tees, L. J. McKain for Treasurer, H. A.
Rapaelje for Marshal, and J. o. Black burn
for Clerk. The parties were each repre-
sented in the Convention. This arrange
ment between the parties resulted in se-
lecting capable men.
.'Big Neck in Trouble.
SAN Francisco, March 1Sth.-George
alias Big Neck" Smith and George ".
Mann were arrested early this morning by
officer Mahoney. They went into the
Rockaway Oyster House on Market street,
near Powell, and ordered very elaborate
breakfast. When they had finished Nc
Mann set fire to paper filled with CAYENNE
pepper. The proprietor, walters and eyery-
body else went out, among the number
Smith and his friend. The proprietor saw
them, however and called officer Mahoney,
who arrested them and charged them with
disturbing the peace.
A Novel Cause for Libel.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 1Sth.-Some weeks
ago the Bulletin and Call each published an
Eastern press ulspatch TO the effect that the
New Home Sewing Machine Company was
about to go out of business, being unable to
continue at profit. Subsequently it was
discovered that in its transmission word
in the telegram had been misspelled, and
that Home" should have read q Howe,
The papers published the correction, but
the New Home Company has, notwith-
standing, sued the proprietors for $50, 1000
damages.
A Wharf Washed Away.
SANTA BARBARA. March ISth.-The rail-
road track is now in good condition and
trains moving on time.
Word was received here to-day that
about 200 feet OF the wharf at More's Land
ing, about twelve miles west of here, was
washed away last Saturday afternoon dur
ing the storm.
One Year at San Quentin.
NEVADA CRY. March ISth.-C. B. JEFF
fries, who forged c. j. Shepherds name to
check on the Los Angeles County Bank
and endeavored to pass it here, to-day
pleaded guilty and was sentenced to one
year at San Quentin.
Rumored Wreck Denied.
EuREgA. March 1sth.-The runor in
San Francisco that the steamer North
Fork has been wrecked in Humboldt bav
is without foundation. Nothing is wrong
with the steamer. She is loaded and wait.
ing smooth bar TO ssiI.