Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-07-04

a laborer, 26 years of age, employed at
Artondale, about eight miles west of this
city, met with terrible accident last even
ing, Meyers had been blasting stumps in
the usual way, digging underneath them
and filling the hole with powder and dyna-
mite. While tamping with an iron bar
the charge exploded. He was blown
twenty-five feet. His eyes were blown out,
his face and head fearfully cut and one leg
broken. When he realized that he never
would see the light again he begged TO be
shot and put out of his misery.
An Enraged Husband.
STOCKTON, July 3d-E. L. Crandall, for
merly of Gait was jailed to-day for safe
keeping. He says he recently returned
from the Calaveras county mines, after
six months absence, and found that his
wife, Theresa, had eloped with ]. j. Ken
nedy, and that the two were living in San
Francisco.
He says he went to the place Sunday,
but Kennedy escaped. He threatens 10
kill Kennedy, and was arrested as insane
this morning while trying TO force drug
gist to sell him some poison.
Charged With Murder.
LANCASTER. July 3d.-In the inquest
held here this afternoon over the BODY OF
William Tweedy, who was shot yesterday
afternoon at Maynard by ". G. Wheeling
| the jury found, after deliberation, that the
| deceased came to his death from the effects
of two pistol wounds received at the hands
of w. q. Wheeling. a warrant has been
issued for the arrest of an old man named
| Thomas Hereford, who was with Wheel.
lag at the time of the shooting, as accessory
| before fact.
Mrs. Claudius' Identity.
| Los ANGELES, July 3d.-It has been
learned that Mrs Claudius, or Clarke, who
was arrested in Chicago Monday Tor shop
| lifting, came here from New York foul
years ago snd bought cottage in SAINTS
| Monica, where they have since lived
They went to the Empire State on a visi
several weeks ago, and were expected home
in short time. They are people in mod
crate circumstances and in good standing
A friend of theirs said that her conduct, i
as reported, is inexplicable.
A Brakeman's Death.
CARSON, July 3d.-Yesterday morning
about o'clock, while helping to make W
the freight train for Virginia City, George
Brown, Jr., brakeman, caught his foot il
| the frog of the track. The train backing
| down before it could be extricated crushed
the foot severlng it from the body. n,
| lived about one hour. Brown was about 2;
years of age, and a member of the A o. U
| W. of this city. His father is ex-Sherif
| Brown, of Virginia City.
Suffocated in a Well.
ORovILLE, July 3d.-Ben. Gels came very
near losing his life yesterday morning
while down in well where blast haC
been fired some time before. He was over
| powered by foul gases from the powder
and was senseless when brought to the sur
face. Dr. Reardon, who is attending him
| thinks he may possibly recover.
a Doctor Exonerated.
| San BERNARDINo, July 3d. - At tn,
| Coroner's inquest held here this morning
in the case of the death of L. Stem, tht
| jury found that deceased came to his deatl
| by the bursting of a blood vessel in tn,
brain. This exonerates DR.. HUFF of tn,
charge of giving the deceased an Overdose
| of morphine.
The New County.
SANA ANA, July 3d-The Orange County
Republican Central Committee this after
noon, in executive session, decided upor
next Saturday for holding the primaries tt
| elect delegates to the Convention in thi
city Tuesday, July 9th. Every portion 0
| the county will be represented.
A Trihe Tropical.
| WOODLAND, July 3d.-To-day is tn
warmest of the season, the thermomete
registering all the way from 104o TO 1100 il
different parts of the town.
Another Pioneer Gone.
| NIcoLAUs (Sutter County,, July 3D.
Justice of the Peace ]. w. Algeo pionee
of 40, died here this afternoon.