Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-07-16
Orange County.

ORANGE, July l0th--Ghe election Tor the
organization ot Orange county, and the To-
cation of the county seat, takes place
Wednesday. The canvass has been very
hot. Orange, whose vote was only two
hundred, has decided and presented the
Rochester Hotel, worth S60000 for the
Court house, to revert back to the donators
if not use for the purpose by Septem-
Der LIST. Santa Ana, whose vote aggregates
eleven hundred out of total of three
thousand in the county, responds by offer
ing to pay one half the cost of the Court
house. Farmers throughout the county
are almostunanimous in support OF Orange,
and save taxes for the county buildings.
There are three candidates for Superior
Judge three for Sheriff. Judge Tanner, of
Santa Ana, is probably in the lead for
Superior Judge.
Fire Near MERGED.
MERGED, July 15th.-A fire yesterday
west of MERGED started on the farm of Mr..
Landers, burning s;ubble and fences, and
extending to John kline's little farm.
Vaughn's, Gallons and other farms, de-
stroying fencing, stUbble and dry feed, and
on to Saunders farm, up Bear creek 10
Goldman's farm, where it was subdued in
that direction. Saunders loss is heavy on
pasturage. All the others mentioned lost
fire started, probably, from matches
dropped by laborers.
Ditched by Cow.
SANTA BARBARA, July 15th-The pas
senger train that left here yesterday for
Los Angeles struck q COW near Rincoln in
Ventura county. The locomotive and ten
der were thrown off an embaukment and
the baggage car was derailsd. The engineer
was slightly wounded. No oae else was
hut The passengers arrived here last
night six hours late. The break has since
been repaired and trains are running on
time. The locomotive is badly damaged
A wrecking train is now at the scene of
the accident.
Two Young Men Drowned.
GRANTS Pass (0r.), July l5th.-Two
brothers. Charles and Fred Thornton, were
drowned in the Rogue river about o'clock
last evening while bathing. They sank
without struggle right in sight of their
little brother who had accompanied them.
The bodies have not yet been recovered.
They were the proprietors of the Grants
Pass Soda Works, and were most xemplary
young men.
On Trial for His Life.
SALEM (0r.), July 15th.-A special term
of the Circuit Court commenced this after
noon. and the trial began of w. E. Hawk
ms for the murder of F. H. 0gle in this
city on May lst The defense tried hard to
get another continuance to October, but the
Court refused to grant it. The afternoon
was spent in picking jury, and eight were
selecting before supper.
And Still Another.
SAN JOSH. July 15th.-Ching All Sing. a
wealthy Chinese who arrived from San
Francisco yesterday was shot twice by Wo
Sing, laborer in Chinatown, tonight, be-
cause of feud of some kind. One bullet
went into Ching's thigh, the other grazed
his breast The wound is dangerous but
not necessarily fatal
Extradited from Oregon.
MERGED. July l5th.-Miller. who Dor
rowed a horse and buggy of Stone here,
some weeks ago, sold the property and ran
of TO Oregon, was brought back here this
afternoon and lodged in jsil BY Constable
Leggett, having been exiradited on a
charge of grand larceny.
Convict Pardoned.
PHGNIx "a. IT,, July Francisco
Bsca, eX.Treasurer of Apache county, who
was robbed of $4,000 in December, 1885,
and aiterward convicted as being accessory
to the crime himself, was to-day pardoned
by Governor Valley, and will be released
tomorrow from the penitentisry
Body Found In the River.
NIcoLAUs. July 18th. The steamer
knight, on her up trip last night tied up
the body of an unknown man at Nelson s
Point. He wore overslls. brogan shoes and
coarse shirt. Coroner Brophy will hold
an inquest this afternoon.
Precipitated Into the Creek.
SANTA Cruz. July 15th.-The regular
troops arrived at Sequel at 10 A. NJ to-day,
camping in the rear of the school-house
While coming down the mountain a wagon
was precipitated fifty feet down the bank,
into the Sequel creek. No damage re-
suited.