Year: 1870

!
Of the 18th has the following


mass meeting of Germans will be held on
Saturday evening, to express sympathy with
! Prussia.


About quarter to eleven o'clock on Tuesday
night a fire broke out in the kitchen Of a house
on Main street, owned by Dr.. Jefress but occu-
pied by w. j. Mason, which destroyed the build
ing, together with about three hundred dollars
worth of furniture. The building was worth
about $500, but the yard was filled with Gne
shade and fruit trees, many of which are ruined,
which will make the loss much greater. The
dwelling of j. b. Roberts, adjoining, was only
saved by keeping the roof covered with wet
blankets and the protection furnished by two
large trees growing between the two houses.
The water from the Water Works was turned on
at the first cry Of fire, but, owing to the number
of hydrauts used for irrigation and left open
during the night, the force of water was quite
light at the place it was most needed.


4 correspondent at Tehama writes The rail-
road is rapidly approaching this place. On Fri
day, two long trains Of cars loaded with wheat
and other country produce, left Rock Greek,
seven miles this side Of Chico, bound for San
Francisco. An agent of the company says it is
their intention to carry freight as far North as
Pine Creek by the lst Of September This viii
bring them within thirteen miles Of Tehama.
Twenty to fifty wagon loads of wheat are laid





On last Saturday morning, a few minutes after
clock, the boiler Of the Belle Saw Mill, in this
county, exploded. The particulars, as near as
we can give them, are as follows The mill had
been running about fifteen minutes and was saw
ing very large log, but at the moment of the
explosion the saw had been stopped to change
the set. Crosson, the engineer, had just left the
engine ROOM and says that there were only
eighty pounds Of steam on, that the water was
up to the center cock ana to all appearances
everything was in good order, and as the saw
had only been stopped two minutes when the
explosion took place, he is satisfied that there
could not have been more than eighty-fve
pounds of steam on--the valve being set to blow
oil at ninety-when the explosion took place.
He thinks that the accident was caused by the
giving away of a brace in the arch. The explo-
sion was terrific The end Of the boiler contain
ing the fre-box, weighing about 3 900 pounds,
was lifted from the foundation and thrown thirty
feet before striking the ground, when it bounded
and went about one hundred yards the hind
end of the boiler, weighing nearly 1000 pounds,
shot into the air with the steam and landed six
hundred yards from the MILL within four feet of
a house containing five persons, the family of
Brit. DeShields. Several small pieces were
thrown in different directions, butt strange to
say, although some twenty men were in and
about the mill, nobody was hurt beyond q few
scratches, nor was the main building damaged.
Thomas Johnson was standing near the saw, in
stopped position, when piece Of iron from
the side of the boiler passed him, Just grazing
his back. Thomas Young, the fireman, was
standing near the boiler and was blown sixty
feet, but escaped with a few scratches. No one
was sealded. 1t is surprising bow so many es-
capped. The loss is estimated at 81, 800 No
insurance.