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The Daily Bee
Sacramento, Thursday March 5, 1891
AN OLD MAN’S DEATH
His Son Jailed On Suspicion of Having
Murdered Him.
RED BLUFF, March 5 - James RAGLIN, aged 64,
was found dead in a cabin in the mountains near Paskenia Monday morning. There
are suspicions that he was murdered by his own son, who is now in jail awaiting
a preliminary examination. The Coroner held an inquest Tuesday night, and found
that his neck was broken and he was bruised on the left arm, shoulder and side.
HE CLUBBED HIS WIFE
But She Grabbed Up a Meat Knife and Jabbed
Him in the Neck.
PORT GIBSON, (Miss.), March 5 - Dottie DIBSON killed her
husband, Dave near Hocky Springs, this county, last night. The pair had been
separated since Christmas and Dave tried to effect a reconciliation. Failing in
this, he attacked her with a club, when she grabbed a meat knife and plunged it
into his neck, killing him. She is in jail.
Submitted by Betty
Loose betty@unisette.com
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Daily Bee, Sacramento
Friday
March 6, 1891
TRIED HIS KNIFE
Story of a Horrible Crime In Lower California
SAN DIEGO, March 6 - A story of a horrible
crime comes from San Quentin, Lower California, which rates among the horrors
of Nero’s time. On Sunday last, Jose MUIR, a half-breed, made an attempt on the
life of Felipe SANCHES, who was lying asleep on the sidewalk in front of a
saloon.
MUIR came along, about half-drunk, and tried
to awaken the sleeping man. Failing, he opened the shirt of SANCHES, and,
drawing a knife, made a motion to disembowel him. He found the job could not be
done with a dull knife, for after feeling of the edge of the blade he
stepped to the inside and sharpened it quite deliberately on a stone, trying it
occasionally on his dampened finger, and then smiling at the bystanders, who
thought him jesting.
He finally secured the proper edge, and
,kneeling by the side of SANCHES, plunged the blade in the sleeping man’s
abdomen. He then partially withdrew it, ran it over against the hip bone,
turned the knife and forced it upward as far as the ribs would allow it to go.
MUIR then pulled the shirt back over the
horrible gap, straightened up, smilingly nodded to the persons around him,
licked the blood from the blade on one side and placed the knife back in the
scabbard by his side.
He was seized by those who witnessed the
crime and placed in custody.
Sanches was alive at last accounts.
Referring to his crime Muir says he wanted to
try his new knife. He is now in jail at Ensenada.
Submitted by Betty
Loose betty@unisette.com
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Daily Bee - Sacramento
Monday
Evening April
20, 1891
THE GOVERNOR AT WORK
A Number of Gubernatorial Appointments Made To-Day
Governor MARKHAM to-day made the following Executive appointments:
Directors of the Industrial Home of Mechanical Trades for the Adult
Blind in Oakland - A.D. THOMPSON, vice J.C. AINSWORTH; F.A. CAMPBELL,
vice Warren OLNEY; and J.P. IRISH, vice himself.
F.M. LUTTS, to be Supervisor of the Fourth District in Colusa, vice
John KEENAN, deceased.
J.F .KIDDER, vice M.H. HECHT, resigned, to manage the Yosemite and
the mariposa Big Tree Grove.
H.J. FINGER, to be a member of the State Board of Pharmacy, vice
himself, an error in his initials having been made in his former
appointment.
Directors of Agricultural District, No. 37, Santa Barbara - W.T.
LUCAS, T. BOYD, B. PEZZONI, A. LESLIE, Joseph DIMMICK, R. MACHIRE, H.
GIFFORD, Con. MURPHY.
Notaries Public - H.C. ROSS, Jr., Sacramento; W.P. ONKST, Lundy,
Mono county; E.S. ROOT, Westport, Mendocino; Alva E. SNOW, Fresno; F. A.
CUTLER, Eureka; James BRANHAM, Susanville ,Lassen county; John KELSHOW,
Paso Robles, H.H. HILBRETH, Santa Cruz; B.F. GRIFFIN, Escondido, San
Diego; J.A. E. THORNSTRUP ,San Diego; J.A. ALTAMIRANO, San Diego, J.M.
CASE, Winehauser, San Diego; C.C. HUNT, Santa Barbara; A.W. BURT,
Redland, San Bernardino; Miss Ella HILL, Oakland; L.J. MACK, San Diego; H.A.
HICKS, Williams, Colusa.
ABOUT A BOARD BILL
Why The Governor Pardoned a Visalia Prisoner.
Governor MARHKAN to-day issued a pardon to Fletcher S. MILLIKEN, who,
on March 14th, was sentenced to pay a fine of $110 or to serve 110 days
in the County jail. Being unable to pay the fine Milliken had to go to
jail. The petition set forth that his offence consisted in owing a
board bill of $15 to T.W. TERRY, of Visalia, which he was unable to pay. He
admits the justice of the debt but says that he was unable to meet it
and he had no idea of swindling Terry out of his just dues. On the trial
he was not represented by counsel and being ignorant of the law allowed
the time for appeal to elapse.
The petition is signed by the Deputy Sherif, Superior Judge,
District Attorney and a large number of prominent people of Visalia.
SUICIDE
A Brutal Murdered Takes His Own Life
DEATH BEFORE CAPTURE
Andrew HEDGEBERG Kills Himself at Collinsville.
The mystery of the whereabouts of Andrew HEDGEBERG, the murderer of
Mrs. FOSSUM, of San Francisco, has been cleared at last.
A few days ago the dead body of Mrs. Fossum was found in a cellar at
the Bay, and suspicion attached to Hedgeberg who fled.
He was pursued by detective ANTHONY, who traced his man from point
to point along the river, being aided by descriptions of the murderer
sent from this city to Captain LEE.
Hedgeberg, it appears, got as far as Collinsville, where he secured
work on UPHAMS's ranch.
On Wednesday last, ex-Mayor POND, of San Francisco, visited the
ranch, taking with him a copy of a San Francisco paper which contained an
account of the murder and an accurate description of Hedgeberg.
The next day the ranch hands obtained the paper, read the account,
and eyed Hedgeberg suspiciously.
The latter (who is very deaf) knew something was up, and he borrowed
the paper and went to the barn.
When surprised there a few moments later, Hedgeberg was deep in a
perusal of the account of the murder.
When he became aware of the presence of the foreman, he thrust the
newspaper into the hay and attempted to appear unconcerned.
The next morning Hedgeberg had disappeared, and by that time
Detective Anthony had arrived on the scene.
He searched for Hedgeberg, and his clothing, watch and a pool of
blood were found on the bank of the Sacramento.
Anthony at once returned to San Francisco and reported that
Hedgeberg had suicided.
It was thought possible, however, that the murderer had put up a
job, but Captain LEE to-day received a dispatch announcing the discovery
of the body.
The pursued murderer, driven to bay, had slashed his wrists and then
leaped into the river.
Mrs. FOSSUM and Hedgeberg had, it appears, quarreled over business
matters, and in a moment of rage, the man murdered the woman and
secreted her body.
BAY GLEANINGS
C.P. HUNTINGTON gave a dinner to his fellow officials of the
Southern Pacific Road at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, last Saturday night.
The female students of the State University are “kicking” against the proposition to
establish a dormitory for their occupancy. They claim the right to board and
lodge where they please in Berkeley, just the same as do the students of the
sterner sex.
At a meeting of the State Prison Directors,
held in San Francisco, Saturday last, the claim of the Folsom
Water Power Company for work by free skilled labor on the canal and dam of
Folsom Prison was allowed for $16,925, subject to approval by the Warden, if
the itemized bill is presented.
Submitted by Betty
Loose betty@unisette.com
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Sacramento Record-Union
Tuesday Morning July 14, 1891
A FATAL DIVE
SAN FRANCISCO, July 13 - Early this morning a
party of gentlemen, among whom was William C. BYRNE, went to Harbor View for
the purpose of surf bathing. After disrobing they disported in the water for
some tine, and finally Byrne mounted the springboard and dived into the bay.
His companions saw him come to the surface, but he made no attempt to swim and
quickly sank. Two of the party immediately went after him and between them
managed to get him ashore, but he was then dead and the Coroner’s deputies were
notified. At the time Byrne made his dive the tide was out and the water was
only seven feet deep. In diving the unfortunate man struck upon hid head,
breaking his neck. He was a native of Missouri and 29 years of age. The
deceased had no relatives in this city,
but it is understood that his aged mother lives in the interior of the State,
supposedly near Wheatland.
DROWNED IN SONOMA CREEK
SONOMA, July 13 - Charles
OAKLEY, an employe on the HYDE ranch, was drowned in Sonoma Creek, about forty
yards below the drawbridge, yesterday afternoon. The deceased was in swimming
with two companions, and while endeavoring to swim across the stream was taken
with cramps and sank to the bottom when within ten feet of the bank. His body
was recovered about an hour after the drowning in sixteen feet of water. The
deceased was a native of Sweden and aged 30 years.
BURNED TO DEATH
Mrs. Hoober Loses Her Life
in a Fire Near Napa
NAPA, July 13 - Further
particulars were brought to town to-day of the burning of the farmhouse of W.B.
BELCHER last evening, three miles east of this city, and the burning to death
of Mrs. HOOBER.
Mr. and Mrs. N. Hoober were employed by Mr.
Bachelder on the ranch, and while Mr. Bachelder and Mr. Hoober were engaged in
the milk-house, a short distance from the dwelling, they heard an explosion,
and upon going to the door found the dwelling in flames. They knew Mrs. Hoober
had been in there getting supper, but when they reached the place the fire had
such a start that they could not enter the house, and they saw Mrs. Hoober
enveloped in flames within. It is presumed she was filling lamps, or else had
undertaken to brighten the fire with coal oil, and it exploded and set the
whole place on fire. The property loss was not large, probably a few hundred
dollars. There was no insurance.
SKIN GRAFTING
The Operation Performed on
Railway Mail Clerk Daggett.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 13 -
Mrs. Lucy PRATT, a young widow, to-day sold forty-five square inches of her
skin for one hundred dollars. A strip of skin, nine by five inches, was cut
from her body by the surgeons, and grafted onto the leg of William A. DAGGETT,
railway mail clerk, who was frightfully injured in the railroad accident at
Port Costa. His right leg was terribly burned, and the wound would not heal,
and as a last resort skin grafting was resorted to.
W.G. McGREGOR, a fellow clerk of the
sufferer, volunteered to make the sacrifice, but when he learned the amount of
skin needed, backed out.
Mrs. Pratt is one of the trained nurses at
the hospital for children and training school for nurses. She has three
children, and needed the money, so she offered to furnish the necessary amount
of skin. She submitted bravely to the operation, which was successfully
performed, and was paid $100 for her sacrifice.
Suicide at Ashland, Oregon
ASHLAND (Or.), July 13 - Dr. L.
TOWNSEND committed suicide this morning. He blew his brains out with a shotgun.
He has been living here for many years and was aged about sixty-two. The cause
of the deed was mental depression, consequent on an effort to sober up after a
long drinking spell.
Died From the Effects of His Wounds
MODESTO, July 13 - Frank
ALBERT, who was stabbed by H.F. FULLER at the Long ranch on Wednesday last with
a pocket knife, died this morning from the effect of his wounds. Fuller is in
jail. Justice TOWNES went to the scene this afternoon to hold an inquest.
Five Years at the Reform School
SANTA ROSA, July 13 - Adolf
FRAKER, a lad nine years old, who put carbolic acid in the coffee of a man he
worked for on a ranch near Windsor, was committed to-day to the Whittier Reform School in Los Angeles County for five years.
George Francis Train
PORTLAND, July 13 - George Francis
Train arrived here to-day on his circuit around the globe. He has been on the
road sixty-one days. He left this afternoon for Puget Sound.
Found Dead in His Cell
PORTLAND (Or.), July 13 - John DALY,
a prisoner confined in the city jail, was found dead in his cell this morning.
He was serving sentence for drunkenness. It is thought death was due to
alcoholism.
At the Point of Death
SAN DIEGO, July 13 - Colonel
Wm. G. DICKINSON, General Manager of the Land and Town Company, and one of the
best known citizens in Southern California, is lying at the point of death in
this city.
Sonoma’s High School
SONOMA, July 13 - Sonoma is
to have a high school, it being so decided at an election held here Saturday,
the majority of the votes cast being in favor of it.
Submitted by Betty Loose betty@unisette.com
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Sacramento Daily Bee
Thursday,
October 29, 1891
Labor
Notes
The order of
the Knights of Labor is twenty-one years old.
London, England,
button-hole makers get 21 cents a day.
There are
fourteen Unions in the Oakland Federation
of Trades.
The Alameda Federation
of Labor give a masquerade ball on Saturday, November 7th. It
promises to be a grand affair.
Typographical Union, No. 36, of
Oakland, met last
Sunday. Since the organization of this Union its growth has been steady.
England has more
women workers in proportion to her population than any other country. Twelve
per cent of the industrial classes are women.
To-night,
being the fifth Thursday in the month, the halls of the Federation will be
vacant, there being no Union which meets
every Thursday night.
The Retail
Clerks’ Association of Oakland are making
an effort to increase their membership, as there are quite a number of them not
belonging to the Union.
The carpenters
of Oakland held an
open meeting, lately, which was very largely attended. Several addresses were
made, which were listened to with interest by those present. The state of trade
was reported fair.
“A
GREAT MORAL LESSON”
Sensible Comments Upon the Death of Carrie Maclay.
From the Carson (Nev.), Appeal
The idea that
the death of Carrie MACLAY, the proprietress of a bagnio in San Francisco,
conveys a great “moral lesson,” as some of the papers would have us suppose, is
hardly supported by the facts.
She amassed a
great deal of money on the wages of wickedness; nothing very strange in San
Francisco, where wickedness is ever in demand and the wages for that class of
labor high.
The papers
take great delight in holding up Judge MESICK’s connection with the woman as a
horrible example of depravity and immorality.
Now, the Judge
has been a fast man for about sixty-years. He has never professed to be
anything else. He drew the line sharp and strong between vice and virtue, and
like many an early Nevadan, pitched his camp on the shady side of the line in
the sight of all men and said openly and aboveboard:
“I like this
sort of thing, gentlemen, and I propose to go it until I die.”
He is a great
man, and, like all great men, he has a weakness. Some men have a weakness for
their neighbors’ wives, some for their neighbors’ daughters, and some for their
neighbors’ property. But MESICK has none of these failings. He takes that which
belongs to no one, and pays for it as he goes.
He likes late
hours, wine and women of belated characters. But every hour spent in the feasts
of forbidden fruit and the revelry of the cup he put in another studying law;
which circumstance made him the best read lawyer on the Coast.
But after
associating with the devil all these years he did not attempt to play the
hypocrite, like Fair, and rent a pew in church to assume the role of piety to
humbug the people into the idea that he had reformed.
Mesick would
scorn such subterfuge as that; his past is open to anybody who may care to read
it. He is above leading a double life, and never purposely harmed a fly.
When he dies,
if half of the men who help drink the wine he has paid for, will attend his
funeral it will make a long procession.
Also if some
of the newspaper writers who are writhing in moral indignation over the death
of the Maclay woman, would step round to 205 Post
street and settle their accounts, Dick DYE
would have more cash than bric-a-brac to administer.
Submitted by Betty Loose betty@unisette.com
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Sacramento Bee
Monday
November 20, 1893
BAY GLEANINGS
Saturday, A.B. SANFORD, who resides at 1716
Howard street, called on Mayor ELLERT’s Secretary, NEWMAN, and threatened the
Mayor dire vengeance if he were not given a job on the Midwinter Fair grounds.
Kong HONG, a Chinese merchant in Oakland,
says that all the Oakland Chinese are ready now to register in order to comply
with the law, and that they would have registered long ago if it had not been
for the interference of the Six Companies.
At the Bay District Saturday afternoon the
fourth race, steeple chase, short course, handicap, purse $600, was won by San Jose. Time: 3:22 1/4. In the fifth race, seven furlongs,
selling, purse $500, Quarterstaff won: Revolver second; Romair third.
James F. STUART, the well-known land
attorney, died at the residence of his son, William A. STUART, 1704 Larkin
street, on Friday night. Mr. STUART was born near Johnstown, New York, in 1814, and was consequently 79 years and
11 months old at the time of his death.
Further particulars of the recent floods in
Okayama, received from Japan by the steamer Belgie, show 614 deaths from
drowning, 444 wounded, 3207 houses washed away, 6842 houses nearly or quite
destroyed, 4742 buildings partly wrecked and 7519 acres of land more or less
injured. The survivors are in great distress.
Richard H. McDONALD, Jr., and his brother
finally retired from the management of the Pacific Bank Saturday, and the bank
Commissioners are in full and undisputed control. This was accomplished through
the resignation of the Board of Directors governed by the McDONALDS, and the
election of a new Board, who will act in harmony with the State Commission.
Thomas W. MORRIS, who killed young McCARTHY
with a butcher knife last July, was convicted in Judge WALLACE’s Court Saturday
of murder in the first degree. The Jury recommended that he be imprisoned for
life. MORRIS in nineteen years old. He was formerly convicted of felony.
The Davis Ferry and Transportation Company,
or such part of it as is located in Oakland, was attached by the Black Diamond
Coal Company Saturday afternoon for $1435, and to meet the demand Sheriff
McKILLICAN levied on the only piece of property that the company really owns
outright, the steamer Frank Silva, and docked it at the Oakland City
Wharf.
Colonel C.F. CROCKER and W.H. CROCKER,
accompanied by their attorney, have gone to Merced for the purpose of
completing all the details of the transfer of C.H. HUFFMAN’s interest in the
Crocker-Huffman Land and Water Company to the Crocker Estate Company. Colonel
Crocker has a scheme for building up a beet-sugar industry in Merced. He thinks there is a large area near that
place peculiarly adapted to the culture of sugar beets. He proposes to have
thorough tests made with a view to making beet-growing an industrial feature of
Merced county.
Submitted by Betty
Loose betty@unisette.com
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Sacramento-Union
Sacramento Saturday Morning
July
15, 1893
DEATH OF ROBERT RUSSELL
Verdict Returned by the Coroner’s Jury at
Euerka.
EUREKA (Cal.), July 14 - The jury on the
remains of Robert Russell, mate of the schooner Mabel Gray, found in the bay
Wednesday evening, returned the following verdict: “We find the deceased was
named Robert Russell; that he was a native of Scotland; that he was aged about
43 years; that he was at one time a member of the Sailors’ Union, he having
joined the said union for protection, but that he shipped as a non-union
sailor, he having stated to his shipmate that he did not care to sail under the
auspices of the union; that on the night of the 28th of June, 1893,
at Eureka, Humboldt County, Cal., he was threatened by some person or persons,
supposed to be union sailors, which threat caused such fear on the part of said
deceased that he applied to Police Officer CONANT of Eureka, Cal., to protect
him and accompany him to his vessel, then lying at the mill wharf of the
Lincoln Mill in Eureka, Humboldt County, Cal.; that he came to his death on the
night of June 29th, or the morning of June 30, 1893, in the city of
Euerka, Humboldt County, Cal., at the hands of some person or persons unknown
to us at this time; that he was first struck with some implement, whereby he
was rendered insensible; that he was then gagged, bound, weighted and thrown
into the water of Humboldt Bay, where he met his death by suffocation, caused
by the gag in his mouth, or by drowning.”
The public sentiment here is that the members
of the Sailors’ Union were implicated in Russell’s death, but no
direct evidence has been presented to that effect.
The inquest as to the cause of the death of
Michael BURKE, whose body was found in the bay last Tuesday, was concluded
to-day. Richard THOMAS, husband of the women Burke came to Eureka with, has
been found and brought here to testify. He has been on a protracted spree and
took drunk to know that Burke had been murdered, hence the suspicion resting
upon his was cleared up. The verdict of the jury was that Burke came to his
death at the hands of unknown persons.
AFFLICTED WITH LEPROSY
An Italian at San Diego Reported to Have the Disease.
SAN DIEGO, July 14 - The first case of leprosy here
was reported yesterday. An Italian named Peter CRELLAE, who came from Denver in September accompanied by a 12-year-old
son, has been residing on Ninth street, making his living by selling chicken and
eggs. A neighbor reported to the Health Officer that Crollae was ill be he
didn’t like to do anything for him. The doctor found on a visit an advanced
case of leprosy. The index finger on each hand was gone, the others all swollen
and the feet badly eaten. He called all other physicians, and all agreed it was
leprosy. The case was taken to the Supervisors, and the County Physician will have him isolated.
A VICTIM OF HIGHBINDERS
Chinaman Fatally Shot at San Jose - The Murderer Identified.
SAN JOSE, July 14 - Last night Ah BUN, a
Chinaman who has assisted the police in the detection of crime in Chinatown,
was attacked by a gang of highbinders in one of the alleys and fatally wounded.
Twelve shots were fired. As the early train was leaving the depot this morning
Ah WAL, one of the highbinders, made an attempt to board it. He was caught by
an officer and taken before Ah Bun, who identified him as one of his
assailants. Another Chinese, who saw the shooting, declares that Ah Wal is the
man who fired the fatal shot.
Humboldt Liquor License
EUREKA (Cal.), July 14 - The Board of Supervisors adopted
a new liquor ordinance preventing the sale of liquor to be drank on the
premises where sold; the ordinance to take effect July
1, 1894. The
ordinance is in accordance with the vote of the last election proposing to
close open saloons.
Young Man Run Over and Killed.
EUREKA (Cal.), July 14 - Edward R. CORNING, a young man
27 years, was killed by the cars at Scotia this afternoon. He fell between the cars
while in motion, the wheels passing over his body. He was the son of a
prominent resident of Rhonerville, this county.
The Olive Growers
SAN FRANCISCO, July 14 - The California Olive
Growers’ Convention to0day elected the old Board of Directors, consisting of
Elwood COOPER, John BIDWELL, F.A. KIMBALL, C. GOODRICH, and J.C. GRAY.
Arrested on a Charge of Forgery
SAN FRANCISCO, July 14 - C.A. NELSON, a
shoemaker, was arrested to-day on a charge of forgery, preferred by George
LIEGGENGER of Sacramento.
Residence at Oroville Burned
OROVILLE, July 14 - The residence of Colonel
A.O. FRARY was destroyed by the fire at 8 o’clock to-night.
Submitted by Betty
Loose betty@unisette.com
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Sacramento Bee
Monday
November 27, 1893
KILLING IT OFF
How It Is Proposed to Suppress a Disreputable
Paper.
At Marysville the citizens have taken a novel
method of killing off the local sales of a disreputable San Francisco Newspaper. Some of the best people of the
town have been scandalized in its columns. The people have almost unanimously
decided not to trade with any newsdealer who offers that publication for sale.
The Transcript says that Postmaster CALKINS,
of Nevada City, has, for some time past, been corresponding with the
Superintendent of the Railway Service with a view of having the paper referred
to excluded from the mails, on the grounds that the same is “scurrilous,
scandalous, and defamatory.” The postal laws and regulations are very strict
regarding such things and it is thought that when the matter is investigated
the order will be issued refusing the paper admission to the mails.
One of Sacramento’s leading newsdealers refused to handle the
paper nearly a year ago.
Submitted by Betty
Loose betty@unisette.com
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Sacramento Daily Record-Union
Saturday October 6, 1894
WHO IS MISSING?
The Body of a Drowned Man
Found Down the River.
A telephone message to the Record-Union from
Rio Vista states that yesterday a man’s body was found in the river near
Toland’s Landing, and an inquest will be held there to-day.
No description could be obtained of the
drowned person, but is was said the appearance of the body warrants the belief
that it has not been long in the water.
Off on a Quail Hunt
Last evening C.N. POST, H.C., CHIPMAN and J.E.
TERRY went to Diamond Springs, El Dorado County, to shoot quail. They took
along 450 cartridges and other things, and are prepared for a vigorous
campaign. Unless the weather turns much cooler than it has been this week, they
will find quail shooting up-hill work. In other words, they will find up-hill
quail shooting very hard work.
Death of Mrs. Cave
Mrs. P.A. CAVE, wife of Jesse H. Cave of
Clarksburg, Yolo County, died on Wednesday in this city. She leaves, besides her
husband, two daughters and one son. She was a native of Burlington, Vt., aged 58 years. The funeral
will take place Sunday at 2 P.M. from Calvary Baptist Church.
WANDERING WALLACE
The Oregon Man With Two Children
Reaches San Jose
A couple of weeks ago a man named A.C.
WALLACE arrived here from Oregon on foot with two of his children, a girl 4
years and a boy 7 years of age. He said he was trying to get to Kansas City, where he had friends, and
wanted to get as far away as possible from Oregon, where his wife is.
He traveled with a small handcart, in which
the children occasionally rode when weary with walking. Wallace tried to ger
work here, but did not succeed, and concluded to push on, hoping to cross the Arizona desert when the weather was
cooler. A San Jose paper mentions the arrival
there of Wallace and his children. (Rest of article cut off my copy).
Governor MARKHAM has signed a contract, as
President of the University of California, with J.L. LITCHFIELD & Co. for
supplying cadet uniforms.
Notary Public
Governor MARKHAM has appointed and
commissioned the following Notary Public: M.J. GARRY, Los Angeles.
Submitted by Betty
Loose betty@unisette.com
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Sacramento Daily Record-Union
February
28, 1895
AN ELOPEMENT
An Episode That Has Stirred the Town of Placerville
That the course of true love never - or
hardly ever - runs smooth, was exemplified in Placerville on Tuesday morning,
when it was discovered that Thomas BROWN, after a vain endeavor to obtain the
consent of one Mr. FOX to marry the latter’s daughter, Hattie, had taken the
object of his affection and levanted to San Francisco.
Like Lochnivar of olden time, Brown employed
a horse, but with a carriage attachment, to convey his prospective bride away
from her parent’s domicile. They left Placerville in the small hours of the night and drove as
far as the town of El Dorado, where they rested until the arrival of the train coming to Sacramento. From here they went direct to San Francisco.
It is said the bride’s family are greatly
incensed at Brown and have made promises of a very warm reception to that
individual should he return to Placerville at the termination of the honeymoon.
Petty Larcenists Punished.
A. WAGNER and C. HARVEY pleaded guilty to
petit larceny in Police Court yesterday, and each received a sentence of five
months in the County Jail. They had been engaged in the business of
stealing coal-oil cans for some time past.
Wants a New Trial
Alfred SPINKS has notified the attorneys for
M. DUBOIS that he will move for a new trial in the suit brought against the
latter, and which was decided in the latter’s favor.
A FALLEN ANGEL
Veliz Sent to the County Jail for Sixty Days
According to the testimony of Mrs. Mercedes
HERNANDEZ, Leon FLORES and Angel NUNEZ, given in the Police Court yesterday,
Angel VELIZ is a fallen angel “of the deepest dye.”
These witnesses all related the same story of
his misdoings, and told how he continually invaded their sanctuary and applied
anything but angelic epithets to Mercedes.
When Veliz was asked why he had abused the
gentle Mercedes in such manner, he replied, through the aid of an interpreter,
that he was once married to the woman, but she wearied of his love and
dissolved the matrimonial bond by dragging him from his cosy corner near the
tamale furnace and throwing him out into the cold world by the aid of the
divorce mill. When she added insult to injury by wedding Pastor TORRES, he
attempted to drown his sorrows in the wine-butt.
Justice Davis deemed his excuse insufficient,
so found him guilty and consigned him to the County Jail for sixty days.
DONE IN “A JOKE”
A Trick That Should Sent the Perpetrator to
Jail
P. HIGGINS, an employe at the railroad shops,
left his horse and buggy standing in the rear of Wells, Fargo & Co.’s
office at the depot last night, and some would-be joker removed fromone side
the nuts that hold the wheels in place on the axles.
The restless movements of the animal caused the
wheels to come off, allowing the axles to strike on the ground, and this so
startled the horse that he broke his hitching-strap and entered upon a vigorous
runaway. The buggy collided with a telegraph post near the Third-street bridge
and the animal was captured, not, however, before the buggy had received
considerable damage.
Submitted by Betty
Loose betty@unisette.com
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Daily Bee, Sacramento
Thursday
April 18, 1895
THORNTON'S SUDDEN DEATH
Nephew of the Late Harry Thornton Found Dead
in Bed.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 18 - William Innes
THORNTON, brother -in-law of City Attorney Harry CROSSWELL, was found dead in
his room this morning. Relatives say that heart disease was the probable cause.
He retired last night at 9 o'clock, locked his bedroom door and went to bed. If
it be a case of suicide, the act is unexplainable.
Winner at all the great fairs - Dr. PRICE's
Cream Baking Powder.
Submitted by Betty
Loose betty@unisette.com
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Daily Bee, Sacramento
Friday
April 26, 1895
A FISHERMAN DROWNED
STOCKTON, April 26 - This morning a fisherman named HARRISON was drowned in Stockton Channel. He was rowing in a skiff with his
partner. Captain ACKER, in a gasoline launch, took the skiff in tow. The light
craft overturned, Harrison could not swim and was drowned before Acker could stop the launch and
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