A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > California > Sacramento http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=587 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=35830 Submitted by: California Contributors Article Title: Sacramento Daily Union Article Date: January 1 1872 Article Description: Statistics of California - 1871 - Part III Article Text: Sacramento Daily Union Monday Morning, January 1, 1872 STATISTICS OF CALIFORNIA - 1871 THE STATE JULY 1st - Young Men's Republican Club gave Newton BOOTH a grand ovation....An officer of Nevada county caught two Chinamen robbing sluices and fired upon them, killing one. 2d - Great procession at San Francisco of Catholics in honor of the Pope's Jubilee - 12,000 persons in line. 3d - A sea lioness and young, a fur seal and sea-dog shipped at San Francisco for New York. 4th - Fourth of July celebrated throughout the State in usual manner, and with fewer accidents than commonly....Town of Yreka nearly destroyed by fire; loss, $300,000....Tree fell on a party sleeping under it, in White river, and killed Robert RAY and wounded four others. 5th - Italian Club's flag, at San Francisco, threatened to be hauled down, but on the Italians coming themselves and rallying to defend it was not done....Sharp shock of earthquake at Visalia....Boarding house burned at San Francisco, and a boarder named Dennis AHR, after rescuing his family, went back after his property and was burned to death....Gad & Co.'s store at Grass Valley burned; loss, $15,000. 6th - James D. WILSON, alias iron-clad Jimmy, a notorious thief, shot dead while attempting to escape from officers at San Francisco....American House at Centerville burned; loss, $11,000. 7th - Rice and Reas mill at Forest Hill was totally destroyed by explosion of boiler, killing the engineer, Charles FILLEBROWN, and A. RICE....One MURPHY killed Thomas RODGERS near Milton, in a quarrel about a piece of tobacco. 9th - Western Union Telegraph line completed to Yosemite Valley....A house fell at San Francisco on a crowd of boys playing near it, killing Charles M. BEACH and wounding several. 10th - Ocean mail service between San Diego and San Francisco ceased and mail sent overland. 11th - Mrs. Cady STANTON delivered her first lecture at San Francisco. 12th - Cloverdale and Healdsburg stage stopped and robbed of $400. 13th - F. INGRAM's house, barn and out-buildings burned near Williams' Landing, Santa Cruz county; loss, $30,000. 14th - Cosmopolitan Lodging House, barn and other buildings burned at Marysville; loss, $25,000....Lem CLEVELAND shot and killed by his brother-in-law, John EWBANKS; cause, domestic troubles. 16th - Boarding house of Eliza A. FOY and two dwelling houses burned in San Francisco; loss, $5,000. 17th - Absorption of California Pacific Railroad by Central pacific....Destructive fire at Marysville; loss, $100,000....Jewelry store of ELLIS robbed at Auburn of $2,000 worth of watches and tools. 18th - Corner stone of New Odd Fellows' hall laid at Petaluma. 21st - Miners' League at Sutter Creek demanded that men at work on mines there quit work, which was not acceded to....An incendiary fire occurred at Truckee, destroying property to amount of $50,000....Mutiny on board bark Glimpse in San Francisco Bay, and Captain SORMAN badly cut. 22d - Fire broke out in Mechanics' Mill at San Francisco, and destroyed $261,900 worth of property....Caledonia Mill, at Round Valley, burned; loss, $35,000....Fire at Snelling; loss, over $20,0000. 23d - Ramon AMADOR sentenced to be hung for murder of Henry HISERCK, August 31st...At Sutter Creek, HATCH, book keeper at Amador mine, and Hughey McMENOMY and one BENNETT had a shooting scrape growing out of miners' troubles; HATCH was shot in the breast and McMENOMY in the groin - both severely wounded. 24th - Canada SCHWARTZWALTER and Robert SHERLOCK, attempting to drive Chinamen from a claim near Forest City, were killed. 25th - Mrs. Catherine BRAMAN run over and killed at Stockton by a train on Western Pacific Railroad....Tom CARRIGAN shot and killed at Petaluma by Wm. H. SMITH; both drunk. 26th - Shaft of Amador mine at Sutter Creek caught fire and communicated to rest of mine. HATCH and McMENOMY, shot during a fight at same place Sunday, died from wounds. 27th - Fire in Amador mine at Sutter Creek extinguished. 28th - Major J.M. BRONSON, of National Guard of California, died at San Francisco from effects of cold contracted while in command at Sutter Creek. 30th - United States war steamer California arrived at San Francisco on first cruise. 31st - Mrs. N.J. SAVIERS shot and killed a woman, who had been too intimate with her husband, at Stockton. AUGUST 1st - HAUN, who murdered one WALKER five years before, arrested at Owens river by Sheriff of Santa Cruz. 2d - Julia LAKE, shot by Mrs. SAVIERS at Stockton for cohabiting with her husband, died; SAVIERS left town under threats of a coat of tar and feathers. 3d - Five women appeared to County Clerk of San Joaquin, demanding to be registered on poll lists, which was refused....Two unknown men shot - one killed, for stealing wheat on a ranch near Berryessa. 4th - Two fires in San Francisco - A. WALDSTEIN's cigar-box factory and other buildings; loss, $30,000; building corner First and Jessie streets; loss, $2,000. 5th - Returning from a meeting John CARMACHO and Wm. WICKS were thrown from a wagon at Nevada City, and severely hurt. Samuel DAYTON run over by same team and killed. 6th - Italians of San Francisco celebrated the unity of Italy, and notwithstanding fears, no disturbance occurred....NESBIT's quartz mill at Oregon City burned; loss, $20,000. 7th - Laura DE FORCE GORDON announced as independent candidate for State Senator from San Joaquin county....An old man named John FINLEY murdered by two unknown men, near Visalia. 8th - Mechanics' Fair opened at San Francisco....Lewis BEACH committed suicide by taking strychnine at the grave of his sons in San Francisco. 9th - Mrs. H. HENEMAN and son thrown from a carriage in San Francisco and severely injured. 10th - Fire at OSBORNE's station on the Central Pacific Railroad destroyed half-mile of snow shed...Dr. Walter B. LANGDON appointed assistant physician at Stockton Asylum....Visalia stage robbed of $300 by four highwaymen. 13th - Great fires raging in the timber regions near Visalia. 14th - Fire in Los Angeles; loss, $14,000....H. SCHWARTZ, President of Stock brewery, cut his throat at San Francisco and died. 16th - Agents of lotteries arrested in San Francisco....Cloverdale stage attacked by four robbers and T. H. BENTON, passenger, killed, and Sandy WORDSWORTH and B.S. COFFMAN wounded. 17th - Telegraphic communication established between California and Japan. 18th - Eight hundred tons of tea shipped from San Francisco to the East. 19th - Troops ordered from Drum Barracks to quell Indian troubles at Old San Diego Mission....J.J. MURPHY found guilty of murder in first degree on second trial at Stockton....Fire on Cosumnes river, burning over area of five miles and destroying much property. 20th - Steamers Washoe and Antioch collided in San Francisco Bay, doing considerable damage to the latter. 21st - Stallion race at San Francisco won by Hiram WOODRUFF; best time, 2:37...Shasta and Yreka stage robbed of $4,390 by highwaymen....M.F. BUTLER, pioneer architect of Pacific coast, died at San Francisco. 22d - Work commenced on new City Hall at San Francisco. 23d - Don Abel STEARNS died at San Francisco. 24th - Hunter House at Woodland burned; loss, $10,000....McDONALD and WHITNEY, brokers, San Francisco, failed for $100,000. 25th- Earthquake shock at Santa Rosa. 26th - Mrs. Lizzie SMITH committed suicide in San Francisco. 27th - Fire in woods at Emigrant Gap burned mile and a half each side of railroad. 28th - Yerba Buena lots at San Francisco sold; aggregating $987,000....Santa Clara Agricultural Society Fair opened....Albert McAULEY suffocated in a well by foul air at Nevada City. 29th - Militia company organized at San Luis Rey to resist expected attack of surrounding Indians, but proved a false alarm....Dr. Leon SUCKERT, resident of San Francisco since 1848, found dead in his bed of apoplexy at that place....A man named ENGELKE was shot and badly wounded in Alameda by one PATTON about a woman; PATTON was wounded also. 30th - Judge DWINELLE, at San Francisco, decided the mechanics' lien law unconstitutional....A fire at Cloverdale destroyed property worth $20,000. 31st - Shock of earthquake felt at Gilroy. SEPTEMBER 1st - General Pacific Railroad Company raised fares on roads leading from Sacramento 50 per cent, and but down wages of employes on California pacific 20 per cent. 2d - Phil RUPER, special policeman of Marysville, killed at Chico, and another man murdered by a party of roughs. 3d - Marion WILSON and one MARXEY had a shooting scrape in San Francisco, when in firing at MARXEY WILSON shot a bystander named Pat BURNS, in the breast, inflicting a mortal wound....E.L. TABOOVIVEA murdered in cold blood Ysidor ALTIMARANO, as Los Angeles. 4th - Sydney FLAG, boatman at San Francisco, shot and killed Richard HARLEY in cold blood. 5th - A fire at Pacheco destroyed Odd Fellows' Hall and other property to the amount of $30,000....Martin HERGES stabbed and assassinated in a cowardly manner by two men, at Monterey....COOK, clown of New York Circus, robbed of $1,100 at Vallejo. 6th - State election, resulting in a Republican victory....$1,050 was contributed at the polls, in San Francisco, for the Beevolent Society of that place....Richard P. ASHE, a prominent citizen of San Francisco and formerly Naval Agent at that port, died in that city. 7th - Mrs. Alpheus BULL, laboring under an insane attack, committed suicide by hanging, at San Francisco. 8th - E.P. FLINT's tub factory, at San Francisco, burned; loss, $50,000. 9th - Twenty-first anniversary of California's admission into the Union celebrated with appropriate ceremonies. 10th - Japanese company, with a capital of $1,000,000, commenced business at San Francisco. 11th - Defeated candidates at San Francisco demanded a recount of votes, which was acceded to and recount commenced. 12th - Coxswain and boat's crew of butter belonging to frigate California deserted at Vallejo...Fire in the woods near Nevada City, destroying many miles of timber. 13th - Solomon ROSENTHAL, Jr., dry goods dealer at San Francisco, committed suicide by hanging. 14th - Sheriff of Santa Cruz and posse killed the notorious Mexican bandit, Pancho BORCUMES, near Santa Cruz. 15th - Anniversary of Mexican Independence celebrated with much spirit in different parts of the State. 16th - American clipper ship Annie Sise, from Sydney, went ashore at South Farallone Island, and was wrecked; crew saved. 17th - Eight men deserted from frigate California at Vallejo. 18th - Shock of earthquake at San Jose. 19th - Steamers Flora Temple and Washoe collided in San Francisco bay, damaging the latter. 20th - Chinese riot at San Francisco stopped before any one was killed. 21st - First colored jury ever impaneled on the Pacific coast called at San Francisco....Matias LORENZANA taken from the county jail at Santa Cruz by disguised men and lynched. 22 - Ramon AMADOR hanged at San Leandro for the murder of HISEREK. 23d - Block of buildings occupied by REDINGTON, HOSTETTER & Co., and others burned at San Francisco; loss, $700,000. 24th - Captain WILDES D. THOMPSON, a prominent San Franciscan, at one time Harbormaster, died at that place. 25th - Sheriff of Mono county and posse had a fight with five escaped convicts from Nevada State Prison, in which Sheriff's party lost two men and two convicts supposed to have been killed or wounded. 26th - James RILEY, a noted rough, shot and mortally wounded by James JORDAN, at Francisco....Shasta stage robbed of a few hundred dollars by highwaymen....Grand Lodge Good Templars of California met at Oakland. 27th - Central Pacific Railroad raised freight on teas East from 3 1/4 to 3 1/2 cents per pound. 28th - Two brothers named VALENCIA sentenced to be hung for murder of Joseph W. HEWITT, at Fairfield....Snow fell to depth of three inches at Truckee - first of season....St. Patrick quartz mill burned in Placer county; loss, $20,000. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ CA-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com