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=35838 Submitted by: California Contributors Article Title: Daily Record-Union Article Date: January 1 1878 Article Description: Local Events 1877 to December 30 th - Part III Article Text: Daily Record-Union Sacramento, Cal. Tuesday, January 1, 1878 Page 6 & 7 JULY 1 - Body of Michael CANAVAN found in Mission creek, San Francisco....Fire at San Jose; James GOUGH burned to death, and Jerry LYNCH badly hurt....Miss Lizzie FANCHER thrown from a wagon and killed near Cloverdale. 2 - Senatorial Commission to investigate charges against Senator GROVER begun its labors at Portland, Oregon....William MOYLE received injuries while driving near Cloverdale which resulted in his death. 3 - John DAY committed suicide at Virginia City....At Petrolia, Humboldt county, Mrs. McAULIFF cut the throats of her three children and then attempted suicide....E.Y. SOUTHER found dead near Woodland. 4 - John GRIFFIN stabbed and killed at Lockford, San Joaquin county, by Ellison CAHILL....the Fourth was appropriately celebrated over the State....Section of lumber flume near Oroville gave way, killing Richard WATSON and Patrick BACON, and severely injuring two other men....J. KARMOLINSKE badly hurt at Tehama while firing an anvil salute. 5 - Attempt made to blow up the house of Thomas EVANS at Virginia City....Fire at Virginia City, loss, $2,000; at San Jose, loss, $2,000....Tiofolo VACA, a pioneer, died in Solano county. 6 - Fire at Eureka, Nevada, loss, $7,000...Thomas HARRIS killed by a cave at Galena, Nevada. 7 - Indian lynched at Ward, Nevada, for attempting to commit rape on a white girl....M.B. HOWARD, lawyer, committed suicide at Belmont, Nevada. 8 - Mrs. Mary A. ANDERSON committed suicide at San Francisco....J.K. SMITH shot and killed at Shingle Springs by Chas. BARK....Alice POUND committed suicide near Ione City. 9 - Fire at Eureka Nevada, loss, $4,000....Son of Peter BRUNSTETTER accidentally killed at Grass Valley. 10 - Boy named Willie MAHONEY run over and killed by a truck at San Francisco....J. LOCKE committed suicide at San Francisco....J. MILLER died at Austin from the effect of an accident. 11 - Boy named George ROACH run over and killed at Virginia. 12 - Fire at Colusa; loss, $9,000....John DORAN shot in the groin by J. SULLENBERGER at Virginia, and died the next day....Manuel BUTRON shot by Justin ARAJO at San Juan South, and his murderer was lynched. 13 - John RUNK convicted of murder in the first degree at San Francisco for shooting officer COOTS. 11 - Lawrence DALTON killed by falling into a shaft at Austin....James SPOONER died at Lockford from the effects of an accident. 15 - William WRIGHT attempted to shoot Richard RULE at Santa Rosa....Henry BULLOCK stabbed by an Indian near San Jose....Reyes ROMERO murdered near Anaheim. 16 - Destructive fire at Marysville....Miner named STEWART fell into Consolidated Virginia shaft and received fatal injuries....Boy named HUTTIN accidentally shot in the foot near Oakland. 17 - 2,000 feet of snow-shedding burned near Emigrant Gap....Mrs. Frances REYNOLDS shot and killed near Ukiah by J.B. CANAZA, who afterwards committed suicide....Unsuccessful attempt made to burn Eureka, Humboldt county....David EVANS shot and killed by John FITCH near Santa Cruz, and the latter committed suicide....Boy named HUTTON badly shot while hunting near Temescal. 18 - 1,500 feet of snow-shedding burned near Cicso....Roscoe PEARL drowned near Woodland....Stage from Redding to Ukiah robbed....John STULTZ run over by the cars near Boca and killed....Thos. S. HAGERTY shot and killed near Anaheim by Francis M. CAHILL. 19 - Charles SOMMERS committed suicide at Virginia; Martin CREMETTI committed suicide near the same city....G.W. PERRY, convicted of murder in the second degree, committed suicide in jail at San Bernardino. 20 - Mrs. Amelia Wapple HODGKINSON poisoned herself at San Francisco....Geo. TAYLOR shot himself dead at San Francisco. 21 - Boy named BEACH drowned at Stockton....Infant daughter of John GRAY of Fiddletown choked to death with a nut-shell. 22 - Austin, Nevada, inundated by a cloudburst....E. McLEOD shot James McLAUGHLIN at Benicia....Samuel KERR drowned near San Francisco. 23 - Field fire at R.M. TURNER's ranch near Durham, loss, $1,500....Serious riot at San Francisco....T.G. DURNING seriously stabbed at Yankee Jim's by W.C. VIER. 24 - Public meeting held at San Francisco and a Vigilance Committee organized ro suppress the mob of hoodlums....Fire at Sonora; loss, $6,100. 25 - Joe BLANCHARD, a stage robber, died at Trinity Center, from wounds received at his capture....Man named MURPHY severely hurt by a fall at Gridley's. 28 - Dr. A.C. PUTNAM drowned while fishing in Monterey Bay....Destructive fire at San Pablo....Fire at Portland; loss, $20,000....David GOURLEY drowned near Rio Vista. 29 - F.A. BRASCH poisoned himself at San Francisco....Thomas COSTELLO and James FARR drowned in the San Joaquin river at Union Island. 30 - Fire at Milwaukee, Oregon; loss, $6,000; at Santa Cruz; loss, $1,500. 31 - Samuel MARION poisoned himself at San Francisco....Attempt made to burn Chinatown at Red Bluff. AUGUST 1 - Moses G. MORSE committed suicide at Oakland. 2 - Lizzie SULLIVAN committed suicide at St. Helena....Philip HARTNIAN killed by a falling tree near Tyrone Mills, Sonoma county. 3 - Major John COOK, a pioneer, died at San Jose....Stage from Milton to Sonora robbed. 4 - Hon. Benjamin HAYES died at Los Angeles....Marion HENSHAW shot by highwaymen near Elko, thirty bullets entering his body....Felice VALENTINE drowned in the Bay....Three unsuccessful attempts made to burn Nevada City. 5 - Henry A. ROSEWARN shot and killed by Jessie LEWIS at San Francisco, who then committed suicide. 6 - Trial of the DE YOUNG, for libeling Congressman PAGE in the Chronicle, commenced at Placerville....Fred. McDONNALL killed by a falling timber at Virginia City....Griff ALVARES fatally shot at Kanawha, Colusa county, by George HILTON. 7 - Ernest METZLER committed suicide near Latrobe....J.E. DALEY fatally shot at San Francisco by L.H. HANKS, who afterwards committed suicide in jail....Young PHELAN shot and killed by J.E. PATRICK near Ukiah, supposing him a deer. 8 - George HAWKINS had his foot crushed by the cars at Roseville....Disastrous fire at San Francisco; loss, $250,000....Fire at Olympia, Washington Territory; loss, $20,500....John BAKER frightfully and fatally mangled in a saw mill near Jackson. 9 - H. HONCHINS killed near Susanville by a wagon accident....Frank GOMEZ killed by a cave near Columbia, Tuolumne county, and his brother John had his leg broken. 10 - Unsuccessful attempt made to burn Santa Cruz....Thomas BURNEY killed in a mine in Plumas county. 11 - Robert CAMPBELL seriously hurt at Gold Hill by falling from a bridge. 12 - Fred CAULFIELD committed suicide in Lone Mountain Cemetery, San Francisco. 13 - Henry E. BOSTWICK drowned in Lake Tahoe while bathing....Boy named William STOCKWELL accidentally shot in the arm while hunting near Napa. 14 - Dastardly attempt made to wreck a passenger train near Roseville....George McELISH had his foot crushed while coupling cars at Sesma Station. 15 - Child of J.S. MERRITT killed by a fall at San Jose....Child named David CUNES run over by a truck at San Francisco and killed....Philemon PENECKS accidentally shot at Chico. 16 - Powder explosion in San Francisco damaged considerable property....Fire at Oroville; loss, $10,000....Boy named Virgil D. SMITH thrown from a horse near Anaheim and killed. 17 - Fatal railroad collision near Livermore and a number of freight cars burned....Congressman W.A. PIPER run over by an express wagon at San Francisco and slightly hurt....Buel S. HAMLIN committed suicide at Watsonville. 18 - Entire crop of William FEH*H, near Santa Rosa, burned....Little daughter of Willis FOSTER killed by a wagon at San Jose. 19 - Lucy BELMONT died at San Francisco from an overdose of opium....James SHAW fatally scalded at Oakland....Frederick SCHNEIDER drowned in a well near Auburn. 20 - Fire at Ukiah; loss, $8,000....Boy named Charles SHAW kicked in the face by a colt near Cloverdale and had his jaw broken....John McCOY stabbed another man to death at Adin, Modoc county, and was himself hanged by the populace. 21 - Daughter of Manuel BANALES fatally burned with coal oil at Monterey....David PATTERSON murdered near Mariposa. 22 - Mrs. Sarah WILSON accidentally fatally shot near Antioch....Emanuel JOSEPHS drowned at Collinsville. 23 - James KENNEY attacked and killed by a stallion at Petaluma....Unsuccessful attempt made to burn Bakersfield. 24 - Jury in DE YOUNG libel case at Placerville disagreed, standing 6 to 6....Thrashing engine at J.P. GOODNOW, near Langville, exploded, killing a child and severely scalding Miss M.J. NICHOLS; 1,200 sacks of wheat also destroyed. 25 - Oakland City Hall burned....George PRIEUR committed suicide at San Francisco....Samuel B. BARTON accidentally killed at Virginia City....L.M. CRILL committed suicide at Milford. 26 - Fire at San Francisco; loss, $3,000....John JOHNSON drowned at Watsonville....Jose D. ESQUERO stabbed John MADDEN at San Jose. 27 - Sharp earthquake shock at Eureka, Humboldt county....Charles S. BROOK committed suicide at Old San Bernardino. 28 - John McGLAUGHLIN died on the train near Lathrop, from accidental injuries....Hugh HALLIGAN seriously injured by a blast at Virginia City....Stage from Los Angeles to San Diego robbed. 29 - Fire at Virginia City; loss, $1,000....Edward FLAHERTY, pioneer, died at Trinidad. 30 - Stage robbed near Copperopolis....William SKELTON, brakeman, killed at Madison. 31 - Elisha GIBBS fatally shot his wife near Eureka, Humboldt county....Damage to the extent of $3,000 caused by an exploding boiler at Benicia. SEPTEMBER 1 - S.C. BUGBEY, architect, died suddenly at San Francisco....Five freight cars demolished by a collision in Washington Territory....A Mexican footpad stopped the wrong man near San Jose and was fatally shot. 2 - Destructive fire at Auburn; loss, $75,000; Chinatown totally consumed....Roundhouse and locomotives burned at Monterey; loss, $25,000....Frank BALLARD and one BELL badly hurt at San Jose by falling from a wagon. 3 - Jack EGBERT found dead in bed at Salinas....Bold attempt to rob a stge between Eureka and Tybo; one of the highwaymen, Jack DAVIS, killed....Jean PARIS died from the effects of a tarantula bite at Milpitas. 4 - William COLLINS injured near North San Juan by the premature explosion of giant powder. 5 - General State election for members of the Legislature, resulted generally in favor of the Democrats....Col. William JONES, a member elect to the Legislature, died at Placerville....Michael MAHER found murdered near Visalia. 6 - Wm. FRY fatally shot by Richard POLLARD at Grass Valley....W.A. COWLES, topographer of the Wheeler Expedition, had both his legs broken by a bowlder falling upon them. 7 - Alexander DUNN drowned at Stockton....Fire at Corinne, Utah Territory; loss, $20,000....Julian ARIAS suffocated in a wine vat near San Jose. 8 - Julia ROMMAS dropped dead at San Francisco....Carrie A. RICE killed by a fall at Carson City. 9 - Timothy SULLIVAN arrested in San Francisco for beating his wife to death....Jack SAYLES dangerously stabbed by an Italian at Eureka, Nevada....Hoisting works of Grand Prize mine at Tuscarora, Nevada, burned; loss, $7,000. 10 - Chinatown of Dutch Flat burned....Northern District Fair opened at Marysville....Thomas GRIFFITHS killed by a street cat in San Francisco....Charles HUMPHREYS found dead near Geyserville, Sonoma county....Alfred STEINMAN drowned near Colusa. 11 - Woman named BOYCE committed suicide at San Francisco....Heavy rain storm in Oregon....John JOHNSON committed suicide at San Francisco. 12 - William COTTER accidentally killed in a coal mine at Ione....Body of W. CHARD found at Red Bluff. 13 - Woman named Carming ANDERSON murdered in San Francisco by Lloyd BELL (colored)....Vicente MENDOSA shot and killed by Matias VARGAS at Monterey....Nancy WILLIAMS murdered at Darwin. 14 - An explosion in a drug store in San Francisco set fire to the building. 15 - H.N. SARGENT and Louis ODER and wife murdered near Rocklin by Chinamen....Mrs. Antonio C. GODOY fearfully burned with coal oil. 16 - Chinese driven out of Rocklin, Roseville and other towns. 17 - Man named MOROCO shot at Dayton, Nevada, by a man whose wife he was about to elope with. ...Chinatown, Grass Valley, burned....Galli LUCIO murdered at Reno....Chinatown, near Oroville, burned. 18 - Destructive forest fire raging in San Mateo county....George T. BISHOP killed by a fall near Napa. 19 - Slight earthquake shock at Los Angeles....Fire at San Francisco; loss, $5,000. 20 - John J. MARKS (ex-Harbor Commissioner) pardoned from State Prison by Governor IRWIN....Train ran into a wagon near Latrobe, and killed Albert BARCELS. 21 - Fire at San Francisco; loss, $10,000; as Santa Cruz; loss, $6,500. 22 - Philip MANUEL killed by a fall in a mine near Colfax....Edward FIELAND pushed a young man named GOHEN in to the bay from the steamer Whipple, and he was drowned. 23 - M.C. CHAMBERS run over by a street car in San Francisco and killed. 24 - Eleventh Annual Fair of the Sonoma and Marin District Society opened at Petaluma....W.B. CARLTON committed suicide at San Francisco. 25 - Hiram WARD found dead at Strawberry valley, Siskiyou county....Daniel F. GRAY run over and killed by a fire engine at San Francisco. 26 - Joseph TRELORE fatally hurt by a fall in a mine near Gold Hill....Charley HALE, aged 14, found dead near Pomona, with a knife wound on his person. 27 - Bridge fell at Portland, Oregon, killing one man and injuring several others. 28 - S.E. TUTTLE found with a bullet hole in his head near Genoa, Nevada....L. ST. CLAIR killed by a locomotive at Carson....John THOMPSON hanged at Seattle....Infamous attempt made to fire a trestle work on the Nevada county narrow gauge railroad. 29 - James TROWELLA badly hurt in the Justice mine....Three earthquake shocks at Gold Hill....John ROBINSON made an unsuccessful attempt to kill one SUMMERS at South Vallejo....George CAMPBELL badly stabbed by Fred ROCKART near Colusa. 30 - Pedro MONREAL shot and killed Deonicio MENDEZ at San Francisco. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ CA-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com