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=35829 Submitted by: California Contributors Article Title: Sacramento Daily Union Article Date: January 1 1872 Article Description: Statistics of California - 1871 - Part II Article Text: Sacramento Daily Union Monday Morning, January 1, 1872 STATISTICS OF CALIFORNIA - 1871 THE STATE APRIL 1st - RUDOLPHE beat Cyrille DION in a game of billiards, 1,500 points, at San Francisco; score, RUDOLPHE, 1,501; DION, 1,105. 2d - Two shocks earthquake felt at San Francisco...Train on Vallejo road ran into a carriage near Vaca station, and a lady severely injured. 4th - Dave SCANNELL elected Chief Engineer San Francisco Fire Department. 5th - Old man named PREBLE jumped from Oakland boat and was drowned; officer of ferry boat refused to stop to attempt his rescue. 6th - Timothy HAW fell down shaft of Amador mine, at Sutter creek, and was instantly killed....Miner working in Oneida mine, same place, fell 125 feet, caught in some timbers, and climbed back and went to work. 9th - Affray on the Alameda boat between Swiss Guard and "Hoodlums" of San Francisco; a dozen persons wounded. 10th - Chinese battle in San Francisco and two severely wounded. 11th - Body of Frank H. SKINNER drifted ashore near San Francisco....Annual Convocation of Grand Chapter Royal Arch Masons of California at San Francisco. 12th - Donahue Railroad sold to California Pacific Railroad. 13th - Christopher TOOLE fell from a ladder at San Francisco, striking his son; both badly hurt....Flywheel in Stockton City Flour Mills burst, damaging building $5,000. 14th - Four-fifths of stockholders of California Steam Navigation Company voted to disincorporate. 15th - Luther A. WILLIS killed by Joseph G. PAYNE at Bakerstown, in a shooting scrape. 16th - At the Shields' Guard picnic at Petaluma, hoodlums, who accompanied it, raised a riot and one of the Guard was badly cut. 17th - Heavy rain which extended over the State....One ROBERTSON killed Berher ABEL at San Pasqual valley, in a quarrel about a ditch....Large meteor seen in different localities. 18th - Volzio, Reis & Co., San Francisco, failed; liabilities, $250,000....John NANLOU killed at San Jose by a wall falling on him. 19th - A man named PETERSON killed his wife in San Francisco and then committed suicide....Mrs. JACOBS thrown under railroad cars at Oakland and killed....Ex-County Clerk George W. BIRD killed himself with a knife at Monterey. 20th - Grading commenced on the Southern Pacific Railroad four miles from Gilroy. 21st - First game of base ball for championship of Pacific coast, played at San Francisco, between the Eagles and Wide Awake Clubs; won by the Eagles....H. VIGNON shot dead by a sheep shearer in his employ, near Los Angeles. 22d - Ten thousand Sunday-school children at a picnic in Woodward's Gardens, San Francisco. 23d - Two blocks of buildings burned in Antioch; loss, $12,000...Man named BOWIE assaulted by a highwayman and robbed of $500; also wounded....Three slight shocks of earthquake felt at San Francisco....Fire in Nevada; loss, $3,650. 24th - Mayor SELBY of San Francisco vetoed the Von Schmidt water scheme....Doctress Frances A. COOK committed suicide at San Francisco. 25th - John G. REUTZHLER and wife found dead at Grass Valley - supposed that the woman shot the man and then killed herself. 26th - Odd Fellows celebrated their anniversary all over the State by picnics, etc.....Jury in the FAIR case returned verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree. 27th - $500,000 worth of Japanese silk worm eggs shipped to Italy overland. 29th - A wagon containing two families, named MYERS and NICHOLS, fell over a steep embankment in Gibson canyon, Solano county, and Mrs. MYERS was killed and others severely hurt. MAY 1st - Municipal election in Stockton; Republicans elected their whole ticket. 2d - County Hospital at San Andreas burned and two inmates perished in the flames....American Medical Association met at San Francisco....Delegation of Americus Club of New York arrived at San Francisco. 3d - Two heirs of David C. BRODERICK commenced suit against the estate....Government storehouse at Yerba Buena Island burned; loss, $50,000. 5th - Los Angeles and Salinas stage stopped near latter place, and Wells, Fargo & Co.'s treasure box was taken....Henry BLEASE hung himself at San Francisco. 6th - Governor HAIGHT issued order prohibiting any more military excursions on Sunday....Destructive fire at Folsom, destroying a great portion of the place; loss $130,000. 7th - Captain Robert LEWIS, 60 years old, poisoned himself near Clayton. 8th - Grand Encampment I.O.O.F. met at Sacramento....A young woman named WATERS burned to death by her clothes catching fire, near Monterey. 9th - Five thousand dollar race, mile heats, best three in five, at Oakland; won by Tom Atchison. Time - 1:48 3/4; 1:49 1/2; 1:47 1/2....Grand Lodge I.O.O.F. convened at Sacramento. 10th - Excursion of Marysville firemen to Stockton....Desperate fight between Sheriff's posse and Mexican outlaws in Panoche mountains, near Gilroy; one Mexican killed and one taken. 11th - Chinese part of Colusa burned; loss, $3,000. 12th - Odd Fellows' Orphans' Home located at Napa. 13th - Frederick GINDER blew out his brains in San Francisco. 14th - Party of Russian sailors got into a row at San Francisco and seven or eight injured. 15th - Dr. George ELDENMULLER, prominent physician in San Francisco, died of injuries from being thrown from his buggy....Man named CAMP shot through the head by a man who had robbed him of $20 in San Francisco. 16th - Marysville lottery drawn....Woman Suffrage Convention met at San Francisco. 17th - First Regiment National Guard of California went to Alameda for encampment....In two-mile and repeat race at San Jose, Norfolk won; best time, 3:42 I-5. 18th - San Diego made a port of entry. 19th - Counsel for Mrs. FAIR filed bill of exceptions for new trial, at San Francisco...John C. NICHOLS killed in a mine by a cave, at Gold Run. 20th - Man named John A. STEELE attempted suicide by shooting himself in the breast and jumping into the Bay, at San Francisco, but was fished out. 22d - Incorporation of Eastern Extension of California Pacific Railroad filed; capital, $50,000,000....$5,000.000 in greenbacks arrived in San Francisco. 23d - Harvest Queen won the $5,000 trotting-race at San Francisco; best time 2:30. 24th - Defiance distanced the field in a pacing-race at San Francisco; time, 2:23....Boy named JOAQUIN burned to death near Soquel....G. NEWINGHAM, architect, killed himself at San Francisco. 25th - Wm. O'HEARN run over and killed by a locomotive, at San Francisco....The Tabernacle tent opened for religious exercises, at San Francisco....Mrs. Cynthia MALONE burned to death from her clothes catching fire, near Indian Diggings. 26th - Charles D. CARTER, a pioneer and prominent citizen of San Francisco, died....Row at an Indian rancheria, San Diego, and a man named Ignacio and an Indian girl killed. 27th - Primary elections of Republicans and Democrats in different counties, resulting generally in favor of BOOTH and HAIGHT. 28th - Decoration Day; observed generally over the State. 31st - Jesus TEJARRA convicted of murder in the first degree at Stockton, for killing MEDINA two years before. JUNE 1st - Miners' League at Sutter Creek struck, and attempted to take possession of property but were repulsed....Susie McDONALD was brutally murdered by Austrian George at Oroville. 2d - Justus REINHOLD, a prominent German of Milwaukee, died suddenly at San Francisco. 3d - Mrs. Laura D. FAIR sentenced to be hanged on July 28th, by Judge DWINELLE, at San Francisco. 4th - Austrian George, who killed Miss Susie McDONALD, arrested at Bidwell's Bar; he tried to shoot himself and then ran away, but was shot dead by one of his captors; the body was afterwards burned. 5th - Large procession in San Francisco in honor of the Irish exiles, BURKE and LUBY....Granddaughter of General John WILSON burned to death from her clothes taking fire at San Francisco....Two suicides in San Francisco; Ehlert BRANDT shot himself and Charles REICHON took strychnine. 6th - Man named WASHINGTON foully murdered by another called ARMSTRONG, near Ukiah. 7th - San Cruz powder mill exploded; nobody hurt. 8th - Japanese notified President of Mechanics' Institute of intention to send large quantity of articles to the next Fair....Brig Carion burned in San Francisco Bay; loss, $2,500. 9th - James BARD killed Edward STACY, near Shasta. 10th - Snow Tent sawmill, Nevada county, and 700,000 feet lumber burned; loss, $40,000. 11th - Thunderstorm and hurricane at Yreka, doing much damage. 12th - KEMPNER, merchant tailor, was killed by a pistol being accidentally discharged in the hands of a woman, at San Francisco. 15th - Oregon stage upset near Red Bluff, injuring the passengers more or less severely. 16th - George VALE, an eminent San Francisco lawyer, died....Trustees of Odd Fellows' College met at Napa and received the donations made to the institution. 17th - FRANK, a German, shot E. LEVIN with a shotgun, killing him instantly near Haywards....Brilliant auroral display throughout the State. 18th - Boy five years old, named Leopold FREID, run over and killed by a dray at San Francisco. 19th - Sutter Creek Miners' League ordered miners to quit work....Harms & Palm's chicory factory, four miles below Washington, Yolo county, burned; loss, $20,000. 20th - Dr. P.M. O'BRIEN, an early resident of San Francisco, died of apoplexy. 21st - Severe shock of earthquake felt at Calistoga....John M. COGHLAN (Rep) nominated for Congress in Third District....BROOKSTINE's hotel in Knight's Valley burned; loss, $5,000. 22d - Col. W.H.L. BARNES and two companies of his regiment went to Sutter creek to put down Miners' League....Fire at Anaheim; loss, $7,000....Lake Faucherie, a reservoir of the South Yuba Canal Company, burst, the water doing damage to the amount of $7,000. 23d - Democrats of First Congressional District nominated Judge ARCHER for Congress, and of the Second, George PEARCE, of Sonoma....First lot of new wheat of the year arrived at San Francisco from Vaca. 25th - Dr. Wm. A. BARSTOW attempted suicide by shooting in the head at San Francisco, and Dr. W.H. ROGERS, in going to attend him, was badly injured by being thrown from his carriage. 26th - Seth GREEN, of New York, brought 15,000 shad eggs to be deposited in the upper Sacramento. 27th - Chinese part of Folsom burned, together with the Patterson House and some private residences; loss heavy. 29th - Schooner Almer Asher wrecked near San Francisco; loss, $15,000....A.A. SARGENT nominated as republican candidate for the Second Congressional District....Three-quarters of a mile of snow sheds, Cisco Hotel and other buildings burned at Cisco....Girl fourteen years old burned to death by explosion of kerosene lamp at Tehama....Mrs. Joseph BOGHISEYCH poisoned herself at Lincoln. 30th - Republican Convention for First District nominated Thomas H. SELBY for Congress, who declined; then nominated S.O. HOUGHTON....Mrs. Alice POOLE took laudanum at San Francisco and died. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ CA-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com