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=35825 Submitted by: California Contributors Article Title: Sacramento Daily Union Article Date: January 2 1871 Article Description: Statistics of California - 1870 - Part II Article Text: Sacramento Daily Union Monday Morning, January 2, 1871 Page 1 STATISTICS OF CALIFORNIA - 1870 APRIL 1st - Franco HERMAN, a blind man, was held to bail in the sum of $1,500 for indecent assault on a six-year-old girl. 2d - Earthquake at Oakland at noon....Severe shock of earthquake at San Francisco at 11:18 A.M. Shock lasted six seconds....The same shock was felt at Napa, Santa Cruz, Petaluma and San Leandro. 3d - The Legislature adjourned after a session of 120 days. 4th - A boy, seven years old, named M. EMANUEL, was run over by a truck in San Francisco and fatally injured....United States Grand Jury in San Francisco indicted 140 persons for making false income returns. 5th - Two inches of snow fell at Fort Tejon....Stage robbed near Gibson's Ranch and $2,400 in gold dust taken....The colored citizens celebrated the adoption of Fifteenth Amendment in various parts of the State. 6th - R.O. CRAVENS commissioned State Librarian, vice Wm. Neely JOHNSON, removed. 7th - Judge Ted ROBINSON appointed Supreme Court reporter....One hundred and fifty feet of San Francisco sea wall sunk five feet. 8th - August KING had his arm torn off below the elbow by being caught in the belting at Spaulding's mill, San Francisco. 10th - John HAMMEL suicided in Marysville by cutting his throat. 11th - The Amador mine burned. 12th - A negro woman named Mrs. CISCO had two ounces of laudanum pumped out of her at San Francisco....A new Lodge of Odd Fellows was instituted by Grand Sire FARNSWORTH at Davisville. 13th - Schooner Maid of the Mist burned near the Presidio, San Francisco. 14th - Widow of Sir John FRANKLIN arrived in San Francisco....Grand conclave of Grand Commandery of Knights of Templar elected officers in San Francisco. 15th - A prominent officer of the Military Department of California found the dead body of a female infant lying on his office sofa....Stockton city voted to give $300,000 to the Stockton and Visalia Railroad - only fourteen noes....San Joaquin county voted to give $200,000 to same road....J.W. MANDEVILLE commissioned Commissioner of immigration. 16th - Adolph F. MARQUARD suicided in San Francisco because he failed in love and business....J.H. CAMPBELL shot S.A. MILLS at St. Helena during a political dispute. 17th - Earthquake at Oakland. 19th - J.S. JARNIGAN found dead in his bed at Stockton....The stage was robbed near Ione valley of $2,500 in treasure. 20th - John M. DOHERTY, alias "Paddy Pungent," committed suicide in San Francisco....K.A. PIERCE, living in a cabin ten miles from Yuba city, was burned to death last night. 21st - William LEMMONS, stage driver, died of heart disease, in his stage, between Castroville and Watsonville. 23d - M.W. COLLINS and William BROOKS were instantly killed at Georgetown by the premature explosion of a blast. 23d - 13,200 pounds of powder were exploded in Blossom Rock and that dangerous obstruction to navigation removed. 24th - While Charles BRADLEY was handling a can of naptha near a petroleum stove, in San Francisco, it took fire and burned up the house; BRADLEY's boy one year old was burned to death and Mr. and Mrs. BRADLEY severely burned....Slight shock of earthquake in San Francisco. 25th - Lady FRANKLIN and niece sailed for Sitka on the United States steamer Newbern....A lady named McKENZIE fell from a wagon and was killed, near Santa Cruz. 26th - The Odd Fellows fifty-first anniversary was celebrated throughout the State....A blast of 14,000 pounds of powder was exploded successfully at Sucker Flat, Yuba county. 27th - G.A. BUSSEY, a jealous husband, shot and killed his wife in Sierra Valley. 28th - Annie SCHNEIDER, an insane woman, committed suicide by cutting her wrists with a razor at San Francisco....Daniel McKENZIE was mortally and E.W. HEATH seriously wounded by a party of horse thieves they were chasing near Tejon Reservation. 30th - A mass meeting of miners in Shasta protested against the returning of the lands in that county as agricultural by the United States Deputy Surveyor. MAY 1st - The straw sheds of the paper mill company near Santa Cruz were burned. 2d - Soundings show the removal of Blossom Rock to be complete....Surveying parties for Stockton and Visalia Railroad commenced work. 4th - Creed HAYMOND, John C. BURCH and Charles LINDLEY appointed Commissioners for the revision of the laws....Earthquake at Grass Valley....Captain H.A. GOOD was killed by Indians near Tehama; twelve bullet holes found in his body. 5th - The Mexicans celebrated the defeat of the French in 1862 in various parts of the State....G**en McMAHON sent to the Union office two bones of an elephant dug up on Wolfskill's ranch. 6th - The furniture factory of G.W. WEIR, and several adjoining buildings, were destroyed by fire at San Francisco; loss, $150,000. 8th - Fifteen thousand people attended the Fenians picnic at Redwood City Park...Earthquake at Gilroy....John TODHUNTER was killed by William Williams at Cottonwood, Siskiyou county. 9th - The State Grand Encampment I.O.O.F. elected and installed officers in San Francisco....Store of I. SOKOLOWSKY, at Mokelumne Hill, was burglarized last night to the tune of $1,400 in coins and jewelry. 10th - Annual meeting of State Grand Lodge, I.O.O.F. at San Francisco....Asby MINEOR, aged twelve, was drowned in the Guadalupe river, near San Jose. 12th - Three distinct shocks of earthquake at Gilroy....Frank Eugene CANNON, aged ten years, was drowned while swimming in Canada Hill reservoir, Nevada City. 13th - E.H. LEARY had a lot of laudanum hydraulicked out of him in San Francisco - it was the second time in three months....Philip DICK, for the fifth time, was sentenced to be hanged at Stockton....$20,000 worth of property on the corner of Geary and Leavenworth streets, San Francisco, destroyed by fire. 14th - The new officers of the State Grand Lodge, I.O.O.F., were installed at San Francisco....HICKOK & SPEAR, brokers, paid a $14,000 forged check in greenbacks, at San Francisco....A fire at Downieville destroyed $15,000 worth of property. 15th - Terrific storm at Los Angeles, badly damaging first crop, etc. 16th - Julia WINANT shot herself through the arm while attempting suicide at San Francisco; cause jealousy....John LEARY was successful in his fourth attempt at suicide in San Francisco....Two men who gave their names as George and Lewis CLARK were arrested at Stockton as the forgers of the $14,000 check. C.C. HOWARD was arrested in San Francisco as an accomplice - the $14,000 greenbacks have been recovered....Alexander CAMPBELL was crushed to death by a rock that fell on him in the Carral Hollow coal mines. 17th - Three men in prison at Watsonville, for the murder of Indian Bill, were taken from the jail and hung by a mob. 20th - Joseph HEWITT shot and instantly killed S.P. ADAMS, in Pleasant Valley, near Vacaville. 21st - Josephine PLATTER and Teresa SIEGELMIER were burned by explosion of a kerosene lamp at San Francisco, the former fatally. 22d - The Chinese had a great riot at San Francisco; 3,000 celestials engaged in the row; none killed....Patrick GALLAGHER fell down a shaft, sixty feet deep, at the Spring Valley Water Company's works, near Seventeen-mile House, and both legs were badly broken. 23d - JOHNSON and LAGRANGE opened a starch factory at San Jose....E.H. BURNHAM was found dead in his room at the Weber House, Stockton. A bottle containing laudanum was found in the room. J.W. MANDEVILLE resigned the office of Commissioner of immigration.. 25th - The corner-stone of the new Mint was laid in San Francisco with imposing Masonic ceremonies. 28th - Wm. M. ZABRISKLE, a prominent criminal lawyer, died in San Francisco. 29th - A house was burned four miles from Knight's Landing, on Lynch's ranch. Four of LYNCH's children and Miss SWIFT, aged sixteen, were burned to death. Origin of fire unknown....Seven business houses burned at Sutter creek....Turners' picnic near Marysville, attended by 2,000 persons. 30th - Memorial Day was celebrated in San Francisco and elsewhere in the State by the Grand Army of the Republic....Mrs. J.J. RIGGS was burned to death by the conflagration of her house near Yuba City....Wm. G. LANSING shot HYLTON, the Maseppa man, through the face on Montgomery street. 31st - Colonel A.P. DUDLEY and his son Alfred had a series of fights with knives and pistols with Edward INGHAM, son-in-law of Colonel DUDLEY in San Francisco - nobody killed. JUNE 1st - The Mercantile Library Lottery office was opened in San Francisco....INGHAM fired two shots at young Al DUDLEY on Montgomery street near Bush - nobody hurt. INGHAM held in $5,000 bail. 2d - Seventy-five Chinamen, practical bootmakers, left San Francisco for North Adams, Mass. 3d - Michael BACH hanged himself at Anaheim....Thomas SCULLY was crushed to death by a saw-log rolling over him near Santa Clara....The dead bodies of Horace HAND and wife found in their house in San Bernardino county. He had been stabbed and she beaten to death. 4th - Hubert PRITCHARD shot himself through the brain at Sutter Creek. He had a looking-glass in one hand and pistol in the other when found....Isaac WILLIAMSON, an old and prominent resident of Nevada City, died. 5th - Steamship Active wrecked off Cape Mendocino; no lives lost....About fifty boarders at the Bella Union Hotel, Los Angeles, were poisoned at dinner; some were quite sick. 7th - J.H. NEWTON shot himself through the heart at Los Angeles. 8th - Grand Grove Ancient Order of druids met at San Francisco....Moses EATON, an old resident of Stockton, was thrown from his wagon and his neck broken. 9th - John CARTER shot one McLAUGHLIN through the leg on Montgomery street while he was walking with CARTER's wife. 11th - A three-year old son of Frederick BATTERSBY was run over by the street cars and instantly killed in Oakland. 13th - A son of S.W. WILLIAMS was thrown from a horse and killed at Healdsburg....John QUINN and Ignats MURCKENSCHNABLE were killed by being thrown from wagons, in Stockton. 14th - John A. STANLY appointed as County Judge of San Francisco, vice Delos LAKE, resigned. 15th - Steam up for first time in the Stockton Woolen mills. 16th - S.B. MUSICK was knocked off his horse and killed by the cars at Mokelumne Station. 18th - Chas. H. DUPASS was shot and badly wounded while burglarizing the EDWARDS Ranch, Contra Costa county....Bernard McNALLY fell into the bay from schooner Nideros and drowned....James BLACK, who came to this coast in 18_2, died at San Rafael. 19th - The body of Louis SELIGMAN was found in San Mateo county. On the body $10,000 worth of coin, greenbacks and valuable papers were found; also bottles of drugs with which he had suicided. 22d - Henry HENRY was thrown from a horse at the Mission, San Francisco, and his neck broken. 25th - A fire at Benicia destroyed $5,000 worth of property....Rochon & Co. found a piece of solid gold in their claim near Shasta, that weighed 184 ‡ ounces. 26th - The wife of Elias VIERA, residing near Vallejo, gave birth to a child weighing sixteen and one-quarter pounds. 28th - Mrs. Dr. BURDELL of San Rafael was indicted for tearing up the will of her father, the late James BLACK; his estate is valued at $850,000. 29th - Patrick BUCKLEY, a brakeman, was run over and killed at Crystal lake, while uncoupling cars. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ CA-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com