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=35818 Submitted by: California Contributors Article Title: Sacramento Daily Union Article Date: January 1 1869 Article Description: Statistics of California - 1868 - Part IV Article Text: Sacramento Daily Union Friday Morning, January 1, 1869 Page 1 STATISTICS OF CALIFORNIA - 1868 STATE RECORD Noticeable Events During the Year OCTOBER 6th - A white fawn shot in the vicinity of Casey's Flat, Yolo county, by A.R. PRENTISS....The Pacific Mail steamship Colorado sailed from San Francisco for Panama, carrying three hundred and twenty-nine passengers and $520,214.30 in treasure....C. HOFFMAN, better known as "Sebastopol," was accidentally shot dead, at Dutch Flat, by a boy who was playing with a loaded pistol....Three shocks of an earthquake were felt at Silver Mountain, Alpine county. 7th - P. HAYES, Enrolling Clerk of the Fourth Elections District of the Tenth Ward San Francisco went to the City Hall to make a report of his labors, and after accomplishing his purpose started to go home when he fell down and died instantly....Francis WILLIAMS, fifteen years of age, was killed by the accidental discharge of a shotgun in the hands of George CLEVENGER, a boy about the same age. 9th - News published on the withdrawal of the Opposition line of ocean steamships between San Francisco and New York....Two men, Thomas RYAN and John ROGERS, were burned to death at the Franklin House fire, corner of Sansome street and Broadway, San Francisco....The dead body of an old man named John SMITH was found hanging by the neck in a barn a few miles from French Camp, San Joaquin county. ...Thos. PITT was instantly killed near Mokelumne Hill by the overturning upon him of a wagon load of lumber. 13th - Patrick MURRAY, who resided near the Five-Mile House, on the Sacramento lower road, was shot and killed by his brother-in-law, John J. MURPHY. 16th - The Grand Lodge of Masons, in session at San Francisco, elected officers. 18th - B.L. LAMARGUE, an old resident of Grass Valley, was found dead at his residence....A Mrs. SHERWOOD, and her little child, two years old, were drowned in a well in San Francisco. 19th - Davie WHITE, a merchant at You Bet, Nevada county, was thrown over a bank and instantly killed between You Bet and Challa Bluff....While on her up trip from San Francisco the steamer Capital ran into and sunk the steam barge Colusa. Two of the crew were drowned. 20th - A prize fight took place near Benicia between Billy DWYER and BUSH, alias the "Mountain Boy." Seven rounds only were fought, when BUSH threw up the sponge. 21st - A.G. RICHARDSON, formerly a prominent resident of Sacramento, died in the Insane Asylum at Alameda....The most severe earthquake ever experienced in California since the American occupation occurred about 8 o'clock A.M. It was felt with greatest severity at San Francisco, San Leandro and Petaluma, and generally around the bay, with a good deal of force at Stockton and Sacramento, and lightly at Marysville, Grass Valley and Sonora. Four persons were killed and seven severely wounded, and a large number slightly hurt, at San Francisco, and one man killed at San Leandro. The city of San Francisco was completely terrorized, and the stores, business-houses and schools were all closed for the day. The damage to property in San Francisco was variously estimated at from $225,000 to $5,000,000....Lieutenant Commander John MITCHELL, commanding officer of the United States war steamer Saginaw, was killed in San Francisco. He was a native of Nantucket (Mass.), and 35 years of age! ....Rufus SWETT, who murdered Dr. John B. GRAY, at Marysville, on the morning of July 4th, escaped from the Yuba county jail. 22d - The Pacific Mail steamship Sacramento sailed from San Francisco for Panama with 309 passengers and $174,253.57 in treasure. 26th - News published in the Union of the wrecking of the steamer Del Norte on Canoe Reef, about fifty miles from Victoria (V.I.), on the morning of the 21st. All the passengers and crew and a large portion of her stores were saved. The vessel was a total loss....Michael O'KEEFE committed suicide in San Francisco by cutting his throat. 27th - Great Republican turnout in San Francisco - the grandest and most enthusiastic political affair ever known there. The entire route of the procession was lined with spectators. The procession was one hour and twenty-seven minutes passing a given point. 29th - A shoemaker named KEUNLER relieved of $440 in coin by foot-pads, near Davisville, Yolo county....Timothy BUCKLEY kicked by a horse in San Francisco and died from the wounds inflicted on the following day. 30th - Judge McKUNE, of the Sixth District Court, issued a mandatory order to H.L. NICHOLS, Secretary of State, to count the votes for D.A. HOFFMAN the same as if they had been for D.B. HOFFMAN, the true name of the Grant and Colfax Elector, who was about to be counted out for this informality in some of the returns. DECEMBER 1st - An agreed case in connection with the matter of the casting of votes for D.B. HOFFMAN, and the returns of the same was submitted to the Supreme Court for their decision. The unanimous opinion of the Court was that the votes cast for D.A. HOFFMAN were intended for D.B. HOFFMAN. The vote of the State was declared. Total vote, 108,670; majority for GRANT and COLFAX, 506; majority for AXTELL (Democrat) in the First Congressional District, 3,551; majority for SARGENT (Republican) in the Second District, 3,140; majority of JOHNSON (Democrat) in the Third District, 264....Balance in the State Treasury, $1,167,637.10. 2d - The State Electoral College met at the office of the California Steam Navigation in this city, all the members being present, and cast their votes unanimously for GRANT and COLFAX for President and Vice President. Charles WESTMORELAND, one of the Electors, was chosen as messenger to carry the sealed vote to Washington. 3d - Bernard DAUGHERTY, Deputy Sheriff and Bailiff of the Fourth District Court, San Francisco, died from small pox....Total expenses of the San Francisco Fire Department for the year ending to-day were $214,454. 7th - Thompson CAMPBELL, a well-known lawyer, orator and politician, died in San Francisco....Supervisor CANAVAN, of San Francisco, at a meeting of the Board, assaulted by Columbus SIMS, formerly a lieutenant Colonel of Volunteers. SIMS was subsequently arrested, tried and convicted of four charges - assault and battery, exhibiting a deadly weapon, using vulgar language and carrying a deadly weapon - and sentenced to pay a fine of $150 and suffer seventy-five days imprisonment in the County Jail. SIMS subsequently appealed to the County Court. 9th - First bar of tin ever produced from native ore in the United States was turned out in San Francisco, from ore from Temescal, San Diego county. 10th - Joe COBURN, the pugilist, arrived at San Francisco. 11th - Two buildings on Clay street, San Francisco, injured by the earthquake in October, in process of demolition, fell, burying four men in the ruins. James FAY died from his injuries; the others were not seriously hurt. 12th - A young man in San Francisco named J.W. JONES committed suicide by jumping from a second-story window to the ground. 13th - A prize fight came off at Saucelito between "Dublin" and FLYNN. Eleven rounds were fought and "Dublin" was declared the victor. 14th - The steamship Constitution sailed from San Francisco with a number of passengers and $306,343.07 in treasure. 15th - Dr. Isaac ROWE, Health Officer of the city of San Francisco, called for one hundred special policemen for duty at houses where small pox exists, in order to preserve the quarantine effectually. 19th - D.W. GELWICKS retired from the Mountain Democrat, published at Placerville, and was succeeded by George O. KLES and Thomas J. CAYSTILE. 20th - A man named KENNEDY, a carpenter, was frozen to death near Coburn's Station. 21st - Thomas BROOKBANKS convicted of manslaughter by killing PALMER in San Francisco last May, was sentenced to one year in the State Prison - the lowest penalty allowed by the statute....The insurance companies in San Francisco doing a fire underwriting business combined and advanced their rates of premium fifteen to twenty per cent. 22d - The Pacific Mail Steamship Golden City sailed for Panama, carrying 343 passengers and $519,262.01 in treasure. 28th - In the matter of the application of five Supervisors in San Francisco county, members of the Outside Land Committee, who asked for $10,000 each for services rendered while acting on that Committee, Judge McKINSTRY decided that the sum of $2,100 to each member was reasonable compensation for services rendered. 29th - Seventeen funeral corteges passed through the portals of Lone Mountain Cemetery, San Francisco....Twenty-nine new cases of small pox were reported to the San Francisco Health Officer. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ CA-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! 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