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=35841 Submitted by: California Contributors Article Title: Sacramento Daily Union Article Date: August 30 1866 Article Description: Births, Marriages, & Deaths, and other items Article Text: Sacramento Daily Union Thursday, August 30, 1866 Page 2 THE PETALUMA DISASTER - I.G. WISKERSHAM, of Petaluma, who was passenger on the train at the time of the explosion, gives some further particulars in regard to it: There was a freight car in front of the engine, and immediately in the rear of the latter a platform car, then the baggage car, and behind this the passenger cars. The platforms at the depot extended alongside the train. The side of the baggage car nearest the platform was blown off, and all standing on that side of it were killed or grievously injured. To the list of wounded must be added the names of John BRIER; John BARNES, clergyman; and ____ FLYNN, a laborer on the road. Daniel BARTON, reported in our telegram as wounded, is a laborer, and George MILLER, a colored barber. Captain WARNER, of the steamer Petaluma, immediately after the accident, decided to come down on his boat to the city, but remained behind, affording every attention in his power to the unfortunate victims of this calamity. YEOMANS' injuries are terribly severe, but he will probably recover. He is a pioneer resident of this State, and known as an attache of many steamers, in early days, on the Sacramento river. CHILD BITTEN BY A VICIOUS DOG - On Monday, August 27th, a savage dog belonging to John MORRISH, severely bit a child of Michael CARVIS, at Gold Flat, Nevada county. The child was knocked down and severely bitten on the leg and face. It was with difficulty that the child was rescued. LIME - Lime rock, apparently inexhaustible, has been discovered on the Hot Spring Ranch, Alpine county. The rock is at the springs, and is almost pure lime, requiring but slight burning. As this ranch is only about three miles from Markleeville, Silver Mountain and Carson and Hope Valleys can be supplied at reasonable rates. COMMISSIONER TO THE PARIS EXHIBITION - W.M. RYERS, M.D., has been appointed a Commissioner to represent the San Joaquin Valley District Agricultural Society at the World's Fair, to be held in Paris in the year 1867. AMERICAN MEDICAL BIOGRAPHY - The following notice, taken from one of our Eastern exchanges, will doubtless prove of interest to those who have deceased medical friends in California. The request to publish the same is extended to other public journals: Dr. J.M. TONER, of Washington (D.C.), is engaged in compiling and writing a biographical dictionary of all deceased American physicians of whom he can collect data on a sufficiently accurate character to enable him to give a brief sketch of their lives and labors. Physicians and others who have deceased relatives of friends who studied and practiced medicine in any part of the United States, and will take the pains to furnish the doctor with definite facts, comprising the full name of the individual, with his birthplace, date of birth, and death, his preliminary education, medical studies, place of graduation, location, success in any particular branch of practice, and whether filling any and what public stations during life, and if an author, the exact title of his publications, and where and by whom published, will, besides conferring a favor on Dr. TONER, serve the cause of medical literature of a very attractive and useful kind. It is expected the collection will reach ! about ten thousand names. AMPUTATION - About one o'clock yesterday, says the Stockton Independent of August 29th, METZGAR, who recently got badly wounded by the bursting of the burr in Humphrey's barley mill, had his leg amputated above the knee. Mortification commenced on Monday, about midnight, and therefore the amputation of the limb was the only means of saving the unfortunate man's life. In a short time, and with but little loss of blood, the surgeons successfully accomplished the work. The life of the patient, however, is still in great danger. The operation was performed at the County Hospital. FIRE IN MARYSVILLE - A fire broke out on the night of August 28th at Marysville, destroying a two-story wooden building, occupied at an early day by Dr. WATTS as a drug store, and owned by E. KATZENSTEIN, and also a small wooden building occupied by a Mexican woman. SUMMIT CITY (Nev.), ITEMS - A correspondent of the Carson Appeal, under date of August 24th, writes as follows: This afternoon, about three o'clock, an accident occurred on SMITH & PERKINS' new building, which PIXLEY & GRANT, of Carson, were superintending. They were erecting the rafters and roof, when the whole thing (forty-one rafters) gave way, with eight men on them at the time. All came down with a crash. PURDY had his right leg broken and shoulder dislocated, and was otherwise hurt so that it is thought he will not recover. Another workman was very badly hurt, but no bones broken. GRANT was banged and bruised up considerably, although no bones were broken. Quite an excitement prevails here in regard to the discovery of a rich quartz lode about eighteen miles from here, near Eureka, by C.A. BRAGG, Dr. SANDERSON and W.A. HAWTHORNE, all from Carson City. They have just returned from a prospecting trip and brought in some ore from their newly-discovered claims, which is very rich, and they have a ledge five feet wide, all of the same kind of ore. ROW AT ALTA - The Nevada Transcript of August 29th has the following: A man named Jim SAXTON went into the town of Alta on Monday last and cleaned the town. SAXTON got into a fight, when an officer attempted to arrest him, but got roughly handled. Outsiders came to the assistance of the officer, when a general fight ensued. SAXTON was unarmed and several shots were fired at him. He is a powerful man and knocked his opponents right and left. At one time they had him nearly handcuffed, but he got away and took to the woods. Here his friends supplied him with two revolvers, and he defied the officers to come and take him. MARRIED At Crystal Peak, Nevada county, July 28th, James R. DOWNEY to Hannah E. WILLIAMS. At Cary's Mills, Alpine county, August 2d, L.L. LEWIS to Miss Louisa CARRIGAN. Near Soquel, Santa Cruz county, August 19th, Putnam VISCHER to Lucy H. GARDNER. In San Francisco, August 19th, Louis SCHUMANN to Emma LAMBE. BIRTHS In Santa Cruz, August 19th, the wife of B.F. KOOSER, of a daughter In Placerville, August 25th, the wife of Henry BRIAN, of a daughter In Placerville, August 25th, the wife of F. TAGTMYER, of a son In Nevada, August 26th, the wife of Lewis W. DREYFUSS, of a daughter DIED In Pine Grove, Sierra county, August 16th, Mary Alerzenie KENSEY, daughter of Stephen KENSEY and Mrs. E.A. LITTICK, aged 17 years, 6 months and 12 days In Markleeville, Alpine county, August 24th, Stephen, son of H. and Ann ALDERSON, aged 2 months and 20 days In Petaluma, August 27th, Joseph W. LEAVITT, aged 39 years In San Francisco, August 26th, Carrie M., daughter of Albert C. and Elmira GAY, aged 7 years and 3 months In San Francisco, August 28th, Thomas S. 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