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=35811 Submitted by: California Contributors Article Title: Sacramento Daily Union Article Date: January 1 1868 Article Description: Statistics of California - 1867 - Part I Article Text: Sacramento Daily Union Wednesday Morning January 1, 1868 Page 1 STATISTICS OF CALIFORNIA - 1867 THE STATE Chronological Record of Notable Events During the Year The year 1867 has been to California mainly one of prosperity. The crops have been good, and, though visited in December by one of the most remarkable and destructive storms in her annuls, the net products of the year will prove satisfactory and tend to increase her accumulated wealth. The most striking incident in our history as a State is the substantial completion of the Pacific Railroad to our eastern border. The track of that road reached the summit of the Sierra Nevada on November 30th and solved the question whether steam communication between the Atlantic and the Pacific is possible. The mountains have been reconciled with the plain, and the soft lip of the sea has made to kiss the rough brow of the Sierra. Henceforth it is certain that the iron horse will ply across the continent to and fro like a shuttle, weaving across the subtle ties of sympathy, which are stronger than iron, softer than silk and more lasting that the granite hills. The establishment of this result reflects honor upon the individual energy to which it is due, while it assures to this State and to the whole Pacific coast a prosperous and speedy development which, without it, would have been doubtful. The political canvass of the year was exciting and the result unexpected to al! l parties. The Government of the State has almost completely fallen into the hands of a party from which it was sacredly guarded during the war; but even that catastrophe may be found to be a blessing in disguise, if it teaches devotion to principles rather than to men. We append a chronological record of the principal events of the year: JANUARY 1st - The steamer Colorado sailed for China and Japan with forty cabin and about two hundred steerage passengers. It was estimated that twenty thousand persons were present to witness her departure....The entire guard, nine men, at Fort Reading, deserted with their horses, arms, etc....The English bark Archibald arrived at San Francisco from Yokohama in nineteen days - the quickest trip on record. 4th - Gen. Charles H.S. WILLIAMS, a prominent member of the California and Nevada bar, died at San Francisco from the effects of a pistol shot wound in the head, either accidentally or intentionally inflicted. Deceased alleged that it was accidental. 5th - Oakland was lighted with gas for the first time....The stage between Irish Hill and Forest Home, Amador county, was stopped by highwaymen, and Wells, Fargo and Co.'s treasure box captured and broken open, but "not a cent" found therein....The wife and little son of I.B.K. CHURCH were drowned in Indian Creek, near Drytown, by the overturning of a buggy while fording the creek....The stage was stopped near Copperopolis and relieved of $800 belonging to Wells, Fargo & Co. 7th - The body of Henry HANLON, late of the California Volunteers, was found floating in the bay at San Francisco....The Supervisors of San Francisco passed an order over the Mayor's veto allowing the lager beer saloons, where girls are employed, to keep open till 2 A.M....Two Chinamen were drowned in the Yuba river at Marysville while catching drift-wood. Three others escaped. 8th - R.F. BELL was drowned in the Sacramento river at Tehama....William LIDDELL was stabbed through the arm by Frank COLUMNI, an Italian, and the latter pursued and shot in the arm by an officer. 9th - John GOULD was instantly killed by the caving of a bank near the Junction of the north and middle forks of the American river....William McDANIEL was murdered and his wife robbed at Auburn, Placer county....The Yellow Jacket and Savage mining company each declared dividends of $50 per share. 10th - The Golden City sailed with 200 passengers, and $1,445,808 in treasure....John WHITLEDGE, while piping near Gold Run, Placer county, fell a distance of forty feet, by the caving of the ground, and was killed. 11th - J.P. DUDLEY killed at Timbuctoo by the caving of a bank....Pedro Pablo ESCOBAR and Indian Jim executed at Placerville. 12th - Christian BROWN dropped dead in a saloon in San Francisco....Edmund FLANNIGAN sustained a compound comminuted fracture of the leg by a blast while working in the Ophir mine....The Tehama Observer ceased publication. 13th - Mount Diablo appeared capped with snow. 14th - The Napoleon Copper Mining Co., having "petered out," was dissolved....Dr. H. PEAKE, of Visalia, feeling unwell, took a dose of aqua ammonia, supposing it to be diluted ammonia. He died the next day. 15th - A China camp, near Spanishtown, was robbed by eight white men of $1,000. The Chinamen were tied and kept bound about four hours. 17th - A colored man, named Uncle Billy, was murdered in his cabin near Cisco. 18th - John McLAUGHLIN committed suicide at San Francisco by cutting his throat with a razor. 20th - Matthew BLAIR killed at Sportsmen's Hall by being washed through a sluice while sluicing sawdust....Ah Sing charged as principal in the murder of McDANIEL, at Auburn, arrested. 21st - Emperor NORTON I arrested at San Francisco, on a charge of lunacy....Charles BALDWIN fell overboard at San Francisco and was drowned....A violent hailstorm, accompanied by thunder and lightning, occurred at Red Bluff. 22d - Wm. B. FAIRMAN, for years foreman of Knickerbocker Engine Co., No. 5, and at date member of the Board of Supervisors of San Francisco, died of erysipelas, caused by slight cut in hand....Ah Tom, charged as accessory in the murder of McDANIEL, arrested. 23d - John G. PASSE killed by the caving of a bank at Yankee Jims....Steamship Constitution arrived with a large list of passengers, including Generals ELLIOTT, FITCH, and SMITH, and 200 United States Troops....A Spaniard staggered into a saloon at San Francisco and fell in a comatose state. He was removed to the hospital and died within a few hours....The dead body of an infant was found floating in the bay at San Francisco. 24th - The Board of Education at San Francisco resolved to discontinued the Latin School and release the drawing and writing teachers. 25th - Manuel FRIETAS, a deck hand, drowned from the steamer Alameda, at Alameda wharf. 28th - The Board of Supervisors of San Francisco authorized the Mayor to expend $1,000 in procuring the services of Senator COLE, before the Supreme Court, in defending the city's interest in the DE HARE land suit. 29th - Peter OLSEN, captain of the sloop Oliver Twist, fell overboard at San Francisco and was drowned. 30th - Thomas KEOUGH, aged two years, burned in a fire in the rear of the county jail, San Francisco. Margaret KEOUGH, aged four years, died from injuries sustained at the same fire...Herman WOLF, journeyman shipwright, died at San Francisco of lockjaw, caused by cutting his foot with an ax....John H. FISHER killed by the falling of a shed at his ranch near Woodland. FEBRUARY 1st - Isaac NELSON and Lew. REED broke jail at Stockton by cutting through a three-inch plank with a saw made of an iron strap of a valise, and picking out the mortar and removing the bricks of the wall. 3d - English ship Sehab Jehan went on the rocks at the South Head, San Francisco, and broke up. The Captain and mate had been arrested for smuggling, and the former tried to run away with the vessel. His trunk was broken open and robbed of $1,000 by the crew. 4th - J.A. PERRY, of Oakland, fatally injured at San Francisco by a pile of doors falling upon him....____ NOLAN, a carpenter of Oakland, instantly killed in an attempt to jump from a car on the Oakland Railroad. 5th - Charles COVILLAUD, a pioneer and founder of Marysville, after whose wife the city was named, died suddenly of apoplexy at 7 A.M. in Marysville. He was a native of France and came to California from Missouri in 1846....W.A. CORNWALL and J. PENNYPACKER arrested at San Francisco for an alleged attempt to blackmail Alvinza HAYWARD out of $2,000, under pretense that PENNYPACKER was a special Government detective and had discovered that HAYWARD had understated his revenue for 1866....Wm. H. BENJAMIN, head sawyer at BENNETT's mill on Moonshine creek, Yuba county, was cut in two diagonally across the body from the right shoulder toward the hip by a circular saw....Tax Collector GREEN robbed by a road agent of $400, near San Domingo, Calaveras county. 8th - The steamers Washoe and Princess collided, with little damage, in the Bay. 9th - Joseph HENRY, engineer, was instantly killed at Kelly Flat, El Dorado county, being thrown over a fly wheel, breaking his neck....The Golden Age sailed with $900,285.89 in treasure and cuttings of choice varieties of foreign grapes of California culture, for the Department of Agriculture at Washington, and of vegetables for seed to be cultivated in New York. 10th - John HOOPER, superintendent of the Plymouth mine, Amador county, robbed by a highwayman of about $2,300 worth of amalgam....Robert DINSMORE, Treasurer of Sutter county, absconded. An examination of his books showed that he was a defaulter in the sum of $11,976. 12th - A disgraceful riot occurred in San Francisco, a party of white men making an assault upon a party of Chinamen engaged in street repairs, a member of the latter being severely injured. The house occupied by the Chinamen was demolished. The rioters thence proceeded to the ropewalks at Hunter's Point, their number being swollen to about five hundred, where several Chinese buildings were burned. The interference of the police stopped further outrages and several of the ringleaders were arrested. One Chinaman died subsequently. It was an anti-coolie movement....A large building belonging to General VALLEJO at Sonoma destroyed by fire, with most of the furniture of the tenants. 13th - E.F. McKEON murdered at Tomales Bay and his store burned to conceal the crime....John LEONARD, aged 7 years, drowned by falling into a shaft at Monona Flat, near Monona Hill....Thomas L. CUNAN, of Sacramento county, accidentally shot and killed himself near Buckeye, Yolo county. 14th - A fire, destroying eight or ten buildings, occurred corner of Mission and Third streets, San Francisco....N.W. PALMER, Deputy County Clerk of Alameda county, thrown from a buggy and severely injured. 15th - Charles COZOLLIS, a Frenchman, committed suicide near Spanishtown by shooting himself in the head. 16th - The Court-house at Lakeport was fired at 3 A.M., and destroyed with all its contents. 17th - An incendiary fire at Davis and Washington streets, San Francisco, destroyed some half a dozen buildings belonging to J. MORRIS, of Philadelphia, uninsured....John MULVEY died at Oakland from the effect of a kick in the stomach by a horse. 18th - David DOTY, driver and part owner of the stage line between Marysville and Nevada, committed suicide at the former place by shooting himself in the temple with a deringer....The Chinese workmen at San Francisco resumed work under the protection of forty armed policemen. 19th - The dead body of Charles McDUFF, a peddler, found under his wagon on the road between Marysville and Nevada....A soldier named Wm. AHERN cut his throat at the Columbia House, San Francisco....Mt. Diablo covered with snow. 20th - George WHITING, formerly of Virginia City, killed himself at San Francisco by blowing out his brains with a pistol....Jose TARANA convicted at Santa Rosa of the murder of Jesus IVARA about four years previous and sentenced to be hung March 29th....John BEZAN, butcher, of Colfax, frozen to death on the Dutch Flat wagon road. 22d - The Calaveras river overflowed its banks, inundating the plains east of Stockton and a portion of the city....Frederick ANDERSON, a sailor, fell overboard and was drowned from the Schooner Sagamore, about fifteen miles from the mouth of the San Joaquin....Isaac LEOPOLD fell from a flagstaff at San Francisco and died on the 25th. 23d - Henry HAMILL, convicted of assault and battery on Rev. Father GALLAGHER, at San Francisco, by striking him in the face while leaving church. He appeared to be out of his mind....the Miners' Foundry, San Francisco, damaged by fire in the amount of $18,000....Rich discoveries made in an old quartz ledge at Pilot Hill, El Dorado county. 24th - Peter LYNCH, a ranchman on the San Pablo creek, found murdered....Dunnes SERRINA stabbed in the region of the heart by Diego BOTANES during a fight at San Francisco. 25th - An infant child of Alexander HECKLE, of Taylorsville, scalded to death by a pot of soup being accidentally overturned. 26th - The first mail for a week was delivered at Markleeville, Alpine county, by County Treasurer CARLSON, having been brought in by him on snow-shoes from Cary's mill....The stage, with three horses and mails, carried down Whisky creek, Shasta county, and lost. A portion of the mail was afterward recovered ....The Calistoga and Clear Lake stage fell down a steep grade near St. Helena Mountain, was mashed, one of the horses killed and the driver, George AYERS, seriously injured. 28th - Verdict of guilty rendered against the anti-coolie rioters at San Francisco....San Jose partially inundated and the railroad embankment carried away, rendering it impossible for trains to pass over Stevens creek....William JONES, a miner on Deadwood, crushed by a rock and killed. MARCH 1st - Stockton again partially flooded, and roads impassable....Steamer Hermann sailed for Yokohama with a small list of passengers....Enoch J. DAVIES, one of the proprietors of the Cumberland House at the Black Diamond coal mines, died from a knife wound inflicted by William BOWEN some ten days previously. 2d - Benjamin SWORDS attempted suicide at San Francisco by swallowing laudanum. 4th - The anti-Coolie rioters sentenced each to three months imprisonment and $500 fine....George PFAFF, musical instrument maker, dead at San Francisco of wounds self inflicted with a hatchet....Mill of Lanphiers & Alexander, near Healdsburg, destroyed by fire. 5th - James A. BROOK, formerly of San Francisco, accidentally drowned in Kern river. 7th - Grove HUNT, for six years Page of the Legislature, died at San Francisco. 9th - J.W.S. KENEDY was run over at Lincoln and died in a few hours after. 10th - Severe shock of earthquake felt at Cahto, Mendocino county....Mary MARKWOOD, aged about fifteen years, killed near Rio Vista by falling from a horse and being dragged by her skirts about half a mile....James CORCORAN drowned in the bay between Santa Cruz and Soquel. 11th - Ship Chieftain, from Philadelphia, went ashore near Mare Island Navy Yard, but was slightly damaged. 12th - Custom-house officials at San Francisco seized about $300,000 worth of Chinese merchandise. 13th - Two coffins containing the remains of pioneers who were buried on the beach in 1849, were exposed by workmen while excavating on Battery street, near Pine, San Francisco. 14th - Henry MULL, while dumping a load from Meigs wharf, went over with the horse and cart and all were lost. 16th - John J. WILLIAMS, a Portuguese, was severely injured by a log falling upon him on Indian creek, and John MAHAN by a cave in Trinity county. 17th - St. Vincent's College, at Los Angeles, dedicated. 18th - Thomas DUNN was accidentally killed by a cave in a tunnel near Columbia, Trinity county. 19th - George MISCHER was shot fatally by H.C.J. ROTJER, in Mariposa county. 20th - Steamer Colorado arrived from China and Japan, with a large number of passengers, including a corps of Japanese commissioners to Washington....Schooner Francis L. Steele, Hail, 79 tons, arrived at San Francisco from Boston, in 123 days. 22d - William KELLY was fined $20 at San Francisco for kissing his wife against her will. She was suing for a divorce....A heavy rain or cloud-burst occurred about six miles north of Marysville. 24th - Philip DONAHUE was killed by the overturning of a boat at Fort Point, and Elizabeth HOFFMAN was found dead in a room at San Francisco, her husband being too intoxicated to give an intelligible account of the cause to her death....Ah Gee, a Chinese restaurant keeper, was killed by another Chinamen at North San Juan....Thomas WALLACE severely injured. 25th - Judge DEADY, in the U.S. Circuit Court, rendered judgement in favor of BIGLER in the case against AVERY, in the matter of the contest relative to the U.S. Assessorship....Judge BLACKBURN of Santa Cruz, and Charles MITCHELL, a Prussian, died suddenly at San Francisco....Antonio COSTA was stabbed by Manuel JOSEPH in a saloon at San Francisco, and died the next evening. 27th - The dead body of R. PRESCOTT was found in his room in San Francisco - supposed to have committed suicide on the 25th....The body of L. IGEL, confectioner, was found in Buena Vista Cemetery, with $300 on his person. 28th - Thomas AUSTIN, a carpenter, fell from the roof of Trinity Church, San Francisco, fracturing his spine...R.S. STOCKWELL, phonographic reporter, died at Healdsburg. 29th - The celebrated CLARK-REESE breach of promise case was concluded at San Francisco, by verdict for plaintiff for $5,000....A Chinese cook, on Broadway, San Francisco, cut his throat, severing his wind-pipe....Two Chinese cabins, near San Juan, Nevada county, robbed and one of the inmates killed. 30th - Steamer Golden Age sailed with (not legible) in treasures....Robt. L. STOCKTON (Indian Agent at Hoopa Valley), James LATHAM, William GRIFFAN and Isaac STOVER killed by Indian Frank, near Willow creek, Trinity county. STOCKTON was a brother-in-law of Senator CONNESS. 31st - The wife and four children of P. HOGIN, residing near Yuba City, were burned to death by the burning of their house. 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