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Mar. 1. A. N. Francisco, editor of the Democrat, died.
Mar. 11. Isaac Watson shot one Henderson for criminal relations with the former's wife. H. re- covered .
Mar. 18. Thos. Dunn killed in a claim near Sonora.
Mar. 21. Juan Gallegillos fell dead at Sullivan's Creek.
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Mar. 22. Morgan's Building burned in Columbia. Loss $2,000.
April 10. Adam Backer, German, died of heart disease in Columbia.
May 25. Mrs. Lassa, of Deer Flat, killed by a cow that she was milking.
May 27. Laurel Hill Quartz Mill burned at Cherokee. Loss $3,000. No insurance.
June 5. Henry R. Peterson killed in a mining quarrel at Yorktown, by James Ford.
July 6. O. S. Davis' house burned, in Sonora. Loss $2,000.
July 15. Extensive fire in Sonora. The Tigre burned. Loss $18,000. Origin of fire unknown.
July 29. Fire in Sonora. Houses of Dolores and Sugg burned. Loss $1,000.
Sept. 21. Henry Rowland Maltbie found dead at Marsh's Flat with nine buckshot in his body. Verdict, murder by unknown parties. Deceased was a native of Georgia, 36 years of age.
Sept. 24. Diedrich Michael, aged 40, of German extrac- tion, found dead, having hung himself during a supposed attack of insanity .
Nov. 27. William F. Cooper, of Rock River Ranch, while insane from the effects of a fall, murdered his wife with a pistol.
Dec. 29. Pasqual Rochaz, alias Gonzales, hung himself in the jail at Sonora, when in confinement on a charge of killing Thomas Oljin in the preced- ing August.
1868.
Jan. 29. Henry Williams, of Deer Flat, died from a wound accidentally inflicted by himself.
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Feb. -. John Murray, alias "Scotty," aged 38, committed suicide with a shotgun. Strong drink, the cause.
/ Mar. 30. United States Hotel and theater building adjoin- ing destroyed by fire and the Episcopal church damaged. Sonora.
-June 17. Tuolumne National Guard mustered out of service.
June 27. Mohammed Abdallah, an Arab, died in Sonora from heart disease.
July 4. Lockey Hancock, aged 42, native of Tennessee, killed at Big Oak Flat by the race-horse which he rode, colliding with a tree.
July 26. Pierre Eugene Mitchell killed by a cave in his claim at Columbia. Deceased was a native of France, aged 35.
Aug. 4. Wilson Teas run over and killed on the Sonora and Mono road.
Aug. 21. Fry & Comstock's mill, at Calder's Ranch, burned. Insured for $6,000.
Aug. 21. Wehmeyer & Fuller's soap factory, on Main street, near the foundry, in Sonora, burned. Insured for $2,025.
Sept. 22. Augustus Johnson, aged 52, Swedish, found dead in Sullivan's Creek.
Sept. 30. William D. Kenower, a native of Pennsylvania, suicided at Columbia with a shotgun.
Oct. 3. C. Smith, a German, aged 61 years, died of heart disease in Sonora.
Oct. 9. Cochrane's sawmill, at Garrote, burned by in- cendiaries. Insured for $5,000.
Oct. 19. August Meyer, a German music teacher, died suddenly of heart disease.
Oct. 21. Earthquake.
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Nov. 17. A Chileño killed by his fellow-countrymen at Montezuma. Cause unknown.
1869.
Jan. 16. John Brown, killed by a cave, in a mine on the North Fork of the Tuolumne.
Jan. 28. James Munson, aged 60, of Scotch nativity, found drowned, near Don Pedro's Bar.
Feb. 22. Peter Kelly, aged 2 years, drowned in a flume at Springfield.
Mar. 17. J. A. R. Child, aged 48, native of Mass., killed by accident, in a mine at Garrote.
Mar. 21. Selig Ritzwoller, aged 44, a German dry goods dealer, committed suicide in Sonora by hang- ing. Cause, despondency.
Apr. -. Railroad agitation.
Apr. 10. [Son of James Arthur accidentally killed at Woods' Crossing.
Apr. 22. Harris & Rodden's store burned at Montezuma. Loss $8,000, insurance $5,000.
May 4. Son of L. Jacobs, aged 4 years, drowned at Columbia.
May 9. Gregorio, fatally stabbed by Flores, another Mexican, at Big Oak Flat.
June 3.
Hill, aged 19, drowned at Chinese Camp.
June 8. Dashaway Hall, at Brown's Flat, burned.
July -. Stephen Tonkin and Peter Lean, killed by a slide in the Soulsby Mine.
Aug. -. Mrs. Roessler thrown from a buggy and killed, near Chinese Camp.
Aug. 27. Joseph Brothers' store, in Sonora, burned. Loss $15,000.
Aug. 28. Henry Strebling, a Cornish miner, aged 28, killed in the Mount Jefferson Mine, at Garrote.
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Aug. 28. Santiago Robles, a horse-thief, hung by a mob, near Don Pedro's Bar.
Sept. 1. Firein Sonora. C. Burden's shop burned. Loss $1,450, insurance $500.
Sept. 16. Joseph Fordal, from Portugal, aged 30, killed by a slide near Columbia.
Sept. 19. Chinese riot in Jamestown. One Chinaman killed and several wounded.
Oct. 2. Dr. A. C. Bratton and Thomas J. Evans engaged in a quarrel at a ball in Jamestown, and both received serious wounds.
Oct. 26. William Arthur, editor of the Union Democrat, found dead in his room, at the Sonora Hotel.
Nov. 9. Frederick Schwilk, a German brewer, committed suicide at Shaw's Flat, by severing an artery.
Dec. 6. William G. Heslep, died in Arizona.
Dec. 17. Dr. Perez Snell, died, aged 87 years.
1870.
Jan. 21. William Whitto, a Cornish miner, aged 50 years, hanged himself in Sonora.
Mar. 27. A Chinawoman, murdered and robbed near Jacksonville, by unknown parties.
Apr. 11. [Christisen Mosbrogan, a Norwegian, aged 45, found dead at Mountain Brow.
Apr. 18. Walter Griffin, aged 5, drowned at Columbia.
Aug. 30. Fire at Chinese Camp. Loss $28,000.
Sept. 20. Orrin R. Harrison, aged 62, murdered near Hyde's Mill. The weapons used were an axe and a rifle. Hiram W. Poole, accused of the crime, committed suicide in jail.
Sept. 21. Spencer Blair, aged 50, a farmer residing at Summerville, fell dead.
Sept. 29. Judge J. N. Stone, died in San Francisco.
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Oct. 17. Christian Reist, native of New York, aged 50, killed by a slide at Mexican Flat.
Dec. 21. J. C. Scott, severely wounded by Thomas New- ton, alias " Texas," who was sent to State Prison for three years for the offense.
1871.
Jan. 18. Bernard Tanzi, aged 50, native of Italy, killed in his claim, near Sonora, by a slide.
Jan. 24. Hyppolite Bonvard, a French miner, aged 45, found murdered.
Feb. 13. Robert Bigsby, native of N. B., aged 45, died suddenly, at Jeffersonville.
Mar. 11. Henry Thompson, a Scotchman, aged 50, fell dead from intemperance, at Algerine.
Mar. 11. Hiram W. Poole, held for the murder of O. R. Harrison, suicided in jail.
Apr. -. Large fire in Sonora; the Riffle Saloon, and other buildings burned. Loss $21,000, insurance $14,000.
Apr. -. Prentice Mulford was a contributor to the Union Democrat at this time.
June 9. M. H. Hyde's dwelling house burned. Loss $800.
June 13. Chinese sluice robber killed, at Columbia.
July - Fire at corner of Washington and Hospital Streets, Sonora, caused by explosion of kero- sene. Oppenheimer's store burned. Loss $8,000, insurance $4,000.
Aug. 11. John S. Anderson, a Swede, aged 50, toll-keeper on the Sonoma and Mono road, murdered by two men.
Sept. -. J. R. Hancock, aged 40, native of Tenn., mur- dered at a point fifty miles east of Sonora. Doubtless by Indians.
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Oct. 15. John F. Rebstock, known as " Peg Leg," killed in Columbia, by William Jones, who was sentenced to State's Prison for 14 years. Nov. 7. Charles Thompson, killed by Jacob Oliver, east of Sonora, in a drunken fight. They were both Swedes, and were partners in farming. Oliver was convicted of murder and sent to State Prison for 12 years.
Dec. 2. J. M. Hernandez accidentally killed by Henry Morgan, in a drunken fight at Columbia.
1872.
Jan. 15. John M. Loring, of Shaw's Flat, found dead.
Jan. -. Joseph Perano and wife, Italians, killed near Sonora by a runaway team.
Mar. 26. Earthquake.
Apr. -. Ah Mow killed by Ah Bun, a gambler, at Jamestown.
Apr. 3 .. Earthquake.
Apr. 26. Richard Inch drowned in the Tuolumne.
May 5. Josiah S. Kimball committed suicide with a pistol; he was a native of Maine, a miner, and aged 45 years.
May 7. Jacob Betzer, a German living at Big Oak Flat, killed by a fall.
July 29. W. H. Engles killed by Thomas Willis, who was tried for manslaughter and acquitted.
July 29. Banks Winton, aged 92, the oldest resident of Tuolumne county, found dead in his room, at Shaw's Flat.
Sept. 22. Louis Lefevre, a Frenchman, aged 70, fell dead in Sonora from natural causes.
Oct. 8. James W. Coffroth dropped dead in Sacramento. Oct. 19. William Hill, aged 48, of Irish descent, killed by a cave at Brown's Flat.
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Nov. 2. Nicolo Blatcovich killed by the falling of a flag- staff at the City Hotel, Sonora.
Dec. 19. Geo. F. Wright, aged 41, miner, native of Ohio, died of apoplexy at the Excelsior mine.
Dec. 24. Captain Henry Smith, of Brown's Flat, suicided in the County Hospital.
Dec. 30. Manuel Inas, a Portuguese miner, killed by a cave at Spring Hill, on Woods' Creek.
1873.
Jan. 18. William Logan, from Pennsylvania, drowned. Jan. -. Eudora Pope, aged 11 years, killed while skating in Columbia.
Feb. 7. B. A. Mardis died suddenly at Sacramento.
Mar. -. James McLean, a former well-known resident of Columbia, died in Stockton.
Mar. 6. Ah Bun found guilty of the murder of Ah Mow, and sentenced to be hanged April 25.
Mar. --. Floyd R. Cowles, aged 46, from New York, froze to death near Northrup's.
Apr. 7. Thomas Hodge died suddenly of heart disease at Confidence.
Apr. 13. Ah Bun, under sentence of death, hung himself in jail at Sonora.
Apr. 30. Henry Vail died suddenly of heart disease at Northrup's; deceased was a native of New York, aged 66.
May 8. Henry Howard found dead at Quartz Mountain; cause debility.
May 15. Chinaman killed in Shine's claim, in Columbia, by a cave. May --. Ah Fook murdered in Columbia. June 24. Charng Wy, a Chinese desperado, of Chinese Camp, attempted murder, resisted arrest, and . committed suicide.
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July 8. Burns, aged 8, run over and killed at Columbia.
July 14. Daniel Walker killed at Deadman's Bar, on the Stanislaus.
July 18. Thomas N. Cazneau died in San Francisco, aged 64. Deceased had been a prominent resident of Tuolumne in early days.
July 31. Joseph Rademacher killed by a falling building, at Columbia.
Aug. --. Henry P. Barber died in San Francisco of par- alysis. At one time he held the position of District Attorney in Tuolumne county, and took a prominent part in public affairs.
Aug. 15. Lot Carmell, aged 68, killed at Pine Log by falling over a cliff.
Sept. 8. John H. Richards stabbed to death by William Grundy.
Sept. 18. Ah Kew murdered and robbed at Soldiers' Gulch, probably by Indians.
Sept. 22. Torgar Olsen killed by a boy of 17, named John Gillen.
Oct. 11. Armand Hincelin, French, aged 48, painter by occupation, committed suicide by shooting, at Chinese Camp.
Oct. 17. The shaft of the great Soulsby minc burned out; loss $3,000 to $4,000.
1874,
Jan. -. Yo Hung hanged himself at Campbell's Flat.
Jan. 9. Son of Joseph Daigle, aged 9, drowned in a well at Jamestown.
Jan. 17. A. J. Mussche, a Belgian miner, aged 60, killed by a slide at Jamestown.
Mar. 19. £ Simon Marque, a Frenchman, aged 50, died of heart disease in Sonora.
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Mar. 23. Martin Barry, aged 50, killed in the White Rock claim, Brown's Flat, by a cave.
May -. Prof. Denton delivered a course of six lectures on scientific matters, in Sonora.
June 1. Andreas Vanderwerff, alias Tom Potter, crushed to death in his claim at Experimental Gulch. June 2. J. D. Murphy's flour mill, near Big Oak Flat, burned.
June -. M. B. Duffield, a former well-known inhabitant of Tuolumne, murdered in Arizona.
June 15. William H. McLarty killed by a fall at Montezuma.
June 28. Fire in Sonora; John Wolfling's house burned; loss $1,500, insurance $600.
July 8. Fire in Soulsbyville; August Authemann's store and contents destroyed; loss - -, insur- ance $2,000.
July --. George Washington Haver found dead at Camp- bell's Flat from old age and debility.
Aug. 1. William Morgan, formerly of Columbia, killed by Indians.
Aug. 7. Fire in Catholic church, Sonora; loss $3,000.
Sept. 1. Jose Baracca murdered by Henry Rhodes at Campbell's Flat. R. was convicted of man- slaughter and sent to State Prison for two years.
Sept. 11. Thomas Ripley, a miner, native of Massachu- setts, fell into a shaft at Chinese Camp, and was instantly killed.
Oct. 1. G. H. Ashe's house in Sonora burned; loss $2,000.
Oct. 9. S. M. Comfort crushed to death at Bradford & Way's saw-mill
Oct. 26. Thomas Cunniff died suddenly in Columbia, from the effects of intemperance.
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Nov. 7. The Sonora and Milton stage, Miller's line, robbed of the express box, containing $341, at Salt Spring Valley.
Nov. 14. Adolph Parou, aged 50 years, killed in Colum- bia by Thomas Hays, for debauching the latter's daughter.
1875.
Jan. 25. Chinaman killed at Montezuma, by a cave.
Jan. -. Donald Davidson, a well known miner, died in San Francisco. Deceased was at one time principal owner in the great Soulsby mine.
Feb. 10. G. H. Ashe's house again burned.
March -. U. S. mail stage robbed at Reynolds' Ferry, by three men, and over $6,000 taken.
March 27. John McCoole, miner at Table Mountain, caved on and killed. Deceased left a wife and three children.
March -. Cinnabar discovered at Marsh's Flat, on the Tuolumne River.
May -. Catholic Church in Columbia burned.
May -. Dr. J. J. Franklin died from the effects of an accident.
May 13. Catherine Long, of Jacksonville, chastised by her brother, Patrick Harney, from the effects of which she died.
June 18. Chinaman murdered near Jacksonville.
June 19. Another one murdered and robbed near Mon- tezuma.
July 4. Ernest Adolf Krause thrown from a horse and killed, in Columbia.
July 8. Fire at Chinese Camp. Loss, $ -; insurance, $9,000.
July 16. Fire at Sonora. H. L. Street's residence burned. Loss not given; insurance, $1,600.
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July 24. Joseph Antoine found dead in Springfield.
July 25. Harvey Briggs killed at Northrup's by a team.
July 26. Fire at Shaw's Flat. Dwelling house of Dickin- son burned; loss, $5,000.
July 31. Robbery of Sonora and Milton stage, at Rey- nolds' Ferry. One man engaged. $160 taken. Paulo Demartini drowned himself in a mining shaft near Jamestown.
Aug. 20.
Aug. -. W. H. Roberts and E. H. Clough became pro- prietors of the Union Democrat.
Aug. 22. J. Barbetas murdered an Indian woman at Mon- tezuma.
₹ Sept. 19. Peter Nelson, aged 50, miner by occupation, found dead in Sonora.
Sept. 27. George L. Barker, or Booker, died suddenly at Jamestown, aged 48.
Nov. -. Heavy rains this month. The Phoenix reservoir burst, and carried away the bridge over Sul- livan's Creek, and drowned three or four Chi- nese miners living below.
Nov. 30. Mrs. Bridget Gaynor shot and killed by Patrick Shine, at Columbia.
Dec. 1. The Sonora and Milton stage robbed, near Union Bridge; $600 taken.
Dec. -.
Dec. 1. John Podesta's distillery, at Yankee Hill, burned. John S. Nugent, of Columbia, said to have been a natural son of George IV, by Mrs. Fitz- james, died in the Insane Asylum.
1876. Jan. 17. Abner Murray found dead near Sonora, having committed suicide with strychnine. Jan. 20. William Von Stein, German storekeeper, found dead at Pine Log.
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Jan. 29. E. M. Hampton's house burned, at Roach's Camp. Feb. -. Religious revival in Sonora.
Feb. 15. Captain Henry Bacon, of Summerville, an old '49-er, died of paralysis; aged 72.
March 7. John Sharwood drowned in Sullivan's Creek. April 25. Ernest Stocker, a Dane, aged 45, suicided at Mountain Pass.
May 1. O. C. Gunn shot and killed by John Conlin, in self-defense, at Experimental Gulch.
May 5. Sloan killed by Hyde, in Sonora. Hyde, Burns and Richards were held for the murder; of whom one, Hyde, was convicted, he receiving a seven-years' sentence.
May. 7. W. H. Smith, once Lieutenant in Stevenson's Regiment, suicided with morphine, at the Hospital in Sonora.
May 15. J. M. Ayres committed suicide with a rifle, at Deer Flat. Supposed cause, despondency.
May 15. John Wagner, aged 14, accidentally killed by his brother Charles, with a shotgun, at Chinese Camp.
May 28. John Hyde's building burned; Joss, $1,000.
June 20. F. Bacinta, aged 16, killed by a cave at Mar- tinez.
July 3. Jack Swindells, an Englishman, and old resident of Tuolumne, found dead on Sullivan's Creek.
July 19. Alfred Warren Stearns died suddenly at Shaw's Flat.
Sept. 22. Fire in Sonora. House of Cuevas, on Hospital street, burned. Loss, $2,200; insurance, $900.
Sept. 29. Quin Sing murdered at Central Ferry, by par- ties unknown.
Nov. 3. Edward Connolly, charged with robbery, broke jail at Sonora.
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Nov. 15. Unsuccessful attempt to rob the Sonora and Mil- ton stage, at Brown's Flat.
Dec. 2. M. W. Brooks, aged 66, an old resident of So- nora, killed by the fall of a tree.
Dec. 11. Earthquake.
1877.
Jan. 4. Henry Pilon, known as "Bibi," died from ex- posure.
Jan. 17. John McCabe, once Justice of the Peace at Brown's Flat, suicided at San Jose.
Feb. 10. Peter Olsen drowned in Tuolumne River. .
Feb. 17. Jean, or Victor, Belli, French, aged 45, suicided with a pistol at Peoria Flat.
Mar. -. Robbery of the Sonora and Milton stage at Reynold's Ferry. $108 taken.
June 17. T. Brodigan's Sonora Hotel burned. Loss, $14,600. Insurance, $5,500.'
July 9. Asa Timmons from Michigan, aged 42, shepherd by occupation, died in the hospital at Sonora, from the effects of injuries received from a bear.
July 14. Fire in Sonora. Reitz's saloon burned. Loss, $1,100.
July 18. Fire in Sonora. Losses to John Perano, F. Conrad, Parsons & Wise, H. H. Rowell, Mrs. Lopez, Steinmetz, and Van Harlingen. Gross amount, $5,350, with insurance of $950.
Aug. 9. Robbery of the Sonora and Milton stage by three men. Amount taken, $800.
Aug. -. Frank Gomez killed by a cave at Columbia.
Aug. 15. Ohio Mining Company's Works burned. Loss, $3,000.
Aug. -. The Sonora and Milton stage again robbed at the usual place, and $600 taken. Two men, Odum and Benson, were arrested for it.
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Oct. 1. Francis D. Cook, miner, native of Maine, aged 44, drowned in the South Fork of the Stanis- laus, near Northrup's.
Oct. 6. Fire at Knickerbocker Flat. L. Donder's store burned. Loss, $5,000; insurance, $3,000.
Oct. 12. Albert Schwilk kicked to death by a horse in Columbia.
Dec. 27. James Morrison, aged 9, accidentally killed at Jamestown .
1878.
Jan. 15. Robbery of the Sonora and Milton stage at Brown's Flat, and over $5,000 taken.
Jan. -. Capt. Buck, aged 75, '49er, died at Rawhide of paralysis.
Feb. 2. Fire at Chinese Camp. Dr. Lampson's office and drug-store burned. Loss, $3,000.
Mar. 16. Bernard Martin, Irish, miner, aged 42, died suddenly of apoplexy in Sonora.
Mar. 18. The house of John Atbers, at Big Oak Flat, was burned, and the owner fatally injured in the fire. A. was a native of Maryland, 78 years of age.
Mar. 19. W. D. Davies' house, near Columbia, burned.
Mar. 23. Bradford & Way's planing mill, in Sonora, burned. Loss, over $5,000, with no insur- ance. The mill was rebuilt and running again within a month.
April 13. Dunster murdered at Yankee Hill. D. Rolero was arrested for the crime, but escaped con- viction.
May -. Christopher J. Brown, aged 10, accidentally shot himself, at Spring Meadows, the wound proving fatal.
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May 14. A. H. Colburn, aged 64, native of Massachu- setts, fell dead at Kincaid's.
May 15. Marie Guitonneau, French, aged 54, found dead at Pine Log.
Aug. 23. Michael Ryan killed by a fall in the New Albany mine.
Aug. 30. Ah Chung killed at the Halfway House by a cave.
Sept. 6. Col. Thomas R. Stoddart died in Sonora.
Oct. 1. Thomas Mahoney died of injuries received in his claim at Brown's Flat.
Oct. 19. Per Johnson, of Sonora, a Swede, aged 54, suicided, leaving a wife and family.
Oct. 29. Joseph E. Kenniston died of heart disease at Garrote.
Nov. 2. W. H. Rulofson killed in San Francisco by a fall. Had been one of Tuolumne's prominent citizens in early days.
Dec. 31. Fire at Confidence. Mrs. Harms' hotel burned. 1879.
Feb. 27. Valentine Hahn, aged 69, suicided in Sonora by means of a shotgun.
Mar. 16. Tuolumne Brewery damaged by fire. Loss $2,600, partly insured.
Mar. 27. Samuel J. Brown, of Columbia, a carpenter by occupation, suicided by poison, owing to ill- health.
Apr. 7. John McCarty, Irish, aged 59, shot and killed by Thomas Maguire, aged 80, at Byrne's Ferry. At his trial Maguire plead guilty of man- slaughter and was sentenced to two and a half years in State's Prison.
May 27. Fire in Columbia; Louis Levy's residence con- sumed, with a loss of $1,600.
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May 30. S. R. Lucas, Irish, aged 52, found dead near Deer Flat. Verdict, murdered by a China- man.
June 16. Daughter of Michael Wilson, aged 7, drowned at Chinese Camp.
July 14. Thomas Newton, alias " Texas," killed by George Sandoval, at Wolfling's slaughter house, in Sonora. Sandoval was released.
July 23. Fire near Columbia; house of John Williamson burned.
Sept. -. Discovery of the great bonanza, by Divoll & Co. Sept. 1. Fire in Sonora; Baptist church damaged to the extent of several hundred dollars.
Nov. 14. Francis Terry, accidentally killed near Chinese Camp.
Nov. 30. James Calder died suddenly, at a point east of Sonora.
1880.
Jan. 5. Judge Rooney became Superior Judge.
Jan. 17. Ephraim A. Harlow, killed by a runaway at Chinese Camp.
Jan. 19. Fire at Columbia: P. B. Bacon's house burned. Loss -, insurance $500.
Feb. 1. Michael Brown, of Brown's Flat, a miner of Scotch descent, aged 71 years, committed suicide by shooting.
Mar. 14. Flour mill of James T. Padderson, at Moun- tain Brow, destroyed by fire. Loss not given; insurance $1,000.
Apr. 28. Thomas Taylor, aged 34, English, found dead at Bald Mountain.
May 16. Thomas Belton, froma Chili, aged 75, found dead in his cabin, on Curtis Creek.
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June 20. Accident at the Olsen mine; the cage contain- ing four men fell forty feet, severely injuring all of them.
June 24 L. D. Bond, a United States surveyor, drowned in the Tuolumne River.
July 17. Ah Hong, murdered on Wards Ferry road by unknown persons.
July 28. John Gibbons, aged 22, stage-driver by occupa- tion, shot himself dead, by accident, at Mil- ton.
Sept. 1. Fire in Chinese Camp; property of Egling, Wil- son and Morris, destroyed; loss not stated; insurance $3,800.
Oct. 1. Fatal stage accident near Priest's Hotel; Father Treinor, a Catholic Priest, was mortally injured.
Oct. -. George Scammell found dead near Northrup's; verdict of coroner's jury, death caused by parties unknown.
Oct. -. Fire in Sonora. J. C. Duchow's residence burned; loss $3,000. Barry and wife, of Columbia, arrested as incendiaries.
Oct. 22. James Maclean, accidentally killed in Auburn. A much respected former resident of Tuolumne. His age at the time of death was 49.
Nov. 31. Niels Nelson, a Norwegian miner, found dead at Mountain Brow.
Dec. 28. Charles Grant, aged 21, shot himself with a pistol, at Quartz Mountain. Supposed suicide, 1881.
Jan. -. Wm. H. Ford, once County Clerk of Tuol- umne, died in Martinez, Contra Costa County. Mar. -. Dominico Antonioli, aged 72, found dead at Italian Camp.
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Mar. 21. Philip Mathews died at Fallon's Hotel, Colum- bia. Probable suicide.
Apr. 25. Ah Chee killed by Ah Own, in Sonora. The assassin was found guilty and sentenced to fifteen years' imprisonment.
May 7. Fire in Sonora. Thomas McGee's house situated on Washington street, burned.
May 27. E. W. Cordero and Treney C. Marshall found guilty of abducting Helen Armand for pur- poses of prostitution.
July 14. Sam Smith, miner, aged 59, native of Sweden, killed by a blast, at Cherokee.
July 28. Frank Way's lumber-mill burned. Loss $30,000; no insurance.
Aug. 18. Wm. Bruskie, Jr., suicided at Peoria Flat, by taking poison.
Sept. -. Fire on Drew's ranch, near Garrote, causing a loss of $3,000. John L. Morrison, aged 56, native of N. C., died from over-exertion on this occasion.
Sept. 21. Attempted assassination of E. A. Rodgers, at Sonora, by unknown parties.
Sept. - Railroad agitation.
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OFFICERS OF TUOLUMNE COUNTY.
The following tables give the names of the incumbents of the various offices, with the dates at which their terms of office began-the elections mostly occurring in September or October of the preceding year.
In addition, these facts have been elicited:
The total vote of Tuolumne County in 1851 was 1,282. In 1852, it was 5,672; in 1857, 5,504; in 1863, 3,777; in 1868, 2,095; in 1872, 1,559; and in 1877, 1,807.
In 1851, Sonora polled 650 votes; in 1852, 1,030.
Columbia's vote in the former year was 168, while in 1852 it had risen to 1,230.
Shaw's Flat, which in 1851 threw 114 votes, in the fol- lowing year gave 368; while Springfield, where no polls were held in '51, by the next year had 280 voters.
To explain apparent discrepancies in the following tables, it should be recollected that the number of townships in the County was frequently changed, the number varying from four to seven; and also, it should be said, that for a portion of the time the Coroner performed the duties of Public Administrator, as did the County Clerk those of Re- corder and Auditor.
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