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Subject: [CAAMADOR] Amador CHRONOLOGICAL 1873
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 03:46:39 EDT


HISTORY OF AMADOR COUNTY CALIFORNIA published 1881 Oakland California
Thompson and West
CHRONOLOGICAL pages 334-335
1873

1873
January 6. Total indebtedness Amador County, $208,884.58.
January 13. Attempt to poison four men with strychnine, by putting it in the
bread; James AVIS, John YATES, N. RODOVICH, and an Austrian, partaking were
made sick, but recovered.
February 1. Shooting affray at the Lincoln Mine, on account of strike and
change of time. No one killed.
February 16, 17. Heavy snow-storm; several inches at Jackson, two feet at
Pine Grove, three feet at Butterfield's.
February 18. Stabbing affray between George ENFIELD and Cal DICKENS, the
former being seriously wounded.
February 21. John J. WATKINSON, formerly of Ione, shot and killed I. S.
ROBINSON at Vellejo.
Masquerade ball given by the B. B.'s at Jackson.
February 22. Fred TARDIF shot and instantly killed, by Abram S. WOOLEY.
March 1. Waterman H. NELSON, an old resident of Amador shot near Los Angeles,
by a man named PARKER.
March 2. HARKER's barn, near Volcano, with fifty tons of hay, burned.
March 7. Shooting affair at Plymouth between UPTON and DEAKINS, wounding
JACKSON, who undertook to separate them.
March 8. George CHIRADELLI and Patrick COLLIER instantly killed in the
Mahoney mine, by the breaking of the hoisting rope, and the fall of the
bucket on the men who were working in the bottom of the shaft.
March 16. J. S. TANNER's house near Sutter, destroyed by fire.
March 31. Masquerade ball at Ione.
April 25. B. TRABOCA mysteriously killed in the Oneida Mine, while descending
the shaft in a large iron bucket.
April 28. Decision of Secretary of Interior averse to the State of
California, in the matter of title to the school sections.
April. Prevalence of epizootic through the County, nearly all the horses in
the livery stable being useless.
May 24. D. MATHER's barn, two miles from Jackson, burned with the contents,
hay, grain, etc.
June 6. The body of John KERR found (formerly working at the Oneida), having
been exposed to the weather and depredations of wild animals during the
winter. Supposed to have wandered away in a fit of insanity.
June 7. John EVEREST killed in the Eureka (Amador) Mine by falling down the
shaft.
June 20. The house of A. SHEAKLY burned in the night time, the owner barely
escaping with his life. Supposed to be an incendiary fire.
John COLLINS instantly killed in the Amador Mine by falling down the shaft
two hundred feet.
June. BRYANT & Co. commenced the preliminary work of floating lumber and wood
in the Mokelumne River.
July 1. Amador Canal Company incorporated; capital stock five hundred
thousand dollars.
July 12. George HOSENFELT instantly killed by the explosion of a giant
cartridge while fishing in the Mokelumne River.
August 12. Jerry KING thrown from his wagon near Jackson and seriously
maimed, losing both hands.
August 16. Residence of P. GRADY, Sutter Creek, destroyed by fire.
August 17. L. MCLAINE (McLaine) of Volcano thrown from his carriage, breaking
a leg.
August 25. Death of Dr. Wm. IVES, one of the oldest practicing physicians of
Amador County.
August 30. Shooting affray between Silas PENRY and E. TURNER, in FOLGER's
saloon, Jackson.
September 5. Great disaster in Lincoln Mine by which nine persons lost their
lives, namely, Patrick FRAZIER, John COLLIER, Dennis LYNCH, William COOMBS,
W. H. RULE, G. B. BOBBINO, Bartholomeo GASSOLO, Antonio ROBLES, and Nicholas
BALULICH.
September 8. Death of E. TURNER of Jackson from effect of a pistol shot by
Silas PENRY.
September 11. Death of J. H. BRADLEY at San Buenaventura.
September 15. House of General MCMURRAN (McMurran) destroyed by fire and two
men severely burned, at HAM's Station.
September 20. House of John VAN DUSEN, near Mountain Springs, destroyed by
fire. Loss, two thousand dollars.
October 3. B. GARDELLA fell down one of the shafts of the Oneida and
instantly killed.
October 18. The house of John COOK, near Lancha Plana, entered by six masked
men for the purpose of robbery, failing because they could not keep the
children (John has a full dozen) from running out and giving the alarm.
November 28. Mrs. GOOD's house at buckeye burned.
December 2. Snow fell to the depth of several inches on the plains around
Ione as well as in Stockton and Sacramento.
December 7. Dennis TOWNSEND, school teacher and ex-School Superintendent,
pronounced insane and sent to Stockton.
December 9. Daniel O'DONNELL killed by the falling of rock in the Amador Mine.
December 18. James CYNE murdered by John CANIFEX near Forrest Home, by
stabbing with a knife, CANIFEX being intoxicated.
December 20. George SHONAT drowned in Sutter Creek, three miles above the
town, while intoxicated.
December 21. John HARKER, living above Volcano mysteriously shot while in bed.

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