Show WESTERN WINDFALLS we IVO cli clip t the he following pacific specials from r the S F call of sept virginia nov nev sept IS 18 at city yesterday morning frank potter about IS 18 years of age fe fell fr from m a wood wagon and a wheel wheel p passed a s se d over ve r his head instantly hilling killing him the young man waa was subject to fits and probably fell off fr th the vehicle while suffering from an attack virginia nov Nt ev sept 18 an attempt was made to assassinate john beck shift boss of the Os biston shaft tonight to night as he be waa was going home from work at the eleven c change of shift aman A man rose out of a vacant lot near his house fired iwo two shots without effect and then ran away ably some man discharged from the mine made tho the attempt merced sept 18 at IIo llo peton in this county this morning william eagleston Eap leston son of the late thomas eagleston shot himself accidentally accidentally all the tho wound beings severe and prom probably fatal one the chargo entered the side of the neck and lodged in the fourth foth vertebra he lie was reaching into a window to get a shotgun shot gun out of his room in a hurry burry and drew it toward him muzzle foremost when tho charge exploded truckee cal sept 18 last night as the emigrant train was coming down the grade from summit toward truckee a woman named helene frink ran out on the aront platform of the sleeping coach and before any one ose could prevent li her r plunged hen headforemost any between the care cars she was picked p eked up dead her iler body was horribly eibl mangled both arms and legs being broken and tho the remains caver ed with wounds it appears that the woman was insane and was on her way to germany two men had her in charge but she managed to get past them in the car and reached the platform and jumped from the train before they could stop her an emigrant ticket to new york and one to germany any and return wag was found on her person nevada city cal sept 18 A serious blasting accident happened at the snow point mine moores flat today to day by which william hogan and phil derich came near losing their livesa bole hole had been charged with pant giant powder and the fuse lighted lieh ted but the blast failed to explode while lit running a tamping iron into the cartridge pre preparatory to inserting a new piece of apse fuse an explosion occurred and hogans right arm was blown off one eye destroyed and the other e eye so badly injured that it is feared Z the sight eight will be lost derichs legs arms and face were badly bruised though no bones were broken the explosion was w as caused by the tamping iron striking the cap which remained in the c cartridge artridge merced cal sept 18 the camp meeting near PI Pl ainsburg in this county which closed last night was dents on oil Si ici afternoon just before the were to assemble for th the e afternoon services a large oak tree standing near lie the place of meeting was struck by light lightning nin and riven into splinters yesterday mrs bost wife of ex surveyor general boat bota while attending I se services at ilie the vamp camp meeting received a dispatch from arizona informing lier her that her oldest brother thomas fitzhugh has just been shot dead she fell in a swoon and for several hours bours her life lifo was despaired of dr obrien of PI Pl ainsburg was in attendance upon the lady and administered restoratives restora tives and at last accounts she was in a fair way of recovery sacramento sept 18 alios hamilton wm win anderson and james obrien have been brought from san quentin where they were confined as c evicts to be examined d T r of police officer scott of this city in He cember 1878 that murder waa fur for a long along time shrouded in mystery finally recently the officers got a clew pointing to i four our men and three of them they found in the state prison these were brought hereto day tonight to ro night thomas hamilton made a complete confession saying that he lie anderson obrien and eddie edwards came camb to sacramento the tile day of the murder they came from lincoln on a freight train and determined ter mined to rob some one they saw a man on seventeenth street and two of them went up to him to hang him up while the other two stood near by to render assistance if needed the man was police officer scott he ile resisted and tried to draw a pistol when edwards shot him this roan man edwards is not in custody the four in man went up into sonoma county committed a burglary bur plary were caught and sent to state prison in prison in a quarrel one of them maae some remark that gaye a clew to the officers and has now resulted as stated |