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NEVADA JOURNAL OCTOBER 14, 1859 201
MARRIED. At San Francisco Sept. 25th by Julius Eckman, Rabbi of San Francisco, Mr. L. Samuel
of Nevada, and Miss Lina Levy of the former city.
At Folsom, Oct. 12th, by P. R. Young, Justice of the Peace, Stephen B. Blakesly to Letty McCloud,
both of Moore’s Flat, Nevada county
At North San Juan, Nevada county, Oct. 3d, Louis Fischer to Agatha Winman.
BIRTHS. In this city, October 8th, to the wife of T. T. Davenport, of a daughter [Lizzie Russell].
In this city, October 9th, the wife of Mr. Sol Kohlman, of a daughter.
SAD OCCURRENCE.—On Thursday morning, Sept. 23d, the body of Robert H. Mock, formerly of
Burlington, Iowa, and late a resident of Orleans Flat, Nevada county, Cal., was found in the
Truckee river, Utah Territory, three and a half miles below the lower emigrant crossing, by
Messrs. Humes, Moore and Cummings and from the appearance of the body there is no doubt
he was thrown from his horse and drowned while attempting to ford the river a short distance
above, where the channel was much deeper than usual, although it did not appear so from
either shore. Mr. M. left Orleans Flat on the 2_ [unreadable] of August and in company with
Charles H. Humes and W. F. Cummings had established a small trading post at the lower
crossing of the Truckee, where they were trading in groceries, etc., with the emigrants, and
purchasing stock. He had always herded the cattle on a range some distance below the camp,
and on the morning of the 13th ult. went down with them as usual. At noon he had not returned
but as he frequently remained at the range all day his partners were in no way uneasy. Night
came and still he was not to be seen or heard from, and they, in company with others, started in
search of him, confident that something was not right. At the range they found all the stock,
except one of the cattle and the horse he rode when he left the camp in the morning. These
were found early the next morning, the horse saddled and bridled, was feeding some distance
below the range and from his appearance had not been unsaddled since the previous morning;
but no traces of the missing man could be found, and although the country was scoured in
every direction for several days it was not until the morning of the 23d that he was found, as
stated, in the river. A close examination of the body revealed no cuts, wounds or marks of
violence, and it was the opinion of all present that he was accidentally drowned, but how, must
always remain a mystery. He was interred a short distance from where he was found, and it
was truly a lonely burial place. Mr. Mock had been for several years a resident of Orleans Flat,
where his lively, cheerful temperament and frank, open-hearted disposition had won for him
many warm friends. He leaves a mother and sister in the States. The former resides in some
part of Missouri, and the latter in Burlington, Iowa. W.E.C.
JUGGED FOR MALICIOUS MISCHIEF.—Constable Edwards lodged in jail on Wednesday, two
men from North San Juan, named Hollis Knowlton and A. J. Keith, committed, the former for 90 days
and the latter for 30, for malicious mischief. These precious souls had been in the habit of stealing
vegetables from a garden owned by Chinamen in the vicinity of San Juan. Not content with these
depredations they returned on Sunday night last and burned the fence around the garden. On Monday
night they again made their appearance, stoned the house of the Chinamen, and caught a pig and
attempted to carry it off. John became at length aroused and pitched into the depredators. An old man
named McCue, who seems to have been in company with Knowlton and Keith, was stabbed in the side,
cut in one arm, and had his ribs broken by the enraged Chinamen, so that he is hors de combat at present.