The Shasta courier., 1872-01-27
SiSAilOU COUNTY.

We clip the following from the Yreka
Journal:
We learn that all the stock in the ditch
leading from South Fork to Fort Jones
has been taken by citizens of Fort Jones
and Scott Valley. large amount having
been taken BY e. Reichman the energetic
proprietor of the Farmers Mill, who intends
replacing his STERN engine with turbine
wheel towards saving great expense in
dispensing with the use of several cords OF
wood per day and the services Of an engI
neer. The advantage gained by the mill
will not be any greater than the benefit
afforded to farmers along the east side OF
the Valley, where the land is excellent for
.armi e, and only lacks the advantage OF
irrigation to supass in fertility and luxuri-
ant production the west side o: the Valley.
10 addition to this, the ditch will be the
means OF developing many rich mining
sections on the east side, unable to be
worked on account of no water. Some six
or seven miles of the ditch have already
been built between Galatians and the Ohio
House, and the farmers at the head of the
valley have been greatly benefited by hav-
ms good supply Of water for irrigation,
which enabled them to put in large crops
aud cultivate every foot of the land
There are no streams along tie east side of
the valley to use for irrigation or mining,
and this ditch being extended to Fort
Jones will afford supply Of water for
irrigation and mining equal il not superior
to the natural irrigation on the west side.
SAD DEATH F.oM CHLoRnFoRM.-
Wednesday afternoon, in this city, Mrs.
Schnabele, wife of John Schnabele, died
from the effects Of taking chloroform for
the purpose of having all her teeth extrac-
ted, which for some time had panied her to
"a distressing extent Mr.. >chnabele pro-
cured DR.. Hearn, dentist, to preform the
operation, when Mrs S., to avoid suffering
the consequent great pain, desired the use
of chloroform. As DR.. Hearn premptori-
" refuses to administer chloroform, DR..
Ream was engaged to give it, while Dr.
Hearn extracted the teeth. At the time
she appeared somewha. nervous and excl
ted though she was strong, healthy look
ing young woman, aged % years, and gave
no symptoms of liability to danger from
linhaliug chloroform to stop sensation, yet
| it is believed her heart or spine must have
been affected, to cause her s1dden death,
as we are told she did not take one fourth
the quantity several ladies in this county
have taken for the same purpose. After
she became senseless from inhaling the
choroform, the Doctors felt alarmed, and
when DR.. Hearn pulled cne tooth he
, brought no blood, which revealed the fact
that circulatation had stopped, and he
then pulled three or iuur more teeth with
out obtaining blood. DR.. Ream used
every remedy and exertion to restore cir
culution, and sent Mr. Schnabee after Dr.
Greer, while DIR llearn procured the bat
terry as quick as possible, but all efforts to
restore circulation were unsuccessful She
caves husband and five children to mourn
her sudden loss, the youngest child being
but three months old The community in
general extended the greatest sympathy
for the motherless children and bereaved
husband in the heart-rending calamity that
had befallen them, and the funeral on
Saturday afternoon, from the Catholic
Church, was largely attended by our citi-
zens.