The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-12-16
ALONG THE COAST.
Interesting Occurrences From all
Over the Coast.
NEWS OF THE WEEK CONDENSED.
A Number Of MiscsIlaneons JottinEs
Briefly and Curt1y Told In This
Column.

e S. w. Smith, county Surveyor of
Tuolumne county. WAS found dead III
bed at jamestown.
Capt. w. A. Phillips. United States
inspector of steam vessels. died recent
ly at San Francisco.
Preparations are being made to put
on fast stage line from Edmata to
Dawson, Alaska.
A new counterfeit ten dollar bank
note, on the Los Angeles National
bank, has been discovered.
BY the burning Of barn filed with
hay ON his ranch at Woodland, G. Mel
son sustained loss of $4,000.
It is estimated that the forty odd
mills in Snohomish county, Wash,
cut annually about 100, 900, 900 feet of
timber.
A receiver has been appointed for
the Willamette iron works at Portland,
Oregon. The liabilities of the com.
pany are about $50, 900.
Vineyardists fear that the thirp will
appear again next year and injure the
grape crop, unless measures are taken
to destroy their nesting places.
Returns are now in from the Califor-
MIA vintage of 1897 and the figures ex-
coed all previous records. The total
yield of dry wines is 25,740, 900 gal.
Ions.
Robert Burke, who assaulted Ed
Hayden with knife in room in the
rear of the loyal Oak Hotel. in Ala
media. has been held to answer in the
sum of $1,000.
The Standard Beach Mining Com
pany has leased 1876 acres of land at
Eureka, Cal, for black sand mining,
and has purchased valuable machinery
for the work.
Chief of Police Kidward of San Jose
has given notice that he will order the
saloon-keepers of that city to remove
the nickel-in-t he-slot machines from
their places of business.
Cha rles Blackburn, resident of
Petaluma, since 1859, died recently in
that town. He was a native of Ing
land, 70 years of age, and we'll known
in that section of the State.
The Petaluma Wooden Mills, which
have been in constant operation for the
last ten years, have been closed down
for an indefinite period. No reason
for closing the mills has been made
public.
Fl. Lowerer. cousin of the noted
Lord Lonsdale, and j. B. Hebron have
contracted at Great Falls for 600
horses to be used ON fast stage line
from Edmonton, N. W. T., to Daw-
son City.
M. W. Henderson has been appointed
receiver Of the Willamette Iron
Works at Portland, Oregon. The liza.
bilities of the company are about $780,
900. aside from the capital stock,
which is $500, 300.
The Pacific Coast Steamship Com.
pany has announced that il will run
three steamers on the route between
Portland. Oregon, and Dyea and Skag-
way, Alaska, giving a five days ser.
vice from Portland.
John Timmons, serving a six-year
sentence at San Quentin, has been
notified that President Mckinley has
pardoned him. Timmons was the
editor of paper in Alaska. He shot
another newspaperm
Adolph Bergman, book eeper in
the employ of the California Ink Com.
pany on Commercial street, San Fran
cisco, has been arrested and charged
with embezzlement. His defaloation
will amount to about $4,000.
The San Pedro harbor contracts will
be advertised at once. General Alger,
unable to find funds at the War De-
partment which ,an be spent in de-
fraying the expense, has decided to pay
for the advertisements from his own
purse.
Frank Lauk, who was lodged in Jail
at Santa Cruz for being drunk, com.
mitted suicide by strangling himself.
He tied handkerchief around his
neck, and stuffed the rags down his
throat. He was undoubtedly delirious
at the time.
The large granary on Capt. B. f.
Loveland's ranch, Oh Skagit delta, at
Seattle, Wash, containing something
over 1000 sacks of oats, belonging to
Perry Pearson, lessee, and Capt. Love.
land, slid from its foundations, and is
almost total wreck.
The jury trying jeremiah Denomme
for the murder of Chris Molbeck. in
Superior Judge Risley's court at
Fresno, failed to agree, standing nine
for conviction and three for acquittal. |
Denomme has now been admitted to
bail, in the sum OF $4,000.
The thirty first annual session of
the California Teachers association
will convene in San Francisco on De.
cember 2Sth, and remain in session
four days, A number of the ablest
educators in the United States will be
present and address the convention.
considerable area of land east of
Deiano, Kern county, will be irrigated
another season, from water impounded
in Rag Gulch. Private enterprise
could have put all of the rich lands
there under a system of irrigation if
thu people had taken hold of the mat
ter.
Because he was rebuffed when ur.
iSvited. ne attempted to join party
drinking in saloon at Carson, Neya,
da, Adam Uber, man of inferior
shot and killed Hans An.
derson. the host of the occasion. The
murderer was hastily taken to Genoa
BY the officers, the lynching of Uber
being feared.