Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1899-09-12

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killed by freight train at Redwood
city recently. He is supposed to have
/ fallen across the track and been unable
to have gotten up.
The Hendry Machine works on the
corner of Mission and Fremont streets,
san Francisco, Cal, We're destroyed by
fire few days ago. The loss will reach
$i5, 900.
While running at full speed, the So.
nonia Lumber company's logging train
dashed into six fat cars standing on the
main track just outside the company
yards at Guerneyille. As Il result three
men Were badly injured. the engine was
demolished and three fiat ears Were
knocked into kindling wood. The re-
covery Of two of the victims, Conductor
Tom Lane and Engineer Mort Deal is
doubtful.
The receipts of the San Francisco Gus.
tom house for August We're SiJS.00l 63,
Of which amount Ss41, 3s5. 81 il repre-
sented by collections of import duties.
The amount is the largest since March.
1892. when si1l. l5i 90 WAS collected.
The biggest collection on record was
made in June. 1888, when the amount
received was 81 ,5s6, $50. 4 large por-
ton Of this enormous sum was repre-
sented by duties paid on opium.
Free postal delivery has gone into
effect at Vallejo. There are four car
riers
The state board of equalization at a
recent meeting at Sacramento did not
alter the assessment rolls. With all
county rolls standing as received from
he auditors. the total value Of county
property, inclusive of railroad values,
aggregates 81, 1873. as3 SEQ and the
amount to be raised by taxation, exclu-
sive of the 2 cent university tax, 5000
397, making the tax rate for the ensuing
year 60 cents on the 500. divided as
follows: General fund, 35.3 cents;
school fund, 2l.5 cents; interest and
sinking fund. l.3 cents: university fund.
cents; total. 80. cents.
Ex. Governor Samuel Merrill of Iowa
died at Los Angeles last week at the
age of n years. About week ago
Governor Merrill suffered a stroke Of
paralysis and but little hopes Of his recov-
cry were entertained. He was injured
severely in an electric accident several
months ago and he never entirely re-
covered from the shock
A statement has been prepared by a
representative Gamer of the salmon
pack of the Pacific coast from Alaska to
the Columbia river. He places the
Alaska pack at l.000,0o0 cases, that OF
British Columbia AT 1900, Puget
sound at SOC, 900, and the Columbia river
ut 300. 900 The British Columbia pack
is the largest on record. with the ex-
ception of 1897. when over a million
cases were put up. 1t Is nearly 100000
more than last year.
The United States transport Grant
arrived in San Francisco bay last week
from Manila. The Grant brings 80
officers and 516 enlisted men of the
First North Dakota infantry, 2S officers
and 44j eulivsed men OF the FIRST Idaho
infantry. IL officers and 2i3 enliste men
Oh tflt II lINi w NonlihE V'''
GERS and 81 enlisted men of Battery A.
Wyoming light artillery; officers and
"a discharged soldiers, 20 convalescent
patients, Z naval prisoners, naval hos
pital patients and 1 civilian passengers.
Last week Mendoeino county was
represented before the state board of
equalization. The assessment roll shows
a reduction of $ll1,000 over last year,
and the county officials explained the
difference as due to the shrinkage of val
ues of timber lands and the further fact
that the county had been drained OF its
live stock for the meat market
Advices from Dawson state that L. q.
Gilbert has arrived there from Fort Yu-
kon with the news of the death of three
members of San Francisco party OF
four who wintered on the Black river.
tributary of the Porcupine. -Four
men-E. Il. Amstor, Herbert Earl, j. b.
Mcdonald and @. d. Whitmore, known
as the Amstor party of San Francisco,
left Fort Yukon last fall for the Black
river to prospect. They got up the river
about 100 miles when winter overlook
them and they were compelled to go III.
to winter quarters. All four became
sick with the scurvy and before the river
had opened three of them had died.
The surviving member Of the party, U.
d. Whitmore managed to rig up boat
and drifted down the river He was
found and taken in by some fisherman
at the mouth of the Porcupine in most
helpless condition. and was sent to the
hospital at Circle City. where he Is now
doing faily we'll
Friday evening as the north bound
train on the San Francisco and North
Pacific railroad was approaching Glover
dale. Alfred Durwell was struck by the
cowcatcher and instantly killed Dur
well formerly lived in Santa Rosa. II
il believed he was asleep on the track
-',--e arc about 90" --'''e- 'r''red
III me presidIo, San ....~.,-5 now.