Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1899-02-14
Pacific Coast News.
Items OF interest Picked from
the Weeks Dispa tches.


geles.
The Union Savings bank of San Jose
Jailed last week.
The Sierra railway is to be finished to
sonora, Cal, February 20.
British Columbia imported over SOC
more Cinnamon i'll 1898 than in 1897
A wreck occurred on the narrow gauge
sad i'll Alameda few days ago. The
tngine left the track and fell over. The
ngineer, Henry H. Jonas was mortally
iurt and the fireman. Henry Colson,
received severe injuries from which he
lied.
The big Buffalo group of claims in
he Buffalo Hump camp of Idaho has
been sold TO L. Lewis Clark Sweeney OF
spokane, Wash, for $3.50, 900. Mining
nen say this is the largest price ever
oaid for an undeyeloped property.
The Santa Ana and Newport railway,
of Southern California, has been sold.
rhe price paid is said TO have been
$500. 600.
Charles A. Woloott, president of the
First National bank, of Russell Kas.,
which closed its doors last week has dis
appeared. 1t is known that there is a
4 shortage in his accounts, and rumor
places the amount at all the way from
5000 to $4,000
George A. Towne, one of the pioneer
settlers of Whittier, Cal. committed
suicide by shooting himself through the
heart. Dependency over financial mat
ters is the supposed cause.
Antoine Burgle, under sentence to
serve seven years Imprisonment for at
tempt at murder, committed suicide in
the county Jail at San Francisco by
burning himself TO death.
Juan Castro, convicted of cattle steal
ing, at Santa Barbara received sentences
TO San Quentin on two charges aggre-
eating nine years.
The last of the Southern walnut crop
vas shipped a few days ago. Total
shipment this season amounted TO 470o
tons
The Empress OF Japan left Vancouver
recently for Yokohama and Hongkong.
She carried over million bottles OF
beer for the Americans in the Philip
pines.
Jacob Oppenheimer, convict serving
fifty-year term in the penitentiary al
Folsom was sentenced 10 life imprison.
ment at San Quentin FOR the murder OF
Charles Ross, fellow convict.
w. A. Nevis has completed con.
tract for the erection, at his Fayorita
vineyard near Fresno of the largest
raisn drier in the world. Work is to be-
commenced on February 10th. One
hundred tons Of raisins can pass through
at one operation. The building is to b
$50 feet long and go feet wide, and
heated by steam.
\ number of Fresno farmers are
planting small patches of sugar beets,
with a view Of engaging in beet grow
ing should the experiment prove sue
.essful.
The Oregon Railroad aud Navigation
sompany's statement for the SIX months
ending December 3lst follows: Gross
earnings, S3,s5S, ,467; increase S2l3,47S
operating expenses. -, i93.Ols; increase,
s3l3, 760; net earnings, 81 l,665, 40; de-
srease, sl3o, 2S2.
Addison G.. Foster of Tacoma has
been elected United States senator to
represent Washington.
The navy department has accepted
and paid for the torpedo-boat Farragnt
quilt at San Francisco and the torpedo
boat Rowan built by Moran brothers al
seattle.
Various vineyardists and winemal1ers
Of Santa Clara county have transferred
$4,000 GALLONS of wine, all of the vintage
If 1898 but 10000 gallons, to the Cali
fornia Wiuemakers' corporation. The
price is not given.
\ resolution for the submission to the
people of constitutional amendment
granting woiten the right of suffrage
passed both houses Of the Oregon legis-
ature.
The combination among the Columbia
river salmon cannery men has been com
pleted.
i. s. and Charles Markarian, the
Fresno fire bugs, have been held to ap-
pear before the superior court to answer
a charge of arson.
4 deputy internal revenue inspector
of san jose discovered two illicit stills
near there. One was conducted by
Charles Newman and the other by Jacob
Wuoste. 4 quantity of liquor was
found at each still.
As a result of breakdown of a stage
roach at Los Angeles, Peter w. Neu,
nne of the contractors of the break
water at San Pedro was killed and
four others seriouly injured.
For the fourth time in succession the
University of California won the Canot
medal at the debate last week. Carl M.
Warner carried off the honors.
The body Of an unknown man was
found in a box ear at Chico rececently
rhe man had committed suicide by TAX
ing strychnine.
Ex-Shoriff George Mckenzie of Napa
must answer before the superior court to
tho charge OF aiding and abetting in the
murder of Alfred Cook by Jessie Wal
ters ON January 9th. Such was the de-
eision after tho defense had rested their
case and the attorneys on both sides had
agreed to submit the case without argn-
ment.