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


way company has 400 men grading i'll
Weiser canyon, Idaho.
Everett. Wash, is to put in $5o, 900
sewer system, including 81 miles vitri-
fled clay pipe.
The $S5, 100 Plumas county, Cal, four
per cent. 35-year refnnding bonds We're
sold to 5. Holmes at 10l 1876.
Rydstrom & Goerig have contract to
build an electric railway between Seat
tie and Tacoma, WASH, for 100000.
The arbitration commission at Van
couver, b. c., shows evidence of desire
to exclude Chinese miners from Cana
dian mines.
The Southern and Central Pacific
companies are credited with the inten-
ton to spend SG,000,0o i'll improve
ments in 1900.
The California wide-tire law goes into
effect January !, 1900, but will appar-
emily be as much of Il dead letter statute
as the newspaper signature law.
BY December 81, 1900, there viii be
an all Canadian telegraph line between
Vancouver and Dawson. There is al
ready telegraph service as far north az
Quesnelle, Il. g.
A steamship in the Alaskan trade is
about as good paying property As any at
present The Roanoke Is credited " tn
receiving $50, 900 passenger money in
one ronnd trim
John H. HOPPER. who has for the
past Al years lived ON Grand island,
near Sacramento was discovered hang
ing in the tankhouse of ranch. He
was 81 years old and had anassed con-
siderable money by his economy. His
health has been failing for the past
year aud it is supposed dependency
over this led Ia the deed.
Governor Gage has appointed Frank
d. Ryan, ex.distriet attorney of Sacra-
mento. commissioner Of public works.
A new bank is to be established at
Vallejo with capital stock of 100000.
4 fire broke, out in the business cen
ter of Placerville, Cal, early one morn
ing last week and destroyed four bust
ness houses, causing a loss of several
thousand dollars.
The demand in Oregon from South
Africa for wheat and tionr i greater
than ever before. Since the season
opened six eargoes have been shipped
from Portland. Other orders have been
declined ON account of Lack OF tonnage,
but il is probable that at least six more
cargoes will be shipped 10 South African
ports before the end Of the season.
Deputy Sheriff w. J. Ward of san
Diego, who had his skull fractured No
yember II at Port Hartford on board
the steamer Santa Rosa by Bert Ross, a
convict whom he was taking 10 san
Quentin, died Wednesday last. Ross
will be brought from san Quentin and
tried for murder at san Luis Obispo.
Thomas Butiin, one of the Oldest eiti-
zens of Salinas valley and an early pio-
neer Of California, died in the hospital
ut Salinas recently. lie came to Cali
forna in 1873.
The Sacramento police have arrested
Chinese named Lem Dec. who is
wanted at Marysville for killing Chi
nese few nights ago III a highlander
war The prisoner denies that he did
the killing. Further than that he will
say nothing.
Jose Maria Uharte. a sheep hertier,
died at the county hospital ut Fresno, Of
plumpy jaw or actinomyeesis, disease
common among cattle aud sheep but
very rarely contracted by human be
ing.
A fire at Bierce ~ Smart's lumber
yard at Emigrant Gap last Wednesday
DESTROYED 300, 900 feet of lumber The
damage is about 5000. The fire is sup
posed TO have been the work of an III.
cendiary.
Fire in the business center of Port.
land did S23, 900 worth Of damages one
day last week.
Edward Tuft. ii years old, received
injuries from Southern Pacific freight
train at Acton from which he died
James L. Hogue, 10 years old. II son of 4
real estate dealer who lives at Fresno
and Edward Tuft, whose parents live in
Selma, left together on November p t,
beat their way south, "just for fun,
as Young liogue said at the city Jail
The boys were riding between two boz
cars. As the train approached Acton
they thought that it would stop at tn,
station. and were prepared 20 Jump of
when the train slowed up III order I,
eyade the brakeman Young Tutt wa
hanging to the ladder steps of the ear
He lost his hold aud fell under the train
the wheels passing over both of his legs
While attempting to cross the bar a
Eureka one day last week the steame
Weeott was disabled and swept ON th
rocks by rough sea Twenty pen
sops were on board the Weeott and al
were saved but two, and one of thes
was not lost by drowning. The lost art
Mrs. Carmichael, n resident OF Fern
dale, that county. Gus Nelson OF Sal
Francisco, who was employed as sea
man on the Weeott. Nelson was kilie
by falling spars. Mrs. Carmichael,
messenger was swept from the basket {
the life-saving crew. The vessel is
. complete wreck.