Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1899-09-26
Pacific Coast News.
items OF Interest Picked from
the Weeks Dispatches.
Death of . Veteran of the Black Hawk
War. - Arrests for Shooting Quail
Fatal Railroad Accident In Kern
County.

James J. Sylvester, a cadet of the sur
vey steamer Pathfinder died at San
Diego few days ago from appendicitis
The auxiliary cruiser Badger has
taken the Santa Cruz naval reserves on
for weeks cruise.
Frank Feming, drummer, was held
up by robbers at Napa recently. He
was beaten, robbed and thrown into the
river as dead. He was rescued by a
watchman, but is in serious condition.
One day last week Mrs. Knudson dis
appeared from her home at Redding and
no trace Of her can be found.
Revenue officers have seized the San
Rafael brewery and arrested John r.
Pacbner, the driver of its delivery
wagon. Pachner was caught in the act
of placing worthless stamps on beer
barrels
While bathing in the Sacramento river
near Courtland, a young man named
Ross Davis was drowned. He was a
farm laborer, aged 2s. and native Of
Nebraska.
At Alder Flat, Glen county. destruc-
tive forest fires are raging. Sheep and
stock have been driven into the Sacra-
mento valley to escape destruction.
Many square miles have been burned
over. The fire is supposed to have been
started by campers and careless sheep
men
The concluding chapter in the R. l..
Hill murder trial has been reached at
visalia, the jury finding the defendant
guilty of murder in the second degree.
The same verdict was returned at the
first trial.
Governor Gage has appointed O. M.
Heintz, editor of the Rural Californian,
and George H. Wigmore Of the firm Of
Wigmore & Sons of Los Angeles, dele
gates to the irrigation congress to be
held in Missoula, Mont. September %
to 27th. Both have accepted and will
be in attendance Mr.. Heintz, who was
secretary of the congress for several
years, will make an effort to bring the
next congress TO Southern California.
John Nannery, an Irishman. died at
the receiving hospital at Los Angeles
from the effects of a dose Of strychnine
which he took with suicidal intent. He
was conscious nearly to the moment Of
his death, but refused to give any in
formation regarding himself.
Moses Perrin, a veteran Of the Black
Hawk war, aged 93, died in a lodging
house at Long Beach. after a struggle
with pneumonia. Perin's home was In
San Diego. Two weeks ago he came to
Long Beach to attend the annual en-
campment of the Southetn California
veterans association. Saturday, Sep
tember 0, Perrin marched in the parade.
A heavy thunder shower fell unexpect-
edly and Perrin was drenched. He re-
mained about town in his wet clothing
and did not reach his lodgings until II
O'Clock that night. The next morning
he was stricken with sickness. 1t de.
veloped into pneumonia, which caused
his death
Two arrests for violating the game
law by killing quail ont of season were
made at San Jose Sunday by deputy
game commissioner, under the direction
OF the County Sportsmen's club. The
offenders were Japanese. They were
cooking the game when caught.
A government inspector has discov-
cred a shortage of $500 in the accounts
os Postmaster G. NJ. Green at Knob
postoffice, Harrison gulch. Shasta coun-
ty. Knob is n country money order Of
fee, and the remarkable feature of the
shortage is that it has all occurred with.
In the last two months and half
A message from FL Cajon. San Diego
county, says that Catruza Almadras, a
Mexican, and half-br named Rod
riguez, 30 years old, quarreled while go
ing to dance and Almadras stabbed
Rodriguez to death and fed. The af-
fair was witnessed by Mexican, who
is now in custody.
Medals of honor were distributed to
members of the First California regi-
ment at San Francisco Saturday. The
regiment will be mustered out this week.
Ventura officers have arrested Jose
Bosy, b. Eninguez and Francis Parker
a bold gang of shoplifters. Their head
quarters were at Oxnard. They robbed
Ventura merchants, looting stores of
clothing, hats, cloaks. shoes, notions
and millinery The officers first cap
tured Parker, boy, with suspicious
assortment Of goods, who informed on
his companions.
Three women were killed and an ell
gineer probably fatally injured in a col.
lision between the Southern Pacific
passenger train and the caboose Of a
Porterville passenger train at Famoso, a
small station in Kern county. The dead
are Mrs. Margaret Major of Los An.
geles, her mother, Mrs. A. Ross of Por-
terville, and a woman whose name was
Lahue or Lellew. Engineer Ed Wright
Is SO badly scalded and hurt internally
that there is no hope for him, and a
track.walker was hurt, but the extent Of
his bruises Is not known.
An analysis of kaolin from the vast
deposits on Ell Cajon mountain, San Di'
ego county, shows the substace to con.
tain 80 per cent Of silicate of alumina.
Mining men state that the deposits are
more valuable as aluminium miners than
rs deposits Of kaolin or fine pottery clay.
San Luis Obispo, CAL, this week voted
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