Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1899-11-28

l@the MefIllD, near Odklinu, Gal, Is 10
b dredged by contract.
Deyer, Colo, will spend 81, 100,0 900 and
own its water works.
Spokane, Wash, has pooled all its
light and transportation franchises.
Oregon has sent 10000 bushels of
wheat since July, 1898, to Algoa bay,
Bouth Africa.
The warehouse of Murry & Langdon
was burned at Los Angeles last week
causing loss of S25, 900.
During the first ten months of 1899
the Seattle, Wash. gold assay Office
bought gold to the amount of $l2,Ol4,-
S7556.
San Diego, Cal, expects in 1901 to be
the terminus of the Utah & Pacific rail
road building westward from Salt Lake
city.
dispatch from Sydney. N. $. w,
says that disastrous civil war has bro
ken out in the British possession of New
Gunner, / villages having been obliter-
ated with heavy slaughter of the in
habitants.
Horace G. Barnett, Ventura. Cal,
raneher, killed himself at Railway, n.
j., Sunday. No motive for the crime is
known. Barnett was visiting friends
there
Z. j. Behlow, a prominent business
man of San Francisco, died suddenly a
few days ago from an attack of appoleXy.
James Mulqueeny was drowned in
San Francisco bay Sunday while hunt
ing ducks
b. NJ. DeLong OF Quincy. Cal, has II
franchis. to build an electric railroad
along the north fork of the Feather
river through Plumas county, Cal.
The Oregon Midland Railway com.
pany of Ashland, proposes building
railway go miles down the Klamath
river from klamath Falls to kiaiunthon,
Cal, station on the Southern Pacific
railroad.
Arizona will have active railroad
building IN 1900. A railway is to CON
meet Flagstaff and Globe-so0 miles,
with n branch to Jerome. \ smaller
line is contemplated from Phoenix to
Florence.
Cornelius j. Murphy, for many years
county recorder of Santa Barbara coun-
ty, died in San Francisco hospital a
few days ago of kidney troubles.
The Northern Pacific Steamship com
pany has secured the 600e-ton steel
steamship Arab, which will arrive ut
Portland next month. for the purpose
of carrying the surplus cargo which the
regular Oriental line is unable 10 handle.
Professor A. z. Hayne of the Univers-
ity of California aud expert of the agri-
cultural station, arrived in Los Angeles
last week for the purpose of making an
exhaustive study of olive culture.
The Christian scientists of Oakland
are going to erect "A church costing $40.
000.
Wisconsin lumbeimen have about
closed deal for the purchase of ,000,-
900 acres OF timber land III the state of
Washington.
\ tidal wave struck the coast of Hum
boldt county few days ago. John La
franchi, IA dairyman, and his sister,
were caught while crossing the beach
were not recovered.
The town of Port Essington, h. O.,
was totally destroyed by fire recently.
The loss viii reach $4,000.
A MERGED county judge has rendered
n decision that counties have the right
to frame such game laws as they desire,
in reference to shipment of game. The
decision was rendered i'll II case to test a
law prohibiting the shipment of game
out of the county.
w. J. Stockton has been elected cor
oner of Merced county, vice DIR. Il. f.
Lilley, deceased.
The last will of Adam Sweigert. the
retired capitalist of San Jose, who died
in San Francisco ON November s, was
filed for probate at San Jose. The prop
crty, which is valued at nearly 81 ,O00,-
900, is left to the son, Jonathan Swell
CERT. an ex-sheriff. Caroline Schmall,
a daughter residing at Belmont, and
four children of II deceased son, Adam
Sweigert. The property is left share
and share alike to the three families.
In the case at San Bernardino of Green
VS.. the Santa Fe railroad, the jury
brought in verdict of $4,000 damages
Mrs. Green, wife of the plaintiff, was
run over and killed by n trail of ears a
few months ago. The train was mov-
ing at about 30 miles an hour, which is
contrary to the city ordinance.
Charles Jones. resident of Ross
valley, Marin county, was shot and
probably fatally wounded by an angry
Chinaman. Jones ana II companion
had been throwing stones against the
Chinaman's house and the shooting
resulted.
General Il. M. Clarke has regigncd as
hospital steward of the soldiers home
at Santa Monica TO take effect Decem-
ber |.
Joseph Thompson, n pioneer miner of
Shasta county was crushed to death by
cave ut the Central mine, near Red.
ding.
Petaluma is to have a free nigi