Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1899-12-26
Santa Cruz county has appointed {
Horticultural commission.

Two men We're killed in section of
the Cumberland mine, at Nanimo b.
u, by gas explosion last week.
TheFuller will case which was on trial
pt Oroyille for the past five weeks came
to an end a few days ago by the jury de-
,laring the will a forgery.
w. S. Curry, convicted by a jury of
running saloon at Nicholaus, Sutter
county, in violation of the prohibition
ordinance, was sentenced to pay fine
Of $3.50. He will appeal for a new trial.
The three-year-o son of II. ID. Ma
loney of Los Angeles, built bonfire
during the absence of his parents. His
clothing became ignited, and was so Sc
yerely burned that he expired before
medical aid could reach him.
Mrs. Mary Perry, young Portuguese
woman, living at San Jose, was shot in
the head and seriously wounded by her
husband, Antoine Perry, who was
drunk and III jealous rage.
The grand jury at san Luis Obispo
indicted Bert Ross, a convict in San
Quentin, for murder Ross, who was
sent to prison for burglary from San
Diego county, assaulted Deputy Sher-
iff w. J. Ward of that city, from which
injuries Ward died
Adam Crist deliberately shot his wife
and two small boys in a lodging house at
Tacoma, and then killed himself. Years
of domestic trouble caused the crime.
The Bush street theater, the pioneer
playhouse at San Francisco, was de-
stroyed by fire one day last week.
Arthur Sewell, The shipowner and
last Democratic candidate for yice-presi-
dent. is in San Francisco on a business
trip.
Hiram L. Lewis, well-lnown pioneer
of Yolo county died OF old age ut his
home near Madison. He was native
of New York and SO years of age. lie
leaves wife and seven children.
The Santa f'e railroad officials ut Los
Angeles have given out comparative
statement of passenger business, show
ing that passengers carried thus far this
season are % per cent more than for the
same time in 1898, - per cent moro than
in 1897. and s6 per cent more than in
1896.
At Diamond Springs. El Dorado
county, the charge against III. Vein.
stock of Sacramento, of advertising for
sale a prohibited article, was dismissed.
The Sherman County bank, At Wasco
Or, has gone into voluntary liquidation
All depositors will be paid in full.
The Associated charities of Los Ange-
les have made complaint TO eastern
cities against sending of INDECENT con
sumptiyes to that city without providing
sufficient means to care for them.
San Jose officials have begun move
ment to rid the city of a gang of Chi.
nese hiRhhinders.
The Forty-eight regiment fcoloredl.
is expected to leave San Francisco fof
Manila this week. The IT ,iment has
been in quarantine for some time ON ae-
count of smallpox This will be the
last of the new troops to leave for the
islands.
San Francisco merchants are plan
ming to establish commercial museum.
Gustaf de Bruyne, hermit of Sono.
ma county, was found dead in his
cabin ON Sonoma mountain recently.
He was supposed to have been destitute,
but "A scarab of his effects revealed prop.
erty worth $4,000.
The Los Angeles board of trade has
taken up the fight against the proposed
Jamaica treaty, and at the regular meet
ing of the directors resolutions were
adopted protesting against the making
of any reduction in the tariff ON citrus
fruits. Copies of the resolution Were
forwarded to President Mckinley aud
to Senator Perkins.
Firman Church, prominent Demo
cratic politician of Fresno county, died
at Fresno few days ago.
The California Dustless Roads com.
pany has been incorporated, with $780,
600 capital. of which $3.50, 900 has been
subscribed. The company is engaged
in the use Of crude oil for street sprink.
ling.
The prospects for big crop of celery
ant Santa Ana were never so favor
aplc as this season. Twelve hundred
ecres are devoted to celery in the peat
lands region, from which 1t is expected
TO ship 1000 cars, some OF which have
already been sent forward. ID. E.
smeltzer, the largest celery grower thus
sums up the situation. Some Was
planted too early and was injured 10y til,
heat. As matter of fact we should
not attempt to get the crop ready before
Christmas with season like this, as the
warm weather natures the crop to,
rapidly. but the normal season has 60 bt
the basis of our calculations in planting
and what will be lost at the beginning
will be made up four times Mt Tho
close by having celery ripening eacf
month from now to the first of March
Frank Mcdaniel was found guilty o.
manslaughter at Portland, Or, by lh'
iury before which he was tried for tii'
murder of Miss Claire Fitch. The yer
dict was accompanied by Il recommen
dation signed by every member OF tn
Jury that the accused be given the eX
treme penalty of the law, which is Il
wears in the penitentiary.