Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1899-08-15

An epidemic of typhoid fever prevails
ut Exeter.
Port Townsend, Wash. Is shipping
pig iron to San Francisco.
Wages of unskilled labor ir Califor.
mia have advanced 25 per cent. in the
past 30 days.
January 1, 1900, is now fixed as the
date of completion of the Sierra rail
road to Angels, Cal
Los Angeles, Cal, men will build an
electric railway between Santa Monica
and Redondo.
At Seattle. Wash, July 81, the Sno
qualmie Falls Power company started
its machinery.
The Northern Pacific Railroad oom.
pany will build down the north bank OF
the Columbia to Portland, Or.
The Humboldt, New, sulphur mines
run 20 per cent. sulphur. The product
In San Francisco is worth $2l per ton.
About 1000 tons are annually shipped.
The Standard Electric company pro
poses to establish three power plants
one in Oakland, one IN San Jose, one
in San Francisco, Cal.--then to dis
tribute electrical power brought from
the generators at Mokelumne Hill. II
is stated that the company's water sup
ply can develop 50, 900 Fl. p.
Work was begun this week by the
Union Iron works. San Francisco on an
unusually large MERCHANT steamship for
the American Hawaiian Steamship com
pany, to carry freight from Honolulu
20 New York via San Francisco. The
vessel viii be 4l5 feet long, 81 feet BEEN,
with displacement of 1900 tons.
sonoma county hop growers have sol
the price for hop-pickipg at 80 cents a
hundred pounds--an increase Of cents
over last year.
There is a possibility of an electric
railroad being built between Grass Val.
lev and Nevada City.
Dearborn Longfellow of Deer Flat,
Toulumne county, was recently killed
By the accidental discharge Of gun he
was cleaning.
The transport Pennsylvania has
arrived at Manila. The vessel has 22
officers and 9l7 enlisted men.
San Francisco people are making big
preparations to receive the First Cali
fornia regiment, which Is now on the
way from the war in the Philippines.
The Tenth Pennsylvania infantry, 81
officers and 72I men, reached san Fran.
cisco from Manila last week and are in
camp at the Presidio During the voy.
age from Manila Col. A. l.. Hawkins
died of cancer Of the bowels. The regi.
ment will be mustered out about August
p.
The library trustees of San Diego sent
a cablegram to Andrew Carnegie thank.
ing him for his tender of $4,000 for
library building for the city and formerly
accepting the generous gift. The trus-
tees issued call for proposals for site
fer the new library.
james Gregson, member the Bear
Flag party and one of the Oldest pioneers
died at Green Valley. Sonoma county.
He came 10 California in lS45, and was
at Fort Suttar rs blacksmith when
General Vallejo was a prisoner there.
He was the father OF the first white
child born in this State. He went to
Sonoma county in 1850.
The United States hospital ship Re.
lief reached San Francisco from Manila
one day last week The vessel brought
sicl, and wounded soldiers
Ex.Sheriff George S. Mckenzie OF
Napa is again in trouble. This time he
is accused of embezzlement. and has
been held 20 answer to the superior
court. He furnished $1,000 bail.
San Francisco is to be rendered i'm
pregnable against the attack of foreign
enemy from the sea. News reached
chat city recently of the adoption by the
war department Of plans. the carrying
ont of which will make San Francisco
the best fortified coast city In the United
States. The additional Notifications
are to consist of two mortar batteries ol
sixteen guns each. They are to be 10
Gated on the ocean shore some three
miles south of Point Lobos. and, IN con
junction with the formidable batteries
located near the harbor entrance, will
render II impossible for any foreign YES.
sci to lombard the city from the ocean
side.
A. Polhemus, contractor ON the gov
ernment work on the breakwater at
Port Hartford, left San Pedro harbor
with the barges and necessary equip
ment for beginning the work at that
place. The contractors on the govern
ment work at San Pedro dumped S24ie
tons of rock during July. against 556l
in June. The San Pedro work Is pro.
crossing very favorably.
Quo warranto proceedings were com
menced in the state circuit court against
w. A. Storey, mayor of the city OF
Portland. He was elected mayor on
May IS by the city council to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of Mayor
Mason. 1t is alleged that Storey OBJ
tanned his election in an Illegal manner.
Charles Harlan, a hackman of Sacra-
mento, who was recently found guilty
of criminally assaulting young girl
named Reta Martin, was sentenced to
20 years imprisonment.
BY the falling of some staging Oscar
Houghton, a painter, fell from build