Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1899-05-09

keswiek Wants NO Chinsss-Ths Gen.
sus-Dirsctor Has Divided CALIFORNIA;
Convention Of the State Fruit-Grew-
srs to be Msid In December.
William Sullivan, who murdered
Spencer Gillard at the jumper mine.
Tuolumne county, on the night of April
18, 1897, has been captured at Silver
City, N. M.
San Francisco parties are going to
build a fruit packing house at Yuba
city.
Two Chinese went to Keswick, GAL, +,
recently 10 open q washhouse, but were
met by delegation Of whites and given
an invitation to leave town, which they
promptly accepted. Twice before Chi
nese have been driven from that town.
Herman 8. Harrington, manufact-
urer of Stockton, died suddenly Of apo
plexy a few days ago.
The Landmarks' club Of Southern
California has appropriated 800 to re-
pair the San Diego mission.
The Union Sugar company at Santa
Maria Is advertising for 800 men, wo-
men and children to work in the beet
fields.
The supervisors Of San Bernardino
county have entered into a contract
with L. B. de Camp of Los Angeles to
sprinkle some Of the county roads dur
ing the summer months with crude Pc
troleum at cost of et04. 80 per mile.
Ling Yung. a young Chinese. raised
at French Corral near Nevada city. was
killed while engaged in robbing tail
fume at Hall g. French's hydraulic
mine. On several nights recently
amalgam had been taken. the thief
evading the watchman. Recently
Thomas Hall, who was on guard, got a
square view Of the thief and commanded
him to surrender. The Chinese started
to run when Hall fired. Ling Yung fell
with bullet in his brain. The coroner
held an inquest and Hall was exoner-
ated.
Reports have been received from COL
linsville to the effect that sea lions are
fast destroying the salmon In the Sacra-
mento river Fishermen will petition
the fish commission TO devise means to
10 kill them.
Valuable copper deposits have been
discovered at the base Of Mount Rainier,
Wash.
The Japanese training ship Hiyei has
arrived Mt Victoria On route to Seattle
and San Francisco.
Harry Gregg, the nine-year-old boy
who denied at his trial having placed n
rail upon the Santa Fe track. came be-
fore Justice Tisdale, at Redlands, and
confessed He said that eight year-old
Clarence Goth helped him. Goth was
one of the principal witnesses against
expect 10 wreck the train.
Operations were recently commenced
by n company on the Page tract at Cor
della for petroleum. The well has
reached depth of 400 feet. A strong
flow Of gas was struck, and It is ex-
pectod that ere long petroleum will be
found in large quantities.
Director of the Census Merriam has
announced that California had been di-
yided into six districts for the appoint
ment of supervisors and enumeration
as follows.First district Alameda, Contra
Costa and San Francisco. Second-Mon-
terey. San Benito, San Luis Obispo, San
Mateo, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz.
Third-Colusa, Del Norte, Glenn. Hum
boldt, Lake, Lassen, Marin, Mendooino,
Modoc, Napa, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra,
Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma, Tehama, Trim
ity. Yolo. Fourth-Alpine, Amador.
Butte. Cahveras. Ell Dorado, Inyo, Mar
iposa, Mono. Nevada, Placer. Saora-
mento, San joaquin, Sutter, Tuolumne,
Yuba. Fifth-Fresno. Kern, Kings, Ma
dera, Merced, Stanislaus, Tulare. Sixth
Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San
Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara,
Ventura.
The mills Of the Fresno Flume and
Irrigation company started up few
days ago. This week they are running
also at night. Three hundred men CON-
menced fiumming operations last week
and it is expected to cut between twenty
and twenty-five million feet OF lumber
this season.
A state fruit growers convention has
been ordered by the state board of horti-
culture to meet ut San Jose ON Decem-
Der 9th 9Th, nth and sth, Of this year.
Elwood Cooper, Thomas A. Rice and
Rusf ID. Stevens were appointed a COM
mittee on program and arrangement.
Grain and warehouse men met re-
Gently and discussed plan of campaign
TO secure differential on grain rates be-
tween Stockton and deep water points,
more advantageous than the one that
recently went into egect. 1t was de-
cided to prepare brief covering the
situation for presentation to the rail-
road commissioners.
Ground has been broken for the i'm
mense new winery J. ID. Bosch is erect
ing near the Geyserville depot.
An ordinance for protection Of Mon
polian pheasants has been passed by the
board of supervisors of Riverside county.
Samuel Terrill, wanted at San Jose
for forgery, has been arrested at No
gales. A. I.
Daniel Crowley. aged ~ years, hanged
himself at Mountain View. He wa'
insane.
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