Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1899-02-14
CLIMATE AND CROP SUMMARY. e
Issued by tho United states weather
Bureau at San Francisco.


Bureau at San Francisco.
The temperature has been from . de.
grees to 5 degrees below the normal
throughout the state, and seyese frosts
have been FREQUENT in nearly all sect ans.
So far as can be ascertained, no damage
has been done to citrus fruits and early
grain, but almonds and apricots have
been slightly injured in some sections.
The lower temperature will check the
too rapid development of fruit buds,
and thus prove beneficial to orchardists.
Light rain has fallen during the week in
the valleys, ON the coast and in the ex-
treme south at San Diego the rainfall
was slightly in excess of the normal.
Grain and pasturage are still making
favorable growth in most sections.
Mrs. Maria Foster, aged 10, died at
the county hospital at Salinas Sunday.
The government steamer Nero is be.
ing fitted out at Mare island with ap-
pliances for making IA survey of cable
line between the United States and the
Philippines
Saturday last Mrs Cordelia botkin
was sentenced at San Francisco to serve
a term of life Imprisonment at San
Quentin for the murder of Mrs. Dunning.
At Sacramento a row occurred be.
tween Lulu Llewellyn and Jennie Tur
ner, colored women, and the former
shot the latter in the head but probably
not fatally. The women had been
drinking all night and quarreled about
white man.
Robert A. Chapman, one of the old.
time lawyears of Los Angeles. died Sun.
day night at the home of his brother,
near Pasadena, of heart failure, aged II
years.
a triffiing remark lead TO quarrel
between w 5. Pardy and Christian
Refs Jr. both of San Francisco, last
week. \ blow was struck by Pardy
ann Refs drew revolver and shot him.
Pardy received bad wound but will
recover.
Arrangements for the establishment
of a rural mail delivery at San Rafael
have been completed. Letters and
papers will be carried to all the resi-.
dences lying just outside the city.
Indians are on the war path in Alaska.
One battle has taken place and more
is imminent. -Four Indians were killed
and several wounded in the fight which
took place in Juneau recently. Fom
American deputy marshals were wound.
ed The Iniians are drunk, and there
may be general uprising.
Rural free delivery was established at
Santa Rosa on February 9th with three
letter carriers.
Governor Gage having received no.
tifieation from the senate of the death
of Senator John Boggs of Colusa, has
issued a proclamation calling special
election to be held in that county foi
the puposa OF choosing IA senator to fiji
the vacancy now existing.
Joseph Grace and William w Pyne,
bows, wrecked hat and cap factory il
San Francisco where they had worked.
Tie boys had been discharged and
thought they had been wronged and
wanted revenge The damage they did
an cunts to 5000
Franklin ~. Thornton, missing post
of q clerk, of Pasadena, is short $762
in his accounts. Thornton had been
in he Pasadena post-offiee for the last
seven years and bore good reputation.
He did not appear at the postoffice Mon
day and has not been seen since. He
is thought to have gone to Mexico. He
leaves wife and several children.