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


Walla Walla has sold $3.50, 900 II
bonds, of which $l33, 900 were genera
municipal and $217 900 were sewer and
water bonds.
Jacob Hilliard was killed at Junction
| City, Trinity county. He was Telling 9
tree, and missed his calculation. The
trunk broke too soon from the stumI
and fell upon his body. He was SO year
Of age.
The new 1O-inch disappearing gum
mounted at Fort Stevens, Or. were
tested last week and found to be salts
factory.
John r. Mathews, postmaster at Lol
Angeles will shortly resign ON account
of ill health.
Pomeroy, Wash. proposes to put
$4,000 into an electric light plant
The region ON the west side of Cook
Inlet, Alaska, is being prospected for oil
Long Beach, Cal, reports daily catch
200 sharks, which furnish :" cod liver "
oil.
An Indian named Tansino Sanchumi
said to be 100 years old, died near Pleas
anton recently.
The fruit crop in the vicinity of Grass
Valley has been damaged to such an ex.
tent that but half a crop will be gath,
cred
Enough helpers cannot be obtained to
handle the crops in the vicinity Of vi
sala.
o. N. Bagswill had his forearm shot
off while hunting coyotes recently near
Gilroy. He leaned the gun against a
fence and carelessly put his hand on the
fence over it. His grandson was play
ing around him and struck the trigger
and discharging the gun and shattering
Bagswill's left forearm. Physicians
amputated the arm above the elbow.
James Dayton, an old resident Of
Death valley, was recently found dead
on the desert near Furnace creek. He
had succumed to the heat. His six
horses were also found dead
Heavy frost in Shasta county has seri-
ously injured beans and garden truck
Jerome Turner, an old resident of
Redwood city. shot and killed Mrs.
Lille Stalter mt her mothers home there
some days ago He then shot bullet
through his head, dying Immediately.
He was maddened by the rejection of
Mrs. Stalter. Before killing himself he
shot at his victims mother, but missed
her.
James o. Gillett has been convicted
shot and killed his wlfe's brother-in-
law, John y. Jones, near Parkfield, in
the southern part of the county, June
IL, 1899 The men had had trouble over
100 acres of land left them by their
.father-in-law. On June II they quar-
relied over the pasturage Of horses, and
as Jones and his wife were returning
some horses to the pasture Gillett came
up and shot Jones with rifle. Jones
was unarmed.
The cruiser Boston arrived in San
Francisco bay Saturday from Manila.
She is the first of the fleet that took part
in the battle at Manila to return to the
coast
The Nebraska regiment was mustered
out of the service of the United States
"a San Francisco last week and left for
Nebraska,
As result of report of the recent
scandal at the Agnews insane asylum
Governor Gage has discharged DIR. +.
NJ. Sponogle from the position OF super
intending physician.
The state board OF equalization at a
recent session voted to cite nine counties
to appear and show cause why their
assessments should not be raised. In
the original list OF counties which the
A., increased assessment roll over last
vear AZ s52 900, 900, and Los Angeles
with AN increa,e of 5000, 900, were in
cluded. These were ihi2ally dropped by
a combination effected between Toland
and L. II. Brown, Colgan voting with
them. Toland agreed to vote to drop
San Francisco from the list OF cited
counties if Brown would vote to drop
Los Angeles and the plan was success
fully carried out. The following coun-
ties have been cited to appear ON the
dates named: Butte, Colusa and eileen,
August 20: Santa Clara and Santa Cruz,
August 30; Mendocino and San Diego
August 81; Alameda and Sacramento
September /. Each Of these counties
shows falling off from last year,
assessment, Butte county showing tht
largest decrease, which is over half
million. Colgan voted no ON all propo'
sitions.
George Tanner, waterfront saloon
keeper of San Francisco, shot and killed
Deputy Sheriff James B. Brown ant
Fanny Barnes, with whom Brown hat
been living. Jealousy caused the deed
All the mining counties of California
show an increase in the 1899 assessment
nearly all the agricultural counties OK
hibit corresponding decrease.
The receipts of the San Francisco post
Office for the year ending June No. 1898
were q, ,OO2, ,056.
Preliminary surveys are being maa
for the entrance of the Sierra Nevad
railroad into Reno, Nevada.
The body of Heinrich Tohoff, age
6s. has been found in his cabin, nea
Redding.