Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1900-01-30

Petaluma is to have a new water
company.
Prospectors for oil at royo Grande,
Cal, recently struck flow OF natural
gas, which, lighted, bazed up to a
height of 12 feet.
Near San Luis Obispo, Cal, along the
/ line of the Southern Pacific coast line,
about 1000 workmen are engaged III
railroad work
The jury in the case of John Pendle-
ton. on trial at Redding accused of muir
der after being out l6 hours failed to
4 agree. At the final ballot, as on the
first, they stood one for murder IN the
first degree. one in the second degree,
five for mansaughter aud five for ac-
auital. Pendleton is accused of the
murder of w L. Randle on September
8 last. Self defense is his defense.
Manuel S. Fiahlo, who on Sunday
last engaged in quarrel at Halfmoon
bay with one John Ayilla, who struck
Fiohlo on the head with demijohn,
died Friday. The men had been on Il
debauch together. Both men are well
along in years and for the past % years
have borne unenviable regulations.
The Ashland Wooden mills We're com
pletely destroyed by fire Sunday morn.
ing. The fire was in full possession OF
the structure before the fire company
was able to respond to the alarm, but
effective service was rendered i'll pre-.
venting the spread Of the flames to ad-
iacent buildings.
Prince Poniatowsld has brought the
san Mateo, Cal. electric light plant and
will operate 1t until the power trans.
mission line from the Blue Lakes L
completed.
Sunday morning "A eayein occurred III
"A tunnel tha, is being built at Los An.
geles Eleven men We're entombed anel
it is feared some of them are Killed.
w. T. Lambert, an inspector, was struea
by falling timbers and received inJurles
which caused his death.
Special government agents from
Washington who have been inyestigat.
ing the doings of government officials
in Alaska have made many grave
charges against the Alaskans and whole.
sale removals are looked for.
John Cornu, an Italian vineyard
laborer is in Jail at San Jose, charged
with shooting his 1-year-old osaild. Tn.
shooting seemed to be accidental, but
the many stories told about ii by Curnu
prompt the officials 10 make an inyesti.
Cation.
DIR. Amos Griswold Warner, for some
years past head of the department o.
economies and sociology Iii Stanford
university died at Las Cruces. n. NJ, Il
few days ago, where he was visiting
hoping to improve his health.
Joe Pete, an Indian who murdered
William Dangberg last September At
Gardnerville, New, surrendered TO Viii
liam johnson in Douglas county few
days ago Arrangements were made by
Attorney Woodburn with the Indian
whereby the latter will receive II fair
trial Rewards to the aaoaat Of Sl2)9
have been offered for the capture. Ua-
der the stipulation the Indian received
$500 to make his defense with.
Fire destoyed the house of j. II. john.
ston at West Riverside recently. The
contents were a total loss The fire wa,
undoubtedly the work of an incendiary,
as coal oil was found all over the wood
work. The loss is estimated at $4,000
insurance $4,000.
The body of Rafael Castenada was re.
,.ntI,, f,uuI In a ,,aal af blood an fat.,fl
near Oxnard. He had been murdered,
and Manuel Comes is accused Of the
deed.
John w. Gass one of the best known
residents of San Jose. died there a few
days ago.
While digging at the roots of an old
tree in his garden at Sacramento, VIII
liam Britt, IA cabinet maker uncovered
an old coffee pot containing 100 Mexi-
can dollars. All of them Were more
than 80 years old and are supposed to
have been hidden by pioneers on the
way to the mines i'll early days.
The new library at Stanford univers.
ity was completed recently aud last
week 10000 books Were splaced ON its
shelves.
Farmers of Eden township, Alameda,
county, have combined together and
chartered "a steamer to ply between
Roberts and san Francisco, in order to
get lower transportation rates and bet
ter service.
About 400 men are at work ON the
Everett, Wash, tunnel.
The Seattle, Washington, manufac.
turers organized last week.
A hundred bills before congress pro.
pose to oblit. rate "the trusts
Seattle. Wash. wants 81 100000 con.
gressional appropriation for a govern
ment building.
The war department will send l0I
soldiers to Alaska early next spring for
service in the Cape Nome district
The assessed valuation of property in
Oregon for 1899 is Sl2o. .2s1 $40 This il
the lowest total since 1890. The de-
crease since 1893, the year of highest
valuations. has been .Sl7 .S0l .02G
The Yubl, Cal, Electric Power com
pany will build transforming station
at Lincoln to oreduce the voltage through
the main line from Colgate TO Sacra.
mento. from 2I,000 to 20oO volts for the
proper use OF incandescent lights.