Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1900-02-20

Nelson, B. c., is to have smelter
end lead pine factory.
The Northern Pacific Railway com
pany has bought the Everett q Monte
Cristo (Wash.) railway.
The Old Colony Trust company of
Massachusetts,, is filing in California
counties s2, 100000 mortgage on the
Sunset Telegraph & Telephone com.
pany.
! During January there were ~ oil
companies organized in California with
an aggregate capitalization of s17,025,
900.
Many of the employees of the Agnews
insane asylum have resigned lately.
The newly organized chamber of com
merce at Stockton is planning many
beneficial improvements for the city.
A windstorm ragged at Vancouver,
B. c., few days ago. The wind at
tained velocity Of 55 miles an hour.
Thousands of dollars of damage was
done to shipping and property.
Mrs. Ellen Tweeddalc was struck by a
/ traction car at Los Angeles and is not
expected to recover Her skull is frac-
tured at the base. She is widow with
two children. szsT7
The dredging of Stockton and Nor
mon channels by government contractors
has commenced.
A fire started in house of ill-fame al
Eureka few nights ago by the explo
sion of a lamp. The building was badly
burned, and Rose Eastman, an inmate,
and Louis Frazier were burned to death.
Mrs Louise Boyce, cashier in a res
taurant at Tacoma. Wash. was shot
/ four times by her husband. Edwin l.
Boyce, and received fatal injuries. Jeal
ousy was tho cause. Both formerly
lived in San Francisco.
A Belgian rabbit show was held nj
Los Angeles during last week. Il wa.
probably the largest show of its kind
ever held.
/ While walking along a street il
Stockton few days ago Mrs. Catherine
Mallard. 70 years of age, dropped dead
Although in good health she knew sh,
was going to die and expressed wisl
to live long enough to see her grand
children.
From warehouse reports the potato
crop of Salinas valley the past year ha.
been enormous. The output this year
it is estimated, will reach 10000 tons.
According to a decision received from
! Sacramento by the attorneys for th'
defendant, Cole. now serving life sen
/ tence for the murder of his sister-in- law
Mary Perez, at Castroville, the suprem,
court has granted Cole new trial OF
/ errors.
Victor H. Hendershot, telegraph
operator, was run over by = freight train
at Loomis, and died few honrs later.
DIR. J. Ellis Rodley was convicted a
Oroville OF perjury ON the first ballot
The jury was out ten minutes. Dr
Rodley was accused of conspiracy t
/ secure the estate of William Fuller
wealthy pioneer farmer OF Butt
county, by means of II forged will.
The extra session Of the Californi
Legislature closed Saturday.
The Bellingham Bay & British c,
fumbia railroad has placed 81 900. 90
trust mortgage ON its line of railroar
/ from Whatcom to Sumas, Wash. to Sc
/ cure an issuance of bonds of thai
amount The Bank of California i,
the mortgagee
Near Santa Cruz, CAL, the Big ereel
electric plant is bought by Il. w Bill.
ling and J. Il. Packard of Utah fol
$250,0o0, who intend to construct n du
plicate pole line from Santa Cruz to Big
creek and raise the dam ten feet, max
ing it 40 feet high.
The matter of excluding 800. .0oc acre.
of land from the Olympic forest reserve
in Clallam county, Wash, and 2oo,00l
acres in jefferson county, has been ia.
vordbly passed upon by the commissions,
of the general land office and is now be-
/ fore Secretary Hitchcock for approval
Indications are that this half million
acres will be restored to the public do
main. 1t will include practically all til,
valley lands suitable for agriculture, ano
legislation will be enacted giving actua
settlers three months preference righi
over scrip-holders to take up these lands
DIR. j. Ellis Rodley was sentenced a.
| Oroville to 12 years imprisonment fo
perjury in connection with the viii o
the late Alfred Fuller. His counse
asked for a new trial, which was re
fused. He then gave notice of an ap
peal to the supreme court. He seryec
notice Of the arrest of Judgment ON tn
sheriff. so the prisoner was not taken tt
San Quentin. Rodley asked trial Al
once on the charge of forgery. The dis
trict attorney asked that the charg,
against him be dismissed, which wa.
done.
Two long steel bridges have just beel
ordered by the Southern Pacific com
pany. One is 10 cross Bear river, nea
Wheatland, in Yuba county, ,anl is to
800 feet long, with nine spans of l) fee
eech. The other is to cross thA Slut
Ana river near Cotton in Southern Call
foinia, and is to be i90. feet long. witt
seven spans OF 60 feet each. Tas ssse
superstructure will rest on solid ma
sonry, and in every respect the bridges
will be high-class modern structures
Work upon both bridges will begin in
about two months anl will be com
pleted before the end of the year.