Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1900-11-15
TENS OF INTEREST PICKED FROM
THE WEEKS DISPATCHES. =
Martin westIake Sentenced to Life I'm.
prisonm .nt--sainon Eggs from shasta
shipped To New Zesimnd-Fatal Train
Wreck In oregon.

w. b. Frue, well-known coast min
ing man, died ut San Jose some day
ago of consumption.
w. r. Forbes, Il Scotchman, is buy
ing live sknnks on Puget sound. intend
ing to start IL skunk farm on an island
there He claims he can make biz
money selling tho hides.
\ semi. official statement from Nomi
bankers gives the gold output of that
district as 50 600, 900 for the past season
as compared with s2,000,00 for 1899
Most of the gold was from few claims
on Anvil creek.
Brakeman Charles Campbell, wh'
was injured i'll the wreck near Rose
burg, died in the hospital at Portland
Or, making three deaths as Il result o.
the accident Engineer Walter Dren
nan and Fireman Edward Riddle are il
a dangerous condition.
Troops that have been guarding tht
national parks in California during tbt
past summer have been withdrawn.
Joseph Pardatzsky, IA laborer. aged 4,
years, was instantly XII ed at Gran,
station, Napa county, some days ago
The man had been employed in loading
wood III a box car ON the switch. After
finishing his work he lay down across
the track under ear with his head
across the rail. When the freight train
switched IN the down trip the car Wa
was thrown forward and the man
head almost severed from the body. Il
is not known whether the man commit
ted suicide on whether it was AN acci
dent.
David Speagle Of Spokane, Wash.
was shot aud killed last week by William
Ph~nix. Speegle caused trouble among
tie women pf the Phoenix family ant
lost his life as IA result
An English syndicate is planning I,
Construct railroad between Grantls
haruor aud Council city, Alaska, a dis
fnnce of b miles.
One million salmon eggs will be ship
led this month from Shasta county td
New Zealand. Captain II. q. Lamb
son, superintendent Of the United
States fish hatcheres at Baird and
Battle Creek. viii ship that number Il
Auckland on November % 10 stocl
New Ztalnnd streams. Captain Lemb
son will accompany the eggs and IN
sfruct the New Zealand officials how I,
propagate them.
Judge Rust sentenced Oscar johnson
Finn, who on Thursday night lasi
made murderons assault upon JOIN
RYAN, IA railroad employe of Sacra
mento, with IL knife, To ii months i'm
prisonment at San Quentin peniten
tiary. johnson tried to stab Ryan II
the neck. but his knife blade sTrne.
Rvan's arm.
Ex.Polieeman Daniel Lynch commit
ted suicide by taking morphine at 10
Angeles, November 10Th. lie had Il
several Years been IL special officer
Whittier reform school His ppsitlo
was abolished recently and his suicide
attributed TO dependency
Frank Matthai. convicted of mai
slaughter III the superior court for hi
ing George Stanley in Chlles vallt>
Napa county. last May. was sentene
10 imprisonment for five years IN "a
Quentin.
James Coyle, former postmaster
Millwood. Fresno county, has bee
found TO be $50 short in his account
Cuvle is now in Washington state.
Martin Westlake was sentenced
Judge Rust To life Imprisonment Il
Folsom Tor the murder of H. T. Walts
committed in Sacramento in Decemhe
last. Watts was IA mining man from
the northwest who had come 10 Sierra
mento to engage in some mining enter
prise. lie WAS enticed by Westlake on
near the American river, north of Sac
ramento. and cruelty murdered witt
the aid Of Jagged pieces of Stag, whle
were used To crush his skull. Watts
yaluables We're then taken from his per
son and these subsequently led to West
lake's apprehension in Nevada and con
yiction.
A fire broke out in Peck tunnel of tht
Iron mountain mine at keswick last
week and is burning tiercely. The tun
mel has been closed and work is goinl
on as usual in other parts of the mine
Eight years ago Joseph Arano disap
peared from his home at Aptos after Il
quarrel with his wife and all trace o
him was lost. Recently however h'
was found living n hermit's life neal
Ventura.
Phillip Kelly, an inmate of the hos
pital ut Salinas and an enthusiastic
Bryan supporter, fell dead last weel
when told Mckinley had been elected
Benjamin Holmrp. n farmer OF TIN
san joaquin valley, shoi and tatall'
wounded Walter S. Tnll, ut Bel!ota
Whisky caused the man to fight.
In football game played at Pal
Alto between university teams fror
Stanford and Oregon the former wo
by score of ~ 0.
What threatened To cause wild riot a
Westminster, b. O., occurred las
week when some Frenchmen, who hay
a contract to build "A postotfiee there
floated French flag from the fiag-sia
of the hullding. Angry Britons gitl
cred rapidly and had the flag not b
hauled down trouble would have
sued.