Amador ledger., 1901-06-28
CALIFORNIA.
ALAMEDA.

\ by the race track special train. johann
sens head was severed from his body.
His arms and legs were also cut and
crushed by the car wheels. Johansen
had been in the employ of the South
en Pacific Company for the past six
iittaen years. He leaves wife and six
children.
Calls for sixteen additional teachers
to go to the Philippines have reached
the University since the last detach-
ment of island instructors was sent to
Manila on the Sheridan. A request for
six more teachers came just before the
Sheridan sailed and cablegram from
Superintendent of Instruction Atkin-
SON asking for ten additional teachers
has reached Mrs. Mary L.. Cheney, the
university appointment secretary. The
teachers will be sent on the next trans
port.
| AMADOR.
The old Gunther mine in Amador
county is about to be unwatered and
breasting will then be resumed.
The Austrian Hill mine at Cave City,
is to be reopened and worked by the
hydraulic process. Ditch and reservoir
building are in progress.
| BUTTE.
The largest gold dredger in the coun-
try is now at work near Oroville. 1t is
situated west of the river in South
Thermalito, about two and half miles
west of that place and below the Chi
nese ferry in the Crocker tract. II is
the property of the Boston and Oroville
Gold Dredging Company, and the first
OF series of five. The machine is be-
ing operated by electricity from the
Butte County Electric Power house on
Butte creek. A running crew of eight
men is employed, and the ground is
being handled for less than four cents
per cubic yard.
| DEL NORTE.
News of two enormous investments
in redwood timber lands comes from
Del Norte county. One, which has
been closed, consists of the purchase by
Isaac Minor of 10000 acres of fine tim
Der in the Kraft tract, near Crescent
City, for the reported large price of
100000. The other deal is being closed,
and consists in the sale of the Home
and Chandler tracts in the same coun-
ty of about $4,000 acres, presumably to
the principal of the same buyer, for
figure which is not yet public. 1t is
the intention to erect a sawmill at
once on the Kraft tract, and it is also on
the program when the deals are all fin
ished to build railroad from the tim
Der lands to Chetco, in Southern Ore
gon, distance of about twenty miles.
FRESNO.
The two-year-old child of ex-Super-
visor J..H. Sayre was found drowned
in small pond near his residence at
Sanger. How the accident occurred is
not known.
The special election held throughout
Glenn county for county high school
resulted in handsome majority for the
proposition after spirited contest.
The fight was between the citizens of
Willows as against the outside pre-
cincts.
The famous Arcola spouter has been
capped. The company's storage tanks
and stump hole are full of the product of
| the well and it was found necessary to
stop its flow for the time being.
LOS ANGELES.
Foreman Carson w. Prosser of the
Southern Pacific lumber yard was in
stantly killed while attempting to
couple cars loaded with lumber. Thirty
two-foot material was placed ON thirty
foot cars, leaving too small space be-
tween the cars. PrOsser's, head was
| caught between the timbers and his
skull crushed.
The Dunkards' church at Covina was
destroyed by fire. The origin of the
fire was rather peculiar. A swarm of
bees had domieiled themselves in the
sacred edifice and small fire designed
to smoke out the intruders DESTROYED
the entire building.
| MARIN
The new Catholic Church of the AS
sumption at Tomales was dedicated
June 18th by Archbishop Riordan with
imposing ceremonies. The cost of the
handsome stone edifice was $4,000.
Reinhold Holzhuter, for eighteen
years the faithful keeper of the signal
station at Lime Point, has ended his
long and valuable service. More than
once during his services in the light
houses Holzhuter has saved people
from drowning, and only few months
ago he saved two lives off Lime Point.
For this he received a medal few
days before his death. He was So years
of age. A wife survives him.
MERGED.
The MERGED City Trustees awarded
the contract for the construction of a
sewer system to McElroy & Shelter of
MERGED. The cost is to be $33, 800 The
plans call for sewering the entire city.
MARIPOSA
A postoffice has been established at
Hite, seven miles from Jerseyville, and
James G. Jensen has been appointed
postmaster.
| MONTERREY.
William Tucker, aged II, with several
companions, went for swim in the
Salinas river, which resulted in the
drowning of Tucker. After two hours
hard work the body of the drowned boy
was recovered. 1t was frightfully dis
torted, showing that Tucker had been
seized with cramps, doubtless from the
GOODNESS of the water, and was unable to
help himself.
MENDOCINO.
While attempting to arrest an timer
ant gypsy queen at the parade grounds
at Covelo, Marshal Heating was at
tackled by muscular baboon belonging
to the Romany potentate. The animal
loyalty came to the aid of his mistress
and gave battle to the officers, and only
loosened his hold on Heating when
lassos swung at him shut off his wind.
Heating was badly bitten and blood
poisoning is feared.
| NAPA.
| When about 400 wards from the de-