Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-11-29
NEWS OF The PAST WEEK
Short News Items of Local
I Interest.
w. A. Prichard Resigns the Superin
tendency of the Keystone Sports
Indulge in Turkey Shooting.

Kerr's Drug Store.
Turkey dinner every Sunday at
Louvre restaurant.
The board of supervisors will meet in
regular session next Monday.
If you have lost your appetite, call at
Caminetti's Market and you can find it.
DIR. Lonigo returned Wednesday eve
ming after We 5 stay in San Fran
cisco.
F. G. Head, collector for the Ledger,
left Sunday morning for San Fran
cisco on business.
M. E. church services Dec. l. Morn
ing subject, $50 run as to obtain"
evening subject, TX rays"
christmas tree" services will be
held at the M. E. church Christmas
eve, December "a, in behalf of the
church Sunday school,
d. B. Spagnoli went over to San An
dreas last Monday to attend to law
suit pending in the superior court of
Calaveras county.
H. B. HanscOm, of the internal
revenue department., was in Jackson
Saturday, on business with the brandy
distillers in this county
An entertainment at Mokelumne Hill
given last Saturday for the benefit of
the Episcopal church, realized the
handsome sum of nearly 5000.
Bob Stevens, former instructor of the
Jackson band, has been compelled, on
account of increasing ailment. to go to
the county hospital. He is confined to
his bed most of the time.
Miss Loretta Meehan returned from
San Francisco last Sunday. While
below she had the pleasure of attend
ing the opera, and hearing the prima
donnas sing. She has resumed her
position in the recorders Office.
The county treasurer has received
from the moneys paid in on account of
taxes a SO bank note issued by the
Canadian Bank of Commerce from it's
branch bank at Dawson City. 1t is the
first money of the kind that has passed
into the county treasury. 1t passes at
its full face value.
The remnants of the stock of N.
Taras, late of the Olympus Cafe, were
sold by auction few days back, and
knocked down to Jos. Simcich for $50.
The creditors get badly left, as the
sum is not sufficient to pay 10 cents on
the dollar-not enough in fact to bother
with.
The lone train, making two runs
over the Anador branch for the past
few months, will make only one trip
after the 1st of next month, or as soon
thereafter as the new time card is
Issued. The double service over the
road was poorly patronized and did not
pay the company to continue it.-Galt
Gazette.
John FenB and AL Clifton have dem
onstrated that they have faith in lone
and in her future. A deal has just
been closed by these gentlemen and the
D. Stewart Company whereby they be-
come the owners of the business block
on the southeast corner of Main and
Buena Vista streets. The considera-
ton was $4,000, and the transaction is
the largest that has taken place, of city
property for several months.-zEcho.
Tony Lubimar provided sport for the
boys Sunday and Monday with turkey
shooting from Jones footbridge; dis
tance 300 yards, 25 cents a shot. Ed.
Kay managed to kill three birds in
seven shots. One or two others are
also ahead of the game. On the whole,
however, the outcome proved profit
able to the management, and furnished
lots Of fun and a substantial thanksgiv-
ing dinner for number of the partici-
pants.
P. Burlington, according to the city
papers, has been appointed by T. J.
Geary, chairman of the Chinese exclu-
sion convention, a member of the press
committee for the enforcement of the
exclusion policy. The appointment is
all right, but there must be some mis-
take about the statement that the ap-
pointment had anything to do with the
jackson Republican. The Republican
was merged in the Ledger nearly two
years ago.
There was grand rush in the tax
collectors Office on Saturday and Mon
day. To avoid the Is per cent penalty
is a big inducement to pay within the
limit. There will not be more than
the ordinary amount of delinquent
taxes this year. Of course, no matter
how prosperous the times are, there
will be some improvident or unfortun-
ate ones who will get left. There are
not enough of them, however, to indi-
cate any serious distress on account of
the exactions for the support of the
state and county governments.
A suit is pending in Oakland which
interests number of prominent ladies
throughout Amador county. Some
time ago orders were taken in different
parts of Amador for number of ladies'
corsets. The articles, so it is claimed
by one side to the controversy, were to