Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-03-01

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and about $4,000 from the Baptist Edu-
catlonal Society on an old pledge whose
conditions have recently been met.
In practice game of basketball the
University of California team defeated
the girls of the Polytechnic High
School of San Francisco by score of 10
to l. The high. school misses, though
good players, were outclassed by the
college girls in weight and experience.
The Polytechnic girls were coached by
Miss Edith Brownsill, California, 1900,
and is one of the best girl teams in San
| Francisco
/ BUTTE.
Mineral paint has become quite an
industry, and Butte manufactures more
mineral paint than any other county in
| the State.
| FRESNO.
Three cases of smallpox have been
| Identified at the County Hospital in
Fresno. The building, which was for
merly a hotel and is in the heart of
town, has been quarantined and po-
| lice patrol established outside. The
County Hospital buildingwa destroyed
| by fire in the fall of last year.
Ell DORADO.
Ell Dorado has one of the finest slate
! lodges in the world. A company of
San Francisco and Eastern capitalists
are operating a force of forty men and
shipping large quantities of roofing
slate.
The long-lost child of George Springer
has at last been found in Scotia. The
| child was in the possession of a couple
named Coleman and wife and had been
inhumanly treated, having been kept
in pen with two dogs. The condition
of the child's body showed that it had
been beaten severely and from all APP
pearances had been half starved. On
learning the particulars of the child's
treatment the millmen of Scotia Or
ganized mob to administer coat of
tar and feathers, but Coleman learned
of the mobs intentions and left town
hurriedly. Coleman had been em-
plOyed as blacksmith at the Pacific
Lumber Company's mills at Scotia for
some time.
KINGS.
Charles Hutton, an employee of the
City Livery Stable at HanfOrd, was
perhaps fatally stabbed by drunken
Mexican named Branna Francisco.
The Mexican had been loafing around
the stable for some time and Hutton led
him out telling him to stay away. AS
Hutton was going back into the stable
the Mexican came at him with an open
pocket knife, and, before Hutton could
protect himself, he was stabbed in the
arm, the blade severing the artery, Just
above the wrist. He jumped back and
picked up cart shaft and laid the Mex
lean out. Doctors were called and his
wound dressed, but owing to the diff
Guilty of getting at the artery, it is hard
to fell what will be the result. The
Mexican is in Jail.
LOS ANGELES.
The Salisbury Fruit Company at Los
Angeles has suspended business. The
liabilities are estimated at $4,000, while
the assets are placed at less than $500.
The suspension was caused by the Cali
fornia National Bank refusing to cash
$500 worth of checks issued to small
creditors.
The steamer Zealandia, with SIS Por-
to Ricans aboard, has sailed for the
Hawaiian islands from the Southern
Pacific Company's long wharf at Port
Los Angeles. A special train bearing
the travellers came over the Sunset
route. Three young Porto Ricans de-
clined to go on the Zealandia and were
told that they need not if they did not
wish. They renamed behind and say
they intend to try to get employment.
The men among the travellers were
largely attired in cast-of uniforms of
the United States army and the women
were most of them in calico. A num-
Der of women presented a grotesque APP
pearance in secondhand gowns of fash
ionable cut with long trains. The men
smoked cigarettes and many of the
girls smoked cigars.
MARIPOSA.
During the past year the mining in
terests of Mariposa county have greatly
forms of business, and have fully es-
tablished themselves as the principal
industry of the county. This move
ment, which commenced two or three
years ago, goes on more vigorously than
ever. The Mariposa grant still contin-
ues effectually the development of it's
many valuable mines. At Mariposa a
large mill is nearly ready for use, while
at Princeton and near Bear valley work
is being actively pushed.
MENDOCINo.
Andrew Hansel, fisherman of Fort
Bragg, who is wanted by the Fish Com
mission for violating the laws, has been
arrested. At the time of Hanse's ar
| rest by deputy commissioner he made
| his escape while the official was at
tempting to recover HansePs nets.
Hansel was tied to a tree and an aged
man placed to watch him. The fisher
man unfastened the ropes and then
beat the guard into insensibility.
NEVADA.
Barnard Zinetti, an italian wood
chopper was burned to death in his
cabin at CASTOR ridge. Superintendent
Harmon of the CASTOR Ridge mine and
some of the men saw an illumination
of the sky and ran to the place to find
the cabin had been burned. They saw
the body of Zinetti in the fire The
heat was so intense that they were I'M
| able to get near enough to secure the
body. Zinetti's blankets were found
outside the cabin, and it is supposed
that they were thrown out by him and
that he returned for something else and
was overcome by smoke.
| SANTA CLARA.
w. L. Gill;. who for many years has
been one of the leading attorneys of
San Jose, died at Agnews asylum. The
immediate cause of his death was pull
monary hemorrhage, although he has
been a wreck, mentally and physically,
for several years. Two years ago he
was committed to Agnews because of
his weak mental condition, and about
six months ago he was so far improved
that he was released He commenced
at once active Dractioe of the law and