Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-05-10
instrumentality. He has been the pas
tor fifteen years.

won on the Preside links by Ernest J
FOlgerof the Oakland Golf Club, in the
final round with John Lawton of the
San Francisco Golf Club, whom he
defeated by up and to play. Fol-
ger, on the completion of the game was
presented with a gold medal.
The body of an unknown man wa
found at the bottom of a gorge at Hun
ters point, resting among some bowl
ders in what is known as DEVILS Hole
From the position of the body it seemed
that the man had fallen down the cliff.
The head was badly smashed and the
body otherwise lacerated. There was
nothing found which would indicate
who the man was or where he lived.
SAN BERNARDINO.
A man giving the name of Lewis
Brown and claiming San Francisco as
his home was arrested at San Bernard
mo on a charge of burglary. During
the past week several dental parlors in
San Bernardino, Redlands and River
side have been entered and robbed of
the gold which the dentists use in their
work. There is evidence that the same
man committed the different burglaries.
In each case the dentists a day or two
before, the robbery had employed a
travelling tool grinder to sharpen their
tools, and Brown is believed to be the
guilty party.
SHASTA.
Shasta is the banner mineral pro-
ducing county of the State.
Vincent J. Engle, a pioneer resident
OF French Gulch, was accidentally shot
and badly wounded by Emilio G. Mar
tinez, a fellow-townsman, but it is be-
lieved he will recover.
SAN MATEO.
The recent cold snap has seriously in
jured the gardens and fruit in the
vicinity of Redwood City. The roses,
which are now in the midst of the
blooming season, were badly nipped.
In many instances the flower beds will
have to be replanted, and new vegeta-
BILE plants will also have to be put out,
thus making the garden products very
late this year. Apricots and peaches
have in many cases been destroyed.
SANTA CLARA.
Bichard Fernald, the young druggist
who was found dead in his store at San
Jose, met death by inhaling too much
chloroform, it is believed by accident.
He was free user of the drug.
D. D. Center of San Francisco has
purchased controlling interest in the
San Jose and Santa Clara Electric
Railroad, acquiring 1879 shares of the
stock owned by Bernard D. Murphy
and 1000 shares of the stock owued by
the estate of ]. T. Murphy for $45, 900.
The price paid for the other shares is
withheld. The total number of shares
is 5000.
SAN DIEGO.
The preliminary work in developing
the immense mining property at Pr
cachO, in which Senators Morgan of
Alabama, Jones of Nevada and eX-Sen-
ator Pettigrew of South Dakota are in
terested, is now being done. There will
be mill of $50 stamps, with cyanide
plant larger than anything in the coun-
try. The mountain of ore is inexhausti-
BILE, but it would be waste of money to
put in small mill, for the ore is not
rich enough to pay without mill
which will crush hundreds of tons daily
SAN JOAQUIN.
John Russell, a vineyardist of Lodi,
met death in peculiar manner. He
was driving with friend, using board
set across the end of barrel for seat,
when the wagon struck rut. jolting
RusselPs companion off his balance
AS natural consequence the end of
the seat flew up and Russell fell to the
ground head first. The fall broke his
neck and death followed in few min
utes. Russell was about so years old,
and resided near Linden.
SANTA BARBARA.
st. Anthony's College, recently COM
pleted at Santa Barbara by the Fran
ciscan monks who inhabit the old mis-
sion, has been dedicated with imposing
ceremonies and grand procession of
the clergy. Noted members of the
Catholic clergy from all parts of this
Franciscan province, which reaches to
the Mississippi river, were present.
SAN LUIS oBIsPO.
A distinct shock of earthquake was
felt at Cayucos at $3.50 p. m. April 9th.
TRINITY.
T. F. Edmunds of Trinity county
shows a gold brick worth $500, that
represents thirty-day cleanup of his
mine, the Texas Jack, on the south
fork of Indian creek in Trinity county.
Edmunds is driving tunnel on ledge
which has width of twelve inches,
and that it carries heavy values is evil
dent by the returns of the thirty-day
run. The owner operates the property
alone. He has three-stamp mill at
the mine.
TUOLUMNE.
A rich strike has been made in the
Mount Lily mine
TULARE.
Oil boring has begun in Tulare coun-
ty, and it will soon be known what the
prospects for oil are in that county.
The news comes from Browns valley
of rich strike in the Victor mine, for
merly the Webb and Pennsylvania.
The underground foreman reports the
finding of "pocket" in a lode that
produced about $4,000. There are other
reports relative to the find, one of which
is to the effect that the part of the lode
just uncovered is literally filled with
the shining metal.
DACTEJC COACT