Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-05-31
CALIFORNIA.
ALAMEDA.

Ill Ine HnlllpplneS, SICK ana respondent
because he had no money with which
to buy medicine, took large dose of
carbolic acid at Oakland, hoping there
by to put an end to his misery.
According to the annual register of
the University of California for the
year 1900-1901, lately issued from the
| office of the Recorder, the total number
of students who attended the Univer-
sity IN the year just closed was 1924.
OF these 1904 were men and 1920 were
women. In the academic college at
Berkeley there were in all 2229 students,
| including 1902 men and 1927 women.
The remaining students were appor-
toned among the affiliated depart
ments in San Francisco.
James Wheelock, who has been on
trial at Oroville, charged with muir
dering Mrs. Emily Martin of Couto-
lence on March Sd, was found guilty of
murder in the first degree, with no
recommendation for mercy.
CONTRA COSTA.
w. G. Harrison, section gang fore
man, was killed at Port Costa by being
Port Costa yards.
COLUSA.
Arrangements have been made to
remodel the old opera-house at Colusa.
The shareholders have agreed to levy
S. share on the capital stock. A con-
tractor has been engaged and is at work
on plans and specifications, and within
month the old buildings will be in
the hands of the workmen. Besides
remodeling the building and putting in
new opera chairs, the directors intend
to install much new scenery, and make
the opera-house in every way first
class, modern playhouse.
FRESNO.
Franz Brauer, a German IS years old,
residing IN Fresno, fired bullet into
his head with fatal results. He left
some characteristic verses expressive of
his intention. Want of employment
was the trouble.
The Standard Oil Company is said to
have ordered ten more tanks to be
erected in the Kern River field, which
will give them fifteen tanks in that dis
trict and storage capacity of BOD, 900
barrels.
The postoffice at Kern City was en-
tered by burglars and the safe rolled to
the rear entrance, placed on truck
and hauled distance of three blocks,
near the Santa Fe tracks and blown
open with dynamite. The contents
about $500 in cash. The burglars over
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nations.
LOS ANGELES.
Mrs. A. G. Hough of Los Angeles
has recently given to the Methodist
Missionary Society $4,000 and to the
Church Extension (or building) Society
$4,000.
Rev. o. Wilkie, pastor of the Ger
man Methodist Church on Olive street,
Los Angeles, startled the ministers
meeting by stating that they had
large house for a hospital and $4,000 to
run it, and were waiting for deaconesses
to start the work.
The organization of the Los Angeles
Oil Producers Association has been
completed. w. II. Allen Jr. was elect
ed president and A. w. Morgan secre
tary. This election is with the under
standing that there will be another as
soon as all the producers have had an
opportunity to decide whether they
wish to enter the organization. The
membership of the association at pres
ent includes 265 wells in the Los An
geles field, and it is proposed that the
association will proceed to handle the
oil of the members whether Others join
or not, though there is every reason to
believe that at least 600 out of the 800
wells from which oil is marketed Will
be brought into the organization at an
early date.
MARIN.
Oscar Smith, a well known citizen of
Bolinas, was held up at the point of a
revolver and robbed by an unknown
man near Pastori's resort at Fairfax.
The deed was committed In broad day
light, and the rObber, after securing
S13, all of his victims cash, succeeded
in making his escape.
MERGED.
Robert McFarlane, convicted of man
slaughter in killing J. HI. Tucker in the
tenderloin district of MERGED February
LIST, was sentenced to eight years in
San Quentin by Judge Dooling of San
Benito county, who presided at the
trial.
MONTERREY.
An attempt to wreck train near
Pacific Grove was discovered abour ten
minutes before the arrival of the mixed
train from Salinas and the obstruction
was removed in time to prevent dis
aster. Professor John Ivey was walk
| ing along the track near Chinatown
and noticed what he took to be large
paper bag on the track. He kicked the
paper and discovered that it contained
heavy stone securely wedged in the
| frog of the switch in such a manner
! that if the train had struck it the
wheels would undoubtedly have left
the rails.
ORANGE.
The two-year- old child of Mrs Hattie
Hayworth of Garden Grove was run
over bya moving machine and terribly
cut. She had lain down on patch of
barley and went to sleep. The grain
was so thick that the man driving the
machine did not see the child until she
was struck with the machine. The
keen edge of the sickle cut her terribly
about the face and body and one of the
sickle guards pierced her thigh. The
child will probably live.
| PLACER.
A new ten-stamp mill is being erected
for the Washington Gold Quartz mine.
The tunnel is in on the ledge 1000 feet
and it will give $50 feet of backs. 1t is
intended to sink on the ledge at point
800 feet in on the main tunnel. The
ledge of the Shady Run quartz mine is
reported to be from twenty to thirty
Jeet in width and rich in gold.