Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-06-07
CALIFORNIA.
ALAMEDA.

| ALAMEDA.
The recent rainfall at Niles was AT of
an inch, making II of an inch for the
month and 24.53 inches for the season,
as compared with POOP inches last sea-
son. A large quantity of hay that is
down will be an almost total loss. The
cherry season is well advanced. The
crop is very light. Growing grain, sug-
gar beets and vegetables were greatly
benefited by the ram.
Contracts have been signed for the
construction of four big dredges, to cost
$500, 900, to work 1000 acres of gold
bearing ground near Oroville, and 1000
acres Hear Wheatland.
CONTRA COSTA.
Crazed by grief over the loss of her
husband and her two children, Mrs.
Catherine Tierney sought relief in death
at Martinez, whittier she had gone that
she might visit the graves of her fam
lily. She spent the night at the ceme-
terry and then went to the Martinez
Hotel, secured room and drank car
bolic acid.
FRESNO.
A thirteen-year-old boy, Henry Spen-
Ger, in play climbed an electric pole
which carried power to the Kearney
estate, Fresno, and ON crawling on to
the wires was instantly killed. Two
thousand volts passed through his body
from the right arm to the left leg. Both
were horribly burned, and the arm fell
off, the flesh being desiccated.
| HUMBOLDT
A search covering period of twenty
two years was brought to close by the
discovery at Elk river, eight miles dis
tant from Eureka, of the long missing
daughter of William r. McLaren, a
prominent manufacturer of Honolulu.
| When two years of age the child was
abducted at Honolulu by John D.
Coates, alias John Duncan McDougal,
who posed as a Pinkerton detective.
Shortly after the abduction McDougal,
claiming to have been called to Seattle,
left the islands, taking the infant, and
failed to do so and a search was insti-
tuted with the above result.
KERN.
A controversy has broken out in the
County High School at Bakersfield that
resulted in the suspension of thirteen
out of fourteen members for insubordin-
alton. The members of the graduating
class requested the County Board of
Education to seat the commercial
course graduates, who completed two
years. work, apart from the senior class
in order to mark the distinction be-
tween the two departments at the
graduating exercises. This was granted.
Then a committee from the class waited
on the County Board and made another
request to relegate the commercial
graduates to the rear part of the stage.
This was refused. The board suspended
all the members of the class who refused
to acquiesce in the arrangements for
the commencement exercises.
LOS ANGELES.
J. j. Overton returned to Long Beach
from trip to st. Joseph, Mo-, where
he went for his granddaughter, Miss
Franklin Overton Doris, II years old.
Overton, although 103 years Of age, left
Long Beach alone several weeks ago
on long overland trip for the express
purpose of bringing the child to Long
Beach so that She might be with him.
Her parents objected to her coming,
OuU WhOh OhO dSOu hou
made the long journey and pleaded the
case in person they eapitulated; Miss
Doris will stay at the home of her I'M
Gle, o. F. Overton, in Long Beach.
MERGED.
George Adrian, merchant of Mer-
ced, was shot by Walter Moran, his
cook, in dispute over wages. A flesh
wound extending from the front of the
neck to the back of the shoulder was
inflicted. Moran claims to be a brother
of James Moran, clothing dealer of
Oakland. Moran was arrested.
MONTEREY.
A corps of officials of the United
States Geodetic Survey have been
county, particularly in the Salinas
valley, to ascertain the feasibility of
extensive irrigation thereabouts.
A monster mushroom was brought
to Pacific Grove from A. A. MauriePs
ranch in the upper Carmel valley, and
is attracting great deal of attention.
1t measures thirty-seven inches in cir
conference and is the largest specimen
of the edible mushroom ever seen in
this vicinity.
MARIN.
The Mill Valley residence of Lowell
White, cashier of the San Francisco
Savings Union, was entered by an I'M
known thief, and 5000 belonging to
Mrs. White and some trinkets stolen.
The house was broken into during the
temporary absence of Mrs. White by
some one evidently well acquainted
with the premises and who knew where
Mrs. White was in the habit of storing
her money. Suspicion is directed to-
ward boy, who disappeared immedi-
ately after the robbery.
NAPA.
A find of copper ore in Smell valley
is reported. The strike was made at a
depth of $50 feet. Three shifts of men
are now at work ON a tunnel which will
be driven 600 feet.
NEVADA.
All Gin, a Chinese, was found dead at
Freemans Crossing. In his hand was
cluched a Ratchet, giving evidence of a
struggle. When found he was lying on
his face. There was cut on his back,
inflicted with some sharp instrument,
probably dagger. All Gum, another
Chinese, who occupies a part of All
Gins cabin, is missing. He is said to
be weak-minded.
ORANGE.
Judge Ballard of the Superior Court
rendered decision which knocks out
the "social clubs" recently organized at
Fullerton and Capistrano, presumably
with a view of evading the new county
liquor ordinance. Judge Ballard in his
decision says: There are decisions
holding that bona fide social clubs are