Amador ledger., 1904-04-15
FROM OUTSIDE
PRECINCTS
VOLCANO ITEMS.

Peter Jonas, who owns some of the
best property in town. is dressing his
dwelling house and front fence in pure
white for the summer.
Lawyer ]. F. Clute was on the sick
list last Saturday. Too much sunshine
for John.
Justice w. L. Rose, of Sutter Creek,
was giving our business men tips on
the Mccall railroad project and other
important matters Sunday.
Superintendent Eek khart received
word Monday from Sutter, that his
wife, who is under treatment by DR.. P.
S. Goodman, had had a serious relapse.
We learn to-day that she is much
better.
| Chas. Cassinelli has been trying to
lose his grippe" ." but is meeting with
poor success.
| If our corned toes are sufficiently
cured by Saturday, we expect to have
great time at the baseball dance.
| Ireland and Germany came near sew
erng friendly relations this morning
over dog fight. Germany's torpedo
boats were out of fix, however, and did
not feel able to cope with Ireland s air.
ships. Austria stepped in as friendly
power, aud the matter was amicably
settled.
The New Century Club had it's BIZ
weekly meeting at the home of Miss
Philena Huey on Friday evening, and
proved to be one of the most enjoyable
social affairs held in this town in years.
The hostess, assisted by Mrs. L. Cook
and Mrs. Il. D. Dillon, had arranged
three contests, Id which all joined with
a hearty good will. The first was
fishing party. Fifteen questions were
asked, and the name of some fish ans
wered the questions. In this Miss
Katie Bund won first prize and Joe
Marsino the BOBBY prize. Then came
geographical contest, in which the
name of some island answered the ques-
tiOns Chas. Cassinelii received first
prize and Mrs. L. Cook the BOBBY
prize. Lastly, picture-ad vertising-
contest in which Miss Elsie Clark re-
ceived first prize and Willis Boydston
the booby prize. Card playing and re-
freshments concluded the evenings en-
jOyments, when ali returned to their
homes, feeling that each succeeding
meeting is more enjoyable than the last.
One night last week the only real
handsome bachelor that we have in
town was aroused frohp his slumbers by
light tapping sound on his bedroom
window. 'Hoiy ST. Patrick" he
shouted. ''Be ye angels or be ye a
band OF them tormented Volcano old
maids.' Not receiving a reply he
called his famous ''Black Beauty"
seized a winchester and sailed forth to
meet the enemy. Creeping slowly and
cautiously towards the front gate, he
beheld dark figure standing just in
side the gate. In. commanding tones
he ordered the object not to move at
the peril of its life. Rising to his full
height with his gun pointed directly
at the supposed enemy's head. he step
| ped squarely in front of the object,
| drew back his left and sent it straight
to the nose, exclaiming, Take that
you black, blankety, blank, take that
| home in remem brance of me" The
supposed enemy fell forward. and the
bachelor disappeared in great haste
He was soon busy inside boiling the
doors and mailing down the windows,
when suddenly the tapping sound was
heard again, and again he came forth,
this time with a large bowie-knife in
hand, and going into the middle of the
street he defied the whole world, or
any of her people, to meet him in dead
ly combat. Presently he espied
friendly lamp-post, and grasping it
firmly with his left hand he exclaimed:
'1ts good thing for you Billy that
we are friends, or the .buzzards would
be feeding upon your carcass on the
morrow" At this juncture a par
ticular friend came along and said,
"Hello, are you out with the tick
tackers tonight? Where is the stuffed
man?" Taking in the situation the
old bachelor crept quietly into his
house, dragging the dummy in after
him, and early the next morning went
to visit friends who live less than 100
miles from town.
MINING.
At the Marsino claim ground -suicing
has given way to tunneling. The boys,
after washing the gravel now In the
dump, will endeavor to get out about
400 carloads before the water supply
gives out.
Baroni & Co. are still washing down
the mountain side preparatory to TAX
ing out the pay dirt. They have en-
ceuntered two streaks of gravel which
they expect to yield abundantly.
The Glenn mine is still forging ahead
with prospects more fattering than
ever. The force has been increased to
seven men, and the little mill is never
allowed to cease it's crushing. We
visited this mine Saturday, and were
taken through the tunnel by Superin-
tendent Robinson, and it is no ex-
aggeration to say that we were very,
very happily disappointed. The ledge
is large, and the rock is certainly of
high grade, much of it carrying free
gold that can be seen with the naked