Amador ledger., 1905-07-07
LOCAL NEWS

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Wilford Dennis has resigned his po-
sition as telegraph operator and Wells
Fargo's agent at Jackson. The resig-
nation took effect yesterday.
Lemons, oranges, and bananas con-
stantly on hand at Nettle's Mkt.
Robert Love, who is employed at
the Oakland depot of the S. F. K. r.
Co. came up to spend the fourth with
his relatives.
Telephone your drug orders to
Main 493 City Pharmacy, and we will
make prompt delivery.
f. A. VOORHEES, of the National
hotel, has been laid up tor several
days with an attack of fever. lie is
able to be around little.
Get our Prescriptions filled at the
City Pharmacy, and get handsome
medicine glass tree.
W. Ii. Boydston the druggist is suf-
fering from typhoid fever. He was
taken sick early in the week. and re-
moved to the home of H. G. Shear
on Pitt street.
Web Smith, superintendent of the
Kennedy, returned from flying trip
to Seattle couple of weeks ago. An
advertisement appeared in the Ledger
over a month ago, asking for the
whereabouts of one Web Smith, to-
gether with such other particulars
that left no doubt whatever that the
man in charge of the Kennedy was the
person wanted. The notice stated that
by communicating with a certain at
torney he would hear of something to
his advantage. After some correspon-
denoe, and being satisfied that the
matter had some merit, he took the
trip north, to investigate further 1t
seems that MIR Smiths father died in
the northern state many years ago,
leaving considerable property i'll the
neighborhood of Seattle. Unable to
locate the next of kin at that time, an
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and became the possessoI. This uncle
died, and on the sale of the property
the question of title was raised, and
this led to. the advertisement for the
missing heirs. The estate, had it been
looked into years ago might have
been worth in the nelghborhood of
$50, 900. 1t is not tithe of that value
now. 1t may, however, net Mr. Smith
and his sister. Mrs o. L. Martin, of
Amador City, from $1,000 to $1,000
each.
Mrs. c.. kuthford and daughter,
Zoe, left yesterday morning for a
months vacation. After visiting
friends in jackson, Amador county,
and at Stockton, they go to Los
Angeles. On their return they will
visit at Tulare. e.-Sacramento News.
Remember, l.. Costa the blacksmith
has secured the services of first class
general blacksmith and wagonmaker
and is prepared to turn out every
description of work. While horse
shoeing is Costa's specially, at which
ne has few equals, he is also ready to
do general repairing of buggies, wagons
etc, on the shortest notice and at
reasonable rates. A fine lot of buggy
wheels just received. Tire setting
also attended to. Give him trial
and you will not be disappointed
either in workmanship or charges.
An alarm of fire was sounded Satur-
day evening caused by an incipient
blaze started in house of ill fame
near the gas works. 1t seems they had
been decorating the room with tissue
paper in honor of the Fourth. Some
of the tinsel suspended from the cell
ing caught fire when the gas was
lighted, and serious confiagration was
threatened The alarm was turned in
and f1remen were soon on hand with
couple of streams playing on the
building, which is of frame and
surrounded with infiammable mate
rial. A hole was made through the
roof and the flames extinguished be-
fore much damage had been done.
The occupant was burned out several
months ago while occupying resi-
dence Oh Mattley's hill The damage
by this fire is about $500, fully
covered by insurance.
For fine stationery, go to the City
Pharmacy.
A. Goldberg, the genial salesman at
the Red Front, left for San Francisco
Wednesday morning. He has been
troubled with his eyesight, and it has
become imperative to have his eyes
attended to by an occulist.
W. E. Agard, who spent his boyhood
days in jackson, is here from San
Diego, on a months vacation. He is
employed as border inspector under
the Chinese exclusion law, to see that
the Mongolians do not get into the
United States from Mexico. His terri
tory embraces twenty-five miles of the
boundary line.
Our sheet music will be on sale a
loo per copy; any piece on hand for
that price. Jackson Shoe Store.
John C Fisher, of Boston Massa
chusetts, has been visiting in the east
ern part of the county. He is extep
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