Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1907-12-20
Clipped from our Exchanges
From Nearby Counties.

Another of the old pioneers has
crossed the Great Divide and gone to
that land from which none ever comes
again. James Sylvester Cooley pass
ed away at his home in the Mount
Echo district at y 80 O'Clock Tues
day morning, after few days illness
with lagrippe, at the ripe old age of
II years, 4 months and "a days.
jaime Sylvester Cooley was born in
Ohio, July II, 1886, and spent his
boyhood at the family home near
Johnstown. in that state. In 1860 he
came across the plains to California
and settled near this city. In 1862
he married Miss Flora A. Fassett,
and there were horn to them six child
rem, all of whom survive their father.
They are Mrs Candace Cain CT Oak
land, Chas, Cooley of Walla Walla,
Washington, Mrs l. w. Pease of
Stockton, Ira Cooley of this city and
Misses Elizabeth and Edith Cooley
of San francisco. Funeral services
were OAO AOoA0OhSC W
Rev. F. P. illegal at noon Friday and
the remains were inferred in the
lone cemetery in the afternoon
Echo.
On last Monday a notice to the
effect that commencing with that
date the miners would have to work
nine hours underground was posted
at the Lightner mine and as result
the night men refused to go to work.
The next morning the notice was
taken down, since which time the
men have been working. a similar
notice was posted at the Utica shaft
and on Tuesday morning as the day
shift was starting to work repre-
sentive of the union called them off
and they did not return to work. 1t
is claimed by the superintendent OF
the mines that the agreement of the
strike in September, that the men
we're to work nine hours under
: ground, while the men say that they
we're to work nine hours, to go one
way on the company's time. On
Thursday night superintendent Mar
tin laid off all the top men excepting
the engineers and on Friday left for
the city to confer with the owners as
to what course should be taken. At
the present time the Lightner and
the Angels mines are both operating,
pending settlement of the question.
Angels Record.
Richard Inch and Herman Cramer
have been given letters patent by the
United States on their perpetual cal
endar. As the name implies it is
good for all time in registering the
unnum bered years to come.-Tuo-
lumne Independent.
Miss Belle Coolidge. teacher in the
Salem school, was called to Sacra
mento Monday by a telegram an
nouncing the serious illness of her
uncle, who had suffered a stroke of
appopIexy-Lodii Sentinel.
Joe Datson, formerly of Plymuoth,
Amador county, but now with the
Leavaggi Company of San Francisco,
was in PIacerville last evening inter
viewing our retail liquor men.-El
Dorado Nugget.
In the suit for maintenance of
Elizabeth Phillips against Josiah
Phillips, an order was passed that an
execution issue for the full amount
due her according to the judgment
9O0.-Sonora Banner.
a. S. Ryland of Stockton passed
through town Sunday evening, on his
way to Angels, to make three
months test with Pacific baby drill
in an Angels mine. Those who are
familiar with the above machine,
which is manufactured by the Angels
Iron Works, claim that as a hard
hitter and in speed and simplicity,
it has every machine now on the
market beaten. Citizen.
Don't think that piles can't be
cured. Thousands of obstinate cases
have been cured by Doan's Ointment.