Amador ledger., 1907-12-20

DR.. E. l.. Phillips office is at his
residence, on Hamilton tract, oppo-
site California hotel.
Mrs Elmer Dufrene came down
from Grass Valley, Nevada county,
on Saturday, to spend the holidays
with friends here. She was accom-
panied by her sister, Minnie.
Chris Meiss. driver of the stage
between jackson and Martell's, has
been confined to his home since Mon
day, owing to severe cold. Fred
Tabeau is driving in his place.
A. j. Sargent of Middle Bar, was ia
receipt of telegram last Monday
from Monterey county, conveying the
sad news of the death of nephew.
j. B. Sargent, son of the late K. G..
Sargent of San joaquin county. The
deceased was native of Monterey
county.
j. f. Wilson. Dentist. Hours a.
IN. to 8 p. m. Phone-Oftice, black
444: residence. Black 1894: jackson.
Last Saturday evening a number of
friends of Mr. and Mrs Louis Gio-
vannoni gathered at their home to bid
them welcome and wish them we'll.
Quite few came over from Moke-
lumne Hill, where Mrs Giovannoni.
nee Quirrolo, passed her school days.
The crowd made, merry until late
hour.
The weather has been foggy nearly
all the week. Grass has made great
strides, and farmers are busy blowing
and preparing to put in their crops.
We are keeping right up to date
with our Peerless plansifter -four,
getting little better right along.
The grand jury of Calaveras county,
convened in 1906, handed in It's final
report last week. 1t scores the ex-
county clerk, Jacks, for extravagant
charges for indexing, amounting to
several hundreds of dollars, and re-
fleets upon the conduct of county
business in several other-ways. Now,
there was body of men that did not
shirk the duty of investigating; and
they have turned up something that
will have a wholesome influence upon
official conduct in future.
Leo. Uric de Rocco and his bride,
formerly Mrs Della Joyce, who were
married in Stockton recently, return
ed from their wedding tour on Satur
day last. They are both from De-
fender, and went up to that district
the following day.
A. A. Klmball was down from De-
fender yesterday for medical advice.
He is on crutches, owing to severe
affliction of the knee joint, the result
of an injury by a fall in July last.
He has been unable to do anything
since. and has for the greater part of
the time being confined to the house
at his mothers place in Pioneer dis
trict.
w. Il. DeteIt of the leila mine.
told the chairman of the board of
supervisors just before the last meet
ing of that body that he would re-
fund the amount they would have to
pay for the dump used in making the
I'LL near the mine. The amount the
contracting party has to pay to the
leila mine is about S43s, which is the
extra taxes the company had to pay
to the county on account of increased
assessment.
j. ID. Palmer, who has been very
sick from pneumonia for the past
number of weeks, is sufficiently i'm;
proved to be at his work again.
Miss Delahaunty. who has been
teaching at the Aetna school, went
down to Sacramento this morning to
spend the holidays with her parents.
Pioneer flour is the best; have no
other.
There are great many rumors to
the effect that there was a shooting
scrape at the boarding house run by
Mike Church, opposite the cemetery,
and that at least one of the parties
was badly hurt, but the officers as
yet have been unable to find anyone
injured. The boarders had been
carousing, and some passers-by claim
ed to have heard shots within.