Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-05-29

Jne nome OF hODerJ walker, ADOub
mile and half below Carbondale, was
destroyed by fire. The cause of the
fire is unknown. The first the family
knew OF it was when one of the
children left the table, where the
family we're at dinner, and went into
the front part of the house and found
all that part of the building ablaze.
Very little was saved; sewing ma
chine and table and few other
small articles. Some bedding was
gotten out of the house, but was not
taken far enough away from the
flames and it caught fire and was
burned. There was no Insurance. and
the loss falls heavily on Mr. and Mrs
Walker who have a family of ten
children. - Echo.
A man with a permit to start fire
for demonstration purposes entertain.
ed group OF people Tuesday night
at the corner of Washington and
Stockton streets by saturating the
interior of fir box with kerosene
and while the oil was blazing fierce
ly, extinguishing the flame by toss
ing upon it the contents of large
tin tube filed, with some sort of
chemical powder. Sonora Democrat
About four o o'clock Thursday after
noon the residents of San Andrens
were startled by loud crash that
seemed to be com bination of a giant
powder explosion and San Francisco
earthquake. The streets were quick
ly filed with frightened people anxi.
Gus to ascertain the cause. IL was
soon learned that the big water tank
of the Tiscornia Go. situated on the
top of the old Lloyd building had
fallen through the roof, to the base
ment. The tank held $500 gallons
and was full to Overlooking at the
time of the collapse. The fall was
without warning and Chester lis
cornia who was in the building at
the time had been directly beneath it
just before it fell. The tank brought
down with it large section of the
roof and of the second floor and the
whole mass smashed through the main
floor into the cellar, flooding 1t with
water. The damage was not very
great to property in the Lloyd build
ing, which is used as a warehouse by
the Tiscornia company. as but few
goods we're in the cellar Or in that
part of the building. The crash that
accom- panied the fall of the tank, was
heard all over town.-Prospect.
Guido Solari, youngest son of Mr.
and Mrs g. b. Solari of this place,
lad of about nine years, met with
bad accident Thursday of last week.
Guido was playing in the school
house with a number of his compan-
ions when he fell and struck his left
hand upon the sharp edge of one of
the school desks. Nothing serious
was appIehended at the time but the
next day the hand became much
swollen and very painful, and as
there was no physician in town the
young man was take to physician
at jackson. The doctor on examina-
tion found that there were two bones
fractured in the hand and also that
the bones of the little and third
fingers were also broken. The acct
dent is very serious one and it will
be some time before the young man
can use his hand. Chronicle.
Saturday last what few Cinnamon
there we're in this place pulled up
stakes and took their departure for
Fowler in Fresno county. Where
fifteen years ago the Celestial popula-
tion of this place mum bered over 400
and Court street was lined on both
sides with houses, there remains
nothing now but few dilapidated
old shacks aud no Celestial. The
bones of but two Cinnamon now re.
main in the Chinese cemetery, which
at different times has contained up
in the hundreds, all of them having
been taken up and shipped to their
native land. -CaIaveras Chronicle.
On Sunday, the 3Oth of May, the
business men of jackson will play the
business men of lone at Agricultural
Park. This will be one of the hottest
games of the season, and if you enjoy
seeing good base ball game be sure
to be in attendance. Echo.
Joe Ellis and Ed Kelly from
County Wicklow, Ireland, arrived at
lone last Friday. They we're met at
the depot by George Ellis, cousin
of Mr. Ellis. and taken to his homo