Amador ledger., 1908-10-16
From Our Exchanges.

return the last of this week and will
bring Mrs Appleton with him. =
Nugget.
On Thursday afternoon a man
named g. Laidett, while employed
painting the inside OF a large pipe at
Camp 9 of the Union Construction
Company, applying paraiine paint,
and working by candle light. was
burned to death. The dripping paint
caught fire from the lighted candle,
and before Laidett could be got out
of the pipe he was burned to crisp.
Deceased was resident of West
Point, this county, and had many
friends who we're shocked to hear of
his awful death. Angels Record.
Thursday afternoon two miners,
Tom Melicevich and John Bedina,
while at work in the tunnel of the
Melones mine, using giant powder
for bulldozing" rock which was
blasted from an open cut above. A
blast of two shots was placed in a
rock, and the two men then sought a
place of safety, waiting until the
shots had exploded. In short time
one shot went off, and the two men
went back to resume work, thinking
that both blasts had exploded. When
they reached the rock they found one
fuse still burning, and having no
time to get away they tried to pull
the fuse from the hole. They were
too late, and the powder exploded,
filling the bodies of both men with
small pieces of rock. Each man was
also blinded from the dirt and rock.
Bedina's left eye was entirely de-
stroyed, and he may lose the sight of
the other. Melicevich may lose both
eyes. The injured men we're brought
to this town Immediately, and we're
operated on by Drs. Werlich and
Cooper. Angels Record.
The assessed valuation of all pro-
perty in the city being 1881 ,GS6, on
motion of j. A. Slgwart the tax rate
tor the ensuing year was fixed as
follows: For bond fund, 40 cents on
each 500; general fund. 81 cents;
library fund, 3 cents; total, 80 cents
on each 800 valuation. Nugget.
Charles Velasoo, who bCrglarized
the Brashear house, and Charles
Pollard, another boy arrested on a
like charge, we're up before Judge
Smith yesterday. Both we're arraign-
ed, declined the offer of the court of
an attorney, plead guilty of burglary
in the second degree, and were com
mitted to the Preston School of In
dustry. Pollard was taken to lone
by Under Sheriff Rountree last even
ing.-Santa Cruz Surf.
Ihe boys working the Hageman
mine on the Calaveras river had a
bad setback last week. Their whole
shaft caved in on them, thus putting
an end for the time being to the
work. A new shaft will have to be
sunk in order to work. Fortunately
no one was injured by the cave. and
they had sufficient warning to save
about all their tools. Prospect.
Patrick Carson. the man who stole
Messenger horse from near Campo
Seco, about two weeks ago, and who
was arrested IN Amador county for
the oftense, was up before Judge
Walter of the local justice court
Monday. Owing to the advanced age
of the cuIprit and other extenuating
circumstances there was considerable
sympathy for the old man, and the
prosecution was not disposed to deal
hardly with him. He was allowed to
plead guilty to the crime of petty
larceny, and Judge Walter sentenced
him to six months in the county Jail.
Prospect.
The registration of the county is
now complete and enables us to give
the correct figures for the county.
The only change may be few from
one precinct to another that were
not completed when this computation
was made, but that will not change
the total result. The total mbel
of names on the Great Register il
1888 against 3l05 in 1906, or loss o.
522. San Andreas township is th'
only one that shows gain, it making
a gain of three names. Mokelumne
loses 73; Murphys, l05; Angels, 1877
Jenny Lind, 50.-Prospect.
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