Amador ledger., 1908-01-24

Had IL not been for the partition
of Poland among the nations of
Europe and the blotting out of exist.
ence of that ancient kingdom, a
California woman, and one once we'll
known as a girl in this county, would
be today seated on the throne of one
of its largest principalities. Prince
Poniatowskl. heir to the throne, and
head of the historic Polish house of
that name is dead, and his son Prince
Andre Ponlatowski becomes the head
and enters fully upon the empty title.
Our readers will readily recall the
Prince Andre, who as head of the
California Exploration Company once
held in bond most of the ground
along the mother lode from the
Mokelumne to the Stanislaus, and
who spent several months in the
vicinity of San Andreas some over a
decade ago His wife was formerly
Miss Elizabeth Sperry, daughter of
Austin Sperry of Stockton, and
niece of the late James Sperry of the
Calaveras Big Trees. Were knight
hood still in flower and fairy stories
true, this humble California girl
would now be princess indeed.
But the title is but an empty one as
it is. The younger princess showed
himself to be ambitious aud eager to
take his place among the active
workers and was engaged in several
large enterprises in this state besides
the Exploration Com pany. 1t was
mainly owing to his efforts that the
Sierra road was built. Though he
did not prove successful in all he
undertook, he showed by his acts that
he was not content to rest upon the
ancient title that is now his.-Pros-
pect.
George kelton of the Big Bar
Bridge received the sad news nthis
week of the death of his brother,
Van Buren, Kelton, which occurred
at Quincy, in Plumas county on
Saturday last the 18th inst. The
deceased will be recollected by a
majority of our citizens as he was
here on a visit to his brother George,
about three years ago. He followed
mining as an occupation and at the
time of his death was 63 years of age.
-Calaveras Chronicle.
On Tuesday morning Will McCauley
was feeding his cattle and while
reaching tor bucket was struck by
one of the COWS suddenly raising her
head while he was STOPPING over her.
The point of the animals horn struck
him in the face breaking one of his
teeth and also cutting the right side
of his face quite severely. Angels
Record.
While at work in the Cross shaft
last Tuesday night, a falling rock
struck James Gilernan on the head,
fracturing his skull. He is now in
the Utica hospital, his condition be-
ing quite serious. Angels Record.
Mrs Ben Leach passed away at her
home in this city last Saturday night
at the age of about 50. years. The
funeral was held Monday afternoon
fl ON the NJ. h. church, the remains
were laid in the lone cemetery
Echo.
An eighteen hundred foot new
three-quarter inch steel cable was put
in at the Boston mine during the
week. The work of unwatering the
mine is going on rapidly, three eight
hour shifts being employed. There is
rumOr atioat to the effect that a
deal is now on which may mean
active operations at the Boston in the
near future. We are satisfied that
with proper management the mine
can be made dividend producer for
years to come and in addition to that
il will be an incentive for other
mines to start. Mokelumne Hill is
going to have a mining boom, and
don't you forget it. -Calaveras
Chronicle.
Joseph Sherer brought a curiosity
over from Georgetown a day or two
ago, upon his return from visit to
that historic town. 1t is section of
the trunk of cedar tree. A portion
OF the wood has been split off, re-
vealing large shape made horse
shoe embedded in the cut from the
tree. 1t appears that some one hung
the horseshoe upon the tree when ii
was small enough for the shoe to
slida around tha trunk Az tha trae