Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-07-24
FROM OUR
CORRESPONDENTS
INDIAN GREEK AND VICINITY.


vacation.
Miss Fay Gorton of Amador City,
is the guest of her aunt, Mrs M. j.
Purcell.
4 Mr. and Mrs Geo. Brown, who have
sbeen spending several weeks in the
mountains, have returned to their
home in this district.
= Miss Gertie Brown, who has been
employed as assistant cook at the
(! Murphy Ranch at Milton, Calaveras
county, has returned home to spend
"a few. weeks vacation with her
parents, but intends to return iu a
short time to her position.
Mrs M. j. Purcell and daughter,
Miss Ella, we're the guests of Mrs
VIM. Ball one day last week.
Mrs McGalfee of Sheldon, is visit
ing Mr. Kaufman and family.
One evening last week while Geo.
Purcell was going after his milk
COWS. he met with "a great surprise
tie came across monster rattle
snake. measuring nearly six feet in
length and having II rattles. After
several minutes Geo. got up courage
aud decided to kill the reptile, and
gathered collection of stones and
,sticks and soon got the best of the
RATHER.
Willard Colburn passed through
this district on his way to Latrobe.
He makes regular trips that way.
Miss Mable McFarlane was the guest
of Miss Della Tunson last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs Harper Taylor return
ed home from San Francisco, where
they spent their honeymoon, and
en- the evening of their arrival,
several of the young folks gathered to
chivarari them. Old bells tin cans,
and anything to make a racket was
In evidence. Ed. Greilich, who was
one of the parties, on returning found
his horse choked to death by winding
itself around tree.
Messrs John Or and Dave Nc
Farlane left for Sacramento, to be
gone for several days.
Miss Sophie GreilIch and Lizzie
Kaufman took in the Petersen Bros.
show in Plymouth, and both young
ladies' report having enjoyed the even
ing very much.
Quite a crowd gathered at the Slate
Creek social clab house to attend
Sunday school, which is held there
very Sunday.
Peter Flaherty, who is employed at
the Copper Hill mine, was bitten by
a rattle snake. But by his presence
of mind cut off his finger, which was
the only thing that saved his life.
Mrs Hammack went to Carboudale
to meet her neice, who intends to
spend a few weeks at home with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs j. Brown.
One of our neighbors, who has
fine stock of hogs, "PoIand China"
had the misfortune of losing one of
his favorite pigs.
Elmer Barney and family accom-
panied by Mrs W. Barnhart left for
the formers mountain range, where
they will spend the rest Of the sum
mer months.
john Grambart was seen in this
district one evening last week.
Messrs John Brown and Frank
Hammack, who we're up at Oleta
mining for the shining gold, and
living in hopes to find a nugget as
large as corner stone. or a pocket
of gold, came home last Tuesday very
much disappointed, with only color
hardly visible.
Willard Colburn, who has been an
Sacramento to spend few days.
Mrs Anderson of Sacramento is
visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs VIM.
Ball.
Mrs Graves is very i'll with the
whooping cough.
Robt. White has been quite busy
of late doing some fine carpenter
work. He has just finished new
chicken coop.
Several of our young marksmen
took advantage of the game law, and
went out for a dove hunt, but we're
not very successful as doves are not
very plentiful in these parts.
The Other One.
lone.
number of lonians have gone to