Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1909-07-16
From Our Exchanges.

letter just received by the Republican
and Nugget, for Stevens Il Mckinney,
who recently went IN from this side.
j. j. Byrnes of Diamond Springs
met with an accident while going over
the summit. His 4-horse wagon tip
ped over on snow drift and he was
compelled TO camp over night in the
high altitude. Everything is fire
around the lake now, and the fishing
is splendid. Letters intended for
Silver Lake should be sent to Round
Top, Alpine county. Nugget.
The United States Forest Service
has adopted a uniform to be worn by
the rangers of the national forest,
consisting of light olive green suit,
wide brimmed, soft hat, flannel shirt,
and nigh mountain Loots In adopt
ing a STANDARD uniform the forest
service desired to accomplish two
fold purpose, to enable the rangers to
secure serviceable clothing at small
cost, and to provide ocular proof Of
the authority of the rangers to adj
minister the affairs of the service. -
Nugget,
Accepting statements to be true,
John Becker passed Monday in a
state of drunkedness in a saloon at
Long Barn, on the Sonora Mono
road, and conducted or owned by
Harry McCandless. That night he
VISA placed under a tree aud fire
built near him to protect him from
the cold. Before morning he managed
to roll his left leg into the flame and
so stupidity intoxicated was he that
he did not feel the burning OF his
flesh, which was baked and shrlveled
from knee to foot. That his leg was
not destroyed is wonder. unless it
be that the fire had dwindled away
from it, His right knee was also
acnrched. Monday lie was brought
to this city and, taken TO the Sierra,
hospital. The flesh Will slough and
to save the limb there will have to be
considerable skin grating. At pre-
sent there is no danger that ampu-
tation will be required. This is a sad
example of laboring man being
stuffed with whisky after he had
become drunk to the verge of insen-
sihility = tanner.
Some time during Wednesday
morning of last week, the Fosteria
post Office was robbed of about $50
The office had heen temporarily
left in charge of young SqueIIati,
who probably owing to the respon-
sibility OF his position was able to
state just about what money was
taken. IL appears that a sack con-
tanning about $40 in coin had been
LETT in one of the drawers. Young
fiquellatl had occasion to go to the
sack shortly after he had put it in
the drawer, and found that two
twentles a ten and five in gold, be
sides some silver was missing. The
thief had evidently taken mainly gold
from the sack thinking the loss
would not be so quickly discovered.
Probably the work was done by some
one familiar with the office, and so far
no clew has been obtained - Prospect.
DR.. Harding, superintendent of the
IIoF |, inn rEo al
death last Saturday, as be ever will
till the final summons comes. While
showing some visitors about the
mine, the party entered a small
building connected with the works.
There was a saggIDg wire carrying
heavy voltage of electricity to which
the doctor called the attention of his
visitors. warning them of its danger.
The wire was high enough so that a
short man could walk under it but
would strike tall man about the
head. On emerging from the build
ing DR.. Harding evidently forgot his
warning and being tall man, his
haed came III contact with the wire,
his body receiving q shock of II,
0OU volts. lie instantly dropped to
the ground apparently iifeless. The
electric fluid had passed through his
body, burning his shoes and leaving
their impression burned into the
ground, as though done with a hot
iron. For an hour and half they
worked before the least sign of life
appeared, then came tntter Of the
pulse, return of the heart action
and then life. 1t took another hour
before the patient really returned