Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1909-01-29
From Our Exchanges.

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porarily cut off. The water receded
IN about three days. Nugget.
asst Thursday afternoon while
feeding large, power sausage ma
chine, Mr. Long got the end of his
middle finger on the left hand at the
second Joint, torn off. lie was busily
engaged in feeding the machine and
was just feeding the last when some
thing attracted his attention and caus-
ed him in turning to place his hand a
trifie too near the mill and it required
his whole strength to pull loose from
the machine, which il he had not
done, his whole hand would surely
have been lacerated. Echo.
Last Saturday evening as the train
that runs between Salt and lone was
making its last trip, it ran over and
killed a man, about three miles this
side of Gait. The man was lying on
the track; and the train so mangled
him that it was impossible to re-
eognize the features, but it has since
been learned that the man IS name was
Marion Miukler, and that he lived
was an old soldier and has several
grown children. he had bought
and paid for seven acres of land and
had built cabin and he was living
on it, he had thirty odd dollars in his
pocket and a bank book at the time
of bis death. Echo.
Friday, February u, 1909, is the
one hunrdedth anniversary of Abra
ham Lincoln's birthday. Lincoln's
birthday is now observed in many
states as holiday and lone will do
herself the honor OF observing Lin
doln's centenary in true American
spirit. F. V. Wood. the recently ap
pointed superior judge of the county,
will deliver the Grafton, county school
supt. Greenhalgh will also partici
pate in the exercises, which will be
held in the Methodist Episcopal
church on Friday evening, Feb. 18th.
Program will be given in next issue.
= Echo.
The three incorrigbIe boys recently
ordered committed to the Preston
School of Industry at lone by Judge
Sargent of the Juvenile court were
taken away to that institution last
night. They are Oscar Goodhart,
James Clark and Walter Rathcke.
They went in charge of Sheriff Ne4-
hirt and probation officer MacLean.
ALI three boys will remain at the
school until they are twenty one
years OF age, and will be given an
opportunity to learn trade and be-
come useful citizens. Otherwise they
will be brought back TO Salinas and
sent to state prison. Salinas Index.
Mr. and Mrs b. |. Hoxsie returned
on Tuesday to their home at Ionapah,
Nevada, after visit with Mr. HoXsie's
brother q. 3. HoxsIe, at Mormon
Island. They were on their wedding
trip.
Asney Pettis, the promising young
pianist of Berkeley, of whom special
mention was recently made in the
Republican is in Fairfield visiting his
parents, Rev. q. +. Pettis, pastor of
the Peoples Methodist church and
Mrs Pettis. lie Will start for Paris
in a few days to complete his musical
education. -Solano Republican.
Giles Otis Pearce has broken out
again. This time it is petition to
the state senate for the impeachment
of Judge McSorley for high crime and
misdemeanors. Fortunately, senators
Curtin of Tuolumne and Caminetti OF
Amador, we're posted as to the facts
in the case, and the petition will pro-
baby die in the committee ROOM
Prospect.
The record of deaths in this county
for 1908, shows that sixteen persons
met death from accident during the
year. There we're five suicides in the
same period. Prospect.
Walter Murphy of Milton, well
known sheep man was quietly married
last Sunday, in Plymouth, Amador
county, to Miss Gertrude Brown Of
that place. The happy couple are
now on a honeymoon trip to Southern
California. Prospect.
News was received here Thursday
of the most disastrous effects of the
heavy rain of that morning at Angels.
1t would appear that something in
the nature OF cloud burst struck