A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > California > San Mateo http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=595 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=30852 Submitted by: Chris Havnar Article Title: San Mateo County Gazette Article Date: May 25 1861 Article Description: General Transcription Article Text: San Mateo County Gazette Redwood City, San Mateo County, California Saturday Morning, May 25, 1861, Vol. 3 No. 8 THE SPANISHTOWN HOTEL. – The excellent building at Spanishtown, intended for a hotel, now being erected by H.C. Bidwell, Esq., will be finished about the first of June. We are authorized to say that the building, on completion, will be for sale or rent to a person only who is competent to manage the establishment, as a first class country hotel. BLACKSMITHING AND WAGON-MAKING – Notice Mr. Remington’s advertisement, in another column. His work is commended, by all his patrons – the best guarantee of its quality. STATE NEWS Mr. F. Argenti, formerly a banker in San Francisco, died in that city Sunday morning last, aged fifty-nine years. The Knickerbocker Hotel, the property of A.J. Bailey, situated near Centerville, El Dorado county, and about five miles distant from Auburn, was entirely destroyed by fir on the 16th. Senators McDougal and Latham did not start for the east on the steamer of the 21st as expected. A dreadful tragedy took place Monday last at San Juan, Monterey county, in which two men, named Pitz and Bixley were killed. Pitz was drunk and attempted some outrage upon the other, when each fired several shots, causing the death of both, immediately. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com