~~~~~~ Billie C. & Anita 'Jean' Reynolds Modoc County, California "The Last Frontier" www.rh2o.com/modoc --- Our outgoing mail is checked by avast! AntiVirus. Avast! Is Free To Home Users. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Betty" <betty@unisette.com> To: <NORCAL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 2:32 PM Subject: [NORCAL] Sac Bee Dec 27 1905 pg6 > The Evening Bee > Sacramento, Cal. > Wednesday, December 27, 1905 > Page 6 > > LUNGED AT HEART BUT MISSED MARK > A Long-Drawn-Out Gambling Game Leads to Quarrel and Furious Attempt To > Commit Murder > CEDARVILLE (Modoc Co.), December 27 - A cutting affair occurred in a > saloon > here Sunday night in which Ed BLAKE, a bartender, narrowly escaped being > killed. > It seems that several parties had been gambling during the pervious > eighteen or twenty hours and considerable money changed hands in > consequence. Clarence PHILLIPS, one of the gamblers, who has a bad > reputation for being quarrelsome and abusive when drinking, commenced > hurling abusive language at Blake when the game broke up, and managed to > get > near him at the same time. > When within striking distance Phillips suddenly drew a knife and lunged > at > Blake with a blow directed at the heart. Blake warded the thrust but in > stepping back was cut deeply in the side just above the hip. Blake then > jumped behind the bar and grabbed a couple of bottles, and Phillips, > seeing > his intended victim thus arming himself, beat a hasty retreat toward the > front entrance, followed by the bottles thrown at his head. Neither bottle > hit its mark. > Dr. J.T. MEREDITH, a local surgeon, having been called to Alturas on the > previous day, had not returned, so the wounded man was cared for by > friends > until Dr. M.R. KENNEDY could be summoned from Eagleville, which is sixteen > miles away. Dr. Kennedy found the wound serious, but not necessarily > dangerous. > Phillips was placed in the lock-up on a charge of assault with intent to > commit murder. > > HAVE BEEN MARRIED FIFTY-SEVEN YEARS > CHICO (Butte Co.), December 27 - Mr. and Mrs. VAN HORN, an aged couple of > this city, quietly celebrated the fifty-seventh anniversary of their > wedding > Christmas afternoon. > Mr. Van Horn was born at Little Falls, N.Y., on December 31, 1825, and > his > wife, who was Miss Elizabeth GISH, was born near Lafayette, Ind., January > 19, 1834. They were married at South Bend, Ind., on December 25, 1948. In > 1853 Mr. Van Horn came to California, crossing the plains. He first > settled > at San Jose. From there he went to Mariposa County, and then to the Fraser > River district, in British Columbia. He returned to San Joe, and in 1860 > was > joined there by his wife, who had crossed by way of the isthmus. > Mr. Van Horn was afterwards engaged in the mercantile business in San > Benito and Humboldt Counties, finally locating in this city fourteen years > ago. They have three children - Charles Van Horn, of San Francisco; Mrs. > Ella LEWIS, of Stockton, and Mrs. Gertrude MUSSER, of this city. > > TWO LOST FINGERS AND ONE A WRIST > REDDING (Shasta Co.), December 27 - Yesterday was an unlucky day for > Japanese laborers working in the Redding yards laying eighty-pound rails > for > the Southern Pacific. Early in the morning Y. WAKIA got his right hand > caught between the rails the Japanese were piling. He lost the middle > finger > of his right hand and was sent back to the caboose for repairs. An hour > afterward K. SONADA got his left hand tangled up in the same way and lost > two fingers. He too, was sent to the hospital in the caboose. But the > worst > injury of all was that received by K. YOMANA about noon. > A rail the crew was loading on the car fell on the left wrist, crushing > the bones fearfully. He had to be carried to the hospital in the caboose. > The foreman says the Japanese are very clumsy in handling the heavy rails. > The accidents of the day indicate that he speaks correctly. > > MARRIES FORMER TEHAMA TEACHER > REDDING (Shasta Co.), December 27 - John R. LYLE, senior member of the > Dunsmuir mercantile firm of KNIGHT & LYLE, and Miss Clara Belle MILLER, > teacher in the Dunsmuir schools, were married here yesterday morning by > Superior Judge HEAD and departed for San Francisco, where they will remain > for a week or more. > Miss Miller taught school in Tehama County for nine years and resigned > last Summer as President of the County Board of Education to accept a > position in the Dunsmuir school. Miss Miller taught school at Hooker, a > siding above Red Bluff, and at the time of the "Hooker wreck" won fame and > praise for the prompt aid she rendered the injured. Besides being a > successful business man of Dunsmuir, Mr. Lyle is largely interested in > mines > in Shasta County, owning extensions of the Balaklala and the Shasta King, > near Kennett. > > SUDDEN DEATH > LODI (San Joaquin Co.), December 27 - James A. ANDERSON, a well-known > fruit > shipper of Lodi, died suddenly at 6 o'clock last evening. He fell in a > faint > as he entered his residence grounds, while on his way to his evening meal, > and the barking of his dog attracted the attention of his family. He was > cared for by a physician, and soon recovered consciousness and related his > experiences. Suddenly and within thirty minutes after the first attack he > ceased speaking and expired. He was an old resident of Lodi, and had been > prominent and successful as an independent fruit shipper in connection > with > Sgobel & Day, of New York. > > ROBBED SAFE AND MADE GOOD HAUL > Burglar Enters Marysville Store, Turns Day Combination, Secures $367 and > makes his escape > MARYSVILLE (Yuba Co.), December 27 - Some time last night a burglar gained > entrance to the store of KELLEY & BRYDEN and succeeded in opening the safe > and getting $367 in coin and checks, the greater part being money, besides > several rings and keys. > Entrance was effected from the rear and the burglary must have been > committed by some one well acquainted with the premises and the firm's way > of doing business. > It seems that Kelley left the day combination on the safe when he went > home for the night, and presumably this remissness was known to some one. > At > any rate, no trouble appears to have been experienced by the thief in > opening the safe. He emptied the cash drawer and apparently was in to much > haste to stop to segregate the money from the checks and trinkets. > The crime was discovered early this morning shortly after the opening of > the store and the police were at once notified. The officers are making a > very thorough investigation, but do not seem at this wiring to suspect any > particular person. > > FIND BANK BOOK > MARYSVILLE (Yuba Co.), December 27 - A bank book showing that Antonio > BINACOTTO, the Italian found wandering aimlessly in the Sutter County > tules > last week, has on deposit with the San Francisco Banking and Trust Company > the sum of $520, was found in the brush by a sheepherder, and has been > turned over to the authorities at Yuba City, who are still holding > BIANCOTTO, pending a turn in his mental condition, which now seems > improving. None of the coin which the Italian says he threw away in his > pilgrimage through the tules has been recovered. > > LITTLE BOY SHOT AND INSTANTLY KILLED > Was Hunting With Two Young Companions Who Claim He Was Fired Upon By Some > One In Auburn > CHICO (Butte Co.), December 27 - James FORD, aged 12 years, was shot and > instantly killed yesterday afternoon while hunting near Pentz. > He was accompanied by two smaller boys names McCLAIN, who claim that > young > Ford was shot from ambush. All of the boys were armed. The youngest was > only > 8 years old. > The general belief is that the boy's death was due to an accident. > Sheriff > CHUBBUCK and Coroner PETTIT are investigating. The last information is > that > the two little boys persist in the claim that they were fired upon from > ambush. > The mother of young FORD is a widow, and conducts the Chaparral House > near > Pentz. > > > ==== NORCAL Mailing List ==== > Do NOT post virus notices to the list. >