San Mateo County Gazette Redwood City, San Mateo County, California Saturday Morning, August 6, 1859, Vol. 1 No.18 Notice to Creditors In the County Court of the County of San Mateo, State of California - In the matter of the petition of Jacob S. LANDECKER, an Insolvent Debtor. Pursuant to the order of the Hon. Benj. F. FOX, Judge of the said County Court, notice is hereby given to all the Creditors of the said Insolvent, Jacob S. LANDECKER, to be and appear before the Hon. B.F. FOX, County Judge aforesaid, at chambers at the Court Room of said Court, in Redwood City, County of San Mateo, on the Eighth day of September, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, at ten o'clock A.M. of that day, then and there to show cause, if any they can, why the prayer of said insolvent should not be granted, and an assignment of his estate be made, and he be discharged from his debts and liabilities, in pursuance of the Statute in such case made and provided; and in the meantime all proceedings against said insolvent be stayed. Witness my hand, and the seal of said Court, this 30th day of July, A.D. 1859 R.G.LATHROP, Clerk McCABE & FOX, Att'ys for Petitioner SUDDEN DEATH - Charles SHIELDS, master of the sloop John, of San Mateo, died suddenly, Friday, July 29th, while on the trip to San Francisco. He was at the helm, and feeling suddenly ill, called a man to relieve him; he then went forward, laid down and died. SHIELDS, was a native of Alman, in Sweden, and aged about thirty years. PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Regular Meeting, August 1, 1859 Present - J.V. DILLER, R.S. THORNTON, M. WOLF In the matter of the road which was petition for from Crystal Springs, down the San Mateo Creek, to the main County road, near the San Mateo House; viewer having been appointed and their report being filed and accepted, a regular survey made and the map filed, and all the parties owning lands over which the same is to pass having consented to its location, and all other requirements of the law having been complied with, it is now ordered that it be declared a public highway, to be opened at the expense of the petitioners, thirty feet in width. And it is further ordered, that as soon as it shall be ready for traveling, that the road traveled over from said Springs to near the house occupied by J.Q. A. TILTON, shall be closed and vacated. The road petition for and surveyed from CONDON's to Belmont, is also declared a public highway, thirty feet in width, its line to be according to the survey filed, but subject to the addition of certain gates, as prayed for. It appearing, also, in this case, that all the landowners over whose land the road passes, have consented to its location. The County Assessor appeared and made oath, as required by law, to his account for assessing. Board then adjourned till Monday, the 8th inst. B.G. LATHROP, Clerk NEVADA TERRITORY - A dispatch from Carson Valley states that a Convention is in session at Genoa for the purpose of forming a provisional government for Nevada Territory, it being the intention of the people to throw off all appearance of allegiance to the Utah Mormon rule. John MERCER, of Downieville, was a prominent candidate for Governor. To see other old newspapers, visit http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php