San Mateo County Gazette Redwood City, San Mateo County, California Saturday Morning, March 2, 1861, Vol. 2 No. 48 DEAD - On the 12th ult. Word was brought here that a stranger had called at the house of one of our citizens at the north end of the county, in a very weak condition, and soon after died. At the request of the District Attorney, Justice Cooper took the body in charge and gave it decent burial at the public expense. Before burial such investigation was made as rendered it certain that the stranger died from natural cause - consumption. The Justice being so satisfied, no inquest was held. Upon examination of his effects, nothing was found but some clothing, forty-five cents in money, and a certificate of intention to become an American citizen, issued at Sacramento, Oct. 25th, 1858. From this it appears that the name of the deceased was John Reynolds, late of Texas, and that he was a native of some portion of the British realm. DEATH OF G.B. POST - Mr. G.B. Post died Tuesday morning in San Francisco, after a protracted illness. He was the last surviving member of the famous firm of G.B. Post & Co., which stood among the first commercial houses of San Francisco, from the earliest times up to with a few years back. CONVICTED - John Sweeney, arrested sometime since for robbing $24,000 from C.P. Swift near Petaluma, which was buried in the earth, has been convicted and sent to State Prison for eleven years. UNION CEMETERY ASSOCIATION - The regular annual meeting of this Association was held at the courts-house on Monday evening last. The report of the Superintendent shows the number of interments during the year to have been seven. Only three of these deaths, we believe, occurred in Redwood City. The Treasurer's report shows the receipts of the year to have been sixty dollars - twenty of which was for trespass committed upon the grounds. The expenditure amounted to $40.19. The old officers, J.V. Diller, President; C.N. Fox, Secretary and Treasurer; and J.W. Turner, Superintendent, were unanimously re-elected. THE BIG BARGE. - The steamer Anna came to the landing on Wednesday last, towing a new barge, the largest, it is said on this coast. It is 165 feet long, 28 feet beam, 6 feet depth of hold. Her capacity, as given by Captain Trueworthy, is about six hundred tons, and can carry 30,000 posts - a very large load, indeed. She will take, this trip, 20,000 posts for the upper Sacramento river, and will probably soon return for more. DIVINE SERVICE - Rev. J.S. Zelie will preach to-morrow at the San Mateo school-house, at 11 o'clock, and in the court-room at this place at 3 o'clock. As Mr. Z. will remain here permanently, these appointments will be continued regularly every Sabbath hereafter. SAWMILL AND WAGON TRAIN FOR MONO - There is at present in town a train of twelve wagons with four yoke of oxen to each, fitting up for Mono silver mines. The train and mill are the property of a company at the mines, and will proceed to their destination in a short time under the superintendence of Mr. W. Whipple, late of Whipple's mill, in this county. The forty-eight oxen are now being shod for the journey by Messrs. Chew & Hilton. WHAT CHEER HOUSE - This famous hotel has lately received an addition of fifty single rooms, nearly all of which are upon the lower floor. They are furnished throughout in the best style, with Brussels carpets, toilets, etc. This house is one of the best as well as the cheapest, in San Francisco. To see other old newspapers, visit http://www.newspaperabstracts.com <http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/>