THURSDAY, FEBRUARY, 5, 1896 BORN SHOTT - Near Bieber, Cal., Jan. 30, 1896, to the wife of Fred Shott, a son. LOWE - At Buntingville, Cal., Jan. 26, 1896, to the wife of john Lowe, a son. Geo. Raker was taken before the Superior Court at Susanville last week and committed to the Stockton Insane Asylum. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1896 A petition is in circulation praying for the appointment of W. R. Schooler as Justice of the Peace of this township. MARRIED BRUNSELMEIER - WAY - Near Bieber, Cal., Feb. 11, 1896, Henry Brunselmeier and Miss Mertie Way, Rev. S. T. Reeve, officiating. (We will endeavor to get the particulars of the wedding for next issue). Geo. M. Wright, who killed Isaac Lansdale near Balls Ferry a short time ago, had his preliminary examination in Redding last week and was discharged from custody, the testimony showing that the killing was done in self defense. Dr. Cadwallader was over from Fall City Monday and assisted Dr. Lutz in another operation on Robert Woodmansee. The operation was successfully performed and the patient is doing quite nicely; he is able to sit up now and gets around a little on crutches. Paschal Abernathy has fallen heir to a nice little competency through the death of a sister in Missouri. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1896 RAILROAD David Miles of the Red Cross Mill and Lumber Co., was here this week. He made an examination and inspection of the Iron Mountain railroad, and he and members of his Company have in view the building of a narrow gauge road from a point on the overland line near Mott to run out and tap the McCloud River timber belt. That such a road is entirely feasible, and could be built at a comparatively small cost is certain, as a road through Squaw Valley and on to Bartles on the river would run over almost level land. A survey to McCloud has been made and the obstructions to be overcome are trifling from a railroad-building standpoint. - Shasta Courier. Miss Lena, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. Dowell, is suffering from an inflammation in the ear. Miss Minnie Brownell arrived home from Grants Pass, Oregon, last Saturday evening. She was telegraphed for owing to the serious illness of Mrs. D. R. Brownell. Word was received here by J. R. McKenzie that his son, Warren, who is attending the Business College at Stockton, was suffering from a serious case of Mumps, but had passed the danger point and is slowly recovering from the attack. BUNSELMEIER - WAY The wedding of Henry Bunselmeier and Miss Mertie Way took place at the residence of the bride's mother Tuesday evening of last week at 7 o'clock. Only members of the family were present, and the ceremony was performed by Rev. S. T. Reeve in his usual impressive manner. The couple were the recipients of a number of pretty and useful wedding presents, and after the ceremony a dance was tendered them at the residence of E. Dowell, to which everybody was invited, and to which invitation a large number had responded who made merry until the small hours of morning. The happy couple has taken up their residence at E. H. Schafer's place, east of town, which Mr. Bunselmeier has rented for a number of years. The editor was in receipt of the usual supply of wedding cake, and joins in wishing the newly married couple a long life of happiness and prosperity. BORN WATSON - Near Bieber, Cal., Feb. 11, 1896, to the wife of H. C. Watson, a daughter. Miss Rachel Crowley has been employed to finish the Pleasanton school and in her own school - Stone Coal - will be succeeded by her sister, Mrs. Mina Smith. We are pleased to note that the citizens of Bieber and vicinity are interesting themselves in a road across the swamp to connect with our road at the county line. It will be a great benefit to both towns as well as the western end of the valley. Don't let up, neighbors, and when you get to the county line with your road, Lookout will meet you there, and our champions will be permitted to climb the "smoke stack," "break bread," and "rub their wine bottles" together. By all means, come on with the road. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1896 MRS. E. HOLCOMB MARRIED. We copy the following from an exchange in relation to the recent marriage of Mrs. Ella Holcomb, a daughter of C. Babcock of this valley, and as the lady in question is well known here, her friends will no doubt be glad to hear of her good fortune. "Sunday evening at the Presbyterian church, immediately following the regular service, Pastor Preston McKinney untied in marriage H. S. Deitcher and Mrs. E. Holcomb. Mr. Deitcher is a well known capitalist, working valuable mining properties on the Hassayampa, below Wickenburg, while Mrs. Holcomb is here well known and esteemed, having been a resident of Phoenix for several years. The couple leave this morning by the Santa Fe for Chicago, where they will visit the parents of the groom for several weeks." BORN CARMICHAEL - At Hayden Hill, Cal., Feb. 18, 1896, to the wife of J. A. Carmichael, a daughter. BROWN - Near Amedee, Cal., Feb. 11, 1896, to the wife of E. C. Brown, a daughter. MARRIED HARVEY - BROWN - At the residence of the bride's parents, near Lookout, Cal., Feb. 23, 1896, William Harvey and Miss Nettie Brown, Rev. J. A. Jones officiating. DIED WOOD - In Susanville, Cal., Feb. 18, 1896, Dennis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis wood, aged 1 year, 8 months and 2 days. Jas McCrary is carrying his left eye in a "sling," the result of a bad inflammation. Raym Calavan stuck a pitch fork into his right foot, near the ankle joint, yesterday morning and was brought in to Dr. Lutz to have the wound treated. The whole town was out looking for little Earl Brownell Monday forenoon. He had disappeared and no trace of him could be found for some time. It was thought that he fell into the river and a number of people were dragging the stream, but he was finally fished out from under C. W. Perkiss' house, where he had crawled to take a nap. The people of Adin were disturbed fro their slumbers last Friday morning about 3 o'clock by the cry of fire. Summers' blacksmith shop was burning, and when first discovered, the fire had already made considerable headway and the prospect for saving the building looked slim, but the people went to work with a will, and aided by the calm air which fortunately prevailed at the time, they succeeded in extinguishing the flames, not however until one side of the roof was about completely burned over. The fire is supposed to have caught in the shavings beneath the workbench, and the carpenter and woodworking tools were all destroyed. It was a fortunate escape for the building, and bad there been a high wind it might have proven disastrous to the whole town. Last Thursday Constable Eades arrested and brought before Judge Myers two boys who were accused of taking school books from the Modoc school house wherein the teacher had to dismiss until the matter was settled. The affair was amicably settled outside of Judge Myers chambers, so we are informed. Yesterday about 20 minutes to 2 o'clock we heard the school bell ringing and knowing that Prof. Null don't teach school on Sunday we inquired the cause of the ringing of the school bell, and were told that the school bell was not ringing. Of course, we knew better, but we hesitated - for further explanation, our informant then told us that "those bells were wedding bells," and at 2 o'clock, Miss Nettie Brown, daughter of our neighbor, H. S. Brown, was to marry Mr. Will Harvey of Adin. He further informed us that the happy event had been kept very quite and only relatives and a very few friends were present. We have known the bride for years, and know her to be an accomplished, intelligent and refined young lady, and knowing her good judgement in all things, we don't hesitate to say that her choice for a life companion is good. We know, personally, but little of Mr. Harvey, but he is highly spoken of by all his acquaintances. May your lives from the second to the third milestone be one of health, happiness and prosperity. The "wedding bells" rang until 20 minutes past 2 o'clock, so as to be sure to cover the time of making "solemn promises." ~~~~~~ Billie C. Reynolds Anita "Jean" Waters-Reynolds (Family Genealogy) http://www.rh2o.com (Modoc County Genealogy) http://www.rh2o.com/modoc/ --- Our outgoing mail is checked by Norton AntiVirus.