Hanford Journal Hanford, Kings Co., California Tuesday, 14 JULY 1896 ************************** BIRTH -- BURRELL -- Near Grangeville, Cal., July 11th, 1896, to the wife of Monroe BURRELL, a son -- 9 to 1 (9 boys now & 1 girl). BIRTH -- MEADOWS -- At Lakeside, Cal., July 7th, 1896, to the wife of Buchanan MEADOWS, a son. BIRTH -- HANSEN -- Near Armona, Cal., July 10th, 1896, to the wife of New HANSEN, a son. BIRTH -- DAVIS -- At Grangeville, Cal., today, July 14, 1896, to the wife of A.R. DAVIS, a son -- another vote for free silver, says Mr. DAVIS. MARRIAGE -- WASHBURN-GEBHARDT -- At the residence of the bride's parents in Hanford, Sunday evening, July 12th, 1896, by Rev. C.S. LINSLEY; John B. WASHBURN of Fresno and Miss Marie G. GEBHARDT. DEATH -- SOUZA -- On Sunday, July 12th, 8 miles NE of Hanford, little Manuel, aged 10 months, son of Antonio SOUZA. DEATH -- HARMAN -- In Hanford, July 9th, 1896, Philindia L.M., youngest daughter of S. and R.C. HARMAN. DEATH -- PAGE -- At the residence of deceased, 2 miles east of Hanford, at 4 o'clock a.m. today, Tuesday, July 14th, 1896, Mrs. Nancy PAGE, wife of Samuel PAGE, aged 71 years, 11 months, and a native of Pennsylvania. [Deceased had not been apparently seriously ill, but neuralgia, which at times attacked different portions of her body, seized on her again last Friday and caused her death. Physicians were called, but could give her no relief, as her brain was fatally affected. Deceased leaves a husband here, a daughter residing near Pixley, Tulare County, and 2 sons in Kansas. They have the heartfelt sympathy of many friends here in the loss of a devoted wife and mother. The funeral takes place from the Cumberland Presbyterian church tomorrow (Wednesday) at 10 o'clock a.m., sermon by N.W. MOTHERAL, and the remains will be interred in the Hanford cemetery.] ---------------------------------- WAS RUN OVER -- Fatal Ending of a Projected Trip to the Coast -- W.A. BOTTENBERG, of Grangeville, Meets Death as the Result of a Thoughtless Act in Unbridling Horses -- A most distressing and sad accident happened a few miles from Lemoore Sunday night, by which Grangeville has been deprived of a good and substantial citizen and a family robbed of a loving husband and father. The facts of the case as told a 'Journal' reporter by the son Walter are as follows: "My mother and father and I started from Grangeville Sunday evening about 5:30 for Santa Barbara and had got about a mile this side of Kings River bridge when we stopped to water the horses. My father and I got out and while I went to get water in the bucket, father took the bridle off one of the horses, as was his custom, before letting them drink. We had watered one of them and had put the bridle on and was watering the other when it turned it head and caught sight of the white top of the wagon. It lunged forward and my father caught it by its head while I held on to the other by the bit, but as only 1 had its bridle on it was impossible to hold them. Suddenly the tongue of the wagon struck father in the chest and knocked him down, the wagon passing over his body. My mother was still in the wagon and the horses ran over a mile, but finally stopped of themselves. When I reached my father's side he had gotten up and inquired if mother was hurt and I told him that the team had ran away with her, and he told me to go to a heading crew that was close by and get help. I immediately started off and several of the boys returned with me, but when I got to my father's side he was unconscious. We then started for where the wagon had stopped and brought the team back. My mother was not hurt and when we again got to where my father was lying he asked for a drink of water, but before we could get it he died." Mrs. BOTENBURG [spelled 2 ways] and son came home in a buggy and one of the heading crew brought the body back in the wagon, arriving at Grangeville about 6 o'clock in the morning. Word was sent to Justice RANDALL, acting Coroner, but after hearing the facts he decided it would not be necessary to hold an inquest. The funeral will take place from the Advent Church at Grangeville on Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock. Deceased was 51 years of age at the time of his death and came to this place from Indiana in the fall of 1892. He located at Bakersfield, but left there in the spring of 1893 and has since resided in Grangeville. He leaves a widow, a son and a daughter, the latter teaching school in Santa Barbara. A telegram was sent to her and she is expected home on tonight's train. The bereaved family have the sincere sympathy of the whole community in their terrible affliction. The sadness of the affair seems the more so because the family were on their way for a pleasure trip, the first vacation they had taken in several years. Mrs. BOTENBURG wishes to express her thanks to the boys of the heading crew, who, though strangers to her, gave such great assistance at the time of the accident. ----------------------------------------------------- ORDERED TO PAY ALIMONY -- The S.F. 'Examiner' of last Saturday contained the following in relation to the domestic troubles of Dale McQUIDDY, formerly of this city: Mrs. Mary E. McQUIDDY petitioned the Superior Court to compel her husband, Redding McQUIDDY, to support her. She has a divorce suit pending. Judge Slack ordered the husband to pay $10 per week. McQUIDDY is a traveling salesman for Redington & Co., the wholesale druggists. His domestic trouble, leading up to the divorce complaint, has before been published. In Judge Slack's court Mrs. McQUIDDY admitted she had taken the Keeley cure, but that it was to please her husband rather than from any need of it. She stated that on 1 occasion she watched a room in which her husband, another man and a woman were, and she saw 28 drinks carried in there. Mr. McQUIDDY's attorney endeavored to show that Mrs. McQUIDDY would squander any money paid to her, but Judge Slack granted the order for support. ----------------------------------------------------- LOCAL PARAGRAPHS -- -Mrs. J.S. NISWANDER is at Fowler, visiting her father and sister. -J.R. HIGH and family left this morning for Decatur, Mich., where they expect to remain for 3 months. -J.G. and William BURGESS of Hanford are employed at the Silver Bow vineyard erecting a large new packing house, truck tracks, etc. -L.K. SHEFFER had a painful swelling on his jaw, caused by a fly or some other insect biting him while he was taking a nap on Sunday afternoon. -Will BROWN has gone to San Francisco on a visit. He may study drawing while gone. -John DOUGLASS went to Lemoore yesterday morning, where he intends to open a barber shop. -Mrs. John HIGHT and Mrs. F.B. HIGHT, John HIGHT's mother, left for Santa Cruz Saturday last. -Fred and Robert KIMBLE are preparing to get away to San Francisco this week. They contemplate going to Alaska for their summer outing if they can get away long enough. -Mrs. W.L. MILLER and baby left Saturday for Delano, where Rev. MILLER joined her yesterday. From there they will go to Pasadena and Long Beach until the heated season is over. Their baby has been suffering quite severely from the heat of the last 2 weeks. WILLIS BROWN, a 14-year-old boy living near Selma, had the misfortune to fall from a load of hay upon the tines of a pitchfork, one of the tines passing through his liver and lungs up into his throat, the point sticking in his mouth. The doctors say there is a slight chance for the boy's recovery if no unfavorable symptoms develop in future. J.J. DUVALL on last Friday afternoon had an experience which has caused him to swear vengeance on the canine tribe, or at least a part of it. He was on his way out to Mr. H.L. PARKER's place on a bicycle and when opposite A.V. TAYLOR's place, a dog, belonging to James CLARK of Excelsior, and which was with some Portuguese who were working upon a ditch, ran out in the road and bit Mr. DUVALL in the left thigh, inflicting a very painful wound. He says if some one else doesn't relieve the community of the brute he will do it himself one of these days. Fred KIMBLE, of the Kimble prune orchard, was bitten upon the right thigh under very similar conditions last week. The dog which bit him belonged to a Mr. RANEY. ------------------------------------------------------ GRANGEVILLE -- -Mrs. WILKINSON has gone on a visit to her sister in Bakersfield. -Mrs. Scott SAMPSON has been quite sick lately with sore throat. -Miss Alice HORSLEY, a half-sister to Mrs. McKENZIE, is here on a visit. -A sister of Mrs. W.J. NEWPORT, together with her husband & 2 sons, is expected here from the East soon to pay the NEWPORTs a visit. ARMONA -- -A letter received here by A.E. BLAKELEY, his son-in-law, from Captain DICKINSON states that the Captain, his wife and son left Philadelphia on July 4th, on a large sailing vessel, the 'Benjamin F. Packard,' with Capt. DICKINSON in charge, bound for Japan. LEMOORE LOCALS -- -While at Fresno last week Bert GOLDSMITH traded his pet monkey off for a skeleton wagon. Nuf said. -George NESBIT, son of our local station agent, has been dangerously ill with typhoid malaria. -Mr.&Mrs. O.C. BROWN, who were thrown from their buggy while in Hanford last Monday, are reported as recovering from their injuries. Transcribed by Dee Sardoch To see more old newspapers, visit http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/