check winipedia... it has the 15 puzzle-- 16 squares, etc. the other Marilyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marilyn Demas" <theschoolbell@yahoo.com> To: <norcal@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 9:37 AM Subject: Re: [NORCAL] Sac Union July 19 1880 > Great Betty, > Anybody know what the "fifteen puzzle" is? > marilyn > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Betty Loose <betty@unisette.com> > To: norcal@rootsweb.com > Sent: Tue, February 23, 2010 9:02:30 AM > Subject: [NORCAL] Sac Union July 19 1880 > > The Daily Record-Union > Sacramento, Cal. > Monday, July 19, 188/0 > > MYSTERIOUS SHOOTING - Walter COOKSLEY an employe of the firm of > SALSBURY & Sons, while sleeping in a room near the office of their > wood yard on H, between Sixth and Seventh streets, was shot on Friday > night by his own piston in a very mysterious manner. Another gentleman > sleeping in the office heard the report of a pistol in the direction > of the place where COOKSLEY was sleeping, and called to him, waking > him up to know what the shooting meant. COOKSLEY, irritated at being > woke up, answered that he did not know anything about it, but feeling > a stinging sensation in his arm, lit his lamp, and found that he had > been shot through the muscle of the arm above the elbow, and upon > examination ascertained that it was from his own pistol, which he kept > under his pillow. The mystery as to the manner in which the pistol > discharged itself with no one in the room but himself, and he so > deeply wrapped in the arms of Morpheus as not to hear the report, is a > subject of profound study to COOKSLEY, and more inexplicable than the > fifteen puzzle. > > > > > > ----------------------------------------- > NORCAL ARCHIVES: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > Enter NORCAL. Browse by month. > Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. > ----------------------------------------- > To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to > NORCAL@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORCAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Checkers ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marilyn Ornbaun" <mko@frontiernet.net> To: <norcal@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 11:59 AM Subject: Re: [NORCAL] Sac Union July 19 1880 check winipedia... it has the 15 puzzle-- 16 squares, etc. the other Marilyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marilyn Demas" <theschoolbell@yahoo.com> To: <norcal@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 9:37 AM Subject: Re: [NORCAL] Sac Union July 19 1880 > Great Betty, > Anybody know what the "fifteen puzzle" is? > marilyn > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Betty Loose <betty@unisette.com> > To: norcal@rootsweb.com > Sent: Tue, February 23, 2010 9:02:30 AM > Subject: [NORCAL] Sac Union July 19 1880 > > The Daily Record-Union > Sacramento, Cal. > Monday, July 19, 188/0 > > MYSTERIOUS SHOOTING - Walter COOKSLEY an employe of the firm of > SALSBURY & Sons, while sleeping in a room near the office of their > wood yard on H, between Sixth and Seventh streets, was shot on Friday > night by his own piston in a very mysterious manner. Another gentleman > sleeping in the office heard the report of a pistol in the direction > of the place where COOKSLEY was sleeping, and called to him, waking > him up to know what the shooting meant. COOKSLEY, irritated at being > woke up, answered that he did not know anything about it, but feeling > a stinging sensation in his arm, lit his lamp, and found that he had > been shot through the muscle of the arm above the elbow, and upon > examination ascertained that it was from his own pistol, which he kept > under his pillow. The mystery as to the manner in which the pistol > discharged itself with no one in the room but himself, and he so > deeply wrapped in the arms of Morpheus as not to hear the report, is a > subject of profound study to COOKSLEY, and more inexplicable than the > fifteen puzzle. > > > > > > ----------------------------------------- > NORCAL ARCHIVES: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > Enter NORCAL. Browse by month. > Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. > ----------------------------------------- > To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to > NORCAL@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORCAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message ----------------------------------------- NORCAL ARCHIVES: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ Enter NORCAL. Browse by month. Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. ----------------------------------------- To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to NORCAL@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORCAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thank you! I've actually seen that but wasn't sure if that was what it is called! Appreciatively, marilyn