The Contra Costa Gazette Martinez, Contra Costa County, California Saturday, 5 SEPTEMBER 1874 ***************************************** BORN - DURHAM - In Ignacio Valley, Aug. 25th, to Mr.&Mrs. J.E. DURHAM, a daughter. BORN - CUNNINGHAM - At Bay Point, Sept. 30th [probably a typo & should be Aug. 30], to Mr.&Mrs. Daniel CUNNINGHAM, a son. MARRIED - JONES-THOMAS - In Nortonville, Aug. 24th, by Rev. W. PARRY; Mr. Benjamin JONES and Miss Mary Ann THOMAS. DIED - CAROTHERS - In Iberia, Ohio, Aug. 13th, Mrs. Jane CAROTHERS, mother of Dr. J.H. CAROTHERS of this place, aged 93 years. ["She died as she lived, a devoted Christian."] SCARLET FEVER - The scarlet fever seems to be epidemic in the upper portion of San Ramon Valley to such extent as to cause the temporary closing of the schools in the San Ramon and Amador Districts. The children of quite a number of families have been, or are at present, suffering with the disease, and we have heard 2 cases terminating fatally, one in the family of Mr. LYNCH, and another in the family of Mr. FORTUNE. ----------------------------------------------- KILLED in the QUARRY - Bartolemo ZOLMORIND, one of the men employed at TUCKER's stone quarry in this place, getting out rock for the Branch Insane Asylum building at Napa, was instantly killed in the quarry last Saturday evening about half-past 5 o'clock. Coroner HILLER was immediately notified of the casualty, and held an inquest, resulting in a verdict of accidental death. The deceased had been standing upon a large rock resting on a shelving ledge some 10 or 15 feet above the floor of the quarry cut, engaged in prying off a severed portion of the rock. As the severed portion fell, the rock on which he was standing, weighing several tons, began to slide down the ledge, and he jumped to the quarry floor, but fell so that his head lay where it was caught and completely crushed between the descending and another large rock. The deceased was a native of one of the southern Cantons of Switzerland, and had been for some time a resident of Napa county. ------------------------------------------------------- BUILDING - Mr. A.E. AUSTIN of this place, in building himself a snug and handsome story-and-a-half dwelling at the eastern edge of the village, on a site commanding a fine view across and down the Straits of Carquinez. WALNUT CREEK SCHOOL - Roll of Honor for month ending August 28th… Samuel LYLE Harvey PERRY George PUTNAM Willie PUTNAM Frank WEBB Fred. WEBB John SHERBURNE Lewis SHERBURNE Jimmy MIDDLETON Fred. KIRSCH Henry HUSTON George HUSTON Frank WELCH Willie YOUNG Susie DOUGHERTY Daisy PUTNAM Minnie PUTNAM Malissa HAMMITT Clara HUSTON Josie MURRAY Calista PERRY Carrie ROWEN Netty LaROCHE Ella SLITZ Kate MIDDLETON Mary BAKER H.L. BENSON, Teacher Transcribed by Dee Sardoch To see more old newspapers, visit http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/