The Contra Costa Gazette Martinez, Contra Costa County, California Saturday, 19 SEPTEMBER 1874 *********************************************** BORN - KELLEY - Near Martinez, Sept. 11th, to Mr.&Mrs. James KELLEY, a son. MARRIED - PEERS-MARKEY - At the residence of the bride's mother, near Pacheco, Sept. 15th, by Rev. A. MARTIN; Mr. Claus PEERS of Antioch, and Miss Anna Amelia MARKEY. THE IGNACIO VALLEY SULPHUR SPRINGS - The virtues of the sulphur spring water near the residence of Ygnacio SIBERIAN, in Ygnacio Valley, about 2 miles from Walnut Creek, have long been held in high esteem among the native population and many of the older residents of the county. Dr. ROWAN, who has leased the spring and recently erected a boarding house and bath houses there for the accommodation of the invalids and others, informs us that an analysis of the waters show them to be identical with those famous Bareges Springs of the Pyrenees mountains, in Spain, which have long been the resort of European invalids for the cure of certain classes of disease. Dr. ROWAN does not propose inducements for visitors afflicted with complaints which the waters are not calculated to remove, but will be glad to have them tried by those suffering with the classes of complaints specified in his notice, which will be found in the advertising columns of this issue. ALHAMBRA GRANGE - The Alhambra Grange, of the Patrons of Husbandry, was instituted at this place on Saturday last, by R.G. DEAN, county representative of the State Grange. The new Grange will hold its meetings on Saturday of each week. The officers are: Master, Dr. John STRENTZEL Secretary, Wm. FRAZER Overseer, Henry RAAP Lecturer, Benj. R. HOLLIDAY Chaplain, James McHARRY Treasurer, James C. McHARRY Steward, Elam BARBER Assistant Steward, Lawrence SMITH Lady Assistant, Miss Mary HOLLIDAY Gate Keeper, James STEWART Ceres, Mrs. Alexander BOSS Pomona, Mrs. Henry RAAP Flora, Miss Louisa W. STRENTZEL RESCUED FROM BURNING - A little daughter of Mr. HAMBLIN, of Pacheco, while attempting to kindle a fire in the stove a few days since set fire to her clothing and would probably have been burned to death, had not the mother, though she sprang from a sick bed to do it, promptly enveloped her in a quilt and extinguished the flames. The child was quite severely, though not dangerously, burned, as we hear, and the mother also was somewhat burned in her successful effort to save the child. Transcribed by Dee Sardoch To see more old newspapers, visit http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/