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Saturday, May 17, 2008
100 years ago in Nevada County


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Roy Callaway is in a Truckee hospital, suffering from burns sustained in an explosion while trying to light a fire in his locomotive.

Cattle are being driven to the mountains-two bands passed through Nevada City.

Rain the first and middle of the month-the rest dry.

William Dunstone is charged with murdering his son last month.

Three coaches full of passengers left to see the arrival of the Great Atlantic Fleet in San Francisco Bay.

Bishop Moreland gave a speech at the Nevada Theater on the subject of Sunday closing laws. The small audience consisted mostly of women--very few voters.

The Downieville stage starts its summer schedule. The trip to Sierra City takes one day.

Thomas and Grenfell say fabulously rich gold has been struck in the Jenny Lind.

Louis Cassidy is laid to rest with a high mass at St. Patricks.

Fourteen bodies were discovered in La Porte, Indiana. A Mrs. Guinness, two of whose husbands were among the dead, is being sought.

Alfonse Hartung, a Nevada City watchmaker, has developed a new micrometer for measuring small objects.

Daniel Stewart tried to stop a runaway but was thrown. One wheel passed over a leg, bruising it badly.

Joan of Arc is soon to be canonized.

Baseball season opens here-locals are in trim for a hot game. The relay team from San Francisco will soon take them on.

Two more bodies found in La Porte, Indiana. It's surmised Mrs. Guinness' last lover may have included her in with the others believed slain by her.

A strike at the Idaho-gold running $200,000 a ton-and lots in sight!

Fire Chief Ahern laid up-injured by a fire horse.

Twenty business buildings burned in Tonopah-$150,000 in damage done.

Boys near Piety Hill threw a wire across electric lines, darkening the area.

In El Paso, New Mexico, three bandits took $35,000 from a train station. A posse follows.

Congress has passed a bill to build a $10,000 federal office building here.

N. H. Burns, a local Elk member, was killed in Richmond by an explosion of Giant powder.

Ty Cobb, crafty player for the Chicago Cubs, claims he is always thinking out new plays for his team.

$175,000 in ore struck in the Kenosha mine.

A new set of films will appear at the theater tonight-Banana Man, Discharging the Maid, Auto Police and Caught in the Act. Also, illustrated songs.

Two of the New Mexico train robbers have been caught.

A majority in Nevada City voted against closing saloons on Sundays.

A wild-looking man has been running around the Banner Hill area-in the nude!

'Corduroy Jack' a sawmill hand, was discovered on Bennett Street under the influence and hustled off to jail.

The big touring car of J. M. O'Brien, principal owner of the Sultana mines, gave out and had to be hauled in by a team.

Forbidden to dance by her husband, a New York woman said she could not live without dancing nor her husband and took iodine. Doctors at Bellevue say she should recover.

Emil Witcher, 88, of Willow Valley, was butted by a calf and is in serious condition.

Joe Bennett's horse was frightened by an auto and fled down Mill street, scattering the wagon's contents along the route.

Knights Templar had their installation. P. W. Mitchell, past officer, introduced Benjamin Hall, the new commander.

Dan Suvordick was brought down from Washington, suffering from insanity.

Though expenses were high, the Narrow Gauge had a profitable year.

The Stock Market is stricken by a panic caused, it's said, by a Government anti-trust suit against the New Haven Railroad.

The two-year old child of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hartung is seriously ill with pneumonia.

Joseph Branchi, a young Italian man new to America, was arrested for kissing women on the streets of New York. He may get three months but he claimed it was worth it saying he had never seen so many pretty girls.

In a meeting in Kansas City, the Presbyterian church said it was disappointed that the Bible and Christianity weren't given more prominence in the country's grammar schools.

Thomas and James Wyckliffe, Oklahoma outlaws hunted for 13 years, surrendered to State authorities.

The Long Ravine bridge is now complete. The first train will be run over it today.

General Steven D. Lee, 75, one of the last surviving generals of the Confederacy, died in Vicksburg.

The Armory Association will hold its last dance of the season.

F. L. Arbogast was elected to be the Grand Trustee of the Native Sons of Nevada City.

Memorial Day will be observed locally with appropriate services.

The Nevada City Boy's Band has been engaged for the 4th of July.

A team was driven through the Butterfield ranch on Newtown Road, destroying cherries and trees.

Wilbur Wright, aeroplanist, was told the Frenchman Leon De Lagrange had succeeded in flying 12,750 meters. Wright said he and his brother, Orville, have already flown three times that distance.

Throughout the South the centennial birth of Jefferson Davis will be celebrated.

Isaak Sanks died. Born a slave, he was our local unpaid weather recorder. He was brought here by Colonel English in 1651 to work the Kentucky Ridge mines.


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