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Subject: BVG November 1898
Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 23:19:43 -0700

BIG VALLEY GAZETTE – BIEBER LASSEN COUNTY, CAL.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1898
PROOF OF WILSON’S CITIZENSHIP

State of Minnesota,
County of Morrison

Isaac P. Wilson being first duly sworn on oath says his true name is Isaac
P. Wilson. That his wife’s name is Eliza E. Wilson. That Tom W. Wilson is
the son of said Isaac P. Wilson and Eliza E. Wilson that said Isaac P.
Wilson was born in Bangor, New York, and the parents of said Isaac P. Wilson
was born in the State of New Hampshire. That said Eliza E. Wilson was born
in Brandon, Vermont, and her parents were born in same town and state. That
said Isaac P. Wilson and wife and the said son, Tom W. Wilson, were and are
ever have been citizens of the United States of America. That said Isaac P.
Wilson was engaged in the lumber business and was for a time conducting said
business in Canada and at the same time conducting a business in the United
States just across the line from his said business in Canada. That said
Isaac P. Wilson never at any time exercised any rights of franchise or
citizenship in Canada or any other country other than the United States.
That said Isaac P. Wilson and Tom W. Wilson never at any time or in any
manner renounced or gave up their citizenship in the United States. That
said Isaac P. Wilson and Eliza E. Wilson are now living in the village of
Royalton, State of Minnesota. That said Tom W. Wilson has ever been a
citizen of the United States that his residence in Canada was temporary only
for the purpose of conducting his said business.

ISAAC P. WILSON
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 22d day of October, 1898.
{SEAL} CHAS R. RHODES,
Notary Public in and for Morrison County, State of Minnesota

STATE OF MINNESOTA,
COUNTY OF MORRISON
Eliza E. Wilson, being duly sworn on oath, says she is the Eliza E. Wilson
mentioned in the foregoing affidavit, that she has heard, read the
statements contained and set forth in said affidavit and the same are true.
ELIZA E. WILSON
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 22d day of October, 1898.
{SEAL} CHAS R. RHODES
Notary Public in and for Morrison County, State of Minnesota

Karr Harbert of Adin and Miss Bessie LaPoint of Hayden Hill were married in
the parlor of the Bieber Hotel Sunday by Judge Roney.

A. O. Stanley and family, who have resided in the eastern part of the valley
for a number of years, left last Saturday for Lake County, where they will
reside in the future.

Miss Lizzie Summers was married in Oroville, on Oct. 12th, to J. Ingram.
Her many friends here extend hearty congratulations and well wishes to the
young people.

BORN

SMITH – In Bieber, Cal., Oct. 30, 1898, to the wife of A. Smith, a daughter

MARRIED

HARBERT – LAPOINT – In Bieber, Cal., Oct. 30, 1898, Karr Harbert and Miss
Bessie LaPoint.

INGRAM – SUMMERS – In Oroville, Cal., Oct. 12, 1898, J. Ingram and Miss
Lizzie Summers.

TABER – MILLER – Near Craig, Cal., Oct. 30, 1898, Oscar Taber and Miss
Kittie C. Miller.

LOOKOUT NEWS

A. M. Sharp, father of Mrs. E. P. Miller of Stone Coal is visiting that
place.

D. R. Brownell and wife were in town Saturday on their way to attend the
Taber – Miller nuptial festivities in Stone Coal next day.

Married at noon, Oct. 30, 1898, at the bride’s residence in Stone Coal
Valley, Miss Kittie Miller of that place and Oscar Taber of Chico. In a few
days, they will depart for their future home in Chico. We hope the Great
Path Builder will leave their road smooth.

SUIT FOR MALPRACTICE
A suit for malpractice was filed by the county clerk on October 25th for O.
A. DeForest against Rawlins Cadwallader of Fall River. Mr. DeForest claims
that on December 12th, 1896, he accidentally broke his leg and that he
employed Dr. Cadwallader to set the broken limb. The doctor, so DeForest
claims, did not set it right and as a result, DeForest is a cripple. The
plaintiff asks for $20,000 damages.

The sad news reached us from Pitville yesterday of the death of Mrs. I. N.
Vestal, who leaves a husband and a large family of small children.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1898

Mrs. George Rose of Fall River Valley, who rescued the little child of Dr.
and Mrs. Rowley from drowning in a deep well a month or two ago, will
shortly receive a medal from the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Children for her heroic act.

SHOOTING SCRAPE

A shooting scrape occurred at Hayden Hill last Friday, about midnight, and
another criminal case burdens the calendar of our superior court. It seems
that one, Wm. Fowler, was abusing John Driskell in the saloon at Hayden
Hill, when a bystander, a stranger on the hill, interfered and hit Fowler in
the face. Fowler went to the hotel, washed the blood from his face and
taking a pistol, returned to the saloon and began shooting at the stranger
and hit Clarence Driskell, a son of John Driskell, in the left side of the
chest, the bullet striking a rib and coming out about a rib and coming out
about four inches from where it entered. Fortunately the wound is not about
and young Driskell is getting along nicely. Fowler was arrested and taken
to Susanville.

BORN

LONG – In Susanville, Cal., Nov. 7, 1898, to the wife of George B. Long, a
son

ZIMMERMAN – In Susanville, Cal., Nov. 1, 1898, to the wife of B. R.
Zimmerman, daughter

MARRIED

DOZIER – FORD – In Sacramento, Cal., Oct. 26, 1898, Dr. W. E. Dozier and
Miss Alberta Ford.

Dr. Bradshaw was called to Dixie Valley last Friday to attend Mrs. Gooch,
who was quite sick. From there, he was called to Hayden Hill to look after
young Driskell’s injuries.

O. G. Williams and Tom Crowley, now living in Washington, met with a serious
loss recently. Their barn and entire contents, consisting of all their
harvesting machinery, fifteen head of horses and all the harness being
consumed by fire. The loss amounts to $2000 and is a heavy blow to the
boys, who have the sympathy of their old friends in Big Valley.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1898

George Guthrie brought some fine cheese to town Monday from his Clover Leaf
Dairy. He succeeded in selling his entire load.

Andy Greigg stopped here last Wednesday night on his way to Wilbur Springs,
where he will remain for sometime for the benefit of his health.

A number of our citizens will have to be in attendance before the Superior
Court at Susanville as trial jurors in the criminal cases, which are now in
progress before that tribunal. One trial is on this week and the other
cases will come up in a week and two weeks respectively.

DIED

DIXON – Near Bieber, Cal., Nov. 12, 1898, Howard, only son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. F. Dixon, aged 2 years, 4 months and 21 days.

GROVES – In Adin, Cal., Nov. 7, 1898, J. R. Groves, a native of New York,
aged 74 years, 8 months and 16 days.

DEATH OF LITTLE HOWARD DIXON
The sad news of the death of Howard, the little son of Prof. and Mrs. J. F.
Dixon, shocked the community last Saturday morning. The death was quite
sudden and unexpected. The little child had some bowel trouble a few days
previous and medicine was procured, which seemed to relieve it. Last
Friday, the little fellow played outdoors nearly all day, and in the
evening, he romped about in the house, feeling apparently quite well. That
night he rested quietly, but in the morning the parents noticed that
something was wrong, and before they could procure aid, or even realized the
seriousness of the situation, their little child was wafted heavenward;
death being caused from inflammation of the bowels.
The remains were laid at rest n the Bieber Cemetery Sunday afternoon in the
presence of a large concourse of sympathizing neighbors and friends.
The loss to Mr. and Mrs. Dixon is a severe one, as it was their only child
and was fairly worshiped by them, and the entire community grieves with the
bereaved parents in their hour of sorrow and affliction.

Born to the wife of George Harvill the 13th inst, a seven pound daughter

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1898

The people of Susanville are hungry for eggs and the stage takes out all the
eggs that our merchants accumulate here.

Quite a number of our citizens have been called to Susanville as witnesses
in the Arnett case, which comes up before the Superior Court next Tuesday.

George J. Estill has returned to this valley with his family and is
domiciled on his place east of town. George expects to remain here and
engage in stock raising.

The jury in the Benenger case consisted of the following citizens: G. W.
Wright, J. T. Summers, H. J. Sain, S. Pierce, M. J. Ayers, M. J. Schmidt,
Aoner Ramsey, F. Z. Palmer, Milt Watson and H. Peterson.

FOUND GUILTY
Late last night, after being out several hours, the jury in the case of the
People of the State of California, Plaintiff vs Charles Benenger, Defendant,
accused of Grand Larceny, brought in a verdict of guilty.
Defendant Benenger was accused of stealing a calf from Lafe Marks several
months ago and on trial, the above result was reached.
The People were represented by District Attorney Barry and the defendant by
E. V. Spencer and H. D. Burroughs.
As yet, no time has been set for the passing of sentence.

The trial of Frank Miller, who killed Charles Saling at Amedee, July 24th,
commenced in the Superior Court at Susanville yesterday.

The first lot of jurymen has returned, from Susanville and the second
installment wended their way thither Sunday.

Wm. Babcock, who had been located at Sheridan, Oregon, for sometime, has
recently moved and taken up his residence at Pendleton, Oregon.

BORN

HOOKS – At Clinton, Cal., Nov. 5, 1898, to the wife of Charles Hooks, a
daughter

HOFFMAN – In Susanville, Cal., Nov. 14, 1898, to the wife of Wm. Hoffman, a
son

LOOKOUT NEWS

A. E. Hadley of this place will move to Canby soon where he has rented land
of C. J. Caldwell.

J. W. Brown talks of taking up the study of medicine. Should he thus
embark, his will be a winning race.

Frank Chisholm, deputy sheriff, was down last week from Adin summoning grand
jurymen. L. C. Carpenter and Ira S. Cannon will go from this place.

John Bouchard met with an accident last night that came near being serious.
He was walking home from Knight’s store at about eight o’clock, and the
night being very dark, he took the middle of the road. At Dry Creek, he
missed the bridge and stepped over the rocky embankment. Arthur Traugh, who
was a few paces ahead, hearing him fall, went to his assistance. He helped
him up and assisted him home, when it was found that Mr. Bouchard had
received a frightful gash on the back part of the head and was also injured
about the body.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1898

“Mountain Lily” is the brand adopted by the Bieber Roller Mills for their
first grade flour.

John Bouchard, who was hurt by a fall in Adin a short time ago, died Sunday
morning from internal injuries received at that time. His funeral took
place Monday and was largely attended. Deceased was held in high esteem by
all who knew him and we hear general regret expressed at his taking off.

Charles Benenger, who was found guilty of grand larceny last Thursday, was
sentenced by Judge Kelley Friday morning to one year at the state prison at
San Quentin. Deputy Sheriff Wemple took the prisoner below Saturday
morning.

McKENZIE – McGIRR NUPTIALS
A quiet wedding took place at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Watson in
the lower end of the valley last Thursday evening, when Mrs. Watson’s
daughter, Miss Nettie McGirr, was united in marriage to Warren McKenzie, son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. McKenzie. Only relatives and a few intimate friends
of the contracting parties were present, and the words, which pronounced the
young couple being supported during the ceremony by Miss Maggie Walsh as
bridesmaid and W. B. Philliber as groomsman. Congratulations followed and
then the guests sat down to a sumptuous repast to which all did ample
justice. The newly married couple then came to town, took in the dance and
bid farewell to their hosts of friends before their departure to their home
in Honey Lake Valley, where Mr. McKenzie is teaching at present.
The young couple, was the recipients of a number of useful and valuable
presents, and has the good wishes of their many friends for a happy and
prosperous future.

MARRIED

McKENZIE – McGIRR – Near Bieber, Cal., Nov. 24, 1898, A. W. McKenzie and
Miss Nettie V. McGirr, Rev. A. DeWitt Welty officiating.

DIED

BOUCHARD – In Adin, Cal., Nov. 27, 1898, John Bouchard, a native of Canada,
aged 73 years.

LEONARD – In Susanville, Cal., Nov. 18, 1898, Ella, second daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. L. E. Leonard, aged 12 years, 5 months and 4 days.

LOOKOUT NEWS

Mrs. Pendleton Harris of Egg Lake will move to the Butts ranch in Gouger
Neck in a day or two.


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