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THE AMADOR LEDGER Published Fridays by county .publishing compafy. O^YKAHTf £ I RATES:/ One Year (If not in advance)...... ..$3 00 One Year (in advance) .- . .o 50 Six Months. . 1 25 Three Months: .... .\ .. . . :! "! " . . .... 75 One or More Copies of the Ledger, each -. . 10 Legal Advertising— Per Square— First Insertion ... $1 00 Subsequent Insertions— Per Square— each 50 / , . '"'. " ———————————————— ■ — - — -- FR1DAY.......... .. .;. ......JANUARY 0.-I'JOO CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP. The Amador County Publishiug Company has bought the Amador Ledger, and will edit and publish this paper, discontinuing the publication of the Amador Republican, which it has owned and published for some years. , That the publication of two Republican papers in Jackson has been unwise from a business standpoint, always has been realized by every one in , the community, except R. Webb, who was instrumental in establishing the Republican. No one has realized this more vividly than the editors of the two papers. For two years past matters pertaining to a consoli dation of the Ledger and the Republican or a purchase of one by the owner of the other has been discussed and con sidered, while the advisability of such a course has received: the attention ., of many of the leaders in business and in - politics throughout the county. On January 2, 1900, the matter was settled to the satisfaction of all parties con cerned by the consummation of the sale of the Ledger to the Amador County Publishiug Company, which company has. decided to discontinue the publication of the Republican and devote its energies to increasing the glowing influence of the Ledger for the betterment of Amador county. With this change in ownership comes my retirement from the newspaper business in Amador county after seven years as editor and proprietor of the Amador Ledger. The ups and downs of a newspaper man's experience were never better illustrated than by the experience of the Ledger during the last seven years. During, it all the LEDGER and its proprietor have come up smiling after every knockdown, and he, by the exercise of a little pluck and energy, has managed to keep the paper in the front rank of journalism along the Mother Lode.- During the seven years it has set the journalistic pace for the county, and its owner and editor has a right to feel proud, and does feel proud of its The Ledger, has made - many friends by its upright and honorable course in its dealings with all men and measures, and is proud of them. At the same time it has incurred the ill will and enemity of some people from whom it has pulled the mask, exposing them to the broad light of day through its columns. Some of these, aye, many of them, have taken the course of the LEDGER as a personal matter, '..but, as all honorable and respectable papers and their editors are proud of their enemies, the Ledger is doubly proud of those it has made. . . fl ■•'•'■The s writer hereof could fill a book with his experiences as a journalist in Amador county, but as all of the con temptible, connubiating and infamous intrigues directed against him have been exposed by this paper and thoroughly understood by its readers and friends, they have signally failed of their intention and thus have come to naught, and on this occasion further reference thereto is unnecessary. The course of the Ledger in the future will doubtless be upward and onward. • The conditions are ripe in this community for a powerful Republican newspaper, which it is - the intention of the present owners to make it, as well as to keep it the leading newspaper and the leading advocate of all of the material interests of Jacksoa and of Amador county. That they will receive the hearty assistance of the people in the matter- of subscriptions and advertising, which are so necessary to make, a successful newspaper, there can be no doubt, and with these the future success of the Ledger is And, now, knowing that my newspaper experience in Amador county has closed ; believing that with its close I will leave a congenial association with the other newspaper men in the county ; fearing that with its close will come changing scenes and other climes ; and forever mindful of the many ' favors for which I am under the greatest obligations to ad vertisers, subscribers and other patrons and friends, I bid the newspaper world of Amador county farewell. Jackson, Jan vary 5, 1900. / i lUE AMADOU LEDGER: JACKSON, Uiil^lFOliyiA, FBIBAY, JANUARY 5, 1900. DESERTING THE SINKING SHIP. '■:• P°Pg un organs of the Democracy are. still telling the people that Bryan and sixteen to one is the proper slogan for the party in 1900. They are, on the average, using syn dicate editorials issued by the Bryan information bureau and sent broadcast throughout the land in the hope that the lazy or tired Democratic editor will incorporate them in theedito rial columns of his paper to save labor, and thus become responsible for their publication. Almost daily some paper comes^to this office whose editorials wear the earmarks of the syndicate. In the light of the fact that the leading men of the Democratic party throughout the United States are. fall ing away from Bryan and his cause these syndicate editorials are, to the minds of thinking men, the veriest rot. That they are leaving him and his cause like rats leave a sinking ship there is no doubt. The latest Bryauite to catch' the infection is W. S. McComas, editor of the Democratic Maga zine, published at Chicago, who concludes an article entitled, "Breakers Ahead" in the current number of that magazine with the statement that the nomination of Bryan.' against McKinley in 1900 "means foregone disaster to Iris jparty." Mr. McComas has been, up to this" time, an advocate ttij-ough good and evil report of the Chicago. platform, silvety. knd Bryan-^always Bryan. • I He says also that he, in common with others, has been deterred by a feeling of delicacy and by a desire to avojd giv ing offense from speaking the plain truth. Then he sets forth that the belief has grown up throughout the laqd that Bryan cannot lead to victory this year; that the party must remain divided while he is the leader. The philosophy of that belief is dismissed with the reflection, illustrated by the citation of Henry Clay and James G. Blame, that popular idols are not often elected President. The leaders of the party, it is explained, "realize this, but seem x to' choose defeat rather, than encounter hostility that is as unreasoning as it is pitiless. Mr. Bryan is asked- to sacrifice himself this time with the certainty of nomination and election four years article, concludes : " The discussion of the. ques tion of Mr. Bryan's successor would be premature. Though many names are being mentioned, privately, it is certain that their eligibility should not be canvassed until the general ques tion of leadership has first been settled. They are" agreed that Mr. Bryan's renomination would mean a repetition of the disaster of 1896 and in a worse form. It is for the party jto choose between certain defeat and possible victory," WRECKED THE OFFICE. An attorney, E. E: Wood of Angels Camp, who 'had a grievance agajnst the Calaveras_Citizen of San" AtKJreas_jen_ tered the office of that paper and wrecked the forms which were almost ready to be put to press for the last current issue of the paper. The act was committed by Wood while enraged over a number of articles reflecting upon him as an attorney and citizen, Which .appeared in different issues of the Citizen, and because of which he^_had brought suit against the man agement of that paper for damages. .'Just prior to the <'act Wood met C. O. Ziegenfuss, the editor, on the street ; and demanded to see what was in the paper about him that week. Ziegenfuss calmly denied the request and slowly walked away. Wood went directly to. the office, and, finding the door locked, forced it open and did the job. As he was leaving the place, he remarked to a bystander that he guessed nothing would be in the paper about him that week, or words to that effect. The only legal steps possible, under the cir cumstances for Ziegenfuss, in. the matter, is to prosecute Wood for malicious mischief and a civil suit; for damages. The latter, however, is hardly feasible, as Wood is said to be judgment proof.. Everything considered, Mr. Wood is ex tremely fortunate even though he receive the full penalty of the law for his crime, as there are but few newspaper people in the country who would not go "gunning" for him under the circumstances. i ■• !; -. i ■ Various amendments and changes have been made in the county ordinances since they were published a few months ago. It would be \yell at this time for the District Attorney to have the license ordinance, No. 91, so amended that. it' will be clear to all, whether saloon men who were in business when the ordinance was passed have to secure a licence by the prescribed course this year or not. The ordinance' reads so it is subject to either interpretation, and it should be made clear enough to be understood by all who read.. License Collector Gregory says it is necessary to get a new licence, while the District Attorney says it is not. -jlvf:* By noting the proceedings of the Board of Supervisors it will be observed that the contract to make maps was awarded to John Brown, the supervision thereof being made the duty of the County Surveyor. This should cause no delay in the prosecution of the suit to recover on the bond of .the ex-Assessor, In the news columns of the LEDGER this week will be found an editorial from the San Francisco Post, the title of which is "The Love of Dirt." Attention of the citizens of Jackson is called thereto. Comparisons are "odorous," and at the same time unnecessary. The way people are asking for saloon licenses it would seem that there is a growing belief that there are not enough saloons in Jackson. THE LOVE OF DIRT. . i?j. : . — 3f?a — ;,,. . *cr. Indisposition of Manjtind Generally to Sub- Jig mit trf Sanitation. 9§ •. £ I An Eastern newspai»6r, conamen'ting upon the indisposition ofimanfeAid gen erally to submit to sanitary innovation, refers to tho population of Havana, Cuba, as the most incorrigible on earth. The American, military authorities who have been running that city for some time have- insisted upon sewering, scrubbing, deodorizing and sterilizing tho town, and on alP sides ithe pe6[iki aro objecting to the process and mak ing invidious comparisons between tho methods of tho Araercan health officers and ...the tyranny of 'tho Spanish tax gatherers.. .Evidently; they, think it was easier to get along- with tho Span iards than It is now with tho Ameri cans, since thoy aro being made tho victims of cleaning-up processes, | whigh thoy rogard j with holy horror, j In deed, -one. newspaper openly declares that they prefer to be left undisturbed with their Dlth and death rate. But this attempt to force cleanliness upon tho people of Havana is not being .met with any less hilarity than the American civilizing methods are being received in tho Philippines. A Manila correspondent for.: an Eastern news paper wroto the other day that General Otis had made tho people of Manila a great deal cleaner than they cared to be made, and ho predicts' that if. the American General porsists in his sani tary plans, he will soon have tho na tive population in rebellion. These things sound* exceedingly funny, but it will be remombored that tho population of Bombay a few years ago persisted in dying of tho plague rather than submit to sanitation. But are the barbarian tribes of tropi cal countries the only people : who re sist cleanliness? We remember ' that when Colonel Waring took : charge of tho New York Street Cleaniug Depart ment his sanitary .schemes j were re sisted with great strength by Tam many Hall, and . when he ' was finally turned out of office by Boss Croker, the people rojoiced .that .they could freely return to their muddy streots and foul-smelling sewers. This sounds funnier still. The. antipathy which most people have to cleanliness is one of the mar vels of history. It can be explained on no theory except that it is natural for all animals to be dirty. — San Francisco Post. Why Suffer With toothache when you can have them fllleU by electricity without one pang of pain at Dr W. F. Green's, Webb building. * ' A Native of Jackson Passes Away. ■. Albert N. Bruml died at. Stockton December 27, 1899.. The deceased was the son of M. Bruml, a pioneer, of Amador county, and was aged forty years, ten months and eleven days. He was a native of Jackson. [Amador papers please copy.] .. In the Swim. Here we are at last Just what the people desire : Nice large airy bathrooms, fine porce lain tubs and hot water in abundance at the New National Shaving Parlora, R. L, Manu, Proprietor. * It Is a Pleasure To have your teeth tilled by the use of elec- Uicilv.- At-Ur. U r . V. (Jriu-ii:. .. U. l.h imiMiiiKt MISCELLANEOUS. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦» : : In case of sickness a doc- ',', '■'• tor who can write the prop- <> ;; er prescription is no more ;; !! important than the pharm- .!! ; ' acist who can properly com- < > ;; pound the prescription after •;; I! it is written :: J I At our store prescriptions are J | i ' carefully and properly com- < • \\ pounded by a graduate in ',', J ' pharmacy. ' ' < > . . .< . i■ < ■ i> i > *• ■ ■ ' ■"' ■ : ■•'.■ ■ '/■'" ■' < > 4 ' Drugs— Fresh and Pure < . \ ' The Latest .Periodicals . . \\ J I Toilet Articles of Every Kind ' J ; i > Wines and Liquors for Medicinal . . < > < ' Purposes * ' J; . r j: <■. < • i : CITY # PHARMACY ! : <> • • . •■ < > \'. DONLAP & KERK . o 4 > • 4 > Main Street JACKSON 4 ■ 4 « -. / . 4 > ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦» •••••••••• • • -. . .-..'.("•.■•:■ • «^*f • ••' • \uif • •• ■ ••••••••• ' ••••••••• I COFFEE ISE •••••••••••••••••••••••••• nm ■ JACKSON, CAL. Basement of the Webb Building Everything New, Neat and Clean MEALS SERVED AT ALL HOURS : THE BEST THK MARKET i AFFORDS • ' .. . ALWAYS QN UANP Guests treated with consideration and re- spect at all times. Best Liquors and Cigars at the Bar HAMBRIC & CARLEY.' '. IOIOHL HOTEL WI PIUS R. L. MANN, Proprietor — EVEUYTHING % FIRST-CLASS— National Hotel Uuildlng Foot of Main Street -^ iS f* ""THE" WHITE ':HOaSEr?_' '"^ i There Are 11 I|| | f/ I I vVv l__vfi L vVy I B ■i >»<:■ vii-sU ■•:;.]/, I Not many, though, of those beautiful Capes , r '' CA '__ifr 3UE and Jackets we bought for the holiday trade, ;to any c o NE We ■ will close them out now at a large reduc- ; :-m uwppticAfioN' - -tion t lfl price, and guarantee^ every garment -in* : ;ij : - every respect. V ! """■"" ■"' ' ......... | . L__________^^' We desire most particularly to direct your, attention to "our elegant and up-to- date stock of Custom and Ready Made Clothing, Men's Furnishing ; Uoods, Boots and Shoes, on which we have put: HARD TIMEvS PRICES/ II? 3 Send for our catalogue, FREE. We have received from the mills ten cases of- Blankets and Comforters: we " are selling at mill prices; call and convince yourself, j Special, on sale during the holiday month, twenty dozen Ladies Kid Gloves' asso l ted .f_ 1 _ ors; real value> $ll ' 5°5 °- Special, $1.00/ " :' I OUR.;.SHPE DEPARTMENT | are well selected with great care.. We only handle first-class goods at popular prices II ( A handsome illustrated Cloak Catalogue will be furnished, free. ; Given away, free, 1 © with every $i.oo cash purchase, a handsome lithographed writing tablet ' _b nnijj ■ , or — . & • ■■■■■. — w I WHITE HOUSE«-< | jjlMaln Street. Jackson HENRY WEIL. Manager §f MISCELLANEOUS. JACKSON HOSPITAL . Mushett Place ' JACKSON. CAL Strictly Modern * ♦ In All Respects Y. Light, Aseptic Operating-Boom Single Booms and Wards Modern Fitings and Appliances Hot and Cold Batha __ _______ . BETZ' HOT AIR APPARATUS, for treat ment of rheumatic conditions (acute and chron- ic), sciatica and joint diseases. Physicians may bring their private patients and retain exactly the same relation to them as they would in their own homes. HOSPITAL BATES. REASONABLE Physicians' fees in proportion to conditions. Trained nurses from San Francisco in constant attendance. '■ SURGERY A SPECIALTY '.'", „ E. E. EHDICOTT, *" Besident Physician. Offlce: Webb Building, Main Street. •••••• : E : s N s 2 — _ * North Main Street Jackson • I • •R: iHI • * • :■ - ■ ... • rv * • ■» ••••••••••••••••••••• • 1 • • I • The Best of Care Taken S * S of Transient Stock . . So* Gentle Horses . . '?£*; _ E _ Splendid Vehicles and the J 2 Best Equipment of All • . • Kinds . . . .... •77K ••••••••••••••••••••• • • '' -' sSs s T: • !■ m _M .^^W^k^ •g • Q 2' _ * Prices Reasonable • !*• • •• .■ ■• • • •: •••••• ffl. A. MAILS ,For the Best . . Assortment of ; :.• Dry Goods SHOES AND Furnishing -:- Goods Of All Kinds. For. Ladies) And Children • At the Lowest Prices GO TO M. A. MAILS Sutter Creek - ; ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦» tM> , GEORGE NEWMAN'S - ' Alen^sXlofhing 77 " : . <vf\ • Dry uoods * : Groceries, Etc. Stock Must Be Reduced Cut Prices In Every Line ~— GEORGE NEWMAN Alain Street, Jackson ■ — i " ■'•'■■ :; - . KHSSSKSSKiS^ < »»^ ■ — -♦♦»♦♦♦»♦»♦♦♦ -A- SQU'ABE''l)E__3_ i ON DEAL BUGGIES ■ ' : '. ■ - ::W^ •■■ . • BUGGIES.... —^ SOLp AT SAMPLES ON EXHIBITION Exclusive Agency for the Deal Buggies fu Which Are the Best " ?| W. E. KENT ' ■|l ♦ —^— BBOADWAT, JACKSON j - — 'I k — :. h cAn stumble I Into shoe stores as easy as you stumble in some of the ') shoes you'd find. You can't stumble in our shoes. • Wear our shoes. '^% * r "PETERSON'S EXCLUSIVE SHOE STORE Sunset Telephone 121 _ i Webb Block, Jackson, Cal. PIONEER FLOUR IS PERFECTION^ .1 Alade From SELECTED WHEAT |l Blended According to O.ir Own Formula M Produclnq Perfect Results ■ (~\UR ; RECORD OF THIRTY-FIVE YEARS IN AMADOR COUNTY OF HONORABLE ' Wand upright dealing Is with you. and we respectfully ask for a continuance of your fuvors; - without prejudice* j * - * —PIONEER FLOUR IMS, BICRUWTO— • ,