Historical Clippings Book (HC-A) (49 pages)

I are tatest: Far Afield . . “The latest in newspaper cireles is a ; “valking newspaper’ in Paris, A young lady, too, if you please. jis very popular and can be seen evtery afternoon gliding along from cafe ‘ito cafe in the section where the students and their followers can ibe] found. She enters the cafe and going] ‘from one table to another, relates the news of the day. There is a general demand for her, the diners calling her and she is pulled from table to ta-. . ble. 4 ier local items, editorials and telegraphs to say nothing of advertise, ments. She takes her pay in sugar. _ Those who have been in France know that with every cup of coffee, five lumps of sugar are served, three for the cup and two extra; sometimes used in the water glass, sometimes carried} away. Sama. . . All Jeanne asks is the two. extras, and she sells to a certain cafe all she], collects. One story is told that she is the daughter of a poor nobleman} and is to marry a poor salesman when she has collected five thousand pounds of sugar. It is well that the custom has not started in this country, We _ never could resist a pretty woman turned into a promenading newspaper _ anq would have toshutup shop. iWe have long advocated extending the sphere of woman’s activities but journalism in person seems inappropriate. . The hour is late, Good night. H TALLMAN, j ie NEVADA, CALIFORNIA, ~ April 15, 1857. To H; ©. Rolfe, San Bernardino. \ . Dear Horace: . ‘ Civilization gocs on apace and Cali. , fornia is gradually being looked upon asa permanent institution despite the. growls of the pessimists with their fear . of the mines “petering out.” Early Route Boosting j ‘ Considerable interest is felt in vari. ous sections regarding the construc-— tion of a wagon road across the Si-.erras. There is to be a meeting at ‘Mokelumne Hill on May 2nd toward ' measures to induce overland immigration by that route. The Marysville folk twill meet on May 4th to urge a road through Noble's Pass. Sacramento and vicinity are working for the gen_ erally traveled route via Placerville to Carson, Nevada lies between these two latter atid I am confident that if our citizens would exert themselves to improye the road through Carson Valley to that point, the overland immigrants could be induced to use it as a stage road. From Bear Valley here the road is excellent and we should immediately take steps to complete the work, the expense of which would be small compared to the advantage, Delay means that other sections will snatghythe prize from us, wegre to have a meeting in May to!) consider a railvoad to this place, our) i Bathe influential citizens are at the nea! aT Ww Lad There is a general uproar at} of it 1 We have snl unconfirmed rumor that Congress has’ anal ‘killed the Pacific Railroad Bill and) that they are considering a discontinu-j} ance of the appropriation for overland 1 mail to California. These acts seem, to strain the loyalty of Californians, . dooming us to remain in an isolated: condition indefinitely. From nearer, sources the news is more ee ‘ing and effort is being made to force . ‘recognition of our needs. Horace Greeley argues that National Defense, National Economy and Na‘tional Necessity demand the road and that the increasing population of this ‘Coast woulg soon give power in the affairs of the country. Humbug has changed its name to) North Bloomfield and a postoffice ap-: ‘plied for under that -title. i There are a number of swelled . heads and scarred faces about town. : due to a fracas at Cody's saloon and’ billiard rooms. The weapons were cues, balls, glass tumblers, and furniture generally and the contestants nu_ imerous. Some fifteen or twenty. Only one unbroken nose and that was ‘on the tea kettle. { South Yuba Ditch Joined ' . ‘The South Yuba ditch is heading in. i It will carry water to the miners and is a great project. First a shaft was. sunk and survey made, then a tunnel, driven in opposite directions from the shaft, about thirty-two hundred feet. They have a steam engine to pump the water from the shaft and the work has been going on for almost two years. Quite a good natured rivalry exists between the crew and last Saturday night they broke through and joined the two sections, so all! came to town for a jamboree. En. ! tertainment was not: lacking., The Ja. dies were giving a grand ball ot the I National Exchange Hotel, where Mr. } Pearson had prepared a fine supper. j) For the small sum of $5.00 one could: . get lots of fun there. For those who . \ preferred faro or twenty-one, an outlet for his enthusiasm and purse could be found most anywhere at any old, time on any old street. Mrs, Lesder-!, nier made her first appearance on Ne. vada boards that night in ‘Lueretia . Borgia and as the wicked Lucrece was, life lke. She wus called before the _footlights wnd received rapturous ap_ . plause. The comet is causing some excitement and is expected June 13, Jesse. Wall says he has a note falling due t ? -on the 14th and will sell it for half Good Sport—Navy Buu: jdo you like best?” face. Dave Thom wants to sell his foundry and enjoy life for the few remaining days on earth. However, ,most of the boys say “let her TEN” i Quartz mining is quite popular. The; Isndicott lead and others on Deer, Creek average $27 per ton. Around _Wighams Mill $26, and at Mud Plat 99 -and Potosi they get $ ~ “What sports . Houiywoop Karie: “Those who are free with their money and know when to say good night and ne . a . t go home.’—U. S. S. ‘First Perforated Suunype Have you seen any of the new post-} age stamps. Probably not, as only the big cities have been supplied, The ~ Postmaster General has had them) prepareq in sheets with perforations around the border of each stamp so now we will not have to use scissors or knife to procure a stamp. Besides the saving of time there is more like_ lihood of the stamp adhering to the letter as the little points will prevent ! the edges curling up. The amount of letter writing in this country may be judged from the sale of stamps. The number sold by the government last year was nearly one hundred fifty millions, The plan of perforating stamps has been successfully used in Europe and our Government secured . the necessary equipment from there. We are anxious to test the experiment. TALUMAN, ~ NEVADA, CALIFORNIA, ‘ May 6, 1857. To H. C. Rolfe, San Bernardino, Dear Brother: California, i{ I was elected City Clerk and Trus. tee Monday, polling the highest vote ‘en the ticket. George Hupp for Re-' corder and Van Hagen for Assessor. Plumer beat Steve Venard for Marshal, but Venard took us all to the Pioneer Circus in the evening. The Plumer mentioned in the above paragraph as the successful candidate for marshal a few years later headed an organized band of outlaws and murderers in Montana while serving as sheriff and was finally hanged by the Vigilantes. Vernard, the defeated candidate, on the other hand, was the hero of one of the most dar-. ing and successful exploits by a peace’ officer in dealing with outlaws ever recorded in California.—Editor’s note. George Jacobs tells me that he will join a party to the Atlantic States across country. The enormous rates, charged by steamship companies is} the chief reason for going by land. There are some thirty in the party several ladies and gentlemen mostly; from Sacramento, and they expect to. get through in seventy days, besides ! spending several days in Salt Lake City. The cost will not exceed one! hundred dollars each. A company of . thirteen men left Bear Valley Monday . morning for the East by overland route. They are well provided with pack animals, provisions, etc. and expect to reach the frontier of Missiouri in two months time. T hear the en-! . tire outft averages about $300 and it: ‘is calculated to sell the animals in in} ‘Missouri for enough to cover he cost.!' i Postmaster Crenshaw reports that notwithstanding that two years have! } elapsed since the law was made re-. quiring letters to be prepaid there. seems to be many who do not know _ it! and scarcely a week passes in which unpaid letters are dropped. He sega that several times he has found hate! . ters with Stamps pasted on that have jbeen cut from old envelopes. Our Sur\veyor, H. S. Bradley, has a habit of . soing to the office once a@ week to,.

I are tatest: Far Afield . . “The latest in newspaper cireles is a ; “valking newspaper’ in Paris, A young lady, too, if you please. jis very popular and can be seen evtery afternoon gliding along from cafe ‘ito cafe in the section where the students and their followers can ibe] found. She enters the cafe and going] ‘from one table to another, relates the news of the day. There is a general demand for her, the diners calling her and she is pulled from table to ta-. . ble. 4 ier local items, editorials and telegraphs to say nothing of advertise, ments. She takes her pay in sugar. _ Those who have been in France know that with every cup of coffee, five lumps of sugar are served, three for the cup and two extra; sometimes used in the water glass, sometimes carried} away. Sama. . . All Jeanne asks is the two. extras, and she sells to a certain cafe all she], collects. One story is told that she is the daughter of a poor nobleman} and is to marry a poor salesman when she has collected five thousand pounds of sugar. It is well that the custom has not started in this country, We _ never could resist a pretty woman turned into a promenading newspaper _ anq would have toshutup shop. iWe have long advocated extending the sphere of woman’s activities but journalism in person seems inappropriate. . The hour is late, Good night. H TALLMAN, j ie NEVADA, CALIFORNIA, ~ April 15, 1857. To H; ©. Rolfe, San Bernardino. \ . Dear Horace: . ‘ Civilization gocs on apace and Cali. , fornia is gradually being looked upon asa permanent institution despite the. growls of the pessimists with their fear . of the mines “petering out.” Early Route Boosting j ‘ Considerable interest is felt in vari. ous sections regarding the construc-— tion of a wagon road across the Si-.erras. There is to be a meeting at ‘Mokelumne Hill on May 2nd toward ' measures to induce overland immigration by that route. The Marysville folk twill meet on May 4th to urge a road through Noble's Pass. Sacramento and vicinity are working for the gen_ erally traveled route via Placerville to Carson, Nevada lies between these two latter atid I am confident that if our citizens would exert themselves to improye the road through Carson Valley to that point, the overland immigrants could be induced to use it as a stage road. From Bear Valley here the road is excellent and we should immediately take steps to complete the work, the expense of which would be small compared to the advantage, Delay means that other sections will snatghythe prize from us, wegre to have a meeting in May to!) consider a railvoad to this place, our) i Bathe influential citizens are at the nea! aT Ww Lad There is a general uproar at} of it 1 We have snl unconfirmed rumor that Congress has’ anal ‘killed the Pacific Railroad Bill and) that they are considering a discontinu-j} ance of the appropriation for overland 1 mail to California. These acts seem, to strain the loyalty of Californians, . dooming us to remain in an isolated: condition indefinitely. From nearer, sources the news is more ee ‘ing and effort is being made to force . ‘recognition of our needs. Horace Greeley argues that National Defense, National Economy and Na‘tional Necessity demand the road and that the increasing population of this ‘Coast woulg soon give power in the affairs of the country. Humbug has changed its name to) North Bloomfield and a postoffice ap-: ‘plied for under that -title. i There are a number of swelled . heads and scarred faces about town. : due to a fracas at Cody's saloon and’ billiard rooms. The weapons were cues, balls, glass tumblers, and furniture generally and the contestants nu_ imerous. Some fifteen or twenty. Only one unbroken nose and that was ‘on the tea kettle. { South Yuba Ditch Joined ' . ‘The South Yuba ditch is heading in. i It will carry water to the miners and is a great project. First a shaft was. sunk and survey made, then a tunnel, driven in opposite directions from the shaft, about thirty-two hundred feet. They have a steam engine to pump the water from the shaft and the work has been going on for almost two years. Quite a good natured rivalry exists between the crew and last Saturday night they broke through and joined the two sections, so all! came to town for a jamboree. En. ! tertainment was not: lacking., The Ja. dies were giving a grand ball ot the I National Exchange Hotel, where Mr. }

Pearson had prepared a fine supper. j) For the small sum of $5.00 one could: . get lots of fun there. For those who . \ preferred faro or twenty-one, an outlet for his enthusiasm and purse could be found most anywhere at any old, time on any old street. Mrs, Lesder-!, nier made her first appearance on Ne. vada boards that night in ‘Lueretia . Borgia and as the wicked Lucrece was, life lke. She wus called before the _footlights wnd received rapturous ap_ . plause. The comet is causing some excitement and is expected June 13, Jesse. Wall says he has a note falling due t ? -on the 14th and will sell it for half Good Sport—Navy Buu: jdo you like best?” face. Dave Thom wants to sell his foundry and enjoy life for the few remaining days on earth. However, ,most of the boys say “let her TEN” i Quartz mining is quite popular. The; Isndicott lead and others on Deer, Creek average $27 per ton. Around _Wighams Mill $26, and at Mud Plat 99 -and Potosi they get $ ~ “What sports . Houiywoop Karie: “Those who are free with their money and know when to say good night and ne . a . t go home.’—U. S. S. ‘First Perforated Suunype Have you seen any of the new post-} age stamps. Probably not, as only the big cities have been supplied, The ~ Postmaster General has had them) prepareq in sheets with perforations around the border of each stamp so now we will not have to use scissors or knife to procure a stamp. Besides the saving of time there is more like_ lihood of the stamp adhering to the letter as the little points will prevent ! the edges curling up. The amount of letter writing in this country may be judged from the sale of stamps. The number sold by the government last year was nearly one hundred fifty millions, The plan of perforating stamps has been successfully used in Europe and our Government secured . the necessary equipment from there. We are anxious to test the experiment. TALUMAN, ~ NEVADA, CALIFORNIA, ‘ May 6, 1857. To H. C. Rolfe, San Bernardino, Dear Brother: California, i{ I was elected City Clerk and Trus. tee Monday, polling the highest vote ‘en the ticket. George Hupp for Re-' corder and Van Hagen for Assessor. Plumer beat Steve Venard for Marshal, but Venard took us all to the Pioneer Circus in the evening. The Plumer mentioned in the above paragraph as the successful candidate for marshal a few years later headed an organized band of outlaws and murderers in Montana while serving as sheriff and was finally hanged by the Vigilantes. Vernard, the defeated candidate, on the other hand, was the hero of one of the most dar-. ing and successful exploits by a peace’ officer in dealing with outlaws ever recorded in California.—Editor’s note. George Jacobs tells me that he will join a party to the Atlantic States across country. The enormous rates, charged by steamship companies is} the chief reason for going by land. There are some thirty in the party several ladies and gentlemen mostly; from Sacramento, and they expect to. get through in seventy days, besides ! spending several days in Salt Lake City. The cost will not exceed one! hundred dollars each. A company of . thirteen men left Bear Valley Monday . morning for the East by overland route. They are well provided with pack animals, provisions, etc. and expect to reach the frontier of Missiouri in two months time. T hear the en-! . tire outft averages about $300 and it: ‘is calculated to sell the animals in in} ‘Missouri for enough to cover he cost.!' i Postmaster Crenshaw reports that notwithstanding that two years have! } elapsed since the law was made re-. quiring letters to be prepaid there. seems to be many who do not know _ it! and scarcely a week passes in which unpaid letters are dropped. He sega that several times he has found hate! . ters with Stamps pasted on that have jbeen cut from old envelopes. Our Sur\veyor, H. S. Bradley, has a habit of . soing to the office once a@ week to,.