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150 AUGUST 8 & 15, 1860 NEVADA DEMOCRAT
DISTRICT COURT.—This Court adjourned over from Tuesday of last week, until Monday the 6th,
in consequence of the death of a child of Judge Searls. The case of the Excelsior Ditch Company vs.
Bovyer, was taken up again on Monday, and is still on trial.
CABIN ROBBED.—The cabin of Mr. Butler, a miner working on Manzanita Hill, was entered and
robbed on Saturday last. The thief carried off two pairs of boots, and some other articles. The owner was
working in sight of the cabin at the time.
. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1860]
[Reports of Nevada County Treasurer (for three months) and Auditor (for six months previous. .
ANDREW HASEY.— Messrs. George and John Lancaster started for Virginia City on Monday, for
the purpose of bringing Andrew Hasey to Nevada [City]. Hasey, it will be remembered, was a member of
the Nevada Rifles, and was wounded in the hip at the fight near Pyramid Lake. He was brought back as
far as Virginia city, where he has received every attention that could be bestowed upon him in that
country. But his wound has not healed and he is anxious to get back to Nevada among his friends. His
wound was much more severe than at first reported, and he is now very much reduced from long
suffering. There is now such an excellent road over the Henness Pass that it is believed he can be brought
over without difficulty.
DAILY PAPER IN NEVADA.—We are informed that Messrs. Allen, Brown, Skelton and
Casamayou propose starting a daily paper in Nevada. Brown and Skelton have gone to San Francisco to
purchase material for the same. Gen. Allen, we presume, will be the editor.
DISTRICT COURT.—The case of the Excelsior Ditch Co. vs. Bovyer, being a suit for $15,000
damages, for infringing a ditch right, was on trial in the District Court nearly all last week. The case
excited considerable interest, and a large number of witnesses examined. The testimony being taken and
the arguments closed, the case was given to the jury [late on Friday] evening, and after a few hours, had
returned a verdict for the defendant. The case of Jones and others vs. Goad and others was taken up on
Monday morning. This is a suit brought by a ditch company against some miners, working in a ravine
near Grass Valley, for diverting water from the bed of the ravine. The case is still on trial.
Fire at Grass Valley.
A destructive conflagration occurred at our neighboring town of Grass Valley, last Thursday
evening. The fire broke out a little before nine o’clock, in an unoccupied bowling alley, on the lower part
of Main street. The fire company was promptly on the ground, but the flames spread rapidly by reason of
the dry and combustible nature of the buildings, and soon crossed the street. The firemen exerted
themselves nobly to confine the flames within the narrowest possible limits, but nearly every building on
Main street below Loutzenheizer’s brick store was consumed.
The light of the conflagration was visible in Nevada, and it being quite evident that a serious fire
was raging in our neighboring town, the [Pennsylvania] Hose Co. No. 2 got out their carriage and
apparatus and started down. They traveled on foot, a distance of four miles, and arrived about the time the
Grass Valley firemen had got the flames under subjection. They arrived most opportunely for the relief of
the Grass Valley firemen, who had become much exhausted with their efforts. In addition to the fire