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144 OCTOBER 22, 23, 1863 NEVADA TRANSCRIPT
Lorenzo Sawyer. The allegations of the plaintiffs are: That two brothers, Hosea B. Grosch and E.
Allen Grosch located the ledge in 1857 and took ores from the same. That Hosea Grosch died. That the
surviving brother left the ledge and his claim in the hands of [Henry T. P.] Comstock who took metals
from the mine of great value. That Comstock was to have one quarter of the whole for taking care of the
interests of the brothers. But he sold out the whole, pocketing the proceeds of the sale, together with all
the metal extracted. The suit is brought to recover rights said to be vested in the brothers Grosch or their
heirs.
The suit was commenced on Saturday last and we notice that the prices of stock in the Ophir and
Gould & Curry have declined heavily, which is an indication that the occupants of those mines have not
the fullest confidence in the legality of their claims. A company has been formed in San Francisco called
the Grosch Consolidated Gold and Silver Mining Company. Heavy capitalists have embarked in it, and
some of the men would not be engaged in the business unless convinced that the Grosch claim had some
foundation in fact. It is under the auspices of this company that the suit has been commenced. It is a suit
in which money is pitted against money, and all the evidence that can be obtained will be procured.
THE ELECTION.—Not much interest was shown in the election of yesterday. But few
comparatively took the trouble to go to the polls. This is not as it should be. When a whole Supreme
bench is elected every citizen should be alive to the importance of the election. The Judiciary is the most
vital part of the Government, and should, therefore, be the more carefully protected. But separating the
judicial election from the political, robs it of all its interest. Though the judicial offices are really the most
important, the masses seem to regard them as of the least possible consequence. . . . It is true the country
is largely depopulated by silver excitements, but there is not so great a disparity between the population
now and what it was at the late political election as there is between the vote now and the vote then.
Hundreds have staid at home, and if incompetent or corrupt judges have been elected by the negligence,
we shall not regret it if the evils fall only on the laggards.
BANKING NOTICE.
ON AND AFTER the Ist day of November, 1863, we, the undersigned doing business as Bankers, agree to
open our places of business at 9 A.M. and close at 5 P.M. BIRDSEYE & Co.
H. MACKIE & Co.
GEO. W. KIDD.
Nevada, Oct 22.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1863
NEWSPAPER CHANGE.—Dr. Ross has retired from the Carson Independent and our old friend,
Israel Crawford, becomes sole proprietor and editor.
IN BUSINESS.—A. P. Church, who lately left here, has opened his store in Virginia city, No. 16,
North B St. and is doing a good business already.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.—It will be observed [below] that J. C. Palmer and John Kendall
received, one, 10 votes and the other 9, out of four hundred and fifty cast in this city for the office of
Justice of the Peace. They ran well considering they had no opposition. We understand the idea of the few
of secretly putting their names upon the ticket was to take advantage of a technicality in the law. Guess
not, reckon it was only a joke.