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NEVADA TRANSCRIPT MAY 17-20, 1865 265
THE COUNTY COURT.—The County Court was yesterday engaged in the trial of W. McDonald
charged with arson, in burning the Grass Valley Foundry.
THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1865
COUNTY COURT, May 17th.—The People vs Wm. McDonald, charged with arson. Convicted of
arson in the second degree. Ordered to appear for sentence on Saturday next.
FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1865
MARRIED. At Stumpf’s Hotel, in this city, on the 17th inst., by Justice E. W. Smith, Nicholas
Weaver to Jane Jones, both of Cherokee.
SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1865
SCHUYLER COLFAX, Speaker of the late House of Representatives; Lieutenant Governor Bross,
of Illinois, better known as Deacon Bross, of the Chicago Tribune; A. D. Richardson, war correspondent
of the New York Tribune, who was so long imprisoned by the rebels; Samuel Bowles, of the Springfield
Republican, and General Garfield, one of the heroes of the war, started on the 17th from Chicago for the
Pacific coast.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT MOORE’S FLAT.—A destructive conflagration took place at Moore’s
Flat yesterday by which one-third of the business portion of the town was destroyed. It is said that the
fire was the work of an incendiary. This is the second attempt to burn that place, a fire having been once
before kindled in the back part of Joslyn & Parazett’s [sic] saloon, but it was extinguished before any
damage was done. This last attempt was more successful. About 3 o’clock yesterday morning the fire
was discovered in the back part of the hotel kept by W. R. Morrow and owned by H. M. Moore. It spread
rapidly and though the citizens worked like Trojans the flames soon enveloped the building. They have
no protection against fire save tanks from which water has to be taken in buckets. The fire soon spread
down Main street, destroying the entire block situated on the noth [sic] side of that street. The flames were
prevented from crossing the street by hard work, though it is probable that but for the rain which fell on
Friday morning nothing would have saved the town. We are furnished the following rough estimate of
losses by Mr. Long who resides at Moore’s:
Moore’s Hotel, kept by Morrow, house and furniture, $4,000
Marks & Co’s bank, owned by Moore, 600
Mitchell’s building, 1,000
“stock of dry goods,
H. Isenbam’s [sic] Saloon, 1,500
Barber shop, 500
Joslyn & Parazette’s Saloon, 3,500
Tin shop, 600
Cranston, Drug store and Post Office,
Lander’s [sic] Furniture store and stock, 4,000
The total loss of property cannot be less than twenty-five or thirty thousand dollars. We hope that the
villain who is guilty of causing this destruction of property may be found and brought to punishment.