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GRASS VALLEY UNION MAY 13, 1866 153
RUSHING THE WORK.—Operations on the line of the Western Pacific Railroad, from San Jose
to Stockton, have been resumed in the Alameda Creek, above Vallejo Mills. Owing to the Pacific Central
having absorbed all the Chinamen, the contractors are not, however, pushing the work as fast as desired.
SALES OF REAL ESTATE.—During the past week there have been several sales and purchases of
valuable improved real estate. A. Delano sold a fine dwelling house and handsomely improved lot situated
on the corner of Main and High streets, to Capt. Lee of the Ophir mine. Messrs. Dibble and Byrne have
purchased the valuable property located on the northwest corner of Main and Church streets, embracing
a lot twenty-one by one hundred feet, and the brick building occupied by the National office and the
grocery store of Dr. Dow’s. This was perhaps one of the best pieces of property purchasable in Grass
Valley at the present time. With the enlargement of the Exchange Hotel and the opening of the new hotel
at Hodge’s, the property purchased by Dibble & Byrne cannot fail to command three times the amount
paid for it by those gentlemen. Already, we understand, they have been offered double the sum paid by
them. Messrs. Newman & Co. have purchased the property in the rear of their Mill street property, and
now own the lot running through from Mill to Church streets, giving them a frontage on two streets,
with a depth of nearly two hundred feet. Negotiations are also pending for the purchase of some valuable
property on Mill street, which when consummated, will cause some ten thousand dollars to change
hands. Who will not say that Grass Valley is a lively place!
RUNAWAY AND SMASH UP.—A horse attached to a wagon came rushing up Main street
yesterday afternoon, and when opposite Mrs. Rider’s school, collided with two heavy teams which were
standing in the center of the street. The sudden concussion capsized the wagon, broke the harness and
left the horse free to go whither he listed. Continuing his run, he got as far as the corner of Main and
Mill streets, when he turned on to the latter and showed some disposition of going into the beer cellar
under Gad’s store. Running on the sidewalk, he got foul of some empty boxes, which slightly impeded his
progress and enabled a couple of gentlemen to seize and hold him until his owner came up. Upon inquiry,
we ascertained that he had been left stranding in front of Mr. Bennett’s barn, below Chinatown, when a
little dog ran out and frightened him off. He mad a clean run from the barn to the spot where he left the
wagon, and would probably have stopped in front of Bennett’s hardware store, where he belongs, had
it not been for the collision with the other vehicles. In the passage between the two big wagons, a horse
attached to one of them was struck and slightly wounded. Bennett’s wagon was considerably smashed,
but the horse escaped injury. Had he gone down in the lager beer celler, the probabilities are that there
would have been a dead horse in town.
SCHOOL PARTY.—The pupils of the Forest Spring public school are to have an Exhibition and
Pic-Nic Party on Monday, the 21st inst.. Under the superintendence of Mr. B. J. Watson, this school has
been eminently successful, and we bespeak for those who attend the proposed party a fine treat. The
teacher will be pleased to see as many of our Grass Valley people as can make it convenient to attend,
and we hope that all who can will go. It is a very pleasant ride to the Spring, the roads being smooth and
level; and we know of no more profitable or delightful way of spending an afternoon than in listening to
the juvenile efforts that will be made on the occasion referred to.
CHANGED HANDS.—The well known Photographic Gallery on Mill street has changed hands.
Mr. Denny, the former proprietor, has sold out to Mr. David Cobb, and experienced first class artist from
San Francisco, who will hereafter run the establishment. The gallery has been thoroughly refitted and
remodelled, and is now the handsomest in town. Mr. Cobb has spent a number of years in Shew’s and
other galleries, of San Francisco, brings with him all the modern, improved aparatus [sic] and guarantees