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Title: 1872 Collection Type: Directories and Documents Collection Name: Nevada County News & Advertisments # of Pages: 281 Download PDF: User Login Required Download OCR Text: User Login Required

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14 JANUARY 17-20, 1872 GRASS VALLEY UNION of the most reliable companies now doing business. The Imperial agency is conducted by him, and the Imperial is a perfectly safe institution. THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1872 HOODLUMS.—Grass Valley has Hoodlums. These fellows stand on street corners and whistle and make loud remarks as ladies pass along the street. Some of these Hoodlums have lately come from San Francisco, driven from that city by Judge Louderback and some are of the native kind. The native article and the San Francisco article fraternize most readily. There is a fraternity among blackguards. Tuesday night at a party in this place some of these Hoodlums had to be invited to leave, though they had managed to get one dance and a supper before the police arrived on the scene. One of these Hoodlums who thus secured a square meal has lately arrived from the Bay, and his hair and general get up was after the manner of the tribe. He took a high sounding name and got himself introduced. The police of this place are thinking of the propriety of making complaints under and by virtue of the provisions of the vagrant laws. The Hoodlums had better find another town, this will become warm. TAMPERED WITH.—The Western Union Telegaph’s wire, between this place and Colfax, was tampered with on Tuesday night. Yesterday morning Thomas George, who repairs the line, found that the wires in the test box, near Sheet’s ranch, had been disconnected, and the thumb screw, which holds the wires together in the box, had been carried away. Tuesday a man who pretended to be a line repairer came over from Colfax towards Grass Valley, but did not report at the office at this place. He had no tools with him, which made the toll road people suspect that the was on no good mission. He soon went back toward Colfax. This business of interfering with the telegraph wires is a serious offense, and some fellow may get to San Quentin by such interference. REGISTER AT SACRAMENTO.—The telegraph informs us that Hon. T. B. McFarland has been appointed Register of the Land Office at Sacramento in place of J. G. McCallum, resigned. The appointment is a good one and Judge McFarland will discharge the duties of the plan to the satisfaction of all fair minded men. The people of the mining sections of his district should especially rejoice that Judge McFarland has been appointed to the office named, since he has much experience in matters which may arise in controversy in the district. FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1872 DIED. At Nevada city, January 17th, 1872, JOHN BELDEN, aged about 36 years, a native of Connecticut. SUDDEN DEATH.—John Belden, a brother to Judge Belden, died at Nevada city, Wednesday night after an illness of a few hours. The death is regretted by many friends. SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1872 RECONSTRUCTED.—The weathercock which, in old times, was accustomed to let our people into the important secret of which way the wind blows, was destroyed during the late severe storms. A new weather-cock has been raised over the building occupied by Bed Rock, at the expense of Mr. Spencer. Grass Valley now can see the direction of winds and thus be enabled to prognosticate concerning storms. There has been a wind vane all the time on the High School building, but it would not turn with the wind. Two men and a handspike might move that wind indicator, but no breeze which has yet visited these mountains could budge it. It is built on permanent principles.