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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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154 JUNE 28 & 29, 1872 GRASS VALLEY UNION dollars and four bits, and because he had been so modest he was fined again. The fine was paid and consumed on the spot. J. Earl Brown moved to adjourn and he was fined, but the motion was carried. The Jockey seems in a fair way to keep up a success. CORNER STONE AND SOCIAL PARTY.—On the Fourth of July there is to be a grand entertainment, for the benefit of the Methodist Church, held in the Methodist Parsonage yard. There is to be a good dinner served, and vocal and instrumental music and a general good time will be enjoyed. The corner stone of the new church edifice will be put in place on the same day. All are cordially invited to attend at any time during the afternoon. BOARD OF EQUALIZATION.—The Board of Supervisors will meet on Monday next in accordance with law, as a Board of Equalization. The Assessment Roll will be completed and delivered to the Auditor on time by the Assessor. The Board will attend to no other business except the equalization of taxes, and all who have objections to the assessment should appear and make them in accordance with law. INSANE.—The Transcript of the 27th says: “Yesterday John White, who resides in Willow Valley, was arrested by Sheriff Perrin and Deputy Sanford, on the charge of insanity. He had driven all his family off and threatened to kill them. He labors under the delusion that they are trying to poison him.” HEAVY BLAST.—A dispatch from Dutch Flat says a blast of 3,600 pounds of Giant powder in the Taylor and Harriman gravel bank on Monday threw down 200,000 cubic yards of gravel. OLD TIMES AT SHELBURN [sic].—The town of Shelburn, Nevada, is a new place, but it seems to be a lively one. They are going to celebrate the Fourth of July there, with processions, orations, poems and dances. We observe that Judge James Walsh is to be President of the Day at Ruby Hill, and that Joseph Woodworth is on the Reception Committee. Both these gentlemen are old Grass Valleyans. SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1872 BORN. At Grass Valley, June 26th, 1872, in JOSEPH KEEFE and Wife, a Daughter. A BRAKEMAN KILLED.—The Truckee Republican of the 27th says: “Freight train No. 5, bound eastward, left Truckee yesterday morning at five minutes past one o'clock. When the train arrived at Boca, nine miles from here, one of the brakemen, George E. Stewart, was found to be missing. A dispatch was immediately telegraphed back to Truckee stating that Stewart was not on the train. Upon receipt of the dispatch a man was sent down the railroad track to see what the matter was. Four miles below Truckee at the old Stonewall mill, Stewart was found on the track with his head completely severed from his body. A special engine was sent down to the spot and the remains were brought to town and placed in the telegraph office. The deceased was about 30 years of age, a native of Virginia, and unmarried. We could not learn that he has any relatives on this coast. We are informed that he was addicted to drinking, and that may have been the cause of his death. He undoubtedly fell between the cars and was decapitated. No inquest was held and the corpse was buried yesterday afternoon by the employees of the railroad company. The man received a Christian burial, and the funeral ceremonies were conducted by Rev. Mr. Gray, of the M. E. Church.” CHILD SMOTHERED.—We learn that a child of Mr. A. W. Lester, of Nevada city, six months old, was found dead in its bed, by its parents, yesterday morning. The child was well at 10