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208 SEPTEMBER 17, 1872 GRASS VALLEY UNION
upon petition of John D. Meek, asked that a writ of habeas corpus be issued, requiring
the Sheriff to bring Ah Loy before the Court. The Chinaman was sent up from Justice’s
Court, in Grass Valley, for attempting to pass spurious gold dust at the bank of A. Delano.
The complaining witness, after the case was closed and the Chinaman sent up, became
convinced that the gold was genuine, and that he was mistaken, though he tested the dust
with acid. A part of the dust was assayed by Mr. Dunz, of this city, and it was found to be
as good as the average run of dust. District Attorney Deal appeared and the above facts
appearing from the testimony of Mr. Dunz and Mr. Meek, consented to the discharge of the
defendant. It was evident that the dust was good and a mistake was made by witness in the
Court below us to its character.
TRIP TO THE LOWER COUNTRY.
Leaving Grass Valley by way of Indian Springs for the Bear River Suspension Bridge of J.
R. Rush; thence into Yuba county, and on to the rising hamlet of Wheatland; thence by rail to
Sacramento; thence by open buggy to and through a portion of Yolo county, and returning to the City
of the Plains enveloped in a cloud, not of glory but of dust, with the thermometer ranging from 90
to 100; thence by rail to Colfax, and to be abundantly reminded, between the latter place and Grass
Valley, of being but dust, constituted a ten days “relaxation” from the pure air and cool water of a
mountain home.
Suspension Bridge.
This bridge crosses Bear River at Stoddard & Bros. Flouring Mills, three-quarters of a mile
below McCourtney’s crossing, and connects Yuba and Placer counties, Bear River being the dividing
line between the counties. The suspension bridge was built by J. R. Rush, of Grass Valley, under a
franchise obtained by him in 1862. The Legislature in granting the franchise reserved the right to
Placer and Yuba counties to purchase the bridge at the expiration of ten years from its completion,
and an effort is about being made to carry out that provision and declare it a free bridge, which will
be of a great advantage to the citizens of both counties.
Flouring Mill.
Near the suspension bridge is the extensive flouring mill of Stoddard & Bros., kept running the
year through by water power from Bear River. The senior partner returned from a business visit to
the upper part of Nevada county, a few days since, with orders for 185 tons of flour. The Stoddards
have also a steam mill at Wheatland, principally occupied in grinding barley.
Wheatland.
Seven or eight miles below the suspension bridge we come to this embryo city of the plains. It
is a flourishing hamlet at present, but is rapidly growing, and bids fair in a few years to become an
important trading town. In the rear of the town is a magnificent belt of forest trees, but the town
itself is located on the open plain, with scarcely a tree or shrub within its limits. For miles before you
sight the town the tall spire of the newly completed M. E. Church South edifice indicates its locality.
This is the handsomest church edifice to be seen anywhere on the plains. There is also in process of
erection a Roman Catholic Church edifice, which, when completed, will present a fine appearance;
and also in process of erection a large school house which will not only be an ornament to the town,
but an evidence of the anxiety of the inhabitants to give to the rising generation the benefit of a
good education. There is also a weekly paper published in Wheatland, which has abundant room to
grow in enterprise with the growth of the place. The railroad from Marysville to Sacramento passes
through the business part of the town, and large quantities of grain and other produce are being
daily shipped from the depot. One of the seemingly inevitable adjuncts of a rising California town
is to be seen here, in the erection of a Chinatown, numbering already some dozen or more shanties,
after the Grass Valley China pattern.