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GRASS VALLEY UNION NOVEMBER 21 & 22, 1872 255
County Jess’ (Woodward), ‘Mary Wilson’ (Miss Hinckley), and ‘High Betty Martin’ (Fannie Young.)
The principal characters are miners; miners’ life is represented in all its phases and with all its
vicissitudes. In the second act the joy of the miners on receiving information that ‘a life woman’ is on
the way to visit the mines, is capitally presented; a procession bring formed, headed by the violinist
and the petticoat banner, to meet her on the road. The fresh additions to the company were warmly
received on making their appearance. ‘Old Block’s California’ will doubtless prove attractive, as itis a
succession of laughable scenes, combined with many a joke, comic song and break-down dance. ‘Old
Block’s’ every evening during the week.”
LOCAL BREVITIES.—A popular paper in this town is Woodhull & Claflin’s Weekly. We have
a copy which more than fifty have borrowed and applications to borrow are pending to a
great extent. “First come, first served,” shall be our motto until that copy is entirely worn
out. [On November 2, 1872, Woodhull & Claflin’s Weekly published a story featuring Henry
Ward Beecher’s affair with Theodore Tilton’s wife, Elizabeth Tilton. The article made detailed
allegations that America’s most renowned clergyman was secretly practicing the free-love
doctrines that he denounced from the pulpit. The story created a national sensation, and
issues were said to have changed hands at 10 dollars apiece. Later that day, Woodhull,
Claflin and Col. Blood were arrested and charged with publishing an obscene newspaper
and circulating it through the United States Postal Service. In the raid, 3,000 copies of the
newspaper were found.
The Oratorio of Queen Esther is to be performed at Nevada city on the 5th and 7th of
December. The best musical talent of that city, assisted by the choir of the Episcopal Church of
this place, will give the Oratorio. The Nevada city singers are splendid, we are told. The choir
in this place has no superior in voices and in cultivation, outside of professionals, in this State.
High School hoodlums at Nevada city stone Chinamen wood-choppers, and break up saws
of the wood sawyers. If they do so any more they will be told about in the papers, and be
otherwise punished. That’s the old thing.
INCREASE OF TELEGRAPH RATES.—The Postal Telegraph will keep rates within bounds.
The Truckee Republican, of the 19th inst., gives this item about increase” “We are informed that
the Atlantic & Pacific and the Western Union Telegraph companies have formed a combination and
advanced their rates materially. For instance, the rate from here to San Francisco has been fifty cents
for ten words or less; now it is raised to one dollar. To Colfax it was 25 cents; now it is 40 cents. The
increase is over 50 per cent.
PLACER ARGUS.—The Placer Argus, published at Auburn, is edited by Walter B. Lyon, Esq., in
place of J. H. McQuillan retired. The Argus is now edited by an old and valued friend of ours, and we
take pleasure in saying that he evinces an ability and a tact in his new vocation which will make him
a good journalist. The Argus has improved under the editorship of Mr. Lyon. As he is well acquainted
with all of Placer county, his paper must be devoted in a great measure to the promotion of local
interests.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1872
[DIED] The Nevada Transcript of the 21st contains the following: “Another pioneer is gone. A
dispatch received in this city announces the death of Tallman H. Rolfe, at San Bernardino,
on the 17th instant. Judge Rolfe came overland to Oregon in 1847, and came thence to
California before the discovery of gold. He was elected Alcalde in Yuba county, and came
to this county in 1852. Judge Rolfe was a printer by trade, and was employed on the Star,
published by Sam Brannan in San Francisco. He worked on the Journal in this city in