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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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GRASS VALLEY UNION DECEMBER 7, 1872 265 his partner, they having taken out during the time $180,000. In 1857 or 1858, Mr. Sweet endorsed notes for some friends for a very large amount and gave his mine and mill as security, which were attached and sold for the debts. The company that obtained possession took out upwards of $60,000, when Mr. Sweet commenced a suit against them for the recovery of the mine. He won his suit, and the parties then took their pump and mill and removed them to the State of Nevada, in 1860. Since that time Mr. Sweet has been in possession of the mine, and for want of capital has been unable to work it. He has now completed all arrangements, and will recommence working some time in March next, after the snow is gone from that section. The ledge is from 21 to 8 feet thick, and the rock has never paid less than $60 per ton. SUNSHINE AND SHADOW OF MATRIMONY.—This evening Prof. McDonald will deliver an unique lecture upon wooing, winning and wedding, wisely and well. Read spicy programmes of today’s issue. Look out for a good time. Admission 50 cents. As his stay is short, those who would like charts should interview him soon. The Robbins and Ingram Stabbing Affray. The Austin (Nev.) Reveille of a late date gives the following account: A little more than a month ago, William Ingram, accompanied by a woman and three children, arrived in this city. The party was registered on the way bill as “Wm. Ingram, wife and three children.” Ingram rented a house here and went to work, the woman living with him as his wife—she and her children bearing his name. Monday morning Alexander Robbins, the husband of the woman, arrived and proceeded immediately to Ingram’s house. When he arrived there Ingram had not yet come in from work, he being engaged on the night shift. While he was talking with his wife Ingram came in, when a difficulty occurred, in which the latter was stabbed in eleven places, only one of the wounds being of a serious nature. The disturbance attracted the attention of the neighbors, and as soon as they went in, Robbins gave himself into custody, and passed over a knife and pistol. which he had in his hands. The prisoner was delivered over to officer O’Keefe, who took him to the county jail. We interviewed the prisoner, when he related to us the following story: He [Alexander Robbins] was married to this woman [Miss Anna Elisabeth Proctor] at Grass Valley, about ten years ago [actually at Nevada City on Feb. 13, 1862]; that he had three children by her, the oldest of which is nine [Frances William Robbins, born April 7, 1863, at Nevada City], and the youngest six years of age, all of whom he found with their mother. His wife and himself had always lived happily together until about a year ago when Ingram came to board at their house in Virginia City. In August last, Ingram persuaded Mrs. Robbins to sell the furniture of the house, ostensibly for the purpose of removing to Grass Valley, where her husband owns a house—but really to go to San Francisco where he was to join her and together they were to elope to New Zealand. Upon her arrival at San Francisco, the erring woman repented and telegraphed to husband what she had done. He immediately went to San Francisco and took his family to Colfax, sending them from there to Grass Valley, while he came on to Virginia City. At Grass Valley she purchased in her husband’s name over a hundred dollars’ worth of furniture, which, at the instance of Ingram who had followed her there, she turned into cash, and came with him to this city [Austin, Nevada]. [Robbins] furthermore says (which is corroborated by his wife) that the pistol he had in his hand belonged to Ingram, and that he had it on his person when he came into the house, and as soon as Ingram saw him he sprang upon him and tried to seize him with his hands, upon which he (Robbins) cut him with the knife. Ingram drew his pistol, but in the scuffle it dropped upon the floor and Robbins got possession of it.