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GRASS VALLEY UNION FEBRUARY 11, 13, 14, 1872 33
the Diggers have but little in the way of valuables to pay out. John Sale says that the lawyers will not
take acorns or grasshoppers in fees, and that is the Digger currency... .
PERRIN’S MINE.—Reports from Perrin’s mine say that several workmen have quit because
Giant Powder was used in the mine. The places of the miners who quit were filled with good miners
who can work in anything. The men who quit say that the Giant is an unhealthy powder; those who
take the place of the retiring men say they can work with any kind of powder.
EASTERN MAILS.—There may be an eastern mail to-day. Our friend S. D. Bosworth will
answer all questions concerning that mail. He lives in the Lola Montez cottage on Mill street.
Anxious inquirers about mail matters have only to ring the front door bell of the residence to get
answers. Night or day those questions will be answered. A week ago Boz weighed 235 pounds, but
answering questions make his avoirdupois now at only 126 pounds. He don’t care for the loss of flesh,
however but will answer bells or questions as the same may be propounded or rung. An eastern mail
will come through to-day, we guess.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1872
DIED. At Grass Valley, February 12th, 1872, MARY, infant daughter of Henry J. and Ellen
Stewart, aged 2 months and 1 day.
LUCKY ACCIDENT.—Sunday last, a young man named Joe Bonvirt, went out walking on Dead
Man’s Flat. He should have been at home on that day reading a Sunday school book. While he was
out he picked up a nugget of gold which was worth $250. The nugget was a quartz specimen which
had been washed smooth by time and water. The example of Joe Bonvirt must not be followed.
ASH WEDNESDAY.—Next Wednesday, the 14th, will be Ash Wednesday the first day of the
Lent season, as observed by the Roman Catholic and Episcopal churches. It may be as well to
mention that it will also be St. Valentine’s Day, so that, it being leap year, young ladies may be in time
in the preparation of their missives, sentimental or burlesque.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1872
MARRIED. At Grass Valley, February 12th, 1872, by Rev. Father Grace, Mr. A.S. THORNTON
to Miss ELLEN DURNIN.
The Delayed Mail.
We get the following from the Transcript:
OGDEN, UTAH, Feb. 10, 1872.
ED. TRANSCRIPT: Thinking that you might like to hear from the delayed mails and the
blockade on C.P.P.R., I will say there are twenty-two mails due here to-night, and there are
six trains westward bound, with ten days mails on board. Yesterday morning they were at
Rawlins, three hundred and twenty miles from here, and made ten miles yesterday. They
are expected here some time to-morrow. They may not get here before Monday or Tuesday,
which will give you your mails Wednesday or Thursday.
And now a word in regard to mails going east: When we arrive here and make no
connection with the U.P. trains, we turn the mails over to the U.P.R.R. Co., and they are
locked up until they send a train east. The mails are not exposed an hour from the time they
leave San Francisco till they arrive in Omaha. I will also say that there has not been any
mail matter lost between Omaha and San Francisco this Winter.
Yours truly, E. D. HERRICK, Postal Clerk, C.P.R.R.