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GRASS VALLEY UNION APRIL 9, 1872 89
Bob Scott is a successful cultivator of trout. He can raise a full grown Truckee trout for you in
about three minutes after he arrives from the East, in the middle of the day.
SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE RINK.—There was an unusually large attendance at the Rink on
last Saturday evening to witness the skating race between those who had never rolled on castors
before. A large amount of fun had been anticipated in the way of “ground and lofty tumbling” on the
part of the novices, but they did not “pan out” in falls and bumps as the audience evidently expected
and hoped they would.
The first to go around the course was C. Miller, who made the distance (three ties around
the Rink} in 2:20 '/; minutes, and receiving four falls by the way. But he always fell squarely if not
gracefully and it is possible his vertebral column is now the shorter for his slip-ups. John Sullivan
made the race in 3:13 '/; very carefully, and only lost his footing at the outcome. S. Hirsch’s time
was 2:05; and Theo. Wilhelm’s 1:53. The latter were evidently old ice skaters, and went carefully and
safely around the track. Wilhelm was awarded the prize of $20, having made the fastest time. After
this the skaters, of whom there were a very large number, occupied the floor for the remainder of the
evening.
SKATING.—Another skating entertainment will be given at the Rink on next Saturday evening.
Mr. McDonald will offer a purse of $5 to any skater making the best three times around the Rink;
and an additional prize of a gold skate to the most graceful lady skater the distance being five times
around the Rink. .. .On next Saturday week it is proposed to offer a prize to the lady and gentleman
skating together who will make the best time in a given number of rounds of the Rink. When the
ladies, who will enter for this contest have handed in their names, each one will be permitted to
select the name of a gentleman. The ladies names will be taken in numerical order, and the names of
the gentlemen then drawn as the corresponding number to the lady, will act as the skating partner of
the lady in the race.
THE GRASS VALLEY REPUBLICAN.—This morning the Grass Valley Republican will issue
its last number. The material of the office will be removed to the town of Truckee in this county, and
from that point a tri-weekly paper will be issued by Messrs. Frink & Hayden. The Republican while
published here has been a lively local sheet and an earnest advocate of the best interests of this
district. The proprietors had an extensive acquaintance in the upper part of the county, especially in
Nevada city and where they were acquainted they were necessarily popular. Our relations with the
Republican have been most pleasant, and we wish them fame and what is better, fortune, in their
new field of labor. Truckee is a thriving town and it needs a good newspapers [sic]. Messrs. Frink &
Hayden will furnish that need. The new paper will be called the Truckee Republican, and we shall
always welcome it as an exchange.
SURRENDERED HIMSELF.—Ah Wan, who cut a brother Chinaman on Thursday last,
surrendered himself to Constable Montgomery yesterday. The cut man, Ah Li, is getting along well.
The two men were cooks, and they quarreled about the proper method of preparing a cheap hash.
ASSAULT AND A DANGEROUS WOUND.—Sunday afternoon about 6 o'clock, there was an
affray between Matthew Rogers and Peter Daws which resulted in Rogers being very badly hurt by
a wound in the back. The wound was made with a pick and Daws struck the blow. We have heard at
least forty stories about the affray which resulted in the Wounding of Rogers and we can tell nothing
about the affray excepting that Rogers was struck in the back with a pick and that the pick penetrated
the lungs. The wound is between the seventh and eight ribs and went in the distance of four inches.
This wound was made with a garden pick and with the blunt, or flat, end of the pick. A portion of
the wounded man’s shirt was carried into the wound with the pick. We shall give the testimony in