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GRASS VALLEY UNION JANUARY 15 & 16, 1874 $s)
Nevada City, has left that burg to take up his residence in Arizona. Everybody in Nevada City
wishes him well and so do we.
The festival held by the ladies of the Episcopal Church, at Nevada City, on Monday night, for the
benefit of their church netted something over $600. The voting for the prettiest girl gave $400
to the treasury. Pretty girls are of use, after all!
A. J. Foster is moving his paint store and all his beautiful chromos and picture frames from
near the corner of Mill and Neal streets to the store adjoining John Johnston’s grocery store,
Mill street. The new place will be a fine one.
Mr. Van Hoeter is putting down a heavy stone foundation, on Mill street, opposite Pope’s place,
for his new wine cellar. A fine brick or stone house will be built above that cellar. Mr. Van
Hoeter is an energetic business man and will have things in the proper shape.
The new butcher shop, corner of Mill and Neal, is nearly completed, and Mitchell & Caro will
soon be in their new and comfortable quarters.
INVENTIONS.—Mr. Josiah Dodge, who is a farmer and who resides a few miles below grass
Valley, is an inventor. On his farm he has gates of his own invention which never “swag:” latches for
those gates which never break, no matter how hard the gate may be banged, and other conveniences
of the most ingenious and useful description. He has patented very few of his inventions. He not very
long ago invented a “car starter,” applicable to the horse cars of street railroads. This he has lately
tried at Sacramento and we are informed that it works well. The horses drawing a street car, with the
starter attached, do not have to strain to get the vehicle in motion. While working on the “starter”
he observed that “doubletrees” were defective, and he went to work to remedy the defect. The result
is the invention of a double tree which gives the hindmost horse the advantage of the leverage in
drawing a load. The common doubletree gives the advantage of leverage to the quicker or stronger
horse. Mr. Dodge’s late invention adjusts itself in favor of the animal needing a favor. The street car
men of Sacramento, when they saw the new doubletree, had the invention put upon their cars. A
patent for the doubletree has been applied for. The invention is a very simple one, and it costs but a
trifle to alter an old style doubletree to the new one.
FOG AND SIGHTS.—For the last week, up to Tuesday evening, the weather in this part of the
foot-hills has been beautiful and bright. The sun did shine in a cloudless sky. During that time the
valleys below were filled with a thick and heavy fog. It was a grand sight to go upon one of the highest
peaks in this vicinity and look down upon the Sacramento Valley. The vapor there resembled a sea.
The breezes playing upon the surface of the fog caused waves, and even white-caps, all over the fog
basin. One could see these waves break against the summit of the Marysville Buttes, as the waves of
the Pacific break against Seal Rock... .
TO SPORTSMEN.—The sporting community, and others using firearms, will be pleased to learn
that the pioneer gunmaker of Grass Valley (T. Knowderer) has returned, and commenced business
opposite the Exchange Hotel, Main street, where he is fully prepared to do new work and repairing
equal to that done by any workman in the Stage. Guns and ammunition for sale, and guns to let by
the day.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1874
LOCAL BREVITIES.—Our neighbor of the Transcript wants a meeting of the old residents of
Nevada county, in order that a society of pioneers may be informed. Good idea.
What was left of the rear part of the skating rink, by the snow pressure, went down yesterday
before the wind. The front part of the structure, in which there are several nice rooms for
offices, still stands. The owners ought to do something to save the remains of the building.