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3 JANUARY 4 & 5, 1875 GRASS VALLEY UNION
many of the characters were admirably sustained. There were no Grass Valleyans present on the
occasion because Grass Valley had tired itself out in attending the dance of the night before. There is
a limit, after all, to human indurance, although when so much fun is going on a man could wish that
he was cast iron.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1875
BORN. At Indian Springs, January 3, 1875, to T. J. WAGONER and Wife, a Daughter.
At Grass Valley, January 3, 1875, to J. LUTHY and Wife, a Daughter.
MARRIED. At North Bloomfield, Dec. 25, 1874, by A. A. Smith, J.P., Mr. THOMAS RICHARDS
of Birchville, to Miss MARY A. WILLIAMS, of North Bloomfield.
MINE WORKERS.
The Virginia (Nev.) Enterprise does not seem to have much confidence in English
incorporations working mines. It is in accord then with our observation, also, that when an English
company gets hold of a mine, work stops as soon as the ore becomes poor. Those companies do not
push along through the barren spots to find pay streaks. The Enterprise says:
Had the Comstock been incorporated in London instead of San Francisco, it to-day
would have been worked perhaps five hundred feet, Virginia City would have had probably
one thousand inhabitants, and the whole lead would have been selling at probably
$1,000,000. It takes a great deal of money and judgement to develop a great mine, and
there are times in the history of every great mine when those in charge could truthfully say:
“The ore failed us here; geology did not help us; we drove this through simply on pluck.”
The lack of that pluck makes men whine when the pick and shovel cannot keep pace with
their imaginations, and the lack of it makes all the old money bags of the coast say now to
themselves: “I could have bought Consolidated Virginia [stock] last spring for $30, and today it is $730. Great God!”
BIRTH-DAY PARTY.—David Binkelman’s friends gave him a rousing surprise party, last
Saturday night, on the occasion of his 47th birth-day. After the friends had assembled at the
residence and had enjoyed the hospitalities of the family, a motion to adjourn to the rooms of
the German Social Club was made and carried. Music and a collation were brought together, and
dancing and feasting ruled for three or four hours. A splendid cake, suitably inscribed, was presented
to the gentleman who has made these forty-seven years.
THE RAILROAD.—We can not tell exactly how the affairs of our local railroad stand. We know,
however, that Mr. Findley is in town and that he and Mr. Beatty and Mr. Coleman have been talking
to each other about the affairs of the Company. The road will soon be started, so far as construction
is concerned, and the prophets of evil will be confounded.
OFFICERS ELECTED.—The following officers of the German Social Club have been elected to
serve during the ensuing year: Henry Vogelman, President; Herman Uphoff, Vice President; David
Binkelman, Treasurer; Felix Schrakamp, Secretary.
DISTRICT COURT.—The District Court, of the Fourteenth District, in and for Nevada county
met yesterday, Hon. T. B. Reardan presiding.
In the case of Meier vs. Meier a decree of divorce was granted.
In the case of the Consolidated Channel Company vs. Excelsior Canal Company, the Central
Pacific Railroad Company and others, the demurrer to the Plaintiff's complaint was sustained
by the Court. The Plaintiff refused to amend the complaint and gave notice of an appeal to the
Supreme Court. This suit was brought for the purpose of getting a right of way through Penn