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23 JANUARY 26 & 27, 1877 GRASS VALLEY UNION
then have officers who will enforce it. England does not allow bull-dozing with dog fat butter and in
that particular England is entirely right.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 1877
BORN. At Truckee, January 21, 1877, to W. F. EDWARDS and Wife, a Son.
SUICIDE AT COLFAX. A man named John McCabe, supposed to be a resident of Nevada City,
committed suicide at Colfax last Thursday, by taking strychnine. He left a note swaying
that he was tired of life, and gave directions about his funeral. He left money enough to
pay his funeral expenses. Deceased went to Colfax, from Nevada City, on Monday last.
MINING DEBRIS CASE.
The case of Atkinson vs. the Amador and Sacramento Canal Company has been on trial, at
Sacramento Canal Company has been on trial, at Sacramento, for several weeks past. Last Thursday
the jury returned a verdict and gave the plaintiff four thousand dollars damages—a large sum
considering the evidence in the case. The suit was brought to recover damages for injury done to
the plaintiff’s ranch by debris deposited thereon, from the defendant’s mine, and by the defendant
overflowing plaintiffs ranch with water. This is the first case of a series of the same kind, and has
resulted in favor of the farming interest. Judge Sexton presided at the trial, and his charge to the jury
in the case seems to be fair and to state plainly the law which must govern such matters. The plaintiff
established the fact, to the satisfaction of the jury at least, that the tailings (slickens) were deposited
on his land directly from the defendant’s mine, and were caused to be so deposited by the direct
action of the defendant. Had not this direct testimony been brought before the jury, the defendant
othe mining company) must have won, under the charge to the jury by the Court. ...
If that portion of Judge Sexton’s charge is held to be correct by the Supreme Court (the case
will be appealed), as we think will be the case, the miners of Dutch Flat, Moore’s Flat, Bloomfield,
San Juan Ridge and of other districts high up in the mountains will be safe against all damages.
In the cases against such miners it will be very difficult to prove that any particular sand from any
particular mine has been directly deposited on any particular farm by the particular action of any
particular set of miners. ...
THE ELECTORAL BILL.
The bill for regulating the counting of the electoral votes passed the Senate, on Thursday
by a vote of 47 ayes, to 17 nays. . . . The bill will of course pass the House of Representatives, and
will become a law. The country will rejoice at the satisfactory solution the measure will give of the
Presidential vexation. We do not know, of course, who will be the President declared justly elected,
nor do we care a great deal. We want a fair declaration and that is, what we believe the plan will
secure.
SHORT FELLOWS.—They have a barber war over in Reno. Hair cutting and shampooing are
put down to auction prices/
The celebrated German Military Band will play in Grass Valley Saturday February the 3d; full
particulars to-morrow.
There will be lots of fun at Hamilton Hall to-night, and the woman question will be freely
discussed. It will only cost four bits to take yourself and a lady to the entertainment.
There should have been a rain yesterday in order to entitle our weather sharp to win the cigars
from Bill Dawes; but a snow storm is brewing.
RELIGIOUS NOTICES for Sabbath, January 28th. First M.E. Church, Rev. J. Lewis Trefren,
Pastor, will preach at 10:30 A.M. and at 7 P.M. Subject in the morning “In and out of Prison;” in