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55 MARCH 13 & 14, 1877 GRASS VALLEY UNION
*FRISCO.
We object most strenuously to the word “Frisco,” when one means San Francisco. We still
object to that use on the authority of old Californians and of mountain men generally. The man who
says Frisco is always a late importation from the east; he is a pilgrim who wants to adopt mountain
idioms, and who thinks he has struck it when he says ’Frisco. The old timers and mountain men
always spit out the whole word, and they leave it to the Johnny Come Latelys to “take a trip to
’Frisco.” We are reminded to make these few remarks by seeing the word ’Frisco used in Sam Bowles’
book—the one in which he gives his account of a visit to this coast in company with Schuyler Colfax
and he says it is a mountain slang name for the Bay city. That book is about as poor a concern as ever
wasted the printer’s and bookbinders arts and material, and is no authority for the use, even among
hoodlums, of the contraction of San Francisco to ’Frisco.
EMIGRANT TRAVEL.—For the past month the emigrant travel to California has been steadily
on the increase. The railroad company find it necessary to sent the eastward bound emigrants
through on the regular overland passenger train, in order to get their cars through to Ogden quickly,
to load with emigrants for California. Freight train, No. 6, last night had nine cars of emigrants
attached to it, and all of them were as full as possible. Large quantities of freight are passing over the
road both ways now, that going west being mostly agricultural implements.—Truckee Republican,
Mar. 10th.
WILL NOT SUSPEND.—The publication of the North San Juan Times will not suspend
publication, as has heretofore been announced, but will be continued under the management of
Judge Stidger alone.
Calvin B. McDonald, a well known desultory writer and lecturer, is an inmate of the Sierra
county alms house. After wandering about all over the State the erratic victim of a passion for
alcohol has drifted back to the county where he made his first literary venture in this State, to finda
home in its poor house.
[This story proved to be untrue. See Union, March 16, 1877, for evidence he was current editor
of an Oakland, California, newspaper]
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1877
SUDDEN DEATH.—’J. K. Waldron, well known in Bloomfield township, in this county,” says
the San Juan Times, “entered Jeff Morton’s saloon, at Columbia Hill, on Thursday of last
week, and called for a glass of liquor. The barkeeper gave him a glass of water instead of
whisky, which Waldron drank. In a moment afterwards he fell dead on the floor. For many
years past the deceased had been a heavy drinker of spirituous liquors, but for two or
three weeks prior to his death it had been refused him. We have no thought that the water
he drank killed him, but we do think he died of heart disease.”
ST. PATRICK’S.—The Ancient Order of Hibernians have made very arrangement for their grand
ball, to be given Friday night at Hamilton Hall. W. C. Stokes, of the Exchange Hotel, will give the
supper and it will be a royal spread. The attendance at the ball will be large and a merry time will be
enjoyed.
TEACHERS.—At the late examination of teachers, the following persons received certificates:
J. G. O’Neill, 1st grade, Miss Mary Cannon, 2d grade, Miss K. Maguire, 2d grade. There were 23
applications.