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150 JUNE 1 & 2, 1886 GRASS VALLEY UNION
The hours sped so swiftly and enjoyably that we took no notice of them until the driver
called and warned us that it was time to wend our way homeward. Our horses were soon
hitched, and the wagon ready for a start. After a ride of a few miles we were overtaken by
the Grass Valley soda wagon, and our driver, who had constantly grown in our good opinion
ery gallantly treated us to soda, which we drank in a primitive style.
Passing through Blue Tent the immense reservoir like a small lake nestling among the
mountains, its waters reflecting the overhanging trees, and the very clouds above, made a
picture which all declared worthy the pencil of our own artist. This side of Nevada City we
met an immense flock of sheep which numbered four thousand five hundred, on their way
to greener pastures than the valley afforded.
Nearing home, we joined heartily in singing the old song “Home Again,” where we
arrived dirty, tired, happy. ‘TRAMPS.”
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1886
MARRIED. At Grass Valley, June 1, 1886, by Rev. W. J. Lvnd. Mr. JOHN T. HOOPER to Miss
HETIIE BENNALLACK, both of this place.
[DIED] The infant son of George Wetterau died on Monday. The remains will be brought to
Grass Valley to-day for burial. [See more in the June 4th issue of the UNION.]
Persons and Things.
Yesterday was a warm one—the mercury getting up into the nineties.
There will be an immense crowd at the Union Sunday School Picnic to-day.
Steam laundries seem to be a failure in most parts of the State.
There were over 500 people in Empire Hall Monday night to see Birch and Cotton, and if there
had been room for any more they would have been there.
Then were no signs of moisture in the atmosphere yesterday.
Over 1300 free tickets have been given out to the children of the Sunday Schools for the picnic
to-day.
Birch & Cotton Minstrels.
The Birch & Cotton Minstrel Troupe was greeted by one of the largest houses that ever
assembled in Empire Hall on Monday night. The audience was kept in a roar of laughter most of the
time by the funny actions and sayings of the two great minstrels, and those who have not seen Billy
Birch for twenty-seven years say that he has lost none of his old time wit and humor. Everything
connected with the entertainment was first-class in every particular, and when the troupe returns on
the 13th it will again be greeted with a crowded house, as it richly deserves.
The Water Supply.
The town of Grass Valley has spent considerable money on its water pipe system, but the
money has not been spent in vain. Improvements are constantly being made in the system, and it
is thought that by another Summer it will be complete. The water supply is abundant and can be
increased at any time should the demand become greater. It was a wise decision of the Trustees when
they came to the conclusion to lay no more small pipe, and hereafter nothing will be purchased of
less dimensions than six inches in diameter. The present improvement in the water pipe system on
Richardson street is a good and needed one, although a considerable outlay of money is required
to do the work. The only thing that is now needed to make Grass Valley the best supplied town on
the coast so far as water is concerned is the laying of a large pipe, say a 22-inch, from the reservoir