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The Shasta courier., 1854-02-18

A GREAT GUN.-Our uncle Ezra has led q
very remarkable life We heard him tell some
most appalling stories CT his younger days, last
evening. to group of gaming boys and aston
shed men.
= | had gum" said the old Trojan. in that
earnest manner so Characteristic of his colloqui-
al attainments (which was the master thing for
balls that you ever did see.''
t" | warn't more nor twenty years old; it was
as much as sixty years ago, think-e'ev a. most,
amy how. | tell you what, l could kill anything
| wanted to. remember now, one day went
out into the woods down by the river-'twas a
hot day in May, had my gun with me-used to
carry II as a general thing when l went to the
woods-didn't like to 60 without tit war
royal gun. hadn't got far into the woods before
| see grey squirrel running up tree; let
bllzzard--he bnllet went through the fellow
tore off foot and half of the bark of the tree
besides making the splinters fly like sin, and
went through the next tree. Iheard an almighty
buzzing ms de, and pretty soon saw something
running out of the hole the ball made and swan
TO pucker, got no less than furty-six gallons
and a half OF honey Out of that tree real GIN
owine bees honey-none of your nasty Cuba
nggers sweat; 1t was PRIME vow.''
well sir, that ball ripped crows nest out
OF the next tree. killed the old ones and four
young ones, besides weasel that had just crawl
ed up to get something to eat ; van, you never
see anything like it,
but 1t dlnd't stop there: a few rods beyond, it
went through another tree, and killed a tarnal
great raccoon that was running up on the fur
ther side, and then brought down sixteen pi geons
from great flock that was just coming down to
pick berries in the woods. When got to the
river, found that 1t had killed eight wild geese
that had seen in the river the night before,
which were jnst rising to fly as L fired. could
see EN- drifting down stream. l was afraid
should lose 'em, and so dove in after 'em, with
out taking off my clothes, and when came out,
feeling something cool, Ivow found five dozen
shad and sixteen alewives in the seat of my
breeches.' We stepped out just as the old gen
tleman arrived at this point of the narrative
We heard that the ball did farther service on the
opposite side of the river, but we choose to omit
all but what we ourselves heard folks are so apt
to stretch stories when they tell them second
hand.
The Shasta courier., 1854-02-18
A California yl,ucr.

The following episode in the life of Califor-
MIA miner, has been furnished by one of our
correspondents in the mines:
young man Ia one of the cities of an Allan
TIC States, III moderate circumstances, coarted
the daughter OF wealthy merchant, but was
retnsed her hand III marriage. They eloped
and We're discarded. They had been married
but few months, when business calle the
young man to the princi pal city of neighboring
State Shortly after his arrival he received a
package from his wife containing his own min
lature. her wedding ring and other souvenirs
he had given her, together with a letter inform
ing illn that he need not return hoping to find
her, as she had abandoned him and gone home
10 her father The day after found the Young
man Oh board steamer bound for California
Here ne met with unusual success; but sickness
overlook him, and while on the hard bed of al
Hlcton the kindness of young lady the
daughter OF the proprietor of one of the numer-
ons ranches located i'll the mining districts who
attended him assiduously during his illness. so
won upon his heart that he wooed and won her.
intending to make her his wife so soon as the le-
gal disability would permit. He sent her home
10 his father designing to follow her at the expi-
ration OF the time allotted by law for the grant
ing OF divorce, which had nearly expired
The next day, after the steamer had left San
Francisco which bore her from him, he Glanced
to glance at old list of advertised letters, and
saw one Tor himself which had been in the Of
flee for some months. On receiving it. what
was his surprise to find that it was from his
long lost wife = Enclosed was a miniature of
herself and child-a child he had never seen
She informed him that the letter accompanying
his miniature, &C., which she had sent hin, was
forced from her through fear of violence from
her father and brother, and that she was carried
away and kept in close confinement in her ia
theirs house-that she fually escaped and has
tened to her husbands residence. 1t was de-
serted! She applied to her husbands relations
they could give her no information of his
whereabouts, Tor they could not believe but that
she had left him with her own free will She
exhausted every means in her power to find
him, but could obtain tidings. In despair
she returned home, and gave up the search as
fruitless. By chance she met with his name in
California paper, and had sent the package to
San Francisco. she did not know where else
10 send 1t; and there it would have remained,
had not the merest accident revealed its owner
Oh what priceless gem is pure and faithful
heart The wife, on the wings of love, is has
tenlng to meet her husband and the husbands
affianced bride, with sorrowfu heart, is re-
turning 10 her father. What happiness! What
misery Heavenly Father, pour thy bala of
consolation on that wounded heart!
The above is a vertable story. l know the
man WE'LL Cincinnati Times
The Shasta courier., 1854-02-18

The language of China is understood
throughout the remote regions of the Eastern
world, when written, just as the Arabic numer-
ais are alike in all the languages of Europe. A
man from the province of Fochau would not un-
derstand word of the spoken language of
Nankin; japanese could not make himself un.
derstood to Chinese; and an inhabitant of For
mosa could do nothing with inhabiiant of ST.
am; but the moment they took pen in hand
and wrote the sign which conveyed the idea.
then all became perfectly Ineligible. Dr. Bow
ring the other day. showed some friends Chi
nese newspaper which could be read by 5OO.-
1000 human beings, though not more. per-
haps, than 40. .0000 900 could understand the spo-
ken language of each other-Londom Inquirer.
The Shasta courier., 1854-02-18

RATHER A HARD Hlr-A minister traveIno
where the road was difficult to find, requested
man by the wayside to direct him, naming the
place where he wished to 90.
:" Well" says the hedger and ditcher. keep
on Just as you are going for about a mile and a
halt; there. at the crossroads, Won will SET, a
minister, who will direct you to the lefs connie
of miles; and there, at the fork of the roads il
another minister. who will direct you to the
right about three miles-and so on at everv forL
and cross of the road is minister to tell vo,
which road to take.' ae
= Ah. said the parson, .what do YOU call
ministers p
Why says the other !" those things that
stand up at the forks of the road with sometime
like hand on them" M
g Finger-boar,ls you mean.r remarked the
preacher. why do you call them ministers =,
:" Because they are always pointing the way
to other people, and never go themselves"
The Shasta courier., 1854-02-18
The Babie.
BY B. d. coRDEs.

Nae shoon to hide her tiny toe,
Nae stockin on her feet,
Her supple ankle white as snaw,
AS early blossoms sweet.
Her simple dress of sprinkled pink
Her double dimpled chin:
Her puckered lips and balmy mou,
With nae one tooth between.
Her cen, sac like her mothers cen;
Twa gentle, liquid things;
Her facets like all angels face;
We've glad she has no wings
She is the budding of our love,
a giftie God gied US;
We maun nae love the gift OVER weel,
Twad be nae blessing thus.
The Shasta courier., 1854-02-18
DRS. PAINE Il HfEgSS
Of San Francisco.

HAVE THE PLEASURE TO ANNOUNCE
II u that one of their firm will visit this place
once in Two or three months, and will remain
for few days only at H. w. IIubbard's, Shasta
City, who will receive all orders. and give all
information as to the time of their arrival where
they Will be happy to receive all calls in their
profession. Having during an extensive prac-
tice OF fourteen years, made many improve
ments III the Dental Art, and assisted mat erially
in bringing it TO its present hig state of perec-
ton. they feel warranted in saying to all those
wishing Dental operations performed ON the
teeth, artificial teeth inserted on fine gold
plate. that their work cannot be excelled in the
United States. Terms moderate. Consultations
free.
n. b. To THE PRorEssn FoR SALE.-At
our Office, Masonic Hall, Montgomery street
opposite Lecount & Strong. may be found
large assortment of Incorruptable Teeth, Gold
and Tin Foil Dental Instruments, &c. oltf
The Shasta courier., 1854-02-18

LNITCH & CO., Agents for the sale of the
IL Happy Valley Mills Flour, Front. are
prepared to furnish $50 barrels of this celcbrl-
ted Flour daily, in quarter sacks. This Flour is
equal IT not superior, to any Flour in the mar
ket. and we have testimonials from the best ba-
kers i'll San Francisco. and the country, that il
surpasses Gallego and Haxall.
Wheat.
Parties having good California wheat to SELL
can sell the same 10 US. None but the best de-
sired.
I'll. ). FITCH. OcTAvIEN HooGs.
The Shasta courier., 1854-02-18

BIBLICAL CRITlc.-The best specimen of
original criticism we have ever heard, was in
stage-coach ride to Berry Edge. Three of us
were talking about Adam and his fall The point
OF discussion was the apparent impossibility that
a perfect man like Adam could commit sin.
:. But he wasn't perfect - said one of the
three.
Wasn't perfect" we calculated in amaze
ment.
No, sir, he wasn't perfect" repeated our
commentator.
'.What do you mean?' we asked.
Well, answered the authority, "he was
made perfect, | admit, but he didn't stay per-
feet"
"How!"
"Why. was not one of his ribs removed7 IF
he was perfect with all his ribs he was not per
feet after loosing one, was he? Say %
Our say was silence. We were convinced
then. that women was the of mans orig
inal iinperfection.-Gate Ensiand) OBS.
The Shasta courier., 1854-02-18
RANCMHNG! RANCHING..

Es&s THE SUBSCRIBERS ARE NOW
ItTS prepared to receive and ranch stock mt
.'Asss@ss Lake Ranch. twelve miles from Shasta
al The usual rates. This ranch is well known to
be unsurpassed for good grass and water. and
those persons leaving stock with MS may depend
upon It's receiving the same care as our own
All stock will be ranched at The risk of the
owner, unless otherwise specially agreed upon
jy23H MOODY & WOOD.
The Shasta courier., 1854-02-18
SAN FRANCISCO CoLUsA PACKET

-- THE well known Steamer
-EzsEsss....i Ezsss5.s..is ORIENT, A. d. CARPENTER Mas
ter, will leave San Francisco every Monday and
Thursday evening, for Colusa; returning. will
leave Colusa for San Francisco every Wednes-
day and Saturday morning.
The Orient has recently undergone thorough
REPAIRS and for comfort and safety, both for
passengers and freight, is not excelled by any
boat i'll the trade.
AGENTs.-F. SLEEPER,
Clay Street Wharf, San Francisco
CHARLES SPALDING.
au27 I'm Colusa
The Shasta courier., 1854-02-18

GUANo.-As the result of an Investigation. re-
Gently made, the British Admiral on the Pacific
station (Moresby) writes TO his government that
the total quantity of guano the Chincha Is
lands, Peru, at the present date, is only $780,
900; and at the rate of exploration, it viii be
exhausted, l. e. much of it as would pay
freight IN eight or nine years.
The Shasta courier., 1854-02-18
III. w. HUBBARD.
Storage and Commission Merch

Storage and Commission Merchant
4 T THE UPPER END OF MAIN STREET.
I n at the sign of the" Globe Lamp" where
VIII be found 20 or 30 good beds for dodgers
all hours OF the night. Also, shower and tub
baths at all hours OF the day night, hot or cold
Also. 81, miners, tents always ON hand, cheap.
There is also attached an asylum for the sick
Shasta City, April 8, 1853. ap9n
The Shasta courier., 1854-02-18
f. G.. GILLETTE.
Civil Engineer.

Comfy Snrreyor of Shasta Comfy.
GURVEY AND RECORD THE FIELD
~ Notes of land claims. Canals and fumes
LAID ont and graded Plans, estimates and spe
clfications drawn up tor bridges, aqueducts,
dams and all kinds of STRUCTURES
Office III County Clerks Office. marriott
The Shasta courier., 1854-02-18
DAGUERREOTYPEs.

T RUTH, DAGUERREOTYPE ARTIST, St
y Charles Hotel, Shasta, is now prepared to
put up Daugerreotypes in every variety of style
Pictures neatly set in Lockets, Pins. Rings,
Watch Seals, &c. Persons wishing to secure
good life like pictures, will please call SOON
Likenesscs taken in all kinds of weather, and
satisfaction guaranteed.
Oct % IF
The Shasta courier., 1854-02-18

u The proprietors OF Greenwood Cemetery.
at New York have it in contemplation 10 con-
struct railroad from the city to the Cemetery,
the interments being sufficiently numerous 10
warrant the undertaking. A railroad to the
graver'
The Shasta courier., 1854-02-18
BARTON 4 sNAyELY.

CARPENIERS AND BUILDERS
Estimates and specifications made on all kinds
ot buildings. Jobbng done at the shortest no.
nce. Also, Rockers. Toms and Sluices always
on hand and made to order.
\. B. Seasoned lumber always on hand.
LivINGsToN BARTON. URIAH B. SNAvELr.
mafl2u Shasta City.
The Shasta courier., 1854-02-18
BURTON & McCARTRY,

GROCERIES, LIQUORS, PROVISIONS,
~ Flour Grain, California Produce and gem
eral merchandise, No. 125, street. one door
west of Fifth. Sacramento
Dec. "a, 1853. I'm"
The Shasta courier., 1854-02-18
C0-PARTNERsuHEp NOTICE.
GOLDEN GATE FIGURING ,1sLr..

NM VI SHARP & co. having retired from the
w firm OF Conro, Sampson & Co. the Col
den Gate FIGURING Mill will be conducted bv
the subscribers, nnder the same name and stvlt
as heretofore, and the public may rest assured
that effort shall be waning on our part to
fully sustain the hi meh reputation that the Golden
GATE Hour has acquired in ali parts of Cailor-
MIA. The article we manufacture is pnre and
unadulterated-it is made from the choicest of
native wheat. and is fully equal to the best lIax
all or Gallego. We tender our sincere thanks
to onr friends and The public generally, for their
liberal patronage heretufere rendered 10 us and
respectfully solicit continuance Of The same
E. d. CONRO.
MO 3m w. A. SAMPSON
The Shasta courier., 1854-02-18
CCRTISS & HUGHES.
Carpenters and Cabinet Makers.

CAfpcntcfs and Cabinct Makers.
1g ESTIMATES, PLANS, ANDm
&Tf specifications on all kinds of buil- 50
A1s=szzfs=dl =dlngs. bridges. mills &C.. Fnrni- =
ture and sash of all kinds on band and made to
order Turning and job work Of all kinds done
TO order aud on short notice. Wagons repaired
with good timber. Toms, rockers and sluices
always ON hand sas8assssssa
All orders in our line promptly attended to-
Shop at the head oi Main street. Shasta.
r. J. CURTISS. WM. S. HUGHES
Dec. IL, 1883 tt
The Shasta courier., 1854-02-18
Riddle.

BY GEORGE CANNING
There is word of plural number,
Foe to peace, and foe TO slumber;
Now, any word you choose to take,
BY adding you plural make;
But if you add an to this,
How strange the metamorphosis
Plural is plural, now no more,
And sweets what bitter was before.
The Shasta courier., 1854-02-18
TO THE PUBLIC.

B HAVE THIS DAY APPOINTED WM. p.
Il jaingerfield, Esq, my agent and attorney,
to attend to all business for me in my absencr
JOHN E. WILKINSON.
Shasta, April 90, 1853 ap3Otf
The Shasta courier., 1854-02-18

The word in plural is cares,
Ifto it be added an S,
In the singular form it appears,
Once bitter, now sweet, as rn,pss.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-07-27

The old adage, IA man is known 10y the
company he keeps" is illustrated by The fol-
lowing anecdote, related by Partisan lct-
ter writer
d. ko,hschild was asked the other day
by young man, an intimate friend Of hi.
family, to lend him 5000 francs. "No,''
said the Baron. IL only do business, now.
with crowned heads: but II get yeu the
money. You may walk with me, once,
aloncg the arcsdes Of the Bourse, taking me
Familiarity by the arm" The promenade
was Effected, and at the cad of il the vouna
man lad his 5000 francs in hs pocket. and
had refused offers Of 81, 900 more.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-07-27
CHICAGO
FURNITURE WARE ROOMS,
Corner of Main and Front Streets,
TICHENnR & YERTY.

HAVING opened tkelr Ware Roeas ~ Seeve arr
prepared ~ asnish sill the latest styles ei fGrs
tare. Mattresses and Upholstery Of all kinds neesssst,
eaasanie comfort taste, Mheft the sse nis.
IL needed tsf Hosei. Boarding. Houses. FarUheHSes
private residences aad pahlir balls ihsS hare ueN
ca hand general assortment, aud 70 Which tlss ~
continue adj, ANA tor ehyspseSs and darabastt t,
challenge .comPeiten Amc.s snssge u isslf Szt.s Isl
hand nssy " ilaisIoHnd--
Sofas. Lounges, aed Ffet.h flnsa aRa eiaer RAeA
Srs Beck Cases, extensive c'sr tables tltsi.s - -
ee variety and s,ie-parlaF and seat As Iaapn. a.,
chamber sets, eosaFie; N.sh Stands. iaci aud llsl
Tables sad " keS .sesS
TrausS II ali Sizes aaa qualities; Mattresses. hair
palm eaf. gas 4a Shtsk, .; eNe agt max as
quality Fstsas, .eatiset, bar md grass nesi
lsesoa ana $50 rood ars,ele
Cos k8eas, Tea haIsaeS AMI vlsadts nat et h@ff ~
which purchase either Iat slhrle aFfi p : son
nfele vat ff requested ia CO Ne haSe JUS
epeae6, FaFntare new sal nSais dtFeit feH s4s
Manufactures haad, tearnc q >atist. Tie ants g
tis VNmunSs and estahlisAir parSe4ses ~ fac nus
hess ~ i'll 2iNn satsiaft0u. II soss'aS -tsessiers
,3cas% give Us Il cali naat f5sget the place
Dayea.oFt's Old ssaad, Eroat 81,
Davenport, lows,
March - 1885, lICllESQE 4 VERY.
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-07-27
The City OF Davenport.

Last week for the fret time for about three
years, we paid visit to this place AL
though within IS miles Of this city we have
never ventured to spend half day until iast
week, at which time the unprecedented
growth Of the place had so changed it, ap-
pearance that it seemed TO us tina. we had
never been there before. While there. ne
called upon our old friend HOLMES, the
Book merchant. well known through this
country for his humorous Jokes. His store
gives evidence Of his success in the book
business, as il was oyerfioHins with
almost every article in his line Of trade.
In company with Mr.. HOLMES. we visited
most of the large establishments in the city
such as the Iron Store and Foundry Or
Messrs. LeCiaire e. Davenport, which IS
quite an enterprise for the west. Also,
the different steam mills, where building
materials Of all kinds may be had The
amount Of lumber on hand at some Of these
mills are enormous-at one Of which il vas
said that the mere moving il from the raft
cost 81 1000
The saws in one ofihese mills is sight
worth seeing-to use the language Of Dir.
Holmes. we can say shat II all the saws
we ever saw saw, we never saw sax saw a.
that saw saws"
Taking il all in all, Davenport has "a
bright future before tit has manifest
deftiny-that OF being the great city of
eastern Iowa. Its situation at tie foot Of
the Upper Rapids on the Mississippi, ii the
head Of low water navigation, at tie ter
minus Of the first railroad connecting the
Atlantic with the Mississippi, at point "a
yorabie to command the trade Of central
Iowa. and at point from which The frs,
railroad will penetrate to the interior 81
our Stale, and at a point from which yseyral
roads will, sooner or later, diyerg in differ
en-. directions into the .rt Of Iowa, a..
speak in unhistakabie language the destiny
of this favored place. Its recen, and spid
growth is proof Of the iulilfneat Of TIL.
prophecy. and the enterprise aud business
of this place manifest alike, that the prom
ised good time is near az hand - Celar %.
AIDE
The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-07-27

,I,HE undersigned have formed Copartnersnlp W
l. the purpose OF carrying on The copper, I'M sheas
Iron mid Stove business. In this city, at TIE u'd s'nu
M j. II Dumont cor. Srennd q brady strs,, Moald
rcspccfuy inform the citizens OF seo.t aslu s!tfo nm,
ing counties, that We have lately arrived sol w i,'
with an extensive assortment Of stoves ana hucht.
a.tsrea OF the latest ana most appfefed fatteiis.
Amnng them may be found the My Flower 'uuA
Stove, which wsrran,fa ten years. we say WIN
out ills tke hest GaoS Steve for wood eNei
offered for sale in the west. II las Two ihrEe e,ens'
the one has fixing for suspendiir Fowls iufAeas'
or Meat from the top Of the owen b! means OF hooks
and thereby roasting meats Mc all over alike, when
ia decided improvements attie snine timc ihs other
a1S ea, - esi n ~ me nos b"an,.i, ans.
Also ihs Black diamond, for crai its extensive use
the West well as En-. has given y reputation
Be, ond all competition. We @afF, ut i ;ie heaviest
stove in use, also "a operate II Tie most perfect
TN Nnrair5. >t4r n,.e of ,hs mos, beautiful designs
II Elevated oven Stoyesium#rket, call aud examine
for .oatspif In ald.ienfa nhsse, we oiYcfmnmeroas
other knds Of s'afrsof every dsStfpssoh.
Pumps and LEAD Pipes.
we ha c constantly % hard large assortment n
NE make up 70 orderand earr Il, thep. Ais' Force
Panps for raising and stey.tHg watsr toans part Of
lie building. Garden Eigines, with hose attached
far watering eafdens, washing windows, So, eFs'
eopperaniiths and Rraziers.
We are now prepared 10 DO all Minds NJ Copper work
order, at the shortest notice; raaarihs done ~ We
ueates hummer and with dispatch. nl1msag ef Neg!
TIN ROOFING.
va ate at,o prepared ,oeofer buildings Within,
copper or sRe - ,aeah as ell. he done the West,
ana al we.k warranted. fhe undersigned are both
practical orb nra. aud Will attend personally ~ ever!
md all work entrusted to them.
All those in wat, 90 iAe above articles. Mil do we'll
By giving ns cali think Gun slow them the
adv antages III making good bargain. t,oHail invr
chants supplied lih ta ware 81 every description ~
tow prices.
Ola copper, brass pewter, iten. rags, Nc taken ~
exchange TT fare.' For the pgesell c"f % Second
s lrats sr.., adjoining smiths Variety store. hayeh
hort Iawa utM0Nl < RtokpaN.
J. II, nuNpNf.
III. G. RfoRnAS. ]
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ScorSpEEL ARRESTED The Rev. G..
w. Adams, whose rasealities have been the
subject Of newspaper paragraphs for several
months. was arrested the other day ~ 1 tay.
ern keeper at Fulton, Rock Co He Is the
rascal who obtained the $1,000 awarded to
Mrs. +. 6. Templeton as damages for the
killing Of her husband at the Norwalk trag
edy. Adams introduced himself as Il clergy
man rendering hs services 10 procure the mo
ney for the widow, and having obtained ii alb
scondcd with the amount Chicago Press
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Pnslie NcLseo

herehv Etvtn thai the sfh day 81 -fBRe, 4. n
fsaG tae Stockholders OF fhe Mississippi Missouri
Railroad tonpsny met and amended The articles 81
iageg1f..t IN 81 said temPsnv IL saasiA9ee rs fe
laex.
uSteas II TIE snN-dn ss.a.s Il til yaaia ,ruk ara
branches ha5sE definitely fixed less than SIXTY
nor more than eae hnNdrcd mites. the BsaTa Of u
ret.efs max N thes discretion ~ sis time fly the
length 4 ssii sub ihsy may ess- arsi md
admissible fuF tire Interests ~ sai3 Company, GBd
also IN the anoait III Eal stock - hs appropriated
eaeh diyisgn sa that ssI8 Hard &c DIRECTORS also
havr pswsF consolidate se otfaore divisions when
ever hsy slal Hk soF lie ilisses. Of tbs temrau!
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