The hydraulic press. (North San Juan, Nev. Co., Cal.) 1858-18??, 1858-11-13
rior quality of alabastcr is found in
large deposits in Monterey county.
County Items.


County Items.
The following items are gathered
from the Nevada Democrat
The town of Omega is growing
quite rapidly.
Mr.. Withers, foreman for Capt.
Kidd & Co., has been busily and suc7
cessfully working some forty men on
fumes and reservoirs for the past six
weeks or two months. 0v4F HrfT
The Omega Ditch, under contract
of A. Swart, is being pushed ahead
at rapid rate. 1t will be completed
early next year, if not this.
A foot-race comes off between
" Johnny Gilderaleeve /" and the
"Mountain Buck" for $50 aside, a
this afternoon at"Uncle Natty's 8" race
track, one fourth of a mile from Ne
vada on the old Washington road.
DR.. Harvey Hunt has returned to
Nevada. ..~. -,
For the annexed particulars of
matters about Grass Valley, we are
indebted to the Nevada National: -as
Within the last few weeks the
population of Grass Valley is thought
to have increased moro than FIVE hum
dred able-bodied men. Business is
very brisk and money easy. The
National advocates the institution Of
a town library. IkLUI 3Ho8g
Daniel S. Morgan, an Irishman,
and one of "Walker's men," commit.
ted suicide by stabbing himself to .
the heart with large carving knife.
In the garden Of Mr.. Staples, Bos-
ton Ravine, there is pear tree which
is only five feet high that has borne
three crops of fruit this season. II
has blossomed seven times.
The total number of children in
Grass Valley Township is 412; which
is - more than there are in Nevada.
THE BEST RoUTE.-Undcr this
head the Marysvile National Demo-
crat remarks as follows D.,
Actual survey has demonstrated
that, it there is to be Pacific rail-
road any where else than on the ex-
treme Southern route, the Noble and
Henness passes afford the very best
entrance through the Sierra Nevada
Of any other point in the whole line
of the mountain barrier. No digging
down Of mountains required nor tun-
neling through solid rock. Nature.it
has been we'll said, has done more for
these passes than all the labor, skill
and capital Of the nation could do for
the johnson Pass or any other Pass
leading into the Sacramento Valley,
in any given number of years. They
afford, in connection with the grada>
tons reaching them from either side
of the Sierra, natural grade for
railroad. t*Yq
A railroad can be constructed With
out difficulty either from Marysville
through the Henness Pass, into tho
Salt Lake Basin, or from Fort Read
ng, on the Sacramento river, in Shas-
ia county, through Mobiles Pass, into
the Salt Lake Basin. The Henness
Pass is probably the better one of tho
two, if we consider the advantage of
a more direct route into tho main
body of the Sacramento Valley. We
believe it has been demonstrated also
by the a ,complished Engineer, D. B.
Scott, that it viii! require less grading
for railroad through the Henness
than through the Noble Pass. Be
that as it may, either one of the Pass
SEES is 80 infinitely superior to all 9TH
ers through the Sierra Nevada range,
that it is ridiculous presumption to
attempt to bring the latter into any
comparison with them, whatever.
B@ A correspondent of the Ma
rysville Express informs that paper
that, at Sucker Flat, the Excelsior
Water Companv. have an iron nina