Daily national Democrat., 1859-01-07
summary of Interior News.

News FROM NEVADA CoUNTY.-We clip the
e,1owinc items from the Nevada Democrat,
of Wednesday;
Burqlaries During the past week the
,.,r,lars have made number of
uo,Hfnrnal visits in this place. The house of
Iodce Searls has been entered twice. The
60 time was about three o'clock last Wednes-
ia Iav morning. The Judge being awakened
1.-THE noise came ont into the entry, when
could distinctly hear some one breathing
,nJ at the head of the stairs. After listen
;n,, a moment, one of the robbers, who had
mask over his face, came down far enough
% he seen by the Judge, when he said, "il
,,ou will 90 back to your room we will
Leave" As the Judges pistol was not loaded,
Le accepted the compromise, and the robbers
took their departure.
rSDuring the same night the houses of Mr..
6ayis and Mr.. Hartman, who live not far
from Judge Searls, were entered, but the
BURGLARS got nothing of much value. The
inmates of Mr. Davis house were awakened
bv the noise. and Mrs. Davis saw four men
leaving the premises. They carried off a
noir of boots and trunk from the house of
Mr. Hartman. The trunk was found the next
hauled and specimen pin taken.
The house of Judge Searls was again en-
tered on Saturday night. The Judge was
awakened by the noise, and taking his pistol,
which was loaded this time, went to the
front door, but the burglar had doubtless
heard the noise and made tracks lie car
ried off an overcoat and cane, belonging to
theJudge, which had been left in the entry.
4 Daagerous FdH.-A man named Shaw,
while coming into town last Saturday eve
ming. from American Hill, fell into the cut
of the Plymouth Rock Co., which is some
sixty feet deep. 1t was so dark at the time
that he was unable to find the mouth of the
cut but his cries were heard by miner liv-
ing in the vicinity, who procured a lantern
and pi!oted the unIucky man out. Shaw
saws he turned two or three summersaults
while falling, but luckily for his neck, his
feet first struck the ground. He received
Few trifing scratches, in consequence of oc-
casionaly coming in contact with the bank,
bit was otherwise uninjured.
Blasting Accjdcnt Mr.. Thomas Ryan was
dangerously injured last Saturday, at Cement
Hill, by the explosion Of a blast. He was
engaged with another man in drilling out an
old blast, when it went off, throwing tie
rocks in every direction, number of which
struck the unfortunate man His face was
fearfully disfgured, and his left arm broken
near the shoulder. 1t is not yet known
whether or not his eyes are injured. The
other man was injured in the face, but not
seriously
Accjdeat-A German named Fred. Leid
ding, was seriously injured on Thursday last,
IL NJ ,ipin al Gn1
Run, near Weiss brewery, He had under
crushed him to the ground His left hip was
dislocated aud he was otherwise badly bruis
ed The disocated bones were adjusted the
same evening by DR.. Wickes, and the patient
is now in fair way to recover.
RoJJeries at Grass TalleH-A boy named
Wm. Collins was robbed by three men, at
Grass Valley, on Tuesday evening of last
week. Two of the robbers held pistols to .he
boys head, while the other ransackcd his
pockets, obtaining seventy-fve cents On
the same evening, and by three men, man
was robbed near "mud town." of two half
dimes and dime. lie raised an alarm, when
the robbers placed knife close enough to
leave a scratch near one Of his eyes.
The annexed items are from the Trim
ity Journal, of Saturday:
IVeaperuiHe Public School Report-M
Desty, teacher, has sent us the ensuing state
ment: 80 scholars on the list average at
tendance %; Fourth reader Analysis and
photography, scholars; Third reader and
selling, 10 scholars; Second reader and
seling, 6 scholars First reader and spell
Ing, 4 scholars; Primers, 8 Composition by
fctation s scholars; Writing, 20 scholars
: 'ocal Music, II scholars Practical Arithme
ic, l5 scholars Mental Arithmetic, 5 scho-
ars. Grade of the school, primary Mr.
Desty has commenced, properly, with the
-udiments of each study, and is gradually
destroying the confirmed habits of idleness
1t first manifested by the children. He be
.leves that at the close of this quarter they
will be prepared for considerable advance
nent.
ArreSted-We observe, by a Humboldt
paper, that 4 81. Loop the mailman, has
been detained at Dni0ntown, on bench
warrant, for assault and battery. The cir
eumstances, we learn, are these: a young
man made soEse disreputaGle remarks about
Loops attention to respectable yonng lady,
fer which Loop punished him.
The mail was brought up this week ly Mr..
0lvany, bearer of dispatches from the voiun
teer camp. SO far as We understand the case,
Loop did right Any sort of 'eaJt man, Unit
ed States, or otherwise, who wouldn't lar
rup" the defamer of female friend, is not fit
10 carry dispatches through Indian territory.
We have known Loop long time as peace
able, gentemanly young man, who does not
lack the courage or ability to properly reA
sent indignity.