The Placer herald., 1859-10-15
NUMBER 6.
News of the State.

News of the State.
COOP Y1ELD-The Nebraska Tunnel. near
Nevada, paid its owners s. 900 week before
last.
There were 337 inmates in the Stockton
lunatc asylum on the lst inst.
The first frost of the season was observed
a, Nevada, on Thursday morning, 9th inst.
The Lecompton Quartz Company, in the
vicinity of Nevada, caned up $1,000 for a
weeks work. week before last.
HrcE LuMP.-A quartz boulder, contain.
ing four hundred ounces of pure gold, was
taken ou of the Deide. heimer Tunnel, near
Forest Hill, on the 9th inst.
The Placer Courier says. the town of Todd's
Valley is being rapidly rebuilt.
New Posr OFFIcE.-Dr. Parkhurst has
been appointed Post Master at Forest Hill
the Post Office at Bath being removed to
that place.
Hon. John c. Bnrch left for Washington
ou the steamer of the 5th.
The ladies' of Shasta are about holding =
festival in that city FIR the purpose Of qui-
their church.
The La Porte Messenger says that many
of the people thereabouts are preparing to
leave for the valley to spend the winter.
A tomato weighing two pounds, raised in
Santa Rosa, has been sent to San Francisco.
The quartz business in the once famous
Kern river mines is about collapsed The
business prospects of that region are indeed
gloomy.
| Last week, in Sacramento, young man
who had slandered the wife of his former
employer, was caught in the second story Of
bniling by the husband, and given severe
cowhiding TO escape punishment, he final
" jumped from n second story window, and
left the neghborhood in 2:4O time.
The Standard learns that a strong effort
will be made this winter to form the new
county Of Alturas, to he taken from Sierra
County.
LARGE AppLE.-Thomas B. patten, Of
Vallejo has lately grown an apple weighing
thiry-two ounces.
LETTERS OvERLANp.-The Overland Mail
carried away, October 7ih. 4,O39 letters, Of
which 3,7s5 were through letters.
ACCIDENT AT JUNCTION BAR-A few days
since q man named g. Mason was serious
injured while at work on claim At Junction
Bar, on the Middle Fork of the American
river bv rock falling from bank and
striking him on the head
On the morning of the 9th inst, frost, the
first of the season. was no iced in different
parts of the State--in the valies AS we'll rs
the mountains.
The stock Of the California and Salt Lake
Overland Mail Co., has been attached for
debt
a pitched battle came off between some
thirty or forty Chinese at San Andreas last
week The conflict, however, WAS brought
to sudden termination by the interference
of the authorities
The assessment upon property in Tuol.
umne county for 1859 is So 1874, 1904 fall
ing off Of 100000 snce last year.
The taxable property of Santa Clara this
upon The same, ut 81 so on the 500, will
be SOL, ,005 81.
County AssEssMENr.-The total amount
of real and personal property in Butte ooun-
'y fer The fiscal year 1859, is $4040,000'
State tax upon this amount $24, ,24O, county
tax $4,000. Total tax, S74,94O.
Aren P. Dudley, Of Cslaveras, is, says tho
San Andreas Independent, candidate for
u. S. Senator
A large number Of emgrants have arrived
at Quincy, Plumas county, this season.
Many Of them are engaged in working the
mines in that vicinity.
p R. Powers. of Rough & Ready. receiv-
ed severe bruisng, by his horse suddenly
falling on him. Tie horse was killed, break
ing It's neck by the fall,