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THE COUNTY.

BOARD OF sUpEEvIscRs.-At the last meeting of this
body the following rate of taxation for county purposes
was fixed upon General Find, SO rents each 800;
Special Fund.- so CENTS Building Fund, 25 cents; Road
Fund.- cents; School Fund, cents; and INDECENT Sick
Fund.- 25 cents-in all 81 60 on each 500. The State
tax It will be remembered is 60 the $780,
that the total State and county tax is 81 DO Besides
this and in addition to the regular poll tax of S2
extra poll tax Of the saline is levied for the benefit
of the special fund.- The duty ofassessng has already
been commenced by the proper officers The Supervisors
have adopted measures calculated to prevent all but
the really INDECENT and who residents of this county
from obtaining TO the hospital and appointed
visiting committee to supervise that institution.
CENSUS OF NEVADA AND GRASS yALLEY-The Democrat
publishes statistics from which We learn that the total
population of Nevada City is 3O79 of which number
271s white 95 colored and 257 Chinese; the white
males over twenty years numbering 1614, and white
females the age AIS. The white population
of Grass Valley given at 265. 1t must be consd-
eraby larger than that for North San Juan has about
1,200 inhabitants, and is considerably smaller than
Grass Valley. The amount offreight received annually
by the business of Nevada far ascertained,
is 9116 tons.
There are three public Libraries and four newspapers
in this county.
Posi- OFFICE CHANGEs-According to the Democrd.
Col Crenshaw, the popular postmaster of Nevada has
resigned with the intention of going east and been
succeeded by Gen. VIM. c. Bradley, former employee
in the office. J. Ii. Boardman, postmaster at Grass
Valley, and for time editor of the National has also
resigned and Vim. Womack has been appointed in his
place.
NEVADA ITEMs.-From the same source already quo
ted, CLEAN that j. X Sale is preparing to establish
q passenger and pack train from Nevada to Washoe,
via Eureka and Henness Pass.
A ball for the benefit of Mrs. Whiting, the widowed
mother three children netted S253. She will return
to eastern friends
JC Brdseye has returned from the Atlantic States.
GRASS VALLEY The body of a colored man who had
been missi lg since December 18th, found about
ten miles from this place. says the Ndoaa lying in
the top of fallen tree. 1t is thought he had been
murdered.
DIR. Randall is to deliver lecture "Lifc," before
the Library Association. Lext Friday night.
piece Of gold and quartz worth Sioo was lately
picked up in Osceola ravne.
CoLrMBIA IIILL.-This active mining locality is still
improving AS before noti. cd there is school estab-
shed under the charge of accomplished lady from
San Juan As many of the children in the district
live at nconvenient distance from the school house,
the attendance is not large it will be when
the weather becomes more settled Last fall the
Der of school children 33: many families have
moved in since :hen this number must now be much
larger Since the establishment Of Express office
two months ago, there has been monthly average of
200 letters sent to San Juan 10 be mailed except about
ten per cent, which Express letters. Forty let
ers sent the first three days of the present
month. In another colhien will be observed some
cheering news frcm the diggings.