The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-11-09
THE MOUNTAIN DEMOCRAT.
THE CITY AND COUNTY.

THE CITY AND COUNTY.
Srlr AGAINST THE CIrY.-Francis Murthv,
hy his father, G. T. Murphy, has sued the Civ
,fpaccryillc for five thousand dollar = damages.
cr injn les received by The falling upon him of
>, iron shutter which had been left leaning
AGAINST u post I'M the Silrwnlk, sunicrirne IN
,in. The complaint sets forth that "Plainti,I'
IAN infant was passing lawfully and prudeu,lv
along said sidewalk, at the point where said
d,nrs or windows were placed, as aforesaid.
when said doors 0r windows without any fault
,rncglgence upon the part "f said Francis Muir.
,by. fell dow upon the said Francis, gIievosAIy
Nounding. bruisIng. tearing and mangling the
,Li.h If the said Francis, whereby he was con.
fined to his bed and under medical and surgici.
al treatment for IA long time, to.wit Three
months, oil the time suffering great agony and
main On account Of SAID wounds, ~ as aforesaid
inflicted, through the cIrelessness and wilful
negligence of the snid defendant, 10 the great
damage and injury of the said plaintiff in the
.um of five thousand d0llars." 5. W, Sander.
son, Esq, is attorney for Plaintiff.
STEERING TINEs.-At all scasnns af tie year
Placerville is u stirring place, the liveest
town III the mines, but just before the rainy
season sets in the greatest activity prevails.
Go along Main street, at any hour in the day,
and all is hustle, hurry and excitement; the
fashionable stores are crow ded with customers:
~ to the workshops Of the mechanic, or the
manufacturing mart, and all is animation 4; 90
10 the Court House or Hotels, and me ola small,
circle Of excited men is to BE- seen indus,riously
engaged in calculating difficult and intricate
Jolilicul problems ar suggesting huw the war
should be cOnducied-t0 his own satisfaction
but to the infinite disgust Of his listener, Of
another persuasion and therefore cannot be
convinced against his will, BE- the s"Iutinn ever
=" plain. IN the street. public rendezvous, IN
the counting r'"n, in door or out, the war and
the Railroad are the themes Of conversation.
- il will continue until the cue is ended and
the other bnilt. The citizens of Placervillc are
an earnest, energetic liberal people. aud this
IL hat has given our city such start and rem.
dcrs it ~ attractive u sIrarrnsrs.
LAKE, VALLEY TOWNSHIP TUESDAY, the
Board "f Supervisors created Il new township
undcr the ab"ve name, by the follow ing order
"Ordcrcd that all That PARTON of Georyrtown.
rlaccrvillr, Diamond Springs, M"untaln and
C1SunnrSS Townships. living east # the follow.
ing DIES, rlbed lines, to.Wn: Commencing at
point "n the line between the counties If FL
lprad" and AnIad"r, due south from Silver
Lake, running thence due north to SILVER Lake;
iheUre Acrnss said Lake Ia the head If : liver
Lake Creek; thence down silver Lake Greek 10
the south Fork II the American River; thence
UI' said SOUTH Fork II the Amtrican River To-
the mouth ~ Ducks Creek thence nnrthrrlv
up said Dicks Geek To its head: thence due
north t" the II Dorado and Placer county hue
be and the same is hereby declared Ia be- sep.
araie township. to b. known as Lake Valley :
T"~nsh'P. The Board Arponlcd the follow.
ing officers f"r the hew tnwsbip: 4. G. Stew art
and Martin smith. Jusiires IL the Peace aud
X, X. Emerson aud ). q. SieLbins, CunstabIes. ,
W"ED ?" YIE BENEv"LENr.-Ai this season
Il the year. " ben the chilling winds warn us
"f the nrcr%Gty If warm apparel. when the
Institute fy<l most kr,nly the iron hand # pow.
cry aDd|aPrrcc'ate most fully little acts IT
Ih~TdnesS, w'uld II not be well Ia remember the
I"-'r. "~h"m We always have with u.s." Ma.
~ f4n.ilrs. ~Lile r,klng aver their uardr,bes,
VIII ind articles which, WhIle "f M use To-
thcmsriNe~. would be e great brncht {" the
poor ia "ur midst viii Mt some Il the char +
n'nic ladies # PAcer' lie. Initiating the noble
IL. e a.. L. n
u Relief S''cieiy. aud gather from the sbund.
Hncr 1t others Snmrlhmg Ia cher the heart 0f
the sick aud drsutute, very little charity r
and few Kind ~'T'is NAV carry comfort and
r'y I" the drrary hcarths # many an unfortu. ,
nate family.
NV STACY I.iNE. Tic new stage line BE-.
I" rem this cry aud Folsom, started bv Mr.. .
Body. is meeting with every encouragement.
A:,i promises tn b. pniurnilv nnct es,tuI and
profitable. II Is a great convenience To nur
citizens VII" have business in Sacramento and .
dislike 10 be detained from home over night .
1t reaches Folsom IN time for the morning
ears. and On the arrival uf the aftrrn""n train
from Sacramento, returns To PlacervIlle, ARR.
wing IN this place between six and seven click
IN the evening. Persons whu sleep late aud
miss the morning train. can take passage On
the afternoon train aud reach home without
losing time. Col. Crandall " handles the rib
L"ns" and puts his teams through in gallant
style.
REcEIr1s INTO rnE CorHrY TEEAsrRY.-Wc
are indebted To J. l.. Perkins. Esq, County
Treasurer, fur the Eli"wing statement Of re-.
"ep's int" the County Treasury during the
In"n,h Of OcI"bcr: