The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-02-23
MOUNTAIN DEMOCRAT.


A GTRgET PGH4ONnASCu WITH FIsTO1.-Uu
rao.daV night there was IN exceedingly reck.
~. .boo,ing scrspe IN Main street, Al onicsi
., sacramsoGO, assisted BY our pollce depart
w." w., had found hOFss tAIei II Mexican OH
q. lie ran from The OGiceT and The latter die.
s..,,rd ballet aGloF bin; the MexicsD termed
s.A AIRED his pistol; the officer fred again, sHd
49,. ,he shooting conIinued ill IouFteeB shCts
Ia beeu heard. HuudredsOf peTSuua weFs ID
A.. .,reet ii this time, and the escape Of the
tiff from the OGicer aud the escape Of the
.,o~d from the SamsFOus pistol balls, became
N even thing. Il wsS interesting IN bear the
-..;,,,s exuresssoMs " wOudermeut and 10 note
AZ. rrecisioa with which Il was siEusliane-
.n,Ir announced that IOnVtsen slnis were Cred,
,h,t oue baII passed within an inch Of admss's
head on the east eide II tho siFert that several
- ha,,. weOt chase 10 half n dozen persons In the
,.;Adle Of the street, and that "dOwH there BY
N. Gunner . woman was gTaSed BY The balls
,ha, Was Jest flying round"
D,.1u on Vus SIDE-WALk.-On Tuesday
moruinK Of this week 90 old man fell HPou the
sidewalk opposite TO the OTleanS Hotel, and
,;.d there. He tucked Ia be native CaliEw.
MAN who had been enFeebIed BY ling sickness
and had juat been walkiag TO inhaIe the fresh
nj, Of the iuviROratiAg aud beautiful moFsing.
II. uss IiGeed up % that he cOaId lean agaisss
, building; some Of the crowd eareseasly aid
he vss diving +" d. 20, he aiH't," saia others,
:. h. isn't dying" "NG" exclaimed . po~vr
E,,y robust man, ~ be WOO't die. yea eOaId'st
LIN L;u!' II we were . preacher. we might
...v here vas another remarkable evidence
~ the uncertainty II Hle and the certainty
If death. snG that not even tie meet healthy
can kuow he has the assurance NJ the ability to
not all dowa aad die right sOOs aud right out
.,G suitable preparAtIoo.
"EIIcH TInS" ~ TEE COuEv HOrSE.-On
Wednesday night the Presbyterian Sunday
,chml held festival 10 tie Court House EE The
purpOse n obtaining funds with which N pro-
cure new bs~kA The COaFt roOm was 6IIed
with people, ed tie attractions q The seAOOl
consisted Cftableaax vivaatS, or living pictures,
pretly girls and sweet aAeatA SOuse AZ the
-tabIOOs' were not exactly live pictures, but
they produced lively 9sanileataiioNa. WHEN
the q Evesiug Star" was intFOduced 10 the form
II beautifaI girl, the sadi<uce commented DE-
lighs-Aly, aad one yusuE man raPtarUusIy cried
out, rs.s'Gr r0SO!" Atleugsh the herald pro-
cIumed the a FIrar n the Family" aOd there
appearrd nOuT barrcl In . most natural sti.
,ude. This F1ised whooPs ssd stsvisg sppissse,
thea We took Out nhead sud rolled away bone.
NEv CHracu BrILDING.-The Methodist
Episcopal Church II this city, advertise ear pro-
,-,aals GeS ne eCasiFucti0o n church building
uP'n the cite AZ the pSossnt hOUes Il worship.
The old buiIdIMg viii be used as . school bOase
wbeO The cbuEeA society sAAIl b rssAy N vs-
cate IL. The MethOdists occupy . middle
ground; that Il. they hOId tIseir s'eetiags al .
I"ia' sbouI hah say between UppeF and Law.
or PIAcsVviIIe. The extremes. theVef~e, have
ling ~Aiks 70 take In attending eAurch service.
We haze heard some regular church gOe-s say
that there sh.'ald b tWO NethOdist districts 10
tit. city. The one e""Gregatiou 70 the Iargcst.
II the MeitOdiae denOasinaiioa, 10 the State.
excepting perhaps OO@s Il The SOeic'irs ia San
FranciacO.
co,..~n, V..,..A.x
vas oil glory a. WaAhingt"0's day and Is =
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!, .,..r ..A l., A.. .;,v.. C...A w..,.- ~;x. Ill
her lu.,re u the opcuiuR ri q golden Twenty.
second Of February u the LlAckes, wear Of Our
National time.
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bins 5000 ..d . ....r.I hr..hi.~ uv t.k.
iuepIscc. The inhabitants ere thrifty, eoateut-
ed and Naahafial. whnm w0 40 NheiF emA wlaeaa