The Placer herald., 1866-01-20
NEWS ITEMS.

ty. The Iedges ars large, we'll defined, and
not limited TO few localities. All over The
county quartz mines are being worked, and
hardly a day passes without new discoveries
and rich strikes being made.
ABscoSpEp.-J. b. Bradford, Treasurer of
Esmeralda county, Nevada, is dpfaulter and
has absconded. lie reported himself robbed,
but the report wouldn't "stck." Mr.. Brad,
ford was loyal citizen, aud through the
stormy days of the past two years stoo'l by
the flag and the Treasuler's office. Now,
when the Government is safe. like true alb
clifton patriot he has retired from public life
with the sheriff after him.
Union Democrat.
You BE1!-Tbs Grass Valley National, Of
The 18th says: A sleigh came in town Ibis
forenoon, from You Bet with five ladies' and
their protectors. 1t locked gay. but the
runners slid along rather rough on The plauks
on Main street.
Snow SLIDE-The Carson Appeal says
that man named Reno was buried to the
depth Of about thirty fee. by a snow.s'id.,
which ppened on the 10Th instant, in
Kings Canon, anl would probably have per,
lshed had not some persons pr"spec,ed for
him and brought him to the surface!
DEEP SSow.-The Grass Valley National
learns that seventy inches Of snow hove fal
len at Bear Valley, since the 5lh inst. The
amount which fell on the 9Th was twenty
inches, on the 7Ih five inches. 9Th two inches,
9th two inches, lltt fourteen inches, l2rh
twelve inches, and on the 9th fifteen inches
HARD ON THAo STEVENS. The Boston
Post says: "Thad. Seyens bears the scar of a
wound received when he Jumped through the
State House window at Harrisburg, during
the "Buckshot War;" which cau't be seen
when he has bis pants on"
4 few nights ago. burglar entered
store in San Francisco, when he WAS Crap.
pied ty clerk. who was awakened 10y
noise, and who held on io the fellow and
yelled FIR the police, until the guardians cf
the night came to The rescue. The burglar
proved to he one Sylvester,-and is thought
TO be an old hand at The business.
SERVED HIM RieHr-John Callahan was
sen, enced in the San Francisco Police Court
for whipping his wife, to pay fine Of $l2o,
or 60 to Jail for sixty days. That's a heavy
tax on luxuries,
As the California Stage Company are
closing up business. they offer for sale 25
Concord COACHES, As Stage Wagons, and 80
setts Of four-horse Harness.
Edward Bates. of Missouri, who was a
member of Mr.. Lincons cabinet, now acts
with the Democracy.
There are no less than 1000 sick in gov.
ernmenl hospitals. Eight months ago there
were over 100000.
John II. Leiniog, the Abolition Postmas.
ter 1T Cousa, has been arrested and placed
under bond of $1,000, for his appearances
at C"u:t, for opening sealed letter belong
ingllo some oll,r person. The abolition post
masters have so long been in the habit Of
stealing newspapers from the mails, that i,
appears to have encouraged them to fur, her
onirayes, hy breaking open letters. An ex
ample should be made Of some Of these gen
try.
There have been large transactions in San
Francisco in oats. wheat and flour, predi, a.
on orders fro..l Australia, aud prices are ad
,ancing.
The Fenans are still at lopge,heads in
New York and other eastern ciles,-- and
their quarres are doing much to disgust and
impair The confidence Of many Of the friends
of their cayse.
The Copreropolis G wier is iuhant over
the gE"wlh Of that ,own. and thinks it will
soon rank AS one Of TIE largest inland towns
in the State.
The Bee says there are in the State ninety
millions Of acres adapted to agriculture, OF
~hi! oyer six millions are under fence
During The year 1865 twelve millions busI-
els "f wheat were py"inced. eighteen mil
liens af barley, two million gallons Of wine
from thirty millions Of vines. There were
in the State two million sheep, from which
the wool clip was ten millions Of pounds.
The Ca says the figures show that the
people OF California pay about SIS 100000
annually to *2G for each, woman and
child, black and white.
PIONEER STAGE Co.-Ihs Virginia Union
says: This company have made arrange
men's so that the trip over the FOUNTAINS
Al the present time. is made AS comforl able
as if it was summer. They leave the office
i" this city in sIeighs drawn by SIX horses,
and travel DISTANCE Of eighty miles, on the
Donner Lake route before changing to way
ons. On The l'IaceryilIe route there is good
s'eighi"g for sixty miles.
John Hif-nbach an old old and wealthy
citizen of Yreka, living mile from town,
committed suicide on the 4lh, by blowing
the top of his head fl with a shotgun load
ell with revolver balls. His wife was found
in bed dead, having been shot through the
head with a rev olver.
THE GOLD PRoDUcr OF MoNrAxA,-Tb
Collector Of Internal Revenues Of Montana
Territory reported that the product of the
cold and silver mines Of Montana Territory