Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-01-06
PACIFIC SLOPE INTELLIGENCE.

fAOkr1O SAAVE LAW
SANTA CLARA.-James P. Sargent, of
Gilroy, has been nominated at the Union
primary election for State Senator, to
fill the vacancy occasioned BY the death
Of Senator Knox. The San Jose
Mercury says an arrangement has been
concluded with Messrs. Donahue, New
hall and others, to construct a railroad
from San Jose to Gilroy, and put the
same in operation, within eighteen
months. Tho terms and conditions OF
the agreement are as follows: The
county %relinquishes all claim OF stock
in the S. F. and S. J. Railroad, on ac-
count of her 5000, 900 subscription
thereto and withdraws her suit against
the company. The company agree to
pay, and have already paid, into the
county treasury $4,000 in currency
1.-THE original subscription to the stock
being upon q currency basis.) They
also nav back-interest and cost Of suit,
including the attorneys fees on the
part of the county, amounting in all to
about Sll 900. The county retains
possession of her stock in the old road
until the expiration Of the lime agreed
upou for the construction Of the new
road, with authority to mako BY said
stock from sale-in the event of the
c~ompany's failure to fulfill their agree
ment-the additional sun of Sl0O, 900
in gold. We understand that tho com.
pany have telegraphed to the Atlantic
States for the necessary supply Of iron,
and it is their intention to have the
road completed next Fall in time to
move forward the next seasons crop.
With the money paid by the company,
the county will Immediately redeem
Sl0O, 900 Of railroad bonds. Thus, by
one stroke, we wipe out that amount
Of county debt, and Mt tho same time
secure thirty miles additional OF rail-
road through the heart of tho county.
Considering the claws delay and
and all its attendant uncertainties,
we conclude that Il Board of Super
visors have acted wisely. In this
opinion we believe every thoughtful
citizen will concur. . The Mercury,
after describing the storm, says: The
windmill in rear Of the court house,
belonging to the county, was blown
down, also wind-mills belonging to Mr..
Flickinger, Mr.. Moody aud others. The
unfinished frame building erected by
Abijah Mccall, late county treasurer,
was demolished, as we'll as several I'M
finished buildings in other parts of the
| city. . The last Of McCall's sureties
has paid his pro rata in the matter OF
the late treasurer's defalcation, and the
whole matter is now settled. There
were eighty-six bondsmen in Nil.
NEVADA Chinaman, detected while
robbing the fiume of Evens, Stidger &
| Co., at Sweetland, was shot by the
Waterman and died from the wound
:. Rain fell at the rate of nearly two
inches per day in Nevada, between the
18th and cath. Deer Creek raised above
the flood mark of 1862. . . The Grass
Valley Union Of the oath says: Business
has been brought to a ~standstill and
travel almost ceased. Mails fail TO con-
meet and telegraphs are silenced. With
in the memory Of the oldest inhabitant
the present is the great storm Of all the
storms, and the cities below will be in
undated. From Marysville we have no
word, but judging from the lay Of the
place and the amount Of water which
will go down the Yuba, We fear that
much damage will be done. The rain
i, q warm one for the season, and will
probably carry the snow-linc further up
| the Sierras. Tho Transcript of the
25th says: On Monday night the gale
was terrific ut Moore's Flat. The Ma
sonic Hall was blown down, and besides
the wreck of the building, about $500
worth Of property was destroyed on the
inside. The Catholic church was also
entirely destroyed. The damage cannot
be less than $4,000. Mining opera
tons are almost entirely suspendedin
the lower part Of Bridgeport township.
The heavy flume and iron pipe which
conveys water to Buckeye Hill was
blown down on Sunday, and on Monday
all tho bitches were empty in couse-
uuence of breaks above. In tho San
Joaquin Company's claims q heavy cave
occurred, burying hose, pipes, etc.
SoyoMA.-The Petaluma Journal says
two ren, John Felos, and an unknown
man, were drowned in the Petaluma
Creek, on Christmas night; they were
crossing the bridge and fell in. The
storm that treated the steamer Relief so
badly also made it uncomfortable for
the passengers on the Contra Costa; they
publish q card laudatory of Captain
Baxter for extricating them from the
perils of the trip. The stages have
run regularly to and from Petaluma,
Notwithstanding the storm.
SIsKIYoU.- Our correspondent, writing
from Orc Elmo, eight miles from Fort
Jones, says: 0nthe 18th Mr.. T. Wright
had q narrow escape from death he was
at work in the hydraulic claim of Wright
Brothers, and had stepped aside to ad-
Just the hose, when q large bank Of
earth fell just where he had been stand
ing n portion of the cave struck him on
the shoulder, but fortunately he was far
enough off to escape being covered with
the earth, and sustained only slight in
%juries.
ALAMEpA.-The Oakland New, says
the storm has been almost harmless in
that city.