Weekly Trinity journal., 1869-04-03
TRINITY CENTER--The following items were
gathered during flying trip to Trinity Center

gathered during flying trip to Trinity Center
last week: The people of Trinity Center have
had their share of the prevailing small pox ex-
citement case was reported at the hotel
week before last, causing quite a stampede for
the upper end of the valley, but proved to be a
false alarm. Last week new grounds for appre-
hension were supposed to exist. The person all
ing being an Odd Fellow, the matter was
promptly taken in hand by the fraternity, two
nurses employed and physician telegraphed for
Immediately. DR.. Cabaniss, arriving from CAL
lahan's Ranch, relieved the people by pronounc-
dng it of the measles. Two others
were reported to have broken out with measles
on Sunday morning last......Week before last a
stranger sold horse to Davis Hall for twenty
seven dollars, and March 2jth, gentleman from
Princetown, Colusa county, arrived in search of
stolen horse, claiming the animal purchased
by Mr. Hall as purloined from him. He paid
the charges upon the stolen property and
obtained its return to him. The thief had left
three or four days before and was not followed
1.-THE Odd Fellows have erected society hos
pital......Davs Hall has quite a lot of timbers
for his new hotel ready for framing, and Lis Pc
terson is building large barn, sixty feet by
enteen in size......George Williams, formerly of
the Trinity Center hotel has the blacksmithng
all to himself. Fader & Allen are at their old
stand......E. A. Whittelsey has wel-selected
assortment for country store, and betwixt at
tending TO customers and the transmission of
telegraph messages, seems to be kept pretty
busy. .Chauncey Langdon is going into the
dairy business on Swift creek about two and
ene-half miles from town and intends to milk
thirty or forty cows this ensuing SUMNER.
Charley Watkins has commenced repairing the
toll road for the summer travel, and is en-
gagged in erecting bridge Coffee creek.
Az AfFRAY.-There was an aifray last week
at John Arm :, on Trinity river, just below the
snouth of Rush creek, between John Arm and
Patrick Cronn. The circumstances, as related
TO us, are substantially as follows; Both were
drinking and dispute arose between them
ccrning the ditch and dam at the head of Jack
sons bar, formerly belonging to y. G. Crow.
Angry words ensued and the lie passed. Gro
min threw a tum5ler at Arm, then caught up
bottle and Arm retrcated behind the counter.
f-.-onin stood at the counter a while, matters
,eWeted down somewhat, and finally Cronn
tunL ed to 90 out of the house. Arm followed
him rrq having secured a club behind the coun-
tef -nnd dealt him a blow the head that
brought him to the floor. Crouin recovered
him self clinched his antagonist and threw him,
falling OF top, and getting decidedly the
hest u the 6ght when taken off bv persons hap
peG,ng to te present. Afterwards Arm preferred
n charge against Cronin of an assault with in
tent to kill. 4 warrant issued by Justice
Rley and CroRin brought into court. Defend
saiyt vGired eR examination and was held 10 an
sxer rghe charge ia the penal sum of fifteen hun
dred dollars. The required bail was given, and
the defcnlaa. discharged from the custody Of
the court.