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The New York herald., 1869-01-17
THE BALI SEASON.

Terpsichoreau nIouu fer January.
The following named balls. soirees and receptions
viii be heu during the present MONTH
Jan. 1s--Manahatta Club-Irving Hall.
Jan. 1s--Odd Fellows Ball-Brooklyn Academy Of
Jan. Is-East Side coteris-Apollo nan.
Jam lsTpPeraTy GSsras"Eysrett Rooms
: Jan. ls-Colona Masquerade -Germania Assembly
Jan. IS s-Dodd's Express Employcs-Lyric Han.
Jan. l9-0rphan Ball-Young Mcn'sAssociafion--
Academy OF Music.
Jan. I9-InvIncibIes- Metropolitan Hotel.
..Jan. ls-Mt. Neboh Lodge. r. and A. M-ApoTlo
jan la-sccond Grand Ban OF the Season at Orange
Hotel, Turner's Station, Erie Railway.
Jan, ly-Company X, Fifth Regimcnt-Union A.
Divisions OF che state Military sociaton-rwcnty
second regiment Armory.
Jan. lo--Neptune Cotcrie-Brookos' Assembly
Jan. Io--Frcndship Association Irving Han.
Jan. lv-Pryor Assocation-Thompson's Academy.
ga Jan; ..s, p-mendrik Hudson Association, Union
Jan. 2l-Herfuan Lodge-Apollo Hall.
Jan. zl-Cercle Francsis dc rHarmonis- Academy
Jan. 2i--Theatre Comique Coseric-rxving Han.
Jan. 2l-Rcsolute Base Ball Club-Th0mpson's
Jan. 2i-"ours" sociable-Rivcrs' CBrooklyn Aca.
Jan 22--Lctter Carriers--Irving Hail.
Jan. 22-Loyai Lodae-Evcrctt Rooms.
Jan. 22-Slg0 v. M. Association--Apo polio Halt
jan. 20-Thomas Conan Assoc ocation--Irving Hall.
Music. :.
Jan. 25--Brooklyu Caledonia club-city Assem-
bly, Rooms.
Jan. Accompany !, Twelfth regimcnt--Apollo
Jan. 2s-Emerald b. Association Brooklyn Acad-
emy OF Music.
:, Jan. 2s-Scns OF Liberty-BrooKes' Assembly
Jan. 2c-Endeavor Base Ball Club--IrvIng Han.
Jan. zo--lnsurance Patrol and Relief Association
Apollo IIall -
Jan. 27-Forreat Exempt ssociaton--Trving rIsli.
Jan. 2S-Columbia Yacht Club--iyrlc Hail.
jan 2s-bat Of the XXX Social Club---Apollo
q lanee Amicus Club -rhompeon's Acsdemy.
SJsn. 2s-Ccmpany n American Cuard--irvtag
Jan. ao--Telearaph 0psrators -Apcuo nan
Jan. 2o-Constantlne ponoho Associauea- --Isvtag
The New York herald., 1869-01-17

The weather for some time past has been exceed.
mgy unfavorable to all pedestrian competitions, and
several that were announced to come on during the
past week were consequently postponed.
The following contests are set down for this
m0nth:--January 17-John Daw against wampe I'm
dlansh at Lake simcoe, Q. W., for 500 side. Is
j. for &100. 1o-Jim Palmer and Sam Warren, at
Kingston G. W., for $500 q side. 20-Sam Morrill,
and Henry Johnson, ut Avon, N. Y, for $400 21-
John Wandsworth and Matthew Lamkell. at Jersey
City, for 800 q side; James Patterson and W. q.
and s. Lyons, 14s yards at Steubenville, Ohio, for
$500; Henry Carroll and w. 8. Miner. Mt Altoona,
Pa A--J0hn Ward and Henry whaler. at Utica, N.
Y. for $3.50. 20 John Powell and Ike Rooney, at
Utica, N. T., for $3.50. February 10-James Rowan
and George Buell. ut Lake Stmcoe G. w.. for $780,
27-John wilcox and 1. Weaver, at Rome, N. Y, for
slOO
The New York herald., 1869-01-17

Another Dreadful Collicry ExpIosteu Near
Wlgan-Twenty.iour Lives Lost.

Wiean-Tweuty.iOur Lives Lost.
Prom the London Times jan III
The wigan coal district has again beer the scene
OF terrible catastrophe, another ignition OF fre.
damp the third within month"; resulting 10 the
deatn N twentyiour persons, having occurred yes.
terday. The explosion happened at the collleries OF
Messrs. Richard Evans Co., which are situate
miles from -. Helen's and sevens nom the
borough D n q 4, wigan, a, and are known By the
pit H. sunk TO depth OF $50 yards and az it
are obtained two seams OF coai-the Rayenheas
main deli and the wigan ninc-foot II was in the
about forty men were employed IN tns mine but ,n
particular part In which the explosion happened mas
only been worked about two years. and only twenty
work yesterday morning. Shortly after noon the
coers engaged In some other portions OF the DIT no
animation being made IL was found there had been
very serious explosion Mr. Chadwick, the under.
ground manager, aud Mr.. Bilinge, the underIooker
communicated with aud an exploring party was
organized. As soon as the current OF air could be
restored examination OF the district IN which
the gas had fired was commenced. The work was
one of considerable difficulty In consequence Of
the damage done to the stopplngs and In the air.
found alive and were removed 20 the surface where
their Injuries were attended 70. AS the explorers
proceeded they found the bodies OF the deceased In
the levels and forwarded them 10 the surface. Up
20 eleven O'Clock on Wednesday night seventeen
bodies had been recovered, and during the night six
more were found making the total OF those who had
died In the mine twenty-three
Tue explosion IL supposed 70 have occurred about
200 yards from the pIt-eye, but nothing II known
70 hovG1f originated. II n thought, however, that
the accumulation Of gas had been carsed by some
arrangement OF the ventilation, probably la c0nse-
quence Of fall of roof or something OF that nature.
The mine was ventilated IN districts, ana this Will
account ior only one portion having been affected
~ the ezplceioi Altogether about 500 men were
engaged IN the workings communicating with the
shaft
The Case Of Overend, Gurncy L 60.
The fret day OF the year 1869 tsays the BuiionfsD
mas been rendered memorable py the commence
ment of judicial inquiry, SURPRISING Ia interest
and sinRularity any antecedcnf invcsIiQation OF q
similar character. On that day the Justice room OF
the MANSION House WAS crowded by an auditory
anxious 10 hear Swallowed forth The facts upof
which the first magistrate OF the nrst Commercial
city In the world was 10 be asked 70 commit John
Henry 0urney, Henry Edmund Ourney, Robert
Birkbeck, Henry Ford Earcay. Henry George Cor.
don and William Rennie TO take their trial on
grave criminal charge. Tns DEFENDANTS Wsru noe
The Placer herald., 1869-10-30

FOUND DEAD IN. THE STREET.

The labor Il over and done; Nan nrp
The sun has gone down in the West;
The birds are asleep every one.
And the world has gone to rest
Sleepers on beds OF down.
Meath cover of silk and gold,
Soft rs on roses new-blown.
Slept the great monarch Of old
Sleepers On mothers breast,
Slcepers happy and warm,
Cosy as birds in their nests,
With never q thought Of harm
Sleepers in garrets high,
Meath coverlet ragged and old
And one little sleeper all under the sky,
OIt in the night and the cold
Alone in the wide, wide world,
Christless. motherless he ''r.fi p
Begging or stealing 10 live, and whirlcd
Like waif on an angry sea.
The daisy looks up from the grass,
Fresh from the figures of night,
To welc come the birds as they pass.
And drink in fresh rivers OF light.
Sleepers on mothers breast,
Walker to summer and mirth;
But one little sleeper has gone to his rest /,
Never TO waken on earth
Dead--iound dead in the street.
All forsaken and lorn;
Damp from the head to The feet.
With the dews of the sweet May morn.
Dead--for want of crust
Dead--in the cold night air !
Dead--and under the dust,
Without even word of prayer,
In the heart Of the wealthiest city
In this most Christian land,
Without ever word of pity,
Or the touch of q kindly hand
The Placer herald., 1869-10-30
LAW OF NEWSPAPERS.

1. Subscribers who do not give express notice
10 the contrary, are considered as wishing to con-
tinue their subscription.
2. II subscribers wish their papers discontinued,
publishers may continue to send them until all
charges are paid, .-,
g. II subscribers neglect or refuse to take their
papers from the Office or place to which they are
sent, they are held responsible until they settle
their bills and give due notice to discontinue.
4. II Ifsubscribers move to other places without
informing the publisher. and the paper is sent to
the former direction, they are held responsible.
Notice should always be given ofthe removal.
s. The Courts have decided that refusing to
take paper from the office, or removing aud
leaving It uncalled for, prma facie evidence of
Intentional fraud.
The Placer herald., 1869-10-30

REcENTLY as the train on the New LIS
bon railroad, or its way to this place, the
conductor. Mr.. Ed. Matan, who is always
accommodating to fault, il that were poe'
sible. spicd lady a: Teegsrdsu station, who
from her geslicua,ions led him to suppose
she wished to ge. aboard. The engineer
was sgualled to stop, which he did. but not
until the train bad passed the station sbout
half mile. The engine was reversed
and the train run back to the station, whom
the lacy politely and innocently inquired il
there were any more trains coming, at the
same time stating tba. she wished to cross
The track with horse aud buggy.-New
Lisbon Journal
The Placer herald., 1869-10-30

THE CHARMS OF MARRIED LIFs.-If in
that chair yondsr, not the one your feet lies
upon; but the one beside you, closer yet.
we're seated sweet faced girl with pretty
foot lying out upon the hearth, a BIT Of lace
running rodnd the swelling throat thS hair
parted to a charm over a forehead fair as
any of your dreams; and if you could reach
an arm around that chairback without Civ
ing otfense, and suffer your fingers to play
idly with those curls that escape down the
neck, and if you clasp with your band those
little white taper fingers of bers, which liz
SO tempIiugIy within reach, and so, talk
softly aud low in the presence Of the blaze,
while the hours slip without kuowed Sc, aud
the Winter winds whistle uncared for, if, in
short, you were 20 bachelor, tut the bus-
band Of some sweet image, would it not be
far more pleasant than a cold, single uight
sitting, counting the sticks, reckoning the
length Of the blazs and tho blight Of the
falling snow.
The Placer herald., 1869-10-30
WASHOE HOTEL,
Cisco, Placer county, California.
JAMES gibson, Proprietor.

iveliest business points in the county, is now in
complete order. ~"i-'@i = 'i f''t
TIE TABLE will always be supplied With the
best the market aHords. : -..-', ai a. = ag
THE BEDS are good, clean and comfortable
Il TIE BAG is supplied with full stock Of the
very choicest, Wines, Liquors Cigars etc.. and no
pains will be spared to render all customers, both
tiaNient and permanent, comfortable.
H. proptistor solictts the patronage Of the
bic, .- -lIot Get. II,
The Placer herald., 1869-10-30

CARS BURNEp.-Ths Eko Independent
says that on Wednesday Of last week. whi!s
the train was passing westward. near Fort
Hal'eck, the cars loaded with wood were
discovered to be on fire. As soon as a side
track was reached they were switched of.
Five cara ware DESTROYED.
The Placer herald., 1869-10-30

DARKEY was boasting to a grocer of the
cheapness of ten pounds of sugar he had bought
at a rival shop. "Let me weigh the PACKAGE"
said the grocer. The darkey assented. and il
was found two pounds short. The colored gen.
tleman looked perplexed Cor a moment, and then
said, Guess he didn't cheat dis chile much. for
while he was gettin' de sugar, l stole two pair of
shoes" --- 81.
The Placer herald., 1869-10-30

IMPORTANT ancient discoveries have baen
made at MareuiI, France. The remains Of
some 23O Gau warriors were found, with
quite an arsona! of !apces, javeins and axes.
besides, buckles, earrings bearing traces Of
enamel, and also glass and copper bowls.
The greatest curiosity consists in a quantity
Of halrpius.
The Placer herald., 1869-10-30
A LITTLE FIsHY.-Ths Stockton Gazetl

Of the 23rd inst. relates the following: ,.
A mau named John Jones disoosisd biz
neck yesterday, while trying to turn a som
srsault into San Antonio creek. where be
was bathing. Some companions Of his who
were near, seeing bis coalition. took him
by the feet and ears, and by raising him up
and stretching him suddenly at foil length
between them. adjusted bis sdiarrauged yer.
zebra. asd restored bin to the bosom Of bis
.despsiriog family. .-e 3a b
The Placer herald., 1869-10-30


BEAUTIFULLY ExPREssED.-Prentice. OF
the Louisville Journal, once said in speech
at public dinner in Memphis: II have
written some bitter things Of men who have
passed away from the earth, and whose
memories revere, and on. whose graves
could shed tears of sorrow and regret. Alb !!
when look back through the twenty six
years Of my editorial lie, and think how
many cncs denounced. who afterward be-
came my personal friends, or proved them
selves their country's friends, and how many
l once eulogizad and toiied for who have
turned their bands ruthlessly and csuselessly
against me--when reflect how often the
most arduous and devoted political services
are forgotten BY those to whom they are
dons-Aod when l remember how many Of
my political friends have striven TO crush
me. and how many Democrats have gath
cred round me as a. band Of brothers in the
days Of my personal peril, IshoulJ be guilty
OF an outrage on my own censcisncs, anI
90 every feeling and impulse Of my heart, II
| were not to weed out from my nature the
partisan bitterness that once aourisbed
toore, .4lt fr. rfly
The Placer herald., 1869-10-30

PEOPLE are continually complaining how
impossible it is to wash Hannsl clothing so
as to prevent it from shrinking. BY put
ting little borsx into cold water, it will be
fouod that hannels will not only come out
better oleansed, but there will be absolutely
90 shr,nkipr-Er ..
The Placer herald., 1869-10-30

LAST week, Benjamin and Jacob Adds, aged
twelve and fourteen years respectively, living
in Tuolumnc county, made GOoO thrcc-foot
boards worth Sc thousand at the stump-rea-
izng for their joint labor the sum of $50.
These little fellows set good example for the
The Placer herald., 1869-10-30

THE Jacksonville (Oregou) Sentinel Of Octo-
ber 9th says: Phillip Gearhart, of Clatsop
Plains, has in his orchard summer pear tree
that annually bears three crops of pears. The
second crop blossoms when the first Is half
grown; and the third blossoms when the second
is halfg grown and the first is ripe. The second
crop usually ripens, and the third gets about
half grown before the fall frosts stop what
would otherwise be steady thing pears all the
year round.
The Placer herald., 1869-10-30

A MINNESOTA boy, under age. applied for
farm under the homestead law. but was
denied on the ground that be VAS cot mar
risd. 10 just tbirty-two minutes be return.
cd With remedy to The difficulty hanging
to his ARM
The Placer herald., 1869-10-30
1920 ACRES
VAL UABLE Ian D
w For S a le! 81

k8 = VI - q . e4S~s
Consistng of til: following described Tracts ::
The northwest quarter of section two, Town
shiP twelve, north range, eight East,
CONTAINING I6O ACRES.
This land lies two miles from Auburn, the
county seat Of Placer county, and immediately
on the line Of the Central Pacific Railroad; is we'll
adapted for agriculture, fruit, vines, or grazing
purposes; contains q number OF large living
springs aud sufficient timber 10 last the place Tor
all neediul purposes for years.
ALSO
The south-weet quarter Of the southeast quarter
of section twelve; the south half of southwest
quarter OF section twelve; the east half OF south
east quarter of southeast quarter of section elev-
en-; the east half of the northeast quarter of
northeast quarter OF section fourteen; the
north half OF the northwest quarter OF section
thirteen; the northwest quarter Of the northeast
quarter Of section thirteen; the southeast quarter
of the Rorth-east quarter of section lOurteen the
north quarter OF the outheast quarter OF Sec
,tion fourteen; the southwest quarter Of tbs north
west quarter OF section thirteen; lhe northwest
quarter Of the southwest quarter OF section thir
teen, Township No, IL. North Range, six East
Mt. Diablo Base aud Meridian,
CONTAINING 80 ACRES.
This land lies one and half miles cast Of the
pact form, we'll watered, and part Of it timbered,
with the main Auburn Ravine running through
1t II from east 10 west.
ALSO
The southeast quarter Of section ten, Township
No. IL, North Range, six East,
CONTAINING l0O ACRES.
This land lies within eighty rods of the town of
Lincoln. has good spring'of living water on it,
and Is good farming land
ALSO,
The southwest quarter of section one, the south
east quarter Of section one, and the northwest
quarter of section one, Township No. IL, North
CONTAINING 4sO ACRES.
This land lies two and half miles from Lincoln,
aad 10 valuable for the timber it contains, which
is in demand on the California Central Railroad,
At Lincoln. and is suitable for tlla.e when the
timber b removed.
-ALSO,-
The east half OF lot No g. of the northeast quarter
of section four, Township No. IL, North Range,
seven East.
CONTAINING 40 ACRES,
All the above lands, or any portion thereof, will
be sold at reason able prices, and on accom-
modating terms.
- Persops desiring further Information will
be furnished the same on application to this office.
Placer Herald Office Dec. 26, lS6S.-f
The Placer herald., 1869-10-30

AN undertaken, having apartments to lst
posted bis bills upon the cotins in the win
dow. announcing "Lodgiugs for single gen.
tlemen." heA atr
The Placer herald., 1869-10-30

DIR. Pillbag complains THAT Dr. Walkers
Vegetable Vinegar Baters promises too much
cures everything-is quack medicine" This
is the usual 'quack" of the profession; but we
must bear with them gently, for soon they will
know that it does all that it processes, aud more
too; for it is eminently Family Medicine, and
has saved many hours Of suffering and will save
many dollar In time and doctors bills. ocf .aI
The Placer herald., 1869-10-30
WIN. NEELY JOHNSON

WIN. Nicely JOHNSON,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law.
MILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS
w in the Sixth Judicial District, and in the
Supreme Court, and having associated with him
II. G. johnson, win devote special attention to
all matters relating to Public Lands before the
United Staies Land Office. and the State Land
Office at Sac, amento, aud before the General
Land Office at Washington City.
Business arran gements having been completed
with prompt and competen. Agents. In Washing
ton,iOr the speedy settlement of all Land Claimss
it is believed that unusua facilities can be offer
ed to all persons interested in Land matters,
applications for Presumption, Homestead. Mining
Claims and all other classes of Lands drawn u.
and prepared, and correspondence promptly atd
tended to. q -|af
Office in Gillig & Motifs Building, J street, be-
tween Second and Third. Sacramento.
Auburn June 5th, 1869. je5-ly.
The Placer herald., 1869-10-30

I Too COOP TO BE Losr.-A returned White
Piner Of this place re la,es the following Of
a dsgusted Dutchman
A Dutcbmsn left Austin for White Pine
With something less than mule load Of
provisions, tools and blankets, carrying them
on bis back. On his arrival, not finding 4
"a good lead come and meet him. he took
on a big disgust aud left for Austin, carry
iog hs TOOLS provisions and. blankets. On
bis way home, a man driving an empty wsg'
90 overlook him, and seeing him 80 heavily
loaded, asked him if be would not get IN
and ride.
No. py Go,tr va. bis answer.
But, says the tesmster, my wagon il
empty, and you are perfectly welcome"
No py Gott" replied he, 1 learns die
Ducbman something's / learns him to 60
to Vits Pines He carries desc plaukets,' :
.py tam = Visdlia Della.
The Placer herald., 1869-10-30

A LOST TRIBE.-In district far in the interior
Of Abyssina, which has hitherto remained
terra incognita and blank space on the maps,
strange race of people called "Falashas." Mr.
Halevey. renowned French traveller, has visited
these people and communicated an account of
his journey to tho French Geographical Society
The substance Of the information he fnrn ishes
in regard TO them is as follows: There are about
quarter of q million of the Falashas. They
speak an Agan dialect called Falashina, or Kali
ina. and into this language they have translated
Gheez version Of the Old Testament. They
do not practice poygamy. They circumcise their
male children on the seventh day. Their proper
names are derived from Hebrew, Gheez and Am
harie. The institution of purincation is prac-
ticed the children are taught the Bible psalms,
prayers and sacred history. In their synagogues
the sexes sit apart. Incense is burned during
their services. Their religious hopes are turned
to Jerusalem. but their ideas of the Messiah are
very indistinct. They are wholly unanquainted
with Hebrew, and know nothing of the ceremo-
nies instituted utter the time OF Ezra. They
have religious literature written In the style
of the Midrath. They keep the Sabbath rigidly;
fast on Mondays and Thursdays; keep the 9th of
Alb 10 commemorate the destruction of Jerusalem;
they wash before and say grace after eating;
they have u traditional mode of sfaughtering
animals for food; they pra ctice commemc rativc
sacrifices on the holy days, and also for the re-
pose Of the souls Of the dead Their women en-.
joy equality with men, and they hold slaves,
but liberate them after q servitudc of six years
The Placer herald., 1869-10-30

A LIVING HEADLEss CHILp.-In the vi
cinity Of Spoon river, Illinois. is a child
that was born and lived five years without a
head. Mrs. -, the mother, is a widow W
OF soldier, formerly living in Marshall Co.,
who enlisted in the Slxty-tifh or Scotch
Regiment, and was killed at the battle oi
Lexington, Missouri She was standing be.
side her husband during an engagement,
when cannon ball carried bis head com
plstely away, bis body falling into her arms
and covering her with blood. When her
child was born there was not the sembance
of a head about it. The limbs are perfectly
developed, and the shoulders, where the
head and neck should be, smoothly rounded
off. v-,...- ........
But the most surprising thing of all s
that the face is situated on the breast. OF
course there being no neck. the power OF
turning the head is wanting, except as the
whole body is moved; but this difficulty is
easily overcome by he singular faculty it
possesses of turning its eyes in their sockets.
enabling it to see quite as we'll as those
more perfectly formed. The upper portion u
Of the body is as white as the purest Cauca-
sian, from the waist downward, it is blood
red, this strange creature, now an active
boy of five years, a. if to compensate for his
deformity, possesses the most clear and bird
like tones ever listened to, singing with sim
gulsr correctness everything it may hear,
and ito voice, at this early age, accomplishss
two octsves easily. ~ 500
The Placer herald., 1869-10-30

"MARK TWAIN" gets off The following in
the Buffalo Express.
"John Wagner, the oldest man in Buffalo
-lO4 years-recently walked a mile and a
bait in two weeks. lie is as cheerful and
bright as aDy of these old men, who charge
around so in tbe newspapers. Last No
vembeF be walked five blocks in a rsin st orm
without any shelter bus sn umbrella, and
cast his vote for Seymour. remarkiug that
be bad voted for forty seven Presidents
which was lie. His second crop Of rich
brown bair arrived from New York yester-
day, aud he has new set of teeth coming
from Philadel pbia. He is'to be married
next week TO girl lo2 years old, who stlt
takes in washing. They have been engaged
eighty year, but their parents persistently rs'
fused their consent until three days ago."
The Placer herald., 1869-10-30
NUMBER TO-
O r D E R NO. 2.
TO the Members Of the Order of W1;ts
Mems Defenders =

TO nc zHeMoeVs W nc OTdW q Wnll6
Mems Defenders
Whereas. on yesterday iOcsobsr 2oth)'
you faithfully discharged your duty ~ c;.!-
zsns, and more particularly Of every mem.
Der Of or organization, 10 sxerciss the right
OF suffrage, when imperativsly demanded BY
the public welfare;
Now, lbefefors, the Order desires, BY
special act, to publicly congratulate you up
on the faithful and ps,iotic manner 10 which
you have discharged your dnties -as good
worthy members OF society and
genuine lovers Of The flee. liberal and iust
institutions Of your country. Well done,
good and faithful members Of the Order.
la ,-i...r... PkR ORDER.
Grass Valley National, October 2lst.
The Placer herald., 1869-10-30

- Grass Valley National, October 2ls.