The Placer herald., 1870-04-09
Late News Items.


THE corner stone Of a new clearinghouse was
laid at Woodland, April lst.
EARruouAKE shocks were felt, April 2nd. at
Napa, Santa Cruz, San Leandro and Petaluma.
rur few cases Of small pox are in Los Angeles,
and they are OF mild type
GEORGE LAIRD, of Petaluma brought into
that place calf, twenty -four hours old, and
weighing one hundred and twenty y-eight pounds.
SMALL Pox is raging in Tucson and Northern
Arizona 1t is more fatal upon the native popu-
lation, and but few cases have occurred among
the troops as yet.
THE orange and wine shipments from Los An
gcles TO San Francisco continue large. A good
part Of the orange crop will be shipped before
Tlhati oranges come into market extensively.
AT Woodland, lately, the professors carriage
was fond inside his college, his horse painted
and h,ched inside the college grounds, and the
bell missing.
THE recently discovered gravel beds on the
California and Oregon Railroad sixteen miles
north of Marysvlle have been purchased oil John
Moore by the company
The hardware merchants at Salem Oregon,
say that the sale OF agricultural implements this
Spring has largely exceeded that of any pre-
ceedins one.
A PROMINENT real estate dealer of San Fran
cisco received from parties in London s3OOOOO.
with instructions TO Invest in San Francisco
real estate.
A DEaocRArIC paper called The Piaindenler
has been started at Roseburg, Douglas county,
Oregon. The political campaign has teen OPEN
ed in nearly all parts of the State by the Dem
ocrats.
tn n, yiu t,ip af
land, l40 being planted in bearing vines, and
contains scvcnty-two varieties Of foreign grapes,
from which the choice Natoma wines and cham
pagnc are made The vineyard is three and a
half miles from Folsom.
THERE are but few troops in Wind river val
ley to protect that important settlement, and
none at South Pass The people are much ex-
cited. and threaten, if troops are not sent to
protect them to go and chaslze the Indians
themselves.
The negotiation of bonds in Germany for the
Oregon and California Railroad (Holhday's)
will secure the rapid construction Of the road
to the California line. Five thousand tons OF
rails will be shipped from New York by the mid
die of the present month and more will follow
at once.
A BILL has been quietly put through the Leg
islature reorganizing the Marysville Board Of
County Superintendent Of Common Schools. ex
ofcio Superintendent of the city schools, with
salary OF $500. The joint salaries are $1,000
The new law makes some talk, and an unsuc-
cesssul effort was made to induce the Governor
to refuse his approval.
THE Board of Managers of the Oregon Stale
Agricultural Society have purchased an add-
tional quarter section OF land adjoining the pre-
sent Fair Grounds at Salem, for which they paid
$50 per acre. The whole is to he laid of into
streets. alleys and blocks, for the convenience
of campers and others The society was on
April LIST. Incorporated under the general incor'
poration laws OF :hc State.
The Indians about Corinnc have been peace
able and friendly for some time. The late out
rage created leaIs respecting the safety Of pros
pecting parties scattered over the adjacent
country. party of citizens from Atlantic
City went out in search for them, and returned
April 2nd with the bodies Of J. Mcclure. A. Kcl>
logg, + FOsberry. W. G. Bennington. aud Jas.
lloihick, found is different places, all horribly
mutilated. Four other citizens are still missing.
two OF whom are supposed to be killed. They
were last seen near the trail OF Indians