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The Placer herald., 1870-10-29

G29 Gifts in all ........ S500,0OO
The Concert and Distribution will take place
under the immediate direction Of the Board OF
Trustees of the Mercantile Library Association,
assisted by Supervisory Committee selected
from State, City and County officers, and well
known citizens of San Francisco.
ROBERT B. SWAIN, President NJ. L. A.
w. II. l.. BARNES, Vice President.
WM c. RALSTON, Treasurer
After paying the expenses of the entertain
ment, and making the distribution of the Gifts,
as above announced, the balance will be applied
to extinguishing the present Indebtedness Of the
Mercantile Library Association.
Holders of tickets to which gifts may be
awarded, will receive the same on presentation
of such tickets coupons to the Business Agents
Of the Board of Trustees at their Office No. 3lS
California street. San Francisco.
The Placer herald., 1870-10-29

MANY THANKs.-We are indebted to Mrs. John
Fogarty for large basketful of splendid ripe
tomatoes. These tomatoes, we suppose, were
raised at the family homestead, on Placer street
in the edge of town, and are the more accepta-
ble for being a choice home production. Our
thanks are also especially due for the delicate
and appropriate manner of presentation.
The Placer herald., 1870-10-29

THE CRGsUs LEDGE.-We took look at the
work now being done at the northwestern end
OF this ledge by the lessees Miller, Nichols &
Manuel, on Monday last No crushing has been
had since our last notice Of the twenty-six tons
milled, yielding $34 per ton but some consider
able ore has been taken out and new houses for
the men have been built and preparations made
for the rainy season. Lately the boys have
struck two-inch stream of water in the lower
shaft and are now running a tunnel from the
base Of the hill in along the ledge to tap this
shaft and drain it. This tunnel will take quartz
from the ledge during its progress and perhaps
of as good a quality that heretofore worked
The point at which this work is being done is
close to Baltimore ravine and only about mile
from town and within few hundred feet of the
Graves d Putnam mine and the site selected for
the new quartz mill to be erected by these gen.
tlemen. These two lodges, the Crusus and
Marceus, must connect or cut each other Mt
Baltimore ravine-though if they are one and
the same ledge the direction changes from nearly
west to northwest, at the ravine.
The Placer herald., 1870-10-29

Snow IN THE MoUNTANs.-D During the late
showers here snow fell at Cisco and the summit
on the line of the Railroad to the depth of s or
10 inches. Snow also fell as low down as Shady
Run, only four miles above Alta, which is at an
elevation of only about 1000 feet
The Placer herald., 1870-10-29

RAIN GUAGE-Now that the rainy season has
commenced, who is going to place pluviameter
or rain guage and give us the exact fall Of water
for the season. The fall of water is about double
at Nevada city what it is at Sacramento each
year, but what it is at Auburn we have never been
able to know correctly. Our elevation should
give about medium between the two points,
but is that theory borne out, and how are we to
know whether it is or not We have two drug
stores with young, sprightly attendants, and
without being personal, we think at least one of
these gentlemen should answer this public de-
mand
The Placer herald., 1870-10-29

The WEATHER.-It has rained and hailed here
twice III the last week. This has cleared off the
smoke, layed the dust and made everybody hap
py Light frosts followed each storm and the at
mosphere is fresh and bracng. We suppose
about an inch of water has fallen within the
week. At Sacramento there has not yet been
rain enough to lay the dust. South of Stockton
it has rained heavily for forty-eight hours and
the farmers can now plow.
The Placer herald., 1870-10-29

DANCING CLUB.-The Auburn Dancing Club
opens on Tuesday evening next at the American
Hotel, with membership of forty. Church q
Jones furnish the music and the dances will
take place every Tuesday evening until May
next Remember Tuesday night ne1t-and on
goes the dance.
The Placer herald., 1870-10-29

EVENING STAR MINE.-This claim, the proper
ty of Taylor, Quick, He ,nan & Co., has not been
talked of much lately indeed the ore has not
been the most promising, for some months, but
the owners have within the last week opened
down on very rich rock, some of which has
yielded as high as from four to eight hundred
dollars to the pan. For the past three months
the company has been working extremely hard
rock, but have kept steadily on working night
and day shifts undiscouraged At depth of 70
feet they run out drift some seventeen feet to
a point where the rock not so hard, and in
sinking here found the ledge about foot thick
and very rich. They have taken oui ore this
week (two or three tons) that will certainly pan
out fully $4,000 or more. The company has q
steam quartz mill at the shaft in perfect running
order and pumps and hosting works, all run by
the same engine. The quartz holds to blue
greensh cast, and carries ght, wire gold and
galena. The claim is about three miles north of
here and near the old diggings known as "Fid-
dler's Green" We shall note the progress of
this shaft with much interest, and hope it may
develope better and richer as it goes down.
The Placer herald., 1870-10-29
('szsY,s:2s>

TEI' celebrated medicine has won dcservedly
high reputation as an alleviator of pain and
preserver of health. 1t has become n household
remedy, from the fact that it gives immediate
and permanent relief. 1t is purely vegetable
preparation, made from the best and purest ma
terals, safe to keep and to use in every family
1t is recommended by physicians and persons of
all classes, and to-day, after public trial of
thirty years-the average life of man-t stands
unriNaled and unexcelled spreading its useful
ness over the wide world. It's large and increas-
ing sale afords positive evidence of its enduring
fame. We do not deem it necessary to say too
much in its favor as one small bottle will do
more to convince you of its efficacy than all the
advertisement in the world Give it one fair trial
and you would not be without it for ten times
its cost
Directions accompany each bottle.
Sold by all Druggists.
Price 25 cents, so cts, and 81 per bottle.
The Placer herald., 1870-10-29

WENT DEAD.-The kangaroo squirrel rat kick
ed the bucket-pegged out and event dead
this week. The general impression is that Den
mis- failed to feed it nails enough, and in conse-
quence its digestive organs (sand in the craw)
became disarranged and that this was the pri-
mary cause of the monster petering out We
shall ne'er see his like again. However, friend
Dennis, there is another curiosity in the coun-
try dubbed ''Trout River, that might be caught
and it considers itself fully as attractive as his
kangaroo ratship. The proper r'bait to use would
be old lamp wick, floor mops and some mutton
chop mustaches to which add some moss agate :.
dimity and astonishers. After placing the bait,
arrange headlight of locomotive to attract the
'animule, " and you have him.
The Placer herald., 1870-10-29

BEHIND TME.-The eastward bound mail
train was two hours behind time here on Tues
day evening last, caused by the burning of
bridge at Pleasanton on the Western Pacific
The Placer herald., 1870-10-29

HERE AN DE CHAP DAT TIEFEE DE INGUNs
SMELL HIM BREFF. There has been good
deal of trouble in this end of the town about
who makes away with the chickens. On Tues
day morning last, Coroner Jamison walked up
the town and fetidly perfumed the whole atmos-
phere with the veritable chap. The skunk had
inserted his nose between the jaws of a steel
trap, and the chain by which the trap was pro-
tected from being toted away served as an ex-
cellent appendage by which his memphitis Amer
icano skunkship could be hauled around town
and exhibited. Webster says the fetid liquor Of
a skunk contains valuable medical qualities,
which, if true, will leave but little business here
for doctors for awhile.
The Placer herald., 1870-10-29

MASONIC.-GOLD HILL LODGE, No 32,
meets at their Hall in Lincoln on the Saturday
of or next preceding Full Moon of each month
Brothers in good standing visiting the meetings
will be cordially welcomed
r.. b. HARPER Master.
ISAAC SToNEcIPHER Secretary.
The Placer herald., 1870-10-29

RELIGIoUs.-Rev N. r. Peck, OF Ophir will
fill the pulpit Of Rev. J. II. Peters in the NJ. E.
Church, tomorrow, at the usual hour
The Placer herald., 1870-10-29
Notice to Taxpayers.
DISTRICT NUMBER 3, PLACER COUNTY.
Residence at Forest House.)


FTNHE UNDERSIGNED HAVING RECEIVED
l. from the County Auditor the Tax Roll for
District No g. Placer county, California, for the
year 1870, hereby gives notice that he will, for
the purpose of receiving the State and County
Taxes, charged thereon, attend in person or by
deputy, at the following places, and on the dates
named:
Tahoe ................Tu Tuesday, November 1st.
Last Chance. ........... Thursday November Sd.
Deadwood .......... Friday, November 4th.
Bath h...............M Monday, November 7th.
Forest Hill, Tuesday & Wedn 'sdy Nov. s & 9th
Todds Valley ...... Thursday, November 10th.
Yankee Jims ......... Friday, November 1th.
Iowa Hill ......... Monday, November 18th.
Damascus .......... Tuesday November 10Th.
Michigan Bluff, Friday & Saturday 6 Is d 18th
Taxpayers will please be prompt and save
themselves and the Collector trouble.
B. D. DUNNAM,
cs-td. Collector District No. 7,
The Placer herald., 1870-10-29

u MEKCANI1LE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
of San Francisco, California,
MONDAY, October 3lst 1870
Tickets of Admission, $500 gold coin
Treasurer ............ The Bank of California
During the entertainment the sum Of ST, co.
600 u S. Gold Coin will be returned to the Hold
ers Of Tickets, by the Distribution by chance, Of
the following GIFTS:
The Placer herald., 1870-10-29

HELp HIM.-Mr. Amos L. Williams, q deaf
mute is now canvassing the lower and western
portion of this county for subscribers for new
and interesting book entitled Zone Hundred
Years Progress This gentleman is denied by
nature the power of hearing and speech, and is
seeking by his present canvas to earn an honest
living. and this, in connection with the merits of
the work canvassed for should commend him to
all our people,
The Placer herald., 1870-10-29

Now is the time to SOW summer-fallowed land
Get your seed in the ground without unneces-
sary delay, and you will have crop whether the
Spring is wet or dry. There is no danger of
seed mailing in the ground at this season Of
the year, and the young stalks will be healthy
and strong before Geld weather sets in. Do
this and you will have smiling countenance
when others hang their heads and pray for rain
j n April AMI May next.
The Placer herald., 1870-10-29
A Glorious Change!!
TIE GREAT WORLDS TONIC.
Plantation Bitters.

This wonderful vegetable re.
stOrative is the shcet-ancher Of
the feeble and debilitated. A. q
tonic and cordial for the aged
and languid, it has no eqsal
among stOmachics. As n remedy
for the nervous weakness to
which women are especially sub
ject, it is superseding every other
stitailant. In all climates, trOpi-
cal, temperate, or frigid, 1t acds
as Il specific in every species q
disorder which Wndernlines the
bodily strength and breaks down
the animal spirits. For sale 6y
all druggists.
August 2th. 1870.
The Placer herald., 1870-10-29
Local and County Matters.

The GRAvEs-PUTNAM CLAIM.-We took q walk
down to this mine on Monday last and found ten
men at work on the ledge at various points and
all having the ledge in sight, and taking out
quartz. The ledge starts at Baltimore ravine
and runs over and through the northwestern
slope of hill rising some 150feet above the bed
Of the ravine at almost a'true northwest direction
and has been traced for long distance, though
only opened for about 600 feet 1t dips to the
southwest at an angle of near 45 degrees, and
averages some sixteen inches thick, narrowing
down at places to eight inches and again appear
ing fully two feet We never saw ledge more
favorably located for cheap and expeditions
working than this one, one that had yielded
more rich ore for the amount of work done The
box, or, perhaps we should say the gold bin,
prepared for the rich specimens, estimated to
hold some fifteen tons, is row about half full
and we have no reason to doubt but it will be
soon full The site for the new mill is partially
graded and the timber for the woodwork is
probably on the ground by this time. Every
thing about the mine betokens energy, conf
dence and go-aheaditiveness. Our statements
about this claim in our last issue were in the
main correct, and we shall continue, from time
to time, to keep our readers advised of how it is
progressing and of any new developments
HUNTING PARTY.-A select hunting party from
near Pino in this county, consisting of Messrs
M. Yarbrough, L. B. Hyatt Horace Mansur and
two others startedon hunting tour some weeks
ago to the Coast Range travelling as far as pos
sible in wagon and then packing to the hunt
ing grounds on the head waters of Eel river
The trip occupied some three weeks and the
hunt was reasonably successful. They found
deer, bear, grouse, quail and other small game
plenty enongn but much disposed to cross
gulches, canyons etc, where they were not east
ly followed, thus giving the sportsmen a wide
berth and long range shots. Ourinformant one
of the party, describes the country as very
rough, rocky, broken and unnviting to civilized
man desiring permanent home profitable
business. The party baggedI fourteen fine deer,
one large brown bear weighing six or seven hun
dred pounds, and lean in flesh at that and all
they desired of small game The rabbit or cot
ton tail of these foothills was not seen on these
hunting grounds. The members of the party
returned hardened in flesh strengthened in
muscle, bronzed in countenance and not for
ever weaned from the alurements and pleasures
OF civilized society.
The Placer herald., 1870-10-29

A Rich STRIKE-We learn that A. o. Bell dis
covered a quartz ledge near Bald Hill some days
ago. and has some twenty tons of the stuff ,
out that will yield from S75 to 500 to the ton.
At present the thing bears the appearance of a
mixture of tale, rotten sandstone and decompos-
ed quartz, and is lousy with gold but what it may
reach on further probing is not yet determined.
1t pans about 80 to the bucketful, and is claimed
for q long distance beyond where visible.
The Placer herald., 1870-10-29
THE NEW FOOD.

For a few cents you can buy
of your Grocer or Druggist =
package of SEA MOSS FARINE
made from pure Irish Moss or
Carrageen, which will make
sixteen quarts of Blanc Mango,
and a like quantity CT Puddings
Custards, Creams, Charlotte
Russo, &c. It is the cheapest,
healthiest and most delicious
food in the world. It makes 4
splendid Dessert, and has no
equal as light and delicate
food for Invalids and Children.
The Placer herald., 1870-10-29

VV-N-
CERT in aid of the Mercantile Librpry Associa-
ton, are hereby notified that the Concert is
,1ntl
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-03-22
Perry County Bank {!
Sp6hsEer, .BunkiM & Go.

YVNHE undersigned. having formed Banking As
Il sOci;ttOn under the above name and style, are
now ready to do u General Banking business at
their new Banking House, on Centre Square,
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-03-22

We receive money on deposit and pay back on
demand We discount notes for period OF not
over 60 days. and sell Drafts on Philadelphia and
New York
On time Deposits five per cent. forany time over
four months and for four months four per cent.
We are well provided with all and every facility
for doinga Banking Business; and knowing and
for some years, feeling the great inconvenience un
der which the people of this County labOrcd for the
want Of Bank of Discount and Deposit, we have
have determined to supply the want and this being
the first Bank ever established in Perry county, we
hope we will be sustained in our efforts, by all tn
business men, farmers and mechanics.
This Banking Association is composed of the fol-
lowing named partners:
A SPoNsIEE, Bloomfield, Perry county, Pa.
Il. i. JUNKIN
a. G. MILLER Shippensburg, Cumberland co, Pa.
JOHN WoNDERLICH, "
HENRY RUBY,
VIM. II. MILLER, Carlisle,
OFFICERS.
w. A. SPONSLER, President
WILLIAM WILLIS, Cashier.
New Bloomfield, 5 ly
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-03-22
Professional Cards.

D P. MCINTYRE Attorney at Law, and Dis
j. I. Mcintire New Bloomfield Penn'a.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-03-22
NEW BLOOMFIELD, PA.

OPPOSIYN THE COURT no USE,
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-03-22
Judson's Self-WashingBoiler

TJNHE BEST WASHING MACHINE in exlstened
l. 1t saves S6 time, nearly all the labor, "a TN
Soap and more than z the wear OF Clothes Clothes ord.I
promptly filled, when accompanied by Cash, or 4
RXpress station sent c. o. d.
THOMAS HULL,
s. W. Cor. 10th and Arch street.
3sl PHILADELFHIA.I
pA- Other papers wishing to insert this adNeI
tisement will please address +. 4. Thurston, Al
vertising Agent, 5000 Lancaster Avenue, Phnad'|
phia.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-02-23
Creative of Hscadi-
mess to Improve.

, The greatest of all Of the advan-
tages of a general diffusion of liberal
educa ion throughout society uudoubt.
edly is, that it ronders Incapable of
rapid Improvement. The independence
of thought as we'll as the spirit of in.
quiry that it creates, render mcn Gu
paule Of invention and of appreciating
inventive genius. A plausible idea
ID no sooner suggestod than it is tried,
and if found not only plausible, but re.
aiablo and valuable, it becomes per
manent possession. a State eau do uoth.
Ing, g,thererore, Us much calculated to de-
vclops it's material resou, Goa, ms the
education Of it's entire people. Unlock
the wealth of the mind, aud it will
unlock every othor source Of prosperi-
ty. Educated labor is far moro pro.
ductive than that which is not. IN.
tel!igence is quick, alert, active; ign.
rance, dull, sluggish aud phlcgmatic
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-02-23
Papal HlAGaIlibiIaay.

The prominonce that the dogma of
papal infallibiiity has assumed in the
couDo.. of Rome, is worry remarka able,
but most natural. Our age is one Of
inGdelity. There is no faith in any:
thing. Man desires certainty, and
Graves after somo certain authority
as to his future destiny. Tho protes.
tant doctrine that the bible, to be in
terprctod by private Judgment, is that
authority, perplexes and di,tresses y
poor, weak human nature, which rush
cs for rcfugc to the imposing promises
of the Church of Rome. Now since
man must have religion, and three.
fourths or sevcn eighths of those at.
tending protestant churches, haze no
religion except that of absolute scrpti.
cism, tho reaction towards Rome seems
to us n certain feature Of the future,
and it will be FASTENED and developed
by sueh refuge for anxiety and dis.
,tress, as the dogma Of papal infalli.
bility holds out The Romish Church
Is upon the increase.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-02-23
A Good Example.

Our General Assembly, in electing
Judge Melton upon the ground of
fitness for the Office, in spite of his
disclaiming being Republican, has
set an excellant example to the Demo o.
cratic party, and to tho suffragans of
the State. We would rejoice to see
the fall canvass conducted on the
platform Of suitable men, rather than
CARNATIONS. Both tho Democratic
and the Radical parties have done
their appointed work, and wo wish
new men for new party, both in
South Carolina and in tho United
States.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-02-23
SHERIFF,S SALES

RY virtue of snndry Executions TO me d
IL rected, will offer for sale at Fairfield
Court House on the first Monday and s9the
day following in March! next, within
the legal hours Of sale 10 The :; hig est bid
der, for Cash, the following Real Pro
perry Purchasers to pay for Titles aud
stamps So ~ ~
One 'ract of 488 acres, more orlsless. of
land In Fairfield County, ad, dining lands Of
Mrs William Lyles' Mrs. McAiahon, James
Ashford and others, levied upon as the pro.
per,y OF the estate Of Robert ncGill, decd.
n The suit Of Wm. r. Robertson, Com. in
Sherif's Office, ,,,o.r - ~ '
"innsboro, Feb. II, 1870. ~.
feb 15-t2xl @"|''- .3HGj aG3
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-02-23
in BANKRUPTCY.

In tho matter of r. A. Heron, Bankrupt.
NoTIcEis herebyEgiyca, pursuant 10 an
" order mada by W. L. Clawson, ESQ
Register, dated 18th February 1876. that a
GENERAL MEETING of tho creditors of
tho said Bankrupt viii be held At tho office,
of said Register in Yorkville. South Caro-.
Hna,T the 'sffesrthg'doys of IlaroA,. .Anno
Domini, ono Thousand eight hundred and
seventy, for the purposes u,i,ne,i in the
twenty second section of the Bankrupt Act
Of March 2, 1867. S. Is. CCOWNEY,
feb 22-tlxl '. Assignee Il
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-02-23
HYMENIAL.g

j DEsronrEs, JoRDAN-On Thursday
afternoon, l7th inst, at the NJ. i.
Church. by Row. s.. Counor, Mr..
JNo.A. DEspoRrEs and Miss Belle,
youngest daughter Of Capt. Thos.
Jordan, all Of Winnsboro.
Why no ono to love! boonuse in life's sd.
oia bliss, l. lp6yEF 10 apa,, y.,, -
You drive from your presence tho hearts
tender kiss
Yod expnngo by your, ,coldness; you force
MI alone, or S'i 80 -" e . !dw - S.
"A heart in thy keep ng--a heart all taine
own, y 2Ish4g.nr.f .s. .f,.....
All alone in its hopes7-in its life.--in rs
8 corea.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-02-23
Boyd's Improved Prolific Cotton
Seed. naa1 &v'a" Mss

= q. q
3 tho best:seed, I boliove, In the world.
: They are better than Uiokson's, 80 say
some who have tried ,bv,h.. have about
26O; bushels Of these Seed, and any one wish
Ing to try them cah be supplied yilappli-
cation at Bacot & Co's store, and also At J.
r Matthews. Geo. H Shut, ON the So.
yannah River, near Augus,a, Ga, paid Five
Doiiars per bushel for some of these seed
In 1868, and during the war planted ON
small scale and improved them. L bought
from his estate in 1864, paid Two Dollars
In gold. have planted and kept them as as
pure as possible since. Any ono Wishing
further information> ofathese superior cot.
ton seed can iobiainipby applyiugtt o VIM.
Nj Yandeyeri and Jssn nPagan, ,Cornwell:sT,
o., Chester, g. C.; Ross Dye, Rossyille,
Chester, 8. c.; Dr.. Wm. Thorn, or, Daniel
Hall, Gladden's Grove. Fairfield, s. G. 1880
! s"+''i"' y CIV. |. Ef.CREIGHTON. ~
'febl-tm 1dy Al fgaass4gt yEr9 I'm -.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-02-23
Burned to Deadsa.

= We learn that 'colored man on the
farm of Mr.. Jno. Mcdowell, few
miles south of Winnsboro, was burn
ed to death on last Friday = night. 1t
seems that he was subject to fits, and
being in oatinp, allona fell, into the
fire, while aft wasg pop him, and re-
imainedsthere- -untiliSaturday morning.
w hen found his head and tia sportiou
Of his shoulders were burned entirely
40 s@@ 80" h@3f3 a& H$gS .rg!9%1
.aaMD sMa Ns .t.4hls at ~ .,a. I q n.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-02-23
The GreenviIIe Enterprise.

The Inst nunberao of the above, nam
ed journal has.reached us in ian en-
larged form, with new hcading, 60. Il
Col. G. +. Townes, its editor, is ono
of the beat writer's in tho, State. It's
proprietora,s Messrs. G.. %. e. Ed
ward Bailoy,9 are spraetioall print
.ors, who promise to place ait" on d still
.firmor basic. bPasiiss We. wish the Enterprise
abundant success, y ,,,l, brss