The Placer herald., 1870-03-19
Late News Items.

ley cattle last Tuesday for San Frauosco.
The daughters Of Napa are opposed 10
woman suffrage.
The pext term Of the State Normal School
will commence on the 23rd OF May next.
Six more Of the saw mills 10 Truckee
started up last week, aud are running night
and day.
A China couple have been married in
Jackson, so that Other Cinnamon cannot
steal the woman.
The Yoo Democrat has been shown wheat
three and half feet high and barley four
feet bigh, Of this years growth.
The material for . weekly paper 10 DO
started at Antioch was shipped from Stock
ton, March 18th.
The pay Of the employees on the steamer
line between Sacramento and Marysvills has
been materially reduced.
A bogus lumber agent Of the Union Pa
ci6c Railroad Company has been doing the
people Of Truckss.
, party Of Orsgoniaus are forming to 60
to Mexico. They say they have assurances OF
obtaining large grant Of land there.
Parties in EIko are manufacturing whisky
and brandy. The compounds are pronounced
by the Independent deadly poison.
Work has ben resumed With q largo
force on the canal in YamhilI county. Ore
gon. This enterprise is designed to furnish
both navigation aud water power.
California wheat is looking up at Liver.
pool. The market, March lib, was quo
ted 0s 4d@ 0, sd, an advance Of 81 slpca
March Ord.
The Sporting Club Of Virginia, having
killed Oft all the tame pigeons procurable IN
Nevada and California, have sent au order
to Chicago for 400 dozen wild pigeons
Nine thousand seven hundred dollars,
clear Of all expenses. was realized in Vr-
ginia by the late Catholic Fair 10 aid Of the
new church.
Jack Slratman publishes bis valedictory
10 the Tribune of Tuesday last, and de-
nouncss Gorbam, Bill Carr and Others in 3
manner truly astonishing.
A San Francisco paper says the gold
specimens" from San Diego, exh hbilsd there,
are all "salted.' Those who follow this
myth will probably get "pickled."
Our old friend Sco6sld, Of the San Maieo
Gazette, wants to sell out but .hs buyer
must be principal and have the ''spou-
dulicks."
The movement OF the Republican boilers
of Warrington Territory to rsorgaoizs the
party, was commenced at Walls Walla
last week.
The Board Of Nevada State Capitol Com
missionsrs have decided upon the Calvert
or Gosling plan for buidin g, and it will BE-
placed with the State Controller for bids.
hlct is expected between tho Rougbs and
Viglaulss. The former have been ordered
to leave and they say they will not go.
Peter Donahue has presented to tho pew
ST. Patrek's Church. on Mission street. q
chime OF bes. They will ba tho 6rst erec-
ted on the Pacific Coast
According to the Revolutio:., there is a
faro bank on Fourteenth street, Washington,
kept by woman where the female clerks
of the Treasury go to gamble their salaries
away.
Henry L. Caples has commenced suit 10
the District Court Of Elko county, Nevada,
against the Central Pacific Railroad compa,
ny tor 100000 damages sustained BY plain
tiff on the 2ath Of March, 1869, on said
road
AT Mud Springs on Friday 18th inst, the
dwelling Of a. Taylor was burned. Mrs
Taylor, daughter aged thirteen and an in
FAINT pefished in the flames Mr. Taylor a
little son and daughter escaped.
A special to tbs Sal, Lake Evening News
says the ladies Of Ogden will hold a mass
meeting at the Tabernacle to morrow to
express their feelings concerning the Cullom
anti polygamy bill.
At Los Angeles lately it leaked out that
an attempt would be made TO hang Cells,
who killed Fsrnsiu few days since. The
Sheriff barricaded the Jail and armed twenty
men and succeeded 10 pursuadng the Vigi-
lau.es TO abandon their purpose.
Mining Patents have been received at the
Land Office in Carson for the following
mines Justice and Independent, Comstock
Lode; Atlantic and Pacific, Midas and Star
light Lodes; Rapidau Company, Rapdan
Lode; Grant Company, Gran. Lode.
The Times gives an account of a fearful
explosion which occurred near Santa Cruz
on the lth inst, a, the California Powder
works. Three men, named Wade. Johnson
and Dutton. are seriously :f not fatally iu-
jured, and the building badly damaged. Que
Of the men has since died from his injuries.
Meetings have been held in almost every
Town in Montana Territory, during the last
few weeks, for the purpose Of taking into
consideration the recent action OF Colonel
Baker, in his endeavors to suppress depre-
dnlions committed by Indians 10 Montana