Weekly Trinity journal., 1870-12-10

Farragut.
GENERAL Indian war is predicted to come
off next Spring.
REPORT says silver mine has been discovered
at Corning n. Y.
GEORGIA holds her election on the 2lst, 22d
and 23d Of this month.
DURING November, the decrease in the Public
Debt was $7,475, 500 90.
ANOTHER large deposit of coal has been found
on Cedar River, near Seattle.
ARMSTRONG, (Democrat) was elected to Cong
ress from Dakota by small majority.
THE usual Winter shower of yagrants has COM
menced TO fall in San Francisco. So says the
Ala.
DELANO, Commissioner of Internal Revenue,
in making estimates for the coming year, ranks
California eleventh.
lT is stated that negotiations are being made
in New York for the purchase of Grace Church
which must be sold to pay its debts.
CHEF JUSTICE CHASE is announced as recov-
ering slowly, but his physicians are unable to
say at what time he will be able to resume the
Bench.
HARBoR DEFEYCE.-In his report to the Secre-
tary Of War, General Humphreys, Chief Engi-
neer, asks for $3.50, 900 for the defences of San
Francisco harbor.
RUMoR says that a wrecking expedition is
being fitted out in San Francisco to recover the
treasure the three steamers which have been
lost off Cape St. Lucas.
INFORMATION WANTED.-James Brown desires
information of his brother George Brown, who
emigrated from Michigan to Oregon, in 1876
Address James Brown, Chico.
TRINITY CHUncH and grounds in New York
are said to have been sold for 81 900 900, and
that new Merchants Exchange and Banking
House ara to bo erected upon its site.
GENERAL ALLEN, the State Adiutant General
declines to give up the Office to General T. H.
Cazneau, the late appointee of Haight, and it is
thought lawsuit will be required to eject him
AN outbreak occurred at the Nevada State
Prison, a few days since, in which the prison
guard killed one prisoner on the spot and NOR
tally wounded three others who were attempting
to escape,
THE new Postal Treaty between the United
States, Australia and New Zealand went into
effect December lst. Letter postage between the
United States and the aforesaid countries is now
twelve cents.
The Alta says that shooting afIrays and resorts
to knives to settle disputes are becoming so fire.
quent, in San Francisco, that reporters make no
note Of case where less than two wounds, one
supposed to be fatal have been inflicted.
MICHIGAN man has invented a cast-iron sub
stitute for wooden railway ties. 1t costs three
dollars and will last lifetime, while a wooden
one costs seventy cents and will last only three
four years. The rail rests on a rubber cushion
four by five inches in size.
LOUISVILLE, Ky, now takes the lead in Grim
nal affairs. AT late term of the Circuit Court
in that city, there were sixteen indictments for
MURDER ard besides these, it was stated that a
number of murder cases had not at that time
been acted upon by the Grand Jury.
FIFTEENTH YEAR.-The San Francisco Morning
Call has entered upon its fifteenth year with a
circulation of l0777, according to the sworn
statement of its pressman. 1t has increased
more than 6,000 within year and shows other
marks of deserved prosperity. Success to it.
THERE Ia said to be large accumulation of
and nickel ts In tI.o 1
country. In Louisville, for instance. the Post
Master reports lOO,O 900 of them The whole
number of such coin now held by the Post
Offices will probably reach forty million cents
THE DESERT iFP.-The following telegram
found in the CalSis the latest from this wonder
full wreck. 1t is dated Los Angeles, November
27th: +" Charles Cluker reports that he hal
found the desert ship 45 miles southwest of Doi
Palmas station, in the Cabezan Desert. He des
cribes her us two hundred feet long, with bow
bow-sprit and stern above the sand Clukei
returns to-day to take possession and examine
her."
A NEw CANSoS.-From the cal we learn that
number of boys in San Francisco, having stolen
quantity of powder, concluded to FIRE a salute
Accordingly, they procured a soda bottle and
filing it with the powder, touched it off with a
match. 1t was a complete success. There was
a loud report, the bottle was blown into a thous-
and fragments and two boys severely injured by
the pieces of glass. One of the boys is credited
with saying that be did not think thick soda
bottle would bust SO easy P'