The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1870-07-21


Ono GRANDE, July 10, 1870.
| EDITOR WORLD:-Indeprndrnce day ha:
passed and left lis to stare the stern reaIitle.
of every day hnm-drum life in the face Tn.
work 0f the season has commenced in g0o(
earnest aud business goes on. The river has
gone down So that we can cOuscientiOusly cal
1t II creek, and great has been the rejoicing al
the fact. In this way, at least, | account tol
the rxuberance OF spirits displayed by some o
our very respectable citizens. who wouldn't
60 home till morning" if they had but half Il
chance. Low water and Fourth of July 10.
grthrr are rather teo much for Orc Graude's
usual peace and quiet As it was not MY par
tlcular inclination to hold the sack on the nc
caslon must touch the matter lightly, and
conclude with the remark that
| "a little nonsense now and then
| is relshed by the wisest men"
The patriotic portion of the community, on
the afternoon ot the Fourth, got up an i'm.
promptu celebration, wherein anvis were fired
and the singing "t the Star Spanged Banner
was attempted under the wavy folds of the Ma.
tional Flag us it floatrd from Il line stretched
across the main street. The gentleman who
took the leading part III the song could do bet
Ter, | think, under more favorable circiInl.
stances. Judge Barbour delivered the princi.
| pal grafton and considering that Le ud not
nave any time whatever in " hich to make pre-.
parati"n. he done remarkably Well. He got
oft considerable patriotism. " itt IL small con-
coctiOn of polltics-not enough of the latter,
| however, to in the least mar the general out
lines of lis discourse. Judge Beatty was next
called upon and responded in Il few rrtIarks !;
short, they certainly we're, as | retired with Il
friend to consult ii TREND (mythlcal was gone
but Il very short time, ANA on my return found
the Judge retiring amid the cheering of the
assembled throng The Judges style, hoWcv-
rr, is so we'll known in the Territory that
may safely stat. that he was equal tu the ncca-
SION. Judge Gray WAS next called upon, but
failed to respond. The latter gentleman puts
in Il fine appearance, but his innate nodtsty
and retiring disposition could not be overcome
on this occasion. Mr. w. ii. Millard, as pre-.
siding officer ot the day, performed his duties
thoroughly and we'll | noticed that provision
had been made fur the lady portion OF the COM
munity, and the ma jnrity of them attended the
celebration, with Il number of gay Lotharios
dancing attendance. The principal event of
the day, Tor excitement ut least, was the uli-
willingly reckless ride "t Maj Wimpr.'s young
est daughter, Bell (the belle, 10y the wayl, on IA
runaway horse. She stuck to her saddle well,
though an inexperienced rider aud brought up
safe and sound III the corral where the horse
WAS accustomed to roam Several of cur cti-
zeIis have determined on presenting Miss Bell
with Il new saddle as Il testimonial ot their ad-
mlraliun for SO much courage and coolneSS dis
played by one wh0 Is but little mere than en-
tered on her teens ! came we'll nigh forget
ting To state that the first thing IN order was
the reading of the Declaration of lndepend.
ence by Mr.. Il. II Johns, i'll his usual clear and
pleasant style. The festivities ot the Gay were
wound up in part by /; select party given in
Mr.. Nordy ke's new hotel, ana an occasional
run to the iIurdy house TO till up intervals The
ball gocrs enjoyed themselves hugely and came
to the conclusion that Mr.. Nordykc and his es
timablr lady know how to keep hotel. Your
correspondent was on hand, aud lancied that
he looked like
Patience on monument smiling through grief"
Laboring under slight indspostion, perhaps.
On the whole, the day passed oft agreeably,
with no serious disturbance, which speaks well
for the general good feeling exhibited in Orc
Grandc One case of revolver drawing on the
tith-but nobody hurt-completes the chapter
of accidents.
New arrivals are plentiful in fact more than
sufficient tor the present demand. notice in
your issue of July 9Th some Loon Creek items
that are not we'll received by many here; they
fancy long bow in the distance. There are
too many idle men here now, and many OF
them, to my certain knowledge, not ST. because
they do not hunt Tor chance to work. There
will certainly be demand for more men soon,
but unless there Is something new struck on
the outside, this camp. SO far rs we know at
the present time, will not support u very large
number of men There is ample room tor
on fifteen miles OF the creek and
It's tributaries in all of which distance gold
has been found Some think it will all pay tor
working and will, eventually. be wOrked-ot
that have no d. ubt-hy CEinamen There
are at the present time several parties pros
pectng on the outside, and there Is som" show
tor other disgings being struck this Summer
and Fall The coming week will relieve II
number of their anxiety about work. The
upper fume company commenced operations
asst Thursday. They, Gaunt, Lundy d Co,
nave in 800 tert OF tliime, ar thereab0utS. For
ester & Co. have about the same length O
lume and are rext below. They cnm,nrnc.d
operations about the same time with the 9th. !,
RS aud yesterday got the snug prospect OF S4O
70 one pan ut dirt from and IN the bedrock !
rhp lnwcr finmp is 1925 feet (not 1,4OU) in
rngth, aud WAS laid in one hy three distinct s
unlpanies, Adams u Kiulpy, 4OO feet; May t
rlL Il Co. 2OU iert Chal.is, Murray Il Co !,
% feet The water was turned into this I
nnr yesterday, and the companies will no \
oubt culIinlrmce operations ut once and vigOr q
usly as possible. BY commencing operations ii
mean the sinking ut pump holes and shovel
lg oi "pay grit +" The utller operations were
th.v .,il ~ r.