The Placer herald., 1870-01-08
NUMBER 20.

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The GREAT MINING. RcHAsE.-Ths Ne.
vada Gazette, OF December Gath has The fsl-
loving:
We have been shown copy Of tbs Lou.-
don Mining Journal, Of November 27sb,'
giving The proceedings Of a meeting Of the
Pacific Mining Company (Iimitsd.) This is
The Company that has purchassd the Unina
Hill (quartz) and Buckeye (gravsI) mines
10 this county, aud the proceedings contain
a lengthy report Of George Battsss, The
agent Of the Company. Il appears that .
mine At Austin (Busl North S,ar) 10 iucIu-
dsd in the purchase made by the company.
aud the amount paid for the three minss,
a. appears by the statement Of - stockhol-
der, wac fl35, 900 tho capital stock Of The
Company being fl50,OOO. Tbs report Of
Battsrs is lucid and exhaustive. Hs gave &
fall history Of gold mining in California and
silver mining in Nevada including a state
ment OF The total yield since the mines wsrs
discovered, as we'll % the yield and profits
Of individual mines. such as the Comstock,
Amador, Allison Ranch, Eureka, stc. Il
was demonstrated that the stoekbeldsrG
would make prof. Of twenty per cent. per
anoum on Investment; and tbsy upsaimcqp.
y passed a vote of thanks 10 Battsrs for
stfording them an opportunity Of bscomijr
interested in such profitable enterprise.
New PURcHAsE.-Fi Kes, OF Chine
town. has purchased a new woman. She
coat him 10 San Francisco the sum Of $3.50
in gold coin, and the negotiations which
took place before the purchase WAS conolu-
ded cost about $50. Fl Kes "a, ., ~ thai. & aif
told, she cost him about $8l5. lie 10 qrowly
about the state Of the woman market At ths
Bay, aud he thinks If there were not %
many partners in the selling business, wo.
men could be purchased, at . figure I6w
enough to enable a purchaser to get bic
money back in year or two. Fl Kss 10 ~
economist. he says ths, money 10 20 scarce.
interest so high, and a Cbinawomans life
and health, when she is put at her usual
business. SO precarious, that one womau 10
not.worth. overJ two hundred, ,Idollars. Id
spite of the war, therefore, ia spite Of proc.
Iamations and bills of rights 10 Constitu.
iions, tbs hsathsn among Us have slaves
buy and sell women for the purpose Of prss.
titution, and worse than all, have Americas
partners in thsir .damnabls business.
DoS'r SoAsr WORM A Crsr-som.
smart young man, the other night. shougAs
it would BE- cunning TO dress up a. q ahost.
and frighssn simple Du.cbmap, who usu-
ally returned from the city at late hour 10
The evening. So be doomed the traditienst
white sheet and laid 10 wait. lie didnt
have to lay in wait long before the Dutch
man appeared and the ghost appeared 70
the Dutchman. s"
Did the simple Dutohman sxcIain. Mine
Gott in hmmsli, wa. ish dass ~ No be-
didn't. He just got out Of bis wagon, aud
gave that ghost what be afterwards described
as tie tamtest licking vat tan Ghost never
got, alltevle, too soon, all retty.'
The Dutchman chuckles over it thusly ::
'Don't schars wort a tam, amt in Mud.
der time, ven Ghost wants to wrap himself
all rount vite sheet all rstty, unit get der
middle Of der tifeI, shus, shump mine va
gon out OF me, like shoffsl out Of shot, unit
lick him If be vas whole krav.yardt. Dat
sh de kind ofa man | be. Don't schars
worth TAM
BEAUTY OF HIoH TAk1Fr.-A friend Of
ours, ju's from Europe 'aid to US The other
day:
How much did you pay for that suit Of
summer tweed you have on, for perceive
that il 10 made of Scotch goods, like my
own?' ag
4 paid fifty five dollars for it 10 New York.
WAS the reply: T'H
And L psid fifteen dollars for mine 10
h. al
The forty dollars difference 10 simply ts-
ken from cur pockets by an act Of Congress.
to accommodate the high tariff notions Of
certain politcians.-N. p. Sunday Times.
CATTLE PLAGUE HUMBUG.-Says The Los
Angeles News: Following the announces
ment Of the arrival Of large bodies Of Tsxss
cattle 10 Southern California, We notice that
the cry Of danger from cattle plague is being
revived in the San Francisco papers. This
outcry ia made in the interest Of The cattle
monopolsts. who, it they could, would sx-
cuds from the State all the beef or mutton
not owned BY themselves. These Texss cat.
tie are in 6ns condition, healthy, and only
arraut knavsry or stupid ignorance desires
their exclusion.
In La Crosse, Wisconsin, the other day,
gentleman suspss,ing that soms person OF
persons were stealing bis wood, charged .
few sticks with guupowder, but the wood
pile fell down and mixed the wood 90 that
one Of the marked sticks got into bis own
stove. He don't know who stole the wood.
but he 10 satisfied about the way it 'goss off,
He bought new stove, and will burn cost
after this. r-T
A WOMAN at Dayton. Ohio, wanted to see
II il was trus what the papers said about
kerosene being dangerous. and she filed .
lamp while it was burning. She still lives,
because q man blankstsd her before il
spread. But she endorses everything The
newspapers say now.