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The union Democrat. [volume] (Sonora, Calif.) 1854-1946, 1871-07-29
SONORA, TUOLUMNE COUNTY, JULY %, 1871.

to belonging on side OF Fork Of Tuolumne River
township No l about miles of Summervilie and
known the Censnelo Mine property all in township
No Tuoumne County. State of California for 81 81
State and County taxes and 50 so costs and against
Unknown Owner and claim Quartz Mine with 10 stamp
Mill and all the improvements thereto belonging
about miles OF n Fork Of Tuolumne River town.
ship No on Big Canon and known the Hunter Mil
property all in township No Tualumne County.
State OF California for the OF 81 50 State and
County taxes and $40 80 costs; and against
John Doe and Unknown Owner and lot Of ground No in
Block No 90 W side OF Main street. Sonora town.
ship No Tuoumne County, State of California and
next OF Armitage's Bre xery for s. 50 State and
John Doe and Unknown Owner and Lot on Corner OF
Columbia and Pacific streets Columbia. township No
Tuolumne County. State of California for 800 90 State
and County taxes and 30 II costs; and against
James NJ. Williamson aud Claim to Ranch Of about loo
and Inducements thereon on East side OF Rear
Creek township No Tuolumne County State Of Cali
fornia W of Doaelas' Ranch and known as VII
liams Ranch ana Horse. Colts, Oxen and Wag-
for SO 6 State and County taxes and SIS Is costs
and against
Thomas J. Walton and claim Ranch of about leo
ana improvements thereon Bav State Gulch. town
ship No Tuolumne County. State of California and
next j of Walng's Ranch. also lis Goats, IL Hogs
aud male Dog for $4 Is State and County taxes and
Gil q costs aud against
Young and House and Garden Montezuma. nearly
opposite Montezuma House and known as Young =
place in township No Tuolumne County, State OF Cal
Iforna for % SO State and County taxes and $40 IS
costs.
By due process to directed, shall on Saturday
the 10th day Of August A. ID. 1871 at ~
o'clock NJ at the door OF the Court House in said C"un
ty sell at Public Auction each of the pieces of property
above described. satisfy the judgment rendered
against EACH and costs of suit, aud accrung casts
]. A. 8. TROUT Sheriff.
Sonora July 10 lST1-2o I'd
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The LAKES OF NEvADA.-Nevada has sew
en- lakes Of considerable size. Lake Bigler,
in the Sierra Nevada mountains, is 5000 feet
above the sea. 1t lies about equally in Ne
vada and California, is remarkably clear and
cool, and is celebrated for the abundance.
elegance and excellence of its fsh-trout
weighing 20 to 80 pounds being often caught
in it. The scenery is beautiful, and it is =
great Summer resort. The lake is 20 miles
long by 10 to IL in width.
Washoe lake, in Washoe valley, is but ak
or eight miles in length by three or four in
width.
Pyramid lake is ninety miles in length,
and ten to twelve wide. A solitsry peak
rises 4, 600 feet above the surface in the form
of a pyrsmid. and gives name to the lake. Il
abounds in fine front.
Walker lake. in Esmeralda county, is an
irregular sheet Of water twenty-five miles
long, and from six to ten miles wide. II has
an elevation Of 4, 200 feet, and is well stocked
with fish.
Carson lake. in Churchill county, is oval
shaped, and is about ten miles in diameter.
The water is very SALT
Humboldt lake, in Humboldt county, 10
twenty five miles long by ten wide. The wa
ter 10 very impure with alkali sod salt
The sink Of the Carson and Humboldt
rivers are long, shallow sheets of very brack-
ish water, extending greatly in every direc-
ton during the rainy season, and contracting
very much in the Summer.
The union Democrat. [volume] (Sonora, Calif.) 1854-1946, 1871-07-29

USES OF AsHEs.-Dry, clean wood ashes
are richly worth twenty-five cents a bushel,
we think, to any farmer who wants more
manure. You can scarcely use them on any
crop without very sensible results. A hand
full thrown around the corn plants at the first
hoeing will greatly increase their growth,
and give them a highly dark green color.
Scattered in the hill before the potatoe is
covered, or about the hill just before hoeing,
will have similar reeults. Sown broadcast
on the moving fields at the rate of as small
an amount as five bushels to the acre, will
greatly increase the growth and color of the
CROP Besides this, their beneficial results
will continue for several years in succession.
Strewed over young cabbage plants. squash
es, melons, or any of the garden vegetables,
such as tomatoes, onions, turnips or carrots,
wood ashes not only tend to disturb the in
sects that infest the plants, but has decided
influence on their growth and quality. All
the ashes made on the farm should be collect
ed with care, kept dry, aud applied to the
crops. Nothing could be better for the young
orchard. Spreading ashes broadcast over
the surface would be more useful than as q
mulch for the trees. The roots will soon End
it if spread. II is better TO use moderate
quantity annually, than to apply large
amount at one time.
Ashes may be safely used in compoets Of
loan, muck, straw, or dry fbrous materials /;
they would tend to reduce them. II In COM
posts, where the droppings of cattle are o
portion of the material, the ashes should be
applied Immediately before the compost 10 "a
be used-and the compost be slightly covered
by the soil. The easiest and best way, how
ever, is to apply ashes in dry state and un-
mixed.-N. E. Farmer.
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sALR.-BY VIRTUE OF A

G III ERlRFS SALE.-BY VIRTUE OF GER
- titled coy of decree of Foreclosure of Mortgage and
order of sale issued the District Court of the
Fifth judicial District, of the State of California; and
County Of Tuolumne, in the action of Owen DoEegan
ed property, to- wit
All that certain lot parcel land lying and being sit
the Easterly side Washington Street in the City
Of Sonora, County and State aforesaid and known lot
Number OSD One hundred and thirty-one, being next
North of Conrads property and South of the property for
merly occupied by Bros. fronting Washington
Street 900 nineteen feet and six inches, and in depth
100)one hundred feet, extending through to Holden
Street. be the above mentioned distance by actual
less together with all tenements here
ditamens and appurtenances the belonging in
anywse appcrtainng.
Notice is hereby given, that on Saturday, the 9Th
day of August. a. ID. 1871, at IL O'Clock, NJ.
in front of the Court House door, in the City of Sonora
der for u s. Gold Coin, satisfy said Judgment with
costs and accruing costs.
j. A. 8. TROUT, Sheriff.
Sonora Lulv 10 1S7l-li.td
The union Democrat. [volume] (Sonora, Calif.) 1854-1946, 1871-07-29

TAXATION IN ILLINoIs.-The Chicago TIb-
ane gives some curious facts in relation to tbs
cost Of collecting taxes in Ill;nois. There are
l02 counties 10 the State, with an average Of
eleven towns to each county making an ag-
gregatc Of about LOO towns. Each town
having its collector and assessor, there are,
therefore, J., 100 assessors and az many col
lectors Of taxes. The assessed valuation Of
the real and personal property in Illinois may
be set down in round numbers at $3.50, 000,-
600. The aggregate Of annual tax-estimat-
ing the State ard county tax together at 6f.
teen mills-is $7,200,000. Putting the ave-
rege salaries of the collectors at $3.50, the as-
SCISSORS at $500, both Of which are quite low
enough, and including the fee given to tho
county clerks and treasurers, and we have
the following remarkable exhibit
1,100 assessors at $500 each. $3.50, 1000 !:
LOO collectors at $3.50 each. 1926. 900 l02
county clerks fees, $l50,O l02 county
treasurers' (commissions), S350.000 State
Board of equalization Of taxes, $40. 600 9th.
er expenses, l02 counties, SIS, 00e. Total
cost of assessing and collecting State and
county taxes. $1.680,000
A simple calculation based on the above
will show that it actually costs twenty-four
per cent. Of thu State and county tai to pay
the expenses of assessment and collection.
The inquiry is very properly made, whether
it is not possible to devise some new and bet
ter system by which this clumsy and most
expensive machine can be either simplifcd
and cheapened, or dispensed with altogether.
The union Democrat. [volume] (Sonora, Calif.) 1854-1946, 1871-07-29

A Colorado saloon keeper said Of a rough
crowd: II couldn't get their whisky strong
enough for them, so after trying every way,
at last made mixture Of poison oak and
butternut. 1t fetched 'em. called il the
sheep herdcr's delight and it was popular
drink. The first Pike l tried il on yelled
with delight the next one took two drinks.
and turned double somerset in the road be-
fore the house. A peddler came along, and
after he took several drinks Of my sheep
herder's delight, be went off and stole bic
own pack, and hid it in the woods.
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~ u RhF E SA LE.-bf NIhTuE VI CEhIl-
- fed copy Of Decree of Foreclosure OF Mortgage and
Order Of issued of the District Court of the
Filth Judicial District of the State of California, and
County of Tnolumne. in the action Of Luigi Volpone.
against vcenzo 0dardo John Cuneo and Lorenzo Queroo
administrator of the Estate of Antonio Querolo deceased
duly attested the 18th day Of July, A. D. 1871, am
commanded to sell the following described property
to- wit:
Commencing about mile from Peoria Flat at an Oak
Tree bazed the four Sides thence in Souherly direc
tion along line of bazed l60 rods to Oak Tree
bazed four Sides thence Westerly 100 rods to Oak
Tree bazed four Sides thence Norherly along line of
Oak Trees bazed four Sides thence Easery to the
place of beginning. being the land formerly owned by
VIM. Tubs, together with the buildings. outheuses
trees shrubbery and improvements thereunto belonging
or appertainng.
Notice is hereby given, that on Saturday the 9Th
day Of August, A. ID. 1871. at IL o'clock. NJ /.
in front of the Court House door, in the city of Sonora,
will sell the above described property the highest bid
der for u s. Gold Coin, to satisfy said Judgment with
costs and accruing costs.
Sonora Iulr 10Th Ie-1- I'd
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY
- of Tuolumne.-In Probate Court.-In the matter Of
the Estate of Terrence J. Smith, deceased.
Ordered That all persons interested in the estate of the
said T. Smith, deceased be and appear before the Pro-
bate Court of the County of Tuoumne at the Court
of sd Court in the Court House in the City of Sonora
Saturday. August 5tb 1871 at 10 O'Clock A. NJ of that
day then and there why of distr
button should be made Of the resdne of said estate
among the heirs and devsees of the said t. j. Smith, de-
ceased, according to law.
Attest R. r. GARDINER, Clerk.
ByL J. POTTER, Deputy Clerk.
Julv 1 1Sr1-S.aw
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4 citizen of Connecticut, recently intro
duced to married man, congratulated him
warmly, and said: "Ah, these Litchfeld
county girls make Clever wives I've had
three of 'em.u
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THE COLUMN OF VENDoME.-The column OF
Vendome, which recently fell before the fury
of the Partisan mob, was erected by Napo-
leon to commemorate the success of the
French arms over the forces of Russia and
Austria in the campaign of 1905. 1t was
modelled after the pillar Of Trojan at Rome,
of which it preserved the proportions on a
scale one-twelfth larger. The column stood
upon plinth of polished granite surrounded
by an iron railing. It's total height was lS5
feet. The pedestal and shaft were of atone
covered with has reliefs cast out of 200
pieces of cannon captured from the enemy,
and representing the several victories of the
French army. The capital was originally
surmounted by statute Of Napoleon, wear
ing the Roman costume. This was melted
down in 1914 to form part of the horse Of
Henry w.. now on the Point Neuf, but was
during the Restoration replaced by faeur de
us and flag staff. In July, 1888, another
statute of Napoleon, ii feet high, represent
ing him in his military costume, was placed
upon the column with solemn ceremonies in
the presence of Louis Philippe, his family,
Ministers of State and the municipal author
tiles of Paris. When Louis Napoleon re-es-
tablished the empire, he removed this statue
and replaced it with one similar to tho origi.
nal. The architects Goudon and Lepere
erected it under the direction Of the celebrat-
ed Demon at total cost of I,500.0 francs.
The view of Paris from the gallery around
the summit was said to have been magnif-
cent and constituted one of the greatest at
fractions of that beautiful capital. An infu-
rated mob of Partisan communists, upon the
very eve of their destruction, battered to the
earth this magnificent monument of the glo-
rious achievements of French valor.
The union Democrat. [volume] (Sonora, Calif.) 1854-1946, 1871-07-29

At Murdererer's Bar, on the north forl
of the American river, lie great crevice OF
depression in the bedrock known to contain
vast quantities of gold. The spot was fiumed
and partially worked several years ago, un
der great disadvantages, and though no signs
Of the bottom of the crevice was discovered,
and only a small space was worked, large
quantities of gold were obtained before the
water broke in upon the miners. Recently
some parties in this city-acting upon the
idea successfully carried out by Won Schmidt
in his Blossom Rock enterprise-have organ
ICED company, called the Great Crevice
Minimizing Company, TO work out the ricE
lead. The intention is to sink an iron pipe,
5 feet in diameter, to the necessary depth
possibly 100 feet--and to run drifts from the
shaft thus made and extract ell the aurifer-
Gus gravel comeatable. By this means the
water can be kept out Of the mine with COM
parative ease, and work carried on below the
bed of the river with safety, cheapness, and
doubtless great profit. Anderson. Of NJ
street, near Front, has been making this
monster pipe. It is Of 3-leth-inch boiler
iron, cut in strips of 3x6 feet, properly shap-
ed, and to be riveted, a. in the case of steam
boilers. To strengthen this tube hoops Of
iron, made Of bars ! inch thick and 2 inches
wide, will be placed at intervals Of ak feet
inside the pipe. In making the pipe GO plates
of boiler iron have been used, and about S.
600 rivets, besides the iron for the hoops. A
steam pump will be used to keep the shaft
clear of water and when the freshets CON-
mepce a tight fitting iron cap will be placed
upon the tube, so rs to effectually prevent
the lower portion Of tho mine from damage
during the Winter months. Altogether the
continuance is very ingenious as we'll as eco
nomical one, and we doubt not will succeed /;
in which case the company will produce ma
nv thousands of dollars before the Winter
rains. The tubing is now completed and all
the parts fitted, and can be seen at Ander-
derson's shop. On Monday it will be taken
to the mine and there be put together in Sec
tons as required as the sinking of the shaft
progresses. IF this new mining idea proves
praoticable-and there is every reason to be-
lieve that it villa new source of great
wealth will be opened, because there are
hundreds of enormously rich deposits in the
beds of our rivers which can never be worked
out by fuming, but which can be made to
yield up their hidden treasures by the tub
ing process.-Daiiy Reporter Of July 9Th.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

T. RI. L. NICHOLS Secretary Of State Of the State o
California do hereby certify that the annexed Is true
full Chapter four hundred and Any
four Statutes of California Eighteenth Session; approx
April , 1870 file in nv Office.
Witness hand and the sesl of Stste, at office
In Sacramento California the Twentv-hfth day Of May
d. 1871.
[sEMl II. L. NICHOLS,
Secretary of State.
June g. 1S,l-3m
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The United States rejoices in $50, 00O, 900
worth Of failures per annum. We are .
young country. Jet there is such word -
fail in our lexicon of youtb.-N. T. Leader.
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Are dose bells ringing for FIRE 2" inquired
Simon Of Tiberius. mo, indeed" answer
ed Tibe, ''doy sb got plenty Of FIRE, and de-
balls are ringing for water.
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NOTICE TO CREDHTORs.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS. - Estate of
~ Patrick Smith, Observation-Disclosures is hereby given
by the undersigned Executor of the above amed Estate
TO the creditors and all persons having claims against
the Estate of said deceased to exhibit the with the
necessary vouchers, within Ten months from the first
publication this notice. the undersigned his resi-
dence, ST. Marys Cathedral San Francisco to Hugh
Farley at his residence in Columbia Tuolumne County
JAMES CROKE, Executor, &c.
Sonora, July IL 1S7I.-15-w
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81. A. =
Sonora, June, II, 1SI1-f
NOTICE Is hereby given. that the undersigned pro-
IN prietor of Don Pedros Bar Ferry. will apply at the
next regular meeting the Board Of Supervisors of Tuo
County renewal of Ferry License at Don Peros
Bar.
j. H. RADCLIFFE.
Den Pedro's Bar July l, 1S71-iw
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NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS.

NOTICE rs hereby given, that the ROAD
~ and POLL-TAX is due. and the Law in regard
the Collection thereof will be Strictly enforced. On
and after the 1st day of August. A. D. 1871 poTax will
have opportunity to pay the Road and PoTax, will
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA. UoUNr

Sonora, July. 10, ls7l-l5-td
The New York herald., 1871-09-18
WEATHER REPORT.

1sFt
~~'-'- WAR DEPARTMENT.. J
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER,
WASHINGTON, u. c., Sept. Ill A. M. }


~~'-' WAR DEPAHTMENr. J
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER,
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Sept. III A. M. J
Synopsis for The Past 7t1enty-rour Hours.
The barometer has risen since Saturday night on
the Pacific coast. AU area Of high barometer which
was in Wisconsin has moved eastward, fol-
lowed by rapid fall in that State and
westward. The high barometer in the Ohio
Valley has moved slowly south and east
and the pressure has risen rapidly tonight in the
Middle and Eastern States. Northwes terly winds
have prevailed with increasing force from New Eng
land TO Maryland, and southeast winds on the upper
lakes; light winds and calms the South Atlantic
and Gulf coasts. Cloudy weather has prevailed for
short time on Sunday IN New England, but clear
weather is now expected at nearly all stations east
OF the Mississippi River. Local rains have fallen in
the immediate Gulf coast and In Georgia.
Probabilities.
Clear weather is probable for Monday from the
Mississippi to the Atlantic with falling temperature
in New England and the Middle States,
and possibly light frosts tonight. The
dtions will remain favorable for local rains
on the Immediate Gulf Coast, and falling barometer,
with southeastery winds, for the Upper Lakes and
the Northwest.
The New York herald., 1871-09-18
The steam Boiler Inspection Question.

The Board of Supervising Inspectors of
Steamboats, and Steamboat Boilers is to be
called in extra session in Washington as soon
as Mr. Boutwell, returns from his electioneer-
ing tour in Ohio, and then the question of i'm
proving the present mode of inspection will be
discussed, and the present very inadequate
laws in regard to the protection of life on
steamers will probably be revised. In the
meantime the trial of Jacob Vanderbilt,
Superintendent Braisted and Engineer Robin
son will probably be commenced in the
Court of General Sessions. The Inspector,
Matthews, who certified to the safety of the
boiler which hurled hundred souls out of the
world, is not, we believe, under indictment
anywhere, and has only been censured by one
coroners jury-that of Brooklyn. In the pop
ular clamor for vengeance that arose immedi-
ately in the wake of that terrible Westfield
disaster, the arraignment of Vanderbilt and
his superintendent and engineer and the In
spector was vocierously demanded, and the
three first were indeed hurried of to the
Tombs, and have since, been arraignsd at the
bar of General Sessions Now, however, that
the popular frenzy is over, cool judgment
will see that Vanderbilt was certainly not pere
sonaiiy to blame for any of the causes that
led to the explosion. no more Convincing
proof of this can be had than that he trusted
himself and his family on board the ill-fated
boat frequently, and that he had even been
aboard of her q few moments before the disas-
ter The parsimony that is so freely charged
against corporations is never likely to lead the
President of such a corporation into keeping
rotten boiler on board boat upon which he
travels. 1t may lead them to risk other peo-
ple's lives, but not their own. The great re-
sponsibility seems rather to rest with the In
spector, who, of all implicated, was the only
one who risked no precious bones Of his own
on the soundness of his inspection.
The New York herald., 1871-09-18
FIRE AT ST. ALBANS, VT.

several Buildings Destroyed-Loss, $500 900.
BURLINGTON, VT, Sept. II, 1861.
A tremendous fire broke out aC three A. NJ. on
Lake street, ST. Adams, and ragged until eight A.
M. before being checked. The entire south side
Of the street from Fa-ran's block TO st. Adams
House is in ashes. Among the buildings burned
are Barnes block, Moritor block, Driscolls block,
81. Adams Foundry Company warerooms, Gill
more Bralnard's livery Stables besides
various other stores, shops and tene.
ments. Fifteen families are rendered homeless by
the nre. Loss, sl3,ooo largely insured One man
was Injured. The ilremen could do nothing for
want OF water. The otices or the st. Albaps Tran.
script and the French paper, La Irotecteur, were
also desiroyed.
The New York herald., 1871-09-18

upon the year 5,632 since the Creatlon; and
az there has yet been nothing produced in the
history of any other people to upset the re-
cord of Moses its authenticity is universally
accepted throughout the civilized world, and
it cannot be set aside without setting aside the
Christian dispensation. The New Testament
is but the fuflment of the Old Testament, and
thus Jews and Gentiles have common inherit
ance from the great lawgiver of Israel and
the divinely appointed founder of the Jewish
code of laws and religion.
The New York herald., 1871-09-18

Judge T. W. Barley, of Washington, is at the st.
Nicholas.
A. d. Barber, OF Utica, is staying at the Melro-
polltan Hotel.
Rev. Dr. Dalzel, OF Shreveport, La, Is domlciled
al the New York Hotel
Colonel c. w. Lowell Postmaster OF New Orleans,
yesterday arrived at the ST. Nicholas.
DR.. ]. BigeOw, OF Boston, is temporarily residing
ct the Filth Avenue.
General Sutton, Of Salem, is quartered at the st.
Nicholas.
John r. French, OF Washington, is sojournlng at
the Filth Avenue.
DR.. Wlnsow Lewis OF Boston, is stopping at the
st. Nicholas.
Sir Francis Pakeuham, OF the British Legation,
yesterday returned from Niagara Falls the Claren.
don Hotel
The New York herald., 1871-09-18

party in New York have too much to do to
get their house in order 10 wait till the 4th of
October before they begin the overhauling of
their furniture, carpets, gas pipes and plas-
5tering, and in this opinion, likewise, we con-
cur. 1t won't do for the New York democracy
. to depend upon the row between the so-called
Tammany Hall republicans and Custom House
republicans; for this quarrel, all about the
Custom House spoils, may yet be settled
between the high contracting parties over an
oyster stew