The Placer herald., 1872-10-19


MouBNEUL ACCIDENT AND D&ATH-Betyeen
j and o'clock on Monday last, at Geisendorf-
f.rs Tamaracll saw mill near Cisco in this
county, Capt p Munday was fatally wounded
and died within an hour As We learn by private
letter from Peter Snyder, while Munday was
working in the mill the after cutting circular
saw bursted to pieces while in full motion, some
of the pieces striking him, cutting through the
knee-cap. and otherwise wounding him above
that point from the effects of which he died with
in an hour. Capt. Munday had been a citizen Of
this county for long years, and ranked among our
most popular, highly esteemed, honest and wor-
thy citizens. la 1869 he was ,siqQttd TO the As
senbly from this county, and served las ably and
Faithfully during the session OF 1861. Previous
to this he had acted in several official capacities
in all Of which he rendered full satisfaction. In
tAe Summer Of 1851 he volunteered rs private
IN a company raised in this county. His talents,
merits and trustworthy character soon procured
for him Lieutenaut's commission, and after
wards made him Captain Of the company where he
commanded to the close of the war. When dis
charged he returned to this county and engaged
mtendent of the Rising Sun mine at Collax;
Deputy Assessor; had control OF mine at Cisco,
and finally met his death in an honorable calling
as above stated. Capt Munday vas one of the
Democratic candidates in this county for the AS
sembly in 1862 He made no money in the war;
because he was honest and preferred to live from
the product of honest labor, of which he was
I'LL
bly, well read man and a fine writer, let the thcme
be what it would, and an occasional correspond
ent Of this paper. We pen these lines in deep
sorrow over the news Of his sudden aud terrible
death, with full consciousness that they will
be read with the same bitter regret by hundreds
upon hundreds of his friends in this county.
LOCAL TAX RATEs.-In our last issue We gave
the rate of taxes for the State and county, which
amounts to 81 80 ON tn $1O0 valuation of prop
erty. Road taxes were also levied in the differ
ent districts as follows District No /, cents;
District No 2, 10 cents; District No 3, 10 cents;
Colfax District, 10 cents; Dutch Flat District, 10
cents District No ), II cents; District No G, Y
cents Last Chance District, IL cents; Tahoe
District, 15 cents; District No g. cents; District
no III, cents; District No IL, III cents Or
dered that tax of 5 cents on each one hundred
dollars of taxable property in township No 10 be
ie'led for bridge purposes In the following
school districts special taxes were levied Alta
40 cents; Blue Canon, 80 cents; Christian Valley
~ cents; Coon Creek, 80 cents; Central 20 cents;
Dry Creek, 40 cents; Excelsior, % cents: Frank
lin 20 cents; Fair View, 25 cents Gold Hill, 20
cents; Iowa Hill, 10 cents Last Chance Is cents;
Lisbon, 40 cents; Lincoln, 5 cents; Lone Star, 40
cents; Michigan Bluff. 13 cents; Neilsburgh, 40
cents; Mt. Pleasant 80 cents Newcastle, % cents;
Norwich 13 cents; Pleasant Grove, 35 cents;
1attlesnake, Is cents; Rock Creek, 50 cents;
hocklin, cents; Smithville, 80 cents; Stewart :
flat IA cents; Union, 90 cents; Valley View, 25
cents; Wisconsin Hill, 80 cents; Washington, 15
cents; Yankee Jims 10 cents All the above
amounts are on each one hundred dollars worth
OF property.