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The Shasta courier., 1872-12-07

Inth District Court Of the Ninth Ju dicia1 Dis
t,ict of the State Of California, in and for the
County Of Shasta.
MARY NJ. ECKLEs, Plaintiff, against VIM. t.
ECKLES, Defendant.
Action brought in the District Court of the
Ninth Judicial District of the State of California
in and for the said County of Shasta, and the Com
plant filed in said County of Shasta, in the Office
of the Clerk of said District Court.
The People of the State of California send
Greeting to VIM. T. Eckles, Defendant.
You are hereby required to appear in an action
brought against you by the above-named Plaintiff
in the District Court of the Ninth Judicial District
of the State of California, in and for the said
County of Shasta, and to answer the complaint
filed therein, within ten days exclusive of the day
OF servlce) after the service you of this
III served within this county or, if served out
of this county, but in this district, within twenty
days otherwise, within forty days-or Judgment
by default will be taken against you, according to
the prayer of said complaint.
The said action is brought to obtain decree
lissolving the marriage contract existing between
Plaintiff and Defendant, that the respective par
ties be forever released from the obligations there
Of and forever divorced from the bonds of matri-
mony, and for such other and further relief to
this Hon. Court may seem meet and proper, and
for her costs of suit.
And you are further notified that if You fail to
appear and answer the said complaint, as above re-
qured, the said Plaintiff will apply to said Court
for the relief demanded in her said complaint
Given under my hand and the Seal of the District
Court of the Ninth Judicial District of the State
of California, in and for the said County of Shasta
this 18th day of November in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two.
[sEA1] wM.H. BICKFoRD, Clerk.
Clay W. Taylor, Attorney for plaintiff
The Shasta courier., 1872-12-07
CORRESPONDENTS.
Shasta, Nov. 21st. 1S

oHaeta, NOV. list, lS12.
EDITOR OF SHASTA CoURIER-Dea,
Sir-1n looking over the proceedings Of
the Board of Supervisors published in your
issue of Nov. 10th, l fud an order for the
County Auditor to draw Warrant on the
General Fund in favor of Fender & Steven
son for the sum of s4794, in payment fol-
building the Milville Bridge.
Upon examining the proceedings had at a
Special Meeting held July sth 1872 il
will appear that the proposal of Fender &
Stevenson to build said bridge was accent.
ed and reads as follows
"Ordered that the bid of Fender & Ste.
venson to build bridge across Cow Creek
for the sum of $4,000 in Gold Coin or its
equivalent in County Scrip be accepted" I"
Would not few pertinent enquiries to
the Hon. Board in connection with their
action as detailed above be in order
For instance, why did they after accept
ing the above proposal order an issue of
Warrants to the amount of S4784, instead
Of $1,000, in payment thereof?
Where do they find authority for consid-
ering dollar of County Scrip of less value
than dollar in Gold Coin in payment of
any demand against the County?
1t will be perceived from the amount issu-
ed that they arrived at the conclusion-by
what system Of reasoning ii is difficult to de-
fine, that one dollar in Shasta County Scrip
was worth but sixty two and one half cents
in Coin, when paying for Bride, put IS
worth one hundred ceeIaits, when paying 9th,
er demands,
IF am not in error, our Supreme Court
has decided that Supervisors or any Audi
ting Board can only issue. evidences of in
debtedness at the rate of one hundred cents
on the dollar.
Will our Board of Supervisors sell the
Scrip received in payment for their own
services, at the rate fixed by them as above !?
1t appears to me as an unjust discrin-
ination between Scrip holders, as well as
an imposition upon tax payers.
Suppose for instance the holders of the
above mentioned Scrip should decide to
put it in the next Redemption Fund can
other holders who have had to receive their
Scrip at par value for services rendered
compete with them? I think not +: as these
parties can bid for the Fund at such a
figure, that while making handsome profit
out of the County on their transaction,
practically exclude other holders, as thew
could net afford to bid at 50 low figure.
Again, if the al owe Scrip is held until
maturity, period of about seven years at
seven per cent interest, one can readily see
how much more the County will have to
pay for this Bridge, in principal and inter-
est, than they are legally entitled to pay.
do not suppose the Honorable Board
in making this contract, had any idea of
discriminating between creditors, or i'm
posing upon tax payers but it appears to
an impartial observer that before entering
into contract, or fulfilling its terms, they
should use more caution, and be sure Of
their ground before going ahead, and thus
avoid committing such errors.
Yours truly TAX PAYER.
The Shasta courier., 1872-12-07
ADMINISTRATOR s SALE.

Office IS HEREBY GIVEN, THAT IN
IN pursuance of an order of the Probate Court
of the County of Shasta, State or California made
Cd the ID day of December, A. D. 1872, in the
matter of the Estate of Charles Carmichael de-
ceased, the undersigned, Administrator of the
Estate of said deceased, will sell at public auction.
to the highest bidder, for cash, in Gold Coin of
the United States on Saturday, the 2lst day of
December, A. D. 1872, at II o'clock, NJ, at the
late residence of the said deceased at Round Noun
tain Ranch in said Shasta County, the following
personal property, to wit
% head more less of Stock CATTLE
Yoke of Work cattle.
2 Ok yokes.
5 head cows and calves.
l American horse.
Spencer rifle.
Bed--bedding and other furniture &c. &C..
JOHN SCHUYLER, Administrator
Of the Estate of Charles Carmichael deceased
John S. Follansbee Attorney for Administrator
Shasta, Dec. 9th, 1872.
The Shasta courier., 1872-12-07

PIT RIVER, VS.. PITT RIvER-Under
this head correspondent of the COURIER
sends US the following:
Now that Big Valley, Fall River, Hot
Spring and Goose Lake are attracting con-
siderable sattention and immigration, and
in the near future promises to develope in
to an important agricultural and grazing
district, to say nothing of its prospective
mining possibilities, it is important that the
orthography of the principal river of that
region should be correctly understood, and
the derivation of the name preserved as a
part of the history as well as the literature
OF this part of the State
A common and very natural mistake is
being INDUCED in by the newspapers which
it is the object of this article to correct.
The name "Pit River" is derived from
the numerous pits, dug by the Indians,
along the stream in which to entrap deer
and other game, these pits, as the writer
saw dozens of them several years ago on the
banks Of Fall river, are constructed as fol-
lows: A path or trail near the river is
selected when pit eight or ten feet long
and as wide as the trail is dug, widening
as it goes down until at depth of ten feet
it is four of five feet across the bottom
The dirt taken out is all carried to the
river and thrown into the water, so that no
trace of the digging is visible after spread
ing tules and grass over the opening and
along the trail SO as to cause a similarity of
appearance in the ground. Thus arranged
the unsuspecting deer or bear, as the case
may be, walks on trails along his accustom-
ed thoroughfare in fancied security. until
all of a sudden the earth recedes from be.
meath his feet and he finds himself in real
security, Mr.. Indian having secured him
in hole in the ground, where be proceeds
to murder him according to the most ap
proved Indian method.
Thus it is that Pit River is Pit River
and not Pitt River.
The Shasta courier., 1872-12-07

INFORMATION WANTED.-Isaiah Walker, of
Wynandott, Kansas, wishes to learn whether
Adam Hunt and John BigArm are living.
They were of the old party of thirteen Wyan-
dott Indians, who went out in 1S49, and To-
Gated at Longs Bar on Feather River
The Shasta courier., 1872-12-07

SHERIFF Hull gives notice by handbills,
that for the accommodation OF tax payers,
he will be at Millville the 18th inst, and
at McCarley's, Shinglctown, on the 10Th
inst, to receive taxes.
The Shasta courier., 1872-12-07

REvERsED.-Thec case of Powers, VS..
Wheatly, appealed to the Supreme Court
from the Ninth District Court of this Coun-
ty, was argued in that court on Wednes-
day. Mr. Follansbee, of counsel for Wheat
ly, informs us that the Supreme Court has
reversed the judgment rendered year ago,
and ordered a new trial.
The Shasta courier., 1872-12-07

The additions phich uce preparing to make to
our JOB OFFICE, an the shape of NEW TYPE.
COJIBLNA TION BORDER, LABOR-SA WING
RULES, METAL FURNITURE, Etc. ,ciU enaLle
TO erpedtiously erecutc job toork in the best and
most modern stYLe and at the Lolcest prices
The Shasta courier., 1872-12-07

The Louisville Courier-J ourpsl political
y y remarks; "In Montgomery "A Alabama,
the Stner day, four negroes got on a spree;
one took out his little jack knife, and now
there amt but three
The Shasta courier., 1872-12-07

CATHOLIC SERVICES Rev. Father
Coleman will say mass and preach at the
Catholic chapel in Shasta, on the morning
of Sunday, December Sth, at half past
ten o'clock.
The Shasta courier., 1872-12-07

LAGER We acknowledge the receipt
of a keg of Lager Beer from W. F. Bo6n-
ger, of the Red Bluff Brewery. 1t is of
excellent quality.
The Shasta courier., 1872-12-07

Peter Marks, Of Virginia City, while
hunting hens eggs under his house, found
sack of amalgam, worth $40 900. 1t
had probably been left by robbers.
The Shasta courier., 1872-12-07

RAILROAD TIME.-By reference to the
time schedule of the C. p r. r., it will
be seen that trains now leave Redding at
4-30 A. NJ, instead of 4-15 A. NJ. as here
tofore.
The Shasta courier., 1872-12-07
AND OTHERWISE IMPROVED.

II is the intention Of the proprietor to render tie
COURIER a faithful mirror Of local matters aud a
complete compendiun Of current ners--ia short
LIVE PAPER, second to country journal in the
Northern part Of the State.
The Shasta courier., 1872-12-07

CHARLES Francis Adams is mentioned
as the probable successor of Mr. Fish as
SECRETARY of State.
The Shasta courier., 1872-12-07

The husband who devoured his wife with
Kisses found afterward she disagreed with
Him.
The Shasta courier., 1872-12-07

RELIGIOUS SERVICES Rev. R. Graves
will preach at the Court House in Shasta,
on Sunday Evening, December Sth, at I,
P. NJ.
The Shasta courier., 1872-12-07

THE. Electoral Colleges met on Wednes-
day to vote for President and Vice Presi-
dent. The Grant electoral ticket carried
thirty one States
The Shasta courier., 1872-12-07

THE O'Conner ticket received 1,050
votes in this State That we suppose to
be the strength of the white mans par
ty" in California.
The Shasta courier., 1872-12-07

The editor of Western paper writes {:
"My wife and l have separated. As we
both wanted to be boss, and as she was
likely to beat me, l left her. She says she
will nail me yet, and believe herr
The Shasta courier., 1872-12-07

MERRIMoN, the unsuccessful candidate
for Governor in North Carolina, has been
elected U. S. Senator.
The Shasta courier., 1872-12-07

The burnt out sewing girls of Boston are
as plucky as the merchants. Some friends
suggested the other day to one of them that a
contribution be made to supply her with a
new machine, she having lost hers by fire; but
she proudly replied that she had obtained a
situation as domestic. and should stay where
she was until she earned new machine. s
The Shasta courier., 1872-12-07

:. The national debt will be paid off in fifteen
years if the rate Of reduction of the past year
continues.
The Shasta courier., 1872-12-07

do you enjoy good health. Zachary?r-
"Wby, yes, to be sure; who doesn't P"
The Shasta courier., 1872-12-07

THERE are but four widows of revolution.
ary pensioners on the pension roll.
The Shasta courier., 1872-12-07

IT is estimated that three million inbabi-
tants died from famine in Persia.
The Shasta courier., 1872-12-07

How to handle red-hot ir0n-Wait until if
ceols.
The Shasta courier., 1872-12-07

MARY Montgomery is the name ofthe second
Laura Fair. In her ambition to acquire
fame, she simply stabbed her black lover and
is now in jail.
The Shasta courier., 1872-12-07
DIED.

At Thomas Ferry, Nov. 23d, CHARLES D. HUS
TER, native of New York, aged 40 years.
New York and Illinois papers please copy.
The Shasta courier., 1872-12-07

The equinegastroerysipelatic trouble has
broken out at several new places.
The Shasta courier., 1872-12-07

Read notice of Administrators Sale.
The Shasta courier., 1872-12-07
LEE "A N@HR
721 MARKET STREET.
HOLIDAY PRESENTS,

STANDARD BOOKS IN FINE BINDING
CHRISTMAS GIFT BOOKS
ELEGANT GALLERIES
CHOICE POEMS
FINE STATIONERY!
JAPANESE CABINET, ETC.
We have immense stock of elegantly Illustra-
ted Books and magnificent assortment of Choice
Stationery, suitable for Holiday Presents, which
we Offering at NEW YORK PRICES.
Photograph Albums, Bibles & Prayer Book,
Ladies' Work Boxes, Ivory Card Cases
Children's Books, Portfolios,
Writing Desks, Gold Pens,
Diaries For lS73 Pocket Cutlery,
Monogram Crest, Engd ,,r, f,ords
banr r-.yit's is the place to buy Holiday Presents
A. L. BANCROFT & co.
San Francisco.
The Shasta courier., 1872-12-07
NOTICE.

ALL transient advertisements must he
paid for in advance. All Job-Prinriny will
he accompanied by bill for collection when
the work is delivered. Our old books are full
sHd we don't intend to purchase new ones.
The Shasta courier., 1872-12-07

an AND AFTER SUNDAY, DEC. lsr, 1872,
" DAILY TRAIN will leave REDDlNG Tor
CorToNwoop, RED BLUFF, CANA, Cmco, .MARYs-
WILLIE, WHEATLAND, JUNCTION, (for Ogden and
East,) SACRAMENTO, STOCKTON, LArHRoP, MERGED
tor Yosemite,) Upton (for Los Angeles sAN
JOSE, and SAN FRANcIsco, at 40, A. NJ
A. N. T0WNE, General Supt.
I. H. GOODMAN, General Passenger and Tick
ct Ag't. 26-se2l,
The Shasta courier., 1872-12-07

Printed Directions go with each machine.
Orders taken at E. Voluntines, Shasta.
For County Rights, apply to
GEO. W. HARRINGTON.
Agent for Del Norte klamath, Humboldt, Trinity.
Shasta, Siskiyou and Lassen counties.
Shasta, Nov. 3Uth, 1872.
The Shasta courier., 1872-12-07
TOBACCO AND CIGARS.
MARKET STREET,

"AVING SETTLED HERE WITH FAMILY
Ill for the purpose of building up permanent
trade, offer Goods at the rery louoest luing
prices and iuvite the public to call and examine
stock. D. BREASLAUER.
Redding, Nov. 26th, 1872. [36.tf
The Shasta courier., 1872-12-07
Summons.

Inh District Court Of the Ninth Ju dicial Dis
t-ict Of the State Of California, in and for the
County Of Shasta.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1872-03-21
CHICAGO Erternrixe.

No stronger evidence of the wonderful en-
ergy OF the age, can be produced than is now
exhibited in the rebuilding of Chicago.
Scarcely five months have elapsed since one
OF the greatest calamities ever known leveled
this proud city, consuming over two hundred
millions of property. Quite city has al
ready arisen in the ruins, and the buildings
are OF better class than before. During a
recent visit to Chicago, we noticed among
other fine buildings erected, the mammoth
brick warehouse of the great dry goods firm
OF FIELD, LETTER Il Co., corner Madison and
Market streets, covering almost the entire
block, being 201x190 feet Ian area more than
double their former qnarters), six floors,
hlled from basement to roof; nearly five
acres and half Of dry goods, gathered by
their own foreign and home buyers, from all
parts of the world. This is but one of the
many great distributing depots, which have
arisen from the ashes, because the Great
West needs them. This firm, and their COM
petitors, recognize the fact, that prosperous
business means benefit to the buyer as we'll as
the seller, and through their wideawake pol
icy tow prices are brought one thousand
miles nearer to their doors. The Great West
has given Chicago her prominence, because
every country village and city has "taken
stock in herr and extend their encourage
ment and patronage to her; in a few years
she will be rebuilt more elegant and substan-
tial than before.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1872-03-21

The relaxation Of nervous energy which creates
an indisposition to physical or mental effort, so
strong as almost TO amount to positive inability
and which we term lassitude, proceeds from va
riety OF causes The principal Of these are const-
tutional debility, heat Of the atmosphere coupled
with humidity, climatic changes, and the physical
prostrstion consequent upon long Illness But
whatever the cause II must be perfectly clear that
~ the nervous system II unduly relaxed, something
"a required TO brace IL up. That something Is Hos
letters BItters which Is universally recognized az
the most complete and speedy recuperant Of the
nbvdcal forces In existence. II has been 30 thor
oupbly and widely demonstrated as TO be matter
oy positive certainty and familiar knowledge. that
tho Bitters will not only rehAbtate the physique,
vbep shattered and wasted by disease but viii,
slso. II taken systematically, actually compensate
the eonstitutonaly feeble frame for its deficiency
OF strength, and by infusing new life into weak
.vstem. endow itAwith the health spd vigor which
Nature has denied II. The Bitters also enable the
body 70 resist the eneryating influences OF heat,
humidity, and changes from temperate 10 mol
climate. It IT, on these accounts, specially 10 DC
recommended 10 travellers and residents IN the
tor.d zone. and persons subjected TO abrupt tran
dtions In temperature.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1872-03-21
Our Fireside Friend.

THE new weekly illustrated literary and
family paper recently started in Chicago is,
we are gratihed to know, meeting with great
favor and extraordinary success. The pub
fishers, Messrs. Waters Eberts & Co., evil
IDENTIFY understand the conditions upon
which success in such an enterprise depends,
and these are not wanting. The paper is al
ready established. Its fine Illustrations,
artistic appearance, attractive makeup, to-
gether with the variety ard excellence of its
contents, at once recommend it to popular
favor. We are assured that the substantial
aid and encouragement already given to the
enterprise guarantee its success in every
particular. There is no good reason to doubt
the success of such an enterprise in the
West. A irst-class paper, business capacity
and experience, ample capital, energy and
pluck, are all that is necessary; these this
new and popular weekly already possess.
We predict for ii a brilliant and prosperous
career.-Ibstdl Record.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1872-03-21
The Northern Pacific Railroad and
the Snow Question.

Mr.. w. Minor Roberts, the distin-
guished Chief Engineer of the Northern
Pacific Railroad, has made a statement
regarding the snow problem on the North
ern route, which has special interest just
now. Mr.. Roberts spent the winter of
1901 along the western section Of the
Northern Pacific line in Oregon and
Washington Territory, the early part of
the present winter in Western Montana
near the highest elevation of the route,
and has since been on the eastern portion
of the road, through Minnesota. Be-
sides this personal inspection he has been
in constant communication with survey
ing and construction parties, and with
Government officials on the various parts
of the line. His statement, which was
made in answer to certain definite ques-
tons, is as follows:
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1872-03-21

GoDEY's LADY's Book For APRIL.-A
number OF beautiful illustrations are presented to
the subscribers IN this number. Commencing
with the steel plate have Grandfather's Pet -
then a tinted cut, 1.-The Sports Of April" suitable
for the season a pretty colored fashion plate a
view Of Miss Lollipop's dressingroom for gentle
men and anUher Of those large sheets Of braid
ing and embroidery patterns, printed In blue Be
sides all thcse superior Embellishments, there il
the large extension sheet, containing any number
of the latest designs for the toilet. We need not
speak OF It's literature. A perusal Of it will repay
Won, l.. A. Gougy. Philadelphia, Publisher.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1872-03-21

ONE form OF Catarrh begins with uneasr
ness of nose; the nose is INSTRUCTED by the
thickened lining membrane, and feels dry
a desire to pick it, bleeds a little, sores soon
start. spread and get deeper; crusts form On
them, large and hard to get away; matter
discharges; flesh is eaten and the bone de-
GAYS: breath very offensive, and face De-
comes disfgured. Terrible disease! Moth
inc will cure but DR.. Pierce's Golden Medi-
cal Discovery, taken earnestly, to correct
the blood and system; locally, use Dr. sage
Catsrrh Remedy, healing specific, and' 70
apply 1t properly, DR.. Pierce's Nasal Douehe.
This reaches all the diseased parts. All these
sure means OF cure sold together for " oy
Druggists.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1872-03-21
selected Miscellany.
yrRE FLOATING DOWN The
RIVER.


ny MRS SOPHIA p. SNOW.
We're floating down the river
The noiseless stream OF time
TT voyagers OF all ages,
They hail from every cline;
II has its lights and shadows,
Tis fraught with hopes and fears,
Some cross it in moment,
And some are crossing years.
We're floating down the river;
At first it seems SO wide,
That our frail barks can never
Land on the other side;
The trip seems one Of pleasure,
We've nothing now to fear,
No tempest can beset us
While skies are fair and clear.
We're floating down the river;
Az further on we go
The stream appears more narrow,
The waters faster flow;
We're looking out for dangers
That lie on every side,
Our watchword, it is Onward"
As down the stream we glide.
We're floating down the river;
When we've been on il years,
And cast our chances backward,
1t but step appears.
The waters now are deeper,
The bottom lost from view,
Where once the boats were many,
They are scattered now, and lew.
We're floating down the river
As others have before,
Oft-times boat will leave US
And strike out for the shore,
And then our journey onward
More lone and sad is found.
One oomrade less to cheer us,
As we are homeward bound.
We're floating down the river;
Sometime our turn will come
To launch out from the Others,
And set our sails for home.
And when shall come that summons
From shores beyond our view,
O, may our boats be ready
To dash the breakers through!
-TTOglgeh0{I
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1872-03-21
Tho LARGE clock at the English Parlla-

The large clock at the English Parila-
ment House is the largest one Ia the
world. The four dials OF this clock are
each twenty-five feet in diameter. Every
half minute the point Of the minute hand
moves nearly seven inches. The clock
will go eight and half days, but It only
strikes seven and a half, thus indicating
any neglect in winding il up. The mere
winding up of the striking, mechanism
takes two hours The pendulum 10 NJ
teen feet long; the wheels are OF cast-iron;
the hour bell is eight feet high and nine
feet in diameter, weighing nearly fifteen
tons. and the hammer alone weighs more
than four hundred pounds.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1872-03-21

RESURRECTION OF THE HAR.-After forty
years of experiment, and thousand fail
ures, the great fact remains now, as in 1880,
ORATOR is the only article in existence
that will stop with absolute certainty the
falling out of the hair, produce new
growth from the roots, strengthen the fbers,
prevent the possibility OF their decay, and
preserve to the latest period OF life their
fexibility, color and luxnriance. Is there
any other hair preparation before the world
that will accomplish these objects? Let
those who have run through them all an
swer the question We challenge the world
to show another article that will produce
these results, aud we guarantee that the IN
VIGORATOR will in every case, produce
them. Should your druggist chance to be
out of the article he will obtain it at your
request.