The Placer herald., 1872-04-06
DUTCH FLAT CORRESPONDENTS.
DUTcn FLAT, APRIL 4ths 1872

DUTcn FLAT, APRIL 4ths 1872.
Mr.. EDrroR:-It seems that DR.. Pumper-
nickle has left, else he would have given you
before this bray, when at the present time
our town and mines furnish plenty news.
OUR TOWN
Is improving; old buildings are being taken
down and new ones erected; carpenters, black
smiths, miners, saloon-keepers, spectators,
gamblers, etc, crowd our streets. The ho-
tells, three in number, are full of boarders,
and for the first time the landlords are on
good and social terms. We have four
churches (Methodist, Catholic, Union and
China }, one school house, nine whisky sa-
looms, three blacksmith shops, three clothing
stores, two butcher shops, three provision
stores, one brewery, two livery stables, etc.
Gambling is carried on by day and night,
and the accompaniments which generally
follow gambling, consisting of road agents,
cut throats and jail birds ARE well represented.
THE ROADS
In this Christian city are the worst ever saw
in my journey through life, especially the
road leading from this town to the Dutch
Flat station, and little better are they in the
town itself. The pipes which supply the
town with water are leaking, and of course a
stream of water is continually keeping the
lower end of Main street in such a horrible
condition that it might be mistaken for a
pudding machine, which it resembles more
than public tEorougbfare. Mr.. Clark, the
road commissioner, is busy at work to make
the road from Dutch Flat to the ID. +. sta
ton passablc, and many of our citizens have
placed their teams for a number Of days at
his service.
REWARD
OF $3.50 is offered by the Dutch Flat Water
Co. to any Ierson Or persons that can give
information which will lead to the discovery
of the party who maliciously destroyed eleven
sections of the Baily company's main pipe on
the 10Th of March, 1872. Once before the
foreman, Mr.. Nichols, found that some par
ties had filed the upper string of the main
pipe with hoop iron and sundry other articles,
which caused delay of few days, but the
last time the AK was used, and the company
had to wait till new pipes were obtained. 1t
is certainly dirty cowardly and malicious
act, and it is to be hoped that the party will
be brought to justice.
THE EXCITEMENT
Of late has been the working of the Big
company. Day and night the hammers of the
blacksmihs and miners are heard, say nothing
of the blasting The pipes have proved to
be strong enough since they were last repaired
The ground is very rocky and resembles a
stone quarry more, at present, than n mine,
but about ono hundred feet further in the
hill will give them good chance to get their
money back. Below this is the Deep Shaft
mining company. 1t is a rather hard ookng
place, and only powder, sledgc and muscle
make it pay. Then comes next the Baker
Co., which worked, prior to the last wash,
with Chinese, but while the Capt. cleaned
up the upper boxes, John Chnaman cleaned
up the lower ones, which suggested to the
Capt the idea of having white men.
Summer is coming; our peach trees are in
bloom and the swallows have returned.
A desperate encounter took place this
week between Bcntly and Day. Cutting,
stabbing and kicking were the order of the
day. Day received four or five wounds
from Bently's knife, and once it entered his
mouth, splitting his tongue. Bcntly and
hnife kept the battle ground. Madam Ru-
NOR says the cause was woman, and
DIR. SCHNApPs.