Weekly Trinity journal., 1872-05-04

afternoon. The Red Bluf stage leaving
at nine o'clock P. NJ, we saw but little of
Shasta and its inhabitants on our wav
down. Reaching Red Bluff at O'Clock
A. NJ, we found all the hotels full to over
flowing. We then went after the night
watchman, and when we came across
him found he was an old Trinitarian,
Harry Burke by name. Harry took us
where John G. How holds forth and John,
just as all Trinity people do with their
sleepy friends, gave us his bed. After a
short rest, we transacted the particular
business on hand and then made it our
business to take good look Mt the town
and its surroundings. Red Bluff is a stir
ring town. We are unable to give any
figures showing the amount of business
transacted there but Judging from ap-
pearances it must be immense for town
of its size. On the day of our arrival the
Odd Fellows were having a celebration
and after marching and counter-march-
ing through town, proceeded to certain
pleasure grounds, about a mile from the
business center, where they listened to an
Grafton and pic-niced. The procession
arranged in double file with banners fly
ing and headed by brass band was cred
table to the order. Red Bluff has some
fine brick buildings and several heavy
business houses. The Red Bluff Hotel,
fremont Hotel, General Roley's block
and the school house are all splendid
brick buildings for this northerp country.
The "Tremont is the favorite hotel and,
as we were informed on all hands, is al
ways full. We heard no particular rea-
son assigned in explanation but suppose
it is all Billy Mayhew's fault. General
Roley's Saloon is where the BON tom most
ly do congregate. A faro game is in fnll
blast there every night. In fact, from all
we saw and heard, there is no restraint
upon the gay and sportive propensties of
the pleasure seeking residents at the
Bluffs. We met good many Trinitari-
ans and became acquainted with num-
Der of citizens of Red Bluff. Among
Trinity folks, we mention first Mr.. Jabez
Chadbourne. Mr.. Chadbourne is attor-
ney for the Central Pacific for this Sec
ton of the State and has his hands full of
business. We never saw him in better
spirits than at the time of our visit, and
are under many obligations to him for
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make us acquainted with the principal
men of the town. Harry Burke, as we
have mentioned, is night-watchman. j.
G.. How keeps the Arcade Chop House
and Restaurant We told John he should
have his sign read Trinity" instead of
Arcade" He said the sign was hang
ing up when he went there and he was
coming back to Trinity pretty soon any
how, so it didn't matter. 1t is perhaps
unnecessary to state that we ate more
meals at How's restaurant than elsewhere
and were suited. The Lowrie boys have
saloon adjoining How's restaurant and
judging from what we saw, have a
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proprietor of the Washington Meat Mar
ket. Jud told us that his prospects were
frst-rate, although he had not yet sue
ceeded in making much headway. He
has the contract for supplying the rail-
road hands with beef and pork, at ten
cents per pound all round. AS there are
about one thousand men to feed he slaugh-
ters by the wholesale. His business out
side of this can be inferred from the fact
that the night we stopped at the Bluffs
there were brought to the Washington
Market ten hogs, two beeves and two
sheep, and Jud told us nothing would be
left of them by seven o'clock the next
day. John jackson is stopping at the
Bluffs and is rustling as usual. A short
time before our arrival he purchased
ranch known as the Huntoon Ranch "
for nine thousand dollars. We were told
that there were three hundred and TWEEN
ty acres in grain on the place, besides IA
quantity of stock. Those we heard speak
of it were of the opinion that it was a
great bargain. We all so met Curtis Bal
lard, who was stopping Mt the Union
Hotel eight or nine years ago.
Among the Red Bluff folks whom we
met for the first time, we would particu-
larly mention Mr.. Townsend, of the Red
Bluff Sentinel. The Sentinel Office is one
of the most complete in northern Calitor-
mia and is well patronized because the
citizens like its proprietor. Mr.. Samuel
Jaynes, Railroad Agent, we had never
met before. Our brief acquaintance only
confirmed what we had always heard
concerning Mr.. Jaynes, that he besides
coming up to Che Jeffersonan standard
of honesty and capacity was perfect
gentleman into the bargain. Mr.. III. f.
johnson, who lately bought out Rantzau
81 Shaw and now has monopoly of the
forwarding business is n gentleman in
whom the fullest confidence can be re-
posed, if our judgment is good for any
thing. To enumerate at length all with
whom we were made acquainted would,
as we begin to perceive, occupy too much
space. To be brief, besides those already
named, we were introduced to Messrs.
field, Roley, Brady, Lyons, Cadwalader,
having charge of the construction of the
California and Oregon Railroad. We
next week will make a paragraph of the
substance of our conversation with them.
While detailing the above we have
omitted 10 state that Mr.. Church, DR..
Trask and Rev. M. Coleman, formerly
of this county, are at the Bluffs. Mr..
Church has a regular country store, with
large stock of groceries, hardware, etc.,
and a good run of custom. DR.. Trask
looks we'll and has fair practice. Father
Coleman is comfortably situated, the
parsonage and church being in the same
building. He told us he was much pleased
with his congregation and the location.