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The Placer herald., 1873-07-05
EXECUTORS SALE
JAMES MOORE.
Collector of District No.

OF property belonging to the estate of Ower
Garty, Jr.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that in pur-
~ suance of an order issued by the Judge of
Probate, for the city and county of San Fran
cisco, State of California, on the 9th day of
September A. d. 1872, directing the under
signed Executor of the estate Of the said Owen
Clarity, deceased, to sell at public or private
sale, ali the property belonging to said estate,
situated and being in the county of Placer, State
of California, l will sell at private sale on
at 10 o'clock, A. NJ, in the town of Iowa Hill,
the following described property, situated and
being in the county of Placer, State of Califor-
nia as follows: One brick cellar and lot two
dwelling houses and lots and a vacant lot on
the east side of the brick store now owned and
occupied by c. T. Macy; also a livery stable and
lot, situated on Main street, in the town of To-
wa Hill; ranch at Grizzly Flat; also ranch at
Roach Hill; two vacant lots in Colfa1, situated
little southeast of the railroad depot; a quartz
ledge at Sucker Flat, and mining claim at
Wisconsin Hill.
All bids for the above described property must
be in writing and given to the undersigned Ex-
ecutor before the 18th of July at ~ clock.
A. NJ.
Terms of sale ten per cent. of the purchase
money paid down, and the balance upon the co
tirmation of said sale by the Probate Court.
MATHEW REED,
Executor OF the estate of Owen Garity Jr.
Dated Iowa Hill, June 2Sth 1873. ie2S-w2
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SNAKE STORY.

The San Francisco Post tells the biggest
one yet. That paper gets it off in about the
following style:
Some three years ago lady in this city
paid visit to a family living in Oakland.
While there she went out with party on a
picnic in the vicinity of Lake Merritt. The
day was very warm, and, being thirsty, she
took a cup, dipped some water from the
lake and drank it, not thinking to examine
it before SO doing. She felt something 60
down her throat, bat, eapposing it to be a
piece of weed, troubled herself no more
about the matter A few hours afterward
she was seized with spasm, accompanied
by sickish feeling; remedies were applied
and for time gave relief, but only tempo
rarily Her sufcrings increased, and the
physicians of this city were appealed to in
vain None of them knew what allied her,
and the remedies prescribed naturally failed
to remove the complaint. In tis way three
years passed. The unfortunate woman, at
the end of this time, had become distended
to frightful size, as if from dropsy; che
was unable to follow her calling-a dress
maker-and looked only for death to ter
inmate her suherings. 1t happened, how
ever, that woman living near her on Pow
ell street, had just had child cured of tape
worm, and she consulted the tapeworm
doctor, and be treated her so that monster
was taken away from her. The creature
was horrible to a degree, and of the snake
species. 1t was at least thrty-six feet in
length, Of dirty white color, mottled with
brown. Its thickness in the middle was
equal to that of mans wrist, tapering
towards the ends to the size of a walking
stick. Its head was over eight inches long,
shaped ike ducks, the mouth extending
nearly the whole length; out of which a
long, black, bifurcated tongue protruded.
The creature was pointed, and showed
more elaborate structure than is common to
vermu found in the human intestines. The
c. eature frequently moved, and caused her
intense suffering. 1t at times emitted a
low 0oaking sound, which in some respects
was more terrible to hear than the anguish
caused by its movements. She is now in
fair way of recovery, and will soon be
able to enter heartily into the pleasures of
life. Her waist at the time she called on
the doctor measured six feet three inches in
circumference; now something within the
natural proportion.
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A LOST PATIENT.

A foreign scientific periodical relates this
suggestive story:
Some time since lady called upon a Gel
ebrated oculst in order to consult him OF
account Of het'eyes, complaining that theil
power of vision had Of late consdera ly di-
minished. At a glaiice, the doctor saw
that she was lady of rank and wealth.
He looked at her ewes, shook his head, and
thought the treatment would require much
time, as there were reasons to fear amauro-
sis in her case. He must advise her, first
of all, that as she had iiforned him she
was residing considerable distance in the
country, she must move into the city at
once, and thus enable him to see her fire.
quently, if possible, daily.
The lady then rented an elegant mansion,
moved into the city, and the physician was
punctual in bis attendance. lie prescribed
this and that, and thus days run into weeks
and weeks into months. The cure, howev-
er, was still coming. The physician tried
to console her.
One day the patient hit upon a ccrious
scheme, and she waited long enough to car
ry it into effect.
She procured for herself very old and
poor attire, put hood of tremendous size
upon her head, took an old umbrella and
market basket in her hand, and in these
habiments she visited her physician, Sc
lecting for the purpose a very rainy day.
She had so well succeeded in distorting and
disguis'i.s herself that the eye even of a
lover could scarcely have recognized her.
She was obliged to wait a long time in the
anteroom of her physician, with many 9TH
ers, who, like her, were seeking relief. AT
last her turn came.
"Well, my good woman, what have you
to complain OFF,"
every bad eyes, doctor, she answered.
lie took her to the light, looked into her
eyes, but failed to recognize his patient
Struggling bis shoulders, he sad:
"Your eyes are well enough"
"Well?' she said.
eyes, know what | am saying"
"But have been told that ] was getting
the a-a-forget how it is called"
"Amaurosis ?"
eyes; that is it, doctor"
"Don't you let them make you believe
any such nonsense. Your eyes are little
weak, but that is all. Your physician is al
ASST
"An-2"
"Yes, an asst Tell him boldly that
said SO"
The lady now arose, and in her customary
voice, said "Sir, you are my physician
don't you know me?"
The face the sage counselor made is easie
to imagine than to describe.
Gracious, Madame!' he commenced t.
stammer an apology, but the lady woul'
not listen to him, and left him Indignantly
She never saw the gentleman any more.
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Application for a Patent
-TOA-
MINING CLAIM.
No. 483.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,


SACRAMENTO, Cal, May 24th, 1878.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, That WILL
N LIAM GWYNN, whose Postofice is Sacra-
mento county, California, has made application
for Patent for 1,5OO lneal feet Of the Auburn
Ledge, of the Placer County bearing gold the same
being - feet northerly and - feet south
erly from shaft thereon, with surface
ground 300 feet in width, situate in Auburn Min
ing District, Placer County, California, and de-
scrbed in the plat and field notes on file in this
Office as follows, viz: Commencing at Post No.
on section line which bears south $50 chs from
the northwest corner of section %, Township IL
north range east, Mount Diablo base and me-
ridian; thence variation 1879 E., s. 564o L.
20 chs to C. p R. Road, 5:15 chs. to Bear
River ditch, 16 80 chs. to Sacramento and Au-
burn road "a % chs to Post N. 2, from which a
Live Oak 12in. dia. bears s. 330 W. 80 chs
dist thence s. 334o W. 2.27H chs to Post No
g. on Ledge, 4;541s chs to Post No. A, from
which leaning pine tree 30in. dia. bears N. 330
E. SO lks. dist ) thence N. 56s4o W. 500 chs to
Sacramento and Auburn road, variation 1917 E.
n 5GAe w. 16 80 chs to Bear River ditch, 21 :23
chs to Post No. S, on section line; thence ". 2a2
chs to Post No. on Ledge 1857 chs to center
OF q. p. Il. Road, 5 "A chs to Post No. l and
place Of beginning, and containing 10 32-lo0
acres and being portion Of the N a of NV a
of section 22, Township II north, range east,
Mount Diablo base and meridian.
Said location made in 1851 and relocated
September End 1870, and duly recorded in Book
"D.' of Mining Records of Placer County, Cal,
page 36S. Adjoining Claimants are owners of
the old Creesus Mine and the Mallet Mine.
All persons holding any adverse claim thereto
are hereby required to present the same before
this Office within sixty days from the first day of
publishing hereof. I. B. MCFARLAND,
my3l I'm Register.
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NOTICE.!

DY VIRTUE OF AUTHORITY IN ME
ID vested as Tax Collector of District No. one,
Placer county, State Of California. I have seized
and levied upon, and will expose to public sale
to the highest bidder for cash;
On Saturday, the 9Th Day of July A. u. 1878
at 10 o clock A. N. neal the residence of J. n
Maring, on Bald Hill about one mile north of
Ophir, the following described personal prop
erty, ,to-wt.
One Blacks ksmith's~ Bellows and Anvil, about
600 pounds Coal l Bar Steele, One Piece Rope,
One PORTABLE Donkey Engine, assessed as the
property of the Golden Eagle Mining Com
pany, or unknown owners, to satisfy the sum
of eight and seventy-eight one-hundredths (SS
7Sl00)dollars taxes due on the above property, for
fiscal year 1878, together with three dollars and
thirty cents ($3 30) coss of levy; all of which
described personal property will be sold rs
aforesaid, or so much thereof as will satisfy the
taxes and cost twelve ($l2 00) dollars due, to-
gether with accrning costs.
Given under my hand this 9th day OF June
A d. 1878.
JAMES MOORE.
(foiect of District No I
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The Bulletin thinks that great many
people, without reference to party, would
like to see Andy johnson back to the U.
S. Senate. 1t says:
He is honest. He is opposed to all job
bing schemes. He would fight all manner
of corrupt grabs and unclean combinations
to the bitter end. He is moreover a good
hater, and would make it hot for certain
Senator's whose virtue is not above suspi-
con. He would undoubtedly disgust many
by his arrogance and egotism, but would
prove on the whole one of those counter
irants grevious to bear, but wholesome in
effect.
This is the man, and the kind of man,
the Bulletin and its class wanted impeached
when he was President, because he fought
against corruption and wrong.
The Placer herald., 1873-07-05

BREECHEs.-A Detroit man who had con-
tributed bundle of cast off clothing for the
relief of the victims of the Minnesota fire,
received from one Of the sufferers the fol-
awing:
"The Cammittee men Civ me amongst
other things wat they called pair of pants,
and 'twould make me pant some to wear 'em.
| foun your name and where you lived in
one of the pockets. My wife laffed so when
| shode em to her that thot she would have
a connipsion ft She wants to kno If there
lives and breaths man who has a leg nc
bigger than that. She said if there was be
ought to be taken up for vagrancy for having
no visible means of support. couldent gel
em on my Oldest boy, SO used EN- for gun
cases. lfyou have another pair to spare my
wife would like to get EN- to hang up by the
fire to keep the tongs in."
The Placer herald., 1873-07-05

MOVING THE CALF.-The Ne,cs says a
Danbury young man who was once clerk
lately went on farm to work. The first
night in his new position he was detailed to
remove a calf from the apartment of its
parent to shed. and while engaged, as
thousands have been before him, IN showing
the contrary beast along, the mother reached
under the tails of his coat with her horns,
and suddenly lifted him up against the roof
of the building that threatened to shatter
every bone in his body. The first thing he
did on returning to earth was to rub himself;
the next thing was to throw up his place.
He said he didn't doubt that agriculture
was noble pursuit, and that the farmer
needed an assistant in the discharge of his
multifarious duties, but be didn't believe he
was designed for making sky-lights in cow
sheds.
The Placer herald., 1873-07-05
BOARD OF EQUALIZATION.
POLITICAL CODE.

SECTION 3,672.-The Board of superrs.
ors of each county must meet ON the first Mon.
day Of July in each year, to examine the ass..
ment book, and equalize the assessment of prop.
erty in the county. 1t must continue in session
for that purpose from time to lime until the
business of equalization is disposed Of, bu. no,
later than the fourth Monday in July"
In accordance with the provisions OF ii.
above quoted section of law notice is hereby
given, that the Board of Supervisors of Placer
County viii meet at their office, in Auburn, Ps.
Ger County,
On the First Monday OF July, A. D. 1873,
for the purpose above SET forth. All persons
having business before the Board Of Eqnalza-
ton, are requested to present the same during
the first week of its session, eozimeneng Mon.
day, July Z, 1873.
c. C. CROSBY,
Clerk of Beard
Auburn, June z5, 1873. je2S-2w
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Delinquent Sale Notice.

INDIANA HILL MILL AND M1NlNu DIV eo1
PANY-LoCArIoN OF WoRx1, dolp "'
MINING DISTRICT, PLACER COUNT
CALIFORNIA. ..,,-r
NOTICE-THERE IS DELlNQorDsc. ~ a.
~ upon the following described o,otS' .S Say d
count of assessment levied on the lf'n a.;,s tho
May, 1873, the several amounts set oppossii1o slor,
names of the respective shareholders as i0''''
No. No. Amt
Names. Cert. SharfS' o,oM
Michael Holden unissued loh III,
And in accordance with law ana q" 1ltb d,y
Of May, 1873, 50 many shares Of e',p a;ll
eel of said stock as may be necessary, works
sold at public auction at the Compap!
at Indiana Hill, on <Jsh
Saturday, the nineteenth u9th) ""' .,,sths
1873, to pay said delinquent assessnSna q ssls
WIN '0S'S Oh advertising A J. N. JENSEN, s,s,,
my17-td
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The editor Of the Johnstown. pa. DEM
ocrat was sitting at his desk the other day
when a young man sprung at him with the
remark, 81 want to be an editor. Jusl
give me chance. The editor, ever ready
to encourage youthful genius, handed owe,
stack Of paper, and told the young mar
to give him specimen of his ability. The
young aspirant mused an hour and produced
the following: "Our young ladies are never
behind the fashion, but the fashions at pres
ent are very much behind the young ladies,
although they do hump awfally to keeT
ahead" He'was taken to the the editor
bosom at once, and engaged at 81 so q
week.
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srRAYED STOCK

might HEAD OF CATTLE, wERh r.. Will Viii.
being rS% driven otod to the Mountains Or 'GH S
to'Wit s3~ o1s Seven yssrnss and one twIyI% ,Ss %
hefer; four are branded g 4 on on the left hiP
hip, and four, a combined "Jh ,;t on in the rel'
All are marked with an underp,' Nv - I;nformaro'
ear, and hole in the left. Any II the ah9"
which will lead to the recovery wise VII
described stock, by letter or o.9srsd o.9;arsd'
literally rewarded by the ,13aSI 'EEYBURz..
ie26-1m ClafksVli'e'
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$1,000 REWARD.

THE ABOVE REWARD OF ONE THOUS-
l. AND DOLLARS in gold coin is hereby Of
fered by Mountain Lodge No IA, l. o. o. i for
the arrest and conviction of the person or per
sons who murdered C. S. Strobel at Michigan
Bluff Placer County, on the night of the 23rd
of May. A. d. 1873, and hereby guarantee the
payment of the above reward
B. d. DUNNAM,
my3l-u Sheriff Placer County.
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Delinquent Sale Notice.

AUBURN GOLD MINING COMPANY-Locl.
TIoN OF WORKS PLACER COUNTY. State OF CAL.
FoRNIA; LocArIoS OF PRINCIPAL PLACE OF
BUSINESS, SAN Francisco, SyATE
OF CALIFORNIA.
NOTICE-THERE ARE DELINQUENT
~ upon the following described stocks on &C.
count of assessment, No. 4. levied on ter 2s't
day of April, 1873, the several amounts st
opposite the names of the respective shar.hol4'
ers, as follows:
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Delinquent Sale Notice.

DUTCH FLAT BLUE GRAVEL MINING co.
LOCATION OF PLACE OF BUSINESS, SAN FRAN
CISCO; LOCATION OF WORKS, DUTCH FLAT,
PLACER COUNTY CAL.
NOTICE-THERE is DELINQUENT upon
~ the following described stock on account
of Assessment No. 2, levied on the 18th day of
May, 1873, the several amounts set opposite the
names Of the respective shareholders, as fol-
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An editor out West has been elected town
constable, and is now able to arrest the at
tion of his readers.
The Placer herald., 1873-07-05

ALWAYS locate the bed-post in yonr mind
before putting out the gas.
The Placer herald., 1873-07-05

THE FOLLOWING is A LIST ~,
Il Mining Claims ordered SURVEYED of THg
County, during the six months conn ou IN Placer
tober 18TH 1879, and ending April isaS Oe.
as shown by the field notes on fila !, 1oth, 1873
Surveyor-General Hardenberg's Office &C. 'ne I. S.
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A DEFENSE OF BUsTLEs.-"B Arp"
the Southern humorist, defends the ladies
on the hustle question. He says:
It's all sham, that rubber hustle; there
amt no substance or backbone in it. I've
seen them fiat and seen them blowed up.
There amt bit of harm in them, but
never sec one on a woman that don't want
to hit it just hard enough to make it pop.
golly! wouldn't she jump high and holler
But I'm not going to do it,; no sir; I've got
too much respect for women. Their bustles
don't hurt anybody; and do despise to be
always picking at woman's close. If they
didn't wear something to disguise EN-, the
men would quit business when they cum
about. Purity women always did wear
something to skeer the men away. It's
been so forever.
If they do lean little as they go, it's
alright. They can slraighten up when it is
necessary. No spinal disease about that
Them's the very sort that can lift two bush
els of wheat without cracking a bone. Its
only passing fashuu, and it will last until
something else comes along. Nature made
'em that way, and you can't change it.
The more You try, the more you can't. The
more you abuse their bustles, the more
they'll stick them at you---so let them
alone, say.
They are all the same about the fashions
and the last one would put them on if they
had their own say and plenty of money.
wish was just rich enough to Civ,
every lady in the lond string of diamonds
and a handful of pearls. Good gracious
how quickly that Methodist discipline would
be busted on the .jeweler business
Well | do like to see them look pretty
and so far as am concerned, if ribbons and
hounces and furs will help to do it, it's al
right Some of the birds are dressed mighty
fine, and reckon their pride amt much of q
sin, either. But understand me, Mark,
don't banker after bustles, though they dc
say it makes the incest little shelf for th,
arm to rest on in the world, when fellow
is dancing around with his gal. That's al
right, provided the fellow amt dancing with
my gal. If he is, why he may take her ant
keep her, that's all.
The Placer herald., 1873-07-05

:, and In accordance with law and an order of
the Board OF Trustees, made on the 18th day of
May, 1873, SO many shares of each parcel of
sue, such stock as may be necessary will be sold at
Room IL, 4Ol CAL ST., San Francisco. Caifcr.
MIA, on N"-o
Monday, the l4th day Of July, 1873.
at the hour of IL NJ. of such dav to nav do,;n-
quent assessments thereon, together with costs
OF advertising and expenses of sale,
offiCECRoom II, 401 Cal. st., San Fran
cisco, California.
w. NJ. HELMAN, Secretary
je2S-y3
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And in accordance with law, and an order .;
the Board of Directors, made on the 2eth dayV ',
April, 1879, so many shares Of each parcel q
said stock as may Ne necessary will be soa ,a "
public auction, a. che Office ST the Company, No.
Ala California street, San FraEcisco, 0aluO'
mia, on
Tuesday, the Twenty-fourth day OF jun
1878, at the hour of l o'clock p NJ. OF SAID ua.
to pay said delinquent assessment thereon, "
gether with costs of advertising and expenses "
sale. 4. WEGENER
Secretary
OFFIcE-41< California street, San franoiS'
California my7-w5
POSTPONEMENT.
The above sale is postponed until uey
at the same hour and same place. BY order OF
the Board of Directors r. WEGENEh,
Secretary
San Francisco, June "a, 1878
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DUELlNa.-Dueling in Chicago is thus
descr bed by French newspaper: If ever
a nation considered dueling a. a sc: ious
business, it is the American nation. One
day Cincinnati merchant was challenged
by Chicago banker. The challenge was
sent by telegraph, and these kilograms were
exchanged: Cincinnati to Chicago: "Chal-
lenge accepted; come to Cincinnati to settle
the conditions. Chicago to Cincinnati: Il
shall do no such thing; why should l, and
not yon take the trouble to travel p Ciu-
cnnati 10 Chicago: Because my wife is in
child-bed." Chicago TO Cincinnati: "All
right; expect me in the next train" The
Chicago banker found the Cincinnati mer-
chant at the train, and asked the latter:
"Well, are you ready for the fight? Why
are you so pale? Because am afraid |
am ruined man; my correspondent at
Havre has ceased making me his usual re-
mittances." "By joveI that's bad" 81 set
out for Havre tomorrow; we viii fight when
! return" II sbant quit you." They en-
barked on the same steamship. Whe1 they
reach Havre, the Cincinnati merchant finde
his correspondent has run of to Canton
with all the money be could raise. They
90 after him. They find and arrest him,
bring him back tn Havre, have him tried,
convicted and put in the peDitentiary.
This prosecution lasts six months. After
they have seen the rogue put in the peni-
tertiary, they return to America. They
had now been travelling together for two
years, and ad come to love each other like
brothers. Nevertheless, the day after they
got toChicago the banker said: BY the way,
we have almost forgotten our duel. We have
to 6ght." "To be sure we must" The
following day they fought on the lake shore
with rifles: and the distance was twenty
PAGES. Both fell mortally wounded, and
their last breath expired saying "All right.
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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-08-01
Tales of a Grandfather.

Giddy girls. you may laugh at your grandpapa
>, And enjoy putting pins in his chair
Doubled up is this figure, aud furrowed this
brow,
:, Very scaut are these teeth aud this hair.
way
n a. AZ the quaintest old image uniting
D9t Iohd recollection survives my decay
was very sood-iooking when young
Hal century does make sort of a kind
VI ulnerence, mark you, my dears.
anu tne Dflet way to reckon my AGE mn find
, is IN tens or III dozens of years
~ ust De ABOUT eighty or so, by the clock.
but my mud Is little unstrupp.
ana my talent for counting has come IN a
block 00uie W
Twas brilliant at figures when young.
In the push-along hard.lying Regency DAVIS
! was prince OF the fashion aud style.
When ! drove in the Park with my carriage
aid bays
Even Brummel bent low at nay smile.
What was gold2 mere nothing. I'm uleas-
ure and play
Far and wide it got scattered and flung -
For, though now IN the parish, proudly can
say
was rolling in riches when young.
Oh, the flirting and frolic and fun that we had
was called an Adonis in curls.
There was many feminine heart very sad
When married your grandmother, girls,
had rivals /; but what was q rival to me,
With my figure, my face, aud my tongue
All, believe me, the squalid old pauper YOU see
Was dashing Don Juan when youngl
- Fun
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-08-01

The high handed manner in which
the Prussian Government treats the
press may be inferred from the follow
ing incident: A few weeks ago the
whole issue of the Berlin Tribune, a
satlrlcal paper scarcely less popular
than the Kladderadatsch, was seized
and contiscated by the police authon-
ties. The reason assigned was a rebus.
whose solution was to have been evil
liam-shaven. To indicate the first
word, William. picture of the Empe-
ror had been used. The dogberries of
the police bad scented some treason in
this, and instead of taking the trouble
to ask an explanation, at once sup.
pressed the entire edition. When the
mlsapprehension was explained few
days afterward the copies were return.
ed to the publishers without even an
apology, much less compensation for
the pecuniary loss inflicted.