The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-08-10

An Oldtime friend in Unionville
writes us concerning the injunction
case now being tried before Judge
Bonnifeld, which involves the title to
the waters of Buena Vista creek. He
9ives his views on the question at
issue. based, as he states, on the
records. His communication is in
tended as reply to an article written
by Waldo or Julien. we don't know
which, neither do we care, headed
Curious" and signed with -" be-
cause, as Forbes once said of the
founder of Star. the writer had only an
asterisk. We decline to publish it,
however, for several reasons, among
them the following: The case is now
in Court. and will be decided according
to law and evidence regardless of what
may appear in this or any other jour-
nal on the subject. Again we do not,
consider the matter fit subject for
newspaper discussion, and although
we lived in Unionvile as early as the
spring of 1862, we do not know any
thing of the merits of the case, as both
the litigants have, to our certain
knowledge, been using the water for
thirteen years. What Waldo a. Julien
have to say about the case or the
editor OF this paper, or, in fact, any
thing else, have bnt very little weight
in the Courts, although both are brief
less lawyers, and their abuse of us has
long since ceased to attract our atten-
ton. For these and other reasons we
decline to discuss the injunction case.
or publish the communication of our
correspondent, although we shall at
all times be pleased to hear from him
on general matters.
THE GALENA CoNCENTRAToR.--Wea are
permitted to publish the following ex-
tract from private letter from Galena,
dated August 8. 1875: 1--WE have been
grinding up ore at fearful rate for the
last three weeks, and Lave worked over
two tons an hour for every hour worked.
There is now on hand 1000 sacks
weighing rs tons of pure mineral. The
ore yields about one ton of mineral in
five. 1t takes productive mine to
keep mill of this kind sup piled. not
outstanding the assertion of some per-
sons that the process is slow. Mr..
Earll, one Of the owners of the White
and Shiloh mine, has not seen the mill.
bnt Mr.. Knowles is perfectly delighted
with it, and thinks it is just what he
wants. Our town is rapidly growing.
and every stage brings AN accession to
its population. The White and Shiloh
is looking far better than ever before.
but Galena, like all other deserted
towns. when it grows up again, it will
be on it's renl and not its prospective
merits. I. G. Negus, who superin-
tended the construction of the mill, re-
mains with u yet, and he has reason
to feel Justly proud of its success
II
THE RABBIT PEST. Rabbits are an
intolerable nuisance In Grass Valley
this season, and have done and are
doing considerable damage TO growing
crops. They destroyed acres of wheat
and barley early in the season, and are
now turning their attention to vegeta-
bles. At the Sonoma Ranch they have
commenced on potatoes, and are eating
the stalks up rapidly and turning their
attention to the roots. The valley is
represented as being alive with them
from Guthrie's to Hobbs ranch. and
a person can take position anywhere
and if good shot kill them as fast as
he can load and shoot. The ranchers
have determined to protect themselves
from the depredators if possible, and
Guthrie took one hundred pounds of
shot ont with him yesterday, with
which he expects to kill ct least fifteen
huudred of than Earmays sav thew