Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-10-02
CALIFORNIA MEMS.

The Stats Camp-mssting. undsr the
auspices Of the Christian Church. which
convened near Santa Rosa. was q sitis-
factory and decided success. Il was In
session ten days, and It II estimated
that from 1000 TO 5000 persons were
in actual attendance. Ministers in at
tendance were: President Smith. Of the
Christian College. Woodland; President
Martin. Of the Christian College. Santa
Rosa; J. N. Mccullough. OF San Fran
cisco; James Porter, Elder wimott,
Bentley Ware. DR.. Paree. James AMI
Samuel Logan. J. P. McCorkle. and
many others. Thirty-six converts wels
baptized and received into the church.
and eight members were admitted on
letters OF Recommendation. making an
addition Of forty-four in all. A free
table was set during the session. and
$500 persons enjoyed lunch from II on
Sunday. the aith instant.
john c. Plat. City Assessor Of Santa
barbara. Is q defaultsr and has left
town. An examination brought to
light the fact that several sums Of
public money had been received by him
and had net been paid In. On the first
discovery s5G. which he stated was all
that was delinquent, was paid into the
Treasury on Thursday last. But fur.
ther investigation revealed the fact that
the defalcations were considerable. Que
hundred and forty dollars more were
| paid in by him last Saturday. A warrant
was issued for his arrest. but he pleaded
20 hard for time that the authorities, on
his promise 10 make Q clean breast OF
the matter and refund the money ON
Monday, withheld the arrest until the
9th, but in the meantime Plat has
shown tho town . clean pair Of heels.
The Martinez Gd,stts says /: Censid.
ering the season. the County Fair Of the
present week has been quite rs good ~
could be expected. a dry season not
only limiting tho products for exhibi'
ton. but obligibg the people TO scono-
mize in their expenditures for rscrea.
tons. In the fruit and other horticul-
tural products ths show was much be-
low the average OF past seasons. Tho
show Of live stock, both horses and cat.
tie, was by all odds the finest we have
svsr had in the county. aud gave prom.
Use that this feature Of q future Fairs
Is to he one OF leading intrrest and i'm.
portancs ; and one In which we shall
hope to zee tho county showing title to
rank with her neigbbors for the posses.
sion and production Of fins stock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rhoades. Of MaRalia.
arrived In Chico u few days ago and put
up ut the Chico Hotel. While there Mr..
Dhoades showed some OF the gold he
had taken from his claim within the past
six weeks. aided only by his vito. A
large double handful Of gold nuggets IL
a rare thing to see. but the lady and
gentleman had that and more too. The
pieces would weigh from 81 TO Sl65.
They have averaged Sl25 q day during
the time they have been at work.
Yesterdays San Francisco Ala says /;
Louis Noble, u boy about sixteen years
old. whose parents reside In Sacramento.
was intercepted on tho arrival Of the
wNPple last night, by officer Former. OF
tue LihfuOI oiSe. oh ehsr'eA sssaf
Chief Stevens OF that city. The lad IL
simply wanted by his parsuts.
William II. Keith has instituted suit
in the Nineteenth District Court. San
Francisco, against Archibald Borland to
recover 100000 damages for the al.
legged seduction Of plaintiff wife by
the defendant.
The report that the Northern Pacific
had broken ground al BeniciA turns out
to be incorrect. The people OF that
place are ignorant Of what the designs
VI tho company are.
Mrs. l.. Marston. Of Truckee, was
thrown from . buggy near Greenwood.
FL Dorado county. some ten days ago.
aud died soon aitor from the injuries shc
received.
The siskiyou county Agricultural So.
ciety will hold its twelfth annual Fair at
Yr.ka, commencing Wednesday. Oct. ID.
There is to he q baby show ut Los An.
gcles Don