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Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-11-09
TUESDAY, Nov. 9th, 1878.

TUESDAY, Nov. 9th, 1878.
Present VIM. Guthrie, Fordyce
Bales, John WhitmOc6,
The Board ineots pursuant to adjourn
ment.
The following proceedings are had.
Reports Oh Road Oyersears af junction
Cly District, no. Z, Hamilton District,
No 8, Lewiston District No. 3, Trinity
Center District No. /, Canon City Dis
tlict No. 8, Eastman District No. II,
Coffee Greek District No. Il, New River
District no. l3, Weaveryiile District No.
4, Duttou District No. 3 and Tinsley
District 40 10, received ana approved.
Report Of John w. Smith on Bridge
across Trinity River at Douglas City, Ie-
coIvod aad approved and ordered that y
Bridge License be granted 10 John W..
smith for one year tO keep q Toh Bridge
across Trinity River sc Douglas City
from tAa eGpiIGuOn OF lls present license,
Ga his Liiug lis approved boud in The
sum d. $4,000, on hls paying Tor said Iii
cel-a tNa .um oI 800.
Report al nj. H. Lowden on Bridge
across Trinity l.lVer at Grass Valley ro.
coivaa and approved and og1orGd that %
Drudge License be granted TO M. a..
Lowdou ton one year 20 keepa Toll Bridge
acfus3 Trinity River at Grass Valley
from The expiration ofhi, present License
on bis Cling ms approved Bond ia the
sum OF $4,000 on Ills paying lor said Lii
cunae the sum OF $3.50.
''Pc.itiou to the Hon. Board OF Super
visors OF the County OF Trinity, in tho
State OF California
The Weavervile and Minersville Wag-
on Eoad Company, corporation duly
organized and existing under the laws OF
the State Of California respectfully petit
tion your Hon. Board to grant to it the
right OF way over lhe following described
road leading from Weaveryiile to Miners
Vile in said Trinity County, to wit -
From tho junction OF the Lewiston
Road at Nelson Hosmol's House to Peter
Van Matra's House near Stuart Fork Of
Trinity River We also submit Rates of
Toll tcryour approval distance II miles:
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-11-09

PRosPERING.-From j A. Tinsloy, of
Cox's Bar wno is in town for few duys,
we learn that miners and people general
ly in that section Of the county are in a
healthy and prosperous condition. Mr.
Tinslcy, being the trader at the Bar, is in
q situation to know and We are glad to
hear his favorble report.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-11-09

Removable. John +. Grady has
removed his office to that formerly occu-
pied by Dr. Lord, a few doors above the
Union Hotel, on Court street. The Dr..
desires US to say that he will not leave at
present, but car be found at his office in
Weaverville until further notice.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-11-09

VISITING ThS pleasant eOuntenance
Of Frank G. Norcross, foreman in the
office Of the Scott Valley Mems, illumin.-
sted our ssnctum the other day. Frank
speaks highly OF Scott Valley and is well
pleased with his situation and surround
ings. He is here on brief visit.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-11-09

DoING WELL.-Several week ago we
referred to coed pay discovered by Thos,
B. Price in his drifting claim on Cox's
Bar. Tom is in town this week and in
forms us that the pay streak is extensive
and holds out to his satisfaction.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-11-09

QUARTERLY MEETIEG.-Rev s. H.
Rhoads, Presiding Elder of the Northern
California District will hold Quarterly
Meetings at junction City on Sunday,
Nov. 10th, at II A. NJ. and in Weavervilie
at PM
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-11-09

FINAL REPoET.-Through the kindness
OF r, Clifford, Wells, Fargo s. 90. S
Agent, we have been furnished with a
copy OF tho report OF Aaron Stein,
Treasurer Yellow Fever Relief Fund Of
the Pacific. The Report shows the Total
Receipts to have been S52 $50 05 and the
Disbursements an equal amount. Wea-
vorvile's contribution OF 9l22 so, com
pares favorably with other towns OF the
same size and condition,
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-11-09

NEXT WEEE.-The length Of the pro
coediogs Of the Board of Supervisors this
week prevents our giving the promised
description of the new School House but
We shall endoayer to do so in our next
issue.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-11-09

TAKE WARNING.- Geo. f. Douglass
cautions all persons against trusting or
harboring his wife, Mary Ann Douglass,
she having left his bed and board without
just cause or provocation.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-11-09

RETURNED Mr.. V. O. Lantenschlag-
er, an old resident who has been absent in
Montana for a number Of months, return
cd this week and will again reside in
Trinity.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-11-09

IMPRovINd.-W has commenced
on portcs in front Of Abrahm's store
and Masonic Hall, which will add greatly
TO the appearance Of the building,
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-11-09

QUIIE A BONANZA. Rev. I. B. Fish,
Methodist Minister, stationed at this place
last year, is now at Bigga Station, Butte
county, and from reports that reach US is
doing well. An instance Of his prospect
ty, as we'll as that OF those among whom
he is located may be found ia the fact
that he united f0e couples in the holy
bonds of matrimoay on 6 single day last
week. During tho entire year that he
was here, we beIievd ho did not marry a
single couple. Biggs is surely blessed
with a marrying people.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-11-09
Weaverville, November 9, 1878,
ROLL OF HzONOR.
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS

I'D. Bayles to Vandorholf & Goss-Kings-
bury Dicth, Hay Fork-s2I0
A. j. Reed to All Fool, & Co.-Mining
Ground, Buckeye Crock 81 ,O0O
A. D. Baylos to l. c. Winos-32o acres of
land, known as the James Howe Ranch. uav
Fork-Sl,OJO.
II. c. Wilt to C. Dannenbrink-Mini
Claim, Canon Groek-SI00.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-11-09
HOME NEW -.

New GooDs.-In advertising columns
this woek will be found the business an
nouncement Of Peter Verstsgen who has
this Fall received large stock OF the
various articles in which he deals, select
ed by himself during his recent visit to
San Francisco. Peter is stirring trader
who spares no pains to satisfy his custom
srs and who bears the reputation of al
ways having on hand the best Of Wines,
Liquors and Cigars, in connection with
his full supply Of Nuts, Candies, Patent
Medicines, Shelf Groceries and other
goods. Junction folks should give Yer
stegcn call when they want anything in
his line. Mr.. Vorstegon has placed a
bagatelle in his saloon for the amusement
of visitors.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-11-09

HENRY HOOKER returned, on We'd
nesday' sisgs, from san Francisco.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-11-09
Metkly Ttinity 5uurnal.

TRINITY C0D.N'TE' W:ERR.f.N'TS
wssHG for subscription 10 the 'JOarRal.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-11-09
PETER VAN NATRE,
GEORGE VAN MATRE,
JUDD VAN MATRE,
J0uN BoWERMAN,
JACOB Bow EBMAN.

Toll gate to be established at Peter
Wan Maue's House. Received and al
lowed.
The following demands on the Con-
tingent Fund, audited allowed and order
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-11-09

ADMINISTRATOR SALE.-By reior-
eHce 20 advertisement elsewhere, it viii
be seen that w. l.. Han, Administrators
OF the E,tate of Davis Hall, dsooassd,
will sell at private saIe, on and ator
Tuesday, November 10Th, the undivided
one-hslf interest in tho F4der Ranch ly-
ing on the East bank OF Trinity River
about two miles below Trinity Center.
This is vaIuOo OILS piece OF property and
will doubtless be sold at bargain,
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-11-09

On, YES HERE THEY CONF I +
Hand bills and Posters about town an
nounce that Morrel's San Francisco
Minstrels will appear for One Night
Only, at the WeaverylIe TLeator on
Monday next, Nov. l1th. The pro
gramms advertised is an interesting one
and bespeaS ior Charley and the boys
roGsiug house. Everybody ous sht to go,
as it is not often IN opportunity is pre-
sented to witness h,st class minstrel
performance.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-11-09

FoGdY mornings, pleasant afternoons
snd cold nights, are the component parts
OF our climate just now.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-11-09

The following demands on the Bridge
Fund audited and allowed:
@. Meckol...............................SlO .SlO5 90
Ordered That the Board now adjourn
Till Wednesday, Nov. 6th, at 9, A. N.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-11-09

PEEsoNAL.-Jay Kellogg, Of Rhouer-
Vile, and Walter WiIburn, of San
Francisco, both residents here in their
boyhood days, visited us this week.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-11-09

DaPARTGD.-John O. Finch, having
closed out his business at This place, re-
turned to Red Blutfa few days ago.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-11-09

ALL READY.-Most Of the mining
claims hereabouts have their preparations
SO far advanced that they can use water
whenever it comes.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-11-09
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
REGULAR NOVEMBER TERM.

MONDAY, Nov. 4th, 1873.
Present: VIM. Guthrie, Fordyce
Bates, John Whtmore.
Ordered, That the Board do now ad-
journ until Tuesday, New. 5th, 1878.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-11-09

THE rain storm OF Monday lastincreas-
ed the tall Of water SO, making total
lor tAe season, since July lst, Of 400
inches.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-02-07

time for the, Withdrawal of distilled spirits in
bond until July l, 1873, was considered in
Committee of the Whole, and . spirited de-
bate ensued. A report was made from the
Judiciary Committee ON the subject OF the ar
rest and imprisonment OF Congressman Smalls,
in such arrest and imprisonment no breach of
the privileges Of the House. Adjourned. the
session on the 28th to be for general debate
only.
MONDAY, Jan. 28.-Several petitions
were presented and referred in the Senate.
Bills were introduced and refcrred-providing
for the disposition of public timber and the
timber lands of the United States; to reinl-
burse the States of Kansas, Texas, Nebraska
and Colorado for expenses incurred by said
States in repelling invasions and suppressing
Indian hostilities. The House bill to author
ize the free coinage of standard silver dollar,
and to restore its legal-tender character, was
taken up and Mr.. Morrill, made a lengthy
Der of bills were presented and referred in the
House, among which were-tO secure the pay
and wages due employees of railroads engaged
in interstate commerce; to retire the circula-
ton of National Banks, and to sub
s sh therefor Treasury d"ss NOTES. tS 1sssS
ment, and to abolish the tax on banking
institutions; securing to all the States equal
measure of patronage in the Civil Service OF
the Government; fixing the number of Repre-
sentatives ir Congress at $50. A resolution
was adopted-174 to S5-declaring that, in the
judgment of the House. no subsidies in money.
bonds, public lands, Endorsements or by pledge
of public credit, should be granted or renewed
BY Congress to associations engaged in, or
proposing to engage in, public or private en-
terprises; but that appropriations ought to be
limited to such amount and purposes only as
shall be imperatively demanded by the public
service. The Senate concurrent resolution,
known as the Matthews Silver resolution, was
taken up and passed-1S9 to %.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-02-07
A Cubic Mile.

PROF. BERNSTEIN, an eminent nat
uralist in Berlin, Germany, gives the
following graphic description of one
German geographical cubic mile Zone
mile equals 10, 1925 yards) to illustrate
the size of our earth, which contains
only 1862 such: "Imagine a box one
mile each way-long, wide and deep
and let us try to fill it up. Berlin is
handy, we take the city as if it were a
toy and throw it into our box. We go
to Potsdam, pick up all the villages on
our way also, and put all in. The bot
tom is not covered yet. We will take
Paris, with all her columns, towers and
churches, which helps little, SO we must
take London also. Vienna must 90 in
too, and, not to disturb the peace, St.
Petersburg follows next. All this stuff
lies at the bottom. We begin now to
take up all the cities, towns, villages,
forts, farms, everything that human
hands have built in Europe, and all the
ships floating on the sea. 1t helps
nothing! We must go to old and new
worlds, throw in the pyramids of Egypt
and the railroads and factories of
America, and everything else made by
men in Asia, Africa, Australia and
America-lo! our box is not half full
yet! We will shake up the things a
little to make them even, and us we
are bound to fill the box, let us see
whether we cannot do it with people
and lay them in like behring's. One
row will require 1900, and 1000 rows
make one layer of $4,000, OOO-just
enough for North Americans. TO
make them feel more comfortable, we
will put between each layer bed of
straw and leaves, say thirty feet thick,
which will take all the straw and leaves
in the world. Upon the Americans we
will lay 3,OOO,OO of Australians and
45,OOO,O0O of Asiatics, another layer.
There are about SOO,OOO,OOO more
Asiatics; thus we proceed until all the
rest of mankind are in-1, 400, WOO, 900,
in about thirty layers. The box is now
about half full, and it would require
about fifteen times that number of peo-
pie to fill it. What shall we do? AMI
mails, of course, are still left. Take
the whole animal creation, yet it is not
full; and all this is only one geographic
cubic mile, of which the earth contains
> $50 ,,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-02-07
Speculati0ns as to the Inhabitants Of
the Moons OF Mars.

PROBABLY the most convenient as
sumption we can make is that there
may be creatures in a general respect
like ourselves on these moons of Mars,
but that, owing to the extreme rarity
of the atmosphere, their vital energy is
SO far reduced that they are not more
active than we are, despite the feeble
action of gravity in their world. The
air must be exceedingly rare, most Ger
tainly, even if the quantity is proper
toned to the volumes of these moons.
On this assumption the quantity of air
is less than the quantity of tel restrial
air as is less than 400 times 400 times
4OO-that is, amounts only to 1-64, OOO,-
600 part of the terrestrial air. Being
spread over a surface which is but
1-16O, 600 of the earth's, it follows that
the quantity of air above each square
mile of surface is 1-4OO part only Of the
quantity over each square mile of our
earth's surface. This would be little
enough in all conscience; but this is
not all. For the action of gravity be-
ing. according to our assumption, only
1000 of terrestrial gravity, it fol-
lows that the atmospheric pressure
and, therefore, density is further re-
duced in this degree, giving finally a
density equal only to $4,000 Of the
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-02-07

deal he knew was close upon him. The
principal executioner, who, mean-
while, had selected couple of bam-
boos to his mind, now stepped to the
left side of his expectant victim, spat
upon the point of one of his weapons,
and with . twisting, pushing motion,
thrust it easily into the flesh about
halfway between the hip and the arm
pit. The poor wretch upon the cross
turned his gaze slowly down upon his
tormentor, and his lips slightly
opened. But he made no struggle
he uttered no cry. His resolution, his
courage were superhuman. l looked
at the executioner. He was calmly con-
tinuing to push and wriggle the bam-
boo further and further into the body.
In couple of minutes, though it
seemed much longer, the bloody point
of the instrument emerged from the
top of the sufferers shoulder. There
was slight exclamation of satisfaction
from the crowd, just the sort of hum
that escapes from those watching Il
daring swimmer when his head APP
pears above the surface after a long
dive; and the fiend at the other end Of
the bamboo stopped wriggling, let go
his hold, and stepped back. Now,
hOnght, he is going to give the poor tor
tured creature his coup dc grace. Not a
bit of it. He crossed to the opposite side
of the post, calmly inserted the second
weapon in the same spot on the suffer-
er's other flank, and worked away till
it, too, came out above the armpit. All
this time not single groan, not one
dcspairing cry for. mercy, escaped the
man thus doubly impaled. His head
dropped little upon his chest, and his
eyes were half closed, but he was evil
IDENTIFY alive and conscious. At this
moment, to my amazement, the execu-
toner and his assistants, picking up the
unused bamboos, began to walk away.
"What," l asked, ''is the execution
ended? Are they going to leave the
man in that fearful agony?' "Oh,
yes" l was told, all is over. The
criminal is finished with. He will die
presently-in an hour, two hours, or,
as he seems very strong, perhaps not
till nightfall; but nobody will touch
him any more. The bamboos will be
left in him, and when he is quite ex-
hausted he will EXPIRE could hear
no more. was powcrless to interfere,
but, sick at heart, turned OH my heel,
loathing the barbarous cruelty had
just witnessed, and cursing the damna-
BILE civilization that permitted it. l
learned afterward that the unfortunate
wretch had fingered ten long hours be-
fore Death (Which in Japan would seem
as brutal as Justice) remembered and
released him.
His slow death is accounted for by
the fact that Japanese executioner is
carefully taught to avoid the vital Or
gans of the criminal he has to impale.
The more slowly the victim expires, the
greater the reputation of his butcher
London Hornet .4212zuOl.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-02-07
Delights or California.

8 YES" said Il traveller to the editor
of the Salt Lake Herald, California is
Il wonderful country-wonderful-
wonderful! Tarantulas big as pullets'
eggs, black, hairy-legs all around
them, to crawl over you at night. Big
Observation-Disclosures, every leg
4 sting, singing while they crawl over
you-tifty legs-make 5000 stings
while they crawl over your leg. Enor-
nous crops of grain-when they get
in San Francisco? Blows a gale in San
Francisco every summer-day from nine
in the morning until four in the after
noon. Sand and desert? No. Grit,
gravel, and pebble-stones; and. as for
sand alone pure sand-it drifts four
feet deep over payements and covers
lamp-posts. Yosemite? Grand, SUBJ
lime, and half-a-dollar toll every forty
rods. Rattlesnakes? Long ones in
the mountains, short ones on the plains
short and thick -look like Bologna
sausages, and lying by dozens about
the puddles. Country parched and dry
as brickbat in summer-no sOd-nO
grassland hot! Cook an egg out of
doors anywhere.
"Cool in San Francisco? Yes, too
cool half the time for comfort-and for
every day, morning and night. fog,
thick, damp. nasty and clammy.
Scorpions in the country-sting with
their tails-feels like yard of red-hot
knitting-needle run through you; they
get into your boots at night, and start
you out Of them on the double-quick in
the morning. Yes, delightful country:
so much that is new to see, feel and
think about all the time-especially
feel. There the yellow-jacket, a cross
between the wasp and the bumble-bee
settles on the table while you're eat
! ing-bores holes in the beefsteak, and
carries off half an ounce at load, and
| stings like fury if interrupted. Stocks
mining stocks? Yes, people are fire.
quently bitten by them awfully--half
the cases are fatal. Such a variety of
the works of Nature in California.
Mosquitoes. Yes. Going by river to
Stockton or Sacramento, clouds on
clouds of them. Verdure in the coun-
try? Yes. Poison-oak-touch it and
your head swells to the size of peck
measure, with pimples and the itch.
Great country for putting a head on
you, you know.
"Old Californian? Old miner and
'49er? Grand, noble, generous, large
hearted Western man? Yes. Always
drinks when asked-lives much of the
time in saloOns-trousers ten years cid,
tied about the waist with rope yarn
hat no rim, not much crown-came
round the Horn in 40, hasn't washed
himself since-lives in a cabin hard by,
Skis, on salt pork and fleur-gray
shirt, never washed-can talk Of moth
ing else but the 'ounce day he made
in the winter of 'jO-splendid type of
manhood, and smells like distillery
Wonderful country-garden of the
carth-everybody calling for Eastern
capital to come and develop our Mines
Dust on road? Yes, much fine dust,
red, like pulverized brickbats. Land
of gold, and everybody ready to take
your greenbacks. Live there? Yes
when can't live anywhere else-good
place to send men when they die to
punish them for their sins.''
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-02-07
Execution by Implement.

One morning while l was at YOkO-
hama was informed that criminal
was about to be publicly put to death,
and the morbid curiosity which has
more or less a stronghold upon most of
ness the execution. This is what saw:
When l reached the place appointed
for carrying into effect the capital sem
tence, the unfortunate convict, fine
looking Japanese, in the prime of
youth and strength, was standing UNI
der huge post in the middle of a little
posse of guards. The post had cross
piece. Nearly nude, he was standing
erect, but as motionless as statue,
while his fearless but dreamy eyes
gazed straight into the distance before
him, as if he was looking at some far
off object looming upon a horizon WISH
BILE only to his distracted vision.
There was no token of terror in his de-
termined face, no sign of shrinking in
his quiescent but tensely-strung body.
Presently there was movement among
the little knot of those surrounding
him. His jailers moved aside and there
strobe into the circle a gaunt, repul-
sive-looking native, clad from head to
foot in dress of dingy yellow. The
executioner-for it was he-was ac-
companied by couple of assistants,
who carried some half-dozen long,
round bamboo rods, about a couple Of
fingers thick at their largest end, and
tapering to half that size at the other.
which was sharply pointed. The rods
were laid upon the ground, and the
trinity Of death clapped hold of the
living statue before them. In q trice
the human effigy, who made no attempt
at resistance, and who, as far as I OBJ
served, never even opened his lips, was
grimly dangling on the post, his
arms stretched out right and left
along the cross-pieoe. There was
now q slight pause. The execution
ers dallied with the bamboos, and the
poor creature spread-eagled on the
post still looked into the shadowy dis
lance, still was dumb; but I thought I
could detect q yellow pallor stealing up
his face. Perhaps he was collecting all
his resolution to meet the terrible Or