, 1878-02-09
From the rai!y of wednesday.

From the rai;y of Wednesday.
LAND SLIDE.-A large land slide
has occurred on the bay below From,
street, parallel with Llerora street
Some weeks ago the earth cracked
at this point. and family residing
in Il house below Front street on
Lenora became alarmed and moved
ont. The house was afterwards
moved to another portion of the lot.
The land from this point to the bay,
including four or Ave acres, has
gradually settled until the lower
blocks that the house formerly rest
ed on are now ten feet below their
former level. The rear end OF the
fence has broken Off and is still
standing, having been carried to an
adjoining street. Along the bank
which marks the extent of the slide
large roots have been torn from
stumps and trees, and at the waters
edge trees have fallen into the bay.
The cause of this slide does not ap-
pear, but it is probably caused by
quicksands underlying the bed of
clay at this place. A small stream
of water runs from under the clay
into the bay, am This probably has
worked the sand from underneath.
A short distance north of this the
soil is cement for a depth of seventy
feet, and there is no possibility Of
slide extending in that direction.
CRY TAxEs.--H. W. Rowland,
City Treasurer, has furnished us
some facts concerning city taxes.
The total amount assessed was SIG
1864. OF this amount $11 ,O34.73
have been collected, leaving S., ,452.-
q delinquent, which amount will
be turned over to Capt Hill, the
County Treasurer, for collection
about the first of next week. A
most remarkable thing occurred in
these assessment rolls. The list
which was made out by j. T. Wheel
er, City Clerk, comprises 60 pages
of seven columns of figures each.
These figures were checked off as
the taxes were paid. The Treasurer
in footing up the amounts paid and
the delinquent list, found them to
correspond to cent with the list
made out by the Clerk. Had either
of these persons made the slightest
mistake in this multitude of figures
it would have been impossible to
make the accounts balance.
DANGERS OF THE DEEP. - Last
nights dispatches state that good
deal of uneasinessis felt in regard toa
number of coasting vessels now
overdue at San Francisco. The
schooners Abbie. B. II. Ramsdell
and Lizzie Madison are out % days
from Humboldt, while from Puget
Sound the Courser is 35 days out,
Lizzie Williams 33, Alice 30, Ros-
we'll Sprague and Oregon 30 days,
and Melancthon 20 days from the
Columbia river; while several others
from the Sound are out longer than
usual. A government cutter was
dispatched from San Francisco on
the 4th to the nor.hward to render
what assistance she can if any of
them are discovered. Damage to
the vessels and suffering on account
of the lack Of provisions are feared.
as it is not their custom to carry a
large supply Of eatables.
COMMISSIONERS Court. -Yester-
day the report of Henry Adams and
others on the practicability of build
ing a bridge across White river at
the confluence of White and Green
rivers, was accepted by the Board,
and the bills ordered paid out of the
road fund. The Auditor was in
structed to prepare two jury lists
and have them ready for the board
at its meeting on the first Monday
in May next. Road district No. q
was ordered extended down to the
city limits. To-day the bid of A.
W. Hawks to bury the county de-
seased county poor was accepted
The Board appointed judges and in
spectors for the special election to
be held on the 9th day of April next.
SETTLED. = The counter assault
and battery cases between parties
from and near Newcastle. which
we're set for to-day in Justice Sny-
der's and Justice Scott's Courts, re-
spectively, were compromised. As
it was, the costs amounted to up
wards of $50, and if we include the
time and travelling expenses of the
complaining witnesses, would be
upwards of $50. If the cases had
come to trial the expenses would
have been much higher. This quar-
reling and fighting is expensive
business.
DISTRICT CoURT.-The case Of the
Territory VS.. John Moss was given
to the jury last night about ten
o'clock, and that body after consid-
ering the case nearly an hour, re-
turned the following verdict: "We
the jury, find the defendent guilty
of an assault with intent to commit
murder" The morning session was
occupied in considering the charge
against a Chinaman of selling liquor
to Indians. The grand jury found
an indictment against Thomas w.
Prosch for libel.