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Year: 1874

A RAILROAD CORPORATION WITH A SOUL-We
hear great deal of the rapacity of corporations,
their want of soul, etc. Raiirlad corporations
have come in for good deal of this kind of char
acterizatun. We glad that there is another
side of the picture. As everybody knows, the
settlers along the western line of the Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe railroad have lost their crops
by the ravages of the grasshopper. The first
party to extend substantial aid to those settlers
is the railroad company. 1t offers to furnish
them seed wheat for fall sowing to be repaid in
kind out of the crUp when grown, 10 transport
wheat free of charge when unable to pay for it,
and to extend the time of payment on lands pur
chased Of the company for one year.-LGTreRoe
Journal.
Year: 1874

Astronomer Parkhurst writes that the new
comet may be found with a small telescope sew
en- degrees south of Gamma, the upper guard or
pointer of the Little Bear. Its small size and
slow motion indicate that il is yet probably not
less than 100 600 600 miles from us; but neither
its distance or the direction of its motion can
be certainly known until after another observa-
tion. IL appears that its present direction and
rate of motion will bring it midway betwesa
Gamma and Thuban in one week.
Year: 1874

E~ COwhide Griffin, of the Manhattan Nation
aiist, is not happy. When these fellows get sour
aud snappish, they must all have their snap at
"SOl. Miller" If the old baboon has publication
on the brain, why didn't he stay down in his ma
tive clay eating Georgia, where they have more
thieves and scoundrsls in Office than in any other
State of the Unioni Perhaps they were too we'll
acquainted with him there as they are getting
to be here.
Year: 1874

~ The DOniphan County Republican (outsidc
printed in St. Louis) says it is habit to slash
man one week, and take it all back the next
Yes, and right here We have to do that very
thing. We apologize to Pliny Soper, Jr., for even
intimating that any person supposed he wrote
any of the editorials in the Republican They are
too thin and childish for him. If he only uould
write something, there would be marked i'm
proyement in the ability of the paper
Year: 1874

y Those papers that were pitching into US
for condemning the manner of Phillips nomina-
tiou, while supporting the nominee, are respect
fully requested to turn their manure forks upon
about dozen papers in the State, which denounce
the nomination of Osborn, and yet support him
not even claiming that improper means were
used to secure his nomination
Year: 1874

n According to the Wsthena Reporters " off
cial" report of the State Convention, we find
that the men who bolted were the only honest
men in the Convention, and are entitled to
all the praise; while the men who stood their
ground, and tried to keep the Convention
and the party united, are the men who deserve
to be denounced and besmeared
Year: 1874

II Beecher has for years been subject to the
disease known as Hay Fever. If it be true that
all flesh is grass, do not wonder at his intlie-
ton, considering his hankerng after the flesh.
Year: 1874

Many good horses devour large quantities
of grain and hay, and still continue thin and
poor. The food eaten is not properly assimi-
lated. If the usual feed has been unground
grain and hay, nothing but change will ef-
feet a desirable alteration in the appearance
of the animal. In case oil meal cannot be
obtained readily, mingle bushel of flaxseed
with bushel of barley, one of oats, and an
other bushel of Indian corn, and let it be
ground into fine meal. This will be a fair
proportion for all his feed. Or, the meal of
barley, oats and corn, in equal quantities,
may be first procured and one-fourth part OF
the oil cake mingled with it, when the meal
is sprinkled on cut feed. Feed two or three
quarts of the mixture three times daily,
mingled with peck of cut hay and straw.
If the horse will eat that amount greedily,
let the quantity be gradually increased until
he will eat four or six quarts at every feed
ing three times day. So long as the animal
will eat this allowance, the quantity may be
increased a little every day. But avoid the
practice of allowing horse to stand at rack
we'll filled with hay. In order to fatten
horse that has run down in flesh, the groom
should be very particular TO feed the animal
no more than he will eat up clean and lick
the manger for more.
Year: 1874

WHO SHALL l GIVE IT To ?-This is
the leading question now agitating the
mind Of our usually serene Postmaster.
The reason why will be fully understood
when we explain that letter has been
received, at the Weaverville Post Office,
bearing this superscription:
Year: 1874

SWISS H0TEL-Among other new ad-
vertisements this week will be found that
of the Swiss Hotel, San Francisco. The
proprietor, John Gantner, was formerly
resident of this county, and Trinity
people visiting the city and giving him a
call will receive the best of treatment.
Year: 1874

OREGON GULcH MOUNTAIN. - The
mountain, or dividing ridge, between
Weaver Basin and Oregon Gulch has
long been generally believed, and almost
positively known, to be one of the very
richest gravel deposits in California. No
water is the only reason why it has not
been extensively worked-that is, no wa
ter high enough, for the richest deposit is
high up on the mountain. No work has
been done on this divide, except what
James Ward has done with very limited
supply Of water-usually holding out no
longer than while the rain was falling
and this work is considered only enough
to prospect the deposit. With the small
amount Of water at his command, Mr..
Ward has not been able to average more
than two weeks slucing per year for
several years ;And during these two weeks
he has not stripped as much bed rock as
could have been done in single day with
good head Of water in properly rugged
claim. Yet he has made a living, and
this is sufficient to show that the gravel
deposit he has opened is Immensely rich,
and it is known to be extensive. The
Ward claim, together with considerable
adjacent mining land, has now passed
into the possession of Loveridge, George
& Co., and it is to cover this deposit that
this company proposes to carry the West
Weaver water lately purchased from DR..
Ware. The water will be taken from
West Weaver creek about mile above
the present dam, and three and one-half
miles of ditch will put it on the Oregon
Guleh divide over 40 feet higher than
where the Junction City wagon road
crosses. This ditch will cover more
extensive and richer section of mining
land than is covered by any water ditch
in the county at the present time, and its
completion will distinctly mark new
and brighter era for Trinity County. No
time is to be lost in building this ditch,
IS it is intended that water shall be turned
into it by the first of May, and perhaps
sooner. The line of ditch is already sur
vcycd and work is to commence at once.


AS to what immediate use is to be made
of the Rush Creek water, the Company
has not yet decided, but the waters Of
West Weaver, Bush Greek and Stuart
Fork are intended to supply chain of
bitches which, when completed, will sur
pass any similar work ever constructed in
the State, and will add greatly to the fu-
ture prosperity of our county.
Year: 1874

Were good-looking young ladies the
exception here as elsewhere, the p. NJ .
might soon determine to whom this pecu-
liarly interesting missive belonged, but
among such bevy of acknowledged
beauties as our mountain town contains
it is indeed difficult to decide. Had the
address read lone of the Best Looking"
etc., the P. N. could have handed it to
the first young lady who applied and have
felt that his duty was done. Under the
circumstances as they are, however, he
must deliver il to the best looking young
lady in town and none other. Now, there
are not less than one hundred young la
dies in this village, each of whom hon
estly believes herself to be "the Best
Looking Young Lady in Weaverville,
Trinity County, California;" and we
haven't the least doubt but what all of
them will make grand stampede for the
Post Office rs soon as they learn that the
letter is there. The Postmaster saws he
can stand this rush for few days, but he
shudders to think of g the wrath to come"
from the remaining ninety nine, when he
delivers the letter to any one Of them.
Year: 1874

Stock DYING. = Our lower country
exchanges all speak of the present Winter
as being the most severe one on stock
that has been known for many years
The constant succession Of cold rains
which continued day and night for weeks
at time kept the animals chilled through,
and the feed is not yet high enough to
enable them to gain strength to resist the
influence Of the cold storms. We fear
that much of the stock driven down from
this county, for Winter pasturage, will
be lost.
Year: 1874

The extremity to which the ring is
posed than by the return of the E'r-
press to the BERN ARD falsehood. The
man, BERNARD, who, it may be well
to remark, owns one hundred or more
shares in the Water Company, and
consequently fears the appointment
of Board of Water Commissioners,
as the law directs, permits himself to
be made to say in the interview out of
which the little organ manufactured
it's entire stock in trade so far in the
campaign, that he did not own GER
tain piece of land at given time, yet
the papers in the case show that he
had sold or given the lot to Bishop
AMAT before the time stated and that
he sold it to another party after the
date mentioned. These facts place
him in position which renders any
and all statements he may make on
this or any other matter valueless in
the estimation of all honorable men;
while the card of Colonel SMITH, the
attorney of Mr.. DEs AUTELs in the
case of DES AUTELS VS.. AMAT, sh ows
that neither the city nor Mr.. BEAUDRY
were in the slightest degree concerned
in the final disposition of the lot. Still
the Erpress is able to find nothing to
urge against Mr.. BEAUDRY except the
story Of this man BERNARD, in which
he convicts himself of an act that
ought to be investigated by the Grand
Jury. The pertinacity with which
the little organ sticks to its nailed
down and branded falsehood is evil
dence of two facts: First, that it
would libel tho angel GAPprEI if an
directed and the libel furnished by the
ring; and, second, that being unable
to find another BERNARD and lacking
the ability to invent another slander,
it labors assiduously to earn the price
of its infamy by setting up day by
day its dead and putrid slander and
crying out to every passer-by, "See
our little bantling; don't you think
we can make it live if we keep up a
steady application of lie ?"
Year: 1874

The first Masonic funeral that ever
took place in California occurred in
1S49, and was performed over a broth
er found dead in the bay of San Fran
cisco. An account of the ceremonies
states that on the body of the deceased
was found silver mark of q Mason,
upon which were engraved the initials
of his name. A little further investi-
CATION revealed to the beholder the
most Singular exhibition of Masonic
emblems that was ever drawn by the
ingenuity of man upon the human
skin. There is nothing in the history
of traditions of F'reemasonry equal to
it. Beautifully dotted on his left arm
in red and blue ink which time could
not efface, appeared all the emblems
of the entire apprenticeship There
was the Holy Bible, square and COM
pass, twenty four inch gauge and
common gavel. There was also the
Masonic pavement, representing the
ground floor of Solomon's Temple, the
indented tessel which surrounds it and
the blazing star in the center. On his
right arm, artistically executed in the
same indelible fluid, were the en-
blems pertaining to the Fellowcraft's
degree, viz-the square, the level and
the plumb. There were also the five
columns representing the five orders
of architecture - the Tuscan, Doric,
Ionic, Corinthian and Composite. In
removing the garments from his body,
the trowel presented itself, with all
the other tools of operative masonry.
Over his heart was the pot of incense;
on other parts OF his body were the
beehive, the book of constitutions,
guarded by the Tyler's sword, pointing
to naked heart; the All-Seeing Eye,
the anchor and the ark, the hour glass,
the scythe, the forty-second problem
of Euclid, the sun, moon, stars and
comets; the three steps which are en-
blematic OF youth, manhood and age.
Admirably executed was the weeping
virgin, reclining upon broken col
umn, upon which lay the book of con-
stitutions. In her right hand she held
the pot of incense, the Mason's en-
blem of a pure heart, and in her left
sprig of acacia, the emblem of the
Immortality of the soul. Immediately
beneath her stood winged Time with
his scythe by his side with which he
cuts the brittle thread of life and the
hour-glass at his feet, which is ever
reminding us that life is whitening
away. The withered and attenuated
fingers of the destroyer were placed
amid the long and flowing ringlets of
the disconsolate mourner. Thus were
striking emblems of mortality and
Immortality blended in one pictorial
representation. 1t was q spectacle
such as Masons never saw before and
in all probability such as the frater-
nifty will never witness again. The
deceased brothers name was never
known.
Year: 1874

We have never had great amount
of faith in the ability of the different
immigrant aid associations.that have
from time to time assumed the task of
adding to our population. They have
always proven expensive, and for the
most part, futile experiments. But a
movement has been inaugurated late
ly which will, we think, accomplish
the work so often undertaken, and as
often left unfinished. The California
State Grange has turned its attention
to the subject of immigration and at
its last regular meeting organized an
Immigrant Aid Department and ar
ranged for the maintenance of an
agency i'll San Francisco. Mr.. JOSIAH
EARL, the agent appointed, has
opened an office and assumed the dis
charge of his duties. He commences
with the compilation of The Grdnger's
GUIDE to Homes in California. This
is a monthly publication, of which
10000 copies are to be issued. There
are now 10000 Oranges in the United
States, and it is through these that
the Guide will be circulated 1t will
be seen at glance that the Grange
affords facilities for distributing the
Guide greater than could be obtained
by any other means. Each subordi-
nate Grange will become distribut-
ing agency by which the information
compiled by Mr.. EARL will reach the
class of persons desiring it. The
Guide contains IA pages twelve by
sixteen inches in size. It's pages are
filled with information relative to the
State, carefully and accurately COM
piled. A marked feature of the work
is its avoidance of all exaggeration and
partiality or prejudice for or against
any locality or section. The initial
number of the work is now out. The
circulation is not to be confined to
this country, stereotype plates will be
sent to England, and under the name
of The Great Republic, thousands, per-
haps, millions, of copies will be scat
tered over Europe. The farmers-the
Grangers-'are the owners of the land
and they are the people interested in
drawing within our State that class of
immigration which will be most BEN
eficial to the country-laboring men
and women-and the Grange is the
proper medium through which to dis
seminate the information that will in
duce the coming of those men and
women. Thanks to the facile
and well informed pen of
Mrs. Capt. WILLIAM MOORE, of
this city, Los Angeles valley is cor
rectly and graphically described in
the first number of the Guide.
Year: 1874

EDITOR HERALD: AS q working
man, l beg the favor of small space
in your paper to address few remarks
to the citizens of Los Angeles upon
the important topic of the approach
ing election. Now, the prosperity
and happiness of Il people depends en-
tirely upon the purity Of the laws by
which they are governed and their
sound and healthy administration. In
some countries the power to make the
laws is vested in the hands of few,
while the many are left with no other
chance but to obey such laws, which
they have not the least voice either in
making or executing; but+this is not
the case with us, in this much-favored
land, as all classes of men in this re-
spect have equal rights. Hence, if we
mis-apply this power within us, we
are left with only ourselves to blame.
If we want good laws, we must elect
men of sterling integrity to enact
them; and even then, if they are not
handled by upright and honest men,
we are left like the boy with his step
mother, who said that "the bread was
good, and the butter was good, but
what he found fault with was the way
the worthless brute spread it,"


We are now on the eve of our muni-
cipal election, and it behooves us, as
men who have the common interest
of our growing city at heart, to place
the right men in the right places, re-
gardless of any clique or small faction
whose only aim is their own interest
and the power to promote it upon the
expense of the taxpayers. We have
quite number of candidates in the
field offering themselves to serve us
who come under our notice in the
form of party tickets. Now, all these
we should examine and see how mat
| ters stand with them at home. Have
they managed their own affairs with
justice and economy? If SO, we know
how far to trust them with ours; be-
cause, depend upon it, this is a qualifi-
cation which is highly necessary for
public office. In these matters we are
too apt to speak in the third person,
and say, "they should do it;n but say
ave should do it," because it is
not only our interest to do
it; but we also have the
power to do it if we only would make
proper use of our reason and vote. We
should pass by such naked allegations
as those we see from time to time in
that worthless, snarling sheet which
like the dog in the manger sneaks out
of it's kennel every evening with its
angry bark at evrybody outside of the
limits of it's own ring. Surely this
illustrious writer should learn to be
more candid and deal more with prin-
ciples. He will find Mr.. Beaudry's
character like piece of good leather:
the more he rubs it the brighter it will
shine. ......


AS to how Mr.. Beaudry came in pos
session of his land | know very little,
but this know, he has and is making
good use of it. He not only sells to
the public at reasonable prices, but
also has been to considerable expense
in improving it and at the same time
improving the city. The excavations
and new streets he has made speak for
themselves. Can the slanderer deny
this? | defy him. In conclusion L
may say that / believe Mr. Beaudry to
be fit and proper gentleman to sit in
the highest seat of our municipal Of
| fees, and as such | will both vote for
him and support him. Yours truly,


VERITAS.
Year: 1874

THE Express yells for TIFFANY, but
avoids all allusion to or attempt at
apology for that gentleman's going
into the country with the Grand Jury
of which he was Foreman and q bucket
of whitewash to whiten the Water
Company's reservoir-a job as far out
of his duty as his neglect to notice the
complaints against the houses of i'll
fame was within it.
Year: 1874

Says Grass valley paper: "Any
one who thinks Grass Valley is not a
good town for peaches must get rid of
the idea. At the residence of Gale
Compton there are several peach trees
in the lot. This year the family have
had plenty of peaches continuously
from July 4th to Nov. 18th. The late
tree is the first one in town to bios
som.u
Year: 1874

The jury in the case of the People
VS.. Herring q Casey, publishing the
late Local Option paper in San Jose,
were unable to agree upon a verdict.
1t will be remembered that the charge
made was to the effect that Rev. Mr..
Hatch was carried home on a shutter.
Year: 1874

They used to tie the sash on the left
side in pretty bow, but now. as they are
worn of such wide and handsome ribbon,
the ladies put them wherever there is 4
''break" in their dress. There is nothing
like combining cleverness with economy,
and the first two combined with fashion.
Year: 1874

The Twenty talk of some West
Tennesseeans reminds us of the New
State movement few years ago. We
wonldcaution the country press to touch
them tenderly, or they'll secede this
time, sure enough.
Year: 1874

BoTH houses of the Pennsylvania
Legislature unanimously request Presi-
dent Grant to reopen. the case of Gen.
Fitzlohn Porter. So many regulations
are at stake in this matter, that we have
no hope to see justice done till the pre-
sent party is swept from power.
Year: 1874




During the progress of the consultation
the President was advised by the Attorney
General that the representatives Of the two
factions were holding a meeting with the
hope Of eiiecting a compromise, and re
spOnded in a note in which he expressed a
sincere nope that the meeting would adopt
a plan to harmonize their differences which
could be endorsed by the ATTORNEY General
and thus end the contest.


1t seems to be very well Understood that
if the agreement, as sent to Little Rock, is
entered into in good faith, and that, after
wards, any of its provisions are violated,
the Attorney General will ask the President
to take the matter in hand and dispose of
it. Among the suggestions made at the
conference with the Attorney General to-
night was one that an officer of national
reputation, who would reflect the views Of
the administration, should be sent to Lit
tie Rock, to exercise a general supervision
and moral influence there.


The Howard Inquiry Closed.


The Howard court of inquiry adjourned
sine die this afternoon. The decision and
proceedings in the case will now 90 the
Judge Advocate General for review, after
which they will be presented TO the Pnesi-
dent for executive action.


Newspaper Postage.


The House Committee on PoSt-office and
Post-roads have agreed TO recommend the
enactment of a law, which shall require
the prepayment OF postage on all newspa-
pers and other printed matter. Postmaster
General CresweN was present at the meet
ing to assist in perfecting details. The bill
will provide for the prepayment Of postage
by the pound, probably at the rate of i
cents per pound for newspaper and periodi-
Gals mailed regularly by publishers, who
can thus put up and prepay large packages
without the trouble of separately stamping
publications destined for same Post-Ofiice.


I.ater-Gen. Howard Acquitted.


The findings of the Court honorably
acquit Gen. Howard Of every charge.


a Newspaper Man Suing for Libel.


Don Piatt to-day entered suit againS,
Mortimer D. Leggett, Commissioner Of
Patents. for alleged libel, recently published
in The ZdReSrHle Courier, charging Plat
with Matchmaking and with manuiactur-
ing what he knows to be false, Piatt
claims damages in $4,000