Year: 1871




GERMAN PEACE JUBILEE.-Elsewhere in our
columns will be found the announcement of a
grand peace jubilee gotten up by the Germans of
Trinity county. 1t is certain to be, in spite of
hard times and all other unproptious circum-
stances, the most notable gathering of the year.
The Germans excel all other nations in festivi-
ties of this sort, and just now their hearts are
filled with gladness Not that they rejoice over
the msfortunes of the French people, not that
destituton and sorrow sit unwelcome guests by
many hearthstones of a gallant but unfortunate
and conquered nation We know that such SEN
timents are expressed deprecating any manifes-
tations of exultation by our German fellow citi-
zens over the result of the war in Europe We
have yet to hear the first one of those moving in
the festival to which we REFER express any such
sentiments. 1t is but human nature that our
German fellow citizens should take deep inter-
est in what transpres in their Faderand.
There they left venerable fathers, aged moth
ers, brothers, sisters and friends. " Blood
is thicker than water" and they would be in
sensible, indeed, to the promptings of the ho-
liest impulses of the human heart were their
warmest sympathies not aroused by warfare in
which their countrymen, friends and kindred
involved. Had fate ordained otherwise
and the victorious eagles of France run the
fertile plains of Germany as before now has
been the case, who would deem it improper or
unnatural that Germans everywhere should feel
it keenly and deplore the msfortunes of their
own flesh and blood. Certainly no unprejudiced
person. In this light then, the Germans have
right to rejoice that their brothers are no longer
required to venture their lives on the battle
field. That war taxes and the horrors of a SAN
culinary strife are averted from their native land.
That their old men, women and children can
slumber undisturbed by waking apprehensions
of danger from the coming of pitess foe.
Their celebration is appropriately called peace
jubilee. Its managers are sparing no efforts nor
expense. Musicians will be present from Shasta
and brass band will be one of the features of
the occasion. torch light procession, fire.
works and firing of the big gun is another.
grand tableau and dancing at Thomas thea
tire will be next in order. An elegant supper
will be served at Washington Hall. Champagne,
lager beer, ETC., will be plentifuly furnished for
the ladies and for the gentlemen also if the sup
ply does not give out. Tickets are FIVE dollars,
but include everything. Those who do not go
will miss seeing large crowd enjoy themselves.


JUNCTION CRY is enlivening up. With the
first water money began to circulate. John
Franklin Is rolling the money out of his claim
on Canon Creek a few miles above junction
City. A. A. Smonds is doing well in his drift
diggings and lately struck another pay streak.
Mckinney & Grover have started tunnel to
open drifting claim that can be worked when
water is too scarce for their sluicing claim.
They are in one hundred and sixty feet and
think will strike pay with week twos work
more. The boys are enjoying a joke on Uncle
Joe Sturdivant. The report of the earthquake
was heard in that vicinity on Wednesday of last
week. Uncle Joe did not hear it, and the sub
ject being mentioned and discussed in his pres
ence, took it for an attempt to sell him. To
show that he didn't bite, he very gravey told
his experience. I" Yes" says he, :" beard it,
| was at work in my bed rock ditch. heard
the noise, and when the shock came the ground
cracked open just ahead Of me right in the line
of my ditch, and about the width of my ditch for
sand dollars worth of work"


From GERMANY.-John Munster returned by
Wednesdays stage from a visit to the Fader-
land. He arrived at Hamburg Il few days after