DR. BELLOWS SAFE. - Dr. Bellows and family arrived from Washoe night before last, perfectly safe, although they came over themountains in the same coach with Samuel Stewart, Esq., brother of the Hon. William M. It is well it was not the latter, who is pleasant company and a great lawyer, but his influence is probably only moderate in the realms beyond the skies, and it would not be the soundest policy for the best of persons to take too many chances on the Almighty's forbearance by riding over the Henness Pass in a mud wagon with that same lawyer. William M. Stewart wins nearly every lawsuit he undertakes; but it is no sign he is popular in Paradise.
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GO TO THE SEA-SIDE. - If you are hesitating as to how you will spend your leisure time to day, we will decide for you by advising a trip to the Ocean Beach via the Central street cars and the omnibuses from Lone Mountain. It is better to recline on the cliffs, and let the free breeze have its own way with you, than to beat with restless feet the worn pavements of the city's streets. Besides, the beach has the advantage on the score of inexpensiveness. Thirty-five cents for health and a sight at the seals is better than as many dollars for green seal and a headache, which are among the probabilities if you stay in town. Foster, of the Cliff House, says those who come out once generally repeat the visit many times. He can tell the regular beach comers at a glance. They look so ruddy and healthy.
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COUNTY JAIL ADDITION. - The work of adding another story to the County Jail will be commenced at once, and driven to completion with all possible dispatch, in order to meet the demand for accommodations there, occasioned by its wide-spread and deserved popularity under the management of officer Clarke. The new upper story will contain twenty-six or twenty-eight cells, similar to those on the main floor, two of which will be very large and comfortable and reserved for the use of civil process prisoners -- fellows who desire to return to the States per steamer, but are detained by thoughtful creditors.
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ONE DAY FOR REFLECTION. - The ancient privilege of getting drunk, under certain restrictions, is still religiously observed by many, but the restrictions are not. From slight indulgences men are apt to run into bad habits, and next into the lock up, and from there sometimes into worse, in the direct line of misery. Five of the derelicts, whose names are not worth mentioning, were yesterday consigned to the prison cell for twenty-four hours each, by Judge Shepheard. Some of them may thank the Judge for about the only sober moments they know.
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POLICE COURT. - Judge Shepheard may soon begin to enjoy the otium cum dignitate of his office, if men and women persist in behaving themselves so well as they have for a few days past. So effectual a corrective has the discipline of the Police Court been among the "roughs," that the Judge's occupation is in danger. Yesterday morning the new cases numbered but fifteen, all told, classified as follows: Drunk, six; misdemeanor, four; carrying concealed weapons, one; assault and battery, four.
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