| Show TK L IT IM BOSTON tZ1 14M M r Unvl Itclate tli Htorj nff the California Gold nbjrovorr Boston Mass Jan 25The Society of California 1loneers of New England net at the United States hotel last light between 100 and 150 being tires ant Two hours were passed pleasantly In the renewal of old ties ot friendship Charles A Dole the president of the society presided and wa among the 11 pker or the occasion Among lbe others who spoke were JohnConness of Mattapan who was United States senator sen-ator from California In President Iln colns time orham D Gilman 10 written consul In Iloston and Judge Henry J Wells of Cambridge Among those present at the reunion was Mrs Mary Davis of Uoxbury district dis-trict who saw and held in her hands the heat nugget of gold discovered In California by Marshall at Sutler Mills January 2 I81S Mrs Davis related the story of the nugget When Marshall discovered the gold In the sluiceway of the sawmill saw-mill nt Coloma he took the nugget and started for Fort Sutter twenty miles away Ills road took him past the ranch of the Slnclalrs and there he exhibited ex-hibited his new found treasure Mar hall proceeded on his way to Fort Sutler where the nuggets were tested and ploed to loe gold On his way back Marshall again stopped at the ranch and telling them telng that the nugget had been tested and rOUnd to lie gold pledged them to me crec In the discovery Mrs Blnelalr told how impossible It Impalble wa q i to keep the discovery quiet and how In n few months the region roundAbout round-About wn swarming with ifagper des Imt men |
