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* The Daily Transcript.
_NEVADA CITY. CAIs —
28, 1878. “Sunday, “Apel
GEO. M, MOTT Cae only author1zed Agent in Sucramento. ‘He will re‘eeive. Advertiserients and Subseriptions
for the Transcarpr, and eat ea us in
our lame,
Bae 2h
Senaeoplfont
GREENBACKS AT PAR,
The Alta, in. taking a cursory
elunce at the past and present history of our national curreucy, says
that the fact that only one silver dol+
lurchas as*yet been paid into the
-Gastom House for duties, and that
_oe silver dollar was paid only beSRN. “TE
aa aes s) " ,
; BREVITIES,
«The roads aréin good condition,
Business of all kinds continues to
improve steadily.
Notwithstanding their name, quail
“lalways die game,
There will -be no-services at. the
Episcopal church to-day.
There isn’t & vegetable that can
ketchup with the tomato. (
Work in the Watv and Derbec
shafts is progressing finely.
“The Choral Society has a -regular
rehéarsal at the Theatre to-morrow
night.
The Charleton murder qase will
come up before the District Court on
‘Tuesday.
A concert. for the_benefit_of the
PERSONAL . = ¢
A pleasant surprise party was held
at the residence of Mrs, Dr. R. M:
Haunt, on the occasion of that lady’s
return from San Francisco, Friday
evening.
H, ©. Mills, who has heen seriotis-"
ly ill for some weeks past, was 80°
fanrecovered yesterday as to be able
‘to sit up. 2;
Samuel. -Rohinson, — representing
Miller & RitWatd’s Fype Foundry,
San Francisco, was in town yesterday.
successful on his present trip, having taken orders from several offices
in this county for large quantities of
material, :
The following persons were Lamang .
Mr, Robinson bas been very
cause a’one dollar in gold’ was not
readily obtainable, is & curious. sub—— jeer for thought. :
thought tat its passage would cause
silver dollars to lose value in the
matket relat'vely to gold, But the
contrary has resulted, at least in
this market, where silver is held at
spar with gold, at the present time,
But it is with: currency at par that
causes more particulary the memory
to recallits history of a few years
ago, As the war progressed, or
rather continued without mach proyress, apparently, toward ending, the
neue kept depreciating, “antil in
1pGda dollar~in greenbacks was
“worth in tbe’ market only ateifte
Over thirty-five” conts, gold being av}
When the bit was+
/has our permission to go'a great deal
M. E, 2 eansiny aoe took place at
The Grass Se =paUnE sehool}
ex chibition~ on Thursday evening
last, was & marked success.
Nearly every mine in the county
is being: worked vigorously. The
smaller ones will have au abundant
supply—ofwater —for ~several-woeks
yet. ;
A house skeeper writes us that
“scalded milk will go as faras fresh
milk.” If it. will only stay there, it
further.
¥osterday’s™ etection ~passed-—-off
very quietly. Most of the candidates
appeared rather indiffurent as to
Lwhether they earried — a
day
‘Couts, one year ago that morning.
‘those registered at-our hotels yesterSauis Robinson, J. -G, Holts:
aud DW -Fitzgerald, “San—Fraa-}
John Kelly, “Bodie; 5. H.
Dikeman, Rough andReady; J.
Cummings, Bioomfetd= John Johnson, Sacramento; W. Thomas, Blue
Tent. ES
Cisco;
England Has Said Her Last Word.
A London, special of Friday” says :
A Vienna correspondent telegraphs
that all negotiationg have failed,
and that it is a question only of days
for an outbreak of war. between EngJand and Russia. The formidablePattack of the Tarkishi i insurgents and
irregular troops upon the . Russians
in the Rhodope mountains has called
forth a communication from the
Grand Duke Nicholas to the Porte,
requiring the ‘Turkish Government:
to suppress it, and. that insurrection
undoubtedly has. had much to flo.
with the failure of the negotiatiens
for the simultaneous withdrasval ef:
the Russian ana English forces from
the vicinity of ( Jonstantinople, The
Porte has sent: peremptory “orders for]
thre evacuation of Batoum, in defer‘Commander-in-Chief, but it willbe
difficult, if not impossible, to induce
the-Turks to. fight—against other
‘Turks at Russian dictation.
This demand, coupled with the
. Tequest for the admission into ConSohn Hank Choked to ‘Deuth bya a
Bangling Hangsman,
_ Joba Runk was’ banged at_ San
Francisés, on . Friday afternoon}
for the _murder.of police officer
At-d-o%leck his -motier“and-sister
were admitted t> ‘his cell and took
final leave of the. condemned son
and—brether,_On_—their
all peesos waa J
Hs -BCCeS
stantinopie— of
Russian soldiers, fur the purpose of.
religious séyrvice next! Sunday, is regarded as foreshadowing _ the Ras-.
sian occupation of that city, unless
nejro tiacions shall have reached a
more satisfactory. stage-than. ean now
be hoped for. TF have it on good-authority that the English: Government has said its last word, and
that its policy now-is-to—continue to .
ee Then was the “Wibtor of our
discontent.” Lut time werks —its
Bi venges, and now it is mado’ glo-:
OTs Ht
That wasa scrupulous young lady
who refused to meet her lover—JusUE Ret:
Fious Summer by bringiupjupcurren=
cy.to par with gold. Then, it was
—aoubttat whether we had-a-country;]
at any rate its chances-were shown.
by the price of-its currency in mar°A history of our -enrreney during
sixteen years last passed w ould nec—gasurity be a-histery of the—eountry;+
ef its warand its battles, its _ bones!
aud its fears, it chances of suceéss
and defeat, in fine, of all the sad und
miserable record ‘of those ‘days when
brave men of the same race stood
np face to face, and-toe to toe, ready
tu kill each other upon what they
considered rincip Ne in the defence
== et, Vic: thirty-five per eet, —
tus,his name was-—at home, “because
her niinister said’ “that — should .
Falways-be-meted: “tthe —
Yesterday's weather: was variable,
. cloudy and clear by turns. ‘Tbe air
Wasa little.clilly=-just. enough 80 .
to be bracing, and, taken-all in all, it}
was the sort of a day that breeds
Cocaine oneeude have been
the latter being in —" atte cat
Hthroughoat
. which those holding permits to wit.
2 =o 4
VACEHE SE
advisers,
<3 4
S-Wis-eenied-te-ba,
by officers and spiritual
prisoter—mmtnainer ‘nia fortitucta
, aud-seemed tesigicd to
his fate.
Before noon people
throng toward the pil
tie hour of “execution the
began t6
and—before
treet was
blocked witi a dense crowd, through
hhess.the executicn could scarcely
made for giyinyg a splendid entertainment at.the Theatre on: Tuesday evening next, for the benefit of the
public schools. We will publish the
programme in full in our next Issue.
The Pioneer Keduction W. orks, wnder the able management of Prof,
force their wiy. The jail was also
crowded with visitors, amony them
Sheriffs Green and Mitchell, frum
San Mateo and Los Angeles.’ At 2
o'clock Runk was brought from hig
céll, his arms pinioned, and took
his plagoon the drop,. The priest.
; agreed to report favorably ~aresolu-[ Chinese Hauivretion,strengthew its forces and prepare for
war, 2
ae BEL News tems, _William Evaits, som “Sf tlie Soares
tary of State, died Friday “morning
at the residence of bis father.
The House Committee have
tion authorizing-a conference between the Uuited States, Great Britain and China, on the “question of}
Aman, aged 50 years, leaped
from the Niagara suspension bridge
Friday mording,
Au accident on the Danville and
Richmond Railroad at Clover, by the
qmail train, , Friday morning, resulted
-enee—to—the—wish—ofthe Russian .
a large nitiber of,
A.givenfor any_mminer-or~agriculturist
“. ing claim, or preparing his land for
‘4 . ions-of this bill. The speedy passage
Sargent’s Timber Bill, ©
Sargent’s bill authorizing the sale
of timber lands in California, Oregon and Washington Territory,passed the Senate on Thursday, after a
short explanation by its author, and
him, in regard to parties now under
prosecution for allegédétimber depredations, The bill, as passed, -pro‘vides that any survey ed lands in California,.Oregon, or Washington Territory,-uot reserved, and valuable
chiefly for timber, but unfit for cultivation, and which have not been
offered for sale, may be sold in quantities nut exceeding 160 acres to any
one person or association at a mini}Maum price of $2 50. per acre, and
[that lands chiefly valuable-for-stone/
may be sold on the same terms.—
Nothing in this Act isto “impair any .
. bone fide claim under any United
States law, or authorize the sale of
interfere with the rights of ditch
owners. Any, person desiring to. buy
such lands is to make very much
such an application, and procf as:to}
the character of land and its being
vacant, etc., asin cases of mining
land_purchases. He is required to
+ subseribe-to-a-etringent oath: thgt be
“buys for his owa use and nct for any
other person. A provision -is mad:
for hearing all advérsé claimants.
Other “sections of. the bill: make it}
unlawful to cut or destroy any timber of “public lands with intent to
Lexportor dispose of -it,” under-peral=
ty of a-fine not less than $100 nor
more than $1000: but permission is
to_take-such timber as —is-necessary
in the ordinary working of bis mintillage, or in suppat of improve-menig. — Phe parties now. beiig-pres—
ecuted:. in~ California, Oregon ~aud
W. ashington, ‘except such ashave cut
. timber for-exportitien; are to be released on payment of $250 per acre
for all lands from which they have
taken timber.
payment of the penalty,: but will.
sons to purchase under the provisof which lifc was secondary consideration. But fourteen years
have made great changes. From
thirty-five vents on the dollar, currency has advanced preity regularly,
uptit now, in this city if one needs
currency instead of gold, he mist
putdown dollar for dollar. In some
cases, a premium of one-half of one
per cent. in gold has been paid for
currency. ‘The present price of currepey, compared, or rather contrasted with that of fourteen years ago,
would furnish a vast field for discussion, were one disposed to a consideration of the subject. At present the general talk iz of hard times;
‘put, judging by the condition of our
mouéy market our three kinds of
money, gold, currency and silver,
ove should say that our hard times
and doubtfal fature was reached
fourteen years ago, and that, pot
“withstanding depreciation of -real
estute from inflation prices, and reductio# 6f wages,the country is,year
by yeur, progressing in prosperity,
A Card from Kearney,
xs Kearney is out in a card declining
“, . >to accept a nomination as delegate to
“the Constitutional Convention,claiming that he ean do better service by
criticizing the candidates and seeing
that gocd\men are elected to office.
‘His card closes asfollows: ‘“Ifthese
met when cl the people,
~ then I will not decline a nomination
to be an humble soldie?. to fall, if
.-peedsba,.in. the font sink inthe
grand uprising of Outraged j Psgple, . ”
determined on purifying by” bidad
RSS
a ‘what could not be accomplished by)
ballot. The Chinese “must go.”
aw The Fusion of Parties,The Republican aud Democratic
State Central Committees convened
at San Francisco, ow Thursday ap—_———-pointed-# Committee of Conference
to decide upon the manner of nominating delegates at large to the
Constitutional Convention, The
Conference Committee reported in
favor of calling a convention, irrespective of all political _purties, to
meet at Sacramento and nominate.
delegates at large,
t-@ Elizabeth says, with. charm.
ing cheek, that one of Mr Beecher’s
sermons, inculcating the duty of eonfessing sins, had led Her to confess
both ber sin and that of her pastor.
pa
Ropsrr Benygee is put down at
-< "10,000,000.
.
_) of Committees,
{been rumored that Jacob was dead,
A. B, Crosby, are kept constantly busy
by the product of the surrounding
mines. Prof, Crosby’s process of reducing ore is most satisfactory in its
results;
There were four candidates for the
School Directorship, yesterday, as
follows: J. 8. Dann; Jno. I. Caldwell, Geo. M. Hughes and M. L.
Marsh,. As we goto press previous
to the counting of the ballots. it is
impossible to name the successful
ones.
The Teachers’ Institute.
eachs
ers’ the
Washincton school building; at1:30
o'clock P. M., to-morrow, and remain
in session five days.
len, Mrs. Dr. Carr, and other prominent educators will attend and deliver le¢tures, A cordial invitation
is‘extended to those who féel an interest in our schools to. attend.
Teachers who absent themselves
Without sufficient cause are liable to
have their certificates revoked. The
following is the order of exercises
for the first day :
Monpbay, 1:30 P. M. Opening.
Choosing officers and appointment
Remarks by ChairThe annual meeting of the T
Tnstitute will convene in
man,
_ 2:00 Tiistruction in Mental Arithmetic—Miss Potter.
2:20 Discussion on same.
2:40 Recess.
3: 00 Instrumental or Vocal Music,
3:05 «Reading—The bést method
in Primary scliools—Miss Preston.
825 The best method of teaching
Morality. Prof, Carmichael,
3:40 Discussion on same,
S805 Report of Critics.
he Workingmen of Gilroy
have adopted resolutions opposing
the formation ‘ef military companies
or vigilance comthittees for— political
purposes, and condemning the use of
incendiary or communiswc language.
» A rich ore discovery is aoe:Hey: to have been made at Yan
Blade, three miles from Austin, No>
vada,
saniediin
[> Bain dnd hail fell at Austin,
Nevada, on Friday, accompanied by
thunder and lightning.
ead pe of the edie Russian
officers signs his name With his oiark.
A soldier of the Gross.
te Atraveler in the Holy Land
has discovered Jacob’s Weil, It has
Professor Al. }:
sponding in a low, steady voice,
His demeanor was quiet and firm,
and ne signs of trepidation showed
themselves. The delay was brief.
The rope” was quickly adjusted,
}the drop fell, andthe condemned
murderer dangled ‘for a moment
motionless, The noose slipped under his chin, and in a moment it]
was evident-fhat he was
ly choking to. death, His
struggles were violent, though
reudered abortive by tbe bands
With which his limbs were-vonfined, but the labored and convulsive attempts to breathe, short
gasps and tbe opening and: clench=.
ing of his hands were horrible toview. His struggles were prolonged some three —or four
when Vreathing ceased
physicians — soon after
hit-dead, =
slowminutes,
and the
pronounced
ee
The Florida Sensation,
The much talked of “confessions”
of McLin and Dennis, with regard to
the “doctoring”’ of -the Florida returns in the Presidential election of
1876, are now before the people, . to.
[be judged-of according tothe die= . e
tates of common sense. The confessions, whether true or false, can
have no bearing whatever upon the
title of President. Ifayes;-since be
holds his office entirely upon the authority of the Electoral Commission,
which is the creature of his political
enemies. Nevertheléss,.
called “confessions,”
these s0if true, will be
very likely to be used with some effect in. the coming campaign, and
iadeed that is the sole object of their
production at this time, If the Returning Board of Florida counted in
Hayes, when the State really gave
its.vote for Tilden, then the Board
was guilty of a great crime, and
wliile the consequences of that crime»
so far as Tilden is concerned, cannot
be overturned, Republicans will join
heartily with Democrats in condemnthe outrage, and demanding that
the erpetrators be punished,
ms £
al
oe
tw The American section of the
Paris Exhibitiods. filling rapidly,
and it is thought it Will be little, if
any, behind the others
ing day, May Ist.
. Tar Montrea) Orangemen hav
decided to have a procession on the
gt July, with fligs vad banners,
in the injary of five persans, one
fatally. The accident was the result of carelessness.. _
The sensution of the day at Washington is the -—publication of the -alleged confessious of Mclin and
Denuis in regard to toe election
frauds in Florida,
‘rhe difficulty between. the cotton
operatives and wasters in England i is
still unsettled.
Chas. VY. Crolins night foreman of
feet in the shaft Thursday morning
and was dashed to fragments.
The Syndicate has taken $15,000,contract of the 11th instant.
Joseph Haas, a livery stable keeper of Chicago, claims-to have a contract to furnish the British Government with 40,000 horses.
The Senate bill repealing the bankruptlaw was passed by the House
Thursday by a vote of 206 to 39.
Pope Leo bas issued an Encyclical,
At a fire ‘in Coburg, Ontario,
Thursday, a wall fellin, burying a
of whom were killed.
It has been definitely decided
that the Duke of Edinburg is to re
main with his Kind in the Mediterranean,
O’Leary has accomplished a walk
at Dublin of 220 miles in 60 hours.
A. D. Buck was assassinated
near Red Bluff Tharsday by some unknown person.
Charles Cockde shot’ and_ killed
George Squires at Stony creek, Colusa county, on the 22d inst., eight
balls taking effect. ©Dr, Carver broke 292 glass balls
with a rifle at Onraha Thursday, out
of 300. Inthe second hundred he
broke 99.
. ‘
illness,
Citizens of Chicago are uneasy. at
the outgrowth of Kearneyism in
that City. There are 8,000 of the
Communists, who are armed and
drill weekly,
An Italian named. Plainey shot
and killed his partner, Negrassy,
near Eureka, Nevada Thursday.
Le Breton’s wounds, inflicted at
San FranciscovWednesday by Gamge, prove more serious than af first
thodght, and he new lies in a critical
theAlta, in.Virgimia City, fell 300}
000 of four percents. under their . °
number of-firemen in the ruins, four
Bismarck and-Gortchakoff are both .
recovering from their recent serious)
of this bill, and espeeially of this
last section, without opposition, was
surprising, bat is accounted for by
the fullness of Sargent’s explanations of the need fur it, when presenting the California memorial on
the subject recently,
ke Ben Holliday’s estate in Wes.
ehester county, New York, .was sold
nesday. The claims against it oggregated $212,000,
> oo
{The recent stormin Ohio and
adjuining States is reported as gen‘eral and very severe, déstroying a
large amount of property.
aa eee
{9° Hickersun, one of the principal witnesses in the Mcre murder
case, died at San Buenaveutura on
‘Thoreday y.
te Of the 968 Chinamen who arrived at San Francisco on Wednesday, 400 are to be sent to Peru, as
the first installment of 10,000 contracted for by the Peruvian Govern
ment,
CHICKERING & SONS
PIANOS,
{* everything that pertains to 4 really
first class PIANU, material, workmanenip and tone, the
CHICKERING PIANO
Stands.pre-eminently in advance of all
fothers. In them every demand of the cultivated musician is tully met, and the public may rest assured that ‘the deserved
reputation of the
CHICKERING PIANO
Will be honestly maintained,
Persons who contemplate purchasing a
Piany should exercise great cure in its selection, as in no line of merchandise is
there 60 mucn deception practiced, ora
greater risk incurred than in the Pianstrade. The best is the cheapest, and in
this connection we will state most emphatically that we
DO NOT OR CANNOT
Compete with dealers in cheap Pianos,
The musical public is invited to call
and examine our ELEGANT ek ages of
GRAND,
SQUARE,
AND UPRIGH
,
with an amendment, also“ offered by . .
aby mining elaim-or mineraliode;-er}—
They are not howWey. } .
er to acquire title to the land by the
have the same rights as other per. ’
under foreclosure proceedings Weid.
'_ UNION HOTEL,
NEVADA CITY, ~ CALIFORNIA.
JACOB NAFFZIGER,Prop'r:
ets: WEL! KNOWN .
Popular Hotel, Situated ge
Main Street, in the Cit ve of
m Sevada, has been thorouzh.
tly overhauled, re fitted, ay.
~ turnished in first spared Lz
and is now-bpen-tor the reception of guést
The Siee ping Apartments,
Are Large, Airy and Ple pasaut, %
bed ino-the house hus a spring mat tare. i.
a desirable, quiet place for the Weary, i)
UNION offers superior inducements.”
The Tables of the, mien,
and «very
Will compare fayorab ly With any Hotes 5,
the state, and are tiled with thé best th
market affords.
Choice Wines, Liquors and Cigars,
Will be found at the Bar,-and the
Bill
PRoort-has ths BEST BILLIALD TALL iy
to be found in the State»
‘The C NTON enjoys the reputatig rH or
“ing-the bESE-NOTEL IN THE aioL
‘PAINS, and the proprietse is
leterminal
to keep it so.” OPEN ALL NIG Bg
ee JACOB NaPEziG a =
mp26_
GRAND ,
CON CERF
FO R.THE BENEFIT
OF THE--_
“PUBLIC” SCHOOLS”
ee ~—OF—
. NEVADA CITY,
AT THE THEATRE,
Tuesday Even’g, April 30,1873.
. : UNDER THE DIRECTION’ oF
. PROFS. DAVIS AND. scores
_T which time will, be—pre ped tl
tap ivating Ope retta, entitic ar. ae
GRANDFATHER’S BIRTHDAY
—"Popet her: owvith
Solcs, Buetts, oes ete
"PRICES Of ADMISSION:
Gallery, Seventy-five Cents.
= Phrquette, Fifty Cents, ,_
“Children Halt Price.
Doors open. at 7
mences at 3 P.M..
o'clock, Concert «
ap2
—F ee © ~
. ae
COLOSSAL ORGAN, :
MAY 28th, 29th, and
AT 2:30 P.M. AT
MECHANICS’ PAVILION,
: SAN FRANCISCO.
SUMNER W, BUGBEE, Manager.
(tores OF 2000 VOICES,
IMMENSE ORCHESTRA,
Electricity, Aitillery and Telephone.
CONDUCTORS.
Carl Zerrahan, Boston, John P.
“Morgan & R.-Herold, San
Francisco. :
M.W. Whitney, the Greatest Living Basso.
Helen AmesBillings.
Miss Abbie Clark.
W. H. Fessenden, cf Boston,
And many other celebrated Soloists.
?Sale of Tickets begins at SHERMAN
HYDE & Co., San Francisco, April 2Utb.
SEASON TICKETS FOR 3 DAYS, 25"
Single Tickets from $1 (0 to $2 00, accord
ing to location.No extra charge for Reserved Seats. a
Orders by mui! will receive preimp.*
tention.
CHAS, SCHUTZ, Ticket agent
Transcript
Job. Printing Office
COMMERCIALSTREET,
Nevada city.
te We are prepared to do Job_
Printing ina styie second to2n0 .
office in tP is State.
os
Nevada Daily Transcript is the
cond.ti
te
eee ALL THE SCENIC BEELCL ee
FREE — LIERAPY
d 30th,
best in the Northern part cf the .
“Phe.
As work .
wood mine,
of its develoy
and the peru
no ton ger as
—Jedged “averh
three feet inwe saw @ pit
“which measu
three-fourths
was a superb
salchurets, a
wine, which
years With.
that plug an
part-of mine
“out of ten, Ww.
specimen ab
geen at Alex .
woo should Mak
The electic
Gons itu ion:
piace op. Jul
wall Tor those
didates to an
_fore many di
ers desire to
tions and pr
ants.
Services at
ing and eveni1
Pastor. All «
~~ attend, ,and
==kindly-weleon
day School at
— ogres
~ Preaching
“Chureh to-da:
i the moruing:
came Darkn
kind of Minis
City;* All a
gi
es Tot
Specification
buildings can
at W. H. Smit
Pucn
Fraak Gaik
== for the next tw
freizht, ~previo
& new stook.
Srinp
ams,
for sale cheap
7
Mrs. Belle .
tare atthe Hi:
gan’s Block, o
Sunday aftern
inission free,
taken up.
Card
Having beer
for three weel
tack of fever
rheumatism, s:
body were sx
‘batural size, I
"-retarning my
Buelow for his
in completely
didin four da;
NEVADA CY
New .
J.F, Rudolp
street, above P
‘Hotel, Nevada
v
Situation as co
Tan's,
Bargai
Three 7 O
and one Uprigt
Bale at very lov
425.3t Br
Hyman Bros
the largest, bes
“mplete stock
Boys’ Clothing
Boots, Shoes, E
in the market,
Sold at greatly
CORVinced
call ;
_ ©orner Broad a
Vada City,
S pec
ts. Belle .
turned to N
Suxions to see
Patrons at the
where she will
yant sitt
cles Tuesda
‘iy y
miti Pge daily,