April 9, 1881 (4 pages)

>< avers he hag tried it and seen it tried . a . fifty times without any result." were’ heard from that quarter.An: investigation was at once made,: and ~~. saltpeter, ¢ _ Itlookevery muchas if the blast of The Daily Transcript. ~ “NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA. Saturday, April9, 1881. sw it Won't ‘Work. Dan DeQuille says that the recipe for testing rock supposed to carry minerai by pulverizing it and mixingae) with powder and water, then = lett ng the mixture dry after which it _ is burned, comes to us from the! ing he wasaboutto punish him, but M-xicans, who were thus observed te operate of ore-in the early days of the Comstock, Ali the resalt obtained from the experiment is that a small quantity of ‘sulphur is burned out of the pulverized ore. DeQuille The only thing in gunpowder likely to have any beneficial effect is The su phar is not want‘ed at ali, and the charcoal is so small __-.____in quantity as to be of no effect, _. five Chinamen who had becn~ seea He sayaby taking rich. silver ere, finely pulverizing it and mixing a considerable quantity of saltpeter, common salt and charcoal, making.it up.into a stiff dough, placing it on-a shovel and burning it out in,a very hot wood fire, some small globules of ' silver may be cooked out, andwill be ‘fund on washing out thesample, but ten times as much silver will be left in the ore ascan be thus extracted, though the su!phar in the ore.will be found to have been pretty effectually destroyed. ‘o The Narrow Gauge Railroad. 1 We copied from the Grass Valley Union yesterday its comments in relation to the affairs of the Narrow “Gauge Railroad. In that extrast the ‘Union stated that ‘‘as itis in contemplation to. make other improvements upon the read, such as substituting steel for iron rails, it may be that dividends upon the stock may “got be. reached for,several years,” etc. The Union is mistaken in its conclusions. We understand thai it ~ ig the intention of the company to pay off its small floating debt, make same needed repairs, and “this year substitute about two miles. of the track with steel rails in-place of the iron, commencing at Colfax. After this is done, if theve are any sugpia3. fands on hand a-dividend will be de__clared this fall, At the latest, if the . business keeps up, as it undoubtedly will, a dividend of a few dollars per share will,be declared next Spring It is not the intention of the company to replace the iron with steel rails allat one time, but to doa few mileseach year until the whole is completed. : ey Electric Lights im Mines. Four electrie lights, of 8000 candie-poywer each, will soon be in operation ina mine at Cherokee, Butte county, and it is expected that at night work may be prosecuted with as much vigor.and safety as by day. —Altr. ets The expectation willbe realized if the rightkind of lightsareused. Two have been’ in use at the North Bloom. field hydrauli¢ mine for many months past, and piping is earried on there at night the same as by day. If necessary, all kinds of work about the claim could he done at night -with the same facility as by daylight by increasing the number of lights. The expense is merely nominal, Supe intendent Perkins says that electric lightsfor mines are a success in every reapect, ~~ Tue men employed .at Krupp's manufactory are werking night and day in eupplying orders for large guns from abroad. Roumania has ordered 100; Greco, 700: Sweden, 50; Holland, 129, and Italy 490. I, the presenee of facts lixe these, says the Chicago Tribune, it is a little <lifficult tu perceive from which direction the millanium is approaching. war's »teat organs would shake the skies for a considerable tims .to.come, unless, indeed, the-plancts are really engaged in the mean thosigua agvinit thamniverse with which some people ‘Snow was falling, and a posse of ‘scaffold, the hanging to take place Deing sent to San Quentin for life. -eell, and on Thursday he announced ‘. faith. vinterrugted with ~ LUCKLESS LOCK. . The Murderer of Ah” €ow Falls Through a Trap DP ér—He Protes-* * His Enmocence te ike Last—And / Dies a Roman Caiasolic—The Noose i j Slips and Strangaiation Causes +4, Enot turned from its ‘proper’ the above demands the Chinese Death. Ah Luck, alias Charlie Luck, ;was . hang in this city yesterday for the murder of Ali G »wat Truckee on the . 18th of May; 1879. He is shown by . + the testimony to have had trouble ᠀眀椀琀栀 Ah Gow over a mattet of-fif. teen dollars. On the day of the kill. frietids interfered. He threatenec +0} ‘kill him. That night he amd iou other Mongo.ians were seen in. the .immediate vicinity of the bridge span-. ning the Truckee river between the . town of Truckee.and the Chinatown. i 7 Short'y after-a pistol shet-and-—cries . =. blood was dete ted on the bridze. men set out upon the track of the there. They were followed. aong the railroad track, then over the hills, and back to the rai!road again where the footprints of three were observed leading.to Boca, the other twe going in anothe: direction. The former were pursued to Boca, and there the refugees, among them being Ab Lack, secreted themselves in a cabin wherethey were captured. Ah Gow proved to have been the man murdered -on the bridge. He was shot, stabbed in several places. and then thrown over into the river wihiere his body was found. _—_-Ah.Luck and his two companiuns were brought to the jail in this city May 25th. Their trial r.sulted iu the former being sentenced to tli¢ June 23th, 1880, and the two latter Tie testimony was mostly that of Chinese, but little white evidence being offered, The motion for a new trial was refused in this Court,’ and the Supreme Court when appesled to. affirmed the decision of Judge Caldwell. He was thereupon sentenced to be hung the 8th of last month, but the Governor was prevailed upon to commute the’ time till yesterday upon the grounds that material evidence in Ah Luck’s favor which had m5t been intreduced at the trial could: be produced, ._For several! days past the Sisters. of Mercy from Grass Valley have made frequent «visits to Ah Luck’s to them that he was willing to abjure his forefathers’ religion and become A CUNV#RT TO.ROMAN CATHOLICISY, On that day he was christened in the Yesterday morning Fathers Dalton and Meagher and five of the Sisters went to his cell quite early and reniained with him till the time arrived. The priests’ anl officers then accompanied him to the scaffold. The procession paseed up the: steps at 11:15 o'clock, the prisoner displaying a weakness in his legs “. he proceeded to his fate. Under Sheriff Carter read the death warrant in a clear tone, after which Ah Luck stepped forward and: addressed the spectators—including ‘about eighty white men and five or six’ Chinese, as follows: “Geatlemen : Please allow me to say a few words. Just hang me. This is the last of me, This is the last minute, Friday, 8th, 1881.— Zhis ig the last mivute in this world, I know, Hang me, all right, and whether you believe poor Charley was innocent er not I hope to God you gentlemen ask of His blessing forme aud take me to heaven, ‘I wish you gentlemer happy and pros~ perity and always the best.” He raised his hat, and making a polite bow siniled and said ‘‘goodbye.” After shaking hands with the offivere and priests, he took the crucifix in his hand and while repeat. edly kissing it uttered a disjointed pra.er the sentetices of which were . TRUQUENT CRIES AND SORS éredit them. iv seems that the older aman gets . the more he wauts to lie about the . weather of the past. “One .shonlti . never hdlieve half that. ie .asserte . in renyuiiscencer reyvarding — cai Winters’oe hot Summers. -a A CHURGHmever splits on accuunt . of its numerical strength. minister, + } which he would; haweifallen ever but . for the support rendered by -the Itis ovily . , ii. i ; A when two deacons cari’t dleeide Ben ae ead ‘by Deputy Sheriff .0.e is to boss the sexton that need,. is found’ far aother vuildiag aud . "! the noose, . wt eleven o'clock Sheriff’ Tompkins that. brokedfrom his. lips, Hie thea signified thathe was veady, requesting:that he be allowed t+ weur his shoes, which request was grantel. The steaps were placed haround hislimhe amd body, during officers. The'bladk veep was p'aced Wood. Under Sheriff Carter adjustAt precisely half 3 ad . pulled the lever, . parted, and theluckless Luck swung strong and rapid,-but regular. ithe next four minutes it weakened . gradually, then rapidly declined. At the thirteenth minute . sltogetherfor about sixty seconds, teuced-to life terms in Folsom! put spiracy aud the escape was thus pre20 years old next October, although older than that. of. ‘gaged in the laundry there up to the written by “him and he requested {tember 15th, 1878. He was shot in . Limb, @ highbinder who was then in :of into eternity: ; . upper part of it whirled slightly, ‘the érapidienen . git another Sfongolian $o take the As the body shot downward the . . cnd. that unless he complied with one of in New Orleans Wednesday. More bad Indians are coming in to place of the victim. It was then prophesied by persons who claimed “mere atid There. The Sprague divorce trials will betoknow the peculiarities of thatrace. "'(. tderate graves were decorated . place under the ear to the centre of would wreak vengeance on him, and . surrendet,. Sitting Ball is expected ; 4 drop. . knot © THE NECK WAS NOT EROKEN. Owifig to the turningef the . For dive minates the pulse beat it ceased ther revived and beat spaswodically three or four times. Seventeen min-. utes after the drop one very weak bect, and the lact one, was perceptiwas taken down and peparel for burial in the Catholic cemetery. "Ah Luck is the first Chinaman who ever received the death-sentence in Nevada county: As might be expected, there are many reputable citizens who have strong doubts as to his guilt, though those who are most conversant with the testimony generally believe he received his just deserts. During a residence of nearly two years in the County Jail he has‘conducted himself.admirably,and On ohe-or two occasions rendered great service in PREVENTING ‘A. GENERAL DELIVERY of the prisoners. The two Indians found guiity of murder in the first degree on the 12th ultimo, and senup a job in connection with some of the prisoners held for petty» crimes, whereby the latter suéceeded in passing tu them a lot of pepper. According.to the programme, when Ja‘lor Wo-d went to the Indians’ cell with food they were to throw the pepper in his eyes, overpower him and releage all the prisoners, including Ah Luck. . The latter. informed the authorities of the convented. Ah Luck said he would have been he isapparently three or four years He is the youngest fou’ brothers and came to America from China in 1874. After stopping 3 weeks in San Francisco he came to Truckee, and had been entinre of his last arrest. He had an ufttarnished reputation for honesty among. the whites, being a great favorite among them, and _ used neither tobacco, opium nor liquor. The mass of his own countrymen had deep hatred~ for him, and say ihe was a most dangerous ble. _ Afte: forty mi sutes—_the bed yj} : . would certainly be forfeited. -He was arrested for the c-ime and j brought to the County Jail October 12d. His trial took place the followFor {ing Jawuary before Judge Reardan . . in the District Court. After a full . which H. C. Mills was foreman, returned a verdict of not guilty. is A New Fire Nerzle. D. B. Lynch of Grass Valley has ‘completed a nozzle for the use of fire ent for the same. . The Free Lance} describes it thus: The object of this no~zle ig the concentration of,two or the back head. It was a six-foot . that ‘if he returned to China bis life, every day L. V. Parson died at Gilroy on i the Sth,either from-poison which was tin bislunch or in -water which he i drank from a spring. : The brother of the Indian lynched forthe outrage upon and murder of of Mrs. Sargrnt, has been arrested at in the crime. The Centra Pacific Railroad Com‘pany are sail to be short in payments to the Government. within the last thirty months in the sum of $2,300,000. ‘This they will be~call 1 more streams into one at a fire, it-beimg arranged so that as many streams . as is necessary may be attached to} this nozzle condensing them ail into one stream. Firemen can rea.lily see the adyantage of this machine, for at . fires, especially those ¢onfired,and in large brick buildings where iténse heat ig generated, anjordinary stream of water is of little or no avail, and it has beea a long wantof the firemeir ty be able to get a stream, or a concentration of streams that would stand such intense heat. Mr. Lynch has labored for along time on this patent and it certainly deserves thé consideration-of the-fire companies of the State. It is arranged: upon a truck and is worked by_lever so that c1e man can easily control it. 1t is ‘adjustable and mdy . be easily» and’ quickly placed in any position to play upon the fire. = It 0. en Hr poens. Mr. Smallheart decides to have company at his big house on the hill, and as music comes fiist on his list of necessaries he repairs to a music store to secure first class talent. Smallheart to Clerk—Now. mind you, I must have none but the best —none of your snide musicians for my party. Clerk—Oh, TI understand. There ie Blum and Eal— : Smallheart—Hold on. Give me the expense first--how much a man? Clerk—Oh, probably six or seven dollars. Smiallheart—Make it a million! Do you think, I’m Flood, Mackay, Stanford and the rest of ’em rolled into one? No catgut scraper can get rich off me in one night. Not much. Six or sevea dollars! Why, my porman. "Tkere is occasionally found a Chinaman who says he was a “heap symmetrically built, and his feature were such as to make him be called a good looking Mongolian. He spoke and read Huglish well, and wrote a good hand, The following was that it be. pablished im the Daily TRANSCRIPT; Nevapa County Jal,: April 8th, 1881: ‘Dear Lapres, asd GENTLEMEN :— I will write a few lines to inform you my friends that I appreciate the kindness of all the ladies and gentlemen that came to bid me farewell before I hang, but my heart is very sorry, for I-am innocent of the crime for which I must suffer; bat if you ladies and geatlemen do believe I am innocent please. feei sorry for me-and good.man.”’. He. was six feet tall, musicians I wast for tees van. ball, ter at the store, who plays the fiddle like a master, can furnish all the that money. Clerk—But, my dear sir, professiona’s can’t live on amateur prices, Smallheart—Professionals ,and be blanked to ’’em. I'll hunt my own music. Mr. Smallheart does hunt his own musi¢, nwch to the disgust of his guests, whose remarks about himand his cheap spree savor more of profanity than politeness.—S_ F, Budget. A Mathematical Curiosity. The year 1881 is a mathematical curiosity. From left to right and from right to left it reads the ‘same; 18 divided by 2 gives'9 as the ask God's blessing for me, end ask Himn.to take me-ap to Heaven. And Ido hope all ofimy friends will have . good luck aud Nappiness through lite-as-well-as_good—health. This is ! written but afew hours before [ am . to be hung. So please good-bye, and may God's blessing rest with you as 1 hope it is with me. Cuartey Luck, AH LUCK’S FORMER EXPERISNCE, AChinaman gamed Lee Limb was killed in Truckee on the night of Septhe back and wrist, and his thigh! was slashed open by a knife. He had a revolver and two Chinese knives of a marderous pattern on his person, but was assassinated before he could defend himself. He was the principal witness against Sing jail at this city awaiting trial, Ah Luck was arrested by Chinese on the Sunday following the killing and upon ‘being tried by them found . guilty. The sentence of that august body was that he pay Lee Limb’s ‘Company $400 as compensation for quotient; 81 divided by 9 and 9 is the quotiedt, If 1881 is divided by’ 209, 9 is the quotient; if divided by 9 the quotient contains a 9; if multiplied by 9, the produet contains tvo9’s. land 8 are 9,S and are 9. If the 18 be placed under the 81 and added, the sum is 99, If the figures be added thus, 1, 8, 8, 7, it will be 18. Reading from left to right is 18, and reading from right) to left is 18. By adding, dividing and multiplying ninet: .n 9’s are produced, being one 9 for each year requir— ed to tomplete the century.—Ohio’ State Journal. _ “Ow the 500 young ladies attendIng Vassar, no two can agree as to what they would do in case they saw abear.” But outsiders are ‘unanione of the girls would do. She would ecream. ‘ ~ Tue land agent ‘worked for four hours trying to indacea man to emioes to Dakota by telling how ealthy it was out ‘there, before he the loss of their dead coolie’s aercor 2 at * = ound out the man was a professional gtave~digger, ’ flee . . upon-to pay up. mousin their opinion of what. any . ¥he will never be Secretary of War Lincola will make some changes in staf officers. He will give the officers serving on the frontier a chance to see civilization, and give the.old staff officeraa sight of the frontier: All the transitory idiocy people are not dead yet. ‘ Mrs, Magdalena Mills aged 61, starved herself to . death in. New York, taking three weeks tor the job, while Miss Hattie Duell, of Iowa City, is in the 43d day of her voluntary absence from food. . ee : It is now developed: that Miss Emma Clark, the San Jose girl who . claims to have been outraged by one Ben. Gifford, has. been an inmate of the Insane Asylum.~ The defense are trying to make a point of this; but the prosecution elaims that it will only make their case stronger. The firein the Fryer Hill mines, Leadville, which was never completely extinguished, but has been smouldering for weeks, broke out anew April 5th, between the Little Pittsburg and Carboniferous, and is raging furiously, necessitating the stopping of all work in the immediate vicivity, and throwing over 1C) men out of employment. The Senate deadlock continues. The Republican organization is now understood to mean thedisruption of the Bourbon party in Virginia and the election of an Administration Senator to succeed Johnson. Hence the Democrats wil! make a determined and‘long-continued fight against the election of Gorham and. “Riddleberger. An extra session rumor is mixed up with the deadlock. There have been articles. of incorporation of the Duncan Hill Tunnel Milland Mining Company. — Its object is to mine or excavat2a tunnel through Dunean-Hill; ‘Piacer-county;} 7 am prepared to supply thd people of Neto carry through the same ores and debris‘from the various mining companies along its course, and collect therefor a royalty, and to conduct a general mining business, Directors }—Samuel Lankton, W. G. Crandall, L. P. Drexler, J. R. Crandall and FE. W. Roberts. Capital stock, $250,009, in 60,0.) shares of $5.each; place of business, San Francisco. Why a Wedding Dia Piace, A couple whose faces: were ‘clouded by a look of anxiety made their Net Tae appearance at the County Clerk's office and mquired for a marriage license. Deputy Clerk Dudley inquired of the would-be bride if she was 2) years of'age, i. *T am over 22,” replied she. “Then hold up your hand and be sworn,” demanded Cupid's agent, T) this the lady demurred, and, turning to the anticipated groom, said: “There, pow, I knew they'd eatch me,” _ The lady then confessed that she had the figures 22 pasted insthe soles of her shoes, but that_she hadnot yet arrived at 21 years. Visions of a fee floated from before the eyes of Clerk Dudley as he told ‘the pair that he could not issue the license. left, vowing to take the early roar for Gretna Green.—Lexington Press, Toa, Independent, There ig one hoy ia Galveston notes, and said to him. the -right “*You must not reach wa y = y, over = —e the treble, _ That’s not sey ess I'll reach wh on this piano, I reckon, Tip feet upon it if I see tit.” By Chas. M. Watson has been found] ; . not guilty at Santa Cruz for the bes: ng of the case, . the! jury, of murder of H. H. B. «Pierce, the maz . who.stole chickens from his place. Lompoc, charged with participation . ba FOR SALE, $1,800, _. questions, ee John Brovin’s Widow, The San Jose Mereury Says tha . t1e widow and daughter of old Foley Brown, of Ossawatamie, live 9, a {small farm in the foothills near s. toga, in Santa Clora county, © Th, old lady is about seventy, ang the burden of her suppert falls Upon ber daugliter, who, though iP fitted fer the reugh farm work'which she bis’ to do, dees it cheerfully: . Their lie? ite home is bardened with a Morteate “{6t $1000, and the efforts’ they ha. to make to meet the monthly interest thereon shadow the reasonable degres of contentment which they otherdj:, feel. Though the mortgage is ss smail, 1t is an almost hopeless task for them to lift it. < They onght to by relieved Ofthetask. Certain Citizens of San Jose purpose giving a public entertainment, to raise the ntclengy of afund for the payment of “Ee ara. . debt. Phe Mercury suys.that “there may be sone noble soula:who woylj be made richer in their own lives by . the performance of another generous act,” and that any such may remi, contributions to the Bank of San Jon or the Mercury office, to be applied toward the relief of the widow ary child of the‘man whose story robe the gallows of disgrace and whos name is indissolubly linked with thc destruction of slavery in this Jang, . This is, indeed, an opportunity toa an act, that will aiways be a source of self—giatulation. “That mo“tgaye: should soon be lifted. BORN, oe ———_, to E. i, At Grass Valley, April 6, 18S1, Austin and wife, » dsughter. HO OS AND LOT a -. -—ON— aH , ARISTOCRACY RIL. 91 Feet Frontage, érply at WELLS, FARGO & CO.’s Expres ROOMS FOR RENT. Pleasant Dwelling Roo with or without beds. : 08 One Large Front Roem on sround floor, suitable for saloon or ’ Contaias nice saloon fixtures, Lodging 25 Cents. Apply at first house above City Hall on Broad street, . MRS. ROSA KING. Nevada City, April 6ti. Sais BAY STATE MARKET Broad street, opp. City Hall, MEVADASOUOS ce Serato CAL i JAMES COLLEY, Prop'r. = store. Having purchased the goo the Le . Bay State Market,vada City and vicinity with choice Beef, Pork, Mutton, Veal, Sau_ Sages, etc., At as low rates as can be purchased anywhere in Nevada County. Meats delivered within a reasonable dis. tance free of If you want a nice roast, stenk, cut= let or chop, give me a call. 'Phose of my old patrons who are indebted to me for meats purchased at the: ‘Broad Street Market, are réquested to settle theit accounts by the Ist of January, 1881, without fail, as the busicess must be closed by that time. . JAMES COLLEY, Nevada City, Nov. 30, 1880. FOUND. “STRAY SOW came to my 7th instant. Itis white, and weighs about 20C pouncs. Its rivht ear is gone, and ~~ ene —_ split. The owner can recover it by calling om me, provi perty anu poyingcharyes. “B. GUSCETTL Fly Creek, Nevada Township, Cal, March 18, 1831-1m on the THOS. PRICE’S ASSAY OFFICE, AxD—— Chemical Laboratory, 524 Sacramente Street. SAN FRANCISCO; pets OF BULLION RECEIVED, Melted irto Bars, and returhs made in from twenty-four to forty-eight hours. _ Bulion can he forwarded to this office ‘“omeny part of the Interior by express, and returns made in the same manner. Care 31 Analysis made of Ores, Metals, Sorts; Waters, Industrial Products, et.— Mincsexanined and reported upon. onsulttions on Chemical and auurg a ee ap3 Luetje and Brand, WATCMMAKERS ama ; 2 JEWELERS, Tew hawt“ bargaee uean: to be f hes — ound on the Breat trunk lines, BROABST. gp. Stumpf's Hotel * THE. DAL NEVADA : car sd “Br syepainted. » It commen » yesterday aft The vew™ © Piety Hill ar Another ne F likely to be W.S. Rkol ' Hote’, is still « ments on his Forty mine ‘the Wyomin, ayo there we The storer« ~~ tre is to beo ing store by< Lively tim mine, Great ' ynadefor the The roads “and a large « «ing forwarde F, C.jLeut; ‘building on J dngit aud im ments, Geo. W. PP leyan, and no Dixon & Co,, San Francisc The-lumbe _‘anense busine mand for, it “they have ev -fence on the ' ing Jot, and ] makicy asin «place. : ; ‘The work « is progressing trac:or, is le and is using ~street, W.H.Smi orect from the vof genuine N ~of them weig ‘other 1;350; The reoms dng-Rudolph’ graph gallery tedup by Mr ‘dressmaking The roads : ~ “tion, the we: Wellington bh ‘teams in the time,to enjoy The Union went down _ Thursday, w! He must hav odragging that drifts, A. Gaaltis along his pro ~andGeo: FJ: block wal& in Broad street laid on a reg One of the parents lost t by fire atGr 4g0, was soli yesterday, family were thing they ‘ha and that the: any relief fre Valley, The celebr. informed on went to his « on Thursday the engagerr which he is would occup would pay N, al visit. He <rowded hous ——. Fatal Shoe. Yesterday o'clock an old Permewan, w rious times in shot at the F Valley, IJ there in the that the wont named Austir hotel, is sup Permewan w and it, is repo to force an en: toom. She » . to have some fair have beet ‘ Genuine . By the hogsh SMITH’s, 7 pounds for $1, Call and

>< avers he hag tried it and seen it tried . a . fifty times without any result." were’ heard from that quarter.An: investigation was at once made,: and ~~. saltpeter, ¢ _ Itlookevery muchas if the blast of The Daily Transcript. ~ “NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA. Saturday, April9, 1881. sw it Won't ‘Work. Dan DeQuille says that the recipe for testing rock supposed to carry minerai by pulverizing it and mixingae) with powder and water, then = lett ng the mixture dry after which it _ is burned, comes to us from the! ing he wasaboutto punish him, but M-xicans, who were thus observed te operate of ore-in the early days of the Comstock, Ali the resalt obtained from the experiment is that a small quantity of ‘sulphur is burned out of the pulverized ore. DeQuille The only thing in gunpowder likely to have any beneficial effect is The su phar is not want‘ed at ali, and the charcoal is so small __-.____in quantity as to be of no effect, _. five Chinamen who had becn~ seea He sayaby taking rich. silver ere, finely pulverizing it and mixing a considerable quantity of saltpeter, common salt and charcoal, making.it up.into a stiff dough, placing it on-a shovel and burning it out in,a very hot wood fire, some small globules of ' silver may be cooked out, andwill be ‘fund on washing out thesample, but ten times as much silver will be left in the ore ascan be thus extracted, though the su!phar in the ore.will be found to have been pretty effectually destroyed. ‘o The Narrow Gauge Railroad. 1 We copied from the Grass Valley Union yesterday its comments in relation to the affairs of the Narrow “Gauge Railroad. In that extrast the ‘Union stated that ‘‘as itis in contemplation to. make other improvements upon the read, such as substituting steel for iron rails, it may be that dividends upon the stock may “got be. reached for,several years,” etc. The Union is mistaken in its conclusions. We understand thai it ~ ig the intention of the company to pay off its small floating debt, make same needed repairs, and “this year substitute about two miles. of the track with steel rails in-place of the iron, commencing at Colfax. After this is done, if theve are any sugpia3. fands on hand a-dividend will be de__clared this fall, At the latest, if the . business keeps up, as it undoubtedly will, a dividend of a few dollars per share will,be declared next Spring It is not the intention of the company to replace the iron with steel rails allat one time, but to doa few mileseach year until the whole is completed. : ey Electric Lights im Mines. Four electrie lights, of 8000 candie-poywer each, will soon be in operation ina mine at Cherokee, Butte county, and it is expected that at night work may be prosecuted with as much vigor.and safety as by day. —Altr. ets The expectation willbe realized if the rightkind of lightsareused. Two have been’ in use at the North Bloom. field hydrauli¢ mine for many months past, and piping is earried on there at night the same as by day. If necessary, all kinds of work about the claim could he done at night -with the same facility as by daylight by increasing the number of lights. The expense is merely nominal, Supe intendent Perkins says that electric lightsfor mines are a success in every reapect, ~~ Tue men employed .at Krupp's manufactory are werking night and day in eupplying orders for large guns from abroad. Roumania has ordered 100; Greco, 700: Sweden, 50; Holland, 129, and Italy 490. I, the presenee of facts lixe these, says the Chicago Tribune, it is a little <lifficult tu perceive from which direction the millanium is approaching. war's »teat organs would shake the skies for a considerable tims .to.come, unless, indeed, the-plancts are really engaged in the mean thosigua agvinit thamniverse with which some people ‘Snow was falling, and a posse of ‘scaffold, the hanging to take place Deing sent to San Quentin for life. -eell, and on Thursday he announced ‘. faith. vinterrugted with ~ LUCKLESS LOCK. . The Murderer of Ah” €ow Falls Through a Trap DP ér—He Protes-* * His Enmocence te ike Last—And / Dies a Roman Caiasolic—The Noose i j Slips and Strangaiation Causes +4, Enot turned from its ‘proper’ the above demands the Chinese Death. Ah Luck, alias Charlie Luck, ;was . hang in this city yesterday for the murder of Ali G »wat Truckee on the . 18th of May; 1879. He is shown by . + the testimony to have had trouble ᠀眀椀琀栀 Ah Gow over a mattet of-fif. teen dollars. On the day of the kill. frietids interfered. He threatenec +0} ‘kill him. That night he amd iou other Mongo.ians were seen in. the .immediate vicinity of the bridge span-. ning the Truckee river between the . town of Truckee.and the Chinatown. i 7 Short'y after-a pistol shet-and-—cries . =. blood was dete ted on the bridze. men set out upon the track of the there. They were followed. aong the railroad track, then over the hills, and back to the rai!road again where the footprints of three were observed leading.to Boca, the other twe going in anothe: direction. The former were pursued to Boca, and there the refugees, among them being Ab Lack, secreted themselves in a cabin wherethey were captured. Ah Gow proved to have been the man murdered -on the bridge. He was shot, stabbed in several places. and then thrown over into the river wihiere his body was found. _—_-Ah.Luck and his two companiuns were brought to the jail in this city May 25th. Their trial r.sulted iu the former being sentenced to tli¢ June 23th, 1880, and the two latter Tie testimony was mostly that of Chinese, but little white evidence being offered, The motion for a new trial was refused in this Court,’ and the Supreme Court when appesled to. affirmed the decision of Judge Caldwell. He was thereupon sentenced to be hung the 8th of last month, but the Governor was prevailed upon to commute the’ time till yesterday upon the grounds that material evidence in Ah Luck’s favor which had m5t been intreduced at the trial could: be produced, ._For several! days past the Sisters. of Mercy from Grass Valley have made frequent «visits to Ah Luck’s to them that he was willing to abjure his forefathers’ religion and become A CUNV#RT TO.ROMAN CATHOLICISY, On that day he was christened in the Yesterday morning Fathers Dalton and Meagher and five of the Sisters went to his cell quite early and reniained with him till the time arrived. The priests’ anl officers then accompanied him to the scaffold. The procession paseed up the: steps at 11:15 o'clock, the prisoner displaying a weakness in his legs “. he proceeded to his fate. Under Sheriff Carter read the death warrant in a clear tone, after which Ah Luck stepped forward and: addressed the spectators—including ‘about eighty white men and five or six’ Chinese, as follows: “Geatlemen : Please allow me to say a few words. Just hang me. This is the last of me, This is the last minute, Friday, 8th, 1881.— Zhis ig the last mivute in this world, I know, Hang me, all right, and whether you believe poor Charley was innocent er not I hope to God you gentlemen ask of His blessing forme aud take me to heaven, ‘I wish you gentlemer happy and pros~ perity and always the best.” He raised his hat, and making a polite bow siniled and said ‘‘goodbye.” After shaking hands with the offivere and priests, he took the crucifix in his hand and while repeat. edly kissing it uttered a disjointed pra.er the sentetices of which were . TRUQUENT CRIES AND SORS éredit them. iv seems that the older aman gets . the more he wauts to lie about the . weather of the past. “One .shonlti . never hdlieve half that. ie .asserte . in renyuiiscencer reyvarding — cai Winters’oe hot Summers. -a A CHURGHmever splits on accuunt . of its numerical strength. minister, + } which he would; haweifallen ever but . for the support rendered by -the Itis ovily . , ii. i ; A when two deacons cari’t dleeide Ben ae ead ‘by Deputy Sheriff .0.e is to boss the sexton that need,. is found’ far aother vuildiag aud . "! the noose, . wt eleven o'clock Sheriff’ Tompkins that. brokedfrom his. lips, Hie thea signified thathe was veady, requesting:that he be allowed t+ weur his shoes, which request was grantel. The steaps were placed haround hislimhe amd body, during officers. The'bladk veep was p'aced Wood. Under Sheriff Carter adjustAt precisely half 3 ad . pulled the lever, . parted, and theluckless Luck swung strong and rapid,-but regular. ithe next four minutes it weakened . gradually, then rapidly declined. At the thirteenth minute . sltogetherfor about sixty seconds, teuced-to life terms in Folsom! put spiracy aud the escape was thus pre20 years old next October, although older than that. of. ‘gaged in the laundry there up to the written by “him and he requested {tember 15th, 1878. He was shot in . Limb, @ highbinder who was then in :of into eternity: ; . upper part of it whirled slightly, ‘the érapidienen . git another Sfongolian $o take the As the body shot downward the . . cnd. that unless he complied with one of in New Orleans Wednesday. More bad Indians are coming in to place of the victim. It was then prophesied by persons who claimed “mere atid There. The Sprague divorce trials will betoknow the peculiarities of thatrace. "'(.. tderate graves were decorated . place under the ear to the centre of would wreak vengeance on him, and . surrendet,. Sitting Ball is expected ; 4 drop. . knot © THE NECK WAS NOT EROKEN. Owifig to the turningef the . For dive minates the pulse beat it ceased ther revived and beat spaswodically three or four times. Seventeen min-. utes after the drop one very weak bect, and the lact one, was perceptiwas taken down and peparel for burial in the Catholic cemetery. "Ah Luck is the first Chinaman who ever received the death-sentence in Nevada county: As might be expected, there are many reputable citizens who have strong doubts as to his guilt, though those who are most conversant with the testimony generally believe he received his just deserts. During a residence of nearly two years in the County Jail he has‘conducted himself.admirably,and On ohe-or two occasions rendered great service in PREVENTING ‘A. GENERAL DELIVERY of the prisoners. The two Indians found guiity of murder in the first degree on the 12th ultimo, and senup a job in connection with some of the prisoners held for petty» crimes, whereby the latter suéceeded in passing tu them a lot of pepper. According.to the programme, when Ja‘lor Wo-d went to the Indians’ cell with food they were to throw the pepper in his eyes, overpower him and releage all the prisoners, including Ah Luck. . The latter. informed the authorities of the convented. Ah Luck said he would have been he isapparently three or four years He is the youngest fou’ brothers and came to America from China in 1874. After stopping 3 weeks in San Francisco he came to Truckee, and had been entinre of his last arrest. He had an ufttarnished reputation for honesty among. the whites, being a great favorite among them, and _ used neither tobacco, opium nor liquor. The mass of his own countrymen had deep hatred~ for him, and say ihe was a most dangerous ble. _ Afte: forty mi sutes—_the bed yj} : . would certainly be forfeited. -He was arrested for the c-ime and j brought to the County Jail October 12d. His trial took place the followFor {ing Jawuary before Judge Reardan . . in the District Court. After a full . which H. C. Mills was foreman, returned a verdict of not guilty. is A New Fire Nerzle. D. B. Lynch of Grass Valley has ‘completed a nozzle for the use of fire ent for the same. . The Free Lance} describes it thus: The object of this no~zle ig the concentration of,two or the back head. It was a six-foot . that ‘if he returned to China bis life, every day L. V. Parson died at Gilroy on i the Sth,either from-poison which was tin bislunch or in -water which he i drank from a spring. : The brother of the Indian lynched forthe outrage upon and murder of of Mrs. Sargrnt, has been arrested at in the crime. The Centra Pacific Railroad Com‘pany are sail to be short in payments to the Government. within the last thirty months in the sum of $2,300,000. ‘This they will be~call 1 more streams into one at a fire, it-beimg arranged so that as many streams . as is necessary may be attached to} this nozzle condensing them ail into one stream. Firemen can rea.lily see the adyantage of this machine, for at . fires, especially those ¢onfired,and in large brick buildings where iténse heat ig generated, anjordinary stream of water is of little or no avail, and it has beea a long wantof the firemeir ty be able to get a stream, or a concentration of streams that would stand such intense heat. Mr. Lynch has labored for along time on this patent and it certainly deserves thé consideration-of the-fire companies of the State. It is arranged: upon a truck and is worked by_lever so that c1e man can easily control it. 1t is ‘adjustable and mdy . be easily» and’ quickly placed in any position to play upon the fire. = It 0. en Hr poens. Mr. Smallheart decides to have company at his big house on the hill, and as music comes fiist on his list of necessaries he repairs to a music store to secure first class talent. Smallheart to Clerk—Now. mind you, I must have none but the best —none of your snide musicians for my party. Clerk—Oh, TI understand. There ie Blum and Eal— : Smallheart—Hold on. Give me the expense first--how much a man? Clerk—Oh, probably six or seven dollars. Smiallheart—Make it a million! Do you think, I’m Flood, Mackay, Stanford and the rest of ’em rolled into one? No catgut scraper can get rich off me in one night. Not much. Six or sevea dollars! Why, my porman. "Tkere is occasionally found a Chinaman who says he was a “heap symmetrically built, and his feature were such as to make him be called a good looking Mongolian. He spoke and read Huglish well, and wrote a good hand, The following was that it be. pablished im the Daily TRANSCRIPT; Nevapa County Jal,: April 8th, 1881: ‘Dear Lapres, asd GENTLEMEN :— I will write a few lines to inform you my friends that I appreciate the kindness of all the ladies and gentlemen that came to bid me farewell before I hang, but my heart is very sorry, for I-am innocent of the crime for which I must suffer; bat if you ladies and geatlemen do believe I am innocent please. feei sorry for me-and good.man.”’. He. was six feet tall, musicians I wast for tees van. ball, ter at the store, who plays the fiddle like a master, can furnish all the that money. Clerk—But, my dear sir, professiona’s can’t live on amateur prices,

Smallheart—Professionals ,and be blanked to ’’em. I'll hunt my own music. Mr. Smallheart does hunt his own musi¢, nwch to the disgust of his guests, whose remarks about himand his cheap spree savor more of profanity than politeness.—S_ F, Budget. A Mathematical Curiosity. The year 1881 is a mathematical curiosity. From left to right and from right to left it reads the ‘same; 18 divided by 2 gives'9 as the ask God's blessing for me, end ask Himn.to take me-ap to Heaven. And Ido hope all ofimy friends will have . good luck aud Nappiness through lite-as-well-as_good—health. This is ! written but afew hours before [ am . to be hung. So please good-bye, and may God's blessing rest with you as 1 hope it is with me. Cuartey Luck, AH LUCK’S FORMER EXPERISNCE, AChinaman gamed Lee Limb was killed in Truckee on the night of Septhe back and wrist, and his thigh! was slashed open by a knife. He had a revolver and two Chinese knives of a marderous pattern on his person, but was assassinated before he could defend himself. He was the principal witness against Sing jail at this city awaiting trial, Ah Luck was arrested by Chinese on the Sunday following the killing and upon ‘being tried by them found . guilty. The sentence of that august body was that he pay Lee Limb’s ‘Company $400 as compensation for quotient; 81 divided by 9 and 9 is the quotiedt, If 1881 is divided by’ 209, 9 is the quotient; if divided by 9 the quotient contains a 9; if multiplied by 9, the produet contains tvo9’s. land 8 are 9,S and are 9. If the 18 be placed under the 81 and added, the sum is 99, If the figures be added thus, 1, 8, 8, 7, it will be 18. Reading from left to right is 18, and reading from right) to left is 18. By adding, dividing and multiplying ninet: .n 9’s are produced, being one 9 for each year requir— ed to tomplete the century.—Ohio’ State Journal. _ “Ow the 500 young ladies attendIng Vassar, no two can agree as to what they would do in case they saw abear.” But outsiders are ‘unanione of the girls would do. She would ecream. ‘ ~ Tue land agent ‘worked for four hours trying to indacea man to emioes to Dakota by telling how ealthy it was out ‘there, before he the loss of their dead coolie’s aercor 2 at * = ound out the man was a professional gtave~digger, ’ flee . . upon-to pay up. mousin their opinion of what. any . ¥he will never be Secretary of War Lincola will make some changes in staf officers. He will give the officers serving on the frontier a chance to see civilization, and give the.old staff officeraa sight of the frontier: All the transitory idiocy people are not dead yet. ‘ Mrs, Magdalena Mills aged 61, starved herself to . death in. New York, taking three weeks tor the job, while Miss Hattie Duell, of Iowa City, is in the 43d day of her voluntary absence from food. . ee : It is now developed: that Miss Emma Clark, the San Jose girl who . claims to have been outraged by one Ben. Gifford, has. been an inmate of the Insane Asylum.~ The defense are trying to make a point of this; but the prosecution elaims that it will only make their case stronger. The firein the Fryer Hill mines, Leadville, which was never completely extinguished, but has been smouldering for weeks, broke out anew April 5th, between the Little Pittsburg and Carboniferous, and is raging furiously, necessitating the stopping of all work in the immediate vicivity, and throwing over 1C) men out of employment. The Senate deadlock continues. The Republican organization is now understood to mean thedisruption of the Bourbon party in Virginia and the election of an Administration Senator to succeed Johnson. Hence the Democrats wil! make a determined and‘long-continued fight against the election of Gorham and. “Riddleberger. An extra session rumor is mixed up with the deadlock. There have been articles. of incorporation of the Duncan Hill Tunnel Milland Mining Company. — Its object is to mine or excavat2a tunnel through Dunean-Hill; ‘Piacer-county;} 7 am prepared to supply thd people of Neto carry through the same ores and debris‘from the various mining companies along its course, and collect therefor a royalty, and to conduct a general mining business, Directors }—Samuel Lankton, W. G. Crandall, L. P. Drexler, J. R. Crandall and FE. W. Roberts. Capital stock, $250,009, in 60,0.) shares of $5.each; place of business, San Francisco. Why a Wedding Dia Piace, A couple whose faces: were ‘clouded by a look of anxiety made their Net Tae appearance at the County Clerk's office and mquired for a marriage license. Deputy Clerk Dudley inquired of the would-be bride if she was 2) years of'age, i. *T am over 22,” replied she. “Then hold up your hand and be sworn,” demanded Cupid's agent, T) this the lady demurred, and, turning to the anticipated groom, said: “There, pow, I knew they'd eatch me,” _ The lady then confessed that she had the figures 22 pasted insthe soles of her shoes, but that_she hadnot yet arrived at 21 years. Visions of a fee floated from before the eyes of Clerk Dudley as he told ‘the pair that he could not issue the license. left, vowing to take the early roar for Gretna Green.—Lexington Press, Toa, Independent, There ig one hoy ia Galveston notes, and said to him. the -right “*You must not reach wa y = y, over = —e the treble, _ That’s not sey ess I'll reach wh on this piano, I reckon, Tip feet upon it if I see tit.” By Chas. M. Watson has been found] ; . not guilty at Santa Cruz for the bes: ng of the case, . the! jury, of murder of H. H. B. «Pierce, the maz . who.stole chickens from his place. Lompoc, charged with participation . ba FOR SALE, $1,800, _. questions, ee John Brovin’s Widow, The San Jose Mereury Says tha . t1e widow and daughter of old Foley Brown, of Ossawatamie, live 9, a {small farm in the foothills near s. toga, in Santa Clora county, © Th, old lady is about seventy, ang the burden of her suppert falls Upon ber daugliter, who, though iP fitted fer the reugh farm work'which she bis’ to do, dees it cheerfully: . Their lie? ite home is bardened with a Morteate “{6t $1000, and the efforts’ they ha. to make to meet the monthly interest thereon shadow the reasonable degres of contentment which they otherdj:, feel. Though the mortgage is ss smail, 1t is an almost hopeless task for them to lift it. < They onght to by relieved Ofthetask. Certain Citizens of San Jose purpose giving a public entertainment, to raise the ntclengy of afund for the payment of “Ee ara. . debt. Phe Mercury suys.that “there may be sone noble soula:who woylj be made richer in their own lives by . the performance of another generous act,” and that any such may remi, contributions to the Bank of San Jon or the Mercury office, to be applied toward the relief of the widow ary child of the‘man whose story robe the gallows of disgrace and whos name is indissolubly linked with thc destruction of slavery in this Jang, . This is, indeed, an opportunity toa an act, that will aiways be a source of self—giatulation. “That mo“tgaye: should soon be lifted. BORN, oe ———_, to E. i, At Grass Valley, April 6, 18S1, Austin and wife, » dsughter. HO OS AND LOT a -. -—ON— aH , ARISTOCRACY RIL. 91 Feet Frontage, érply at WELLS, FARGO & CO.’s Expres ROOMS FOR RENT. Pleasant Dwelling Roo with or without beds. : 08 One Large Front Roem on sround floor, suitable for saloon or ’ Contaias nice saloon fixtures, Lodging 25 Cents. Apply at first house above City Hall on Broad street, . MRS. ROSA KING. Nevada City, April 6ti. Sais BAY STATE MARKET Broad street, opp. City Hall, MEVADASOUOS ce Serato CAL i JAMES COLLEY, Prop'r. = store. Having purchased the goo the Le . Bay State Market,vada City and vicinity with choice Beef, Pork, Mutton, Veal, Sau_ Sages, etc., At as low rates as can be purchased anywhere in Nevada County. Meats delivered within a reasonable dis. tance free of If you want a nice roast, stenk, cut= let or chop, give me a call. 'Phose of my old patrons who are indebted to me for meats purchased at the: ‘Broad Street Market, are réquested to settle theit accounts by the Ist of January, 1881, without fail, as the busicess must be closed by that time. . JAMES COLLEY, Nevada City, Nov. 30, 1880. FOUND. “STRAY SOW came to my 7th instant.. Itis white, and weighs about 20C pouncs. Its rivht ear is gone, and ~~ ene —_ split. The owner can recover it by calling om me, provi perty anu poyingcharyes. “B. GUSCETTL Fly Creek, Nevada Township, Cal, March 18, 1831-1m on the THOS. PRICE’S ASSAY OFFICE, AxD—— Chemical Laboratory, 524 Sacramente Street. SAN FRANCISCO; pets OF BULLION RECEIVED, Melted irto Bars, and returhs made in from twenty-four to forty-eight hours. _ Bulion can he forwarded to this office ‘“omeny part of the Interior by express, and returns made in the same manner. Care 31 Analysis made of Ores, Metals, Sorts; Waters, Industrial Products, et.— Mincsexanined and reported upon. onsulttions on Chemical and auurg a ee ap3 Luetje and Brand, WATCMMAKERS ama ; 2 JEWELERS, Tew hawt“ bargaee uean: to be f hes — ound on the Breat trunk lines, BROABST. gp. Stumpf's Hotel * THE. DAL NEVADA : car sd “Br syepainted. » It commen » yesterday aft The vew™ © Piety Hill ar Another ne F likely to be W.S. Rkol ' Hote’, is still « ments on his Forty mine ‘the Wyomin, ayo there we The storer« ~~ tre is to beo ing store by< Lively tim mine, Great ' ynadefor the The roads “and a large « «ing forwarde F, C.jLeut; ‘building on J dngit aud im ments, Geo. W. PP leyan, and no Dixon & Co,, San Francisc The-lumbe _‘anense busine mand for, it “they have ev -fence on the ' ing Jot, and ] makicy asin «place. : ; ‘The work « is progressing trac:or, is le and is using ~street, W.H.Smi orect from the vof genuine N ~of them weig ‘other 1;350; The reoms dng-Rudolph’ graph gallery tedup by Mr ‘dressmaking The roads : ~ “tion, the we: Wellington bh ‘teams in the time,to enjoy The Union went down _ Thursday, w! He must hav odragging that drifts, A. Gaaltis along his pro ~andGeo: FJ: block wal& in Broad street laid on a reg One of the parents lost t by fire atGr 4g0, was soli yesterday, family were thing they ‘ha and that the: any relief fre Valley, The celebr. informed on went to his « on Thursday the engagerr which he is would occup would pay N, al visit. He <rowded hous ——. Fatal Shoe. Yesterday o'clock an old Permewan, w rious times in shot at the F Valley, IJ there in the that the wont named Austir hotel, is sup Permewan w and it, is repo to force an en: toom. She » . to have some fair have beet ‘ Genuine . By the hogsh SMITH’s, 7 pounds for $1, Call and