August 19, 1869 (4 pages)

NEON REPUBLICAN TICKET. . ¢ffrontery; but, as. GRE ‘ For Assessor For + . EB. U. TOMPKINS. ST. nn { KM. PRESLUNkor § : Road Commissioner, @. x FARQUHAR. '@. 8. 8. GTCHaLL. For Kecorder, .; — For Surveyor,’ J.-M. WALLING, : HS. BRADLEY, For District ; * _ For Coroner. MB. VEAL. . Ww. C. okuVES, For {Public Administrator, . 2pparently looking inside, but watching Hor dadgee 0¢ the Gaprema Gieit: od a disposition to do enefit of white labor.” ul, condescension — ‘Of . jarge knife. Both partice wall be taken _ fornia State Government at tho beginning of the Cbinese influx, and: for years after. The only.“attempt ever made to check this immigration, was {bustings. and is making. his fight in by a State’ d<by the Democracy, and to check it nullified by a ican pirty caine into existence the here under a Democratic. treaty, prox tected by Democratic law, which ‘was upheld by Democratic Courts. But, again’: Haight and his Adminstration rode into power on hostility to nese, and in a few months, Haight, MeCoppin, Casserly and‘other Democratic dignitaries were found eating and drinking with Chiramien, and in their speeches congratulating tho Colestials upon the growth of friendly feeling, and upon their arrival on our Not only this, but the Democratic Assembly, chosen_on the ground of hose . tlity to Chinese, refused to allow a vote to be taken on a resolution trom heir own platform, but smothered it in , committee.,. fe These facts are matters of record fresh.in the mind of man, and -yet the Democrats “have’ tho audacity to come before 4) people, claiming to. be the only upoh which the laboring man reat, Ye Gods! what a slender thread to hang a hope upon is this DeAboctacy ! These men, whose course is so dispicable on this,question, now ask to be trusted without pledges, when in the past they have trampled upon every promise. . Pliéy" call upon Republicans for a ‘remedy, while McConnell: in his address, which is claimed to be exhaust. Congress, in the Act of 1862, has already pointed out the remedy, and the Same “body is competent to-deal with the whole question. Democracy proposes no remedy, bas defeated every effurt to oppose-imarigration Ly ‘other pardes, and now, with the “broken pledges of two years ago, comes Letore the people asking to be trusted, even without pledges. The Devil himself would not be guilty of sach enblashing n frequently occurs, ‘the child, if thie reapéct, is aheed cf its progenitor. ee Other e . towards them. When he saw the offi. sticking the pistol ap to the man’s . breast, ‘ind saying, “I arrest you,” at * . to give his name—said he had forgot~4 ten. it, ete., but has since: given the ; Court. Before the Repub. one. The Appeal, says, while Sheriff ou D. street, they saw a man coming cers he made a sudden. move and went down D street towards the river, Sheriff Clark saying to Casad, “I. believe that isthé man.” Casad said, “pay no at~ tention to him, I think he’ will come back directly.” The two officers talked about five minutes,when the man came back and stopped in front of the saloon, ‘Clark said to Casad, “that is the man.” Gazad noticed that the cattle thief had 4 pistol in his right band, Casad and the man being about eight feet apart. It looked very much to the officers as out and made a spring for the man, the same time grabbing the man’s right hand with hig" left, and taking his pistol from him. Sberiff Clark came down on him with a derringer, and covered him, while Casad took the second pistol from him, which was,a large Colt’s six shooter. After disarm~ ing him the officers took him to the Police Office, where, on searching him closely, they found in his boot ‘leg a to Sutter county for examination. At the time of the arrest John Doe refused name of Nat. Rodgers. THE LEGIBLATURE.—The Democrats hope, in the coming election, to secure the next Legislature, and to this end their candidate for the highest judicial office in the State has gone upon the those places where Democrats hope by dissentions in the Union party to gain members in both the Senate and Assembly. General Wallace proposes, if stepping stone to the U. 8. Senate, and for this purpose desires to secure as many Senators in this election as pos— sible, as those now elected hold over to the Senatorial contest. But those who count upon division in the Union ranks of Nevada county will be disappointed. Union men in every precinct understand the game,and will not allow themselves “to be made tools of in carrying it out.” CALIFORNIA BLack WaLnN <the Nevada Transcript and someother papers are discussing the quéstion'whether tlie black walnut is indigenous to California. “We able upon good authority, saysthe Napa Reporter, that of Dr. D. K. Rule, of St. Hélena, to state that it is” Several trees are now grows ing ita wild’ state on the divide between Napa and Capel Valleys, and [they are also tound ip other parts of the State. Bétanically, the tree differs somewhat both from the English and Western varieties, The nut is said to be superior to either, -Spanise GunBoats.—The New York Herald suys that Secfetary Fish gives as the reason for seizing the Spanish gunboats, that they were intended to relicve the Spanish. fleet now doing duty on the coast of Cuba, and permit that fleet to leave to re-inaugurate the Peruvian war. He says he.does not intend to permit the gunboats to leave pur waters,and if they leave without his permission he will send after them a force which will astonish the Dona, and compel his authority to be respecTue State Fair will open September 16th, and continue for one week. We lear of great preparations being made for th 8 6xbibition, and with the means of communication at hand there sbould be more people there than ever before. And in addition there will be in atten-: she officers at the same time. Sheriff . *° he can, to make the Supreme Bench a . Jone, owned by Wm. Watt, Frank,own~ ed by Capt. Lee, and Tisdale’s Frank. race will be for $100, between Lancashorse. On Saturday three races will take place, and the following purses will be offered: $200 for a double team race, $100 fora ronning race, and $25 for a quarter race, ranbing. The sport will be good, as all horses entered must be owned in Nevada ‘county, and the probabilities are that all ‘of them will for blood. Season badges may be obtained of J.:Earl Brown, of Nevada, or A. B. Brady of Grass Valley: . OVERCOME BY GREATNESS.—A few years ago, as many of our readers may recollect, a young man named Kornis~ sarven saved the life of the Emperor though there was going to be a fight, } Alexander of Russia” by knocking up '. when Officer Casad‘ slipped his pistol the aim of an assassin (Kava Kosow) just as he was about to direct a pistol mst the person of the Emperor. e man Who was so fortanate to render this service to His Majesty’ was a working hatter and was about thirtyfive years of age. From this’ time out honors continued to rain upon him. For his plebeian name was substituted arnoble one—that of -Kostumeki. He received an entailed estate, with all its privileges, was made Colonel of a regi-~ mient of the Imperial Guards, and a. national subse i Was opened for him, which prodated nearly two millions of roubles. Thisfayorite of fortune, however, could not stand the intoxication of his good luck; and: he ated coontoepelats ‘its fee effects by another species ine! # A hosel, sot, he became an intolerable burden to himself and others. and finals ly, in one of his desperate fits of drunk} enness 4 SPREADINC . ON THICK.—A. DRichardson thus discourses about the great Yarmg@in California: The Californian invites an Eastern visitor: “Come down to San Mateo and spend a week with me.” “Have ou a ranch there ?” “Yes, a littie ea Wie: dew ‘call’ # little place?” “Well, 20,000 acres, or 30,000 or 40,000, as the case may be. Eve body seems to have alittle place. T other evening I met Genvral: le. known as an old army officer who led sonth, below Los Ange summer home is in’ Philadelphia.” “Have you a little: place, too?” “Yes, 225,000 acres oniny home rapch, and 25,000. more Jui Northern Calitornia.” That “hom® ranch,” if it were a square tract, would be nineteen miles across. The: vv other ae She own 300,000 reé apiece. © dispenses 2 ing of old baronial ‘hospitality. : -way~fareris welcomed to -ta and bed with-out money and with-out price. Some nights thirty travelers are: there entertained. 6; though his Six yessela have this season been loaded with grain at Vallejo, for Europe or New York,’ and the seventh is taking in cargo, and all these without the use of the Elevator, because, as it is said, the offices will not ingure veswels carrying grain in ‘bulk, It ia a pity that the Elevator is idle. Its nonuse is a” loss to the State, and particularly, we think, to the farmers. Tue San Rarati Rarroay.—A proposal for building:a railroad between Point San Quentin and San Rafael has been accepted at $24,600. The length of the proposed: road ‘is 34 miles. Beyond 350 feet of cribbing at the Point, and the *cattiig down of a small hill, the obstacles in the way of grading are insignificant, .By the terms of the contract, the read is to be graded, ballasted and im running order by the first of December. It is expeeted that the road will be finished in two months. Steam cara will be used. The Chicago Journal of the 2d inst., says that the crop news troni the Northgreatly improved the pruspects. The crops in the-aggregate will be a” full average, the croakers to the contrary notwithstanding. The failure -of say one crop is almost entirely confined to lowland localities. the Atlantic States now on this coast. ! It will be a splended opportunity to show stock, fruits, cereals, veyetables, . implements and manufactureg. dance all the prominent visitors fram}. THe immigration to Iowa still continues. Perbaps no State in the Union has this’ Spring and Summer received & larger addition to its population from immigration than lowa. le ‘ . West: eontinase ‘to -be-tavotabie.” “Taw past fortnight of -good weather has On Slate Creek; in Josephine county. A man named Stephens deserted his family, consisting of a wife. and four children, and eloped with a Mrs. McAllister, the wife of one of his neighbors; who was herself the mother of seven children, including two grown dau, The guilty parties—-have gone into California, leaving the innocent children, of whom they are worthy parents, to the blighting orphanage of mtal disgrace. Such instances, loethe. are not of frequent occurrence, GROUND was broken at Fort Howard, Wisconsin, on the 29th of July, on the Green Bay and Lake Pepin Railroad. The enterprise is of great importance to the northern part of the State. cated THE internal revenue. receipts of the First Louisiana District for the months ot May, June and July of the present Year, show an increase over the same months of last year of $185,000. mui last year was. fourteen million pounds. Estimating it at thirty cents, would make its total value $4,200,000. This’ year it will be still more, and worth in the aggregate not less than $5,000,000. _ A MAN named Henry Goeming, of San Francisco, while handling a ‘pistol, met with a serious and painful accix dent, by which he may lose the use of his band. Fron some cause the pistol burat, blowing off two fingers of his right hand. 3 _ ‘THe Pioneer Oit Company, of A Oregon, are harvesting several thousand acres of flax for the seed. 1t pays better than wheat ‘or oats. t miles. There. ire twenty-six quartz mills inthe county. oe Jouw Wi1c0x, a Red Bluff teamster, . was‘kicked in the breast by a horse, tly, at the Tower ‘House, and killed. . THERE are ho less than 56 steam threshers now at 'work threshing grain in the Salinas Valley. They have about 75,000 acres of grain to thresh. f te THE: California Steam. Navigation Company will enlarge their wharf accommodations at Sacramento, = _ » baer genre cw aumaregeren ae THE Colfax mine, White Pine, has been sold for $12,000, * Tue railroad buildings at Gilroy. are ‘being® furnished with asphaltuw roofs; y Yo ens THE Cope and Elko railroad will be in running order by the middle of Sep-~ tember. ‘ en THE August session of Santa Clara College will commence to-day. THe. San Joaquin Fair commences Sept. 25th. ER VALLEJO was never more prosperous than at present. THE Chicago party purchased a number of lots at Elko. . ‘THE best clerk in the Titornal Revenue Department is a deaf mate. A WALNUT tree, eight feet across, petrified into soapstone, was fa'ely discovered 175 feet deep, in an Illinois coal mine. AN eighteen inch vein of a rich brown mineral paint has been dicovered in Iowa. bs ‘ PUTNAM county, Florida, has no jail, and the Sheriff has to take prisoners LANCASTER, Obio, has subscribed $26,000, to be loaned for the encourages ment of manufactures. a » Tie wheat crop ‘of Minnesota, this year is estimated at 20,000,000 bushels. . , Tue Union Pacific Railroad purchasing agency pays Omaha merchants $2,. 000,000 per year for supplies, Mrs. Stowe writes. for the “Hearth . and.Home for $6,000 a year. ugal faithlessness oecur. WooL.—Thie wool clip of California . ROCKERY AND GLASSWARE.— . They are agents for the Home Shuttle Sewing Machine Company. Go and examine the machines —the price is only $25. THE amount ot money sent through 3 the mails by postal orders is increasing about 100 per cent annually. This year the aggregate foots ip $30,000,000 against $16,000,000 last year, and itis — estimated the amount will again dou. ~ ble next year; So will postal telegraph S cihinhiaiaiasttioes —— RACES! RACES}: ANNUAL MEETING ’ Glenbrook Park Jockey Club! E. 8. PRATT, Proprietor of the Coaree. t"'The Annual Races begin ow FRIDAY, August 20th, 1869,“ Pe PO tccen s e/7 hg FIRST pat i Firet aaishgle of $ ‘given te '. Frank Malone, owned by”. Watt. Frank, owned by+.+<+.0s+-«Lee. Frank, owned by.<.«+» Tiedale. Best three in five, to go as the owners may agree, as Second <Paree of $100 to be given to: dA. @ter's Pacing Mare and Mike Reiley’s ig Horse. Mile and sepeat ; to harness,and go to rule. . we SECOND Day, __ First Race.— Purse of $200 for doable teame three in five, trotting. ; Second Race— Purse of $100 for running hore6e—mile and repeat. : Third Race—A Purse of $9 for single dash. ofa quarter, : All horses entered for these races to be ewn{. edin Nevada County. Good Stabling can be had at the Confee. Ladies (accompanied by gentlemen) admisted Freetothe Course, q Badges of admission tothe Track. DURIN + THE ENTIRE RACES may be odtained from J. E. BROWN, of Nevada, and of A. B, BRADY, Grage Valley. . nd ID. « : BLIVEN & POTTER, ‘. m Dealers in ; Crockery & Glassware, WILLOW WARK» LAMPS, CUTLERY, PLATED WARE, . Ss French & American Paper Hangings, Borders, Window Shader, F xtures, ete. etc, Agents tor. the home Shuttle Sewing Ma. ching. No, 18 Commercial St. ~ s1¢ BARTHOLOMEW’S GREAT WESTERN CIRCUS . Will perform at NEVADA CITY, On Thursday Evening, Aug. 19th, F. wey efficient Company of Star Artista will be found the names of MISS MATILDA BARTHULOMEW, The Queen of the Arena, . LA PETITE NETTIE, The Charming Young Danceuse. GEORGE BAKTHOLUMEW, General pe: former and Dire ctor of Arens. 2" MAJOR GEN. *IL :8, the Smaltest CirCus Performer in the World, aged. 17. years old and only 31 inches high ’ MASTER N.:AH, : The Great Bareback Rider—on three borees. MR. LEWIS, the Great Indian hider. NELSUN BARTHVLOMEW, . _ ‘Trick Clown and Atrobat. ALECK STEVENS, “pl Greag and Wonderful Contortienist . MR CHAS. GRAHAM, Peerless and Tnimitsble Jester‘and Clown, and numerous othere. ADMISSION. -ONE DOLLAR. Doors open at7o'clock. Performanc« to begin at 8 o’¢lock, MISS ANNA E. DICKINSOX, Will cive TWO of her eblishie LECTURES, IN NEVADA CITY, _ Thursday & Friday, Aug. 19 & 20. _ At Nevada Theatre. a Subject.—‘‘Stroggling for Life,” and-""Noth ing Unreasonable, ' Admission One Dollar. al4 x J. ALBEKANDER, Agent. .

NEON REPUBLICAN TICKET. . ¢ffrontery; but, as. GRE ‘ For Assessor For + . EB. U. TOMPKINS. ST. nn { KM. PRESLUNkor § : Road Commissioner, @. x FARQUHAR. '@. 8. 8. GTCHaLL. For Kecorder, .; — For Surveyor,’ J.-M. WALLING, : HS. BRADLEY, For District ; * _ For Coroner. MB. VEAL. . Ww. C. okuVES, For {Public Administrator, . 2pparently looking inside, but watching Hor dadgee 0¢ the Gaprema Gieit: od a disposition to do enefit of white labor.” ul, condescension — ‘Of . jarge knife. Both partice wall be taken _ fornia State Government at tho beginning of the Cbinese influx, and: for years after. The only.“attempt ever made to check this immigration, was {bustings. and is making. his fight in by a State’ d<by the Democracy, and to check it nullified by a ican pirty caine into existence the here under a Democratic. treaty, prox tected by Democratic law, which ‘was upheld by Democratic Courts. But, again’: Haight and his Adminstration rode into power on hostility to nese, and in a few months, Haight, MeCoppin, Casserly and‘other Democratic dignitaries were found eating and drinking with Chiramien, and in their speeches congratulating tho Colestials upon the growth of friendly feeling, and upon their arrival on our Not only this, but the Democratic Assembly, chosen_on the ground of hose . tlity to Chinese, refused to allow a vote to be taken on a resolution trom heir own platform, but smothered it in , committee.,. fe These facts are matters of record fresh.in the mind of man, and -yet the Democrats “have’ tho audacity to come before 4) people, claiming to. be the only upoh which the laboring man reat, Ye Gods! what a slender thread to hang a hope upon is this DeAboctacy ! These men, whose course is so dispicable on this,question, now ask to be trusted without pledges, when in the past they have trampled upon every promise. . Pliéy" call upon Republicans for a ‘remedy, while McConnell: in his address, which is claimed to be exhaust. Congress, in the Act of 1862, has already pointed out the remedy, and the Same “body is competent to-deal with the whole question. Democracy proposes no remedy, bas defeated every effurt to oppose-imarigration Ly ‘other pardes, and now, with the “broken pledges of two years ago, comes Letore the people asking to be trusted, even without pledges. The Devil himself would not be guilty of sach enblashing n frequently occurs, ‘the child, if thie reapéct, is aheed cf its progenitor. ee Other e . towards them. When he saw the offi. sticking the pistol ap to the man’s . breast, ‘ind saying, “I arrest you,” at * . to give his name—said he had forgot~4 ten. it, ete., but has since: given the ; Court. Before the Repub. one. The Appeal, says, while Sheriff ou D. street, they saw a man coming cers he made a sudden. move and went down D street towards the river, Sheriff Clark saying to Casad, “I. believe that isthé man.” Casad said, “pay no at~ tention to him, I think he’ will come back directly.” The two officers talked about five minutes,when the man came back and stopped in front of the saloon, ‘Clark said to Casad, “that is the man.” Gazad noticed that the cattle thief had 4 pistol in his right band, Casad and the man being about eight feet apart. It looked very much to the officers as out and made a spring for the man, the same time grabbing the man’s right hand with hig" left, and taking his pistol from him. Sberiff Clark came down on him with a derringer, and covered him, while Casad took the second pistol from him, which was,a large Colt’s six shooter. After disarm~ ing him the officers took him to the Police Office, where, on searching him closely, they found in his boot ‘leg a to Sutter county for examination. At the time of the arrest John Doe refused name of Nat. Rodgers. THE LEGIBLATURE.—The Democrats hope, in the coming election, to secure the next Legislature, and to this end their candidate for the highest judicial office in the State has gone upon the those places where Democrats hope by dissentions in the Union party to gain members in both the Senate and Assembly. General Wallace proposes, if stepping stone to the U. 8. Senate, and for this purpose desires to secure as many Senators in this election as pos— sible, as those now elected hold over to the Senatorial contest. But those who count upon division in the Union ranks of Nevada county will be disappointed. Union men in every precinct understand the game,and will not allow themselves “to be made tools of in carrying it out.” CALIFORNIA BLack WaLnN <the Nevada Transcript and someother papers are discussing the quéstion'whether tlie black walnut is indigenous to California. “We able upon good authority, saysthe Napa Reporter, that of Dr. D. K. Rule, of St. Hélena, to state that it is” Several trees are now grows ing ita wild’ state on the divide between Napa and Capel Valleys, and [they are also tound ip other parts of the State. Bétanically, the tree differs somewhat both from the English and Western varieties, The nut is said to be superior to either, -Spanise GunBoats.—The New York Herald suys that Secfetary Fish gives as the reason for seizing the Spanish gunboats, that they were intended to relicve the Spanish. fleet now doing duty on the coast of Cuba, and permit that fleet to leave to re-inaugurate the Peruvian war. He says he.does not intend to permit the gunboats to leave pur waters,and if they leave without his permission he will send after them a force which will astonish the Dona, and compel his authority to be respecTue State Fair will open September 16th, and continue for one week. We lear of great preparations being made for th 8 6xbibition, and with the means of communication at hand there sbould be more people there than ever before. And in addition there will be in atten-: she officers at the same time. Sheriff . *° he can, to make the Supreme Bench a . Jone, owned by Wm. Watt, Frank,own~ ed by Capt. Lee, and Tisdale’s Frank. race will be for $100, between Lancashorse. On Saturday three races will take place, and the following purses will be offered: $200 for a double team race, $100 fora ronning race, and $25 for a quarter race, ranbing. The sport will be good, as all horses entered must be owned in Nevada ‘county, and the probabilities are that all ‘of them will for blood. Season badges may be obtained of J.:Earl Brown, of Nevada, or A. B. Brady of Grass Valley: . OVERCOME BY GREATNESS.—A few years ago, as many of our readers may recollect, a young man named Kornis~ sarven saved the life of the Emperor though there was going to be a fight, } Alexander of Russia” by knocking up '. when Officer Casad‘ slipped his pistol the aim of an assassin (Kava Kosow) just as he was about to direct a pistol mst the person of the Emperor. e man Who was so fortanate to render this service to His Majesty’ was a working hatter and was about thirtyfive years of age. From this’ time out honors continued to rain upon him. For his plebeian name was substituted arnoble one—that of -Kostumeki. He received an entailed estate, with all its privileges, was made Colonel of a regi-~ mient of the Imperial Guards, and a. national subse i Was opened for him, which prodated nearly two millions of roubles. Thisfayorite of fortune, however, could not stand the intoxication of his good luck; and: he ated coontoepelats ‘its fee effects by another species ine! # A hosel, sot, he became an intolerable burden to himself and others. and finals ly, in one of his desperate fits of drunk} enness 4 SPREADINC . ON THICK.—A. DRichardson thus discourses about the great Yarmg@in California: The Californian invites an Eastern visitor: “Come down to San Mateo and spend a week with me.” “Have ou a ranch there ?” “Yes, a littie ea Wie: dew ‘call’ # little place?” “Well, 20,000 acres, or 30,000 or 40,000, as the case may be. Eve body seems to have alittle place. T other evening I met Genvral: le. known as an old army officer who led sonth, below Los Ange summer home is in’ Philadelphia.” “Have you a little: place, too?” “Yes, 225,000 acres oniny home rapch, and 25,000. more Jui Northern Calitornia.” That “hom® ranch,” if it were a square tract, would be nineteen miles across. The: vv other ae She own 300,000 reé apiece. © dispenses 2 ing of old baronial ‘hospitality. : -way~fareris welcomed to -ta and bed with-out money and with-out

price. Some nights thirty travelers are: there entertained. 6; though his Six yessela have this season been loaded with grain at Vallejo, for Europe or New York,’ and the seventh is taking in cargo, and all these without the use of the Elevator, because, as it is said, the offices will not ingure veswels carrying grain in ‘bulk, It ia a pity that the Elevator is idle. Its nonuse is a” loss to the State, and particularly, we think, to the farmers. Tue San Rarati Rarroay.—A proposal for building:a railroad between Point San Quentin and San Rafael has been accepted at $24,600. The length of the proposed: road ‘is 34 miles. Beyond 350 feet of cribbing at the Point, and the *cattiig down of a small hill, the obstacles in the way of grading are insignificant, .By the terms of the contract, the read is to be graded, ballasted and im running order by the first of December. It is expeeted that the road will be finished in two months. Steam cara will be used. The Chicago Journal of the 2d inst., says that the crop news troni the Northgreatly improved the pruspects. The crops in the-aggregate will be a” full average, the croakers to the contrary notwithstanding. The failure -of say one crop is almost entirely confined to lowland localities. the Atlantic States now on this coast. ! It will be a splended opportunity to show stock, fruits, cereals, veyetables, . implements and manufactureg. dance all the prominent visitors fram}. THe immigration to Iowa still continues. Perbaps no State in the Union has this’ Spring and Summer received & larger addition to its population from immigration than lowa. le ‘ . West: eontinase ‘to -be-tavotabie.” “Taw past fortnight of -good weather has On Slate Creek; in Josephine county. A man named Stephens deserted his family, consisting of a wife. and four children, and eloped with a Mrs. McAllister, the wife of one of his neighbors; who was herself the mother of seven children, including two grown dau, The guilty parties—-have gone into California, leaving the innocent children, of whom they are worthy parents, to the blighting orphanage of mtal disgrace. Such instances, loethe. are not of frequent occurrence, GROUND was broken at Fort Howard, Wisconsin, on the 29th of July, on the Green Bay and Lake Pepin Railroad. The enterprise is of great importance to the northern part of the State. cated THE internal revenue. receipts of the First Louisiana District for the months ot May, June and July of the present Year, show an increase over the same months of last year of $185,000. mui last year was. fourteen million pounds. Estimating it at thirty cents, would make its total value $4,200,000. This’ year it will be still more, and worth in the aggregate not less than $5,000,000. _ A MAN named Henry Goeming, of San Francisco, while handling a ‘pistol, met with a serious and painful accix dent, by which he may lose the use of his band. Fron some cause the pistol burat, blowing off two fingers of his right hand. 3 _ ‘THe Pioneer Oit Company, of A Oregon, are harvesting several thousand acres of flax for the seed. 1t pays better than wheat ‘or oats. t miles. There. ire twenty-six quartz mills inthe county. oe Jouw Wi1c0x, a Red Bluff teamster, . was‘kicked in the breast by a horse, tly, at the Tower ‘House, and killed. . THERE are ho less than 56 steam threshers now at 'work threshing grain in the Salinas Valley. They have about 75,000 acres of grain to thresh. f te THE: California Steam. Navigation Company will enlarge their wharf accommodations at Sacramento, = _ » baer genre cw aumaregeren ae THE Colfax mine, White Pine, has been sold for $12,000, * Tue railroad buildings at Gilroy. are ‘being® furnished with asphaltuw roofs; y Yo ens THE Cope and Elko railroad will be in running order by the middle of Sep-~ tember. ‘ en THE August session of Santa Clara College will commence to-day. THe. San Joaquin Fair commences Sept. 25th. ER VALLEJO was never more prosperous than at present. THE Chicago party purchased a number of lots at Elko. . ‘THE best clerk in the Titornal Revenue Department is a deaf mate. A WALNUT tree, eight feet across, petrified into soapstone, was fa'ely discovered 175 feet deep, in an Illinois coal mine. AN eighteen inch vein of a rich brown mineral paint has been dicovered in Iowa. bs ‘ PUTNAM county, Florida, has no jail, and the Sheriff has to take prisoners LANCASTER, Obio, has subscribed $26,000, to be loaned for the encourages ment of manufactures. a » Tie wheat crop ‘of Minnesota, this year is estimated at 20,000,000 bushels. . , Tue Union Pacific Railroad purchasing agency pays Omaha merchants $2,. 000,000 per year for supplies, Mrs. Stowe writes. for the “Hearth . and.Home for $6,000 a year. ugal faithlessness oecur. WooL.—Thie wool clip of California . ROCKERY AND GLASSWARE.— . They are agents for the Home Shuttle Sewing Machine Company. Go and examine the machines —the price is only $25. THE amount ot money sent through 3 the mails by postal orders is increasing about 100 per cent annually. This year the aggregate foots ip $30,000,000 against $16,000,000 last year, and itis — estimated the amount will again dou. ~ ble next year; So will postal telegraph S cihinhiaiaiasttioes —— RACES! RACES}: ANNUAL MEETING ’ Glenbrook Park Jockey Club! E. 8. PRATT, Proprietor of the Coaree. t"'The Annual Races begin ow FRIDAY, August 20th, 1869,“ Pe PO tccen s e/7 hg FIRST pat i Firet aaishgle of $ ‘given te '. Frank Malone, owned by”.. Watt. Frank, owned by+.+<+.0s+-«Lee. Frank, owned by.<..«+» Tiedale. Best three in five, to go as the owners may agree, as Second <Paree of $100 to be given to: dA. @ter's Pacing Mare and Mike Reiley’s ig Horse. Mile and sepeat ; to harness,and go to rule. . we SECOND Day, __ First Race.— Purse of $200 for doable teame three in five, trotting. ; Second Race— Purse of $100 for running hore6e—mile and repeat. : Third Race—A Purse of $9 for single dash. ofa quarter, : All horses entered for these races to be ewn{. edin Nevada County. Good Stabling can be had at the Confee. Ladies (accompanied by gentlemen) admisted Freetothe Course, q Badges of admission tothe Track. DURIN + THE ENTIRE RACES may be odtained from J. E. BROWN, of Nevada, and of A. B, BRADY, Grage Valley. . nd ID. « : BLIVEN & POTTER, ‘. m Dealers in ; Crockery & Glassware, WILLOW WARK» LAMPS, CUTLERY, PLATED WARE, . Ss French & American Paper Hangings, Borders, Window Shader, F xtures, ete. etc, Agents tor. the home Shuttle Sewing Ma. ching. No, 18 Commercial St. ~ s1¢ BARTHOLOMEW’S GREAT WESTERN CIRCUS . Will perform at NEVADA CITY, On Thursday Evening, Aug. 19th, F. wey efficient Company of Star Artista will be found the names of MISS MATILDA BARTHULOMEW, The Queen of the Arena, . LA PETITE NETTIE, The Charming Young Danceuse. GEORGE BAKTHOLUMEW, General pe: former and Dire ctor of Arens. 2" MAJOR GEN. *IL :8, the Smaltest CirCus Performer in the World, aged. 17. years old and only 31 inches high ’ MASTER N.:AH, : The Great Bareback Rider—on three borees. MR. LEWIS, the Great Indian hider. NELSUN BARTHVLOMEW, . _ ‘Trick Clown and Atrobat. ALECK STEVENS, “pl Greag and Wonderful Contortienist . MR CHAS. GRAHAM, Peerless and Tnimitsble Jester‘and Clown, and numerous othere. ADMISSION. -ONE DOLLAR. Doors open at7o'clock. Performanc« to begin at 8 o’¢lock, MISS ANNA E. DICKINSOX, Will cive TWO of her eblishie LECTURES, IN NEVADA CITY, _ Thursday & Friday, Aug. 19 & 20. _ At Nevada Theatre. a Subject.—‘‘Stroggling for Life,” and-""Noth ing Unreasonable, ' Admission One Dollar. al4 x J. ALBEKANDER, Agent. .