December 12, 1880 (4 pages)

gether makes an ‘opening where a * ‘the difficu ty of-evercoming the ‘tre the machinery. 4 <" ‘ . Was suddenly discontinued last sea“pre on the river below Truckee, “The Summit Co. have had’ a force Ghe Daily Transcript. . NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA. b -mceneersiesareg es Te , Sams Decerhber 12, 1880. oma A Meefal invention. . ee Eugene Horyey,an engineer work~ ing dut at the Banner mine, has liit an ide on the head in’ a way that with good neanagement is likely to’ pay him pretty well. It is a ae known fact that parties engagedrunning stationary engines duttig the night-time often ‘have cause to geta disgust dn when they try to oil Harvey takes a om‘non oil can andin one side of where the top andbottom screw towick canbe inaertel, By lighting this wick the engiacer who wants to oil. machinery at night canalways tell Fight where the hole ig that he seeks. to lubricate the’ workings through, and the. little brass cups that are often Coed ate made as plain as the nuse on a man’s face, Harvey has, it is said, applied for a patent 9% his fixing: New Gravel Mining {acorporations T, W. Sterling, T. Houston and N. B. Walker, all of New York,: have incorporated under the laws of that-State the Nevada Gravel Mining Company to work the,old Herschman liydraylic’miine in the suburbs ef this city. They purchased the property last Fall from Messrs, Colfey, Hersclimin; Webber and Grover for considerably less than half fhe amount of the sum for which they ,have incorporated. ($65,000, divided into 65,000 shares at $1 each), But have stibsequently made some improvements. We understand that Mr. Sterling: is* expected daily to arrive here from the East and makb arrangements to resume work, which doma few months after the new cémpany came into possession, The Kee Bustines’: “The Pheific Ice Company at Boca; the Peoples Tee Compatty at Camp 20, and the Summit Ice Company ‘as . ’ Prosser Creek, atl of which point and within twelve miles from that-town, have been experiencing much (diftidulty in gathering their crops ; this season on account of the heavy snow. of from sixty to a hundred men. employed in clearing the pond of snows: which they succeeded in doing last Wednesday. At Boca the snow has also been scraped of. Company have sluiced the snow and’ ise down the river, and made a new start. The ice harvest will-soon be dove? if the weather continues favor= able: > Not se Very Bad. ‘The Rising-Sun Mining Company ‘was organized in April last, it8 capital being $760,000 divided into 150,000 shares of'five' dollars each. Its quartz mine, which is located at Colfax sixteeh miles from this city hy railroad, has since last July paid: two monthly dividends of five cents and one quarterly dividend of fifteen cents each per share, and the market value of the:shares has advanced from the sttbsuription price of $1.50 to $2.05. Stated in anoth: er way, $1,500 invested five months ago in the ‘stock Of this ‘company, has brought to the investor .$2,3008 Rm Om ee Baptist Church Eatertaiumenti The programme to be'rendered’ at fhe Baptist Church to-morrow evening is of a nature that. should attract a largeaudience. The reniarks ; of Rev, Mr. Bateman / (who, way, ig anid to have a pais Way of with music appropriate . . the “gabject of the leeture. And’fer those who desire food for the body as_ well as the mind a wholesome supper will be served, Ehis feast of good things will all be furnistied ‘at the low price of fifty ceuts. Go avd lewrn about Queen Esther,hear the soul, stirring music and awe a youd eat. q hl > er; Good Ore. Tie iil at ths’ Yubs mine WwW asluington: township is still kept running wight amd day, “Phe ledge. ia about four feet thick anal of medium grade. The org ig!worked by the ‘orainar> mi to within five por. cent pe gay —how many other mins” on” the Coast can gay a8 wiuch?. mend pays Rahdsomely for manipulation. ‘Phere Wsed to bea great deal of talic.about pare nghces rors for en ——— eee by thes ‘ 7nu YUBA DAM. The Straeture in no Danger of being Washed Away by the Flood— So Far it py ad Perfect Success as a Debris T On Thursday a Bhvortes of the Ma; rysville Appeal visited the dam on the Yuba river and found the eondi-’ tion of things pretty much as heretofore sct forth. He says: The river has fallen to ordinary hight, and there is not near so much water just above or just below the'dunr as there was soon after the recent. rain. Yet there is muh’ water above the dam, at many places six or seven feet deep, and there are no islands visible in the lake except shoals of recent de~ posit that rise abové the water about twoor three hundred feet up-stream from the dam:--Near the north end of the brush dam, as previously stat} éd, the great pressure of the water caused the dam, for a distance of for. ty‘or fifty feet, to sink down four’ feet, apparently without breaking or injuring it. No water ran under the . dam else it would have washed it out. A few days ago over this sunken place, a current three feet deep went plunging, yet ithad no effect upon the structure. Now that the water has been lowered the volume _ escaping there is much smaller, -being but a fow inches deep, yet it fotms a perfect cataract. That the structure successfully resists such.a force is a good indication and it looks as if the stream could safely be perniitted to run over there all ‘winter. ‘This. is not to be done, however, for Superintendent Drake has sixty men engag~ ed in building a wingdam of earth sacksand brush ina ‘current four feet deep, to turn the water away, so that more material may be put upon the sunken portion, until it.shall be as high as the rest of the dam, There is another? slight sink on the south side, but no water flows over it. This also will be-bro: usual grade. posit already made onthe top and slope of the dam is about four feet all the way across. ; It seems ag if there is not the least danger, now, of the water forcing an outlet under ‘the dam, or of washing any part of it away, because the deposit is.so great and the water so high that the surplus coming down in flood time ‘can more easily flow over the top of the dam,.and with perfect safety, In regard to the dam, and the views of many people concerning it, the Sutjter Banner of Friday says: ‘‘We have heard it.asserted by. numbers of people that the dam would uot angwer the purpose for which it was gineer’s education these caviliers havesvet'had,we are not’ prepared to say;-butto hear them talk, we are free to say that they think they know al} . about iti We'confess. to‘a perfect, ignorance in that branch, and knowing that the State pays salary toa man who ought to’ Know something of the science, we have been willing to allow all that work.to fall to him, feeling sure-that if he failed,-he was liable. “‘Then'tie has called to his assistance other enrincnt engineers, one of whom has a world wide . reputation; and they have all agreed that the style of dam placed upon the Yuba and Bear ficsie is the best for the purpose intended. Now, “if these men den't know what’ to do, who does? We believe they do, and” ‘we are not going fo ery ont failure, until we séé thé thing fairly. tried, and we are also going ‘to allow for any failures that contractors may have made i in‘the construction of ‘the dam:” shipérior Coubt Ps e a The fol’ owing’ business was trans adtediu the Superior Court yesteratl ay; Jui, ge Johu Cattwell presiding: Order’ sebling cause: for trial re~ seinded, oe "Tho Pedfile ‘vs, Guo. “Chostét” Arraigned aad givow till Saturday uext to plead, New’. York: Hitt Mt. Co, “vas! A: Walrath et als: Diswissed: at plain, tits. cost, Tie People'vg Stephen ‘Marphy. Order setting cde for trial resoind. Med, ee et als. F. Sonchet ys, FE. D fendant.” Jary ease, ‘Verdict _ Baptist eharcnl —-Rervices by The, Me ihenen. . Subject i in the ev ening: “Sure Pan, . fasion ae “fc Byeding a . as rr rs tup to the ; The dépth'of the deMaryAnn Hixlye vs. Wu. Hod g@: Divuree’ granted: The People vs. Jo H. Byrie. 4! The “ai iwtiig county schools were visited by apétintendent Wickes during tle Past 1 wee x Rough and R Ready school is’ divid#4 into two departments, under the the chargé of CG, W. ‘Cro well and bis’ wife, Mrs>Aurelia Crowell. ‘There’ are 33 pipils i in the Grammar ard 52 in the Primary department, comprising 8 in-all. Mrs, Crowell emaging and training of young children that is so: much needed, and that is ment. In the higher grade, the pupils ate-very ainbitious,-and some of them rank higher in mathmatics, than those of any other school in the county. “Oakland district has also two schools under the tuition, respéctively, of Prof. Chestnutwood and Miss Cooper, . The Principal gives ' . penmanship, book-keeping and bus~ ines forms their proper proportion; an@’in all the branches authorized, he is. eminently practical, Miss Cooperworthily co-operates with: the Principal in preparing her young charge for the Grammar department. the two grades numbe sr about 95 pupils: Forest Springs school is. 4 sities from Grass “Valley: It ‘hag 39 pupils embracing about'5 divisionsof [the seven outlined in the “Course.” It ia taught by Miss Margeret Henderson. The primary c’asses, wn+ dér the persistent supervision of their teacher, have developed som’e of the finest readin, in the’ county. For'their years, they’ excel in the art of expression. This ptotes ‘that youns children may be taught to modulate their reading, as well-as to,simply recognize the words of the text . t ee + 0 The Diifercnee, Yésterday’s' North San* Juan Times says: ‘The Trawscrirt tells of am old lady *sho lives on’ Broad stréet in that e'ty and who: had her hes burned at the great fire in June lastand who'is now Nving in th-céllar of hér former residence bevause she is too poor to build a new house upon the lot which she owns. That’ is not’'the way’ we do thingeheve. . At the fire which’ oc‘curred: here’ last®eptember a widow lady lost all her property, house i Bon a large quantity of ethet articles; including two’ sewing machines. She lost. everything but: the lot. To-day she is residing in a new and splendid’ hoase which is The Peop'es constriveted! _ glow much of an. en-. situated on her lot and her house. is furnished with everything nedessary to‘make her confottable. ‘The Nevada people ought to be ashamed : to: permit the old lady to oceupy a sa for a sleeping apartment when tis in their “power to furnish. her better quarters. A dollar donsted by every man who is able to give residing in that city would enable the old lady to build a comfortable house, It looks ito us as . though’ somebody wanted her lot~and to obtain it they are trying to freeze her out.” tee * Tree Republican items. ae ' The mereury stood 154 degrees “below zero at Boca Wednesday x morn: itig. Sixteen ‘men are Siawiisa Truckee and Sierra Valley engaged in break~ ing the road. On’ Thuraday evening Judge Keie~ er united in the.holysbonds of matrimony, Miss N. E, Miller and Lee Butts, both of TruéKee, Sndw shoes ‘aré in demand at Truckee. Several walkers . hiVe® practiced on the plaza dtiting thé past, week.«» «The gnow, which is three deep, isso dry and . soft that a m@& cannot navigate without tlidm, . Sol. Rosseau, the mail and express carrier between’ Trutkee “and Sierraville, was stopped nedr Pros‘ser Creek Creek Stray, and reea @hain in his pocket, ‘The pobher bin through . ; Petter ap peei and crooked. through excessive. doch, but atid, awhwand gttitnde The trees ike Mg m trunks in ord ee pe tery se all IMRS. M. A. STERLING inently displays that tact in the man}. generally found in lady teachers of . ‘mature mind an'l habitual refine‘live oak tree 30 india. m’kd F, C. P. M Has just received a beautifdl lot of BmADIES’ CLOAKS, HATS “a ll = ~ MILLINERY f F the very latest sty les and mfost desirable materials, whichewill be sold cheap 4aF Waving concluded to close out that portion of the stock, Mrs. Sterling’ will séll everything in’ The Toy Department <—AT— cosT PRICES MRS. M. es alien THE OLDEST ! THE BEST) The Cheapest! “B, ROSENTHAL, AT THE PIONEER VARIETY Ui COMMERCIAL STREET, ‘NEVADA CiTy, _ Opposite Transcript Block, HAS THE LARGEST AND VERY BEST STOCK oF , Commerdial st.,-Nevada City. £1169} . Application for a Patent toa ae Claim, Unitep Stares LAnp OFrice, " Sacr: amento, Cal, Decentber 10, 1880. TOTICE is hereby given, that Antoni ‘Thorsen, whose Post Office is Nevada City, Nevada County, Cal., has made application for Patent forthe Enterprise Canon Placer Mine bearing gold, in Blue Tent mining district, Nevada County, California, and described in.the plat ahd-tield notes on file: inthis office, ag follows, viz: South banks of South Yuba River, Thence 8. 2° E. 2.36 chs. toa live oak tr¢e-15 in. dia, mikd E. C. P.M. No. 7, thence S. 364% E. 3.75 chs. to a post m’kd b. C. PB M. No.9 from, which a liyeoak tree 1S in dia. bears 8. 49° E, 50 lks; dist, Thence 8, 04 E. 1, Jo chs. cross mouth of Last Chance Ravine 2.42 chs to a spruce tree 43 in dia. m’kd E.C. P.M. Ne, 10. Thence $483 9 W. 3. chs.~ to aspruce tree 50jin. dia. m kd EF. ©. P.M, No: H1.Thenee.N, 42° W.Crors canon afd 40 chs. ‘to place of beginning, Exterior boundaries. Beginning at a ‘post m'kd E, C. P.M. No. “1 standing on West bank of cagon and fromm . which a dogwood tree 6 in, dia, bes. 8. 30° W. 39 lks. dist. and @ maple treemkd 8. F. No. 50° being the N.-W. cor: of the Sailor Fiat “— location of the Sailor Flat laeer (approved survey) bears 8,° 9? Ww. eas yw dist, and ae 2 thence pager variation being 18> E, N, 51}? EB. 89 chs, to a five oak tree’18 in: dia, m’kd E. C, P.M. No, 2. Thenee N, 814° W. 8.70chs. cross amouth-of ‘Blue Beard Ravine, 4.80 chs. tote spruce tree 40 inches. diamet: r marked E.C M. No. 3. Thence N.0f° E. 4.47’ dust ‘toa spruce tree 30 in. dia. m’kd E.C. P. M. No: 4. ‘Thence N. 205° E. 1. ee toa « We. 5 standing on, South bank of South Yuba River. Thence §. 58}° E. cress mouth of canon ‘1.2 chs. toa live oak tree 6 in, dia, m'kd E, G. P. Me No. 6 standing on and gontaining 2 .51 acres, and designated as lot No. 76in settion 22, Tow nstip 17 North, Range 9 Kast, Mt: Diablo Base and Meridian. _Adjoining claims are the Sajlor-Flat Placer, Central Placer, Horace Kilthana’s.P acer aid Enterprise Placer Mines, All persons holding any a@verse clains thereto are hereby required to. present the same. before this .oifice within sixty days from the first day of publishing hereo!. ED. F. TAY LOR, Register. J. M. baie ed Atty. LUETJE & BRAND, Watchmakers & Jewelers, BROAD STREET, NEVADA. HOME MADE JEWELRY, WATCHES and CLOCKS, For Christmas and New Year PRESENTS. C. J.BRAND, The Only Practical Jeweler in Nevatla County, Has now on hard acid js thaking the Most Bewutiful Styles of HOME. MADE. "JEWELRY To be cuted in Celifornim. Evety article of his manufacture is warranted to be of STANDARD GOLD, °IS GARAT) FINE, And is set with Diamonds, Pearls,“ Rubies,’ Sapphires, Quartz, Amethysts; And other Precious Stones. SILVER & PLATED WARE, A Large and * Beautiful Assortment, of the Latest eer and Rarest Designs, " en ee Fine Gold and Siiver Watches, Chains, Spectacles, etc. ' Do ‘not’ buy Eastern Jewelry, . which is half brass, when you can pbtain. KURE GOLD for the same “a ors Brock of Fine ony other store Nar tahedl totic chsh ae ‘a yee s ny ofa we Sane sipation, The corset gives him an’. 'can rely $ our store ar tia epbers ee Y GOons Ever Brought ‘to ‘Nevada asda: ! a ates GFTS FOR BOTH OLD AND YOUNG! cen woe GREAT INDUCENENTS TO ALE ! STOYS AND FANCY GODS !: ———-0———es CANDIES, NW. UTS and Tropieal Fruits. HSN se nea rea A SPECIALTY OF THE FINEST BAaANDs OF CIGARS SS FOBACSA, i O—— a Merchants in diflerent parts of the County can be supplied at San Francisco Wholesaic Prices. No other Store in the Mountains offers stich a Yeawtiful stock to select from, and my prices will be found 25 per cent Cheaper ! Beautiful Presents for Children, Young Men, — Old Men and Boys. : Won’t biy your ¥Exoliaay. Goods uns tihyou Have exaniinedct the grand cis. inialin at A. ROSEN TEATS. Sones CHRISTMAS ' HOLIDAY GOODE FoR THE MILLION! . AT THE “IMPORTANT.” 1 Ae haye just: RES sag a — stock of HOLIDAY GOODS consisting of TOYS, DOLLS, VASES, NOTIONS, FANCY GOODS, which will be sold Fifty per cent less than any other store in this city, And-it would be a great advantage to COUNTRY DEALERS to buy their goods of the ‘IMPORTANT GASH STORE, As we will give them advantages over San Francisco Wholesale Prices. We would also inform the public that we vf tay a fas assorted stock of Dry Goods, Water Proofs, Table Linens, ete.;.etc A full line of Ladies and Misses Hosiery, Balmoral Skirts, and everythingappertaining to a first-class Dry Goods Store. CALL AND EXAMINE OUR PRICES. a AUCTION. N. AUCTION. BRAND BLOSING OUT SALE ORY GOODS. GLOTHING, . BOOTS, a i EATS. GLASS WARE, VASES; DOLLS, S, — eceoo Sala prommpay Boxes: OUSE. Z aT US ah alarmed aes GRAND’ nti] tHe stocks is ig é 2 \UERBACH, Auotigneer. ws sien 1% ees. AD neg amd 4 e The we treesthis The m: mill to be neer min Fifty € Minit ig at county W of Jantar Col H. the 33tit . State, Sun min wa * Owing checked 1 but few © * are doing The ho shaft at tl in a coup hoisting ' The n a decree . Hirschin, day on tl SCRIPT, We ha " gers of tk church e1 this “wee for the sa Col. W down Th le pal ownie for his ra The Ti has purel . looti-hou;s tremerving it upon _stroyed . A cout the Mer walk th room to t on a turn . He sustai but we uw broken. Dr. D. time past ment in ¢ conclude, locality— determfine see the D citizen an his profes Bry yo & Bassett large asso A JI.3:M terday rec the-death D. H. Ha at Winch ultimo, tinfortuna Open grat ly comm: She ran o1 Who were guished th injuries fr same even band wen: the night ing his ab its conte: ground le destitute, «the house originated ee Cen Preachi by the pa ject ime: Triumph. a3 Preach’ the pasto: vited, Large ¢ & Basset: fine displ, low price The ‘best fase, $2 2 sents per cery store 49-lw & ) n A light new, fer: quibe at

gether makes an ‘opening where a * ‘the difficu ty of-evercoming the ‘tre the machinery. 4 <" ‘ . Was suddenly discontinued last sea“pre on the river below Truckee, “The Summit Co. have had’ a force Ghe Daily Transcript. . NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA. b -mceneersiesareg es Te , Sams Decerhber 12, 1880. oma A Meefal invention. . ee Eugene Horyey,an engineer work~ ing dut at the Banner mine, has liit an ide on the head in’ a way that with good neanagement is likely to’ pay him pretty well. It is a ae known fact that parties engagedrunning stationary engines duttig the night-time often ‘have cause to geta disgust dn when they try to oil Harvey takes a om‘non oil can andin one side of where the top andbottom screw towick canbe inaertel, By lighting this wick the engiacer who wants to oil. machinery at night canalways tell Fight where the hole ig that he seeks. to lubricate the’ workings through, and the. little brass cups that are often Coed ate made as plain as the nuse on a man’s face, Harvey has, it is said, applied for a patent 9% his fixing: New Gravel Mining {acorporations T, W. Sterling, T. Houston and N. B. Walker, all of New York,: have incorporated under the laws of that-State the Nevada Gravel Mining Company to work the,old Herschman liydraylic’miine in the suburbs ef this city. They purchased the property last Fall from Messrs, Colfey, Hersclimin; Webber and Grover for considerably less than half fhe amount of the sum for which they ,have incorporated. ($65,000, divided into 65,000 shares at $1 each), But have stibsequently made some improvements. We understand that Mr. Sterling: is* expected daily to arrive here from the East and makb arrangements to resume work, which doma few months after the new cémpany came into possession, The Kee Bustines’: “The Pheific Ice Company at Boca; the Peoples Tee Compatty at Camp 20, and the Summit Ice Company ‘as . ’ Prosser Creek, atl of which point and within twelve miles from that-town, have been experiencing much (diftidulty in gathering their crops ; this season on account of the heavy snow. of from sixty to a hundred men. employed in clearing the pond of snows: which they succeeded in doing last Wednesday. At Boca the snow has also been scraped of. Company have sluiced the snow and’ ise down the river, and made a new start.. The ice harvest will-soon be dove? if the weather continues favor= able: > Not se Very Bad. ‘The Rising-Sun Mining Company ‘was organized in April last, it8 capital being $760,000 divided into 150,000 shares of'five' dollars each. Its quartz mine, which is located at Colfax sixteeh miles from this city hy railroad, has since last July paid: two monthly dividends of five cents and one quarterly dividend of fifteen cents each per share, and the market value of the:shares has advanced from the sttbsuription price of $1.50 to $2.05.. Stated in anoth: er way, $1,500 invested five months ago in the ‘stock Of this ‘company, has brought to the investor .$2,3008 Rm Om ee Baptist Church Eatertaiumenti The programme to be'rendered’ at fhe Baptist Church to-morrow evening is of a nature that. should attract a largeaudience. The reniarks ; of Rev, Mr. Bateman / (who, way, ig anid to have a pais Way of with music appropriate . . the “gabject of the leeture. And’fer those who desire food for the body as_ well as the mind a wholesome supper will be served, Ehis feast of good things will all be furnistied ‘at the low price of fifty ceuts. Go avd lewrn about Queen Esther,hear the soul, stirring music and awe a youd eat. q hl > er; Good Ore. Tie iil at ths’ Yubs mine WwW asluington: township is still kept running wight amd day, “Phe ledge. ia about four feet thick anal of medium grade. The org ig!worked by the ‘orainar> mi to within five por. cent pe gay —how many other mins” on” the Coast can gay a8 wiuch?. mend pays Rahdsomely for manipulation. ‘Phere Wsed to bea great deal of talic.about pare nghces rors for en ——— eee by thes ‘ 7nu YUBA DAM. The Straeture in no Danger of being Washed Away by the Flood— So Far it py ad Perfect Success as a Debris T On Thursday a Bhvortes of the Ma; rysville Appeal visited the dam on the Yuba river and found the eondi-’ tion of things pretty much as heretofore sct forth. He says: The river has fallen to ordinary hight, and there is not near so much water just above or just below the'dunr as there was soon after the recent. rain.. Yet there is muh’ water above the dam, at many places six or seven feet deep, and there are no islands visible in the lake except shoals of recent de~ posit that rise abové the water about twoor three hundred feet up-stream from the dam:--Near the north end of the brush dam, as previously stat} éd, the great pressure of the water caused the dam, for a distance of for. ty‘or fifty feet, to sink down four’ feet, apparently without breaking or injuring it. No water ran under the . dam else it would have washed it out. A few days ago over this sunken place, a current three feet deep went plunging, yet ithad no effect upon the structure. Now that the water has been lowered the volume _ escaping there is much smaller, -being but a fow inches deep, yet it fotms a perfect cataract. That the structure successfully resists such.a force is a good indication and it looks as if the stream could safely be perniitted to run over there all ‘winter. ‘This. is not to be done, however, for Superintendent Drake has sixty men engag~ ed in building a wingdam of earth sacksand brush ina ‘current four feet deep, to turn the water away, so that more material may be put upon the sunken portion, until it.shall be as high as the rest of the dam, There is another? slight sink on the south side, but no water flows over it. This also will be-bro: usual grade. posit already made onthe top and slope of the dam is about four feet all the way across. ; It seems ag if there is not the least danger, now, of the water forcing an outlet under ‘the dam, or of washing any part of it away, because the deposit is.so great and the water so high that the surplus coming down in flood time ‘can more easily flow over the top of the dam,.and with perfect safety, In regard to the dam, and the views of many people concerning it, the Sutjter Banner of Friday says: ‘‘We have heard it.asserted by. numbers of people that the dam would uot angwer the purpose for which it was gineer’s education these caviliers havesvet'had,we are not’ prepared to say;-butto hear them talk, we are free to say that they think they know al} . about iti We'confess. to‘a perfect, ignorance in that branch, and knowing that the State pays salary toa man who ought to’ Know something of the science, we have been willing to allow all that work.to fall to him, feeling sure-that if he failed,-he was liable. “‘Then'tie has called to his assistance other enrincnt engineers, one of whom has a world wide . reputation; and they have all agreed that the style of dam placed upon the Yuba and Bear ficsie is the best for the purpose intended. Now, “if these men den't know what’ to do, who does? We believe they do, and” ‘we are not going fo ery ont failure, until we séé thé thing fairly. tried, and we are also going ‘to allow for any failures that contractors may have made i in‘the construction of ‘the dam:” shipérior Coubt Ps e a The fol’ owing’ business was trans adtediu the Superior Court yesteratl ay; Jui, ge Johu Cattwell presiding: Order’ sebling cause: for trial re~ seinded, oe "Tho Pedfile ‘vs, Guo. “Chostét” Arraigned aad givow till Saturday uext to plead, New’. York: Hitt Mt. Co, “vas! A: Walrath et als: Diswissed: at plain, tits. cost, Tie People'vg Stephen ‘Marphy. Order setting cde for trial resoind. Med, ee et als. F. Sonchet ys, FE. D fendant.” Jary ease, ‘Verdict _ Baptist eharcnl —-Rervices by The, Me ihenen. . Subject i in the ev ening: “Sure Pan, . fasion ae “fc Byeding a . as rr rs tup to the ; The dépth'of the deMaryAnn Hixlye vs. Wu. Hod g@: Divuree’ granted: The People vs. Jo H. Byrie. 4! The “ai iwtiig county schools were visited by apétintendent Wickes during tle Past 1 wee x Rough and R Ready school is’ divid#4 into two departments, under the the chargé of CG, W. ‘Cro well and bis’ wife, Mrs>Aurelia Crowell. ‘There’ are 33 pipils i in the Grammar ard 52 in the Primary department, comprising 8 in-all. Mrs, Crowell emaging and training of young children that is so: much needed, and that is ment. In the higher grade, the pupils ate-very ainbitious,-and some of them rank higher in mathmatics, than those of any other school in the county. “Oakland district has also two schools under the tuition, respéctively, of Prof. Chestnutwood and Miss Cooper, . The Principal gives ' . penmanship, book-keeping and bus~ ines forms their proper proportion; an@’in all the branches authorized, he is. eminently practical, Miss Cooperworthily co-operates with: the Principal in preparing her young charge for the Grammar department. the two grades numbe sr about 95 pupils: Forest Springs school is. 4 sities from Grass “Valley: It ‘hag 39 pupils embracing about'5 divisionsof [the seven outlined in the “Course.” It ia taught by Miss Margeret Henderson. The primary c’asses, wn+ dér the persistent supervision of their teacher, have developed som’e of the finest readin, in the’ county. For'their years, they’ excel in the art of expression.. This ptotes ‘that youns children may be taught to modulate their reading, as well-as to,simply recognize the words of the text . t ee + 0 The Diifercnee, Yésterday’s' North San* Juan Times says: ‘The Trawscrirt tells of am old lady *sho lives on’ Broad stréet in that e'ty and who: had her hes burned at the great fire in June lastand who'is now Nving in th-céllar of hér former residence bevause she is too poor to build a new house upon the lot which she owns. That’ is not’'the way’ we do thingeheve. . At the fire which’ oc‘curred: here’ last®eptember a widow lady lost all her property, house i Bon a large quantity of ethet articles; including two’ sewing machines. She lost. everything but: the lot. To-day she is residing in a new and splendid’ hoase which is The Peop'es constriveted! _ glow much of an. en-. situated on her lot and her house. is furnished with everything nedessary to‘make her confottable. ‘The Nevada people ought to be ashamed : to: permit the old lady to oceupy a sa for a sleeping apartment when tis in their “power to furnish. her better quarters. A dollar donsted by every man who is able to give residing in that city would enable the old lady to build a comfortable house, It looks ito us as . though’ somebody wanted her lot~and to obtain it they are trying to freeze her out.” tee * Tree Republican items. ae ' The mereury stood 154 degrees “below zero at Boca Wednesday x morn: itig. Sixteen ‘men are Siawiisa Truckee and Sierra Valley engaged in break~ ing the road. On’ Thuraday evening Judge Keie~ er united in the.holysbonds of matrimony, Miss N. E, Miller and Lee Butts, both of TruéKee, Sndw shoes ‘aré in demand at

Truckee. Several walkers . hiVe® practiced on the plaza dtiting thé past, week.«» «The gnow, which is three deep, isso dry and . soft that a m@& cannot navigate without tlidm, . Sol. Rosseau, the mail and express carrier between’ Trutkee “and Sierraville, was stopped nedr Pros‘ser Creek Creek Stray, and reea @hain in his pocket, ‘The pobher bin through . ; Petter ap peei and crooked. through excessive. doch, but atid, awhwand gttitnde The trees ike Mg m trunks in ord ee pe tery se all IMRS. M. A. STERLING inently displays that tact in the man}. generally found in lady teachers of . ‘mature mind an'l habitual refine‘live oak tree 30 india. m’kd F, C. P. M Has just received a beautifdl lot of BmADIES’ CLOAKS, HATS “a ll = ~ MILLINERY f F the very latest sty les and mfost desirable materials, whichewill be sold cheap 4aF Waving concluded to close out that portion of the stock, Mrs. Sterling’ will séll everything in’ The Toy Department <—AT— cosT PRICES MRS. M. es alien THE OLDEST ! THE BEST) The Cheapest! “B, ROSENTHAL, AT THE PIONEER VARIETY Ui COMMERCIAL STREET, ‘NEVADA CiTy, _ Opposite Transcript Block, HAS THE LARGEST AND VERY BEST STOCK oF , Commerdial st.,-Nevada City. £1169} . Application for a Patent toa ae Claim, Unitep Stares LAnp OFrice, " Sacr: amento, Cal, Decentber 10, 1880. TOTICE is hereby given, that Antoni ‘Thorsen, whose Post Office is Nevada City, Nevada County, Cal., has made application for Patent forthe Enterprise Canon Placer Mine bearing gold, in Blue Tent mining district, Nevada County, California, and described in.the plat ahd-tield notes on file: inthis office, ag follows, viz: South banks of South Yuba River, Thence 8. 2° E. 2.36 chs. toa live oak tr¢e-15 in. dia, mikd E. C. P.M. No. 7, thence S. 364% E. 3.75 chs. to a post m’kd b. C. PB M. No.9 from, which a liyeoak tree 1S in dia. bears 8. 49° E, 50 lks; dist, Thence 8, 04 E. 1, Jo chs. cross mouth of Last Chance Ravine 2.42 chs to a spruce tree 43 in dia. m’kd E.C. P.M. Ne, 10. Thence $483 9 W. 3. chs.~ to aspruce tree 50jin. dia. m kd EF. ©. P.M, No: H1.Thenee.N, 42° W.Crors canon afd 40 chs. ‘to place of beginning, Exterior boundaries. Beginning at a ‘post m'kd E, C. P.M. No. “1 standing on West bank of cagon and fromm . which a dogwood tree 6 in, dia, bes. 8. 30° W. 39 lks. dist. and @ maple treemkd 8. F. No. 50° being the N.-W. cor: of the Sailor Fiat “— location of the Sailor Flat laeer (approved survey) bears 8,° 9? Ww. eas yw dist, and ae 2 thence pager variation being 18> E, N, 51}? EB. 89 chs, to a five oak tree’18 in: dia, m’kd E. C, P.M. No, 2. Thenee N, 814° W. 8.70chs. cross amouth-of ‘Blue Beard Ravine, 4.80 chs. tote spruce tree 40 inches. diamet: r marked E.C M. No. 3. Thence N.0f° E. 4.47’ dust ‘toa spruce tree 30 in. dia. m’kd E.C. P. M. No: 4. ‘Thence N. 205° E. 1. ee toa « We. 5 standing on, South bank of South Yuba River. Thence §. 58}° E. cress mouth of canon ‘1.2 chs. toa live oak tree 6 in, dia, m'kd E, G. P. Me No. 6 standing on and gontaining 2 .51 acres, and designated as lot No. 76in settion 22, Tow nstip 17 North, Range 9 Kast, Mt: Diablo Base and Meridian. _Adjoining claims are the Sajlor-Flat Placer, Central Placer, Horace Kilthana’s.P acer aid Enterprise Placer Mines, All persons holding any a@verse clains thereto are hereby required to. present the same. before this .oifice within sixty days from the first day of publishing hereo!. ED. F. TAY LOR, Register. J. M. baie ed Atty. LUETJE & BRAND, Watchmakers & Jewelers, BROAD STREET, NEVADA. HOME MADE JEWELRY, WATCHES and CLOCKS, For Christmas and New Year PRESENTS. C. J.BRAND, The Only Practical Jeweler in Nevatla County, Has now on hard acid js thaking the Most Bewutiful Styles of HOME. MADE. "JEWELRY To be cuted in Celifornim. Evety article of his manufacture is warranted to be of STANDARD GOLD, °IS GARAT) FINE, And is set with Diamonds, Pearls,“ Rubies,’ Sapphires, Quartz, Amethysts; And other Precious Stones. SILVER & PLATED WARE, A Large and * Beautiful Assortment, of the Latest eer and Rarest Designs, " en ee Fine Gold and Siiver Watches, Chains, Spectacles, etc. ' Do ‘not’ buy Eastern Jewelry, . which is half brass, when you can pbtain. KURE GOLD for the same “a ors Brock of Fine ony other store Nar tahedl totic chsh ae ‘a yee s ny ofa we Sane sipation, The corset gives him an’. 'can rely $ our store ar tia epbers ee Y GOons Ever Brought ‘to ‘Nevada asda: ! a ates GFTS FOR BOTH OLD AND YOUNG! cen woe GREAT INDUCENENTS TO ALE ! STOYS AND FANCY GODS !: ———-0———es CANDIES, NW. UTS and Tropieal Fruits. HSN se nea rea A SPECIALTY OF THE FINEST BAaANDs OF CIGARS SS FOBACSA, i O—— a Merchants in diflerent parts of the County can be supplied at San Francisco Wholesaic Prices. No other Store in the Mountains offers stich a Yeawtiful stock to select from, and my prices will be found 25 per cent Cheaper ! Beautiful Presents for Children, Young Men, — Old Men and Boys. : Won’t biy your ¥Exoliaay. Goods uns tihyou Have exaniinedct the grand cis. inialin at A. ROSEN TEATS. Sones CHRISTMAS ' HOLIDAY GOODE FoR THE MILLION! . AT THE “IMPORTANT.” 1 Ae haye just: RES sag a — stock of HOLIDAY GOODS consisting of TOYS, DOLLS, VASES, NOTIONS, FANCY GOODS, which will be sold Fifty per cent less than any other store in this city, And-it would be a great advantage to COUNTRY DEALERS to buy their goods of the ‘IMPORTANT GASH STORE, As we will give them advantages over San Francisco Wholesale Prices. We would also inform the public that we vf tay a fas assorted stock of Dry Goods, Water Proofs, Table Linens, ete.;.etc A full line of Ladies and Misses Hosiery, Balmoral Skirts, and everythingappertaining to a first-class Dry Goods Store. CALL AND EXAMINE OUR PRICES. a AUCTION. N. AUCTION. BRAND BLOSING OUT SALE ORY GOODS. GLOTHING, . BOOTS, a i EATS. GLASS WARE, VASES; DOLLS, S, — eceoo Sala prommpay Boxes: OUSE. Z aT US ah alarmed aes GRAND’ nti] tHe stocks is ig é 2 \UERBACH, Auotigneer. ws sien 1% ees. AD neg amd 4 e The we treesthis The m: mill to be neer min Fifty € Minit ig at county W of Jantar Col H. the 33tit . State, Sun min wa * Owing checked 1 but few © * are doing The ho shaft at tl in a coup hoisting ' The n a decree . Hirschin, day on tl SCRIPT, We ha " gers of tk church e1 this “wee for the sa Col. W down Th le pal ownie for his ra The Ti has purel . looti-hou;s tremerving it upon _stroyed . A cout the Mer walk th room to t on a turn . He sustai but we uw broken. Dr. D. time past ment in ¢ conclude, locality— determfine see the D citizen an his profes Bry yo & Bassett large asso A JI.3:M terday rec the-death D. H. Ha at Winch ultimo, tinfortuna Open grat ly comm: She ran o1 Who were guished th injuries fr same even band wen: the night ing his ab its conte: ground le destitute, «the house originated ee Cen Preachi by the pa ject ime: Triumph. a3 Preach’ the pasto: vited, Large ¢ & Basset: fine displ, low price The ‘best fase, $2 2 sents per cery store 49-lw & ) n A light new, fer: quibe at