December 18, 1880 (4 pages)

ptheayeernerer rN TO WTS SST a The Daily Transcript. . NEVADA CITY, esi <ottononnanl Saturiday, December 18, 1880. es . enamel a The New Mining Law. ee Under the act of May 12, 1872) section: 2345, revised. statutes, the aurual expenditure for improvement was due within each year, commencing with the date of the location except in regard to claims located prior to the enactment of that law, theannual expenditures upon which “were made due by dan. 1,1873, andannually. * thereafter, The purpose of the-amendatory law of January 22, 1880, which bas -heretofore been published in these columns, was’to secure @ uniform period withia which 'the annual e expenditures should be:required on } all locations, and~ it~ provides that such period should commence on the first day of January succeeding the date of the location of ,each claim. It therefore follows:that a claim located October J, 1679, requires the expenditure of one hundred dollars worth of improvements thereon within the calendar year of “1880, and -that wliatever may have been expanded during 1879 will not answer the requirements of expenditures -in 1380. It also appears, by reason of the change made in the requirements . of the act-of May, 1872, by the ’ amendatory law of last January,that a clain-located on any date subsequent tothe first day of January, 1379, requires no further expenditure duriig the remainder of that year than is. made necessary by the local lawe. Two Years’ Taxes-This ig an.expensive year for California hydraulic . mines, although “the majority ef them are doing so much better ‘than -heretofore that they are abundantly able to stand the pressure. ~ Yo illustrate,we give herewith a statement in round numbers of the taxes paid in 1879 and those due now from some of the representative ‘com panies in this county: 1878 North Bloomfield Co.. $6, 100.00 MUON OO ihe s as tees, 7,600.00 Lureka Luke ‘asi Yuba Ca-. Si 0; OOK .5 6 era ers 7,000.00 1880 North Bloomfield.. $14,000.00 A CL EOS Penner acer weir iii. 12, 000,00 Kureka Lake and YubaCanal Co, Con... 13,700.00 In addition to beingassessed about one-third higher than they were a year ago, the taxes are increased by special levies made for the purpose of protecting the lower vse! from debris. ! 2 ome Points of Signiarity. The defendant thas not been reJeased because the man he slew had done him a wrong; the only plea was that he imagined snch to be thecase, The popular doctrine vhat adultery justifies homicide has no application here, because there was not even an attempt to prove any adultery, and the defence seemed afraid to have any inquiry made on that point, The ugly feelings that avpens to have been aroused over a bill of dental worvices has seemed toamoat.of those outside of the jury room te be, the: impelling motive. feature of the trial has been the unsatisfactory composition of the jury, . which did not conteia any individuals who can be regarded as repre#entative men in this eounty. Thus remarks the Oakland Times in an article regarding the result et the trial in'that city of Schroederfor the murder of Dr, Le Fevre, ‘No reader of ordinary intelligence can failto find gome , striking resemblances between the above case and that of Gee. W. Smith, recently tried . in this in any. —— ae A Model Revivatist. Ac cotr’ espondent of a Virgima iby paper gives an exdéllent pen picture wf Moody, the revivalist. He deacribes Moody's -harangues as “{possessing no idea above the level of a sechild’s. primer,” while “his language us barren of all beauty, this grammar vile and his pronunciation as bad as his grammar.” His fatmiliaritics with the ladies .etamp ‘him as a ‘veterun revivaligt, and are thus aptly «described: \ As the ladies: came up and passed in I netieed that Mr. Moody waconsciously laid his fat hand onthe arms _or backs of the Bae ones, bat as he may be cegarded as the poudmctor of the heat Francisco pers car at resent, I presume the usual amount of handling of’ the lady passenge's, to which even workily conductors of secular cars are aidieted; must -be — and overlovked. mining bill that has been_ _introduceed in Congress this session, is thus ‘ outlined in the Report: It provides that any person owning six, or any less number of mineral ledge or “blanket” claims adjacent to each apart, on which the ev7sesement labor . for the first year has been performed may thereafter perform upon any one claim of the combined number, the entire assessment labor due upon the whole number of claims. If pay mineral is reached onthe ¢!aims worked, it shall-then cease to be counted.as one Off the combination, _ and another sliall be selected on which to work of the remainder, and so on, until-pay nrineral is reached, oralthe grourid abandoned. -The bill also provides that'mining claims ‘located since the 16th*of May, “1872, . whether. located by one or more and that no claim shall extend’ more than 300 feet cn each side of the cen-, tre of the lode or location at the surfacey Weare of the opinion that this bill will méet with a decided re— sistance from certain quarters. ne oe ee eee ’ Wax Troubles. The Central -Pacific railroad taxes in Nevada county this year were fixed by the State Board of Equaliza-" tion at $13,700 in round figures. The company sent over yesterday to A. D. liquidate the amount due‘on the land aud personal preperty in the county belonging to it, #ut gave him no instructions regarding the $11,300 du& on rolling stock, right of way, fran— chises,etc, County Treasurer Schmittburg refused to accept the suin tendered until he had oonferred with District Attorney Gaylord, who advised him to:take it. «It is. believed that the Central Pacific company will contebt the payment of the tax on the right of way, rolling stock, etc., one of the grounds, probably being that the property-is imperfectly described. The Nevada County Narrow Gauge company is deemed like~ ly to take a similar step. Some of our local lawyers express very positive opinions that tlle companies can evade.a large portion of their taxes if they see fit to try. That State Board of. Kqualization and new 2onstitution are terrible miechief anakers, : He Meant Well. _A teacher in one of the primary departments of the public schools of this city spent wn hour the other-day inexplaining toa class that there were two kinds, of soil—barren and fertile, and. the difference in them. At the . propesed Change* in’Miniag Laws. The latest thing in the way of a other, or not more than half.:a “nile ‘persons, sha lnot exceed 1,500 feet . . in length along the vein or lode;. Tower $2,400 in coin with which to f¢ ‘city Trustees Meeting. Thé Latest News. —— “Srrallpox is spreading in Virginia City. Itis’ Justice Clifford,’ not Hunt, who'is paralyzed. Bills have been introduced in both ‘houses of Congress for the retirement of small legal tender notes. Geotgé Parrott, a notorious ‘road . agent avd‘ murderer, has beerf condemned to death at Cheyenne. Rochefért,in’ his’ journal, ‘ calls Gambetta w liar, robber, forgér, arid a worse wrétch than efther Thitrs’ be: ‘. MacMahon. General ‘Grant believes there is mischief contemplated i in‘the Senate concurrent’ resolution relative to the count of fe E ectoral vote. A blast on ‘the -2,050 foot level of the Alta mime at Virginia ‘caused the deluging ‘of ‘that level on the 15th. ‘It will take a week to sa the water out. . The President has wondcated William B. Woods, of Aldtama, to sucPenn. Engine Co., $18.45. ceed Justice Strong on‘the Supreme WW. G, Stiles, watehman, $3. . Bench, He has. also nominated Da‘Ob motion it was ordered that the . vid A. McKinley, of California. to be policeman be subject to the Mar-. Consul at Hondtulu. chal’s direotions in regard, to light-. “The Ass. Press telegraphs all the “The City Trustees held tieir” regular monthly meeting Thursday evening. The following demands on the General Fund were allowed:. For labor—W. P. Wilson $.75; ‘E. . H. Gaylord $7. 50, nds Hoffinan $23.75, J. Grimes $37:80,' J. Drannigan $15, J Bougherty $23.7 Wells $17.50, J. Smith $22. 56, ie Kalagher-$1, M. Locklin $13.50, W. Joye $48.75; P. Rinnert $6, — Durand $41.25, J. -Lewis $30, W. White' $19.25, J.-C, Locklin $9:65, shoveling snow $3. W. A. Sigourney, mdse., $10. gs. F. Gas Co., fron posts, Nem lamps and freight, $34.60. : -Bahls & Althof, book, $11.75. /E. Baldridge, salary, $50. Jobn 'V. Stevens, salary, $60. # ree Lance, advertising, $2.50. C. W. Cross, six months’ ’-salary as City Attorney, $25. 7, SeuisoRD Nev. Hose Co., $B. ‘dam ps. ‘Hh Yung, the Chinese laundryman, Ordinancd No. 86 to provide for . opitm eater and unsuccess‘ul poker the construction of sidewalks on’. player,”committing suicidethere ‘‘on_ ‘York, Washington and Coyote accdéunt of general ill luck.” “streets, was passed, Felix Gillet and K. Casper were . erer, says he receives many threatappointed as a committee to confer . ening letters, some of them very with the Gas Company oi the sub-. strongly worded. ‘One of them read, jects of meter lanrps and redtction . ‘You*will be killed, but not in your in the price of the gas used ‘By the office. city, your 6wn threshold.” He announces his determination not to leave pa nea ty the ‘ebuntry, and his intention to reA survey of our hundreds of thou. main in his preaqaé place of resisands of square miles of gold and . detice. silver fields, suggest possible over} Kit Carson’s softs, young Kit and prodaction; but a glance at the . Billy, recently had a terrible: time world’s needs atid means. will show . getting down with ‘a team from a thisepossikility ‘#0 remote as ‘to be. ‘wood camp on the Sierra Blanca, u'terly noworbhya thought. The . ttorth of Fort Garland, * Cotérado, ‘United States'is mow the greatest Both were badly frozen, and Billy producer of ‘precious metals, yieldwould have frozen if Kit had not mg annually nearly as touch as all, been able to carty him the last mile other countries combined; and the}to’the nearest ranch. Billy is now Mining Review thinks it ‘is safe to/tying in a critical condition at the suy that'a judicious investment of . House of the noteé*scout, Tom.Tobit» the surplus capital of our country as . tis face, ears, hands and feet being working capital for our precious . badly frozen. ° metal mines, would not-only furnish enough -real money to satisfy our '“iflationists,” but would make our nation the monarch of the world. : Mining Product. Slt For Ladies and Gentlemen. Second term of Chestnutwoott’s' Business College ‘begins Jan. 3. Book-keeping $10 a wonth. Pennfanship alone $5,0F'3 lessons a week Mr. Kirkham has let a contract to. 1 month $3, School. every “night, Baugh & Shearer to extend-the tunSaturday and Sunday excepted. Imf} nel of the Belcher.gravel claim (which . == is egparated from the westside of the BORN. Blue Tent hydraulic mine by a nar. == rew strip of ground) a distance of Grass Valley, Dec. 16th, 188%, to John M. Tho f daughte four hundred feet further «into the ee Sooo pl hill, The tunnel is a'ready in about ay Oe To Resume Work. $$ ny ing and extinguishing the street . way from Chicago: the particulars of}. Schroeder, thé Oakland man butch. 4a™" es ‘You will be shot down on jm. Francisco Wholesale Prices. such a betiutiful stock to'select from, and my prices will be found til youl play atA. ROSEN TEAWS. THE OLDEST . THE BEST ‘The Cheapest: Be ROSENTH LAL, “AT THE PIONEER VARIETY ORE COMMERCIAL STREET, NEVADA CITY, t Opposite Transcript ‘Bleck, HAS THE LARGEST AND VERY BEST stock OF Ever Brought to Nevada city ! ——_o---— GFTSOR BOTH OLe AND YOUNG! Selene hy acai GREAT INDUCEMENTS TO ALLT OYs AND FANCY GOODS . : He ——o—— CAN DIES, NUTS and T. — Fruits. at ae . x A SPECIALTY OF THE FINEST BRANDS OF . CIGARS &@ SOBACSO, —-—0--— Merchants in difierert parts of the County can be stipplied tt Sah No othér Store in the Mountains offers 25 per cent Cheaper ! Beatitifel Presents for Children, Yeung Men, Ladies, Old Men and Boys. s Don't buy vour EXoliday Gooas wn. ave examined the grand clisssi sienetiercenens ETE supper table that night the father of three hundred. feet, and the eut leadone uf the boys that had been in-. ing thereto is two Rundred ‘feet in At Nevada City. Dee. imth, 1880, Amods MERRY ‘CHRISTMAS . DAY GOODS FOR THE MILLION! AT THE “IMPORTANT.” We have just. oer: a Ape stock of HOLIDAY The peculiar . structed on that point asked: “Well, my son, howdid you get along at school to-day ?” “Oh, I learned lots, The teacher told us all about farming,” . said the youngster proudly, ‘‘And what did she-say:?” “All I remember: of it is that there are two kinds of-soil,'barrel and turtle.” Dovth of ‘nels Amos.” Ames T. Laird died at the hospital yesterday morning about’ five eclock. Ror several/hours previous to death he was'wnconscious, fai ing tovecogwizeany of his long-time ‘friends who celleil to see him, Contributions weae soliciteil among our citizens yesterday, and in a short time a-su ‘ficient sum was raised to give the remaing e decent interment. The funeral willtake place from the Congregational Church at 2 o'clock to-morrow (Surdey)afternoon, Thus Nendeth the earthly career of a man whoearly ins4ive fifties was one of the principal miue and ditch Xevada county. owners of — +. Che Cast, ‘The following is the cast of ehaructera fer the semsational drama ot ‘Nick of the Woods” which will be prodiiced by amateurs at the Theatre in this city during Christmas weeks Nick of the Woods, . .James Osgood Richard Braxley.H,. L, Herzinger Ralph atk aa .C, 8. Robinson Col. Tom. Bruce. Roland Forrester. j Mrs. Bruce. & . day evening was well attended dea B. B. Potter <a. &. eave . dra, E. Bond Thatcher Laird, aged 68 years, a natiye of North Caélina. YOUNG MENS SOCIAL CLs length. . It will be necessary ¢o sink a shaft from the tunnel. to strike the lead. The indications-are very good. . The Episcopal Party. The soiree at the Theatre Thurs‘spite the rainstorm that prevailed. The musie.furnished by the orches— tra under Mr, Elser’s direction was good. A nice supper was served in ANNUAL ‘PARTY. the ‘‘New England kitchen,” . + Bn —a > é@ Fresh Sh coheualaite at “Brand Friday Evening Dec 31 ’ . . & Bassett’s, it Fresh Candies 2% Cents a Pound. NEW YEAR’S EVE. 7% At EXunt’s Exall. Go to Bowerman’s, adjoining Un-. _ ion Hotel, and Pied fresh candy fer . 25 cents:a pound.— dl4-lw . Tickets $2.50.Tapa's a Steck. Fresh Candies, fresh nuts, Fancy German Cakes, all kinds sweet crackers, fresh oysters, Kastern and California, MRS. M. A. STERLING Has just received a beautiful lot of Holiday candy 25 cents & ay a pound at A; Tam's, dl5-2w, DBALIES fe CLOAKS, HATS The store situated one door below pag Wells, Fargo & Co.'s office is offered for rent. Itissuitable for either alstore or office. For particulars enquire on the premises. F, Exusmn, Nevada City, Novi'28-tf . } MILLINERY { O° the very latest, styles and most desira~ — which will be sold seraed A NICBLY-dug grave on his premises was a hint given to Mr, Lambert,of Galway, by his tenants, 437 Having concluded to close out that portion of the stock, Mrs. Sterling will sell everything in The atid Department A PLUMAs girl weighing 285 pounds got married the other day, Big. ‘Tom aoe as a BM, Richards —aT— : oung Tom Brace, . Thos Davenport ‘Little Tom Bruce.. Fred Phemes Bumping is briak at Jamison, Auwl Dor. cis cecsees Will Thurston . Plumas many. PRICES _ Ecos are anid to be $19 per dozen Wenonga. ..Thoa, Tom Velie Dues ics ca cavuc Mrs, J. J. Ott Pin Quincy, Elith Forrester. Miss Fannie Lawson MRS. M.A. STERLING, 4 PLExTy of houses to reat in Bodie. . Ox wel Dry Goods, Water Proofs, Table Linens, etc., ete Spectators 50 cents. wea, TIONS, FANCY GOODS, which will be sold — Fifty per cent less than any other store'in this city, GOODS consisting of TOYS, DOLLS, VASES, NQAnd it would be a great advantage to COUNTRY DEALERS to buy their goods of the IMPORTANT. CASH STORE, As we will give them advantages over San Prancleos Wholesale Priges. We would also inform the public that we have a fine assorted stock of A full line of Ladies and Misses Hosiery, Balmoral Skirts, and spieial appertaining to a first-class Dry Goods Store, CALL AND EXAMINE OUR PRICES. seiniauteieal — AUCTION. AUCTION. GRAND GLOSING DUT SALE DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, _ . . BoOoorTs, aa EZATS. GLASS WARE, VASES, DOLLS, © —AND— EIEOLIDAY TOWs: AT THE XL AUCTION HOUSE —_——0O-— -— 4 The entire stock must be closed ont by JANUARY FIRST, GRAND SALE of Dry Goods and Toys on SATURDAY EVENING, Deo 11th, and to continue Every Evening until the stock is sold. ‘ ePGoods cold at Private Sale dursng vhe day. DAVE —_—— Auctfoneer. THE DAILY TI NEVADA AATY C Brief Mer , Jobe L Caldwell h od Notary Public for sel’ . The public scuool clesed yesterday for cation. i wifey’ Searls, Leyo: indy Miles are hdine University to spend “Lucky” Baldw to return. here ina fi ine sore more minis 4 view to investmen Cantain Cox, of t! he Derbee ming ; judg sment in a San’ ayainst one McLau™ ex «due the former on @ he Free Lance i ig It publishe: aq Uncle Amos Lair or fourteen hours be 7, ing. -ed piowter had cross The remains of \" died at‘ Forest City were brdught to thi The funeral will ta! Methodist ¢hurch ‘t ge'cteck, Henry Lukdé'Sas in the Superior’ (Co he be appointed. H., Alice A and Id heirs of John W. “The matter is set { County Superi: yesterday visited t. this city, and he sy est termis of Mr. B tration. Iie will schools of this distr While Senator “Grasg Valley the ¢ maker of the Free get him to siyn pledge, but Watsor the silver tongue o: former.’ We expec that Satan is trying maker-to take up ‘ ~ Hardshell Baptists om a — > « To Resttine’ For some past Hitehcock’ mine ha euwkt of thee béing the machinery, T suficient-supnly, sume on it next ¥ of meirwill be put: cline another hund ping Ww.ll progress ( face aera -€& Good s During the ye: asessments levied mines in. Nevada to $174,500. In} assgssments ‘foot t orate atl: t@‘‘Laura, whe: “Oh, down to F to see their new in goods, which are ve of pedple are there ing, they sell so av Write annie s®There will b Theatre this after It, : t®# Fresh Roll } roll.” Pickled ‘ro lt, —_———-__ _. _-»>#7Go to Brand ? iday Goods. i Bargains at W. House Lining 4, New American . New. Wilson § tilver plaied, . fo'di Fine Baby Bugg Pie Plates, 75 ee Eight-day clock Everything. will _ than cost, Look out for the night, Dec. 18th. ee Auction Sale of Saturday, Dece Cclock, P. wr., Tw ‘furniture, consistit Walnut bedroom se Haple set, 1 dark pine set, 1 upholst Parlor set, 7 pieces lounges, folding ch dren's carriages, 1s thades, ete. Per attend the sale ca ‘tthe store diurim the goods are om i al5-td _ 2 red Uncovered © cents perpound (Udie

ptheayeernerer rN TO WTS SST a The Daily Transcript. . NEVADA CITY, esi <ottononnanl Saturiday, December 18, 1880. es . enamel a The New Mining Law. ee Under the act of May 12, 1872) section: 2345, revised. statutes, the aurual expenditure for improvement was due within each year, commencing with the date of the location except in regard to claims located prior to the enactment of that law, theannual expenditures upon which “were made due by dan. 1,1873, andannually. * thereafter, The purpose of the-amendatory law of January 22, 1880, which bas -heretofore been published in these columns, was’to secure @ uniform period withia which 'the annual e expenditures should be:required on } all locations, and~ it~ provides that such period should commence on the first day of January succeeding the date of the location of ,each claim. It therefore follows:that a claim located October J, 1679, requires the expenditure of one hundred dollars worth of improvements thereon within the calendar year of “1880, and -that wliatever may have been expanded during 1879 will not answer the requirements of expenditures -in 1380. It also appears, by reason of the change made in the requirements . of the act-of May, 1872, by the ’ amendatory law of last January,that a clain-located on any date subsequent tothe first day of January, 1379, requires no further expenditure duriig the remainder of that year than is. made necessary by the local lawe. Two Years’ Taxes-This ig an.expensive year for California hydraulic . mines, although “the majority ef them are doing so much better ‘than -heretofore that they are abundantly able to stand the pressure. ~ Yo illustrate,we give herewith a statement in round numbers of the taxes paid in 1879 and those due now from some of the representative ‘com panies in this county: 1878 North Bloomfield Co... $6, 100.00 MUON OO ihe s as tees, 7,600.00 Lureka Luke ‘asi Yuba Ca-. Si 0; OOK .5 6 era ers 7,000.00 1880 North Bloomfield.... $14,000.00 A CL EOS Penner acer weir iii. 12, 000,00 Kureka Lake and YubaCanal Co, Con...... 13,700.00 In addition to beingassessed about one-third higher than they were a year ago, the taxes are increased by special levies made for the purpose of protecting the lower vse! from debris. ! 2 ome Points of Signiarity. The defendant thas not been reJeased because the man he slew had done him a wrong; the only plea was that he imagined snch to be thecase, The popular doctrine vhat adultery justifies homicide has no application here, because there was not even an attempt to prove any adultery, and the defence seemed afraid to have any inquiry made on that point, The ugly feelings that avpens to have been aroused over a bill of dental worvices has seemed toamoat.of those outside of the jury room te be, the: impelling motive. feature of the trial has been the unsatisfactory composition of the jury, . which did not conteia any individuals who can be regarded as repre#entative men in this eounty. Thus remarks the Oakland Times in an article regarding the result et the trial in'that city of Schroederfor the murder of Dr, Le Fevre, ‘No reader of ordinary intelligence can failto find gome , striking resemblances between the above case and that of Gee. W. Smith, recently tried . in this in any. —— ae A Model Revivatist. Ac cotr’ espondent of a Virgima iby paper gives an exdéllent pen picture wf Moody, the revivalist. He deacribes Moody's -harangues as “{possessing no idea above the level of a sechild’s. primer,” while “his language us barren of all beauty, this grammar vile and his pronunciation as bad as his grammar.” His fatmiliaritics with the ladies .etamp ‘him as a ‘veterun revivaligt, and are thus aptly «described: \ As the ladies: came up and passed in I netieed that Mr. Moody waconsciously laid his fat hand onthe arms _or backs of the Bae ones, bat as he may be cegarded as the poudmctor of the heat Francisco pers car at resent, I presume the usual amount of handling of’ the lady passenge's, to which even workily conductors of secular cars are aidieted; must -be — and overlovked. mining bill that has been_ _introduceed in Congress this session, is thus ‘ outlined in the Report: It provides that any person owning six, or any less number of mineral ledge or “blanket” claims adjacent to each apart, on which the ev7sesement labor . for the first year has been performed may thereafter perform upon any one claim of the combined number, the entire assessment labor due upon the whole number of claims. If pay mineral is reached onthe ¢!aims worked, it shall-then cease to be counted.as one Off the combination, _ and another sliall be selected on which to work of the remainder, and so on, until-pay nrineral is reached, oralthe grourid abandoned. -The bill also provides that'mining claims ‘located since the 16th*of May, “1872, . whether. located by one or more and that no claim shall extend’ more than 300 feet cn each side of the cen-, tre of the lode or location at the surfacey Weare of the opinion that this bill will méet with a decided re— sistance from certain quarters. ne oe ee eee ’ Wax Troubles. The Central -Pacific railroad taxes in Nevada county this year were fixed by the State Board of Equaliza-" tion at $13,700 in round figures. The company sent over yesterday to A. D. liquidate the amount due‘on the land aud personal preperty in the county belonging to it, #ut gave him no instructions regarding the $11,300 du& on rolling stock, right of way, fran— chises,etc, County Treasurer Schmittburg refused to accept the suin tendered until he had oonferred with District Attorney Gaylord, who advised him to:take it. «It is. believed that the Central Pacific company will contebt the payment of the tax on the right of way, rolling stock, etc., one of the grounds, probably being that the property-is imperfectly described. The Nevada County Narrow Gauge company is deemed like~ ly to take a similar step. Some of our local lawyers express very positive opinions that tlle companies can evade.a large portion of their taxes if they see fit to try. That State Board of. Kqualization and new 2onstitution are terrible miechief anakers, : He Meant Well. _A teacher in one of the primary departments of the public schools of this city spent wn hour the other-day inexplaining toa class that there were two kinds, of soil—barren and fertile, and. the difference in them. At the . propesed Change* in’Miniag Laws. The latest thing in the way of a other, or not more than half.:a “nile ‘persons, sha lnot exceed 1,500 feet . . in length along the vein or lode;. Tower $2,400 in coin with which to f¢ ‘city Trustees Meeting. Thé Latest News. —— “Srrallpox is spreading in Virginia City. Itis’ Justice Clifford,’ not Hunt, who'is paralyzed. Bills have been introduced in both ‘houses of Congress for the retirement of small legal tender notes. Geotgé Parrott, a notorious ‘road . agent avd‘ murderer, has beerf condemned to death at Cheyenne. Rochefért,in’ his’ journal, ‘ calls Gambetta w liar, robber, forgér, arid a worse wrétch than efther Thitrs’ be: ‘. MacMahon. General ‘Grant believes there is mischief contemplated i in‘the Senate concurrent’ resolution relative to the count of fe E ectoral vote. A blast on ‘the -2,050 foot level of the Alta mime at Virginia ‘caused the deluging ‘of ‘that level on the 15th. ‘It will take a week to sa the water out. . The President has wondcated William B. Woods, of Aldtama, to sucPenn. Engine Co., $18.45. ceed Justice Strong on‘the Supreme WW. G, Stiles, watehman, $3. . Bench, He has. also nominated Da‘Ob motion it was ordered that the . vid A. McKinley, of California. to be policeman be subject to the Mar-. Consul at Hondtulu. chal’s direotions in regard, to light-. “The Ass. Press telegraphs all the “The City Trustees held tieir” regular monthly meeting Thursday evening. The following demands on the General Fund were allowed:. For labor—W. P. Wilson $.75; ‘E. . H. Gaylord $7. 50, nds Hoffinan $23.75, J. Grimes $37:80,' J. Drannigan $15, J Bougherty $23.7 Wells $17.50, J. Smith $22. 56, ie Kalagher-$1, M. Locklin $13.50, W. Joye $48.75; P. Rinnert $6, — Durand $41.25, J. -Lewis $30, W. White' $19.25, J.-C, Locklin $9:65, shoveling snow $3. W. A. Sigourney, mdse., $10. gs. F. Gas Co., fron posts, Nem lamps and freight, $34.60. : -Bahls & Althof, book, $11.75. /E. Baldridge, salary, $50. Jobn 'V. Stevens, salary, $60. # ree Lance, advertising, $2.50. C. W. Cross, six months’ ’-salary as City Attorney, $25. 7, SeuisoRD Nev. Hose Co., $B. ‘dam ps. ‘Hh Yung, the Chinese laundryman, Ordinancd No. 86 to provide for . opitm eater and unsuccess‘ul poker the construction of sidewalks on’. player,”committing suicidethere ‘‘on_ ‘York, Washington and Coyote accdéunt of general ill luck.” “streets, was passed, Felix Gillet and K. Casper were . erer, says he receives many threatappointed as a committee to confer . ening letters, some of them very with the Gas Company oi the sub-. strongly worded. ‘One of them read, jects of meter lanrps and redtction . ‘You*will be killed, but not in your in the price of the gas used ‘By the office. city, your 6wn threshold.” He announces his determination not to leave pa nea ty the ‘ebuntry, and his intention to reA survey of our hundreds of thou. main in his preaqaé place of resisands of square miles of gold and . detice. silver fields, suggest possible over} Kit Carson’s softs, young Kit and prodaction; but a glance at the . Billy, recently had a terrible: time world’s needs atid means. will show . getting down with ‘a team from a thisepossikility ‘#0 remote as ‘to be. ‘wood camp on the Sierra Blanca, u'terly noworbhya thought. The . ttorth of Fort Garland, * Cotérado, ‘United States'is mow the greatest Both were badly frozen, and Billy producer of ‘precious metals, yieldwould have frozen if Kit had not mg annually nearly as touch as all, been able to carty him the last mile other countries combined; and the}to’the nearest ranch. Billy is now Mining Review thinks it ‘is safe to/tying in a critical condition at the suy that'a judicious investment of . House of the noteé*scout, Tom.Tobit» the surplus capital of our country as . tis face, ears, hands and feet being working capital for our precious . badly frozen. ° metal mines, would not-only furnish enough -real money to satisfy our '“iflationists,” but would make our nation the monarch of the world. : Mining Product. Slt For Ladies and Gentlemen. Second term of Chestnutwoott’s' Business College ‘begins Jan. 3. Book-keeping $10 a wonth. Pennfanship alone $5,0F'3 lessons a week Mr. Kirkham has let a contract to. 1 month $3, School. every “night, Baugh & Shearer to extend-the tunSaturday and Sunday excepted. Imf} nel of the Belcher.gravel claim (which . == is egparated from the westside of the BORN. Blue Tent hydraulic mine by a nar. == rew strip of ground) a distance of Grass Valley, Dec. 16th, 188%, to John M. Tho f daughte four hundred feet further «into the ee Sooo pl hill, The tunnel is a'ready in about ay Oe To Resume Work. $$ ny ing and extinguishing the street . way from Chicago: the particulars of}. Schroeder, thé Oakland man butch. 4a™" es ‘You will be shot down on jm. Francisco Wholesale Prices. such a betiutiful stock to'select from, and my prices will be found til youl play atA. ROSEN TEAWS. THE OLDEST . THE BEST ‘The Cheapest: Be ROSENTH LAL, “AT THE PIONEER VARIETY ORE COMMERCIAL STREET, NEVADA CITY,

t Opposite Transcript ‘Bleck, HAS THE LARGEST AND VERY BEST stock OF Ever Brought to Nevada city ! ——_o---— GFTSOR BOTH OLe AND YOUNG! Selene hy acai GREAT INDUCEMENTS TO ALLT OYs AND FANCY GOODS . : He ——o—— CAN DIES, NUTS and T. — Fruits. at ae . x A SPECIALTY OF THE FINEST BRANDS OF . CIGARS &@ SOBACSO, —-—0--— Merchants in difierert parts of the County can be stipplied tt Sah No othér Store in the Mountains offers 25 per cent Cheaper ! Beatitifel Presents for Children, Yeung Men, Ladies, Old Men and Boys. s Don't buy vour EXoliday Gooas wn. ave examined the grand clisssi sienetiercenens ETE supper table that night the father of three hundred. feet, and the eut leadone uf the boys that had been in-. ing thereto is two Rundred ‘feet in At Nevada City. Dee. imth, 1880, Amods MERRY ‘CHRISTMAS . DAY GOODS FOR THE MILLION! AT THE “IMPORTANT.” We have just. oer: a Ape stock of HOLIDAY The peculiar . structed on that point asked: “Well, my son, howdid you get along at school to-day ?” “Oh, I learned lots, The teacher told us all about farming,” . said the youngster proudly, ‘‘And what did she-say:?” “All I remember: of it is that there are two kinds of-soil,'barrel and turtle.” Dovth of ‘nels Amos.” Ames T. Laird died at the hospital yesterday morning about’ five eclock. Ror several/hours previous to death he was'wnconscious, fai ing tovecogwizeany of his long-time ‘friends who celleil to see him, Contributions weae soliciteil among our citizens yesterday, and in a short time a-su ‘ficient sum was raised to give the remaing e decent interment. The funeral willtake place from the Congregational Church at 2 o'clock to-morrow (Surdey)afternoon, Thus Nendeth the earthly career of a man whoearly ins4ive fifties was one of the principal miue and ditch Xevada county. owners of — +. Che Cast, ‘The following is the cast of ehaructera fer the semsational drama ot ‘Nick of the Woods” which will be prodiiced by amateurs at the Theatre in this city during Christmas weeks Nick of the Woods, . .James Osgood Richard Braxley..H,. L, Herzinger Ralph atk aa .C, 8. Robinson Col. Tom. Bruce. Roland Forrester.. j Mrs. Bruce.. & . day evening was well attended dea B. B. Potter <a. &. eave .. dra, E. Bond Thatcher Laird, aged 68 years, a natiye of North Caélina. YOUNG MENS SOCIAL CLs length. . It will be necessary ¢o sink a shaft from the tunnel. to strike the lead. The indications-are very good. . The Episcopal Party. The soiree at the Theatre Thurs‘spite the rainstorm that prevailed. The musie.furnished by the orches— tra under Mr, Elser’s direction was good. A nice supper was served in ANNUAL ‘PARTY. the ‘‘New England kitchen,” . + Bn —a > é@ Fresh Sh coheualaite at “Brand Friday Evening Dec 31 ’ . . & Bassett’s, it Fresh Candies 2% Cents a Pound. NEW YEAR’S EVE. 7% At EXunt’s Exall. Go to Bowerman’s, adjoining Un-. _ ion Hotel, and Pied fresh candy fer . 25 cents:a pound.— dl4-lw . Tickets $2.50.Tapa's a Steck. Fresh Candies, fresh nuts, Fancy German Cakes, all kinds sweet crackers, fresh oysters, Kastern and California, MRS. M. A. STERLING Has just received a beautiful lot of Holiday candy 25 cents & ay a pound at A; Tam's, dl5-2w, DBALIES fe CLOAKS, HATS The store situated one door below pag Wells, Fargo & Co.'s office is offered for rent. Itissuitable for either alstore or office. For particulars enquire on the premises. F, Exusmn, Nevada City, Novi'28-tf . } MILLINERY { O° the very latest, styles and most desira~ — which will be sold seraed A NICBLY-dug grave on his premises was a hint given to Mr, Lambert,of Galway, by his tenants, 437 Having concluded to close out that portion of the stock, Mrs. Sterling will sell everything in The atid Department A PLUMAs girl weighing 285 pounds got married the other day, Big. ‘Tom aoe as a BM, Richards —aT— : oung Tom Brace, . Thos Davenport ‘Little Tom Bruce... Fred Phemes Bumping is briak at Jamison, Auwl Dor. cis cecsees Will Thurston . Plumas many. PRICES _ Ecos are anid to be $19 per dozen Wenonga. ....Thoa, Tom Velie Dues ics ca cavuc Mrs, J. J. Ott Pin Quincy, Elith Forrester. Miss Fannie Lawson MRS. M.A. STERLING, 4 PLExTy of houses to reat in Bodie. . Ox wel Dry Goods, Water Proofs, Table Linens, etc., ete Spectators 50 cents. wea, TIONS, FANCY GOODS, which will be sold — Fifty per cent less than any other store'in this city, GOODS consisting of TOYS, DOLLS, VASES, NQAnd it would be a great advantage to COUNTRY DEALERS to buy their goods of the IMPORTANT. CASH STORE, As we will give them advantages over San Prancleos Wholesale Priges. We would also inform the public that we have a fine assorted stock of A full line of Ladies and Misses Hosiery, Balmoral Skirts, and spieial appertaining to a first-class Dry Goods Store, CALL AND EXAMINE OUR PRICES. seiniauteieal — AUCTION. AUCTION. GRAND GLOSING DUT SALE DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, _ . . BoOoorTs, aa EZATS. GLASS WARE, VASES, DOLLS, © —AND— EIEOLIDAY TOWs: AT THE XL AUCTION HOUSE —_——0O-— -— 4 The entire stock must be closed ont by JANUARY FIRST, GRAND SALE of Dry Goods and Toys on SATURDAY EVENING, Deo 11th, and to continue Every Evening until the stock is sold. ‘ ePGoods cold at Private Sale dursng vhe day. DAVE —_—— Auctfoneer. THE DAILY TI NEVADA AATY C Brief Mer , Jobe L Caldwell h od Notary Public for sel’ . The public scuool clesed yesterday for cation. i wifey’ Searls, Leyo: indy Miles are hdine University to spend “Lucky” Baldw to return. here ina fi ine sore more minis 4 view to investmen Cantain Cox, of t! he Derbee ming ; judg sment in a San’ ayainst one McLau™ ex «due the former on @ he Free Lance i ig It publishe: aq Uncle Amos Lair or fourteen hours be 7, ing. -ed piowter had cross The remains of \" died at‘ Forest City were brdught to thi The funeral will ta! Methodist ¢hurch ‘t ge'cteck, Henry Lukdé'Sas in the Superior’ (Co he be appointed. H., Alice A and Id heirs of John W. “The matter is set { County Superi: yesterday visited t. this city, and he sy est termis of Mr. B tration. Iie will schools of this distr While Senator “Grasg Valley the ¢ maker of the Free get him to siyn pledge, but Watsor the silver tongue o: former.’ We expec that Satan is trying maker-to take up ‘ ~ Hardshell Baptists om a — > « To Resttine’ For some past Hitehcock’ mine ha euwkt of thee béing the machinery, T suficient-supnly, sume on it next ¥ of meirwill be put: cline another hund ping Ww.ll progress ( face aera -€& Good s During the ye: asessments levied mines in. Nevada to $174,500. In} assgssments ‘foot t orate atl: t@‘‘Laura, whe: “Oh, down to F to see their new in goods, which are ve of pedple are there ing, they sell so av Write annie s®There will b Theatre this after It, : t®# Fresh Roll } roll.” Pickled ‘ro lt, —_———-__ _. _-»>#7Go to Brand ? iday Goods. i Bargains at W. House Lining 4, New American . New. Wilson § tilver plaied, . fo'di Fine Baby Bugg Pie Plates, 75 ee Eight-day clock Everything. will _ than cost, Look out for the night, Dec. 18th. ee Auction Sale of Saturday, Dece Cclock, P. wr., Tw ‘furniture, consistit Walnut bedroom se Haple set, 1 dark pine set, 1 upholst Parlor set, 7 pieces lounges, folding ch dren's carriages, 1s thades, ete. Per attend the sale ca ‘tthe store diurim the goods are om i al5-td _ 2 red Uncovered © cents perpound (Udie