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“THE DAILY TRANSCRIPT,
NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA.
Ge on ee an ne a Ne
Tuesday, December
: Personal Mention. esas
-® Francis Butns, formerly of Chero~
kee, thiscounty, has recently returned from a’several years’ tripto mines
"3 various portions of the world. Mr.
Burns is.an expert of. much experience in the extraction and reduction
of are, and now he comes back here
with his mind made up that Nevada
‘ county affords a better field for-the
operation of capitalists than any
He isabout introducing Prof; Hill’s simple: and efiective
method <of reducing refractory ores
in one or two of the mines. ofthis
Charley Hill, son of Mrs. Leopold
Garthe returned home from Hayevening. . He has been absent for over two years, during that tite havto a strapping side-whiskered young
man of good business tact and elderHis many friends welcomed him: right gladly. After a three
24,1878. ‘vada City Baby,”
ae lady well, tho’ I
"Nortu Bioomrreip, Dec. 21, 778.
jar squib in yesterday’s issue under the capinn, of “The First Neand recording
Mrs, Jennie A. Sigler, (I know the
Kpow her best as
little Jennie. MeCutchan).as holding
that honor. '
There’s-a little lady now’at my elbow that says that’s not so, for on
the night of Dec. llth, 1851, in a
small clap-board shanty at the junction of Boulder street and Park Av; of gray
enue, Drs.-Hunt and Knox assisted '
into this world a bouncing boy, who;
yelling like seven devils, made ‘ull
the neighborhood know ‘‘he was
thar.” .He is now living in this
place, is married and has a child 26
months old.
Marriott.
iHow near is he to bene the ‘!First.Ne-vada City Baby?”
sluggard thoughts, ye pionger gold,
hunters of ‘“‘aulddang yuh
How these little incidents will ¢ause
the mind.to revert-back ang call up
reminisétnces of .‘‘ye olden times.”
To illustrate: Once upon a time—
without stating-date or names of the
‘parties most interested—when such
men as Ike Williamson, Ned. Burton, Amos T.:Laird,’ Charley Kent,
Charley McKlvy‘and hike ilk, ruled
the roost;. when the boys in the4
Live Oak were doing well; when the
old Nebraska was yielding the yellow metal; at a time after old: man
Cook was:killed. and prior t6 aceiHis name is James H.
How is that for we'uns 7?
yr
Jake up your
&
weeks’ visit he will return to the} ¢jdents ofa few. years later date.
R
On opening imy.door orié morning
E. Merrifield, wh regently pur-E found on the step thereof, warp: by,
‘chased: the old Soggs or Nevada mine, .
noar this city, has oven in town a’
Sunday he went to the
. » is . : t
mine and inspected it. He is reportel,to be highly pleased with the
appearance of the improvements
being made there by Su perintendént
af
Leroy, son of J. B. Johnson, Esq.,
ed up.in a grey » blanket
they never could lay the like at
my door; but, opening it . found
some good angel had left me a fine
large leg-of, .
happened: On Bouwbon Hill a company known as the Allen & Jackson
Co.
Winter approaching John Allen atid
three others built a cabin, near the .
works, anddaid in agood quantity
of provisions.
a—no
pork, and this-is how it
was»sinking: a prospect , shaft.
‘A few days after,
js home from school for the Holidays. . Jahn coming off shift, while_ pushfy,
ry =
a
i other section.
ay
fe logality.
hi
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i, frontier again,
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Hf day or two.
a! Montgomery.
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“a é up there. i ple up ther
Me
Hist
b much ardent.
li
apy
te
if
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* went to San Jose im response to
John Herzinger, Jr., of San Fran_eiszo, is in the city.
nO gn ee
Brief Mention.
San Juan complains of having too
many grass widows. They must be
a mighty discriminating set of peoA young man hailing from Grass
Valley .cameup to the metropolis a
_ day or tivo siaxce and indulged in too
He mixed. drinks
more than the law allows, and as a
resylt. the young man from Grass
Valley was most horrid sick andmade
a public spectacle of himself.
a:
approach of thé owner thereof.
play for even.
ing open the-door waz knocked ‘‘gally west” by a posse committim of
hogs who had entered in his absence,
and the'door: closing on them, had
been regaling themselves to their
heart’s content on the newly laid. in
provisions, and rushed out on. the
Picioneers, the
fide. butter,
ture to yourselves, ye
condition-of thitiys.
fpotatoes, ‘beans, candles, half eaten
cabbages, pots, pans, boots, dishes,
old pants and everything in beautiful. confusion; and John veni, vidi
an he prayed, did he? Not much.!
te smothered his-feclings and went
to work and cleanedup the wreck.
The next day .he thought he would
So he left ademoral;
iged sack of flour on the floor, propped .
the back door open, and sat down a
AX fight between two dogs, supfshort distance off with a rifle in -his
plemented by a woman who owneti
one of the canines wielding a broomstick after a vigorous fashion, was
one of Aristovracy Hill’s recent episodes.
. A very attractive sight at Naffziger’s butcher shop yesterday, was a
hantis
time after that.a sharp crack of a’
rifts. was heard-and John was Winner.
A page trom his book, still in existance, shows the following items;with dire intent. A short
By 394 lbs Pork, @ 25cts. $08.50.
CONTRA,
large porker, weighing 422. pounds, To'killing and cleaning. $ 4.00
‘with spectacles on his nose. He was To losing 1 shift... , 4.00
surrounded by half dozen little roasTo losing 3 shifts.. «. 12.00
ters, all ready for the oven. _AltoTo 100s Hoor:«5:;.; ++ 16,00
gether they were a very kappy fan To 100ibs potatoes.. . 5.00
“ly. . Quite a number of people stop TodOlbs cabbage.. .. 4.00
ped to witness the exhibition. ‘To 50Tbs beans.... 7.50
The stores about town yesterday . fo 20tbs butter.... 15.00
did a lively business in the line of . To} box candles..'.. 9.00
Holiday goods. Se To 1 pair pants.... 10,00
The Vous Mén’s Social Club/have . ol new hat.'.... 5.00
made arrangements to give a supper To salt and salting down °
at the Union Hotel .in connection . ,, What was left.... 5,09
with their New Year's party. ” Te cleaning up shanty
‘The Independent Base Ball. Club’s. ,, ome whole day... 5.00
party at Temperance Hall to-morrow .
night promises to be.a id success.
Of course the editor df the Truckee Republican unintentionally failed to credit the ‘‘Petrified Hand”
to the Trayscrier, He is forgiven
this time, however,
Rosenburg Brothers, of the Palave Dry Goods Store, isiout in a nea
column advertisement. Read it.
Now that the error in the County
Court Revord has been corrected, the
Mongolian fan-tan players in Jail
cannot ‘‘go” without serving’out their
terms or paying the fine imposed.
The Farmers’ Mass in . B flat will
be rendered in the: Catholic church
to-morrow at 10:30 o'clock mass.
The choir for the occasion is a large}
one and has been carefully trained,
The church will doubtless be filled
. with people,
Business in the Justices’ courts is
«lull. jibe 4 doz3sn’b “somebody do
something bad, and stimulate affairs
there?
>
Gone to San Jose.
Yesterflay morning Archie Nivens
a telegram announcing the, death of
ljs cousin, John Murr. He-will be
absent several days, visiting San,
Francisco before returning. ty the
meantime K. M. Black will preside’
at the telegraph. office. El. is one
of Nevada county’s»best young men,
and is as accommodating as -he is popanlar, *. Bite for toe arises any sane
* 7% man would. be at a joss to underMrs. Mowry Seriously mh cong “~ ne gre experienced
A so gicleuttesDye . thUS far, hi Lin, Working the
Funday evening at Gi ololock Dr. . siphurcts. ‘Thvir reduction is f simTienry 8S. Welch received a dispatch
from San.bvancisco stating shat Mrs.
Mowry, oo mother was dan* gerousty ik He imamediatel Separt-:
«ai for the Bay. ° be Sai.
Laren.—A privates dispatehsiteceived in this city yesterday . brin
tho sacl intelligence of Mra. Moéwry’s
dvath, It ossutred Saadiy-aigis, *
will’ recognize this o’er true
éspecially those who helped eat the
pork. Oh! I could more than one tale .
untfold. More anon.
To. anxiety of mind over
loss of provisions.. 25,00 *
To anxiety of mitid, loss
iof sleep during all this
tale,
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*“Scientific™ Mining Experts.
ALLEGHANY, Sierra Co.
Deo, 20th, 1878.
Eprror TRANscRrivT: I have had
the pleasure of making an éxamination of the management of the Oriental mine. After a careful inspection of the mine, ore and mill, together with the process of reduction
hand amalgamation,l have no_hesitation in stating that itis one of the
best conducted mines in this State or
It is in every sense of
the word worked systematically and
economically, and .where,.the cause
Colorado.
ple provess, however, where the ore
is simply arsenical, for this grade cannot be called very rebellious or re
fractory. ‘There is at prosent :a sixfoot'vem, and an abundance of good’
ore im. sight for. ten months’ work.
£8 . The work untilpresent has been prespective, and is therefore’ ofa whore or 4
loss perplexing wWafare. I have io Nevadweity Bee. 198 > .
Eorror. Transcrrer :—I noticed .
his gravel mine at You:
doubt if left under the present management it will bé oné of the best
paying mines in California. The dissatisfied ~stockhélders caught to let
well enough: ‘alone. ith every
change in a management comes Chinese dividends’ “Usually when thousands ‘have been spent.in experimenting with Professor Somebody and
‘Practical John or some one else,with.
their technicalities, hieroglyphics
. and visionary theories, nine tenths
. of them are unable to tell the differ' ence between a specimen of gray cop. per and afreshly fractured specimen
oxide. of coppers or a gash
vein from a pocket. It is to-be hoped‘thatthese dissatisfied stoeckholders will consider well their action
and keep the right class ‘of men in
charge of their mine.
FRANCIS
titel
Violating the Law.
Burns.
trances of the various ehurclies while
divine service is progressing within,”
and create consequent disturbance,
aught. to know they’ are violating
the law. According to section. 302
of the Penal Code of this State, sug@h.
couduct constitutes a misdemeandr,
and ig punishable by eithér fine, or
imprisonment, or both, So have a
care boys, or you may get into treuble. :
ae eo
That's Philosophy for You.
Wm. Hollaook, who was the hero
of a runaway yesterday, and came
off a good deal the worse for wear,
saysthat being snatched around so
carelessly by a. jhors® ’nd whipped
over stumps and logs at the imminent
risk of life and'tithh is aggravating;
but thatit makes him get right up
and howl when he thinks -how that
new pair of pants he-had on got tern
to pieces. , 5
poe
County Court.
Monpay, Dee. 23, 1878.
~ Upon motion of the District Attorney, it\was ordered that the Record
of this Court be corrected ‘in accordance with the judgments rendered in
the case of the People vs. Long Toy,
et al, heretofore convicted of gaming.
Conet adjourned until Thursday,
January 2d. _
—_———-+ = <
You Bet fine.
F but is
unfortunately compelled to rely on a
too limited supply of water to operate very extensively;
paying its owner well, notwithstand
ing.
DIZP.
At Grass Valley, December 20, 1878, J ohrly
HTink Uren, agod 31 years, . native
Cornwall, England.
At Sebastopol (near Grass Valley), Dec. 19,
1878, Joseph, son of Michael and Hannah
Gallagher, aged 5 months.
At. ch Corral. December 15th, by Rev.
8. A, Redding, D. W. Eckman to Miss Mary
Mardon.~ ;
Ca mn
ST
GREAT
German Washing Fluid.
'
HIS 18 THE GREATEST LABOR SAV
ING preparation in the world, from the
fact that
y
It Cleans . the Clothes Without
Rubbing.
FOR CLEANING PAINT Irfts NO EQUAL
It is kept for mle at all the grocery stares
‘in ‘the City. :
$1 50 per gallon. week in thenight time 50.00
‘© anxiety of mind for ~~ a
several ieee fearin —_ ree err © Serer
the matter will leak, ‘CARLEY & JUSTICE
Ge TAT VS . 50.00 .
By bal. due me . 128.00 Proprietors, Nevada City.
‘ : atte nee December 24, 1878.
$226.50 $226.50 . -—-———-=-4-+ ++ —
Poor John Allen, he has been dead Edward Muller,
now some years. No*doubt this
troubleghatety of mind”—helpTEACHES SF (SESISs
ed to hasten his departure. There ALSO— :
are quitea number Of ‘‘ye pioneers”. French and German Languages
still living in Nevada City, who + Taaghs.
ESIDENCE Junction of Broadand Commercial Streets, Nevada City, a21
Ges PALACE OF SWEETS.”
HOME MADE _ CANDIES!
WY sernnted Ree,
-Presh, Mealthfal, .
"Delicious, Cheap;
Manutactured st
Mrs, Eckert’s Candy Factory,
Broad et., nextto Luctie &Brand’s.
Comprising
ee
. DON'T PORGET THE PLACE,
‘The boys wh» hang about the enDan. McDonald is still waghing in .
The claim is§. a
iGOoDS
THE-MOST NOVEL TOYS!.
Everything to Delight Children. :
Reduction
IN PRICES
or
Dry Goods!
ROSENBERG
OF THE >
‘PALACE
Dry Goods
STORE,
Will to-day
AND.
to-morrow,
(CHRISTMAS DAY)
Reduce the
Prices. of
their Large
Stock of
gothat
everybody
can make
ja nice present for very
littlemoney
ROSENBERG
BROTHERS.
street, next to Luetje &iirand’s, ©
c > #
aes ECKERT'S CANDY FACTORY, Bread
Pe
ut
4
LESTER ¢
CRAWFORD)
BROTHERS;
'GAYLORD &
LiRSs.
Invite the publio to call and
examine their well selected
stock of goods suitable for
> s 4
ms =
a —— all “
. -——-_—»s—sqWqwHOLLIDAY
: is ; "Purses ee —
Elegant Papertries™ (23) to"
Wax Dol ee
Handkerchiefs "2 33?.°""
Autograph Albums,
Scrap Books,
Toys, Toy Books,
Games and Blocks,
Elegant Neckties, é
Articles for Fancy Work,
Pictures, Picture Frames,
Brackets, etc., etc.,
Mire, LESTER & CRAWWTORD,
Newada City, Cal.
Cheap Goods
ROBINSON'S,
' N
The Man who claims to make money .
by selling geeds fer leas than cost,
intends elther to cheat his customets or DEFRAUD his crediters.
Me Ky Ba bh Be
Warrant every article seid,
and challenge competition on
Prices, for
First Crass Goons
‘Clap-trap advertisements may
win for a while, but we intend
to conduct our business “on the
square,” so as to be able to compete with other responsible firms
BO asin .
itu
ced Gonds pe cheap se any one
else, but we don't propose to
keep them. We solicit a comDoll Carriages, Chairs, &¢. .
\Watches & Jewelry
: apes 5) We
CHRISTMAS
AND NEW YEAR’.
“LUETJE & BRAND,
Watchmakers & Jewelers,
BROAD STREET, NEVADA,
"Haye just receded ‘ed one of the
FINEST ASSORTMENTS OF
WATCHES, 3
GIrrs:JEWELRY, =
PLATED. WARE,
SPF.CTACLES,
CLOCKS, Ete. '
Ever brought to Nevada County,
HOME MADE JEWELRY
A SPECIALTY,
And Gotten Upén the Most Beantifal
Styles Iniaginable,-and Sct with
DILAMONDS, :
PEARLS,
RUBIES, «
SAPPHIRES,
And other Precious Stones.
BREASTPINS,
SARRINGS,
CFLAINS,
RINGS,
. STUDS, éc.,
Warranted 18. Carats Fine.
Silver and Plated Ware.
A beautiful assortment for the Helidays.
Watches and Glocks Repaired tn
the very best manner,
fat As we do our ewn work, customers can
rely upon getting everything done in the
best manner, and at prices. lower than any
other house, considering the quality of the
goods. If youwant to make Holiday presents, call on ee aR:
LUETS. & BRAND .
THOMAS LEGG & CO.,
227 and 29 Main Street,
OPPOSITEUNION HOTEL, NEVADA CITY.
. MPORTERS AND DEALERS IN
HARDWARE,
STOVES,
TINWARE, IRON & STEEL
NAILS, PICKS, SPADES,
SHOVELS, WHEELBARROWS, ROPE
Grindstones, Ox-Bows and Keys,
Anvils, Bellows, Blocks and Sheaves,
; Chains, Vises, etc.
ALSO T@E CELEBRATED
Bessemer Steel Horseshoe-Shape.
MACHINE AND CARRIAGE BOLTS,
Rubber Hose, Belting, Pachiné,
PAINTS AND. OILS,
Blasting and Sporting Powder,
Fuse, Shot, Ete.
. AGENTS FOR THE
CALIFORNIA POWDER (0..
. aAND—
White Hercules Powder.
A FULL LINE OF
Rogers’ Nickel-Plated Ware,
Direct from Meridien, Britannia Compe):
Crockery, Glassware, Lamps,
Chimneys, Wicks, Bt.
AGENTS FOR HALLIDIE'S WIRE ROPES.
Quarts seveten Panited ‘eo Order
A large stock of galvanized iron
water pipe cot on hand
connection made with. the (ity
Water Works. 4
IRON-PIPE-MADE TO ORDER, AND Alb
. goeds in Nevada County,
don't allow anybody to seF as ¢hea?
an we de. Call amd see ws at (he
parison of qualities and prices. KINDS OF REPAIRING DONE
GeER Vib Wai be presented for . . x 2 licijow on ele Gare
:
toch ©
ett peneny86daye. 3 pine We have the beat selected. Mer
: Nevada, Dee. 18, 1878,
Gaylord & Robinson
ie at
Paember 14, 1878
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AMETHYSTS, ~
THE D.
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pra OE
furnished &
South Yu
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++ yoyOWOITY : P
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a .
There
the -Episc
gregationa
Sabbath: +
been-looki
for some t
ness that .
scarcely ¥
* +a arrive
old‘Santa
the rewar
for atyear
larger gro
in the eer
time.
fom
fe
Mrs. E
‘Grass Val
perienced
Wetches
the count
to.no oth
Va
belonging
“ections .
posted in
precious
and her
be visited
goods in .
vertise -t
any rate
‘her line 2
dealers ¢:
Turkeys:
»John §
a fine lot
Also chic
frnit, anc
a fine Ch
in_his lin
Egg-nc
‘A!
A tele
Forest C;
shaft is a
voulders,
day. T
tion,"
property
after ditt
ting cha
down 235
the pum’
delay wil
quence,
Chris. Na
The di
market t
‘and offer
customer
and stall
days, -I
Naflziger
assortme
Pork, M
be seen 1
der and,
roast. for
other da
d24~~
The T
isers CO
his mo
lorced
itor «
lgewis
eacler,
sual qu
ppear a
Luet}
where F
had.