December 31, 1874 (4 pages)

ne ae eee z e The Daily Semel Y badd coger CITY, CAL. scasiaieecsstiisianopeniiiieiiel bia ; “Oceiden ta} Mine. The Octidental mine as located . iptesent owners about ten face,-and work was at once . by. its . months ee re ne Sm seater tat ay ryt aren denon coaninemmaliptnenay apace tat A teen 9 em copter: mine. _ mnine. ‘by the name-of Shepherd was there . pletely riddled with splinters,“ -vet stropg bopes are entertained of his “recovery. The eldest girl is frightandthe bone ‘ i also torn“7rom the back of one of at the Theatre, to-night. . ‘ formances are first class‘and give en“Thursday, Dec. 31, 1874. _ Fearfal Explosion. — We are indebted to Harry Seymour forthe following account of a feayful exlotion, which occurred op Satar. day, Dec. 26th, e Little York 4zold Washing a ater Company's mine, superintended by Arthur Hagadorn. It appears two little girls, . dauphters of a Mr. Cooper, foreman of the mine, aged respectively and g years, were—carrying & ditnéer to their father, who was at work at the Ou their way they entered the blacksmith shop belonging to the A boy about 15 years of age, éagaged in dryi itg@lant powder cartridges an, the forge. While doing, § 0, and while the girls were present, oue of the cartridges caught fire. The young.man_ told ‘the girls to run out ofthe shop, But b is warning ¥ . . was not heeded soon encugh, fora double explosion occurred, doing fearful damage. One of the cartridges ~ first exploded,and almost immediate ly after fourkegs of black powder, . which were stowed away on a shelf in one cornér of theshop, exploded. The first explosion seéms to have injured the children most. stack to ths forge was made of iron.’ This the giant ora tent inte a thousand pieces. One of the splinters passed through young Shepherd’s sealp, one threuyh his cheek, . oue he received in the arm above the elbow, one in the calf “of the right . leg, and several others in different . parts of the body. He The smokesheet . is in fact comfully torn by the pieecs of shattered Pipe and from’ otber effects of the} The lers flesh is‘ torn’ from . her shoul duwn back, aud from her right hip, so that the . spine and bones of “xplbsion. er the hip are ex-. Her. right thigh on the insidé of the leg is badly — posed: rated, tle sb is broken. her hands. The younger girl is cut. on the abdomen by a sheet of iron. . Her bead is also badly cut. One piece of iron was driven through ber . arm. It' ia considered impossible . for the older girl to recover, and it . will be almost amiracle if the young: : JOURS Lin. position and gave the word to fire. ‘er one is saved. The explosion is supposed to have been caused by a! giant powder cap being. teft in part of a cartridge that had not been . used after having been prepared for loading. The effect of the explosion ‘was a little singular. .The force of the powder seemed to operate énlydownward and horizontally. An auvil which stood on a block within. a few feet of the forge was not stirred . from its position, althuygh it sat. without being fastened to the block. The bellows were uninjured also, . both having been about on a level . with the forge. ‘The explosion se€ams+to have been entirely accidental, and is not attributed to negligence or carelessneus.ee -_ The: ‘Wheeler Troupe. This popular Company will give their’last entertainment in this city Their pertire satisfaction. They pleased every one so well on Saturday night that the house was well filled on their appearance again last night. To-morrow night the. Company will appeat in Grass Valley. We can assure Our readers there that no company has pleased the peonle here for a long time as wellas the Wheeler troups. They are deserving of full houses, and we believe generally receiver them. Parties in. -this city knew Mr. Wheeler years ago, and he atood in .the first aie then. Go Turkey Shoot, A large number of turkeys: were “put up to be shot at at Mulloy’ 8 ranch yeeterday. There is every convenience there for shootists.—. , The birds are set up 350 yards from the shed where the marksmen stand, Benches are arranged so that a rest can be had by them’ There were a large number of erack shots present yesterday. When we were’ at the ground young Bert Laneaster was champion. He had secured more: birds with the same number of shots than-any of the others. MoNeeley had a deove of fifteen hung heels ap near by his stand, and others also Monday next. pearances it will pay big: ithe bills. . residents became a ‘Jittle the worse j . and the parties repaired to a ¢onven. ly-now. . grand party at the Theatre on thé ‘. stop for trifles, and are not afraid to "commented in stpking a shaft. . Ma-} . chinery was soon after put up, afd . efing of i. chemise or . of comeliness, . the ledge was-sunk down upon about . . 108 feet, and levels were ran abont. . 600 feet in length., It was found, by . the Saperintendent, that the largest ' portion of the pay chute lay south of where the hoisting Works was first} erected, and about six wéeks ago he . had the works removed three bun-. dred feet farther sauth,.so as to\be. about on the centre of the chnte. Kt! the same time a new ten stam) mill was érected. Both the mill and thehoisting. works are now in good working order: The shaft has-been! souk about 140. féet, and the ledge is . said, by those who baye examined it, to be thé most promisitg of any in “Tis Si.feet in width, . shaws wellin free gold, apdis: very rich in heavy sulphurets. -The.i amount of wofk whieh bas been done . the vic inity. cqmmenced. on it, shows the o¥icers f6 be men possessed of executive ability of the. right There is no doypbt the miue is a vary valuable one. Rock from the sbaft will be commenced to bé crusbed_on.} stamp. It is proposed to} sink the shaft a hundred feet farther’ before drifts will beran. ‘The rock, ever, taken éut while sivkivg . will be crushed. how From pre: sent ap-. W e have} heard parties express. the ae) s1D10D that the mine will soon oue .ci the best in the county. Harmie Duel. & We understand/ that the Christmas festivities at Cherokee resulted ina little by play not advertised on festively inclined . } for imbibing copious’ draughts of . “tarantula juicé,’’ and-during. their . happiness’ had a slight <disagreeThe dispute finally became in dead e€srnest aud tie belligerent ment. parties. were ready to tear each otbers eyes “oul. ‘Lhe bystanders desitingto see a Jittle fun rather encouraged the combat tants, and thera was a challenge finally passed between them, to fight a duel. Pistols were selected, and seconds. procured . ient spot to engage in mortal combat . The seconds’ loaded the pistols only . with powder, and then marked off . the distance and placed their men . The result, of course, was: not fatal, We did not learir the * parties” namés ’ or what opinion they had of their seconds after sleep Had vanished the effects of their holiday potations. We imagine, however, that all hands took a drink and everything is loveAttain 7? biasing Ladies vanes: Clab. . Soéial Club held a meeting on ‘Tues: day night, and decided to give a 22nd of January. The success. attending their ppetics heretofore; guarantees a good time at the coming one, . Those young ladies ee work for, success. The theatre will probably be decorated as it never was before, and ‘everything will be in first class order. Alleged Rape. Henry _Kuuzly was arrestedon ‘Buesday at You Bet, and brought to this city on acharge of rape, “upon the peison of a little girl by the name of Flagg, at-Hwnt’s Hill, which occurred on Saturday ‘last: The girl is but five yeurs old, He was arrgigned before Justice Davenport ces 1y Morning, and examination was set for Thursday at 1 o'clock, P. mM. District Attorney Gaylord ap-. peared for the prosecution and D. J. Crowley for the defense: Personal, ‘Chas, Marsh, Esq., who is now in the Eastern States, writes that he will arrive home on Tuesday ‘next. ~He will be welcomed back by his hosts of friends, / Will Try the Hydrants. Chief Engineer Jos. Olive informs us that he will try the hydrants this afternoon, between the hours of 2 and 4 o'clock, . Housekeepers. will please take notice. af Good Roads” “The present weather has had the effect to dry up the roads and they are now ‘in very good condition. —— —— agente THERE was shipped from Eureka on the 24th iustant, 43,160 a of bullion, Hthiem. She goes ci ““No doubteon} (Pot ‘the } their, plump ‘levelinéss in the‘comnfor, . . Joon.” says: . , . itself. ,onthis mine since werk was first i feitingin the penuine, . dtaints i ends weil.’ j power ofa i resist it tand endurance, ‘fusion, . folly at Home. « . endure bad domestic influence. is strong but his’ heart is not ada-) . mant. E joke—“Yes; will you. go into the} A cHEesriconartc writes that the} women shold adorn their clothes, . ‘instead of borrowing beauty fram} . torted sfinhes and grasshopper-bend-, Led a need the friendly soft ce-edged and rufiféd . to give thetn 4 shadgw whilegiggard waists and .Shapéless, pulpy. imbs_cry ont fo it the flowing outihes* of waistfa! . skirtéd-enormity to lend a de ceptives grate to theit tinlovely . pr roportions. them, all.in chemiloenus, and . you ‘Soon pick ‘out the sham Ven. i uses.-Graée will tell in a cheimiloon. Away with useless drapery. Giveus’ the chemiléon or give us death. It lis the only test of female beanty left. ' in this day cof Quunces and paniers, a maint and ade ding, and the non-. prog ressive Bowlers, corseted and girdied and twisted and heat: He a false art aid mnholy fashion hast! give away to the tigkteous’ reform-: ers who, confident in—theig—strenth and beant y,-are hot ashamed to court test, and who bravely encase table embrace of the graceful: chimThis bas ealled forth a -response fro “Kittie Clever,’’ who ‘“‘Besuty of form sill betiay . There isa tell tale about the” whole affair. There is no counter-. neat; ttm, animated -being, whose little feot now and then peeps beneath the folds ®f the dress, “All's well -that Your head is’ as “level as a cheese, Kj ttie. wellbuilt from &@S Much 4s fo say, gene A Goap Wire. —A good wifé. The wife for good or evil is irle, “Home must be the seat . of h appiness, or it must be forever ° unknowu. A good wife is to « man wisdom and courage, and -strength A bad--dne. js.-eonweakness, discomfitare and despair: .No conditien is hopeless . when the wife possesses firmness, de. cision and ecotomy. There is ne outward prosperity which can coun-'} teract indolence, extravagance and . “No spirit can long M: LD j ayn ‘He delights in enterprise . and action; bat to sustain hip: he needs atranquil mind anda whole, beart. He expends bis moral force ju the conflicts of the’worid. ‘Tio. re. . * cover his €quanimity and composure . hopie must be to him a place of. repose, of peace, of cheerfulness, of comfort, and his soul renews its . strength again, aud goes fortli with fresh vigor te encounter the labor) and-troubles of the world.* But if at . t reproaches, the heart breaks, the spirits are crushed, . hope: vanishes, Tue German papers tell this story, in connection with Baron _RKuths. ebild’s death: 'B weeping and sobbingaloud. Says} A, “Why do. you. weep?’ ‘Because’ says B, as if bis heart were breaking, ‘because he isdead, the powerful, the rich Baron. ‘But,’ replies A, ‘why do you ery so much, he was no . relation of yours?’ “Bhat’s just what I'm crying about,’ howled ay more affected than ever.” 2 -—_ ee i CorPuLent old lady—‘I should like & ticket for the train.’ Booking-clerk, who thinks he will. make a passenger train or cattle . . 'Lady—‘*Well, if youare a specimen . of what I shall experience in the passenger train, give me a ticket .for the cattle train by all megus.’’— Punch. —__-,— moe INTELLIGENCE from Southern Utak vice of his attorney, will.turn State's evidence against Brigham Young in relation to the Mountain Meadow massacre. Ae Tar deaths in San Francisco dure ing the past week: numbered -79,a decrease of 12 compared withthe week previous. ‘There was but one fatal case of measles and two of! searlatina. igliimaiaiis ‘A Satr Laks date of December 26 says: A man named Dahl, night . foreman of thé Carson. and Buzzo’s . smelter, was shot and killed last:. night. i a8 4 SEvator BakGent has induced the War Department to order that bids’! from California for army supplies the Paeific coast should réceive proper consideration 'in the award: . ing of contracts. > oe “A sTRONG offort is. again « being ‘made at Washington to,procure rece oguition of the Cuban patriots as belligerents. ° Nor a. solitary_druyken’ man was een on the streets of Carson on ‘Christmas Day and no arrests were made for any ‘cause. <<? Tas Searlet . fever, after a tediporary abatement, appears to have broken out with increased malignity at Carson. The Central Paculic Railroad Comthe purchase of Moore & Parker's had quite a a2umber each, ; ms fnan doi & large business. Mga a : . eurrency and: California gold, she al. ' fashiqnahle (street, i WIth . uries on . cellar with wines of the oldest vin-. i tages, and t ' themselves uucorbfortable, . the peace Cf their families, and acta . * * eS . c 7 a . home he finds no rest, .andis there . geod Christish wife, ahd we never met with bad temper, sullenness. or . gloom, or is assailed -by discontent, . hon coiiptaint, oe y aren: . did-in-the half centary ‘they lived to‘aud the mait*surks . : into despair. oe thing goes wrong. ; that be was made of cross-grained “A and B meeting, L wile and children, hired hands, and pany are said to be’ negotiating for}. y . Gaemax Facesarity.-No stranger jean #feside in Germany for aust Jength offtime and form-efen a mod-. ‘erate acquaintance With the citizens . without becoming impressed with the contentment, frugality, aud inion usually reigning in the German} domestic circle. The family of’ and moving in society of the highest respectability, often ooepy but a floor, and et 8 room is furnished . One seldom obubrits # disposition “to occupy the . . whole of a large house. ‘Just enough . rooms to satisfy ; and they are gemerally much smaller than Americans are acct ustumed to; are all that,age desired. A taan's business ey increase every year, and yet he do es not seet’to be tro ubied with the thought of, getting‘out.of his modest apar timex ts into or of buying .a house . The dis. weailth,. every requirement, : latger ones, a for its entire “ocespation. position, on the increase of to enter’a more arsetocratic circle, buyitg mansion 6n a beautifying it) postly furniture, by a stately » g great every giving fertainments, and appearing afternoon withe& grand . equip: age, 1s not apart of the Gepman’ 3 charac. ter-—If he indulges im all anything ‘less than an imthese lox. menuse fortune, the presuuiption is that: éitber be or his wife has béen to América The first wealthy German: thitke of, uuless Uhis tastes elevate. him quite. above material pleasures; is to store his . } } o surround hinrself with an abun dance of servants » —'‘‘Men: make destroy . _ Fretrcy Prope. ally make themselves hated ‘by fretfulness.’ Beecher says: fom “It is net work-that kills men; ; it} Bs worry. © Work is, healthy. You} can hardly put more on a -man than} jhe can bear, Worry is rast uport! 'the blade. ILis not the revolution that destrcys the machiuery; bat, th 1€ . frictidn. FE ear secretes acids; hut eee and trust ure sweet juices. ve knew a. man with a patient, heard hin speak a kind, sword to Ler, and.doubt pledsant . if ever he gether. ‘‘He is always: ina fret. EveryYou wauld think timber; aud hdd always been trying . to digest a cross-cutysaw. He is! . eternally cross, and ‘thinks that his} all the domestic animals, have ‘enteredinto a combination to worry im to death. He is not only rusty, bwt fairly crusted-over with it. He . is encased in a shell of acid’ Secretions, through-which no sweet juices ever distill. Friction has literally worn-out, and. he will soen worry himself to death. -Of course he has never worked to any, advantage ‘to himself or anybody. else: With bim everything always goes wrong. He . superstitiously believes ‘it is because the devil-ias-a spite against him,’ . W heu in trofh it is nothing but his . Dovsis Facep.—A writer in the: Poputar Science Monthly says: ‘I was once sitting in a cool “under: ground at™Leipsic, while without people were ready to die with the says that John D. Lee, ‘at-the adieee whet a new guest entered and; The sweat . took a seat opposite me. . rolled in great. drops down his “face, atid he was kept busy With bis hand-: ‘kerchief, till he at length found relief in the exclamation,. ‘Fearful hot!’ I watched him attentively as he called for a cool drink, for I expected -every moment-that he wonld, fail from his chaif ina fit of ‘apoplexy. “Franee t . tonishing bow scen ove who i ges in it at.all becomes addicted to . . } ! . \ { , anything to . under one’s window, H uppleasant. thing av: a8 . lowing advice to its readers: Cecrboniecs has a very small pop‘#lation compared with_gome of the States on the other side of thé moun. tains, yet it ranks fourth in the Wn-. ion in Savings banks deposits. oid ) York comes figst, with $285,2 Massachusetts second, with» D02,. . . 195,343; Cotthecticut,.thiid, wit $72,205,624 . and Califernia orth’ with $62,933, 054. Allowing for the di ference in ¥alue, between ‘astern . most ties for, the third” plage with Connecticut. [i the average vimount to the :credit of each depositor she bas no rival. Connecticut shows the nexthighest at $351 34, currency, against “California's $806 76, goid. Tbe average to each depugjter.in the uglish savings. banks-1s $9 20, in . $3, and ‘in Austria $3 20, These figures;whick gs regards Caiiforbia now appear for-theé firs . pare oft] .in the officia] reports of the Cnited L 0 J H . ut ot States Controller, will tell their own + story to the honest, , indus’ rious: and . . Birngx thg elssses_of -Eufope, and . will bave influence with the kind of} immigrants most.to be desi ired. f A Bap Hazrr.—Scolding is a bab. it very.easiiy formed. it is asten. , indulit, It is anunreasonable “habit. Persons sometimes get inio the way of Solding at the mere absence of Bold at. It is an extveméiy disagreeable. habit. The} constant rambling of: distant thunder cnterwauling, or.a hand organ . The.’ "patie is conta: . yous. (mee introduced into a fam ily, it is pretty ceftain, ne ttericlipeomerincanincanipieiasingioayitsnio ee in a short, AES BROS, . COLUMN. Weis Great Redycion . HOLIDAYS! ¥ —— j « Hyman Bros, 9FFER the fol. lowing Reduction ° aa eer amen PNG stn Blue Beaver, Fr ock Suits," time, to affect all the members. If one .of them begins finding fault} ~ : aboutsomething or nothing, the . sold last fall for $30 now at ‘others are: apt to take it up, ang . oe . mh & Very unbecgssary bediani is created, $20. oe ‘ <> : 0 WHEN a man gets.into his mind, life is transtig. ured and: glorified into the nobler . sphere of.action, It, becomes always tell you that hfe is tasteless, Life is ransiigured toevery trues doving; . bravé and diligent soul. Each map faithfal in his sphere, tra¥sfigurés finds at lust that . there js sqmething beyond this to . hive for, the moment that eonception . sold last-fall for § $27 50 now ie glorious and ‘fresh. Some men will weari. . some and exiaustin; 3 inevery: case / they are men, who have tnied to live . tin a narrow, selfish manner: Blue Beaver Frock Suits iat $22 50. wat) Blue Beayer Frock Baits, . sold last fall.at Chinchilla Coats neh: last, it, and makes grand the butublest fall at $14" now $10. positiou. -We may say that of transfignration takes place when a aan realizes his: own sovh and its . ; worth and work.’ Do we realize that,. jin us is an element that will ontlast’ ae stars?-—Dr. Chapin, maf arene ees > oe "GRAVE city pastor to his wite.— “My dear,Mrs. Wilson must be ;experienceing a change of heart. She looked. so serious during my last sermon.’’ Fond wife—‘‘shoo, you goose, why covuldn’t. yéu see that her new Sunday bat has one artificial flower less than Mrs. Brown’s, who sits in-the next pew.’ The pastot collapses and takes refuge in, un ara-chair. ry AN adroit thief ‘who abstracted an ostentatiously-displayed check for a thousand dollars from the. gifts: at a wedding . the other day, only to find that the’ old .mab’s balance” at the bank was four dollars and.fifty cents, thinks there is no’ chance for honest industry in this city.—Brooklyn Argus. . A SourHERN paper offers the fol£*Por sport, go to texas. They have pantbers there thirteen feet long, and ex¢eedingly vigorous; and if you have ‘no sport, the panthers certainly will.” @ i BORN, Se —~---—~ In Nevada,City, Dec, 30th, 1874, to E. M. ; Preston andgwit, & son. . DIED. 2. 5 — i At Chico, Dec. 28th, “lla Oliver, aged 17-years, neice of Sheriff George Suwith of this: Cuunty. ° = The man tiust have ‘Hoticed that. I was observing him, fer he turued . towatd me suddenly. saying, a Curious sort of person, am I pot?’ ‘Why?’ I asked. ‘Because I~ perspire only’on the right side.’ so it was; the right cheek -and the . right-half of his forehead were .as: . hot-as fire, while the left side of his face bore no trace of perspiration. I have never seeti my astonishineut was about to enter into-conversation-with him regardhis neighbor on the left broke an with the remark’ *Then we are the’ oppo. sites aud counterparts of each other, -fot I perspire only on the left-side.’ This, too, was the fact. -So the pair took seats opposite te euch other, } ‘and shopk hands like two meu who had just found the other was his et half.” > Tur Detroit Free Press spells the final syllable of impostor with an e. The Free Prees should come. out squarely and admit either that the boasted school system: of Michigan is a failure, or‘that the late unhappy differences between the. proprietors ofthe Free Press and their proof readet are still unsettled. C ~ Burssep i ig the calamity-that niakes thereto is our nature, in our present feared a second and sharper calamity would be wanted to cure us of our coal -_—_ near Costin. a 40, pride in having become. so humble. . Coleridge, . ;‘I am! And } ing the pbysielogieal curiosity, when jus hamble;though so repugnant state, that after awhile it is to be—_ Y OTICE.—As my wife, Fiore mee A, WilAN son, bas this, day left my bed and . board Lhereby caution any person from . harboring or trusting’ her as I will not be responsible for any debts she may;contract. } Dated this 29th day of Dece amber, 1874. *a30. JOHN P, WILSON. f NEV ADA THEATRE. the hike, and in}GREAT ATTRACTION! ‘Wednesday and Thursday Evenings, Dec. 30 and 31. E occasion being « the 2a appearance: of the oplohented COMEDY TROUPE. Lately from the Eastern Staies,and now en route to San Francisco. The performance will be one of the : MOST UNIQUE AND ELEGANT Evér presented to the citizens -Nevada City, and is composed, in part, of Lightning Changes, With the addition of a Farce -making a most Delightiud Bill. the act . Chinchilla Coats. sold last fall at $10 now 87 50.-Cassimere Suits sold last fall-for $25 now $20. Cassimere Suits sotd, last -Cassimere o Suits: sold jest: fall for $20, now $17. fall for $17 50 now $12.50 Shaker Socks at 25 cents per cuit’ pair. cai = We y have also a =r large stock of ae : WHITE SHIRTS, ~~ FURNISHING GOODS, BOOTS & SHOES, HATS & CAPS, TRUN VKS & VALISES, Which we Offer . 2 jm Reduced Rates . — “patel attention, is called to the new aiiest of our “Large Stock of . Boys’. Clothing . NEW STYLE OF. Rubber. Goats, The First in the Market. Give usa call and convince yourselves that we do just as we advertise. eo Hyman Bros. ADMISSION. ; 3 “‘Durss Cincix & Oxcumsrns. Cor. .Broad & Pine Streets. ai a aa PEt Srey rere ; eo : a BEYADA CITY. 4s od $25 now §20. CaSsimere Suits sold last“Genuine Diamond Toe a a We Th rar 9 of pre aD, tle Wi ee sui ad als th bu -Ju th mares: of pe e8 fd 2 G2 DS» BH Pe Reis ee Te ge a aoe a a ee a. a ar oe oY PRO ee eae em —_ 6

ne ae eee z e The Daily Semel Y badd coger CITY, CAL. scasiaieecsstiisianopeniiiieiiel bia ; “Oceiden ta} Mine. The Octidental mine as located . iptesent owners about ten face,-and work was at once . by. its . months ee re ne Sm seater tat ay ryt aren denon coaninemmaliptnenay apace tat A teen 9 em copter: mine. _ mnine. ‘by the name-of Shepherd was there . pletely riddled with splinters,“ -vet stropg bopes are entertained of his “recovery. The eldest girl is frightandthe bone ‘ i also torn“7rom the back of one of at the Theatre, to-night. . ‘ formances are first class‘and give en“Thursday, Dec. 31, 1874. _ Fearfal Explosion. — We are indebted to Harry Seymour forthe following account of a feayful exlotion, which occurred op Satar. day, Dec. 26th, e Little York 4zold Washing a ater Company's mine, superintended by Arthur Hagadorn. It appears two little girls, . dauphters of a Mr. Cooper, foreman of the mine, aged respectively and g years, were—carrying & ditnéer to their father, who was at work at the Ou their way they entered the blacksmith shop belonging to the A boy about 15 years of age, éagaged in dryi itg@lant powder cartridges an, the forge. While doing, § 0, and while the girls were present, oue of the cartridges caught fire. The young.man_ told ‘the girls to run out ofthe shop, But b is warning ¥ . . was not heeded soon encugh, fora double explosion occurred, doing fearful damage. One of the cartridges ~ first exploded,and almost immediate ly after fourkegs of black powder, . which were stowed away on a shelf in one cornér of theshop, exploded. The first explosion seéms to have injured the children most. stack to ths forge was made of iron.’ This the giant ora tent inte a thousand pieces. One of the splinters passed through young Shepherd’s sealp, one threuyh his cheek, . oue he received in the arm above the elbow, one in the calf “of the right . leg, and several others in different . parts of the body. He The smokesheet . is in fact comfully torn by the pieecs of shattered Pipe and from’ otber effects of the} The lers flesh is‘ torn’ from . her shoul duwn back, aud from her right hip, so that the . spine and bones of “xplbsion. er the hip are ex-. Her. right thigh on the insidé of the leg is badly — posed: rated, tle sb is broken. her hands. The younger girl is cut. on the abdomen by a sheet of iron. . Her bead is also badly cut. One piece of iron was driven through ber . arm. It' ia considered impossible . for the older girl to recover, and it . will be almost amiracle if the young: : JOURS Lin. position and gave the word to fire. ‘er one is saved. The explosion is supposed to have been caused by a! giant powder cap being. teft in part of a cartridge that had not been . used after having been prepared for loading. The effect of the explosion ‘was a little singular. .The force of the powder seemed to operate énlydownward and horizontally. An auvil which stood on a block within. a few feet of the forge was not stirred . from its position, althuygh it sat. without being fastened to the block. The bellows were uninjured also, . both having been about on a level . with the forge. ‘The explosion se€ams+to have been entirely accidental, and is not attributed to negligence or carelessneus.ee -_ The: ‘Wheeler Troupe. This popular Company will give their’last entertainment in this city Their pertire satisfaction. They pleased every one so well on Saturday night that the house was well filled on their appearance again last night. To-morrow night the. Company will appeat in Grass Valley. We can assure Our readers there that no company has pleased the peonle here for a long time as wellas the Wheeler troups. They are deserving of full houses, and we believe generally receiver them. Parties in. -this city knew Mr. Wheeler years ago, and he atood in .the first aie then. Go Turkey Shoot, A large number of turkeys: were “put up to be shot at at Mulloy’ 8 ranch yeeterday. There is every convenience there for shootists.—. , The birds are set up 350 yards from the shed where the marksmen stand, Benches are arranged so that a rest can be had by them’ There were a large number of erack shots present yesterday. When we were’ at the ground young Bert Laneaster was champion. He had secured more: birds with the same number of shots than-any of the others. MoNeeley had a deove of fifteen hung heels ap near by his stand, and others also Monday next. pearances it will pay big: ithe bills. . residents became a ‘Jittle the worse j . and the parties repaired to a ¢onven. ly-now. . grand party at the Theatre on thé ‘. stop for trifles, and are not afraid to "commented in stpking a shaft. . Ma-} . chinery was soon after put up, afd . efing of i. chemise or . of comeliness, . the ledge was-sunk down upon about . . 108 feet, and levels were ran abont. . 600 feet in length., It was found, by . the Saperintendent, that the largest ' portion of the pay chute lay south of where the hoisting Works was first} erected, and about six wéeks ago he . had the works removed three bun-. dred feet farther sauth,.so as to\be. about on the centre of the chnte. Kt! the same time a new ten stam) mill was érected. Both the mill and thehoisting. works are now in good working order: The shaft has-been! souk about 140. féet, and the ledge is . said, by those who baye examined it, to be thé most promisitg of any in “Tis Si.feet in width, . shaws wellin free gold, apdis: very rich in heavy sulphurets. -The.i amount of wofk whieh bas been done . the vic inity. cqmmenced. on it, shows the o¥icers f6 be men possessed of executive ability of the. right There is no doypbt the miue is a vary valuable one. Rock from the sbaft will be commenced to bé crusbed_on.} stamp. It is proposed to} sink the shaft a hundred feet farther’ before drifts will beran. ‘The rock, ever, taken éut while sivkivg . will be crushed. how From pre: sent ap-. W e have} heard parties express. the ae) s1D10D that the mine will soon oue .ci the best in the county. Harmie Duel. & We understand/ that the Christmas festivities at Cherokee resulted ina little by play not advertised on festively inclined . } for imbibing copious’ draughts of . “tarantula juicé,’’ and-during. their . happiness’ had a slight <disagreeThe dispute finally became in dead e€srnest aud tie belligerent ment. parties. were ready to tear each otbers eyes “oul. ‘Lhe bystanders desitingto see a Jittle fun rather encouraged the combat tants, and thera was a challenge finally passed between them, to fight a duel. Pistols were selected, and seconds. procured . ient spot to engage in mortal combat . The seconds’ loaded the pistols only . with powder, and then marked off . the distance and placed their men . The result, of course, was: not fatal, We did not learir the * parties” namés ’ or what opinion they had of their seconds after sleep Had vanished the effects of their holiday potations. We imagine, however, that all hands took a drink and everything is loveAttain 7? biasing Ladies vanes: Clab. . Soéial Club held a meeting on ‘Tues: day night, and decided to give a 22nd of January. The success. attending their ppetics heretofore; guarantees a good time at the coming one, . Those young ladies ee work for, success. The theatre will probably be decorated as it never was before, and ‘everything will be in first class order. Alleged Rape. Henry _Kuuzly was arrestedon ‘Buesday at You Bet, and brought to this city on acharge of rape, “upon the peison of a little girl by the name of Flagg, at-Hwnt’s Hill, which occurred on Saturday ‘last: The girl is but five yeurs old, He was arrgigned before Justice Davenport ces 1y Morning, and examination was set for Thursday at 1 o'clock, P. mM. District Attorney Gaylord ap-. peared for the prosecution and D. J. Crowley for the defense: Personal, ‘Chas, Marsh, Esq., who is now in the Eastern States, writes that he will arrive home on Tuesday ‘next. ~He will be welcomed back by his hosts of friends, / Will Try the Hydrants. Chief Engineer Jos. Olive informs us that he will try the hydrants this afternoon, between the hours of 2 and 4 o'clock, . Housekeepers. will please take notice. af Good Roads” “The present weather has had the effect to dry up the roads and they are now ‘in very good condition. —— —— agente THERE was shipped from Eureka on the 24th iustant, 43,160 a of bullion, Hthiem. She goes ci ““No doubteon} (Pot ‘the } their, plump ‘levelinéss in the‘comnfor, . . Joon.” says: . , . itself. ,onthis mine since werk was first i feitingin the penuine, . dtaints i ends weil.’ j power ofa i resist it tand endurance, ‘fusion, . folly at Home. « . endure bad domestic influence. is strong but his’ heart is not ada-) . mant. E joke—“Yes; will you. go into the} A cHEesriconartc writes that the} women shold adorn their clothes, . ‘instead of borrowing beauty fram} . torted sfinhes and grasshopper-bend-, Led a need the friendly soft ce-edged and rufiféd . to give thetn 4 shadgw whilegiggard waists and .Shapéless, pulpy. imbs_cry ont fo it the flowing outihes* of waistfa! . skirtéd-enormity to lend a de ceptives grate to theit tinlovely . pr roportions. them, all.in chemiloenus, and . you ‘Soon pick ‘out the sham Ven. i uses.-Graée will tell in a cheimiloon. Away with useless drapery. Giveus’ the chemiléon or give us death. It lis the only test of female beanty left. ' in this day cof Quunces and paniers, a maint and ade ding, and the non-. prog ressive Bowlers, corseted and girdied and twisted and heat: He a false art aid mnholy fashion hast! give away to the tigkteous’ reform-: ers who, confident in—theig—strenth and beant y,-are hot ashamed to court test, and who bravely encase table embrace of the graceful: chimThis bas ealled forth a -response fro “Kittie Clever,’’ who ‘“‘Besuty of form sill betiay . There isa tell tale about the” whole affair. There is no counter-. neat; ttm, animated -being, whose little feot now and then peeps beneath the folds ®f the dress, “All's well -that Your head is’ as “level as a cheese, Kj ttie. wellbuilt from &@S Much 4s fo say, gene A Goap Wire. —A good wifé. The wife for good or evil is irle, “Home must be the seat . of h appiness, or it must be forever ° unknowu. A good wife is to « man wisdom and courage, and -strength A bad--dne. js.-eonweakness, discomfitare and despair: .No conditien is hopeless . when the wife possesses firmness, de. cision and ecotomy. There is ne outward prosperity which can coun-'} teract indolence, extravagance and . “No spirit can long M: LD j ayn ‘He delights in enterprise . and action; bat to sustain hip: he needs atranquil mind anda whole, beart. He expends bis moral force ju the conflicts of the’worid. ‘Tio. re. . * cover his €quanimity and composure . hopie must be to him a place of. repose, of peace, of cheerfulness, of comfort, and his soul renews its . strength again, aud goes fortli with fresh vigor te encounter the labor) and-troubles of the world.* But if at . t reproaches, the heart breaks, the spirits are crushed, . hope: vanishes, Tue German papers tell this story, in connection with Baron _RKuths. ebild’s death: 'B weeping and sobbingaloud. Says} A, “Why do. you. weep?’ ‘Because’ says B, as if bis heart were breaking, ‘because he isdead, the powerful, the rich Baron. ‘But,’ replies A, ‘why do you ery so much, he was no . relation of yours?’ “Bhat’s just what I'm crying about,’ howled ay more affected than ever.” 2 -—_ ee i CorPuLent old lady—‘I should like & ticket for the train.’ Booking-clerk, who thinks he will. make a passenger train or cattle . . 'Lady—‘*Well, if youare a specimen . of what I shall experience in the passenger train, give me a ticket .for the cattle train by all megus.’’— Punch. —__-,— moe INTELLIGENCE from Southern Utak vice of his attorney, will.turn State's evidence against Brigham Young in relation to the Mountain Meadow massacre. Ae Tar deaths in San Francisco dure ing the past week: numbered -79,a decrease of 12 compared withthe week previous. ‘There was but one fatal case of measles and two of! searlatina. igliimaiaiis ‘A Satr Laks date of December 26 says: A man named Dahl, night . foreman of thé Carson. and Buzzo’s . smelter, was shot and killed last:. night. i a8 4 SEvator BakGent has induced the War Department to order that bids’! from California for army supplies the Paeific coast should réceive proper consideration 'in the award: . ing of contracts. > oe “A sTRONG offort is. again « being ‘made at Washington to,procure rece oguition of the Cuban patriots as belligerents. ° Nor a. solitary_druyken’ man was een on the streets of Carson on ‘Christmas Day and no arrests were made for any ‘cause. <<? Tas Searlet . fever, after a tediporary abatement, appears to have broken out with increased malignity

at Carson. The Central Paculic Railroad Comthe purchase of Moore & Parker's had quite a a2umber each, ; ms fnan doi & large business. Mga a : . eurrency and: California gold, she al. ' fashiqnahle (street, i WIth . uries on . cellar with wines of the oldest vin-. i tages, and t ' themselves uucorbfortable, . the peace Cf their families, and acta . * * eS . c 7 a . home he finds no rest, .andis there . geod Christish wife, ahd we never met with bad temper, sullenness. or . gloom, or is assailed -by discontent, . hon coiiptaint, oe y aren: . did-in-the half centary ‘they lived to‘aud the mait*surks . : into despair. oe thing goes wrong. ; that be was made of cross-grained “A and B meeting, L wile and children, hired hands, and pany are said to be’ negotiating for}. y . Gaemax Facesarity.-No stranger jean #feside in Germany for aust Jength offtime and form-efen a mod-. ‘erate acquaintance With the citizens . without becoming impressed with the contentment, frugality, aud inion usually reigning in the German} domestic circle. The family of’ and moving in society of the highest respectability, often ooepy but a floor, and et 8 room is furnished . One seldom obubrits # disposition “to occupy the . . whole of a large house. ‘Just enough . rooms to satisfy ; and they are gemerally much smaller than Americans are acct ustumed to; are all that,age desired. A taan's business ey increase every year, and yet he do es not seet’to be tro ubied with the thought of, getting‘out.of his modest apar timex ts into or of buying .a house . The dis. weailth,. every requirement, : latger ones, a for its entire “ocespation. position, on the increase of to enter’a more arsetocratic circle, buyitg mansion 6n a beautifying it) postly furniture, by a stately » g great every giving fertainments, and appearing afternoon withe& grand . equip: age, 1s not apart of the Gepman’ 3 charac. ter-—If he indulges im all anything ‘less than an imthese lox. menuse fortune, the presuuiption is that: éitber be or his wife has béen to América The first wealthy German: thitke of, uuless Uhis tastes elevate. him quite. above material pleasures; is to store his . } } o surround hinrself with an abun dance of servants » —'‘‘Men: make destroy . _ Fretrcy Prope. ally make themselves hated ‘by fretfulness.’ Beecher says: fom “It is net work-that kills men; ; it} Bs worry. © Work is, healthy. You} can hardly put more on a -man than} jhe can bear, Worry is rast uport! 'the blade. ILis not the revolution that destrcys the machiuery; bat, th 1€ . frictidn. FE ear secretes acids; hut eee and trust ure sweet juices. ve knew a. man with a patient, heard hin speak a kind, sword to Ler, and.doubt pledsant . if ever he gether. ‘‘He is always: ina fret. EveryYou wauld think timber; aud hdd always been trying . to digest a cross-cutysaw. He is! . eternally cross, and ‘thinks that his} all the domestic animals, have ‘enteredinto a combination to worry im to death. He is not only rusty, bwt fairly crusted-over with it. He . is encased in a shell of acid’ Secretions, through-which no sweet juices ever distill. Friction has literally worn-out, and. he will soen worry himself to death. -Of course he has never worked to any, advantage ‘to himself or anybody. else: With bim everything always goes wrong. He . superstitiously believes ‘it is because the devil-ias-a spite against him,’ . W heu in trofh it is nothing but his . Dovsis Facep.—A writer in the: Poputar Science Monthly says: ‘I was once sitting in a cool “under: ground at™Leipsic, while without people were ready to die with the says that John D. Lee, ‘at-the adieee whet a new guest entered and; The sweat . took a seat opposite me. . rolled in great. drops down his “face, atid he was kept busy With bis hand-: ‘kerchief, till he at length found relief in the exclamation,. ‘Fearful hot!’ I watched him attentively as he called for a cool drink, for I expected -every moment-that he wonld, fail from his chaif ina fit of ‘apoplexy. “Franee t . tonishing bow scen ove who i ges in it at.all becomes addicted to . . } ! . \ { , anything to . under one’s window, H uppleasant. thing av: a8 . lowing advice to its readers: Cecrboniecs has a very small pop‘#lation compared with_gome of the States on the other side of thé moun. tains, yet it ranks fourth in the Wn-. ion in Savings banks deposits. oid ) York comes figst, with $285,2 Massachusetts second, with» D02,. . . 195,343; Cotthecticut,.thiid, wit $72,205,624 . and Califernia orth’ with $62,933, 054. Allowing for the di ference in ¥alue, between ‘astern . most ties for, the third” plage with Connecticut. [i the average vimount to the :credit of each depositor she bas no rival. Connecticut shows the nexthighest at $351 34, currency, against “California's $806 76, goid. Tbe average to each depugjter.in the uglish savings. banks-1s $9 20, in . $3, and ‘in Austria $3 20, These figures;whick gs regards Caiiforbia now appear for-theé firs . pare oft] .in the officia] reports of the Cnited L 0 J H . ut ot States Controller, will tell their own + story to the honest, , indus’ rious: and . . Birngx thg elssses_of -Eufope, and . will bave influence with the kind of} immigrants most.to be desi ired. f A Bap Hazrr.—Scolding is a bab. it very.easiiy formed. it is asten. , indulit, It is anunreasonable “habit. Persons sometimes get inio the way of Solding at the mere absence of Bold at. It is an extveméiy disagreeable. habit. The} constant rambling of: distant thunder cnterwauling, or.a hand organ . The.’ "patie is conta: . yous. (mee introduced into a fam ily, it is pretty ceftain, ne ttericlipeomerincanincanipieiasingioayitsnio ee in a short, AES BROS, . COLUMN. Weis Great Redycion . HOLIDAYS! ¥ —— j « Hyman Bros, 9FFER the fol. lowing Reduction ° aa eer amen PNG stn Blue Beaver, Fr ock Suits," time, to affect all the members. If one .of them begins finding fault} ~ : aboutsomething or nothing, the . sold last fall for $30 now at ‘others are: apt to take it up, ang . oe . mh & Very unbecgssary bediani is created, $20. oe ‘ <> : 0 WHEN a man gets.into his mind, life is transtig. ured and: glorified into the nobler . sphere of.action, It, becomes always tell you that hfe is tasteless, Life is ransiigured toevery trues doving; . bravé and diligent soul.. Each map faithfal in his sphere, tra¥sfigurés finds at lust that . there js sqmething beyond this to . hive for, the moment that eonception . sold last-fall for § $27 50 now ie glorious and ‘fresh. Some men will weari. . some and exiaustin; 3 inevery: case / they are men, who have tnied to live . tin a narrow, selfish manner: Blue Beaver Frock Suits iat $22 50. wat) Blue Beayer Frock Baits, . sold last fall.at Chinchilla Coats neh: last, it, and makes grand the butublest fall at $14" now $10. positiou. -We may say that of transfignration takes place when a aan realizes his: own sovh and its . ; worth and work.’ Do we realize that,. jin us is an element that will ontlast’ ae stars?-—Dr. Chapin, maf arene ees > oe "GRAVE city pastor to his wite.— “My dear,Mrs. Wilson must be ;experienceing a change of heart. She looked.. so serious during my last sermon.’’ Fond wife—‘‘shoo, you goose, why covuldn’t. yéu see that her new Sunday bat has one artificial flower less than Mrs. Brown’s, who sits in-the next pew.’ The pastot collapses and takes refuge in, un ara-chair. ry AN adroit thief ‘who abstracted an ostentatiously-displayed check for a thousand dollars from the. gifts: at a wedding . the other day, only to find that the’ old .mab’s balance” at the bank was four dollars and.fifty cents, thinks there is no’ chance for honest industry in this city.—Brooklyn Argus. . A SourHERN paper offers the fol£*Por sport, go to texas. They have pantbers there thirteen feet long, and ex¢eedingly vigorous; and if you have ‘no sport, the panthers certainly will.” @ i BORN, Se —~---—~ In Nevada,City, Dec, 30th, 1874, to E. M. ; Preston andgwit, & son. . DIED. 2. 5 — i At Chico, Dec. 28th, “lla Oliver, aged 17-years, neice of Sheriff George Suwith of this: Cuunty. ° = The man tiust have ‘Hoticed that. I was observing him, fer he turued . towatd me suddenly. saying, a Curious sort of person, am I pot?’ ‘Why?’ I asked. ‘Because I~ perspire only’on the right side.’ so it was; the right cheek -and the . right-half of his forehead were .as: . hot-as fire, while the left side of his face bore no trace of perspiration. I have never seeti my astonishineut was about to enter into-conversation-with him regardhis neighbor on the left broke an with the remark’ *Then we are the’ oppo. sites aud counterparts of each other, -fot I perspire only on the left-side.’ This, too, was the fact. -So the pair took seats opposite te euch other, } ‘and shopk hands like two meu who had just found the other was his et half.” > Tur Detroit Free Press spells the final syllable of impostor with an e. The Free Prees should come. out squarely and admit either that the boasted school system: of Michigan is a failure, or‘that the late unhappy differences between the. proprietors ofthe Free Press and their proof readet are still unsettled. C ~ Burssep i ig the calamity-that niakes thereto is our nature, in our present feared a second and sharper calamity would be wanted to cure us of our coal -_—_ near Costin. a 40, pride in having become. so humble. . Coleridge, . ;‘I am! And } ing the pbysielogieal curiosity, when jus hamble;though so repugnant state, that after awhile it is to be—_ Y OTICE.—As my wife, Fiore mee A, WilAN son, bas this, day left my bed and . board Lhereby caution any person from . harboring or trusting’ her as I will not be responsible for any debts she may;contract. } Dated this 29th day of Dece amber, 1874. *a30. JOHN P, WILSON. f NEV ADA THEATRE. the hike, and in}GREAT ATTRACTION! ‘Wednesday and Thursday Evenings, Dec. 30 and 31. E occasion being « the 2a appearance: of the oplohented COMEDY TROUPE. Lately from the Eastern Staies,and now en route to San Francisco. The performance will be one of the : MOST UNIQUE AND ELEGANT Evér presented to the citizens -Nevada City, and is composed, in part, of Lightning Changes, With the addition of a Farce -making a most Delightiud Bill. the act . Chinchilla Coats. sold last fall at $10 now 87 50.-Cassimere Suits sold last fall-for $25 now $20. Cassimere Suits sotd, last -Cassimere o Suits: sold jest: fall for $20, now $17. fall for $17 50 now $12.50 Shaker Socks at 25 cents per cuit’ pair. cai = We y have also a =r large stock of ae : WHITE SHIRTS, ~~ FURNISHING GOODS, BOOTS & SHOES, HATS & CAPS, TRUN VKS & VALISES, Which we Offer . 2 jm Reduced Rates . — “patel attention, is called to the new aiiest of our “Large Stock of . Boys’. Clothing . NEW STYLE OF. Rubber. Goats, The First in the Market. Give usa call and convince yourselves that we do just as we advertise. eo Hyman Bros. ADMISSION. ; 3 “‘Durss Cincix & Oxcumsrns. Cor. .Broad & Pine Streets. ai a aa PEt Srey rere ; eo : a BEYADA CITY. 4s od $25 now §20. CaSsimere Suits sold last“Genuine Diamond Toe a a We Th rar 9 of pre aD, tle Wi ee sui ad als th bu -Ju th mares: of pe e8 fd 2 G2 DS» BH Pe Reis ee Te ge a aoe a a ee a. a ar oe oY PRO ee eae em —_ 6