December 4, 1880 (4 pages)

af ae Ld oe “the Daily Transcript. NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA. Absurd Qualifications. . Pea ‘ Some of tlie conditions under which a jury for an important casé at law ‘ must be selected are absurd. -A preSaturday, December 4,1880. miuth is:placed upon stupidity and SS —— ignorance. In order to be qualified Teeatment of Ores. a man must frequently admit that An almost ,incredibe proportion of mining failures are due'to a lack of means by which low-;rade: orcs can ‘be reduced at x reasonabie cost and with facility, andall the minermore alsaved. This factbecomes although living in a community has read nothing pertaining to the issue at stake, yet probably the col, ed with references thereto. Although associating with people who havea pocscrectescrcthene A TU ntSRSL “OT” where newspapers are published, ‘he . umns of said newspapers have tegm. Installation of Offi cers. Dry Weather Christians. The Daily “Report says. that the small audiences a Moody and Sankey revival meetings in San Francisco onstormy nights is “a keen commentary on the religjous zeal of the period. Wednesday night, for instance, the -boiy of the church was only half The¥first officers under the charter of Aurora Chapter, No. 40, of the Orderg! Eastern Star, of Grass Valley were installed on Monday evejning,by D. G. W. Patron, J. -W. . Reilly, a¢ follows:Mrs.E Drbble, W. 'M.; E. W. Roberts, W.P.; Mrs. Ge ‘Barker, A. M.; Mrs. Emily Moore, atid the galleries were closed. the people who hve crowded the church on other evenings would probably not admit that they are less afraid of hell than of a wetting; . Treas.; Miss Ray Novitzky, Secreta'ry; Mrs. Minnie,E. Relly, C.; Mrs. liza Werry, A. C.; Miss Ida. Hill, Adah; Mrs. Mary Haas, Ruth; Miss Lou Dorsey, Esther; Miss Elia Mad_in Nevada county alone miles upon ’ the necessity /feytile brain, and we have no doubt -of-application may finally lead him ‘ing all scatteriny votes. apparent as.the numver of .mines in operation increases by the develop-— .We_know of) deep interest in the subject, he must & ot new fields admit that he has taken no part in men 2hChS. = no proeess operated in America as yet whereby bullion can be separa~ ated from the matter carrying it without a heavy loss of the precious metal resulting. >, Aside from “the losses experieucetl in working, there are large ore bodies paséed by the ‘miner that.almost bat uot quite pay for their manipulation. There are their discussions either as a er or speaker. And.if perchance he has ‘hy some ineans obtained a hint of what is‘going on around him, he is expeeted to place himself on a level with the brute creation by saying: that what Le heard made no impression on his mind, at the bar, the written law says, ; 2 N 2 Bound judgmiles of mafhmoth ledges that are peers. -No matterhow sound judgknown to carry from two to. five dollars per ton, but they are now reé{n Europe ore carrying seven per ceut, of silver is handled with profit. Why is it that the miners of the. United States should be so far behind their neighbors in this. matter? In looking over a ‘recent number of the Chicago Mining Review’ we find a sersible article on this same. 1mportant topic. It reads as follows: Necessity is said to be the mother of invention. ‘The new expanse of mineral-bearing territory, almost daily extended by new discoveries and the unsurpassed richnags of our ores, 11) connection with. the unusettled aul uncertain condition of mining, has, ia yreat .measure, made for more economical and better methods less apparent, Butas mining now is coming into the bands and under the management of men of business habits and capitalists, who figure to get the best returns for their investments, and as the richer ore in the older mines begins to be “exhausted or moe dithcult to reach, attention 1s turned tothe low yrade ores, and laus are being considered as to the pest ineans of making them available for profit. Jn.view of thé attention’ that this subject is ow receiving we shallnot be surprised to hear, very soon, of some device whieh ter how well cultivated faculties be, as likely as not his guilt ° his mental . ' garded cases or innocence must be determined by men who are far as-beneath him in . those attributes that go to make’ up. a thinking human being as -earth— is beneath the sky. In the infancy of the system, it was deemed proper that those who had witnessed an affait shou d be the jarors in the case; but we have drifted to the other ex-: treme and now a man is not considcred fat to serve if he has been an attentive reader of the periodical literature of thie day. There should . be inodifications in order to ‘facilitate the administration of justice. o> An Old Woman's Strange Home. People who have half-way decent places to abide in and are inclined to marble front with a wansard roofand several bay windows, should go up Broad strest and take @ peep at aged Madame Coutard who drags’ out her existence in a cellar. over . stood before the} She owas in which her house great fire of last June. the lot, which’ is worth several hundred dollars, but has ho means with shall be to thé miner, what the reapwhich to erect a new The er aud the threshing machine of the . few old warped planks that are plachouse, . drilf, Maitha; Mrs. Anna E. Price, Electa; Mrs. Sarah” A. “Kidder, Sentinel; while those whose fhéelodius praise . of heaven and rythmiea! request to . be permitted to enter At once into . 2 Tus Hon. Joseph B. McKibben, it thinks} Who was a member of Congress from t the} this State as long ago as 1854, has ' returned, after an absence of twenty ' years, during which he took an hon—orable part in the war for the Union. . . Mr. McKibben, who has many ac' quaintances in Nevada county, was filled . among the first settlers of Sierra ess Yet county, where he worked in the . afterwards . mines for-»some time, . practised law, and was eventually ‘elected to Congress, and in every situation enjoyed an extensive andj — well-deserved popularity. ‘ A souty Irishman, being asked by listen. , The prisoners} : ig, Who will be kept there until after entitled to a tria! before a jury of his . ment this prisoner posses3es, no ma. . grumble because they don’t have a). ‘the Naw Jerusa'em might be offended if they were reminded how réadily this mortal coil may be shiffled off by getting wet feet. But the There are no longer any laborers . fact remains thit neither street cars, “at the dam on the Yuba, except a . coupes, overshoes, -aisters,— aumbrel— be las, or any other of the abounding resources of civilization in rainy ' Warder; E. H. -Whiting,, . Urs. M. J. Champion, Chaplain; » Miss Belle Dorsey, Organist. — >= Marysviile Appeal Notes. comparatively small number of men high water comes, to guard against against any injury to the dam. Lieutenant Joseph, M. Fuller, a native of New Bedford, Mass., died enthusiasts to the scratch when the weather is nasty. c i ~em Passing Away. weather can bring one-sixth. of the . a Frenchman how he-could dance 30 replied, <s lightly in brogans, . have Cork soles.” j — 22 —_-———i . Erenry thqusand more women . ithtan men in Massachusetts! What . shattwede-with our _gitls ? asks the ( i bi : . Boston, Globe. __—-——_—_ o> oa Tite Cincinnati Saturday night beJieves that a man, to roll ten-pins, should have bow! leys, should e bo V1 g . >< -___—— Wuen a Boston man ‘invites you at Camptonvil e November 25th. He was buried with military honors by the Yuba Light Infantry, of which Company he had been a member The Pioneers are passing away! fast. ne¥ on the stormy sea of~ Cali-oruia . ‘ life quits the ship, and the waves of. since 1863, and under the auspices . forgetfulness and oblivion roll over . of Gravel Range Lodge, No. 69, F. bis soul, The good ship of State . & A. M. keeps bravely ou her way, every sail . : cox ae stiffening to the breeze, her bow . Criminal Cases. parting the waves like a Titan . CO — breastimg the stor.n, and her titnbers . The following casés came up in. straining to their work. New com-j manders and a new crew are on -her decks, new timbers grace her sides . and line her cabins, new canvas is} were disposed of as here explained: . kissed by the airand sprinkled , by Convictions —Battery 1, vagrancy. 2, the waves, The old’ mariners afe almost gone. “Yet while we adinire . and love our Ship in her new ‘and . larceny 1; held over—attempt to rob gaudy colors we canyot forget that} 1; acquitted—burglary 1, battery 1, Jat was their hands which fashioned . assault tocommit murder 1, grand her keel, their hands which framed . Judge Robinson's justice court “dur— disturbing peace 2, assault’ 1, petit her skeleton and built her body, rib . on rib, their hands which hewed ou . her masts and. provided -her~ sails, . their hands which started her on her Ata regular meeting of Grass Val. . perilious course and steered her/. ° through many a troubled sea. Our ley Chapter, No. 18, R. A. M., held : : ‘ : present seamen may be honest, relia— . on Wednesday evening, the old offi. ble skilled, but it was only the’ en. cers were re-elected to serve forthe . ergy and devoted earnestness of thosé . who have passed andare passing away —that gave us the Ship and made the present crew a possibility.—Bee. . larceny 2, assault I. +--+ Moyal Arch Masons. ensuing year, as follows: John C. Coleman, High Priest; Peter Johnston, King; Alfonso Morehouse, Scribe;‘ Edward Colenran,. Treasurer; George W, Hill, Secretary. Hie tookthe Hint. Young Mr. Latehousé-was on the; porch the other night watching a ; seventeen year-old girl trying to. Forthe twenty-fours ending «at . keep awake long enonzh to see the, a The Ruinfall present day are to the ‘farmer. . eq over the top opeaing of her un— Something of this Kind” is already wee sptitaat sree sside re sufticie projected, it ia_ said, by Edison's derground residence are sufficient to . keep after-dark stragglers frem falling down there, but they do not shed the driving rainstorm that has been beating down 89 pitilessly on the heads of the godly and ungodly for ‘No sane person } that where there is such a strongand increasing demand, the mind of the nineteenth century will be equal to the emergency. Whether Edison‘ will accomplish ‘anything beneficial in this directioti remains to bo demonstrated, ‘So far his experimeais with oes havo not been satisfactory, buat Itis inventive faculties and indomitable powers several days past. would think of wintering live-stock in that hole-in-the-ground, yet this gray-haired and tottering woman . has no ether place to live in. Some humane persons should get together and provide a better sort of, habita—tion for her. to accomplish the desired dbjcct. Down With Uip Pockets, Having failed in an effort to reform the Reform Club of Grass Valley, the Free Lance is now endeavoring to regulate that portion of mankind s trousers which is obscured by the upper portion of the coattail. ‘Tho Free Lance wants the law to sit déwn upon every hippaces in Me ene j Aoshenting 0 satisfied that the its theory, until thisis done it will : ° never be safefor a man to put his shortly ne gcod eekornes. that will hand behind him if another man is ee lead (ther Kastern capitalists to see the vieiuity. The cm‘emplaticn of he wisdom of investing ‘in Nevada this subject, if you grasp it right, hs count / properties, ‘The first report awful, Supposing a fellow while las to the amount paid for the claim i i was, we are now told, too high. The walking da street should sudden: : Ss ly realizo that one of his rear susfour owners of it ree i¥ed about ten “pender buttone had severed its conthopsnnd dollars apiece. nection with his jeans? He would naturally.threw his right hand back there to feel if the ‘whole business was likely to take a tumble.That The Blac Banks Mine. { The sale of this hydrulic claim, at Moore’s Flat, which was, recorded in . the Tkaxscripr a few days since, is likely to have anexcellent effect. The purchasers aré Eastern men of means, and as the mine is a good one, been /p aced under ,00d management and will be extensively worked, has we investors will A Heavy Mining Transfer. Pierre Humbert, Jr., has’aequirel title to the Boar River Tunnel Flum‘ill-advised movement. woald be a. '28 and Mining Cothpany's property, preliminary for-a-tush of business at . hich Deging at's goin} about balls the undertakers. Every ehap ait mile below the junction of Greensee the man’s band: sesk refuge ‘un-. orn creek with Best river—and -ex* oder the coat-tails would immeliatt_te ds upwards along the latter and iy pull out a pistol aul pep away at . its tributaries a total distance of more him, under’ the impression that he . than tfenty-two-miles. He has alwas getting ready. to pop away at \30 bonded D. D. Shattuck’s,claim in them. At least the anunlers would we -samne__vivinity. It is reported be certain to prove as much “when . that Mr. Humbert 18. negotiating their bitte valle ae . with a strong Eastern company who, This‘ illustra— . ticn carries out the Tree lif they detern.ine to purchase, will Lance's . + 5 ich ie i i : ies Cas work the property, which is situate idea, which is not a ridiculous one .gles coh h . onan at all in the light of certain actual happenings. in Nevada an Placer counties, on an extensive scale, ' eer —— 7. Couuty 241 Lamates. PSEA Tie Republicans carry Califoruia . ~ -by a respectable majority on the. There are eleven prisoners in the Congressional vote. The total vote! County Jail, thee of whom are Chi‘for Congressinen is 163.3%), includ~"namen, Tworre held on charges of Phe total srurder, one for: highway: robbery, Republican vote for Congressmen is : 2 ; “79,798; total Domoeratic for same, aad thé remainder are serving out 9.185; Republican majerity in tho sentences or awaiting trial for lesser tate oo Congressional wete, G1". wien sea, ' i. \ ro iS : jing a total of 3:03 ‘inches during . smiling at his poetic fancy. extend his*buying and selling opera10 o'clock A. M. yesterday 2.19 inch. Morning star rise, They talked as. ° i . . es of rain fell in Nevada City, mak“a wiak weck ee ba “T would rather you were a comet,” She gait, dreamily. —» His heart beat tumultuously. ‘And why ?” he asked, ~ tenderly. “Oh,” she said with # lkrooding earnestness, ‘‘because then you would only come around once -every 1500 ears.” . : He didn’t say anything unt] hé from London, It consists of a prop. was half-way to the front gate. when osition to insure. merchants against . he turned around and shook his fistat loss from bad debts and is advocated the house, and muttered that ‘iby in the London Daily News. Its adsight longer th&@h that before he came vocate caims that the guaranteed . around again. “But by that time the certainty.of payment for all guvods . poor girl was in bed and sound asleep. sold at the expiration of the term ofcredit would enable a merchant to the present storm, During yesterday forenoon it snowed almost without interruption, burying the etreets in white. At noon the storm checked. ——— -# em Te LATEST business scheme comes . > — @sirich Farming. Whiting’s proposed ostrich farm itt tions with great confidence and at a minimum of profit, with a resulting benetit to both producers aud conIt is not told, however, in what mouner the Insurance Company js tu be, protected from reckless and dishonest merchants. The*right to select or reject customers on be. to be stocked with 100 pairs. It is said that the birds are worth from $50 to $50) apiece. ‘They breed at four years of age, and under proper management wi . produce four broods ef twenty chicks each every years At eight months the feather crop is yalued .at $5 per bird, and this increases until it reaches $125 for sinsummers, Daily some stern old mary! iT . quent assesssment the dads” it°would be a thundering . ! the southern portion of the State is to dinner and heads a postscript N. B., he means, ‘‘no beans.” = epee soos AND now they make ci:ler of tomatocs. Look not upon the tomato! when it is red. ><> A Kentucky hamlet is spoken of as the horse-swappingest village : in} the State. . No newspaper -‘man_ever was President of the United States. a BALTIMURE has 80,000 houses, 4 a4ua . * = 2 meer. Delinquent Notice. EAD VOOD GOLD MINING GOMPANY. Nevada City, California. Notice.—There are delinquent upon the following described stock, on account of As. sessment levied 22d Oct., 1880, the several . amounts set opposite thenames of the respective shareholders, as follows: No. No. Names. Cert?. Shires. Am't E. Burroughs, 129 100 $ iu Kk, Burroughs, 144 50 2 50. E. Burroughs, 189 ee 75 3.75 Jz Blake, 354 1050 52 50 J. C, Byrnes, 141 60 50 L. Dalac, 32 300 Mrs. A. H. Hanson, 311 100 Mrs. A. H. Hanson, 312 60 2 50, Mrs. M. E. Lowrey, 9 100 5 00 . Mrs. M.E Lowrey, 10 100 5 00 . Mr. M. E. Lowrey, 137 200 10 00 . Mrs. 4', E.-Lowiey, 341 100 5 09 } J. H. Read, 275 200 10 10! Affd:in accordance with law so many stares of 2ach parcel-of such stock as may be nevessary will be sold at the Company’s office on . the 20th Decamber,1880,at 2 p.M.to pay delinthereon together with costs of advertising and expenses of the sale. R. B. SYMINGTON, Secretary, d3 Main street, Nevada City. GRAND OPENING BALL. . Has.been engaged for the oecasion, and a SPLENDID SUPPER . Will. be furnished to all. who may attend. far lt is the intention of the Proprietress gle choice clips. Here is a sugyestion fer others. There-is but htthe doubt. that this climate is quite as favorable for ostrich breeding as that of South Africa. Neither is there any doubt that there is money in the half-of the merchants is the least that it could ask. There are in -Europe associations which insure against the dishonesty of cletks ; that is, they meet the defaleations ; but then they i ; usiness, will not accepta clerk until they a have satisfied themselves as to his “Just as Kind.” character ; aud such a course iri the case of customers would be somewhat embarrassing to both custumer aud merchant. ‘ a Two ladies stood up in a Broadway etage, and kissed until: they Were jolted into a seat; when one of them said; “How cid you like Europe?” “It’s toosplendid for anything!” was the-reply. ' ‘‘And were you sick?” ~-“*¥es, awfully sick,’*: *‘And was your husband good to you?” : ‘Oh, he was to good for anything! Just-as he found out I was sick he went out and drank saltwater s0 as to be séa-sick in unison with me.and I'm not his-second wife, either?”* __ Curcaco Inter-Ocean: It is proposed to raise'& monunient over the remains of the late H. L.~ Morey: William H. English will furnish the fands, Charles Francis Adama, will write the inscription, J. W. Forney will read a poem, Benjamin F.But{ler will-deliver the oration, and W, H, Barnum, B. B. Smalley, Samuel Jc Randall and Abram 8S, Hewitt will aet.as moutrersin lien of the hearer relatives of the deceased, who strangely deeline to attend the ceremonies, The eXercises will be truly affecting. : Danzcry’s most grateful policeman wife said to him. THe Postmastér—General, in his report, favors the plan to redace the fee for money orders not exceeding $5 to tive cents,and to extend the maximu m limit of an orderfrom $50 to $100. Such changes would accomwas young.” ‘“‘Hanps wanted on boys’ . pants,’ newspapers, was at breakfast, wrestling with a remarkably tough piece of veal. His “You always say there’s something to be thankful for in everything. I guess you'd be puzzled to findanything tobe thankful forin that veal.” ‘‘Notatall” hecheerfully responded, stopping to breathe. “I was just thinking how grateful we should be that we met it when it isthe daily advertisemeat in the ‘Twas ever thas from of the I{ulf Mile House to mike this .oeca. gion gneof the most enjoyable of the season, anda cordial invitation is extefided-to all who want to spend a night of: enjoyment to be. present. ”’ a ie A Tickets, inclading Supper, $1 50. THE PLACE TO BUY Eiocliday Goods 18 AT R. N. SMOOT’S, Junction of Mainand Commercial (The Blind Man,) . Streets, Nevada City. ~ HAVE JUST RECEIVED A LARGE and CHOICE STOCK of « ‘ Fresh Candies, Fresh Fruits, Handsome Toys, Pipes, LUETJE & BRAND, Watchmakers & Jewelers, BROAD STREET, NEVADA. = JEWELRY, WATCHES and CLOCKS, ‘or Christmas and New Year PRESENTS. CG. J. BRAND, The Only Practical Jeweler in Nevada Oounty, Has now-on hand and-is making the . HOME MAB Ate Most Beautiful Styles of HOME MADE JEWELRY To be found in California, Every article of his manfacture is. iirrauted to be ofSTANDARD GOLD, 8 CARAT FIN? And is set with oo Diamonds, Pearls, Rubies, Sapphires, Quartz, Amethysts, And other Precious Stones, a SILVER & PLATED WARE, A Large and Beautiful Assortment, of the Latest .vatterus and Rarest Designs, Fine Gold and Silver Watches, Chains, Spectacles, etc. Do not buy Eastern Jewelry, which is half brass, when you can obtain YURKE GOLD for the same money. I carry a larger stock of Fine Gold Jewelry than any. other store in Nevada County. All Kinds and Styles of Jewelry Made to Order. As I do my own work, my patrons lean rely upon getting better bargains at our stove than elsewhere. . Orders from the country are. solic15 oo . ted and will be promptly filled. 5 . . Thankful to our numerous ‘customers for the liberal patronage hereteforg given us, we respectfully ask a continuance Of 1t. nl7-Im LUETJE & BRAND. Grand Display Fall and Winter FASHIONS! A GRAND OPENING BALL —— :, Wi. will be given at the HALF MILE HOUSE, . HYMAN AAAS aa ¥ = } : ° ; Mrs. M. A. Mannix, oe as ; om Syxmman Saturday Evening, Dec. 18th. . ce Maron : ne Have just received A Fine Band of Music eer Ih a A Immense Stock vy YOUTH’S and ——SUCH .Broadcloths, Tricots, Diagonals, Worsted, Cassimeres, etc., All Grades and Colors. ALSU mwmEIaATS, = Gent’s Furnishing Goods, RUBBER GOODS, moOolIL CLOTHING: BooTs, — LADIES’ SHOES,TRUNKS, ——> Attention is called to my new ‘brands of Cigars, anuag them the PRUMEP, Which Smokers say isthe Best Cigar for the money ever brought to Nevada City, and which I am selling at : _ FIVE CENTS EACH. Everything in my store will be sold at Lower Rates than the same quality of goods can be purchased for elsewhere. * Committees for supplying Christmas Trees with Candies and Toys will find freat inducements by purchasing at my store. ? . modate the paépl . chitdhoed’s hour, dl-lm Cigars, Tobacco, Notions, Etc. The Blind Maa,” All of which we had. manufactured expressly for this market. —— G2 Our facilities for purchasing are 0" excelled. Being Mauufacturers and Direct Importers ourselves, enables us to sell deriefit of which we give to our customers, Hyman Bros::, Corner Bread & Pine Sts. NEVADA QTY. —o— SRANCHES : 7 Murray Street, New York. . 216 and 218 California St., San Prape: Merehant Street, Honolulu, H. 1. ; BOY'S . CLOTHING, @heaper than to be had élsewhere—the . HS jeans THE DAILY NEVADA Ci Bricf The streets 3 pearance yescere There will be tre this afternoc The road. -fre Pownieville was aded yesterd ay. Mrs. Thatele othér show ease ner new holicta: Freight Aget from a severe ¢ "He is just able that isall: An umbrella handle vas lost the fiader plea TRANSCRIPT offi. Rumor has } téachers in the city are to be holidays. Woe he school Kx terlay, of the day with Snow girls took a, han The late gale / the east side of pire livery stab ing off ag ‘‘clea rd The Sowden: to xbe the. sole Caldwell’s Cou defense were ul terday. The snow w Quaker Hiil o and -adother fo to it by. the . whieh lasted vy Our friends find it Inconve1 City can by co of the Datuy 4 thing they wan . . ders, as cheap! themselves. A couple of . ported. One o other on the uy near the Town are doubtless m be brought to Road Commiss The sun mac terday aftérno ‘and once did sufficient to g azure sky bey brief; the win east, the: clou and sthe indic another storm Whose duty lamps lit? W day nights in away from the ight is most etrable darkn going to the who was sick, ment Thursda: self, besides ¢ ered with mux ing down Br thrown down ense is made t insome of th puts the light case repairs s. diately. Du “nights it is “that the per should have t order and bu Carele: Theother quail with ar and sent the } the side of _ Street. The . teen inches a children wh Toem where Piercing a pa There ig an ‘Gun-shooting ind those pe it.are liable for themse lv The Nati¢ Still maintai: ing the leadis and is second 8.

af ae Ld oe “the Daily Transcript. NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA. Absurd Qualifications. . Pea ‘ Some of tlie conditions under which a jury for an important casé at law ‘ must be selected are absurd. -A preSaturday, December 4,1880. miuth is:placed upon stupidity and SS —— ignorance. In order to be qualified Teeatment of Ores. a man must frequently admit that An almost ,incredibe proportion of mining failures are due'to a lack of means by which low-;rade: orcs can ‘be reduced at x reasonabie cost and with facility, andall the minermore alsaved. This factbecomes although living in a community has read nothing pertaining to the issue at stake, yet probably the col, ed with references thereto. Although associating with people who havea pocscrectescrcthene A TU ntSRSL “OT” where newspapers are published, ‘he . umns of said newspapers have tegm. Installation of Offi cers. Dry Weather Christians. The Daily “Report says. that the small audiences a Moody and Sankey revival meetings in San Francisco onstormy nights is “a keen commentary on the religjous zeal of the period. Wednesday night, for instance, the -boiy of the church was only half The¥first officers under the charter of Aurora Chapter, No. 40, of the Orderg! Eastern Star, of Grass Valley were installed on Monday evejning,by D. G. W. Patron, J. -W. . Reilly, a¢ follows:Mrs.E Drbble, W. 'M.; E. W. Roberts, W.P.; Mrs. Ge ‘Barker, A. M.; Mrs. Emily Moore, atid the galleries were closed. the people who hve crowded the church on other evenings would probably not admit that they are less afraid of hell than of a wetting; . Treas.; Miss Ray Novitzky, Secreta'ry; Mrs. Minnie,E. Relly, C.; Mrs. liza Werry, A. C.; Miss Ida. Hill, Adah; Mrs. Mary Haas, Ruth; Miss Lou Dorsey, Esther; Miss Elia Mad_in Nevada county alone miles upon ’ the necessity /feytile brain, and we have no doubt -of-application may finally lead him ‘ing all scatteriny votes. apparent as.the numver of .mines in operation increases by the develop-— .We_know of) deep interest in the subject, he must & ot new fields admit that he has taken no part in men 2hChS. = no proeess operated in America as yet whereby bullion can be separa~ ated from the matter carrying it without a heavy loss of the precious metal resulting. >, Aside from “the losses experieucetl in working, there are large ore bodies paséed by the ‘miner that.almost bat uot quite pay for their manipulation. There are their discussions either as a er or speaker. And.if perchance he has ‘hy some ineans obtained a hint of what is‘going on around him, he is expeeted to place himself on a level with the brute creation by saying: that what Le heard made no impression on his mind, at the bar, the written law says, ; 2 N 2 Bound judgmiles of mafhmoth ledges that are peers. -No matterhow sound judgknown to carry from two to. five dollars per ton, but they are now reé{n Europe ore carrying seven per ceut, of silver is handled with profit. Why is it that the miners of the. United States should be so far behind their neighbors in this. matter? In looking over a ‘recent number of the Chicago Mining Review’ we find a sersible article on this same. 1mportant topic. It reads as follows: Necessity is said to be the mother of invention. ‘The new expanse of mineral-bearing territory, almost daily extended by new discoveries and the unsurpassed richnags of our ores, 11) connection with. the unusettled aul uncertain condition of mining, has, ia yreat .measure, made for more economical and better methods less apparent, Butas mining now is coming into the bands and under the management of men of business habits and capitalists, who figure to get the best returns for their investments, and as the richer ore in the older mines begins to be “exhausted or moe dithcult to reach, attention 1s turned tothe low yrade ores, and laus are being considered as to the pest ineans of making them available for profit. Jn.view of thé attention’ that this subject is ow receiving we shallnot be surprised to hear, very soon, of some device whieh ter how well cultivated faculties be, as likely as not his guilt ° his mental . ' garded cases or innocence must be determined by men who are far as-beneath him in . those attributes that go to make’ up. a thinking human being as -earth— is beneath the sky. In the infancy of the system, it was deemed proper that those who had witnessed an affait shou d be the jarors in the case; but we have drifted to the other ex-: treme and now a man is not considcred fat to serve if he has been an attentive reader of the periodical literature of thie day. There should . be inodifications in order to ‘facilitate the administration of justice. o> An Old Woman's Strange Home. People who have half-way decent places to abide in and are inclined to marble front with a wansard roofand several bay windows, should go up Broad strest and take @ peep at aged Madame Coutard who drags’ out her existence in a cellar. over . stood before the} She owas in which her house great fire of last June. the lot, which’ is worth several hundred dollars, but has ho means with shall be to thé miner, what the reapwhich to erect a new The er aud the threshing machine of the . few old warped planks that are plachouse, . drilf, Maitha; Mrs. Anna E. Price, Electa; Mrs. Sarah” A. “Kidder, Sentinel; while those whose fhéelodius praise . of heaven and rythmiea! request to . be permitted to enter At once into . 2 Tus Hon. Joseph B. McKibben, it thinks} Who was a member of Congress from t the} this State as long ago as 1854, has ' returned, after an absence of twenty ' years, during which he took an hon—orable part in the war for the Union. . . Mr. McKibben, who has many ac' quaintances in Nevada county, was filled . among the first settlers of Sierra ess Yet county, where he worked in the . afterwards . mines for-»some time, . practised law, and was eventually ‘elected to Congress, and in every situation enjoyed an extensive andj — well-deserved popularity. ‘ A souty Irishman, being asked by listen. , The prisoners} : ig, Who will be kept there until after entitled to a tria! before a jury of his . ment this prisoner posses3es, no ma. . grumble because they don’t have a). ‘the Naw Jerusa'em might be offended if they were reminded how réadily this mortal coil may be shiffled off by getting wet feet. But the There are no longer any laborers . fact remains thit neither street cars, “at the dam on the Yuba, except a . coupes, overshoes, -aisters,— aumbrel— be las, or any other of the abounding resources of civilization in rainy ' Warder; E. H. -Whiting,, . Urs. M. J. Champion, Chaplain; » Miss Belle Dorsey, Organist. — >= Marysviile Appeal Notes. comparatively small number of men high water comes, to guard against against any injury to the dam. Lieutenant Joseph, M. Fuller, a native of New Bedford, Mass., died enthusiasts to the scratch when the weather is nasty. c i ~em Passing Away. weather can bring one-sixth. of the . a Frenchman how he-could dance 30 replied, <s lightly in brogans, . have Cork soles.” j — 22 —_-———i . Erenry thqusand more women . ithtan men in Massachusetts! What . shattwede-with our _gitls ? asks the ( i bi : . Boston, Globe. __—-——_—_ o> oa Tite Cincinnati Saturday night beJieves that a man, to roll ten-pins, should have bow! leys, should e bo V1 g . >< -___—— Wuen a Boston man ‘invites you at Camptonvil e November 25th. He was buried with military honors by the Yuba Light Infantry, of which Company he had been a member The Pioneers are passing away! fast. ne¥ on the stormy sea of~ Cali-oruia . ‘ life quits the ship, and the waves of. since 1863, and under the auspices . forgetfulness and oblivion roll over . of Gravel Range Lodge, No. 69, F. bis soul, The good ship of State . & A. M. keeps bravely ou her way, every sail . : cox ae stiffening to the breeze, her bow . Criminal Cases. parting the waves like a Titan . CO — breastimg the stor.n, and her titnbers . The following casés came up in. straining to their work. New com-j manders and a new crew are on -her decks, new timbers grace her sides . and line her cabins, new canvas is} were disposed of as here explained: . kissed by the airand sprinkled , by Convictions —Battery 1, vagrancy. 2, the waves, The old’ mariners afe almost gone. “Yet while we adinire . and love our Ship in her new ‘and . larceny 1; held over—attempt to rob gaudy colors we canyot forget that} 1; acquitted—burglary 1, battery 1, Jat was their hands which fashioned . assault tocommit murder 1, grand her keel, their hands which framed . Judge Robinson's justice court “dur— disturbing peace 2, assault’ 1, petit her skeleton and built her body, rib . on rib, their hands which hewed ou . her masts and. provided -her~ sails, . their hands which started her on her Ata regular meeting of Grass Val. . perilious course and steered her/. ° through many a troubled sea. Our ley Chapter, No. 18, R. A. M., held : : ‘ : present seamen may be honest, relia— . on Wednesday evening, the old offi. ble skilled, but it was only the’ en. cers were re-elected to serve forthe . ergy and devoted earnestness of thosé . who have passed andare passing away —that gave us the Ship and made the present crew a possibility.—Bee. . larceny 2, assault I. +--+ Moyal Arch Masons. ensuing year, as follows: John C. Coleman, High Priest; Peter Johnston, King; Alfonso Morehouse, Scribe;‘ Edward Colenran,. Treasurer; George W, Hill, Secretary. Hie tookthe Hint. Young Mr. Latehousé-was on the; porch the other night watching a ; seventeen year-old girl trying to. Forthe twenty-fours ending «at . keep awake long enonzh to see the, a The Ruinfall present day are to the ‘farmer. . eq over the top opeaing of her un— Something of this Kind” is already wee sptitaat sree sside re sufticie projected, it ia_ said, by Edison's derground residence are sufficient to . keep after-dark stragglers frem falling down there, but they do not shed the driving rainstorm that has been beating down 89 pitilessly on the heads of the godly and ungodly for ‘No sane person } that where there is such a strongand increasing demand, the mind of the nineteenth century will be equal to the emergency. Whether Edison‘ will accomplish ‘anything beneficial in this directioti remains to bo demonstrated, ‘So far his experimeais with oes havo not been satisfactory, buat Itis inventive faculties and indomitable powers several days past. would think of wintering live-stock in that hole-in-the-ground, yet this gray-haired and tottering woman . has no ether place to live in. Some humane persons should get together and provide a better sort of, habita—tion for her. to accomplish the desired dbjcct. Down With Uip Pockets, Having failed in an effort to reform the Reform Club of Grass Valley, the Free Lance is now endeavoring to regulate that portion of mankind s trousers which is obscured by the upper portion of the coattail. ‘Tho Free Lance wants the law to sit déwn upon every hippaces in Me ene j Aoshenting 0 satisfied that the its theory, until thisis done it will : ° never be safefor a man to put his shortly ne gcod eekornes. that will hand behind him if another man is ee lead (ther Kastern capitalists to see the vieiuity. The cm‘emplaticn of he wisdom of investing ‘in Nevada this subject, if you grasp it right, hs count / properties, ‘The first report awful, Supposing a fellow while las to the amount paid for the claim i i was, we are now told, too high. The walking da street should sudden: : Ss ly realizo that one of his rear susfour owners of it ree i¥ed about ten “pender buttone had severed its conthopsnnd dollars apiece. nection with his jeans? He would naturally.threw his right hand back there to feel if the ‘whole business was likely to take a tumble.That The Blac Banks Mine. { The sale of this hydrulic claim, at Moore’s Flat, which was, recorded in . the Tkaxscripr a few days since, is likely to have anexcellent effect. The purchasers aré Eastern men of means, and as the mine is a good one, been /p aced under ,00d management and will be extensively worked, has we investors will A Heavy Mining Transfer.. Pierre Humbert, Jr., has’aequirel title to the Boar River Tunnel Flum‘ill-advised movement. woald be a. '28 and Mining Cothpany's property, preliminary for-a-tush of business at . hich Deging at's goin} about balls the undertakers. Every ehap ait mile below the junction of Greensee the man’s band: sesk refuge ‘un-. orn creek with Best river—and -ex* oder the coat-tails would immeliatt_te ds upwards along the latter and iy pull out a pistol aul pep away at . its tributaries a total distance of more him, under’ the impression that he . than tfenty-two-miles. He has alwas getting ready. to pop away at \30 bonded D. D. Shattuck’s,claim in them. At least the anunlers would we -samne__vivinity. It is reported be certain to prove as much “when . that Mr. Humbert 18. negotiating their bitte valle ae . with a strong Eastern company who, This‘ illustra— . ticn carries out the Tree lif they detern.ine to purchase, will Lance's . + 5 ich ie i i : ies Cas work the property, which is situate idea, which is not a ridiculous one .gles coh h . onan at all in the light of certain actual happenings. in Nevada an Placer counties, on an extensive scale, ' eer —— 7. Couuty 241 Lamates. PSEA Tie Republicans carry Califoruia . ~ -by a respectable majority on the. There are eleven prisoners in the Congressional vote. The total vote! County Jail, thee of whom are Chi‘for Congressinen is 163.3%), includ~"namen, Tworre held on charges of Phe total srurder, one for: highway: robbery, Republican vote for Congressmen is : 2 ; “79,798; total Domoeratic for same, aad thé remainder are serving out 9.185; Republican majerity in tho sentences or awaiting trial for lesser tate oo Congressional wete, G1". wien sea, ' i. \ ro iS : jing a total of 3:03 ‘inches during . smiling at his poetic fancy. extend his*buying and selling opera10 o'clock A. M. yesterday 2.19 inch. Morning star rise, They talked as. ° i . . es of rain fell in Nevada City, mak“a wiak weck ee ba “T would rather you were a comet,” She gait, dreamily. —» His heart beat tumultuously. ‘And why ?” he asked, ~ tenderly. “Oh,” she said with # lkrooding earnestness, ‘‘because then you would only come around once -every 1500 ears.” . : He didn’t say anything unt] hé from London, It consists of a prop. was half-way to the front gate. when osition to insure. merchants against . he turned around and shook his fistat loss from bad debts and is advocated the house, and muttered that ‘iby in the London Daily News. Its adsight longer th&@h that before he came vocate caims that the guaranteed . around again. “But by that time the certainty.of payment for all guvods . poor girl was in bed and sound asleep. sold at the expiration of the term ofcredit would enable a merchant to the present storm, During yesterday forenoon it snowed almost without interruption, burying the etreets in white. At noon the storm checked. ——— -# em

Te LATEST business scheme comes . > — @sirich Farming. Whiting’s proposed ostrich farm itt tions with great confidence and at a minimum of profit, with a resulting benetit to both producers aud conIt is not told, however, in what mouner the Insurance Company js tu be, protected from reckless and dishonest merchants. The*right to select or reject customers on be. to be stocked with 100 pairs. It is said that the birds are worth from $50 to $50) apiece. ‘They breed at four years of age, and under proper management wi . produce four broods ef twenty chicks each every years At eight months the feather crop is yalued .at $5 per bird, and this increases until it reaches $125 for sinsummers, Daily some stern old mary! iT . quent assesssment the dads” it°would be a thundering . ! the southern portion of the State is to dinner and heads a postscript N. B., he means, ‘‘no beans.” = epee soos AND now they make ci:ler of tomatocs. Look not upon the tomato! when it is red. ><> A Kentucky hamlet is spoken of as the horse-swappingest village : in} the State. . No newspaper -‘man_ever was President of the United States. a BALTIMURE has 80,000 houses, 4 a4ua . * = 2 meer. Delinquent Notice. EAD VOOD GOLD MINING GOMPANY. Nevada City, California. Notice.—There are delinquent upon the following described stock, on account of As. sessment levied 22d Oct., 1880, the several . amounts set opposite thenames of the respective shareholders, as follows: No. No. Names. Cert?. Shires. Am't E. Burroughs, 129 100 $ iu Kk, Burroughs, 144 50 2 50. E. Burroughs, 189 ee 75 3.75 Jz Blake, 354 1050 52 50 J. C, Byrnes, 141 60 50 L. Dalac, 32 300 Mrs. A. H. Hanson, 311 100 Mrs. A. H. Hanson, 312 60 2 50, Mrs. M. E. Lowrey, 9 100 5 00 . Mrs. M.E Lowrey, 10 100 5 00 . Mr. M. E. Lowrey, 137 200 10 00 . Mrs. 4', E.-Lowiey, 341 100 5 09 } J. H. Read, 275 200 10 10! Affd:in accordance with law so many stares of 2ach parcel-of such stock as may be nevessary will be sold at the Company’s office on . the 20th Decamber,1880,at 2 p.M.to pay delinthereon together with costs of advertising and expenses of the sale. R. B. SYMINGTON, Secretary, d3 Main street, Nevada City. GRAND OPENING BALL. . Has.been engaged for the oecasion, and a SPLENDID SUPPER . Will. be furnished to all. who may attend. far lt is the intention of the Proprietress gle choice clips. Here is a sugyestion fer others. There-is but htthe doubt. that this climate is quite as favorable for ostrich breeding as that of South Africa. Neither is there any doubt that there is money in the half-of the merchants is the least that it could ask. There are in -Europe associations which insure against the dishonesty of cletks ; that is, they meet the defaleations ; but then they i ; usiness, will not accepta clerk until they a have satisfied themselves as to his “Just as Kind.” character ; aud such a course iri the case of customers would be somewhat embarrassing to both custumer aud merchant. ‘ a Two ladies stood up in a Broadway etage, and kissed until: they Were jolted into a seat; when one of them said; “How cid you like Europe?” “It’s toosplendid for anything!” was the-reply. ' ‘‘And were you sick?” ~-“*¥es, awfully sick,’*: *‘And was your husband good to you?” : ‘Oh, he was to good for anything! Just-as he found out I was sick he went out and drank saltwater s0 as to be séa-sick in unison with me.and I'm not his-second wife, either?”* __ Curcaco Inter-Ocean: It is proposed to raise'& monunient over the remains of the late H. L.~ Morey: William H. English will furnish the fands, Charles Francis Adama, will write the inscription, J. W. Forney will read a poem, Benjamin F.But{ler will-deliver the oration, and W, H, Barnum, B. B. Smalley, Samuel Jc Randall and Abram 8S, Hewitt will aet.as moutrersin lien of the hearer relatives of the deceased, who strangely deeline to attend the ceremonies, The eXercises will be truly affecting. : Danzcry’s most grateful policeman wife said to him. THe Postmastér—General, in his report, favors the plan to redace the fee for money orders not exceeding $5 to tive cents,and to extend the maximu m limit of an orderfrom $50 to $100. Such changes would accomwas young.” ‘“‘Hanps wanted on boys’ . pants,’ newspapers, was at breakfast, wrestling with a remarkably tough piece of veal. His “You always say there’s something to be thankful for in everything. I guess you'd be puzzled to findanything tobe thankful forin that veal.” ‘‘Notatall” hecheerfully responded, stopping to breathe. “I was just thinking how grateful we should be that we met it when it isthe daily advertisemeat in the ‘Twas ever thas from of the I{ulf Mile House to mike this .oeca. gion gneof the most enjoyable of the season, anda cordial invitation is extefided-to all who want to spend a night of: enjoyment to be. present. ”’ a ie A Tickets, inclading Supper, $1 50. THE PLACE TO BUY Eiocliday Goods 18 AT R. N. SMOOT’S, Junction of Mainand Commercial (The Blind Man,) . Streets, Nevada City. ~ HAVE JUST RECEIVED A LARGE and CHOICE STOCK of « ‘ Fresh Candies, Fresh Fruits, Handsome Toys, Pipes, LUETJE & BRAND, Watchmakers & Jewelers, BROAD STREET, NEVADA. = JEWELRY, WATCHES and CLOCKS, ‘or Christmas and New Year PRESENTS. CG. J. BRAND, The Only Practical Jeweler in Nevada Oounty, Has now-on hand and-is making the . HOME MAB Ate Most Beautiful Styles of HOME MADE JEWELRY To be found in California, Every article of his manfacture is. iirrauted to be ofSTANDARD GOLD, 8 CARAT FIN? And is set with oo Diamonds, Pearls, Rubies, Sapphires, Quartz, Amethysts, And other Precious Stones, a SILVER & PLATED WARE, A Large and Beautiful Assortment, of the Latest .vatterus and Rarest Designs, Fine Gold and Silver Watches, Chains, Spectacles, etc. Do not buy Eastern Jewelry, which is half brass, when you can obtain YURKE GOLD for the same money. I carry a larger stock of Fine Gold Jewelry than any. other store in Nevada County. All Kinds and Styles of Jewelry Made to Order. As I do my own work, my patrons lean rely upon getting better bargains at our stove than elsewhere. . Orders from the country are. solic15 oo . ted and will be promptly filled. 5 . . Thankful to our numerous ‘customers for the liberal patronage hereteforg given us, we respectfully ask a continuance Of 1t. nl7-Im LUETJE & BRAND. Grand Display Fall and Winter FASHIONS! A GRAND OPENING BALL —— :, Wi. will be given at the HALF MILE HOUSE, . HYMAN AAAS aa ¥ = } : ° ; Mrs. M. A. Mannix, oe as ; om Syxmman Saturday Evening, Dec. 18th. . ce Maron : ne Have just received A Fine Band of Music eer Ih a A Immense Stock vy YOUTH’S and ——SUCH .Broadcloths, Tricots, Diagonals, Worsted, Cassimeres, etc., All Grades and Colors. ALSU mwmEIaATS, = Gent’s Furnishing Goods, RUBBER GOODS, moOolIL CLOTHING: BooTs, — LADIES’ SHOES,TRUNKS, ——> Attention is called to my new ‘brands of Cigars, anuag them the PRUMEP, Which Smokers say isthe Best Cigar for the money ever brought to Nevada City, and which I am selling at : _ FIVE CENTS EACH. Everything in my store will be sold at Lower Rates than the same quality of goods can be purchased for elsewhere. * Committees for supplying Christmas Trees with Candies and Toys will find freat inducements by purchasing at my store. ? . modate the paépl . chitdhoed’s hour, dl-lm Cigars, Tobacco, Notions, Etc. The Blind Maa,” All of which we had. manufactured expressly for this market. —— G2 Our facilities for purchasing are 0" excelled. Being Mauufacturers and Direct Importers ourselves, enables us to sell deriefit of which we give to our customers, Hyman Bros::, Corner Bread & Pine Sts. NEVADA QTY. —o— SRANCHES : 7 Murray Street, New York. . 216 and 218 California St., San Prape: Merehant Street, Honolulu, H. 1. ; BOY'S . CLOTHING, @heaper than to be had élsewhere—the . HS jeans THE DAILY NEVADA Ci Bricf The streets 3 pearance yescere There will be tre this afternoc The road. -fre Pownieville was aded yesterd ay. Mrs. Thatele othér show ease ner new holicta: Freight Aget from a severe ¢ "He is just able that isall: An umbrella handle vas lost the fiader plea TRANSCRIPT offi. Rumor has } téachers in the city are to be holidays. Woe he school Kx terlay, of the day with Snow girls took a, han The late gale / the east side of pire livery stab ing off ag ‘‘clea rd The Sowden: to xbe the. sole Caldwell’s Cou defense were ul terday. The snow w Quaker Hiil o and -adother fo to it by. the . whieh lasted vy Our friends find it Inconve1 City can by co of the Datuy 4 thing they wan . . ders, as cheap! themselves. A couple of . ported. One o other on the uy near the Town are doubtless m be brought to Road Commiss The sun mac terday aftérno ‘and once did sufficient to g azure sky bey brief; the win east, the: clou and sthe indic another storm Whose duty lamps lit? W day nights in away from the ight is most etrable darkn going to the who was sick, ment Thursda: self, besides ¢ ered with mux ing down Br thrown down ense is made t insome of th puts the light case repairs s. diately. Du “nights it is “that the per should have t order and bu Carele: Theother quail with ar and sent the } the side of _ Street. The . teen inches a children wh Toem where Piercing a pa There ig an ‘Gun-shooting ind those pe it.are liable for themse lv The Nati¢ Still maintai: ing the leadis and is second 8.