February 10, 1876 (4 pages)

j ’ NEVADA CITY, CAL. —Pharsday,Feb.10, 1876. Railroad Legisiation. “ The times bave changed very __ auch since the last Legislatorg’ met two years ago. ‘The tone of the press has also met with a very marked change since that time on railroad questions, There are not so many men now as there used ‘to be . o¢ their natures. who.go stark staring mad when the ‘fnitials C. P. R. BR. greet their eyes. We doubt whether an address four_ “~ mento Union, turn pale when they "Years agotrom the chief of “that i in-} theit interest, and create a desire for} stitution to a legislative committee, would have received the same! —gnarked consideratiba. as the one re“eently delivered to the Committee on corporations by Leland Stanford, did, ind is, receiving. “A _fewOld} quirement ¢ of knowledge. But if he , goldiers of the cross who still pray by the ghost of the departed Sacrahear railroad mentioned, “but they are generally men who never rode a. hundred milesin their lives. Most intelligent men have come to regard @ failroad corporation as they do any other kind of corg®ration. If “Ft complies with the laws of the land; lature, then a steamboat corporation, —& stageline;-a—mannfacturing estab. huave the power to regulate prices of _—_" passage-and charges on freight, eith-. grea railroad; steamboat or stage} _-line._In case the prices charged are, . rode into power on the passing wave . provement_to—all bis papils.‘He Inducements to Study.He is the best’ instructor who most thoroughly. arouses the .ambition of womeu; who can impress upon the minds of the youths intrasted to his} charge the mighty gifts with which they have been endowed, and the grand career of usefulness which is spread out before them; who can implant in their souls a holy resolve, an all-hallowingz vow to live true to} and in obedience to the highest laws It is the teacher who must afford the means of immust stimulate their ambition, arousestady and_ improvement. He must: tractive place they can find. Fired with his zeal, his papils will devote ali their time and energies to the achas no zeat; if be has not the power to mould the youpg minds around him and to guide them to the right ebannels, then they will prefer idleness to industry, the street to the school room, and the society of the most depraved to that of their teaeher. ‘‘Idlenessis the sent in which mischief lays its eggs.’’ The boy ‘itis entitled to the protection of the Hawa of the land. It onght-to receive . . the same treatment that other similar organizations receive, If its busi-. ness is to be controlled bya Legislishment, banks, mines, and other associations formed by capitalists, ~ ought SAB 8 ; The good school is always awake; -pills-right into your eyes. The same There is no doabt but Legislatures { taking all things into aeeount, too high, it might be poliey some times. for the Leyislature to interfere, But #0 far, railroad legislation in every . State has proven a failure, A great ~ aus and cry hus been raised about monopolies, and demagogues have }-he feels noamusement or satisfac. forced to go to school and then forced to con over a dall-lesson in which. tion, simply to avoid punishment, will be an idle and mischievous boy, andanignorant man. Itisthe teach . er's province to create interest in every exercise, to awakon the dormant . faculties aud induve study by creating a knowledge of its necessity. the eye of every pupil is sparkling with enthusiasm, and the seats are Mptace cau be found. All tiess re-. ‘Quisites -lepend—in—s# -great-measure— upon the teacher, Happy the pupils who are so fortunate as to have such an instroctor. _ Norra Broomererp Feb. 4th 1876. Ep. Transcrrpr:—The° suow still continues'to bless our locality with * $363 made beforeof a yard of the merchant's goods, the stage lines’ prices of fare, or the! _ stract power probably to do all these ot popular indignation, who, when they attempted to fulfill the promelection, have Proven themselves entirely ignorant subject, and they have “ate compelled either to do nothing orto do something so absurd that their-sue_ cessors had to entirely undo it. The Colusa Sun pertivently remarks that “the matter has employed the best minds of the country for years, and the deeper into it they have gone tye more difficulties, they have met in the way of legislation, And yet men of the smallest calibre will promise the people before election that they will pass all the needed laws for restraining the greed of corporations.”’> This class of men have, by so doing, bowled themselves into promiuence temporarily, and have, in every instance, proved themselves to be demagogues. There seems to be a_ disposition on the part of most people now.to return to-reason. ‘To Jook’upon a railroad os they look ‘pon any otber piece of property. If its manner of conducting business fs-tair-and honorable, the Legislature ought oot to interfere, no more than it would in regulating the price price a mining corporation sball pay fora day's labor. It has the abthings, but it is coming to be the popular belief that it is not good . policy to exercise it. The Delinguent Tax List, We publish again this morning, @ list of delinquent taxpayers of Nevada county for 1875." ‘This is) \5:45 Susie Bean, W. A. M.; Miss the third time we have published the list, and ‘it: will be the last. The names of those who hare paid have bren taken out since the delinquent list was first published, and the names of property holders we publish this morning have not yet paid. On Satur. day next the County Collector will commence the sale of all property, the taxes of which remain uupaid, and will continue the sule uutil al) the property is disposed of, We paid their taxes to do so before that time, as the costs of sale and aceruing costs will nearly double the ~ mount now to be paid, _ Ax Obio woman has kait 130 tidies and given them to poor people, and Bow she feele that some one else ~@ught to take hold and bay rocking} its presence—yet after all you must: not think that We have nothing but snow. We are blessed with the usual number of marriages, and our . the stern monster ‘‘that mortals most fear and dread,*’has-not been idle. ha -of ourmost valued. citizens, . R. C. Black, and Mr. Caleb cis havefound that bourn from beyond which no mortal traveler ever returns—may they rest in peace. The HMorth Bloomfield company, with its characteristic energy, under the superititendency of H. C. Perkins, have kept their ditches frew from snow, and have, as yet, not‘withstanding the severe storm, kept the ditches open, and have lost little or no time in running the mine. The Improved . Order of Red Men are very prosperous,ana harmonious under the following officers, to -wit: Dr. G.S. Farley, Sachem;.W. A Dickerson Sr, Sag; Jas. H. Marriott, Jr. Sag; Chas, A. Haskell, Prophet; A. H. Helwig, R. W.; S. C. Chase, C.F.; T. P. Crandall, Ist Saunap; A. Snler, G, W.; Past Sachem, Kk. D. Skidmore, G. F.; BR. Schneider, ist Warrior, L. Germiquet, 2nd Warrior; John Rohr, lst Brave, M, H. . Wilson 2nd Brave. As for the Good Templars, prosperity seems to crown their efforts, and they are receiving continual accessions under, the skillful-management of the following energetie offiGers, to wit: W. A. Dickerson, W. C, T.; Mrs. A, A. Bean, W. V. T.;Miss Mary C. Black, W. 8.; Miss D.M. Nash, W. A. 8.; C. T. Rouner, W. F. 5.; Eugene Dickerson, W. T.; Geo. J. Victor, W. M.; Emoa Bean, W.: 1. G.; Mr. James Wilson, W.C.; Master Thos. Dow-. ney, W. O. G:;° Sister Vettie M, Smith, P. W. C. FT. Soon the new "officers will be installed, of . The good people of this place, Year Sehool Party on the “22nd, for the benefit of the public school, will trip the light fantastic toe the soul stirrieg music of the North Bloomfield Brass Band. 8. “J.T. Fasouxe, an actor now in Boston, had a letter delivered to him a day or two ago, which he wrote on shipboard in May of last year during a fearfal storm, aud thréw overboard in a bottle, at a time when be never expected to see lund again. The boitle was picked up in August, off the cost of Nova Scotia, the noblest capacities of their being>, J make-the-schoo!room:-the—most-atHfelon sitting in the halls _of_legislato know that he’s got any liver? . seldom vacant, because no pleasanter . ter-Ovean. ——— es vate life. He asks for the butter in {a voice choked with emotion and . zegovinan mystery and upravelled (matter with Blaine?’’ ¥ eS * . friends—wrote to the insdranee com: . letend holding a Centennial Leap} Call and gét your Morey. in to-day'’s .TraNacrrer that he is prepared to pay all scrip om the}: General Fund, registered prior to Nov, 24, 1875. Alse-a lot of other warrants, which can. be ascertained by reading the advertisement in another column. Tue Sacramento grand jary bave indicted the Legislative bully _ Wilcox, and be is at iiberty under $5,000 bonds. ‘murder, and if convicted; as he ought to be, he will havé an Oppor. _ tunit?_to in a cohvict’s garb. “It is now time ofthe erime. To have an indicted tion _makiug Jaws for the government of the State ig an-insult to the wealth.——_Let the brutal bully she . driven from the , Assembly which his presence disgraces—Oakland: Tribune. Tur Whitney Avenue Horse Railroad Company of New Haven is -going to try the experiment of propeling a car with compressed air. The to send Lit over the whole route, mak. ing a trip of four miles. ae We are thofongh!y,-tired-of read-ing that “the largest workshop of the body is the liver.’’ Who--wants And yet some medical puffer is eternally throwing his confidential remarks apply to comfortable coffins in undertakers’ _windows.—In=> ee ari that = ‘Barrett carries bis stage’ manners into pridry bread, and the tone in-which he orders a cup of mild tea is enough to freeze the marrow in one’s bones. A MAN who had mustered the Herthe mystery of the Keely motor, floundered in hopeless bewilderment around the problem, ‘‘What’s the The County Treasurer advertises. ; Thecharge is assault to} maul iron for the State! bly took sole cognizance; track is about two miles long, and it . -. ig expected-that enengh . air can be stored in a ear at one e time} + ——30-Con Virgina 425, ——————S—SSaYrrYyS]—SS—— . {By Telegraph) +, . Mining Stocks. Yesterday 1 Morning’ Sales. 535 Op bir 56%. a. 175 ‘ations 19 830 Best-& Belcher 59%, 3990 Savage 1934. 325 Hale & Norcross 47, 445 Gould & Carry.203,. 1760 Crown Point 2534. 175 Yellow Jacket 99. 995 Imperial 9. — _ 100 Eopire Mill 534 2365 Kentuck 16. 75 Alpba 23%. 385° Belcher 328% ym 240° Confidence : zi. = 135 Con Virginia 421. _ 230. Sierra eras 13%. 1010 California 83%. pee 58 Builien 47. ee = 70 Exchequer 1232 ~ 25 Seg Beicher 5. 350 Overman 61. 430 Justice -27%:. 390 Union Cou 95%. 435 Succor 25%. : 310 Julia l4iginteee ~ 2960" Lady Bryan ———— 350 Caledonia 36. Yesterday Afternoon" 8 Sales. 180 Silver Hill 1 1B . . 50 Rock Island 4. 350 Woodvilie 2%. 100 Mint 50c. 425 Crown Point 25. 100 Kentuck 1544 “865 Savage 1834. 250 California 83%. * B25 Raymond 4 & bo eed 1060 Leopard 31% 410 Jefferson 6. 505 Gila 2% 650 Coso Con-91e, 20 Utah 18. Muascrina BY THE Eve. = ago, says @ correspondent, when we contests there used to be over the teacher's favorite exercise of having’ the scholars estimate with the eye jects in the room. “up bis-cane, and have each one tell was alucky child that could come within half a foot of the right length. He would measure an urchin, and then have the scholars try to repro-. duce the measure on the wall. He would mark off an inch, or a foot, or a yard in some conspicuons place and then see how near anybody could come to chalking the same length upon the blackboard. And it was astonishing how wide astray one would go. eeive us ridiculously even upon the commonest things. At first thought which should vou say was the taller, He ee A PHOTOGRAPHER says that isla : teen a girl will sit twelve times for a. photograph, and then be dissatisfied. At forty the same persou will sit once and take the picture, even if the artist points out three or four defects. On February 224, at Stockton, the Sublican State Commitiee will present asilk flag te-the—Republi-eans of San Joaquin -county, that being the banner Republiean county of the State for 1 5 17 Ss ms Tuenx is a sent in San Francisco that the Post is likely to be pirsaid to be soliciting subscriptions to, that end. a _ALapr remarked toa ree din too long. “Don’t-you think so?” said she—‘‘just a little?” *‘Ab dear madam,” r the divine, a am afraid you don’t like “the sincere milk of the Word.’’’ “Yes, Ido,” said she; ‘‘but you kuow the fashion now-a-days is eondensed milk.” A man in Engiand has taken out 8 patent for paper bed blankets. A gorece ought to feel comfortable unra quilt of ‘Congressional Globes, with-aspread of ports, und aii-extra thighiens of statistics across the feet. Wr didn’t “ee -naybody on New Year's that we could conscientiously call drunk; but we observed one fellow who had bis shadow. backed up against an alley gate holding it hens with his finger shoved thr a knot hole and talking it to death with ancomprised gravity. A CHIvaMan whose life was insar-ed for a large amount, was seriously hurt by falling from a wagon. There was some doubt of bis ever getting better, and at length one of his, pany **Charlie half dead; Uhey half mouey.”* ; ‘Swknve hacke went over te the 4 45 train the other day, and brought back one passenger, w which is an avple wonder why hackmen are fane.—Norwich Balletin. = Max—“Do you think it would = safe for me to cross this pasture Maid—"Weil, the old‘ bull aout like red very mueb, but if you" will chalk your nose I guess he wun't attack you. on Tus intensely poetical editor of a recent gorgeous wuuset in that vichased by the Democracy, who are . 7 vine that his Sermons were a little; atent Office Reao Noite you. way know an . army veteran: prefersa tin cup erage of four cents a hack. And yett int the Austin. ( Tex.) TReeellle deseribes a measurement convince you that the same ehild is half as high as a sixfooter? There is an old saying that a child two years old is half as tall as he ever will be, and, after a few experiments in measuring, one can Boston Transcript. SF A FELLOW in Kentucky ran away with wfarmer’s daughter and horse, and was hotly pursued. The farmer got within close range, and fourished a revolver, ‘‘Don’t shoot, for heaven's sake!’ shouted the lover. ‘I won't,” was the reply, ‘cause I'm afeared i'll hit ther horse. Just leave ther hoss and take ther gal.”’ he compromise was accepted by the young folks, who. walked on te ing on bis horse. —— Tax bays of Winnemuesa, Novis: man, They formed a line from the ticket office aronnd a near corner. Each asked the price of admission, and, when being told that it was fifty cents, shook his head, said it was too much, retired, and fell in_atthe rear of the line. Thia was kept up until the showman, astounded by the unauimity and the seemingly and then every boy cleared ont. to a chinaone; he drinks out of the spout of the water piteher when uobed despite his mother’s warnings; he never bears a band play without straightening hiniself up; and he has 4 fine eye for the soft side of a eorn field. — <i> “THE rich,”” said a Dutchman, ‘eat venison because it ish deer. I} "eat mutton because it ish sheep. Bsoei _ @hairs to hang the tidies on,’ ' aa = spent — kid smart in the Amer.can _—> ‘ cinily as resembling a ripeSANFORD, Treasurer. A. H. Panggs, Deputy, Nevada, Fe. 10h it : _ -+-ceased, the-unde >the United States, and-subjex + to confirma. door, et Nevada City, all-the right, tree; =} xaid_R-W. Latte at -the-time of —his-death, ———— beaten" ‘school house, “what exciting ‘the size and weight of different ob{. e “He would bolt} chow long he thought it was, and it . ‘ The fact is, our eyes de-. — « thiee year old child or a flour bar-. rel? And could anything but actual} easily believe it, but not before.— ~ Ting bome om his here the father rid-. -> me : da, bad some fun with a show-. great number, reduced the eharge,;{—.body is looking; he will smoke in} LOYD’S SAMPLE ROOMS FRANCIS COSTELLO Proprietor, . _ oe BRANDS OF LIQUORS AND CIGARS To be found on the Coast. : g7 Pure WINES and LIQUORS for medicinal purposes. . Families supplied. : _Heveds _— acry éth, TSi6, : Administratrix’ Fy ile N Prohste Court—County of Howvada,) State ofCalifornia. In the matter of the estate of R. W. Latta,deceased. Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance ef au urder of the Probate Court of the county of Nevada, State of California, matie on the 7th day ot February, A.” D.1876, m the matter of the estate of R. W. Latts. de-. od Administratrix of . the "said estate-will sell at public auction, to-the highest bidder for cash, gold coin of K 3.05 HAND THE CHOIcEST. ~ First Clearing Sale! GREATEST EXCITEMENT OF THE SEASON ! LET THE WORLD KNow rT: L. JACOBS & BRO. RE OFFERING THE GREATEST . BARGAINS ever g ven in this City _ in order to mage room for immense importations from Eastern niarkets, They offer for the NEXT THIRTY DAYS, . -_ The , following: 2 GREAT BARGAINS IN TH 1B tionProbate Court, on SATURDAY‘the FOURTH day of MAREH, 1876, at 12 o’clock, M., in front o the Cénurt. Houe interest and estate of the said R. W Latta, at the time of his death, and all the right, title and interest that the said estate has, by operation of law or otherwise, acquired other than or ih addition to that of the in and to all that.certain-lot, piece or parcel of land,: and mining claim and quartz mill situate in Nevada county; Sts © of Caiifornia, Eureka township. described _as follows: ‘Lhat certain quarta ledge known es the Gaston Ridge quartz lode, on Gaston Ridge, and being about one-fourth of a mile in a westerly direction from the California quartz mill; and consisting of three thousand feet of the said quartziode. Also that certain steam quartz will situate in pee vicinity of Said lode and known as the alifornia mill, arid used in —connection paid on the day of sale, balancé on.conDeed at e: expense of purchaser,Nevada City, Feb, 7, 2876. ° 8. ALATTA, Administratrix of the estate of R. W. Latta, deceased JIM. Walling, Atty. aS ‘9 FLOWER PLANTS SHRUBBERY, —¥FOR-SALE-AT FELIX. a “NURSERY,. NEVADA CITY. AIR, such as— nation, Picotee, Pansy, Linum, nis, Chinese Pink, etc., all their beauty every year. — California White Lilies. berries, and Rose Plants. or grafting—the finest varieties. berries. Leave Orders at PELEX GILLET’S, Feb. 4-im. Pine Street. GRAND BALL, , RIFLE ASSOCIATION, ON : 8. A, Eddy, J. B. Conn, _ Austin Walrath, James 8. Murchie. Jehu A. Rapp, P.E. Hughsen, B.C. Walrath. COMMITTER OF ARRANGEMENTS. John A. Rapp, P. E. Hughson, C.T. Canteld, W. D. Ashman, = @.V. Schmittburg, GRAND ‘LEAP YEAR PARTY! THE ladies of Nevada rd — ive s J esas firmation of sle by said Probate’ sc odeaba DRY GOODS LINE. __We will sell what we advertise ‘aa Guarantee whas we sell. LOOK AT THE FOLLOWING 13 yards Sprague ia Merrimack Prints, $t.-10-yards Muslin, $1. 9 yards White Bock. bet M uslin, $1. 4 ae Fruit_ sdk Loom Muslin, $1. ae 7 yards New York Mills ' Muslin, $1. —-9 yards Pequot Brown 44 Muslin, $1. 10-4 Pequot Best Sheeting, 40 cents per yard. : 9-4 Pequot best Bheoting,[35 cents per yard. © “8-4 Pequot Best Sheeting, 30 cents per yard. ss HARDY PERENNIAL FLOWER Se PLANTS, RAISED IN THE OPEN . Bine Wall-flower. Daisy, Pink, Car-. Sweet-rocket,Digitalis,Lieh. Allof which will bloom next Sumiier for the first time, and keep on blooming in Cherry Currants, English GoosePear, Cherry, and Chestnut Scions Raspberry and Strawberry Plants, Shade Trees—Roue-leaved _. MalTuesday ,Februsry 22,1876 . AT TEMPERANCE HALL. ' “ -* FLOOR DERECTORS. W. Watt, B. J. Watson? . = ean fall yard, 174 cents. Repps for Wrappers, best, per yard, 224 cents. All wool Poplin Plaids,” per yard, 50 cents. \ ~ “6 ounces Zephyr WwW oo, $1. 500 dozen Coats & Brooks Spool Cotton, the best, per dozen, 75 cents. 3-ply Carpets, per yard, $1 20. Brussels, per yard, $1 20. 3 sold in the same proportion. In order to make room. for our next Spring stock; we for the next . 30 DAYS, — And give the Ladies of Nevada City and County the benefit of this Great, Clearing Sale. : Orders kind}y solisited and promptly filled. Everybody invited to call and convinee themselves, at L. JACOBS & BRO., + Broad Street, Nevada. February lst, 1876, _ UNION HOTEL, NEVADA CITY CALIFORNIA. D. W. SNAPP, Proprietor. tress. Ase desirable quiet place “weary, the UNION is not excelled by any House outside of San Franciscu. The Tabies of the Union, . Will compare favorably with any Hote! in the State, and will be Alled with the beet the market affords. Choice Wines, Liquors and Cigars Will be kept at the Bar, and the Billiard Cae te ccpplied with the BEST FABLES to be found in the State. ee TEMPERANCE HALL, E amu Eve'ng: Feb. 14, 1876, Tickets $2 50. : a {4 i? ee * asa ~ DR, C, D. BOBO, PHYSICIAN AND — ox, ESIDENCE, anon oppe site the 1HEATRE. ot ”~ Bell & Belden’s Drug Store; © . Drepsy a specialty. + And our entire stock will be’ will sell goods as advertised © Reser heaton will bs given tg mane Os aoe =a SF ¢ with said lode. Terms and conditions of L sda 4 is Mus. sale: . Cash, gold coin of the United States: 9 y ards — le . ten per cent of the purchase mroney—to be ttin, “$I = — _Delaines, the. best, per 3 rang tion ‘plac that gene nour ters . this hows tien Four i"

j ’ NEVADA CITY, CAL. —Pharsday,Feb.10, 1876. Railroad Legisiation. “ The times bave changed very __ auch since the last Legislatorg’ met two years ago. ‘The tone of the press has also met with a very marked change since that time on railroad questions, There are not so many men now as there used ‘to be . o¢ their natures. who.go stark staring mad when the ‘fnitials C. P. R. BR. greet their eyes. We doubt whether an address four_ “~ mento Union, turn pale when they "Years agotrom the chief of “that i in-} theit interest, and create a desire for} stitution to a legislative committee, would have received the same! —gnarked consideratiba. as the one re“eently delivered to the Committee on corporations by Leland Stanford, did, ind is, receiving. “A _fewOld} quirement ¢ of knowledge. But if he , goldiers of the cross who still pray by the ghost of the departed Sacrahear railroad mentioned, “but they are generally men who never rode a. hundred milesin their lives. Most intelligent men have come to regard @ failroad corporation as they do any other kind of corg®ration. If “Ft complies with the laws of the land; lature, then a steamboat corporation, —& stageline;-a—mannfacturing estab. huave the power to regulate prices of _—_" passage-and charges on freight, eith-. grea railroad; steamboat or stage} _-line._In case the prices charged are, . rode into power on the passing wave . provement_to—all bis papils.‘He Inducements to Study.He is the best’ instructor who most thoroughly. arouses the .ambition of womeu; who can impress upon the minds of the youths intrasted to his} charge the mighty gifts with which they have been endowed, and the grand career of usefulness which is spread out before them; who can implant in their souls a holy resolve, an all-hallowingz vow to live true to} and in obedience to the highest laws It is the teacher who must afford the means of immust stimulate their ambition, arousestady and_ improvement. He must: tractive place they can find. Fired with his zeal, his papils will devote ali their time and energies to the achas no zeat; if be has not the power to mould the youpg minds around him and to guide them to the right ebannels, then they will prefer idleness to industry, the street to the school room, and the society of the most depraved to that of their teaeher. ‘‘Idlenessis the sent in which mischief lays its eggs.’’ The boy ‘itis entitled to the protection of the Hawa of the land. It onght-to receive . . the same treatment that other similar organizations receive, If its busi-. ness is to be controlled bya Legislishment, banks, mines, and other associations formed by capitalists, ~ ought SAB 8 ; The good school is always awake; -pills-right into your eyes. The same There is no doabt but Legislatures { taking all things into aeeount, too high, it might be poliey some times. for the Leyislature to interfere, But #0 far, railroad legislation in every . State has proven a failure, A great ~ aus and cry hus been raised about monopolies, and demagogues have }-he feels noamusement or satisfac. forced to go to school and then forced to con over a dall-lesson in which. tion, simply to avoid punishment, will be an idle and mischievous boy, andanignorant man. Itisthe teach . er's province to create interest in every exercise, to awakon the dormant . faculties aud induve study by creating a knowledge of its necessity. the eye of every pupil is sparkling with enthusiasm, and the seats are Mptace cau be found. All tiess re-. ‘Quisites -lepend—in—s# -great-measure— upon the teacher, Happy the pupils who are so fortunate as to have such an instroctor. _ Norra Broomererp Feb. 4th 1876. Ep. Transcrrpr:—The° suow still continues'to bless our locality with * $363 made beforeof a yard of the merchant's goods, the stage lines’ prices of fare, or the! _ stract power probably to do all these ot popular indignation, who, when they attempted to fulfill the promelection, have Proven themselves entirely ignorant subject, and they have “ate compelled either to do nothing orto do something so absurd that their-sue_ cessors had to entirely undo it. The Colusa Sun pertivently remarks that “the matter has employed the best minds of the country for years, and the deeper into it they have gone tye more difficulties, they have met in the way of legislation, And yet men of the smallest calibre will promise the people before election that they will pass all the needed laws for restraining the greed of corporations.”’> This class of men have, by so doing, bowled themselves into promiuence temporarily, and have, in every instance, proved themselves to be demagogues. There seems to be a_ disposition on the part of most people now.to return to-reason. ‘To Jook’upon a railroad os they look ‘pon any otber piece of property. If its manner of conducting business fs-tair-and honorable, the Legislature ought oot to interfere, no more than it would in regulating the price price a mining corporation sball pay fora day's labor. It has the abthings, but it is coming to be the popular belief that it is not good . policy to exercise it. The Delinguent Tax List, We publish again this morning, @ list of delinquent taxpayers of Nevada county for 1875." ‘This is) \5:45 Susie Bean, W. A. M.; Miss the third time we have published the list, and ‘it: will be the last. The names of those who hare paid have bren taken out since the delinquent list was first published, and the names of property holders we publish this morning have not yet paid. On Satur. day next the County Collector will commence the sale of all property, the taxes of which remain uupaid, and will continue the sule uutil al) the property is disposed of, We paid their taxes to do so before that time, as the costs of sale and aceruing costs will nearly double the ~ mount now to be paid, _ Ax Obio woman has kait 130 tidies and given them to poor people, and Bow she feele that some one else ~@ught to take hold and bay rocking} its presence—yet after all you must: not think that We have nothing but snow. We are blessed with the usual number of marriages, and our . the stern monster ‘‘that mortals most fear and dread,*’has-not been idle. ha -of ourmost valued. citizens, . R. C. Black, and Mr. Caleb cis havefound that bourn from beyond which no mortal traveler ever returns—may they rest in peace. The HMorth Bloomfield company, with its characteristic energy, under the superititendency of H. C. Perkins, have kept their ditches frew from snow, and have, as yet, not‘withstanding the severe storm, kept the ditches open, and have lost little or no time in running the mine. The Improved . Order of Red Men are very prosperous,ana harmonious under the following officers, to -wit: Dr. G.S. Farley, Sachem;.W. A Dickerson Sr, Sag; Jas. H. Marriott, Jr. Sag; Chas, A. Haskell, Prophet; A. H. Helwig, R. W.; S. C. Chase, C.F.; T. P. Crandall, Ist Saunap; A. Snler, G, W.; Past Sachem, Kk. D. Skidmore, G. F.; BR. Schneider, ist Warrior, L. Germiquet, 2nd Warrior; John Rohr, lst Brave, M, H. . Wilson 2nd Brave. As for the Good Templars, prosperity seems to crown their efforts, and they are receiving continual accessions under, the skillful-management of the following energetie offiGers, to wit: W. A. Dickerson, W. C, T.; Mrs. A, A. Bean, W. V. T.;Miss Mary C. Black, W. 8.; Miss D.M. Nash, W. A. 8.; C. T. Rouner, W. F. 5.; Eugene Dickerson, W. T.; Geo. J. Victor, W. M.; Emoa Bean, W.: 1. G.; Mr. James Wilson, W.C.; Master Thos. Dow-. ney, W. O. G:;° Sister Vettie M, Smith, P. W. C. FT. Soon the new "officers will be installed, of . The good people of this place, Year Sehool Party on the “22nd, for the benefit of the public school, will trip the light fantastic toe the soul stirrieg music of the North Bloomfield Brass Band. 8. “J.T. Fasouxe, an actor now in Boston, had a letter delivered to him a day or two ago, which he wrote on shipboard in May of last year during a fearfal storm, aud thréw overboard in a bottle, at a time when be never expected to see lund again. The boitle was picked up in August, off the cost of Nova Scotia, the noblest capacities of their being>, J make-the-schoo!room:-the—most-atHfelon sitting in the halls _of_legislato know that he’s got any liver? . seldom vacant, because no pleasanter . ter-Ovean. ——— es vate life. He asks for the butter in {a voice choked with emotion and . zegovinan mystery and upravelled (matter with Blaine?’’ ¥ eS * . friends—wrote to the insdranee com: . letend holding a Centennial Leap} Call and gét your Morey. in to-day'’s .TraNacrrer that he is prepared to pay all scrip om the}: General Fund, registered prior to Nov, 24, 1875. Alse-a lot of other warrants, which can. be ascertained by reading the advertisement in another column. Tue Sacramento grand jary bave indicted the Legislative bully _ Wilcox, and be is at iiberty under $5,000 bonds. ‘murder, and if convicted; as he ought to be, he will havé an Oppor. _ tunit?_to in a cohvict’s garb. “It is now time ofthe erime. To have an indicted tion _makiug Jaws for the government of the State ig an-insult to the wealth.——_Let the brutal bully she . driven from the , Assembly which his presence disgraces—Oakland: Tribune. Tur Whitney Avenue Horse Railroad Company of New Haven is -going to try the experiment of propeling a car with compressed air. The to send Lit over the whole route, mak. ing a trip of four miles. ae We are thofongh!y,-tired-of read-ing that “the largest workshop of the body is the liver.’’ Who--wants And yet some medical puffer is eternally throwing his confidential remarks apply to comfortable coffins in undertakers’ _windows.—In=> ee ari that = ‘Barrett carries bis stage’ manners into pridry bread, and the tone in-which he orders a cup of mild tea is enough to freeze the marrow in one’s bones. A MAN who had mustered the Herthe mystery of the Keely motor, floundered in hopeless bewilderment around the problem, ‘‘What’s the The County Treasurer advertises. ; Thecharge is assault to} maul iron for the State! bly took sole cognizance; track is about two miles long, and it . -. ig expected-that enengh . air can be stored in a ear at one e time} + ——30-Con Virgina 425, ——————S—SSaYrrYyS]—SS—— . {By Telegraph) +, . Mining Stocks. Yesterday 1 Morning’ Sales. 535 Op bir 56%. a. 175 ‘ations 19 830 Best-& Belcher 59%, 3990 Savage 1934. 325 Hale & Norcross 47, 445 Gould & Carry.203,. 1760 Crown Point 2534. 175 Yellow Jacket 99. 995 Imperial 9. — _ 100 Eopire Mill 534 2365 Kentuck 16. 75 Alpba 23%. 385° Belcher 328% ym 240° Confidence : zi. = 135 Con Virginia 421. _ 230. Sierra eras 13%. 1010 California 83%. pee 58 Builien 47. ee = 70 Exchequer 1232 ~ 25 Seg Beicher 5. 350 Overman 61. 430 Justice -27%:. 390 Union Cou 95%. 435 Succor 25%. : 310 Julia l4iginteee ~ 2960" Lady Bryan ———— 350 Caledonia 36. Yesterday Afternoon" 8 Sales. 180 Silver Hill 1 1B . . 50 Rock Island 4. 350 Woodvilie 2%. 100 Mint 50c. 425 Crown Point 25. 100 Kentuck 1544 “865 Savage 1834. 250 California 83%. * B25 Raymond 4 & bo eed 1060 Leopard 31% 410 Jefferson 6. 505 Gila 2% 650 Coso Con-91e, 20 Utah 18. Muascrina BY THE Eve. = ago, says @ correspondent, when we contests there used to be over the teacher's favorite exercise of having’ the scholars estimate with the eye jects in the room. “up bis-cane, and have each one tell was alucky child that could come within half a foot of the right length. He would measure an urchin, and then have the scholars try to repro-. duce the measure on the wall. He would mark off an inch, or a foot, or a yard in some conspicuons place and then see how near anybody could come to chalking the same length upon the blackboard. And it was astonishing how wide astray one would go. eeive us ridiculously even upon the commonest things. At first thought

which should vou say was the taller, He ee A PHOTOGRAPHER says that isla : teen a girl will sit twelve times for a. photograph, and then be dissatisfied. At forty the same persou will sit once and take the picture, even if the artist points out three or four defects. On February 224, at Stockton, the Sublican State Commitiee will present asilk flag te-the—Republi-eans of San Joaquin -county, that being the banner Republiean county of the State for 1 5 17 Ss ms Tuenx is a sent in San Francisco that the Post is likely to be pirsaid to be soliciting subscriptions to, that end. a _ALapr remarked toa ree din too long. “Don’t-you think so?” said she—‘‘just a little?” *‘Ab dear madam,” r the divine, a am afraid you don’t like “the sincere milk of the Word.’’’ “Yes, Ido,” said she; ‘‘but you kuow the fashion now-a-days is eondensed milk.” A man in Engiand has taken out 8 patent for paper bed blankets. A gorece ought to feel comfortable unra quilt of ‘Congressional Globes, with-aspread of ports, und aii-extra thighiens of statistics across the feet. Wr didn’t “ee -naybody on New Year's that we could conscientiously call drunk; but we observed one fellow who had bis shadow. backed up against an alley gate holding it hens with his finger shoved thr a knot hole and talking it to death with ancomprised gravity. A CHIvaMan whose life was insar-ed for a large amount, was seriously hurt by falling from a wagon. There was some doubt of bis ever getting better, and at length one of his, pany **Charlie half dead; Uhey half mouey.”* ; ‘Swknve hacke went over te the 4 45 train the other day, and brought back one passenger, w which is an avple wonder why hackmen are fane.—Norwich Balletin. = Max—“Do you think it would = safe for me to cross this pasture Maid—"Weil, the old‘ bull aout like red very mueb, but if you" will chalk your nose I guess he wun't attack you. on Tus intensely poetical editor of a recent gorgeous wuuset in that vichased by the Democracy, who are . 7 vine that his Sermons were a little; atent Office Reao Noite you. way know an . army veteran: prefersa tin cup erage of four cents a hack. And yett int the Austin. ( Tex.) TReeellle deseribes a measurement convince you that the same ehild is half as high as a sixfooter? There is an old saying that a child two years old is half as tall as he ever will be, and, after a few experiments in measuring, one can Boston Transcript. SF A FELLOW in Kentucky ran away with wfarmer’s daughter and horse, and was hotly pursued. The farmer got within close range, and fourished a revolver, ‘‘Don’t shoot, for heaven's sake!’ shouted the lover. ‘I won't,” was the reply, ‘cause I'm afeared i'll hit ther horse. Just leave ther hoss and take ther gal.”’ he compromise was accepted by the young folks, who. walked on te ing on bis horse. —— Tax bays of Winnemuesa, Novis: man, They formed a line from the ticket office aronnd a near corner. Each asked the price of admission, and, when being told that it was fifty cents, shook his head, said it was too much, retired, and fell in_atthe rear of the line. Thia was kept up until the showman, astounded by the unauimity and the seemingly and then every boy cleared ont. to a chinaone; he drinks out of the spout of the water piteher when uobed despite his mother’s warnings; he never bears a band play without straightening hiniself up; and he has 4 fine eye for the soft side of a eorn field. — <i> “THE rich,”” said a Dutchman, ‘eat venison because it ish deer. I} "eat mutton because it ish sheep. Bsoei _ @hairs to hang the tidies on,’ ' aa = spent — kid smart in the Amer.can _—> ‘ cinily as resembling a ripeSANFORD, Treasurer. A. H. Panggs, Deputy, Nevada, Fe. 10h it : _ -+-ceased, the-unde >the United States, and-subjex + to confirma. door, et Nevada City, all-the right, tree; =} xaid_R-W. Latte at -the-time of —his-death, ———— beaten" ‘school house, “what exciting ‘the size and weight of different ob{. e “He would bolt} chow long he thought it was, and it . ‘ The fact is, our eyes de-. — « thiee year old child or a flour bar-. rel? And could anything but actual} easily believe it, but not before.— ~ Ting bome om his here the father rid-. -> me : da, bad some fun with a show-. great number, reduced the eharge,;{—.body is looking; he will smoke in} LOYD’S SAMPLE ROOMS FRANCIS COSTELLO Proprietor, . _ oe BRANDS OF LIQUORS AND CIGARS To be found on the Coast.. : g7 Pure WINES and LIQUORS for medicinal purposes. . Families supplied. : _Heveds _— acry éth, TSi6, : Administratrix’ Fy ile N Prohste Court—County of Howvada,) State ofCalifornia. In the matter of the estate of R. W. Latta,deceased. Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance ef au urder of the Probate Court of the county of Nevada, State of California, matie on the 7th day ot February, A.” D.1876, m the matter of the estate of R. W. Latts. de-. od Administratrix of . the "said estate-will sell at public auction, to-the highest bidder for cash, gold coin of K 3.05 HAND THE CHOIcEST. ~ First Clearing Sale! GREATEST EXCITEMENT OF THE SEASON ! LET THE WORLD KNow rT: L. JACOBS & BRO. RE OFFERING THE GREATEST . BARGAINS ever g ven in this City _ in order to mage room for immense importations from Eastern niarkets, They offer for the NEXT THIRTY DAYS, . -_ The , following: 2 GREAT BARGAINS IN TH 1B tionProbate Court, on SATURDAY‘the FOURTH day of MAREH, 1876, at 12 o’clock, M., in front o the Cénurt. Houe interest and estate of the said R. W Latta, at the time of his death, and all the right, title and interest that the said estate has, by operation of law or otherwise, acquired other than or ih addition to that of the in and to all that.certain-lot, piece or parcel of land,: and mining claim and quartz mill situate in Nevada county; Sts © of Caiifornia, Eureka township. described _as follows: ‘Lhat certain quarta ledge known es the Gaston Ridge quartz lode, on Gaston Ridge, and being about one-fourth of a mile in a westerly direction from the California quartz mill; and consisting of three thousand feet of the said quartziode. Also that certain steam quartz will situate in pee vicinity of Said lode and known as the alifornia mill, arid used in —connection paid on the day of sale, balancé on.conDeed at e: expense of purchaser,Nevada City, Feb, 7, 2876. ° 8. ALATTA, Administratrix of the estate of R. W. Latta, deceased JIM. Walling, Atty. aS ‘9 FLOWER PLANTS SHRUBBERY, —¥FOR-SALE-AT FELIX. a “NURSERY,. NEVADA CITY. AIR, such as— nation, Picotee, Pansy, Linum, nis, Chinese Pink, etc., all their beauty every year. — California White Lilies. berries, and Rose Plants. or grafting—the finest varieties. berries. Leave Orders at PELEX GILLET’S, Feb. 4-im. Pine Street. GRAND BALL, , RIFLE ASSOCIATION, ON : 8. A, Eddy, J. B. Conn, _ Austin Walrath, James 8. Murchie. Jehu A. Rapp, P.E. Hughsen, B.C. Walrath. COMMITTER OF ARRANGEMENTS. John A. Rapp, P. E. Hughson, C.T. Canteld, W. D. Ashman, = @.V. Schmittburg, GRAND ‘LEAP YEAR PARTY! THE ladies of Nevada rd — ive s J esas firmation of sle by said Probate’ sc odeaba DRY GOODS LINE. __We will sell what we advertise ‘aa Guarantee whas we sell. LOOK AT THE FOLLOWING 13 yards Sprague ia Merrimack Prints, $t.-10-yards Muslin, $1. 9 yards White Bock. bet M uslin, $1. 4 ae Fruit_ sdk Loom Muslin, $1. ae 7 yards New York Mills ' Muslin, $1. —-9 yards Pequot Brown 44 Muslin, $1. 10-4 Pequot Best Sheeting, 40 cents per yard. : 9-4 Pequot best Bheoting,[35 cents per yard. © “8-4 Pequot Best Sheeting, 30 cents per yard. ss HARDY PERENNIAL FLOWER Se PLANTS, RAISED IN THE OPEN . Bine Wall-flower. Daisy, Pink, Car-. Sweet-rocket,Digitalis,Lieh. Allof which will bloom next Sumiier for the first time, and keep on blooming in Cherry Currants, English GoosePear, Cherry, and Chestnut Scions Raspberry and Strawberry Plants, Shade Trees—Roue-leaved _. MalTuesday ,Februsry 22,1876 . AT TEMPERANCE HALL. ' “ -* FLOOR DERECTORS. W. Watt, B. J. Watson? . = ean fall yard, 174 cents. Repps for Wrappers, best, per yard, 224 cents. All wool Poplin Plaids,” per yard, 50 cents. \ ~ “6 ounces Zephyr WwW oo, $1. 500 dozen Coats & Brooks Spool Cotton, the best, per dozen, 75 cents. 3-ply Carpets, per yard, $1 20. Brussels, per yard, $1 20. 3 sold in the same proportion. In order to make room. for our next Spring stock; we for the next . 30 DAYS, — And give the Ladies of Nevada City and County the benefit of this Great, Clearing Sale. : Orders kind}y solisited and promptly filled. Everybody invited to call and convinee themselves, at L. JACOBS & BRO., + Broad Street, Nevada. February lst, 1876, _ UNION HOTEL, NEVADA CITY CALIFORNIA. D. W. SNAPP, Proprietor. tress. Ase desirable quiet place “weary, the UNION is not excelled by any House outside of San Franciscu. The Tabies of the Union, . Will compare favorably with any Hote! in the State, and will be Alled with the beet the market affords. Choice Wines, Liquors and Cigars Will be kept at the Bar, and the Billiard Cae te ccpplied with the BEST FABLES to be found in the State. ee TEMPERANCE HALL, E amu Eve'ng: Feb. 14, 1876, Tickets $2 50. : a {4 i? ee * asa ~ DR, C, D. BOBO, PHYSICIAN AND — ox, ESIDENCE, anon oppe site the 1HEATRE. ot ”~ Bell & Belden’s Drug Store; © . Drepsy a specialty. + And our entire stock will be’ will sell goods as advertised © Reser heaton will bs given tg mane Os aoe =a SF ¢ with said lode. Terms and conditions of L sda 4 is Mus. sale: . Cash, gold coin of the United States: 9 y ards — le . ten per cent of the purchase mroney—to be ttin, “$I = — _Delaines, the. best, per 3 rang tion ‘plac that gene nour ters . this hows tien Four i"