February 11, 1873 (4 pages)

Coast Review, an insurance journal, where he married; he-then went to “and well aware of his faults, but Le ee The Daily Eranseript MSY AA Crry, cal. Sn mere nn Tuesday, Feb. 11, 1873. é Sad Story. (orrréras.j! ' Sercrpar, Feb. 8.Oh motion the Tax Collector was authorized to collect a Special Poll tax of $1 from each male itthabitant over 271 and under 50 years of age. Henry Fiene filed statement setting forth cost of construction, and An adtértisement by « Boston In_Surance Compuny_retently hotified the publi¢ ofthe discharge from its. “service of one James L. Butler, who . resided in this city for some timé soliciting insurance. Since then Mr. . Butler, with his family, have left for . ‘pastures new,’’ and now, comes the . and gives an‘interesting account of > the character and business transactions of Butler, from which, after inquiry as to its authenticity, the following is compiled:Butler is about 30 years oMlage, of English parentage, and kan _léd a somewhat wayward lifé. having, when quite young, gone’to Australia, China, where hé served in the Impe-rialarmy during the Taeping rebellion, after which he came to Califér. nia_and obtained employment as . agent for the Mutual Life Insurance Company, and went to Oregon in order to solicit business fur the. company. Aftera few months he left the employ of the company and an tinsettled account, notwithstanding which he soon obtained similar employment with an Eastern company doing business here. Meantime his family had arrived from Australia, and out of consideration for his wife and little ones, his. employers _overYeoked various dishonorable acts. He is a man of pleasaut manners, good education, of excellent famiig, said it y was sometimes impossible to resist the temptation todo what he knew to be . He was in a perpetusl struggle with himself. ABO UNLIARS Itt was astertained that no faith couMiibeyut in his word, and all his . “promiees to lead a better life were . broken. It seemed. impossible for vim to be honest orto tell the truth, although he. struggled apparently with great earnéstmess against his besétting sins,. and’ frequently, with tears in» bai eyes,. vowed to, reform. ——4 -+ toll. soad,-s0-far-ee-the-santerequires. expenses for repairing and maintaining his toll road. ‘and. containing re. port of receipts from collection of tolls; also praying for a~renewal of license for collection of tolls at the ie yery its “ee case 5s Ione recently been tried before the Tenth District Court at Oroville, Butte county, ip valving the rights of miners to ran . tailings from their hydraulic diggings , into the creeks which are. yaturall outlets for water vsti tas from their)tines. A.C. Cram, the plaintiff in this) suit, is the owner of a farm“on the’ banks of Dry creek, ‘in: Battecounty, . while the defendant, the Spring; Valley Canal and Mining Company, } . same place and rates as last year. Statement filed an! prayer granted; . junto the county “treasury the sum of $36, and “file-a good -ahd-safficient bond in the sum of $1,000. . On meSen, the order heretofore made in the matter of renewal of lieense of Wim. Hughes on the Crasen the said Wm. Hughes *é pay a license. Application of M.S. Millican for renewal of license ta collect tolls on the Nevada and Washington Turn-; pike, tolls to be collected atthe same . place and rates as last. pea Appili. cation granted. isa corporation ‘engaged in hydraulic . mining at. Cherokee Flat. These! which empties into ‘Dry creek, and. the tailings: ffim the mines of the? defendent smd others at Gherokee_ Flat have been carried through the; ravine aforesaid and:down Drycreek { a distance of twelve-miles to the farm . ‘ét the planar, where by filling” ap? . the ‘ereek. and diverting its~ waters . damage bias been «tone to his property. 4 Several-fArmers owning lan® along . this creek tnitedt in ‘this suit and prosecuted the mining company for) damages. Had ‘the decision been 4 rendered in their favor, it wonld Applicataon-of Placer and } Nevada . have stopped _ the working _ of some} 2 Pe We understand that “the “Nevada mine, known as the ald Sopgs’ mine, }S ander the superintendence of Mr. Berry, is looking first rate, and gives . promise of a rich reward for tlie’ enterprise ofaa of it. eae Tus steamer Resaca and YV. ander. . bilt ware up at auction sile at Mare attend large fires;-and take-sueh prei fslavid On Wednesday. The Resaca . i Was knocked down to Goodall, Nelscn ' & Co. for $47.0, hat only $56 000 . . being bid for the Vanderbilt she was withdrawn from the s sue. Bi Ar Bosten, England, recentiz, a . providing thé sard Henry Fiene pay . mines at aitested-on Saw Mil ravine fly wheel 28 feet im diameter, and, weighing 3 t ous, batst asander,—9 ‘fragments ‘being throwa in alm : tions. Killing one man ad ant throegh the wails and as if they} hadbean paper. 1TSc paper. —A-compart has -bete—organjecd ~~ Orezon te-build & marrow gauge railand file a bond, is hereby rescinded. + apon theland,.it is alleged that great. . road from the-Isthmus to the slough . ; to the Coquille river Tue Galveston Ves reapices greatly over the immense tidé of immigra. tion now peuring into Texas from . other Southern States. . Tue experience of the firemen‘and . of much assistance to the: firemen. ‘sumption of whale-oil has fallen off /seme profits to owners, many. of . ef many — vessels to other busisorense quantities of Recky Moun4 Boston Gaslight Company during the eat, eonflagration, . -demonstrated ‘that the presence in ‘burning “build. ings of men whovare acquainted with . the gas piping therein, would be a a} great auxiliary to the department i in { suppressing fires. Recently a movement has been inanguratedi whereby . : Seloex: Members will -vited to attend, ay or THE reg sen M., will a. pe in this m held at We footy ei . st hen 12th, 1 ‘take 1m, a] thren-in‘ oa standing an: CHAS! “oP, H. CASWELL Sec = Mastie, evening, Feo, Vis-ting brethre: remployees of the. gas’company” will . ; _cautions.and measures as: will pre‘went the leakage and expldsiomi of } gas. This will result in: a.great sav-‘ing to the company, and: will prove . The gas corps will be uniformed. Tur review of the whale alia, “for 1872, shows ill -suecess_as_to the, _petuniary returbs. The home congreatly during the year just closed, twhile the foreign demand has been very small. Of the 156 whalers at . sea, 111 are from New Bedford.” Of ithe sixty-five finished voyages only _two or three have resulted in hand-. whom:have lost money. The whaling flket is steadily decreasing in numbers, principally by the transfer . ness. }Pineand Commercial § DRUGS, nan : © CORWER OF: Senter in CHEMICALS, _PERFUMERY, ° TOILET SOA Turnpike, BTaylor agent, Tor te newal of license to collecttolls. Same as M. 8, Millican. _Application of Worest. Hill and Grass Valley Turnpike Co., B. Taylor, agent. Sameas M. S. Milliean. Application of Grass-Valley Turnpike Turnpike Co. for renewal of license to collect tolls. Sameas M. S. Millicas. It is hereby ordered that a special dogs as follows: Every owner,claimant, or keeper of a dog or dogs, shall pay.a tax of $1 per capita for male. dogs; and $2_per ‘head for female dogs; said taxes to be levied and collected as other special taxes. The proceeds of such taxes, after deducting twenty per cent. allowed the Assessor, to be paid into the Special Fund of the.county. _. The Clerk was inatvasted to cite the attention of all wagon road corporations to section 514 of the Civil Code, andtonotify those interested that unless the provisions therein contained are complied with, the law will be enforced. On motion the Board adjourned to He soom! howévery was for the 235; or fourth time delinquent in hi ment of meneys received,.but as and alf was earnest in his protestations ofa . desire to dright. The following extract from’ a letter written about this time will give am idea of . the state of mind the man wés-in:Dear sir:—In compliance with my¥ last promise to you, I forward all ap~ Pilications and account of, money re-" azived by me. The stutement shows #» balance against ye of $880. Ihave reserved nothing—kept nothing back, I have told my last lie. * = The heartburnings and vascillations are all gone. .] now stand out a new _-man with this resolution formed: that I will try and forget the bitterness of the past, and wills s prove by wy conduct that I am,;. indeed, a man; no more lies, no meredigraceful actions, but hardy. sterling.work, * *. If you can have-oomfidence in me at} this stage of affairs; I will go on and Work out my salvation. THE STRUGGES. CONTINUED, He was-allowed: te make the attempt-to ‘work out his salvation;’’ » s . Moneey mmorning at 10 o’clock. T. C. Puunxert, Clerk. 2 Mownpay, Feb. 10th. Board met. pursuant to adjournment. Board present, President J. W. Babb in the chair. Minutes of 5S rday's proceedings yead.and approved. > The following demands against the county: were examined and ordered paid: NS Dr. -R. M, Hunt, fortwo days at tendance as witness, at $10 per day, and-one mile mileage, case ‘of the People vs.Buelow, Disjsict. Court, General Fand, -$20-25. Dr. H.S.:Welch,. same as--Dr. R. M. Hunt, $20 25: Dr. Jas. Simpson,. for. four days’ attendance as: witness,. at $10 per day, and four miles mileage, case of ‘People vs. Buelow,. Distriet: Gontt, General Fund, $41. Dr. J. F. Radolph;. for foun dazs attendance as witness, at $10: per wase failure, and he.soom: became 80 discowraged that he contemplated suicide, bat proposed first-to insure his life in order’ toe pay his debts. The offer was dectimed -by: his creditors, and he finall} left:the city. suddenly, and has not been seen thers since, but the following: letter received since his departure, shows that he is still in the land of the li¥ing, and has not even yet lost ‘all; hope of working out his salvation: ‘Dear sir: Beiore you receive this letter I shall be far awagy from the . State of California. I write these lines in order to relieve you of ay ~“faRiety av to my whereabouts. iiseny our mutual affuirs, this action —of-mine relieves you of all responsibilitg.oftunsettled business.~ * Balance my account, and rest assured ~ that-if I ever achieve Success in: the life before me, that every dollar, with legal interest). will be paid you. In surance—as ent—is dead to-me; — J-engagedan it I had nothing toach myself with—in fact, an# Sececameenens cannot possibly be ~puccessfil-and not lie-=I resolve now to do what-I should ‘have dene earlier; I reselved to push: on steadily— to hold every point I make—and never to make a cent that. conscience does not tellime is earned. honéstly. Do not thins I take a:wrong view of _ the principles of insurance-—it is the fault ic’ that: am agent “must lié‘to convince them of a duty; the cake is wholesome, but the pev. } must have it s peadaibond! ere heoewlibbes itt po vy 4 treme aS day, and sixty-four miles mileage, case of People vs. Buelow;. District Court, General Fund, $56.B. D. Dunuam, Sheriff off Placer: county, serving snbpoena and mileage;-Special Fund, $11 70. ~ Mike Bryte, Sheriff of Sacramento cennty, serving subpoena and m:Ieage, Special Fund, $250. ~~ Byrne, Clark and Pureell, conveying patients to County. Hospital, pata Fund, $20. Ps e: PLUNKET?, » Chere. =~ A wea, now before the Senate a Mithigan provides that no opinion er impression formed by a juror upon other than personal knowledge of the facts; shall-be a sufficient ground of challenge, if the juror will declare an oath that he believes he can render ant impartial verdict, -according to the évidéhce submitted on the triat: The number of peremptory ehallenges-is« imereased to tw enty on ‘eueh side. a ee Tur PénrSylvamia Mvern keepers threaten to raise’ the price of the lodging and feed‘for man aud beasts. if theix licenses for ~ selling Te are taken from them. A pIaMoND polisher of Amsterdam has been qrrested: for selling. clippe eee : tax be levied ‘and collectedi upon} hhead suddenly fell back before his z pall: prebability. very vaitable mines and have rendered comparatively worthless property now estimated to bey worth millions of dollars. _-. ‘The case was tried beforé the jury towhom it: was submitted upon special iseues,.and their decisiouswas in favor of thedefendents upon: all matezial points; >= eo Death of Gendral Geary. A dispatch of the 8th from “Hartisbarg,. Pa., says, ex-Governor Geary returned hé'from New York last evening in apparent good health. About 9 o’elock this forenoon, while ‘breakfasting with his family, and in the act of helping his little son, his <= wife could get to his side, and before medical-aid eould be summoned he was dead. He. is supposed to have died of heart disease or apoplexy~ much sortow is expressed. General Geary wasborn in” Pennsylvania, in . 1820, andiwas consequently 53 years of age when he died. He served in the Mexican war, and afterwards resided on this coast. master at San Brancisco in 1949, and afterwards Mayor. He afterwards served.as Governor of Kansas, enlisted. iu the Union armies during the rebellion, and was severely wounded at Cedar Mountain, and in 1868 was chosen-Governor of Pennsylvania, and had only completed his term of officea short time before his death. Distinguished Arrival, : Our city, as well as the Transcrier office, was,yesterduy honored by the of the Grass Vulley. Union. . 'The Commodore looks healthy and is very enthusiastic in favor of submitting. to the people, at the coming Fall’ election, the question of voting a subsidy for’a railroad from Nevada City to Auburn or Marysville. The. Commodore, as wells a majority of: the tax payers in Nevada and Grass} Valley townships, will vote “yes,” Those who are in favor of ‘subsidy or against it, are “are requested to Write out . their reasons, pro and con, and send them to the Transcrret or the Grass Valley Union Yor publication. Let the matter be thoroughly discussed. <a A Good Day’s Work. TheGrand Jury organized yesterday, imvestigated“and took action in five cases,.and besides, the several committees’ appointed performed their duties. The work of the jury will be completed by noon. to-day i in > a ye _Rev. EK Halleday: This-gentleman, who has occupied the pxbpit ef the Congregational Church: in this citypfor the past two yéars, has received. an > intment at Salinas City and. roville, where he-is now preaching.Appointment. ‘ “Dave: ‘Bently, formerly a =— of this city, has been appointed Post-: master at Priuceton, Colusa county, A most excellent appointment, and a thoroughty. competent man for the position is @ that same Dave Bently. as The Nevada Light Guard is ordered out for parade “on the 22nd day of Kebruary" next. See advertisement. ‘Our citizens are greatly excited, and . He was Post-. + ne earthly reason why womenshould ‘not become medicalmen.”’ presence of Commodore Shoemaker,. tain coal are arriving at Reno daily” and being shipped:to Virginia: City, where the mills use it in } conjunction . with wood. = ‘ a . THE preacher” wHo wis hatcheted in Cincinnati last Summer, has commenced libel suits against twenty-one newspapers. Some of the English and French newspapers alludeto the defunct house "of Bowles Brothers as the “Yankee Pawnbroker.”’ & New Hampshire churches, outside the towns, still cling to the idea of the women sitting on the left hand and the men on the right. Sr. Paci and, Duluth are now fighting as to which town has the largest icicles: Duleth was ahead until St. Paul “ one forty-eight feet long. Tur Sacramento: Library is Janguishing. “It is not hearly 50. well bling hells. 2 — Micuican rats are on-the ramypage and are crossing Lake Bapetee ¢ on the ice by hundteds. Ax Irish writer says:—‘‘I knew of CuristTMas day the new Eord May-; or of London sat down te dinner with. 186 relatives and. none of them poor. So SEL resco Tris estimated that there ave at least seven hundred ahd -eighty. men 4 in Philadelphia who yet drunk-erery, other day. S THERE ae ‘heiit three tonivistions: under the Sunday law at San Léan-{ dro, Adameda county; the highest, to $31,50 —— ea piling to protest the piers: of the Sacramento and Yolo bridge from ‘being damaged -by steamers striking while passing through. don cama Gardens —isdead, owing to a lack of Pap. ScHoon Senehesi. in .Pl beard; and pawpers $2 35. Chattanooga,. Tenn., are employed. in road workitig. Tue grapevines in the vicinity of . Sandasky,. GQhio, are reported _ to . have been much injured by the late » ~& Fasnen. physclegist las sae . -csededingabing au artificial.pair of } Siamese twins, by j joining “— a pa of young rats, yard for ssvéral months to come, and itis not probable that she will be here before April. ‘Tae Conrts in Ohio granted: 1,026 divorces last year, 750,000. in paving her streets. Sevesty ‘towns in “Massachusetts are sufering from m small-pox applied for ubaiahan sited ian: @ ‘ fag fin motion. “He_was.a carpenter by patronized as-the saloons and-gam=. ee fine imposed, with costs, amounted, Worxmen are-engaged in driving . _ gmouth, . Mess., are allewed $2 a week ford Tue femals prisoners in. jail at Tue Saranac is the cay Govern. ment vessel expected at the navy . . Dernorr, Michigan, has spent $1,-. . seis Orrosrra ebthigtere Tr is stated that 80 diverees were . . On the 38h ult., George W. Trown of Portland, Oregon, was killed by Being run over by the ears, :which he attemptedito board while they were trade, but was formerly. connected with the Portland Standard. “A New orchestra with a thousand performers is to be maxted) im: Bon. don, : t BORN. ——s In this city, Feb. 4th 1873, ‘to rite Bluett and wife, a son. In this ¢ity, Feb. 7, 1873, to T: W. Stgcurney and wife, a son. In this city, Feb. 8th, 1873, toD: F: Hast. man and wife, a son. MARRIED. se] 2 At the residence of Olivera Domingues. Febrnary, by 'W.H. Davidson, J. P., Manuel Ignacio Fernandez to Refugio o Billegas, both: of Nevada City. ~"Rotice to Creditors. 3 is hereby given by: the undersigned Ex. ecutor of the above nameé estate, to the erediters off and all persons having claims cinst said: William Son, deceased, Hibit the same, with thee necessary Youchlicatioa of this notice to*he undersigned at Bis place of residence, mear*the city of Nevada, California. . Nevada city, Feb. 10th, 1873 JOHN MITTEN; eget Of the Estate of William Seu, 4 on Piety Hill, Nevada City, on the 8th of} STATE of WM. SON, deceased. Notice . to @k=}5 2. BRUSHES, of alt-kinas. __ wa, We shall keep on hand a large ass ment of @ Fancy Article SF Also full line of ‘Patent. Medicin 4 A Goon. SUPPLY OF a memeeggee a FRESH:GARDEN SEEDS ALFALFA, CLOVER, TIMOTHY,.&e. PRESCRIPTIONS CARKEULLY come —— Spgretins REMEMBER THE. PLACE, Cor. Pine & Commercial Street * (Bassentus’ Ord Stand. : ‘LL & BROWN. Nevada, Féb. 8, 1873. ers, within-four monthsrom the first pub. Williams & Johnson, Attys for the Eatate. MILIFARY NOTICE) ee NEVADA LIGHT GUARD. OU are hereby ordered to a: at YOUR “ARMORY, sia Y Ta Full Uniform, On Saturday,. Feb, 22nd,, AT 2 o'clock, P. M, FOR PARADE, “The Company <willmarch promptly at 2% o’clock, and all not in ranks wil be ‘considered as absentees. xe No excuses received except fhickaiits ort absence from town. By order M.S. DEAL, Capt. Coma’g. Auction and Cc ‘STORE. os FRANE GUILD, Be yeepanifuily inform the . ple of Nevada City and the surrow ing country that he has epened an Au and. Co “mission Store, at Nec 38 COMMERCIAL STRESS Wirere he will sell at Anction or on (i> missien any articles perscns wish to de 3:. pose of. Persons in want of any. article will @ sell to call.on me before purchasing t# where. Particular attention paid to second bsl Eurniture. Having had over 18 yvars a7 rience in the Farnitere business he is ) pared to do all kinds of repairing gies Enrniture line cheap and. in good wi inanlike manner. FRANE GUILD. Nevada, Feb. 7th. . PAIN ISs = 2 F. Evens, "0" Be. fid> _ THE BEST HOUSE. a GRAND HOTEL, SACRAMENTO. Corner of Front and EK Streets. 6. Ss. BROWN one block from the Railroad ings. It is a first class House im #1] respects. Neatly fitted Cerns, B ‘Piles, xo wmuions, Sores and Flesh Wonnes » er pedy mag y E. M. PRESION, Hamilton’s Rosbaawdce. Removed to _ . _ BROAD STREET, A THE Grand Hotel is: onty. _Depot-and— Steamboat Lané=}— Fresh Garden Seed, FLOWER SEED. —~AT= PRESTON'S DRUG “STORE MEDICAL WONDER, POND’S EXTRIO ABSOLUTE WATER-PROOF, —AT— PRESTON'S LT wp and farnished in eplendid Style, . LAMP CHIMNEYS».5 for 60 cnn’ able is-supplicd wit wrsitg eM eranen Fresten's. re Old Friends f LUE, SHILLAG; SAINFO sivitae tage en re County ate GL — ~ : _Sscratmento,-Deb, 6th. yt ar tna ty Ac Posh ee a PUT U. ™ 2 Ce TAYLOR & cCo.3_ “18 BROAD STH At Roseville Junction, Pineer ce. . ALEX. GABLT..Propriet S A Pi "REMEDY eee wes a hyy?. have ‘iced the best ‘varies # every thing in our line. \ . 4 SXGRLLENT BUTTER, 6 CRACKERS OF OUR ¢WN MAM? TURE. A good sample of oa from tbe.” > = ‘ in aes cowaty, Pa, } ’ repeat Try it mts The gase Wi dan, at motion . asked . suit is pany ft from . motio1 that th be dis: for th “may ¥ _gount term . Aubui Th _.-phen phake tate, plete now shut good Gre pas o mel disc ing ise Yicl Th wil mil -) = OO eo wee e a hl.) ae eae eh UZ all

Coast Review, an insurance journal, where he married; he-then went to “and well aware of his faults, but Le ee The Daily Eranseript MSY AA Crry, cal. Sn mere nn Tuesday, Feb. 11, 1873. é Sad Story. (orrréras.j! ' Sercrpar, Feb. 8.Oh motion the Tax Collector was authorized to collect a Special Poll tax of $1 from each male itthabitant over 271 and under 50 years of age. Henry Fiene filed statement setting forth cost of construction, and An adtértisement by « Boston In_Surance Compuny_retently hotified the publi¢ ofthe discharge from its. “service of one James L. Butler, who . resided in this city for some timé soliciting insurance. Since then Mr. . Butler, with his family, have left for . ‘pastures new,’’ and now, comes the . and gives an‘interesting account of > the character and business transactions of Butler, from which, after inquiry as to its authenticity, the following is compiled:Butler is about 30 years oMlage, of English parentage, and kan _léd a somewhat wayward lifé. having, when quite young, gone’to Australia, China, where hé served in the Impe-rialarmy during the Taeping rebellion, after which he came to Califér. nia_and obtained employment as . agent for the Mutual Life Insurance Company, and went to Oregon in order to solicit business fur the. company. Aftera few months he left the employ of the company and an tinsettled account, notwithstanding which he soon obtained similar employment with an Eastern company doing business here. Meantime his family had arrived from Australia, and out of consideration for his wife and little ones, his. employers _overYeoked various dishonorable acts. He is a man of pleasaut manners, good education, of excellent famiig, said it y was sometimes impossible to resist the temptation todo what he knew to be . He was in a perpetusl struggle with himself. ABO UNLIARS Itt was astertained that no faith couMiibeyut in his word, and all his . “promiees to lead a better life were . broken. It seemed. impossible for vim to be honest orto tell the truth, although he. struggled apparently with great earnéstmess against his besétting sins,. and’ frequently, with tears in» bai eyes,. vowed to, reform. ——4 -+ toll. soad,-s0-far-ee-the-santerequires. expenses for repairing and maintaining his toll road. ‘and. containing re. port of receipts from collection of tolls; also praying for a~renewal of license for collection of tolls at the ie yery its “ee case 5s Ione recently been tried before the Tenth District Court at Oroville, Butte county, ip valving the rights of miners to ran . tailings from their hydraulic diggings , into the creeks which are. yaturall outlets for water vsti tas from their)tines. A.C. Cram, the plaintiff in this) suit, is the owner of a farm“on the’ banks of Dry creek, ‘in: Battecounty, . while the defendant, the Spring; Valley Canal and Mining Company, } . same place and rates as last year. Statement filed an! prayer granted; . junto the county “treasury the sum of $36, and “file-a good -ahd-safficient bond in the sum of $1,000. . On meSen, the order heretofore made in the matter of renewal of lieense of Wim. Hughes on the Crasen the said Wm. Hughes *é pay a license. Application of M.S. Millican for renewal of license ta collect tolls on the Nevada and Washington Turn-; pike, tolls to be collected atthe same . place and rates as last. pea Appili. cation granted. isa corporation ‘engaged in hydraulic . mining at. Cherokee Flat. These! which empties into ‘Dry creek, and. the tailings: ffim the mines of the? defendent smd others at Gherokee_ Flat have been carried through the; ravine aforesaid and:down Drycreek { a distance of twelve-miles to the farm . ‘ét the planar, where by filling” ap? . the ‘ereek. and diverting its~ waters . damage bias been «tone to his property. 4 Several-fArmers owning lan® along . this creek tnitedt in ‘this suit and prosecuted the mining company for) damages. Had ‘the decision been 4 rendered in their favor, it wonld Applicataon-of Placer and } Nevada . have stopped _ the working _ of some} 2 Pe We understand that “the “Nevada mine, known as the ald Sopgs’ mine, }S ander the superintendence of Mr. Berry, is looking first rate, and gives . promise of a rich reward for tlie’ enterprise ofaa of it. eae Tus steamer Resaca and YV. ander. . bilt ware up at auction sile at Mare attend large fires;-and take-sueh prei fslavid On Wednesday. The Resaca . i Was knocked down to Goodall, Nelscn ' & Co. for $47.0, hat only $56 000 . . being bid for the Vanderbilt she was withdrawn from the s sue. Bi Ar Bosten, England, recentiz, a . providing thé sard Henry Fiene pay . mines at aitested-on Saw Mil ravine fly wheel 28 feet im diameter, and, weighing 3 t ous, batst asander,—9 ‘fragments ‘being throwa in alm : tions. Killing one man ad ant throegh the wails and as if they} hadbean paper. 1TSc paper. —A-compart has -bete—organjecd ~~ Orezon te-build & marrow gauge railand file a bond, is hereby rescinded. + apon theland,.it is alleged that great. . road from the-Isthmus to the slough . ; to the Coquille river Tue Galveston Ves reapices greatly over the immense tidé of immigra. tion now peuring into Texas from . other Southern States. . Tue experience of the firemen‘and . of much assistance to the: firemen. ‘sumption of whale-oil has fallen off /seme profits to owners, many. of . ef many — vessels to other busisorense quantities of Recky Moun4 Boston Gaslight Company during the eat, eonflagration, . -demonstrated ‘that the presence in ‘burning “build. ings of men whovare acquainted with . the gas piping therein, would be a a} great auxiliary to the department i in { suppressing fires. Recently a movement has been inanguratedi whereby . : Seloex: Members will -vited to attend, ay or THE reg sen M., will a. pe in this m held at We footy ei . st hen 12th, 1 ‘take 1m, a] thren-in‘ oa standing an: CHAS! “oP, H. CASWELL Sec = Mastie, evening, Feo, Vis-ting brethre: remployees of the. gas’company” will . ; _cautions.and measures as: will pre‘went the leakage and expldsiomi of } gas. This will result in: a.great sav-‘ing to the company, and: will prove . The gas corps will be uniformed. Tur review of the whale alia, “for 1872, shows ill -suecess_as_to the, _petuniary returbs. The home congreatly during the year just closed, twhile the foreign demand has been very small. Of the 156 whalers at . sea, 111 are from New Bedford.” Of ithe sixty-five finished voyages only _two or three have resulted in hand-. whom:have lost money. The whaling flket is steadily decreasing in numbers, principally by the transfer . ness. }Pineand Commercial § DRUGS, nan : © CORWER OF: Senter in CHEMICALS, _PERFUMERY, ° TOILET SOA Turnpike, BTaylor agent, Tor te newal of license to collecttolls. Same as M. 8, Millican. _Application of Worest. Hill and Grass Valley Turnpike Co., B. Taylor, agent. Sameas M. S. Milliean. Application of Grass-Valley Turnpike Turnpike Co. for renewal of license to collect tolls. Sameas M. S. Millicas. It is hereby ordered that a special dogs as follows: Every owner,claimant, or keeper of a dog or dogs, shall pay.a tax of $1 per capita for male. dogs; and $2_per ‘head for female dogs; said taxes to be levied and collected as other special taxes. The proceeds of such taxes, after deducting twenty per cent. allowed the Assessor, to be paid into the Special Fund of the.county. _. The Clerk was inatvasted to cite the attention of all wagon road corporations to section 514 of the Civil Code, andtonotify those interested that unless the provisions therein contained are complied with, the law will be enforced. On motion the Board adjourned to He soom! howévery was for the 235; or fourth time delinquent in hi ment of meneys received,.but as and alf was earnest in his protestations ofa . desire to dright. The following extract from’ a letter written about this time will give am idea of . the state of mind the man wés-in:Dear sir:—In compliance with my¥ last promise to you, I forward all ap~ Pilications and account of, money re-" azived by me. The stutement shows #» balance against ye of $880. Ihave reserved nothing—kept nothing back, I have told my last lie. * = The heartburnings and vascillations are all gone. .] now stand out a new _-man with this resolution formed: that I will try and forget the bitterness of the past, and wills s prove by wy conduct that I am,;. indeed, a man; no more lies, no meredigraceful actions, but hardy. sterling.work, * *. If you can have-oomfidence in me at} this stage of affairs; I will go on and Work out my salvation. THE STRUGGES. CONTINUED, He was-allowed: te make the attempt-to ‘work out his salvation;’’ » s . Moneey mmorning at 10 o’clock. T. C. Puunxert, Clerk. 2 Mownpay, Feb. 10th. Board met. pursuant to adjournment. Board present, President J. W. Babb in the chair. Minutes of 5S rday's proceedings yead.and approved. > The following demands against the county: were examined and ordered paid: NS Dr. -R. M, Hunt, fortwo days at tendance as witness, at $10 per day, and-one mile mileage, case ‘of the People vs.Buelow, Disjsict. Court, General Fand, -$20-25. Dr. H.S.:Welch,. same as--Dr. R. M. Hunt, $20 25: Dr. Jas. Simpson,. for. four days’ attendance as: witness,. at $10 per day, and four miles mileage, case of ‘People vs. Buelow,. Distriet: Gontt, General Fund, $41. Dr. J. F. Radolph;. for foun dazs attendance as witness, at $10: per wase failure, and he.soom: became 80 discowraged that he contemplated suicide, bat proposed first-to insure his life in order’ toe pay his debts. The offer was dectimed -by: his creditors, and he finall} left:the city. suddenly, and has not been seen thers since, but the following: letter received since his departure, shows that he is still in the land of the li¥ing, and has not even yet lost ‘all; hope of working out his salvation: ‘Dear sir: Beiore you receive this letter I shall be far awagy from the . State of California. I write these lines in order to relieve you of ay ~“faRiety av to my whereabouts. iiseny our mutual affuirs, this action —of-mine relieves you of all responsibilitg.oftunsettled business.~ * Balance my account, and rest assured ~ that-if I ever achieve Success in: the life before me, that every dollar, with legal interest). will be paid you. In surance—as ent—is dead to-me; — J-engagedan it I had nothing toach myself with—in fact, an# Sececameenens cannot possibly be ~puccessfil-and not lie-=I resolve now to do what-I should ‘have dene earlier; I reselved to push: on steadily— to hold every point I make—and never to make a cent that. conscience does not tellime is earned. honéstly. Do not thins I take a:wrong view of _ the principles of insurance-—it is the fault ic’ that: am agent “must lié‘to convince them of a duty; the cake is wholesome, but the pev. } must have it s peadaibond! ere heoewlibbes itt po vy 4 treme aS day, and sixty-four miles mileage, case of People vs. Buelow;. District Court, General Fund, $56.B. D. Dunuam, Sheriff off Placer: county, serving snbpoena and mileage;-Special Fund, $11 70. ~ Mike Bryte, Sheriff of Sacramento cennty, serving subpoena and m:Ieage, Special Fund, $250. ~~ Byrne, Clark and Pureell, conveying patients to County. Hospital, pata Fund, $20. Ps e: PLUNKET?, » Chere. =~ A wea, now before the Senate a Mithigan provides that no opinion er impression formed by a juror upon other than personal knowledge of the facts; shall-be a sufficient ground of challenge, if the juror will declare an oath that he believes he can render ant impartial verdict, -according to the évidéhce submitted on the triat: The number of peremptory ehallenges-is« imereased to tw enty on ‘eueh side.. a ee Tur PénrSylvamia Mvern keepers threaten to raise’ the price of the lodging and feed‘for man aud beasts. if theix licenses for ~ selling Te are taken from them. A pIaMoND polisher of Amsterdam has been qrrested: for selling. clippe eee : tax be levied ‘and collectedi upon} hhead suddenly fell back before his z pall: prebability. very vaitable mines and have rendered comparatively worthless property now estimated to bey worth millions of dollars.. _-. ‘The case was tried beforé the jury towhom it: was submitted upon special iseues,.and their decisiouswas in favor of thedefendents upon: all matezial points; >= eo Death of Gendral Geary. A dispatch of the 8th from “Hartisbarg,. Pa., says, ex-Governor Geary returned hé'from New York last evening in apparent good health. About 9 o’elock this forenoon, while ‘breakfasting with his family, and in the act of helping his little son, his <= wife could get to his side, and before

medical-aid eould be summoned he was dead. He. is supposed to have died of heart disease or apoplexy~ much sortow is expressed. General Geary wasborn in” Pennsylvania, in . 1820, andiwas consequently 53 years of age when he died. He served in the Mexican war, and afterwards resided on this coast. master at San Brancisco in 1949, and afterwards Mayor. He afterwards served.as Governor of Kansas, enlisted. iu the Union armies during the rebellion, and was severely wounded at Cedar Mountain, and in 1868 was chosen-Governor of Pennsylvania, and had only completed his term of officea short time before his death. Distinguished Arrival, : Our city, as well as the Transcrier office, was,yesterduy honored by the of the Grass Vulley. Union. . 'The Commodore looks healthy and is very enthusiastic in favor of submitting. to the people, at the coming Fall’ election, the question of voting a subsidy for’a railroad from Nevada City to Auburn or Marysville.. The. Commodore, as wells a majority of: the tax payers in Nevada and Grass} Valley townships, will vote “yes,” Those who are in favor of ‘subsidy or against it, are “are requested to Write out . their reasons, pro and con, and send them to the Transcrret or the Grass Valley Union Yor publication. Let the matter be thoroughly discussed. <a A Good Day’s Work. TheGrand Jury organized yesterday, imvestigated“and took action in five cases,.and besides, the several committees’ appointed performed their duties. The work of the jury will be completed by noon. to-day i in > a ye _Rev. EK Halleday: This-gentleman, who has occupied the pxbpit ef the Congregational Church: in this citypfor the past two yéars, has received. an > intment at Salinas City and. roville, where he-is now preaching.Appointment. ‘ “Dave: ‘Bently, formerly a =— of this city, has been appointed Post-: master at Priuceton, Colusa county, A most excellent appointment, and a thoroughty. competent man for the position is @ that same Dave Bently. as The Nevada Light Guard is ordered out for parade “on the 22nd day of Kebruary" next. See advertisement. ‘Our citizens are greatly excited, and . He was Post-. + ne earthly reason why womenshould ‘not become medicalmen.”’ presence of Commodore Shoemaker,. tain coal are arriving at Reno daily” and being shipped:to Virginia: City, where the mills use it in } conjunction . with wood. = ‘ a . THE preacher” wHo wis hatcheted in Cincinnati last Summer, has commenced libel suits against twenty-one newspapers. Some of the English and French newspapers alludeto the defunct house "of Bowles Brothers as the “Yankee Pawnbroker.”’ & New Hampshire churches, outside the towns, still cling to the idea of the women sitting on the left hand and the men on the right. Sr. Paci and, Duluth are now fighting as to which town has the largest icicles: Duleth was ahead until St. Paul “ one forty-eight feet long. Tur Sacramento: Library is Janguishing. “It is not hearly 50. well bling hells. 2 — Micuican rats are on-the ramypage and are crossing Lake Bapetee ¢ on the ice by hundteds. Ax Irish writer says:—‘‘I knew of CuristTMas day the new Eord May-; or of London sat down te dinner with. 186 relatives and. none of them poor. So SEL resco Tris estimated that there ave at least seven hundred ahd -eighty. men 4 in Philadelphia who yet drunk-erery, other day. S THERE ae ‘heiit three tonivistions: under the Sunday law at San Léan-{ dro, Adameda county; the highest, to $31,50 —— ea piling to protest the piers: of the Sacramento and Yolo bridge from ‘being damaged -by steamers striking while passing through. don cama Gardens —isdead, owing to a lack of Pap. ScHoon Senehesi. in .Pl beard; and pawpers $2 35. Chattanooga,. Tenn., are employed. in road workitig. Tue grapevines in the vicinity of . Sandasky,. GQhio, are reported _ to . have been much injured by the late » ~& Fasnen. physclegist las sae . -csededingabing au artificial.pair of } Siamese twins, by j joining “— a pa of young rats, yard for ssvéral months to come, and itis not probable that she will be here before April. ‘Tae Conrts in Ohio granted: 1,026 divorces last year, 750,000. in paving her streets. Sevesty ‘towns in “Massachusetts are sufering from m small-pox applied for ubaiahan sited ian: @ ‘ fag fin motion. “He_was.a carpenter by patronized as-the saloons and-gam=. ee fine imposed, with costs, amounted, Worxmen are-engaged in driving . _ gmouth, . Mess., are allewed $2 a week ford Tue femals prisoners in. jail at Tue Saranac is the cay Govern. ment vessel expected at the navy . . Dernorr, Michigan, has spent $1,-. . seis Orrosrra ebthigtere Tr is stated that 80 diverees were . . On the 38h ult., George W. Trown of Portland, Oregon, was killed by Being run over by the ears, :which he attemptedito board while they were trade, but was formerly. connected with the Portland Standard. “A New orchestra with a thousand performers is to be maxted) im: Bon. don, : t BORN. ——s In this city, Feb. 4th 1873, ‘to rite Bluett and wife, a son. In this ¢ity, Feb. 7, 1873, to T: W. Stgcurney and wife, a son. In this city, Feb. 8th, 1873, toD: F: Hast. man and wife, a son. MARRIED. se] 2 At the residence of Olivera Domingues. Febrnary, by 'W.H. Davidson, J. P., Manuel Ignacio Fernandez to Refugio o Billegas, both: of Nevada City. ~"Rotice to Creditors. 3 is hereby given by: the undersigned Ex. ecutor of the above nameé estate, to the erediters off and all persons having claims cinst said: William Son, deceased, Hibit the same, with thee necessary Youchlicatioa of this notice to*he undersigned at Bis place of residence, mear*the city of Nevada, California. . Nevada city, Feb. 10th, 1873 JOHN MITTEN; eget Of the Estate of William Seu, 4 on Piety Hill, Nevada City, on the 8th of} STATE of WM. SON, deceased. Notice . to @k=}5 2. BRUSHES, of alt-kinas. __ wa, We shall keep on hand a large ass ment of @ Fancy Article SF Also full line of ‘Patent. Medicin 4 A Goon. SUPPLY OF a memeeggee a FRESH:GARDEN SEEDS ALFALFA, CLOVER, TIMOTHY,.&e. PRESCRIPTIONS CARKEULLY come —— Spgretins REMEMBER THE. PLACE, Cor. Pine & Commercial Street * (Bassentus’ Ord Stand. : ‘LL & BROWN. Nevada, Féb. 8, 1873. ers, within-four monthsrom the first pub. Williams & Johnson, Attys for the Eatate. MILIFARY NOTICE) ee NEVADA LIGHT GUARD. OU are hereby ordered to a: at YOUR “ARMORY, sia Y Ta Full Uniform, On Saturday,. Feb, 22nd,, AT 2 o'clock, P. M, FOR PARADE, “The Company <willmarch promptly at 2% o’clock, and all not in ranks wil be ‘considered as absentees. xe No excuses received except fhickaiits ort absence from town. By order M.S. DEAL, Capt. Coma’g. Auction and Cc ‘STORE. os FRANE GUILD, Be yeepanifuily inform the . ple of Nevada City and the surrow ing country that he has epened an Au and. Co “mission Store, at Nec 38 COMMERCIAL STRESS Wirere he will sell at Anction or on (i> missien any articles perscns wish to de 3:. pose of. Persons in want of any. article will @ sell to call.on me before purchasing t# where. Particular attention paid to second bsl Eurniture. Having had over 18 yvars a7 rience in the Farnitere business he is ) pared to do all kinds of repairing gies Enrniture line cheap and. in good wi inanlike manner. FRANE GUILD. Nevada, Feb. 7th. . PAIN ISs = 2 F. Evens, "0" Be. fid> _ THE BEST HOUSE. a GRAND HOTEL, SACRAMENTO. Corner of Front and EK Streets. 6. Ss. BROWN one block from the Railroad ings. It is a first class House im #1] respects. Neatly fitted Cerns, B ‘Piles, xo wmuions, Sores and Flesh Wonnes » er pedy mag y E. M. PRESION, Hamilton’s Rosbaawdce. Removed to _ . _ BROAD STREET, A THE Grand Hotel is: onty. _Depot-and— Steamboat Lané=}— Fresh Garden Seed, FLOWER SEED. —~AT= PRESTON'S DRUG “STORE MEDICAL WONDER, POND’S EXTRIO ABSOLUTE WATER-PROOF, —AT— PRESTON'S LT wp and farnished in eplendid Style, . LAMP CHIMNEYS».5 for 60 cnn’ able is-supplicd wit wrsitg eM eranen Fresten's. re Old Friends f LUE, SHILLAG; SAINFO sivitae tage en re County ate GL — ~ : _Sscratmento,-Deb, 6th. yt ar tna ty Ac Posh ee a PUT U. ™ 2 Ce TAYLOR & cCo.3_ “18 BROAD STH At Roseville Junction, Pineer ce. . ALEX. GABLT....Propriet S A Pi "REMEDY eee wes a hyy?. have ‘iced the best ‘varies # every thing in our line. \ . 4 SXGRLLENT BUTTER, 6 CRACKERS OF OUR ¢WN MAM? TURE. A good sample of oa from tbe.” > = ‘ in aes cowaty, Pa, } ’ repeat Try it mts The gase Wi dan, at motion . asked . suit is pany ft from . motio1 that th be dis: for th “may ¥ _gount term . Aubui Th _.-phen phake tate, plete now shut good Gre pas o mel disc ing ise Yicl Th wil mil -) = OO eo wee e a hl.) ae eae eh UZ all