February 21, 1883 (4 pages)

te ion. riees ertis sh 3» heme tinal THE DAILY TRANSCRIPT. a man with the pistol’and put in line, ae . @pening ana Closing of Malls. F . Beate Waa atdr, m,: ata p.m. . Volley dahy “a's. bain to San ¥ maee ranciseo, at 6 auell to Gacrainonte, ae Ga. wu. rile and Downievillo, daily (Sunday F and Graniteville, atGa.m “roe gas 6 A.M, ttle York and Dutch Flat day, at6 a. mu. ou ep Monday, Wednesday and Fri: Tuomas Mazin, P. M, = _ ‘THR COMMINGS cases, Prosecution Piling up Some Strong Proof. : At the opening of yesterday’s session : ; THOMAS BREWER To Mr. Tyler—My faculties have not-deteriorated-since 1879, Laat ‘Augast I met a Mr. Frazier at Sierra Valley. I invited him to come and se> me when he happened in Sutter county. A week ayo last Friday he called on me at the National Hotel in this city. After-talkine a little he said, ‘‘You don’t know me, do you?” Idon’t know that I said yes ‘and that he‘asked ‘‘Who am I?” and that I said, ‘‘You are Sheriff Tompkins.” I recognized Frazier as hav' ing seen him before, I simply didn’t remember his name. E. J. LE BRETON \ Being sworn, testified as follows: To . Mr. Gaylord—TI reside in San Francisco, Am_ acquainted . around Moore’s Flat. Iknew Wm. Cummings 24 years, I was at Moore’s Flat August 29th and 30th, 1879. I saw Cummings in and around his office both days. He was on Saturday engaged in retorting som» gold. He converted it into two bars. I have been connected with business where Thave handled much gold _ bullion. I knew these bars were worth from $3,000 to $4,€90 each. * Mr. Cummings was a banker and dealer in gold dust. He usually sent such bars to Lazard Freres’ bank in San Francisco. He was accustomed to make from two to four shipments a month. I do not know of my own knowledge what he was going to do with them. =i oi _~ Recalled: To Mr. Gaylord—There \ were two bars about four inches long, 2 or 3 inches wide, and I should say 1} or 2 inches deep. They were as near alike in size and value as any “two bars I ever waw.~ D. WELL'NGTON Being.sworn, testified is follows: To FS Mr. Gaylord—I reside in Nevada City. Iam the custodian of a carpet sack given me in September, . 1879 [valise shown:.] This was brought down by Matt Daily, the driver. It isin the same condition as when brought down. : H, M'NULTY Sworn: To Mr. Gaylord—I reside at Moore’s Flat, Was there in August, 1879. Knew deceased. The ' day of his death he borrowed a valise from me. This is the valise. I do not know what he did with it, I saw him go out on the stage an hour or an hour and a half after he borrowed it, He was a banker and bought gold dust.” He visited Neva: da City frequently. , Cross-examined by Judge Tyler— I bought that valise in San Francisco. Imight have owned it two or three years before I loaned it to Mr. Cummings. I paid $2.50 for it. MATT DAILY Was next called and sworn:. To Mr. » Gaylord—I reside at Nevada City. I drove the Moore’s Flat and Eureka , Stage the day Cummings was killed. I take the passengers at Bloomfield, and he got.on there. He was on the outside with me. He had that valise, and I put it into the stage when he got aboard. It was heavy. I afterwards saw it removed. Before” the man took it out he asked me whose it was. I said it was a young lady’s. He said it was not, and as he went to pull it out something heavy moved inside, We had passed Blue Tent when two gentlemen * stepped out from the side of the road. I was talking with Cummings about the election, and did not see them at first. One of them spoke. One had a gun and one had a pistol. The one with the shot gan stood at the head of the leaders and the other ordered the passengers out, Cummings got down on the left .hand side, the otherson the right hand ‘side, He made them all get in a “row. I stood at the break holding the reingand the young lady stayed i on the box. The one with the pisto’ . ~~ ‘went through the passengers, ‘then ae through the baggage. When he came \ to our pouch he took some money _ from it, the man with the gan talk* ing some. When he came to the valise Cummings said, ~‘‘That’s mine ; it’s all I have in the -world and I am ‘Going to protect it.” They got to scuffing. The pistol went off once. As they were scuffling the man with the yun said, if Cummings did s stop scuffing he would kill him. He muff back into the stage, and the Until farther notice the mails will close as uan, Camptonexceptaté a.m. lue Tent, North Bloomfield Moore's Flat daily, (Sunday excepted) Washington and Omega, Tuesday, ThursFifth Day ef Thorne’s Trial—The Was re-called and testified as follows: ‘the gun was 5 feet 10 or 11 inches, seesion, Mr. Gaylord—I live at the South Yuba bridge on the Bloomfield road, keeping a toll road and bridge. I was a passenger on the stage the day Cummings was killed. -I knew Mr. Cummings twenty years prior to the killing. killing were as follows: The stage stopped going. up a little hill. masked man witha pistol caine from the right hand side of the stage and told us to throw up our hands and get out. Cummings and I alighted on the left side, the others oa the right. A second or so later Cummings said something I-did not understand, The masked man came ‘around to us, reaching me first. He felt of me and said‘ to march around. We went to the right hand side and then I saw the man with a shot-gun. I was placed on the upper end of the hill oppdsite the front wheels and Cummings was just above me. The driver mext got down and was searched. The lady on the box a little ways I stopped aud . stayed there. The man with the pistol went tothe stage. The first ‘thing the other took from the stage -wasthe mail bag. He asked, ‘What is this f” Daily told him, and. he mings stood at the head of the line, by the heads of the wheel horses, The robbers had on blue overalls though they had been in a mine, size with the former. . was a little stooped,I thought th one who did the shooting was a littl taller than the other, was the shotgun. ,The one with th ses and covered us. haps five minutes. Altogether —w were there 15 or 2) minutes, The first pistol shot was while h was accidental.shot was while they were behind th stage scuffling, done in these colamns recently, ) Cross-examined by: Mr. Tyler— have weighed 170 or 180 pounds drawn over theic heads, The over but none of them tried to grab him, The one with the gun also bad a knife ana pistol in his belt. ; T4OMAS BARRON Mr, Gaylord—Live in Nevada City. Was here in 1879. Wasa passenger on the stage the day Cummings was killed, being accompanied by my wife and three children. The killing took place near the top of a ‘little hill this side of Rock Creek. The stage made a stop. A masked man with a pistol came forward and made me get-out. He held a pistol to my breast. with-onehand andsearched my pockets with the other. He told me to hold my hands up. I then saw the man with the shotgun. My wife was retreating towards the brash slowly, when the man with the gun made her and I and the children go np near him and stand in masked man on top. As they got to their feet, the man with the gun stepped forward and killed Cummings. Then he immediately turned and covered us again. The man who opened the valise cut it open with a bowie knife and turned the contents out. The man with the gun told me several times if I moved he would kill me. He was pretty much the build and shape of ‘the defendant. The little hair and skin I could see were dark. The eyes were dark. The man that scuffled with Cummings was [ think lighter in eye ani skin, : Cross-examination by Mr. Tyler — The two men were side by side considerably. . Theyhad dirty blue overalls. One had a ragged checked shirt, and one a checked jumper or overshirt. Theone with the pistol cut the valise open. I stood 10 or 15 feet from the stage, on the edge of the road, The shooter passed _between the stage and me. I did not choose to take the charites of being killed by grabbing him. I should think the shooter weighed from .180 to 190 pounds, the other being 15 or 20 pounds heavier. The one with the other 5 feet 11 inches or 6 feet. AFTERNOON SESSION. At the opening of the afternvon WM. EDWARDS Was the first witness called. To The circumstance of the A mings was brought ‘around by the . 48. soon as he gos off the stage. Cumstained with white dirty water as They were in their shirtsleeves, and had on green or blue masks, They were tall men,-the one with the gun being some heavier than the other. They were about the same hight. The defendant compares in build and The other I saw Collins in jail,.and he looked a little taller than the idea I had of the man. Otherwise he compares well in build with one of the robbers. There were ‘seven passengersaboard. When the robbers raised the first thing I saw pistol stepped out_first. The -other raised up about the head of the horCummings grappled] with the robber as soon ashe took the valise, They scuffled perwas examining the stage bag, and The next pistol (Witness described in full the scene as has been already watched the men carefully, The one who did the shooting looked a little taller than the other, [ should think the man who did the shooting might They had no hats, the wnasks being alls fitted tight and were faded. The one who did the shooting had on a striped linen or woolen shirt, I think the other had a.darkblue shirt. The scuffling was just behind the hind wheels of the stage, Between the stage and the bank was tur or.tive feet of space. The man with the gan passed within two feet of the tour men who were passengers Being sworn. testified as follows : To line. Cumimings and the robber fell . ¥& cassimere. The meu were 5 feet ands ifter they had scuffled awhile, the 10 or ll inches, the one with the ti b pistol looking the taller, I should. "'™® bythe express bag taking ont a small box and throwing it on the ground, Next he took out some small packages, and put them in_ his pocket, Then he took the little box, put it back into the sack which he threw into the stage. He took hold of two valises, threw them out, then took another, felt of it and threw it back. He then lifted a satchel from. the boot. and asked who owned it. — T understood Daily to say that it belonged to a passenger. Cummings. stepped forward, grasped hold of it, said, “Tt is all Ihave ia the world e. and I'll defen.t it,” trying to pull his ©} pistol. The man with the pistol told him not to draw that, and the man with the gun told him to let go or he’d shoot. They scuffled till they fell, the robber on top. The man with the gun passed me, I heard the gun, looked around and saw the wound. I saw the ene with ¢). the gun backing towards us, The cheek of Cummings was pretty much carried away. I did not see the shot fired. He apparently died instantly. I considered the wound took away all the lower jaw and part of the up©} per. It looked ‘asthough the “gun was pointed right down to the head. ©) I returned to the place afterwards and helped put the body in a wagon, . The wound penetrated. There was ©] quite a pool of blood, and the stains stayed there a long time,. The head was in a little hollow. I heard three shots—a pistol shot while the man T} was searching the express bag, the bullet going into the ground 3 another pistol shot while the scuffle was going on (both Cummings and the robber had their pistols out) and-the -} gunshot. . After the killing the man who searched the express came to “] me and took $30. He fused my watch, but wanted to know where that gold purse was he had felt in my pocket. He next went to the Chinaman, and took something away, They then said, ‘'Put “that man in the stage and get aboard and leave.” Daily said we could not do it. We asked the privilege of some of us staying there with the hody, but they said no. At Chaney's Mr. McCarty and I got out, went back. to the body in a wagon that was going that way and putting the body in the wagon started again for town with it, -The masks were tied over the heads and close around the nevks. The man with the pistol did most of the talking. The one with she gun was say 5-feet_10 or 11 inch‘8s, well-built, with broad shoulders, Defendant.copsggponds in build “and hight with the oue with the gun, but ‘aothing else. When I saw them vome in the Courtroom together it was and is my belief that Collins. is the.one who.did.the robbing,Cross-examined by Mr. Tyler—The’ one with the pistol had a shirt of blue drilling, somewhat faded. His pants were similar. The man with gun liad on a fade. blouse or shirt of much the same material and faded pants of a lightish colorthat I took to man backing across shot gun; the other and some blankets. Cross-examined b They were mediam has 5 feet and 8 or 1 shirt and hat, of the other’s face. fendant by his -bui saw them is” about about 7 o’clock. I ‘niles an hour, there perhaps three the Bloomfield road 12 when I saw them at my watch at that ally look at the sun 12 o’clock when I light in quantity. year. Re-direct examin were going towards To Mr. Gaylord—I shaft. _ived-there ter ina wagon, from Ready. W6 started fore I noticed the mi ning down through I saw one of them p I last saw him. a mustache only. I other’s back, They of the samesize, It I think the point -wh Cross-examined by [had no watch. It think they would weigh 175 er 180 We wens fast ap -bill poundseach. They were well developed men, heavy boned, but not so fleshy us you are. I was cool and did not apprehend any danger to life till after'the killing. I might be mis. taken in regard to an inch or two. It was 3 or 4 feet between the stage and the line of the passengers. There was nothing to have hindered anyone from grabbing the man as he came by with the gan, but as he came along I was busy putting a purse of gold from my pocket back into the stage after ithad been searched. I saw no-one open the valise. once ina while in tree. erage ? of mile to 1 was covering up his his foot. I noticed crossed as we us, time till he got out had on a light hat, light pants. They 1 pants. beard. MISS HANNAH § KAEHAN Testitied as follows: ‘To Mr. Gayord—I was on the stage when Mr. Cummings was killed. I recollect the circumstance. I-saw the shooting and saw the blood come from Mr. Cummings neck or face. The man with the gun was not far aw4y when he did the killing. I saw but part of the scuffl+, Much of it was alongside the stage which I was on top of. After-the killing one of the men kicke'l the valise open and took out two parcels wrapped apparently in barley sacks. Then one of thenr” broaght the valise back and put it where he g@Pit from. Ido not recollect what Mr. Cummings said as the valise was taken out. Cross-examined by Mr. Tyler—I am not mistaken about the valise being kicked open. I saw no bowie knife in the robber’s hand. Had he eut the valise open I’ would have seen him doit. The men in line stood quite close to the stage. I did not notice him till he was near the rear of the stage. There was but little difference ia the hight of the two men, They were gvod sized and rather stoutly bnilt. The one with the pistol.was the taller. I can’t say whether Thorne and Co'lins are the same siza as the robbers. I have ‘not since seeing these men said they were not the men, ‘Re-direct—The two packages from the valise were about the same size through whicti place came direct to Ne years ago. I did not home. don’t suppose I have a year in my life. and in Colusa county ing to the Coast. four years. gun when he crossed saw. This one had a on his shoulders, Being sworn, testified gaged in the pursuit mings murder. rs hegi lower road, half a mil JONAH WITTER Being examined, testified as follows: To Mr. Gaylord—I reside on Kentucky Flat, Rough & Ready township. The day Cummings was. killed I was going to Bloomfield, over the Selby Flat road, with some facnitore. Oa top of the hill a mile. this side of where the two roads. }come together at the Mt. Vernon . House, I saw two men. One of, them was walking. across’ the road road covering up the tracks. {[ take forty feet, and it was side of the hi}l near than the other. that. I was among little ditch where a down to take a drink. ee ree [defendant to be the latter, Ea Nes, coer 250 tween 12 and 1 o’clock. . I got on the San Juan road by mistake and went up saw our mistake and went back to I don’t know what time we took the San Juan road or what time we got back to the Bloomfield road. I. ate my lunch guing up the hill the other . side of the Yuba river, Flat is 8 miles south of here. I do not know positively if it was after The man behind had a mustache me when he got to: the last rut, then went into the bushes, My eyesight has been very godil till within a when they crossed the road, By red overalls IT mean tan-colorad. M. F. FOLUK Being sworn testified as follows: — 1879. The day Cummings was kill. . : t ed I went up country with Mr, Wit: . ter, being light in oolor like quartz 8 in the: morning. We made a inistake and got on the San Juan road.” We went up it 200 or 300 yards be: We saw two men crossing the road, one ruuthe other one covering up his tracks. it was defendantthere; was 50 yards away when I saw-him. We were within 30 or 40 feet when I have no doubt of this man being one of them. He had between 1 and 2 when I saw the men. is about four miles from Nevada City. think we did not start before seven. Ihave no data to tell the I am guessing at the time. hill. It was warm and we stopped We drove perhaps on an avWe were detained on the San Juan road about 20 minutes. hand when I first saw him. he straightened himself up and used I don’t think we were more than 50 yards when we first saw them. The man. covering the tracks stopped covering them as soon as he saw He kept his eyeson_us all the He had a mustache, but no I swear positively defendant is the man I saw. Flat is two miles ‘below’ Newtown, looked at the sun and that is how I know it was between one and -two o’clock in the. afternoon. car-lander at the Derbec shaft. I am . 27 years old. I was born in Penusy}vania. I came from Missouri here ten I have no home.’f was very young when I went to Missouri. I been at school . I have been here Re-direct examination—I have been working at the Derbec nearly Defendant. had a shotother had pistol only so far as I ERASTUS C, BALDRINGE Mr. Gaylord—I reside here. tcene -of the murder. two tracks there also crossing the the Mt. Vernon roid. You can drive a wagon -anywhere there for way across. W.D. Longand Wyatt Huffman were with me, saw the tracks plainly, one longer Some nails were out of one, and I followed them by to make observations. The next time I saw the track as at a was the next place. I found a pair the road had a a gun ora cane . This was bey Mr. Tyler— sized men,_ perO inches tall, I was about 20 rods from them. I was riding ina wagon. The one backing across the road was “dressed “in red overalls, I think, and a light I think the one that was backing was the taller. He covered his tracks with his foot till he got to the last wagon rut, I saw the other man but a minute, I got a side view of the one ahead,and a full view IT recognize deld, “cheek-bones and eyes, He hada moustache, but no whiskers as I noticed; where I 13 or 14 miles He stop from Kentucky Flat, which J left} one-day, before getting to Santa Fe, went about 4} miles before we rom the scene of the murder. From the place th. stay was stopped to where I found the tracks in the road must be two miles, We could not. follow them after they crossed the road. They were traveling from where the stage was stopped, _ Cross-examination by Mr. Tyler— I do not know who made the tracks we followed, : JOHN G. CAMPBELL Being sworn testified as follows :— To Mr. Gaylord—I reside in Prescott, Arizona. I know defendant. I met him in Prescott November 15th, 1879._ I know Collins. I first met defendant Nov. 15th when we. left Prescott together on a buckboard and went to Santa Fe, New Mexico, Then we took the atuge‘to Los Vegas, N. M., and then went on the cars to St. Louis. Collins got on thet buck-board first or second diy after ‘eaving Prescott, over and we waited there till next day when he rejoined us. He went with us to Topeka, Kansas, where he got off. Collins exhibited while ow tha cars nuggets of gold, and gave one or HOW 18 THIS The Scale of Salaries Provided for We have Before us a cepy of As: sembly Bill No. 148, intreduced Wednesday by’ the Committee of County aiid Township Gover:ments ° to throughout the state, provisions Nevada county, having a popu and not more than 21,000, would be a county of the seventh class, with the salaries of its various officers fixed as follows: County Clerk, $3,900 per annum. Sheriff, $8,000-per annum. Recorder, $3,200 per annum, Auditor, $600 per annum. Treasurer, $3,500 per annum, Tax Collector $1,000 per annum, Assessor, $8,500 per annum, District Attorney, $3,000 per annum, Coroner, such fees as are now or hereafter may be allowed by law. Saperintendent of Schools, $2,000 perannum ; provided, iftie shall ¢n— two to the Chief Kngineer of the ihe I after . P#ilroad, Defendant told?me he} eum, hie: was after thad ~been teaming -and— packing I did not leok . from wnento-—and—--Stockton time, TI gener. to the State of Nevada. — fe said he when I travel. Kentucky eaw the men. He turned facing ation—The men the Yuba river live at Derbeo in-September, below Rough & between 7 and stake, the brush and lainly. I think I think he only saw the appeared nearly must have been ere they crossed Mr. Tyler—I was between 7 and slow dowii the shade of a mile an hour. The man tracks with his Then he it. the place went by of sight. He light vest and ooked like wool Kentucky wecame. We vada City. I I am a run away from ever since comthe road, The roll of blankets aa follows: To I enof the Cumoning near the We found e this side of dusty all the On the the murder I the first there man had laid dnd gentlemen, high or low, ‘oF nothing else that they%tan buy, As. the Toad . Will the mouth its freshest glow— had made money,. but got the mountain fever and was going home to see his mother and sister whom he said he had not met for many years. He said he had. about $8,000 with him, and the weight of his carpet sack led me to believe he: had _ it, Collins said he had made “his inoney around Nevada City and Auburn, T am a.merchant, At that time I was going to Washingion to attend Con: gregs of which I was then a member, Cross-examined by Mr, Tyler— He said he had not geen his’ sister or mother for some length of time, 1 rather insisted on his going Kast, but he got off at Saint Louis because he said he wanted to go to Louisville, Kentueky, wher. his home is, Was present when Thorne ‘and Collins met. They recognized each other as men who had known each other, but I don’t know whether they shook hands. The nuggets I spoke of were pieces of gold ranging from $4+to $3 in value. He may have exhibited as many as ten of them, ; <2 Re-direct examination—The nuggets looked like gold that had been melted and thrown into saad or wagold and‘not like placer go d. 1 traveled with defendant’ ten days, but not so many with Collins. He spoke of his mother and his sister. He stated it had been a great many years since he had seen them. I don’t think he made any statement as to how long since he had been home. We spoke of highwaymen on the road, and-he said if anyone stopped the buck-board they would have a merry time getting if, ag he had worked, hard for it> At one of the stations I suspected that parties had an intention to steal hid. valise, as they discovered that it Waa. heavy. He was under the influence of liquor, and I took charge of it. _When we erably ‘‘how come you so.” I heard the bystaiiders talking in Spanish of his valise, as though they intended to take it. I carried both valises out and put them on the buck-board. Some Mexicans came to the vehicle and made a pretense of looking for a package that they claimed should have been left at the station. I told the driver to go on, and we got away without trouble. +o A Beast Arrested. Since Saturday last a two-legged brute named Doyle, an ‘ex-convict hailing from Sacramento, . and brought here as a witness in the case of the People vs. Thorne, has been terrorizing little boys and girls he met on the streets by makiug improper advances tothem. A young lad made an appointment to meet him at 7 o'clock Monday evening in Naffziger’s barn on Commercial street, informing the authorities what he had done, According to programme Marshal Baldridge, Policeman Fields, Constable Venard, Chris, Naffziger and Eugene Amann secreted themselves about the locality, and when the boy gave the alarm as agreed -upon they sprang from their hiding places-and Captured the wretch, He°gave the alias of John Sullivan, This evening he will. be examined in Justice Blakey’s Court on a charge af assault with intent to commit a crime against *nature, which is a felony. The officers had been engazed ever since his arrival in endeavoring to make a strong case against him, and they have succeeded. Doyle has-cause to congratu late himself on the fact that his neck has not alrealy been-ornamented with a hempen tie. Our citizens are almost indignant enough to treat him to that kind of a dose. RSUAeS Cena ee Diamonps should not be washed in soap and water, Country editors please take notice. AN exchangeaske: ‘‘Will the coming woman work!?” ~ She will if she marcies a lazy hpsband, . —Se Commandery K. T. The Sir Kvights of Nevada: Commandery, ‘No. 6, K. T., are hereby notified to attend a special meeting to beheld this, Wednesday evening, + at 7 o'clock, for the purpose of conNevada had finished supper he was consid8 gage term 000 per annum, Surveyor, such fees as are now. or hereafter may be proviced by law, Justices of the Peace, such fees as are now or hereafter law. Constables, such Tees is are now or hereafter may be allowed by law. Each member of the Board of Sapervisors shall receive for all services requi of his office, a salary of eight dollars per d gate, $500 per annum, and ten cents ‘@milein traveling to and from his residence to the county seat; provided, that no more than one mileage atany one term of the Board be allowed, The boarding house at. the Wide West miue, Remington burde! on Wednesday last, fire caught from sparxs fiom the stove pipe. over $3,000. The insurance upon the property expired a few weeks ago-and-had not been renewed, The ladies of the Episcopal church making ments for giving an entertainment at an early date. ] include a fair, a: broom-drill by a battalion of young ladies, and. a dance. are PALACE DRUG STORE Corner Pine and Commercial Streeta 0653: NEVADA CITY FOR HIGH > BRIEF MENTION. by the Proposed New Law. ‘Fown,. The sick are imptoving—all of them, ; The revivalists had a large meeting Monday. evening. The Myrtle Club of Grass Valley will give another dance at that place soon, Not an idle man around the streets, They’re all at the Court Flouse, oe) Swart’s new photograph gallery is in full blast. He takes first-class pictures, The Transcripr is the best and the cheapest paper in Nevada county. Only 15 vents per week. Stephen Cocking’s little gicl fell while playing Sunday around the Rocky Bar mine at Grass Valley: and broke one of her arms». Laboring men of Nevada City have all they van do. They ave prosperous, so that when any excitement is going on they can afford to quit work and wi tuess the fan, We heard a man: sweariny -yest-rday because he could not find a person who wanted a job of work. All that he applied to were engaged in hstening to the testimony in the murder case : A correspondent to the Downieville Tribune complains that Forest City is gaining a notoriety equal to establish a uniform system Under its lation of not less than 20,000 blic Alministor, $1,000 per auin any other business daring his of office, his salary shall be $1,provided by its unlawfulness, The correspondent says that the rougher elements hold high carnival there, and that shooting and stabbing affrays are of very frequent occurrence, while free fights are almost daily happenings, Strangely, the miscreants are not punished, red of him by law, or by virtue ay, not exceeding, in the agyrecatia os ARE DOING. Perseaal and Social Items Gleanid Hereaad There, Mrs. Nash, a lady aged about 85 years, mother of Mrs. S. H. Dille, of Grass Val ey, was on Sunday stricken with paralysis, Dr. D. W. Webster has loca ed ‘permanently in Grass Valley for the practice of medicine, . He ig a brother to. Dr, L.R.Wehste *y and the two have their office to jether F. K, Jones, coiner in the U. §. Mint at New Orleans, and J. A. Specht, of Louisville, are among the late arrivals who come here as wituessess in the Cummings cases, Mrs.-Mary R, Vineyard, aged 72 years, motBer of. Mrs, Charles BK. De Long, died in San Franciseo on the 10th of February. Deceased leaves relatives and many friends and acquaintances in Nevada county, WHAT THEY shall 2:2 Fire at Reminugion Hit, Hill, was The loss The “entire was —_— oe A Fine Entertainment. preliminary arrange The programme will T. 1. CAER ABR BROTHERS, Successors to ©. Fx. Belden, PROPRIETORS OF THE an) A COMPLETE §STOCK OF DRUGS & MEDICINE. PFUMERY AND TOILET ARTICLES) And everything else usually found in a first-class Druc Srore. a —_———9—-—_ — WE ALSO CARRY A FULL LINE OF SCHOOL BOOKS, STATIONERY, . Newspapers, Illustrated Papers, Periodicals, Etc. SHEET MUSIC AT REDUCED RATES, A Fine display of Pocket Knives, Razors, and other Cutlery. 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te ion. riees ertis sh 3» heme tinal THE DAILY TRANSCRIPT. a man with the pistol’and put in line, ae . @pening ana Closing of Malls. F . Beate Waa atdr, m,: ata p.m. . Volley dahy “a's. bain to San ¥ maee ranciseo, at 6 auell to Gacrainonte, ae Ga. wu. rile and Downievillo, daily (Sunday F and Graniteville, atGa.m “roe gas 6 A.M, ttle York and Dutch Flat day, at6 a. mu. ou ep Monday, Wednesday and Fri: Tuomas Mazin, P. M, = _ ‘THR COMMINGS cases, Prosecution Piling up Some Strong Proof. : At the opening of yesterday’s session : ; THOMAS BREWER To Mr. Tyler—My faculties have not-deteriorated-since 1879, Laat ‘Augast I met a Mr. Frazier at Sierra Valley. I invited him to come and se> me when he happened in Sutter county. A week ayo last Friday he called on me at the National Hotel in this city. After-talkine a little he said, ‘‘You don’t know me, do you?” Idon’t know that I said yes ‘and that he‘asked ‘‘Who am I?” and that I said, ‘‘You are Sheriff Tompkins.” I recognized Frazier as hav' ing seen him before, I simply didn’t remember his name. E. J. LE BRETON \ Being sworn, testified as follows: To . Mr. Gaylord—TI reside in San Francisco, Am_ acquainted . around Moore’s Flat. Iknew Wm. Cummings 24 years, I was at Moore’s Flat August 29th and 30th, 1879. I saw Cummings in and around his office both days. He was on Saturday engaged in retorting som» gold. He converted it into two bars. I have been connected with business where Thave handled much gold _ bullion. I knew these bars were worth from $3,000 to $4,€90 each. * Mr. Cummings was a banker and dealer in gold dust. He usually sent such bars to Lazard Freres’ bank in San Francisco. He was accustomed to make from two to four shipments a month. I do not know of my own knowledge what he was going to do with them. =i oi _~ Recalled: To Mr. Gaylord—There \ were two bars about four inches long, 2 or 3 inches wide, and I should say 1} or 2 inches deep. They were as near alike in size and value as any “two bars I ever waw.~ D. WELL'NGTON Being.sworn, testified is follows: To FS Mr. Gaylord—I reside in Nevada City. Iam the custodian of a carpet sack given me in September, . 1879 [valise shown:.] This was brought down by Matt Daily, the driver. It isin the same condition as when brought down. : H, M'NULTY Sworn: To Mr. Gaylord—I reside at Moore’s Flat, Was there in August, 1879. Knew deceased. The ' day of his death he borrowed a valise from me. This is the valise. I do not know what he did with it, I saw him go out on the stage an hour or an hour and a half after he borrowed it, He was a banker and bought gold dust.” He visited Neva: da City frequently. , Cross-examined by Judge Tyler— I bought that valise in San Francisco. Imight have owned it two or three years before I loaned it to Mr. Cummings. I paid $2.50 for it. MATT DAILY Was next called and sworn:. To Mr. » Gaylord—I reside at Nevada City. I drove the Moore’s Flat and Eureka , Stage the day Cummings was killed. I take the passengers at Bloomfield, and he got.on there. He was on the outside with me. He had that valise, and I put it into the stage when he got aboard. It was heavy. I afterwards saw it removed. Before” the man took it out he asked me whose it was. I said it was a young lady’s. He said it was not, and as he went to pull it out something heavy moved inside, We had passed Blue Tent when two gentlemen * stepped out from the side of the road. I was talking with Cummings about the election, and did not see them at first. One of them spoke. One had a gun and one had a pistol. The one with the shot gan stood at the head of the leaders and the other ordered the passengers out, Cummings got down on the left .hand side, the otherson the right hand ‘side, He made them all get in a “row. I stood at the break holding the reingand the young lady stayed i on the box. The one with the pisto’ . ~~ ‘went through the passengers, ‘then ae through the baggage. When he came \ to our pouch he took some money _ from it, the man with the gan talk* ing some. When he came to the valise Cummings said, ~‘‘That’s mine ; it’s all I have in the -world and I am ‘Going to protect it.” They got to scuffing. The pistol went off once. As they were scuffling the man with the yun said, if Cummings did s stop scuffing he would kill him. He muff back into the stage, and the Until farther notice the mails will close as uan, Camptonexceptaté a.m. lue Tent, North Bloomfield Moore's Flat daily, (Sunday excepted) Washington and Omega, Tuesday, ThursFifth Day ef Thorne’s Trial—The Was re-called and testified as follows: ‘the gun was 5 feet 10 or 11 inches, seesion, Mr. Gaylord—I live at the South Yuba bridge on the Bloomfield road, keeping a toll road and bridge. I was a passenger on the stage the day Cummings was killed. -I knew Mr. Cummings twenty years prior to the killing. killing were as follows: The stage stopped going. up a little hill. masked man witha pistol caine from the right hand side of the stage and told us to throw up our hands and get out. Cummings and I alighted on the left side, the others oa the right. A second or so later Cummings said something I-did not understand, The masked man came ‘around to us, reaching me first. He felt of me and said‘ to march around. We went to the right hand side and then I saw the man with a shot-gun. I was placed on the upper end of the hill oppdsite the front wheels and Cummings was just above me. The driver mext got down and was searched. The lady on the box a little ways I stopped aud . stayed there. The man with the pistol went tothe stage. The first ‘thing the other took from the stage -wasthe mail bag. He asked, ‘What is this f” Daily told him, and. he mings stood at the head of the line, by the heads of the wheel horses, The robbers had on blue overalls though they had been in a mine, size with the former. . was a little stooped,I thought th one who did the shooting was a littl taller than the other, was the shotgun. ,The one with th ses and covered us. haps five minutes. Altogether —w were there 15 or 2) minutes, The first pistol shot was while h was accidental.shot was while they were behind th stage scuffling, done in these colamns recently, ) Cross-examined by: Mr. Tyler— have weighed 170 or 180 pounds drawn over theic heads, The over but none of them tried to grab him, The one with the gun also bad a knife ana pistol in his belt. ; T4OMAS BARRON Mr, Gaylord—Live in Nevada City. Was here in 1879. Wasa passenger on the stage the day Cummings was killed, being accompanied by my wife and three children. The killing took place near the top of a ‘little hill this side of Rock Creek. The stage made a stop. A masked man with a pistol came forward and made me get-out. He held a pistol to my breast. with-onehand andsearched my pockets with the other. He told me to hold my hands up. I then saw the man with the shotgun. My wife was retreating towards the brash slowly, when the man with the gun made her and I and the children go np near him and stand in masked man on top. As they got to their feet, the man with the gun stepped forward and killed Cummings. Then he immediately turned and covered us again. The man who opened the valise cut it open with a bowie knife and turned the contents out. The man with the gun told me several times if I moved he would kill me. He was pretty much the build and shape of ‘the defendant. The little hair and skin I could see were dark. The eyes were dark. The man that scuffled with Cummings was [ think lighter in eye ani skin, : Cross-examination by Mr. Tyler — The two men were side by side considerably. . Theyhad dirty blue overalls. One had a ragged checked shirt, and one a checked jumper or overshirt. Theone with the pistol cut the valise open. I stood 10 or 15 feet from the stage, on the edge of the road, The shooter passed _between the stage and me. I did not choose to take the charites of being killed by grabbing him. I should think the shooter weighed from .180 to 190 pounds, the other being 15 or 20 pounds heavier. The one with the other 5 feet 11 inches or 6 feet. AFTERNOON SESSION. At the opening of the afternvon WM. EDWARDS Was the first witness called. To The circumstance of the A mings was brought ‘around by the . 48. soon as he gos off the stage. Cumstained with white dirty water as They were in their shirtsleeves, and had on green or blue masks, They were tall men,-the one with the gun being some heavier than the other. They were about the same hight. The defendant compares in build and The other I saw Collins in jail,.and he looked a little taller than the idea I had of the man. Otherwise he compares well in build with one of the robbers. There were ‘seven passengersaboard. When the robbers raised the first thing I saw pistol stepped out_first. The -other raised up about the head of the horCummings grappled] with the robber as soon ashe took the valise, They scuffled perwas examining the stage bag, and The next pistol (Witness described in full the scene as has been already watched the men carefully, The one who did the shooting looked a little taller than the other, [ should think the man who did the shooting might They had no hats, the wnasks being alls fitted tight and were faded. The one who did the shooting had on a striped linen or woolen shirt, I think the other had a.darkblue shirt. The scuffling was just behind the hind wheels of the stage, Between the stage and the bank was tur or.tive feet of space. The man with the gan passed within two feet of the tour men who were passengers Being sworn. testified as follows : To line. Cumimings and the robber fell . ¥& cassimere. The meu were 5 feet ands ifter they had scuffled awhile, the 10 or ll inches, the one with the ti b pistol looking the taller, I should. "'™® bythe express bag taking ont a small box and throwing it on the ground, Next he took out some small packages, and put them in_ his pocket, Then he took the little box, put it back into the sack which he threw into the stage. He took hold of two valises, threw them out, then took another, felt of it and threw it back. He then lifted a satchel from. the boot. and asked who owned it. — T understood Daily to say that it belonged to a passenger. Cummings. stepped forward, grasped hold of it, said, “Tt is all Ihave ia the world e. and I'll defen.t it,” trying to pull his ©} pistol. The man with the pistol told him not to draw that, and the man with the gun told him to let go or he’d shoot. They scuffled till they fell, the robber on top. The man with the gun passed me, I heard the gun, looked around and saw the wound. I saw the ene with ¢). the gun backing towards us, The cheek of Cummings was pretty much carried away. I did not see the shot fired. He apparently died instantly. I considered the wound took away all the lower jaw and part of the up©} per. It looked ‘asthough the “gun was pointed right down to the head. ©) I returned to the place afterwards and helped put the body in a wagon, . The wound penetrated. There was ©] quite a pool of blood, and the stains stayed there a long time,. The head was in a little hollow. I heard three shots—a pistol shot while the man T} was searching the express bag, the bullet going into the ground 3 another pistol shot while the scuffle was going on (both Cummings and the robber had their pistols out) and-the -} gunshot. . After the killing the man who searched the express came to “] me and took $30. He fused my watch, but wanted to know where that gold purse was he had felt in my pocket. He next went to the Chinaman, and took something away, They then said, ‘'Put “that man in the stage and get aboard and leave.” Daily said we could not do it. We asked the privilege of some of us staying there with the hody, but they said no. At Chaney's Mr. McCarty and I got out, went back. to the body in a wagon that was going that way and putting the body in the wagon started again for town with it, -The masks were tied over the heads and close around the nevks. The man with the pistol did most of the talking. The one with she gun was say 5-feet_10 or 11 inch‘8s, well-built, with broad shoulders, Defendant.copsggponds in build “and hight with the oue with the gun, but ‘aothing else. When I saw them vome in the Courtroom together it was and is my belief that Collins. is the.one who.did.the robbing,Cross-examined by Mr. Tyler—The’ one with the pistol had a shirt of blue drilling, somewhat faded. His pants were similar. The man with gun liad on a fade. blouse or shirt of much the same material and faded pants of a lightish colorthat I took to man backing across shot gun; the other and some blankets. Cross-examined b They were mediam has 5 feet and 8 or 1 shirt and hat, of the other’s face. fendant by his -bui saw them is” about about 7 o’clock. I ‘niles an hour, there perhaps three the Bloomfield road 12 when I saw them at my watch at that ally look at the sun 12 o’clock when I light in quantity. year. Re-direct examin were going towards To Mr. Gaylord—I shaft. _ived-there ter ina wagon, from Ready. W6 started fore I noticed the mi ning down through I saw one of them p I last saw him. a mustache only. I other’s back, They of the samesize, It I think the point -wh Cross-examined by [had no watch. It think they would weigh 175 er 180 We wens fast ap -bill poundseach. They were well developed men, heavy boned, but not so fleshy us you are. I was cool and did not apprehend any danger to life till after'the killing. I might be mis. taken in regard to an inch or two. It was 3 or 4 feet between the stage and the line of the passengers. There was nothing to have hindered anyone from grabbing the man as he came by with the gan, but as he came along I was busy putting a purse of gold from my pocket back into the stage after ithad been searched. I saw no-one open the valise. once ina while in tree. erage ? of mile to 1 was covering up his his foot. I noticed crossed as we us, time till he got out had on a light hat, light pants. They 1 pants. beard. MISS HANNAH § KAEHAN Testitied as follows: ‘To Mr. Gayord—I was on the stage when Mr. Cummings was killed. I recollect the circumstance. I-saw the shooting and saw the blood come from Mr. Cummings neck or face. The man with the gun was not far aw4y when he did the killing. I saw but part of the scuffl+, Much of it was alongside the stage which I was on top of. After-the killing one of the men kicke'l the valise open and took out two parcels wrapped apparently in barley sacks. Then one of thenr” broaght the valise back and put it where he g@Pit from. Ido not recollect what Mr. Cummings said as the valise was taken out. Cross-examined by Mr. Tyler—I am not mistaken about the valise being kicked open. I saw no bowie knife in the robber’s hand. Had he eut the valise open I’ would have seen him doit. The men in line stood quite close to the stage. I did not notice him till he was near the rear of the stage. There was but little difference ia the hight of the two men, They were gvod sized and rather stoutly bnilt. The one with the pistol.was the taller. I can’t say whether Thorne and Co'lins are the same siza as the robbers. I have ‘not since seeing these men said they were not the men, ‘Re-direct—The two packages from the valise were about the same size through whicti place came direct to Ne years ago. I did not home. don’t suppose I have a year in my life. and in Colusa county ing to the Coast. four years. gun when he crossed saw. This one had a on his shoulders, Being sworn, testified gaged in the pursuit mings murder. rs hegi lower road, half a mil JONAH WITTER Being examined, testified as follows: To Mr. Gaylord—I reside on Kentucky Flat, Rough & Ready township. The day Cummings was. killed I was going to Bloomfield, over the Selby Flat road, with some facnitore. Oa top of the hill a mile. this side of where the two roads. }come together at the Mt. Vernon . House, I saw two men. One of, them was walking. across’ the road road covering up the tracks. {[ take forty feet, and it was side of the hi}l near than the other. that. I was among little ditch where a down to take a drink. ee ree [defendant to be the latter, Ea Nes, coer 250 tween 12 and 1 o’clock. . I got on the San Juan road by mistake and went up saw our mistake and went back to I don’t know what time we took the San Juan road or what time we got back to the Bloomfield road. I. ate my lunch guing up the hill the other . side of the Yuba river, Flat is 8 miles south of here. I do not know positively if it was after The man behind had a mustache me when he got to: the last rut, then went into the bushes, My eyesight has been very godil till within a when they crossed the road, By red overalls IT mean tan-colorad. M. F. FOLUK Being sworn testified as follows: — 1879. The day Cummings was kill. . : t ed I went up country with Mr, Wit: . ter, being light in oolor like quartz 8 in the: morning. We made a inistake and got on the San Juan road.” We went up it 200 or 300 yards be: We saw two men crossing the road, one ruuthe other one covering up his tracks. it was defendantthere; was 50 yards away when I saw-him. We were within 30 or 40 feet when I have no doubt of this man being one of them. He had between 1 and 2 when I saw the men. is about four miles from Nevada City. think we did not start before seven. Ihave no data to tell the I am guessing at the time.

hill. It was warm and we stopped We drove perhaps on an avWe were detained on the San Juan road about 20 minutes. hand when I first saw him. he straightened himself up and used I don’t think we were more than 50 yards when we first saw them. The man. covering the tracks stopped covering them as soon as he saw He kept his eyeson_us all the He had a mustache, but no I swear positively defendant is the man I saw. Flat is two miles ‘below’ Newtown, looked at the sun and that is how I know it was between one and -two o’clock in the. afternoon. car-lander at the Derbec shaft. I am . 27 years old. I was born in Penusy}vania. I came from Missouri here ten I have no home.’f was very young when I went to Missouri. I been at school . I have been here Re-direct examination—I have been working at the Derbec nearly Defendant. had a shotother had pistol only so far as I ERASTUS C, BALDRINGE Mr. Gaylord—I reside here. tcene -of the murder. two tracks there also crossing the the Mt. Vernon roid. You can drive a wagon -anywhere there for way across. W.D. Longand Wyatt Huffman were with me, saw the tracks plainly, one longer Some nails were out of one, and I followed them by to make observations. The next time I saw the track as at a was the next place. I found a pair the road had a a gun ora cane . This was bey Mr. Tyler— sized men,_ perO inches tall, I was about 20 rods from them. I was riding ina wagon. The one backing across the road was “dressed “in red overalls, I think, and a light I think the one that was backing was the taller. He covered his tracks with his foot till he got to the last wagon rut, I saw the other man but a minute, I got a side view of the one ahead,and a full view IT recognize deld, “cheek-bones and eyes, He hada moustache, but no whiskers as I noticed; where I 13 or 14 miles He stop from Kentucky Flat, which J left} one-day, before getting to Santa Fe, went about 4} miles before we rom the scene of the murder. From the place th. stay was stopped to where I found the tracks in the road must be two miles, We could not. follow them after they crossed the road. They were traveling from where the stage was stopped, _ Cross-examination by Mr. Tyler— I do not know who made the tracks we followed, : JOHN G. CAMPBELL Being sworn testified as follows :— To Mr. Gaylord—I reside in Prescott, Arizona. I know defendant. I met him in Prescott November 15th, 1879._ I know Collins. I first met defendant Nov. 15th when we. left Prescott together on a buckboard and went to Santa Fe, New Mexico, Then we took the atuge‘to Los Vegas, N. M., and then went on the cars to St. Louis. Collins got on thet buck-board first or second diy after ‘eaving Prescott, over and we waited there till next day when he rejoined us. He went with us to Topeka, Kansas, where he got off. Collins exhibited while ow tha cars nuggets of gold, and gave one or HOW 18 THIS The Scale of Salaries Provided for We have Before us a cepy of As: sembly Bill No. 148, intreduced Wednesday by’ the Committee of County aiid Township Gover:ments ° to throughout the state, provisions Nevada county, having a popu and not more than 21,000, would be a county of the seventh class, with the salaries of its various officers fixed as follows: County Clerk, $3,900 per annum. Sheriff, $8,000-per annum. Recorder, $3,200 per annum, Auditor, $600 per annum. Treasurer, $3,500 per annum, Tax Collector $1,000 per annum, Assessor, $8,500 per annum, District Attorney, $3,000 per annum, Coroner, such fees as are now or hereafter may be allowed by law. Saperintendent of Schools, $2,000 perannum ; provided, iftie shall ¢n— two to the Chief Kngineer of the ihe I after . P#ilroad, Defendant told?me he} eum, hie: was after thad ~been teaming -and— packing I did not leok . from wnento-—and—--Stockton time, TI gener. to the State of Nevada. — fe said he when I travel. Kentucky eaw the men. He turned facing ation—The men the Yuba river live at Derbeo in-September, below Rough & between 7 and stake, the brush and lainly. I think I think he only saw the appeared nearly must have been ere they crossed Mr. Tyler—I was between 7 and slow dowii the shade of a mile an hour. The man tracks with his Then he it. the place went by of sight. He light vest and ooked like wool Kentucky wecame. We vada City. I I am a run away from ever since comthe road, The roll of blankets aa follows: To I enof the Cumoning near the We found e this side of dusty all the On the the murder I the first there man had laid dnd gentlemen, high or low, ‘oF nothing else that they%tan buy, As. the Toad . Will the mouth its freshest glow— had made money,. but got the mountain fever and was going home to see his mother and sister whom he said he had not met for many years. He said he had. about $8,000 with him, and the weight of his carpet sack led me to believe he: had _ it, Collins said he had made “his inoney around Nevada City and Auburn, T am a.merchant, At that time I was going to Washingion to attend Con: gregs of which I was then a member, Cross-examined by Mr, Tyler— He said he had not geen his’ sister or mother for some length of time, 1 rather insisted on his going Kast, but he got off at Saint Louis because he said he wanted to go to Louisville, Kentueky, wher. his home is, Was present when Thorne ‘and Collins met. They recognized each other as men who had known each other, but I don’t know whether they shook hands.. The nuggets I spoke of were pieces of gold ranging from $4+to $3 in value. He may have exhibited as many as ten of them, ; <2 Re-direct examination—The nuggets looked like gold that had been melted and thrown into saad or wagold and‘not like placer go d. 1 traveled with defendant’ ten days, but not so many with Collins. He spoke of his mother and his sister. He stated it had been a great many years since he had seen them. I don’t think he made any statement as to how long since he had been home. We spoke of highwaymen on the road, and-he said if anyone stopped the buck-board they would have a merry time getting if, ag he had worked, hard for it> At one of the stations I suspected that parties had an intention to steal hid. valise, as they discovered that it Waa. heavy. He was under the influence of liquor, and I took charge of it. _When we erably ‘‘how come you so.” I heard the bystaiiders talking in Spanish of his valise, as though they intended to take it. I carried both valises out and put them on the buck-board. Some Mexicans came to the vehicle and made a pretense of looking for a package that they claimed should have been left at the station. I told the driver to go on, and we got away without trouble. +o A Beast Arrested. Since Saturday last a two-legged brute named Doyle, an ‘ex-convict hailing from Sacramento, . and brought here as a witness in the case of the People vs. Thorne, has been terrorizing little boys and girls he met on the streets by makiug improper advances tothem. A young lad made an appointment to meet him at 7 o'clock Monday evening in Naffziger’s barn on Commercial street, informing the authorities what he had done, According to programme Marshal Baldridge, Policeman Fields, Constable Venard, Chris, Naffziger and Eugene Amann secreted themselves about the locality, and when the boy gave the alarm as agreed -upon they sprang from their hiding places-and Captured the wretch, He°gave the alias of John Sullivan, This evening he will. be examined in Justice Blakey’s Court on a charge af assault with intent to commit a crime against *nature, which is a felony. The officers had been engazed ever since his arrival in endeavoring to make a strong case against him, and they have succeeded. Doyle has-cause to congratu late himself on the fact that his neck has not alrealy been-ornamented with a hempen tie. Our citizens are almost indignant enough to treat him to that kind of a dose. RSUAeS Cena ee Diamonps should not be washed in soap and water, Country editors please take notice. AN exchangeaske: ‘‘Will the coming woman work!?” ~ She will if she marcies a lazy hpsband, . —Se Commandery K. T. The Sir Kvights of Nevada: Commandery, ‘No. 6, K. T., are hereby notified to attend a special meeting to beheld this, Wednesday evening, + at 7 o'clock, for the purpose of conNevada had finished supper he was consid8 gage term 000 per annum, Surveyor, such fees as are now. or hereafter may be proviced by law, Justices of the Peace, such fees as are now or hereafter law. Constables, such Tees is are now or hereafter may be allowed by law. Each member of the Board of Sapervisors shall receive for all services requi of his office, a salary of eight dollars per d gate, $500 per annum, and ten cents ‘@milein traveling to and from his residence to the county seat; provided, that no more than one mileage atany one term of the Board be allowed, The boarding house at. the Wide West miue, Remington burde! on Wednesday last, fire caught from sparxs fiom the stove pipe. over $3,000. The insurance upon the property expired a few weeks ago-and-had not been renewed, The ladies of the Episcopal church making ments for giving an entertainment at an early date. ] include a fair, a: broom-drill by a battalion of young ladies, and. a dance. are PALACE DRUG STORE Corner Pine and Commercial Streeta 0653: NEVADA CITY FOR HIGH > BRIEF MENTION. by the Proposed New Law. ‘Fown,. The sick are imptoving—all of them, ; The revivalists had a large meeting Monday. evening. The Myrtle Club of Grass Valley will give another dance at that place soon, Not an idle man around the streets, They’re all at the Court Flouse, oe) Swart’s new photograph gallery is in full blast. He takes first-class pictures, The Transcripr is the best and the cheapest paper in Nevada county. Only 15 vents per week. Stephen Cocking’s little gicl fell while playing Sunday around the Rocky Bar mine at Grass Valley: and broke one of her arms». Laboring men of Nevada City have all they van do. They ave prosperous, so that when any excitement is going on they can afford to quit work and wi tuess the fan, We heard a man: sweariny -yest-rday because he could not find a person who wanted a job of work. All that he applied to were engaged in hstening to the testimony in the murder case : A correspondent to the Downieville Tribune complains that Forest City is gaining a notoriety equal to establish a uniform system Under its lation of not less than 20,000 blic Alministor, $1,000 per auin any other business daring his of office, his salary shall be $1,provided by its unlawfulness, The correspondent says that the rougher elements hold high carnival there, and that shooting and stabbing affrays are of very frequent occurrence, while free fights are almost daily happenings, Strangely, the miscreants are not punished, red of him by law, or by virtue ay, not exceeding, in the agyrecatia os ARE DOING. Perseaal and Social Items Gleanid Hereaad There, Mrs. Nash, a lady aged about 85 years, mother of Mrs. S. H. Dille, of Grass Val ey, was on Sunday stricken with paralysis, Dr. D. W. Webster has loca ed ‘permanently in Grass Valley for the practice of medicine, . He ig a brother to. Dr, L.R.Wehste *y and the two have their office to jether F. K, Jones, coiner in the U. §. Mint at New Orleans, and J. A. Specht, of Louisville, are among the late arrivals who come here as wituessess in the Cummings cases, Mrs.-Mary R, Vineyard, aged 72 years, motBer of. Mrs, Charles BK. De Long, died in San Franciseo on the 10th of February. Deceased leaves relatives and many friends and acquaintances in Nevada county, WHAT THEY shall 2:2 Fire at Reminugion Hit, Hill, was The loss The “entire was —_— oe A Fine Entertainment. preliminary arrange The programme will T. 1. CAER ABR BROTHERS, Successors to ©. Fx. Belden, PROPRIETORS OF THE an) A COMPLETE §STOCK OF DRUGS & MEDICINE. PFUMERY AND TOILET ARTICLES) And everything else usually found in a first-class Druc Srore. a —_———9—-—_ — WE ALSO CARRY A FULL LINE OF SCHOOL BOOKS, STATIONERY, . Newspapers, Illustrated Papers, Periodicals, Etc. SHEET MUSIC AT REDUCED RATES, A Fine display of Pocket Knives, Razors, and other Cutlery. Ss ———_—_—_——_—_————— Groceries, ——— 4 Prescriptions carefully compounded at all jours by P. H.” Bevpren . : 4 an experienced Druggist, . ‘ —_——S ‘The Boss Crocary Stora -_—6 —_—_____. Wm. H. SMITH, THE OLD RELIABLE FAMILY GROCER, [Commercial Street, Nevada’ City. Ps ° CONSTANTLY ON HAND A-FULL AND FRESH STOCK Of Provisions, Canned Goods, Hams, Bacon, Flour FEED, GRAIN, WINES, LIQUORS, &c, -_—_—0--——___. My Goods are First Class and My Prices the Lowest. ——___—-9—_. __. SAVE MONEY BY TRADING AT LToaE Boss GROCHRY STORE ferring the order of the Temple. The called meeting of “Nevada Lodge, F. and A, M., for this cvening,-is hereby postpotied one week. : J. H. Boarpman, Secretary. Bon-Bon Party. zi f21 Prof. Mitchell Will give a bon-bon party at Hunt’s Hall next. Friday evening. All the latest dances will be introduced, and the music will be the best that can be secured. Admission, $1. £20CHILDREN’s pictures taken instantaneously. by Swart, Nevada City. tf, OGRE cons veges EN For SOZODONT all ladies cry, Will keep the teeth so sourid aad white, or 300 yards’ S Corner Broad and Pine Sts., WALTER Nevada Drug Store, Nevada City, . 2 Proprietor. . ° ' Large Stock of Patent Medicines Fine Perfumery, Careful Attention Given to ancy Soaps, Combs, Brushes, Hand Mirrors, Toilet Articles of all kinds. Compounding Prescriptions _ By a Competent Druggist, and PERFECT PURITY guaranteed. AGENT FOR THE BEST FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES: EXTANT, “IMPERIAL, LONDON, NORTHERN AND QUEEN,” i = bD——— se! ate. S AN. Various Mappenings In and out of that of the worst frontier towns for }ViluMe eo, J. S. DUNN, Manager. De , ppruce, Sugar And Yellow Pine LUMBER; Flooring, Siding, Ceiling, Rustic, Wainscotting, Moulding, 3 AIL kinds of Surfaced Lumber, Redwood and Sugar PineShingles Stakes, Pickets, (Rough and Dressed)PostTs, awed and Split) Mining Timbers, ‘Mining Poles, Laths, Etc. Etc. . \ ~-—ALSO— In connection with the abpve i GOLDFLATSTORE NEW CROCERY. ey Wholesale and Retail, i. J. S. DUNN, PROP’R, . GROCERIES, PROVISIONS, Canned and Case ‘Gooods, . ’ Feed, Grain, Crockery, Wi = Glassware, * gemet ‘ Hatchets, : ' Hammers, — Shovels, Picks, Hoes, Nails, Wire Clothes Lines, PAINTS, OILS, BRUSHES, Doors, Windows, Blinds, Etc. Everything kept in A First Ulass Grocery Store at Prices LOWER than the une VERY LOWEsT. he ONE PRICE To all, and satisfaction guarantee . A N. B.Order blanks farnivhed ” residents of Nevada, Grass Valley ‘ and the adjoining country, _ Goods delivered charge promptly free of 6 _ “LIVERPOOL, LONDON AND GLOBE,” ie eas Seer }* Walley, Between Nevada a end