February 6, 1876 (4 pages)

1 EC N MEIR EH SPSS iain AM RB ec nn nr en ES SS ie RB RN ME i et Ai esa a Nise ‘She daily Tansy NEVADA CITY, Ol» " Sunday, Feb. 6 1876. ax \3_» . The frequeney of applications for f divoréés before the coarts of the State, and the almost unanimity of the several jodges in granting the prayers of the applicants has sug So to Senator Pierson of San ¥ranviseo, the propriety of enacting a law which shall make it a little more difficult for parties who ‘have _ "been pulliog in matrimonial traces fo unhook and work single. for Pierson, on reading that six or at oo aor eouples took advan. fage last year of the existing law, “thinks probably that a little legisla___ tion would help te quiet matrimopial stofms-and-make “people bap=. pier. Itis a sad commentary on the marriage relations When so many -think it advisable to obtein a legal separation, but we are of the opinion that the trouble lies Gown so deep} that Senator Pierson will never ___Yeachit. Hf a man is econstitution“ally mean no law can make hin anycen St. 9 4tem asa relic of tarbarism. have been entitled to prize money? Pri a Mover. _ Tepeascatative Willis, New York, has introduced a bill in Congress, the purpose of which isto do away with the er of paying prize money to seamen for . the capture of vessels or any othe lawfal prize. He eomsiders the sys“Why distribute prize money to seamen for paving done théir daty, apparently, aby more than to soldiers on the land?.Wby should not.a thousand men, more or less, receive in eoin of currency the value of the cannon, fort and materials, of whatever kind, ‘they may have captored, as would sailors, bad they taken a sbip? I: what process of-teasoning, or_ by ’ what sealeof jastiee, should they be} torned adrift without compensation, when, if the city were taken by the Admiral’s fleet, his sailors would Butler’s army had taken New Qr-} Sena-} leans without aid of the Navy, by In the Senate on Wednesday, after press resolution was defeated by a “vote of 20 to 12: Resolved, That the follows be added to the standing joint rules, to be numbered Rule 23: No newspa. per that makes useof language in reture during its session which would be deemed -unparliamentary if used by one member toward ancther, shall be represented upon the floor of_either house by a reporter. This rule shall not be construed to prohibit fair cofiments on the public acts of imembers or the exposure of known official delinquencies. ‘The majority of the Senate appear . to be coming to their senses. > THE Virginia Chronicle makes a commendable and timely snggestion a long diseassion, the following anti. gard to any member of the isla____-}--955California 82%. 970 Ophir 59%.165 740 Gould & Ourry 1015 Best & Beloher be. 2065 Savage ~~ 40 Cholee 8. 170 Hale & Norcross 524%, 350 Crown Point 23%, 40 Yellow Jacket 103.15 Freeads ie 550 _Alph . ; 410 Beleber 3344. ©) 100 Confidence 204. 170 Con Virginia fo. 530 Sierra ao 150 Exchequer 12%. 195. Overman 63, who have been incarcerated in the stage rabbery committed by other Some of the arguments used against. the system are strong. It tends to the demoralization -of the serxice, rather than” t6_its discipline and spirit. Our armies fight as well without any expectation of prize mopey, a8 do the sailors with it.—8. F. Alta. was parties. It remarks: ° ship and disgrace, and mere money which regret, in a case like this, can beat all expressed, the Oregon Legislature at its next session should make an appropriation of at least Cae ae eps epee its husband ‘deserts -his wife sind \ fails to provide for her, there is no ~ flaw that will reach his case. To say “that a woman in all such cases shall “vation, and abandonment, is unjust _.and_wrong. Senator Pierson’s law Ftion of arailroad from Austin, fhe. Secs —eontinne to undergo sibuse and _pri-. si ‘Topolovampo, onthe Gulf of Calitiontor ‘etil! another teansebatihies tal railroad is taking form, says the Altea, and m-y lead te the -construc: gee eee ee ee it about as hard fighting General Grant in pelities as they did in the fin regard to the unfortunate men Oregon State Prison—three years for} en Ol a tieh ee can Bot wipe out tae horrible wrong. Still, as money is the only form~ in 185 Justice 28. 0 = _. Since then he bas not asked; ‘‘Why ‘falone?”’—{ Chicago Times. = A very common crime—A salt on Uinia> “What strange creatures girls‘are!, Offer them good wages” to’ ‘work for you, and ten pines to ‘one if the old woman can tpare any of her ; but just pro mony, and see if they Fiew’ t jump at the chance of working a lifetime ors their vietuals and clothes! © a fiftees inch cullar around a sixteen inch peck-band the other morning. aon’t men swear when they are “Tar man who -did’at. swear off ¢ on New Year's day is nuw sorry he didn’t, seeing how easy it was done. ow striking! Ki is keep a lager beer saloon up town in New York. oo Ledy Bevan 9%. 3755 Lady an 444 115 Caledonia 34, ~ -175 Julia 14%. 575 Globe 1%. 150 Silver Hill 125%. ae 140 Meadow Valley 3. == 255 Raymond & Ely 21.0 265. Eureka Con, 16. = . Some people seem to doubt that the goose which lately died in the Garden of Plants iv Paris was 203 years old, and it is ‘Tather s have témporarily stumbled over a must bave reached that age, but we were never able to obtain any. other = = , —— NTS . cheap = boarding house “we have}. . thought we had found a thicken that . 5 — —_ = : : AND? SURUBBERY, FOR SALE aT FELIX GILLET’S NURSERY, NEVADA CITY. “HARDY PERENNIAL FLOWER. ANTS, RAISED IN THE OPEN . AIR, such as—capital of Texas, to the harbor of fornia. So thatthe Pacific side of late war, As fast as they remove Union soldiers from the places which evidence of it than the fact that it couldn't be torm_to pieces by. an infuriated landlady nor a steam threshthey held in the late House, he finds plaees for them by removing — Demo—will only allow-a divorcee for. adultery. A man can pull his wife around the hotise_by the hair of the _ head every morning before breakfast, just-te give her an appetite; he may spend his time in-drinking a carousing, while his wife stays —at-home.andexercises her muscle} ever the wash board te get grab wherewith to feed herself and children; he may ‘be a social tyrant at home, and make it a perfect pande. ~ monium when there, yet the wife taust put up with it, and ‘continue _ through life with sqeh a specimen of unadultered eussedness, unless he _ happens to commit adultery. Now *. it is our opinion that men of this: kind. never do—ecommit— adultery. They would be more apt to drive their wives tc that sin in order to get tidof them. It is true the annual record of divorce cases in this State is a long one, and shows a bad state of affairs, yet we believe legislation will ‘not reach the evil. Reforms must-commence among the parties themselves. Ifa man wants to be mean laws will not stop him, and we suppose wolmen are about the same way. A Plucky Woman. A lady from Scott’s Flat, was visiting this place during the recent snow storm, end found when she wanted to return, that the snow on the road was so deep that it would be impossible to do so. She, however, did not prolong: ber visit, She walked out to the V Flume, and walked the narrew planks at its side, the whole distance home, whieh is} over eight miles. Seme of the trestles over which she: passed, are weventy-five feet in height. That is “what we calla clear headed and sure footed woman. If she is married _. her husband bas a fortune in her. Tf she is not married, we think she need not worry about the matter, for she will never meet with an obstacle in life which she ean -not “surmount us easily as she did the one referred to above. Such women are self : supporters. = —_-s Sieve— Vernard. \ ¥ he tramping up and down ‘the Coast for three or four years, Steve Vernard is again visiting bis old stamping ground. He does not seem to have had any difficulty with bis ~ digestive aparatus since he left, and time seems to bave otherwise: dealt very leniently with him. _ He was warmly welcomed home by ail our ’ citizens. : ——_—Roll of Honor. The following pupils are on the roll of honor in the Est Intermediate school for the month ending Feb, 4; Miss M. F.Gregory teacher: Chas. Stonebridge, Moses Goldsmith, Liew Boardman, Annie Stonebridge, Han mah Keenan, Clara Baruh, Tike -Young, Sherman Marsh, Muay Seaman, Auelia Hook, Josie Piunkett, Jennie Adair, Kitty Harrigan, Nurs MeArtbur, Aduie Movney, Theodore Welis, Addy McNay, Auderson Wilhhams, Jdulu ae Bole Jack, Fred. “Bucarer, Wile Quigiey, Jane Gra‘wiler, Geile akill.“1 ‘Stiff_rivalry to the Patific Mail and. vey of the route was recommended . having been applied to. know if-it or. show the least discouragement. . . wut idjuriag, wy cne Wuo was pres. . Ont wi tie lime, the continent is likely to be put before many years in railroad’ conneetion with the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico. We have the Panama Railroad now about inuagurating—athe Union & “Ceatral Pacific Rail-. yoads, which drive the latter to _the . necessity of eonstructing-or comcrats from the departments where they have~been allowed te remain several emia ae Journal. -~ = PenusylvaaleSeeder. in favor of having the National Con-. vention held at Philadelphia, in Independ ence Halt, ‘on duly 4th, .The ee passed a resolution . pleting, rather, the English Railroad through—GentralAmerica: Next comes the proposition referred to; the money to be-apropriated for surlast year by the Engineer Department, andthe Mexican Government the survey, has replied that it has-no. objections, bat. would aid and assist in the survey. > Tur DowNIEVILLE STaGE ROBBERY. ‘Tuesday near Camptonville, says the Marysville Appeal,-returned Thursduy evening, but nothing additional as to the robbery has transpired. Tho robbery occurred after dark, and the driver saw but one highwayman, though He heard others intue-brush. He was ordered to hold up and throw out the box, and not doing so as quickly as the robber thought: the driver should, the order was repeated more emphatice}ly, and with-atbreat to blow off the tep of his head. He is satisfied the robbery was committed by the same parties who stopped him. on a former oceason. The box was carried off and not reeevered. PN iy eeereey oe “AN exhange says that there is at. are 3,000 cows. This farm, together with the cows, is rented in part to several tensnts. ‘They make from $1,000 to $2,000 per annum clear of all expenses. The yield from the cows is reported to be excellent some of the butter ranches. show an average of $80 per cow through a Whole herd of 200. es Durine a bouse-warming at Leay. enworth the other day a pet bear es-}caped from his keeper, walked gravely into the room to take a hand ‘in the ‘dace, « There Was a general stampede and the first case on record of a Kansas girl running away from a good square hug. It is supposed that the modesty of the young ladies was shocked by t his bear skin. Tue Santa Monica (Cal.) Outlook says that E. J. Baldwin has subscribed $75,000 and Celonel Robert S.~ Baker $25,000 to. the capitai stock of a steamship line between San Francisco and Sauta Monica. Some of the leading merchants of Los Augeles av@ San Bernardino have also signified their willingness to subseribe liberally. AN apparuius used for vulcanizing rubber, having connected with it a small steam boiler, exploded te “Dr. Child’s dental roum at Austin) last Friday, wile the doctor was vias ing ab ok, Acs Op things in the room generahy, but fortanately withPoint Reyes,_in this State, a dairy . : . farm of 45,000 acres, on which there} _ ing machine. —[ Courier-Journal. ~~Miss Betie Haxpre of Falrhaven; West Virginia, was paid attention by & young man who nol said he would not have her. Then Miss Belle armed herself with her father's shotgun, and stepping out of her door as Wer lover was passing: on-the—opposite side of thé’ street, }Faised the gun, and, as_ she took aim, , prayed to the Lord and . fired: Phe young man™ fell: Miss . Harper stepped back into the house to that effect at their recent meeting, when it was decided to hold the State-Convention at Lancaster on Mareb 22d. Tux boilers of Gold Hill's steam fire engines are connected by means of long steam pipes, with the farna‘ees at several of the large hoisting ‘works. The consequence is, an . alarm of fire finds each engine ready to do her work, without the delay of firing up, ete. ~ Forrx Israelites residing in‘ the southern part of San Franciseo, orthe mame cf Chebra Tenach. Its object is to hold strictly orthodox service every icine gna evening. Bulletin. -— Our next Leap ye egr, occurring in once in many, Many years—namely, five Sundays in February, The month will be ushered in and depart on Sunday. & > Tue Mexican border. troubles are incessant. It, is now proposed to put two regiments of -eavalry on our’ side of the Rio Grande as a eae toprevent further incursions, Hau! ‘apicture ef Yosemite Valley, a companion to his Donnor Lake painting, has been purchased by exGovernor Stanford for $10,000. Both these works of art_ will probably grace the Pacific Coast-Art Gallery at the Centennial: ' Faragr Marrukw, the temperance apostle; iv to have a statute at St. Louis. Great consternation prevails among the mewbers of the Whisky Ring in consequence. Tue Spanish pay pensiuns only towounded soldiers after 20 years’ service. Volunteers for Cubs receive a bouaty of $50 on enlisting, soldiers grub, and fifteen cents pe Gay in Wonpeus will never cease. A New York policeman has been presented with a-imedal for attention te his. proper duties. Our Government owes $2,118,233,039, The debt was reduced ten and a half millions during the last half of ’75. : So San Francisce wilt at last secure that strip of ‘land belonging to the Presidio military reservation, which she has so long hungered for. T= whole alphabet iy in this one ‘sentence of forty-eight letters: “John P. Brady gave me'a black walnut box of quite a small size.” Tux police duily pick up a idldes of drunkards to fiue, and a nuwber ‘of awps te beet, ‘ganized a Society on Sunday last by . o 1880, willcontain what ocewrs anly . -. puzzies the doctors by being able to a witacnecnetal { wonls i in the English language. and said to her father: “‘Pap, I’ve . shot him,’’ and then sat down and ate a heart dinner. bail and™ crutches. 6 will soon be out ou . Aeyoune poet in. Mi-souri wrote: “Dear Lucy, for a single smile-from thee, T'd-dare the worst; thou gentle, guileless dove; list to my prayer and do totbid me ‘flee, for, ob! I can not quell my raging love.” the way it came out in the paper: “Dan Lucky, but a single mile from om Fs pba aind the world, thon yelow, guilty dog; list to m rayer, “ob, "£5 nat bide a flea, ag tc not squeal my ragged love.” Fortunately, the compositor didn’t leave out any of the words. after Washington for?” asked Mrs. Quilp of Mr. Q. “Why, my. dear, a t you know Washington was the acdy of his cesar said Quilp, = a snicker. Wun a man detects a missing button after getting on-a—clean shirt, no one is aware of the fact. He takes off the shirt and puts on another, quietly smiling all the-while. He — mever speaks of it. to a sou ey don’t. have anything,” grumbled an Oakland woman to her ‘hausband, one evening; ‘‘no silk dresses, nO stylish suits, Hae jewelry, no noth3. money,’’ worried busband. ‘The same old story, and I am getting sick of it,’’ continued the wife, sneeringly ; ***no money, no money,’ all the while; and I don’t expect Lever shall -have anything until you die and the life insurance money comes in!’’ Here the ~conversation stopped; but a wild look had entered the husband’seye—a look that pertended ill for the next policy pay day.<i atl Tue wonderful man in Detsoit who) make his heart shift, can rest A3ssured that he will be beantifally cut up a3 soon as he dies, ae old Mr. Growler heaved the last ‘scuttle of four tons of—coal-into his esllar; he was heard te-remark: ‘If been ef girls, it wouldn’t have been thus. One ton would last all Winter,”’ : A CORRESPONDENT wants toknow the best way to become a literary man. Well, the quickest way for bim is to make a short voyage tu sea. He will very likely become a contributor to the Atlantic, A tapx living in th the Mobawk Valley hus a piece of — in the house supposed to be 4 ed years old, and she sa a of our family lave ever felt. the slightest mone tion to use it.” ~ _In an: ungarded moment, Ralpb Waldo Emerson, asserted that the activity of amimals is marked by unerring good sense, and now he is asked if he never saw a a Seine dog chasing bis tail, uy Lies.—It is said. there are moré ‘ies told in the senfeuce, “Dam sv sind to see you,’’thau in any other six She is out_on} And this ia} — ‘What do ‘aaa always put D. C./ ing like other f “But I can’t . —— : to get them; I-bave not the Slee Wali Gewers Daisy; Pink; Car~-nation, Picotee, Pansy, Linum, — = ban ri : for the first time, and ———s on blooming in all their asa = every year. Salifornia White ‘Lilies, Cherry Currants, E berries, and Bose Plants, ~ Pear, Cherry, and Chestnut Scions or grafting—the finest varieties. Raspberry and Strawberry Plants. ‘berries. Leave Orders at FELIX GILLET’S, = Feb. 4-Im. Pine Street. “GRAND BALL, BY FRE NEVADA CFTY i Tuesday, February 22 1876 ‘AT TEMPERANCE HALL. RECEPTION COMMITTEE. 8. A, Eddy, J. B. Conn; Austin Walrath, James 8. Murchie. FEOOR DIRECTORS. W. Watt, B. 3. Watsou;* Jehan A. Rapp, P. E. Hughson, R.C. Walrath. _-—COMMEFTER OF ARRANGEMENTS, John A. Rapp, _P. E. Hughson, a. tT. Canfield, . W.D. Ashman, 4.V. Schmittburg, TICKETS, $2 60. GRAND LEAP YEAR ‘PARTY! t City will give a Grand = Leap Year Party at . _TEMPERANCE BALL, . —on— Monday Eve'ng. Feb. 14, 1876, To which they extend a general invitation. Dancing from 8 o’clock to 1. Tickets $2 50. = fl COPARTNERSHIP NOTICE. r NOW ALL MEN . BY THESE PRES. ENTS, that we, Baptista Guascetti and Louis Guse‘tti, doing business under the firm name of Guscetti Bros., constitute selling stock, and selling mitk inthe City of Nevada and vicinity, and that our full names are as above. B. GUSCETTI, LOUIS GUSCETTI Witness. E. W. Bigelow. Nevads, January 17th, 1876. £08. PETTIT. WM. WHERRY. KEYSTONE SALOON.” PETTIT & WHERRY Proprietors YONSTANTLY on hand the finest . “LIQUORS AND CIGARS To be found in the country. 89" Families supplied with re WINES and LIQUORS for medicinal purpose, ns, Fe matri. Tur Sev, Talmage tried to button } Messrs Hitz &}> Shade ‘Trees——Rose-leaved Mal-. ~[ 0 De Toand 3 First Clearing Sale? _ GREATEST EXt EXCITEMENT OF THE SEASON! : LEr rae ‘WORLD KNow IT: L. JACOBS ‘& BRO. A Pastas ster gree Se im order to mame room for immense im portations from Eastern casas offér for the baad ’ NEXT THIRTY DAYS, ee ~The folowing . : GREAT BARGAINS 3. THE__DRY GOODS he: es sell what_we advertise ; and : Guarantee what we sell. LOOK AT THE FOLLOWING : PRICES.“1B yards Sprague ana -+ Merrimack Prints, $1. —10 yards Muslin, $1. _ 9 yards White Rock 4-4 Muslin, $1. tin, $1.-= . Muslin, $1.es 9 yards — Brown 4-4 — = elie $1. 10-4 Pequot Best Sheeting, +40 cents per yard. = . -—-9.4 Pequot: best Shooting, = 135 cents per yard. 30 « cents per ard Delaines, the “dest, per yard, 174 cents.Repps ioe Wiappers, best, per yard, 22} cents.) = _All wool Poplin Plaids, per. yard; -50-eents.— a _ 6 ounces Zephyr ‘Wool, 500-dozen Coats & Brooks . Spool Cotton, the best, per dozen, 75 cents. Pay ‘Carpets, per yard, RO SE ain REO ST er per yard, $1 20. . And our entire'stoek will be sold in the same proportion. eed _ In order to make room for our next Spring “stock, we will sell goods as =e ie the next : G55 30 DAYS, “kna give the Ladies of Nevada City * and County the benefit of this Great —{ Cleazing Sale. Orders kindly solicited and prom. ly filled. ° Prsne: atin invited to call and conL. JACOBS ¢ & & BRO., Broad Street; Nevada. _ February 1st, 1876. UNION HOTEL, ~ NEVADA CITY -= . CALIFORNIA. D. W. SNAPP, Proprietor. THES well known and pop sitaated on Main see in the City of Nevada, been “thoroughly over-hauled,-refitted and furnisbed in first class style, and is Low open for the reception of guests. The Sleeping Ap#rtments, a partnership in the business of buying and}ATe large, airy and comfortable, and. rtd bed im the housé contains a Spring Mattrass. Asa Gesirable quiet place for the weary, the UNION is not excelled by any House outside of Sau Francisco.The Tables of the Union, .. Will compare favorably with any Hotel in the State, and will be filled with the best the market affords. Choice Wines, iaeeien and Cigars Will be kept at the Bar, and the Billiatd Room is supplied with the BEST TABLES ‘the State. “Dr, C, D. BOBO, PHYSICIAN 4ND SURG On, . ESIDENCE, ned vD STRFRT erpe’ site the (HraTiii: Offiee at Bell & itelde).”s Drag Bisse, Drvpsy & »peciaity. te Putte oe 3 left at Bell re wi Q —— = os Donsé a & AE aes ‘Fruit of Loom a4 Seats __. Muslin, $1. . : a= es yards New York Mills a” Jol his y and holy the n

1 EC N MEIR EH SPSS iain AM RB ec nn nr en ES SS ie RB RN ME i et Ai esa a Nise ‘She daily Tansy NEVADA CITY, Ol» " Sunday, Feb. 6 1876. ax \3_» . The frequeney of applications for f divoréés before the coarts of the State, and the almost unanimity of the several jodges in granting the prayers of the applicants has sug So to Senator Pierson of San ¥ranviseo, the propriety of enacting a law which shall make it a little more difficult for parties who ‘have _ "been pulliog in matrimonial traces fo unhook and work single. for Pierson, on reading that six or at oo aor eouples took advan. fage last year of the existing law, “thinks probably that a little legisla___ tion would help te quiet matrimopial stofms-and-make “people bap=. pier. Itis a sad commentary on the marriage relations When so many -think it advisable to obtein a legal separation, but we are of the opinion that the trouble lies Gown so deep} that Senator Pierson will never ___Yeachit. Hf a man is econstitution“ally mean no law can make hin anycen St. 9 4tem asa relic of tarbarism. have been entitled to prize money? Pri a Mover. _ Tepeascatative Willis, New York, has introduced a bill in Congress, the purpose of which isto do away with the er of paying prize money to seamen for . the capture of vessels or any othe lawfal prize. He eomsiders the sys“Why distribute prize money to seamen for paving done théir daty, apparently, aby more than to soldiers on the land?.Wby should not.a thousand men, more or less, receive in eoin of currency the value of the cannon, fort and materials, of whatever kind, ‘they may have captored, as would sailors, bad they taken a sbip? I: what process of-teasoning, or_ by ’ what sealeof jastiee, should they be} torned adrift without compensation, when, if the city were taken by the Admiral’s fleet, his sailors would Butler’s army had taken New Qr-} Sena-} leans without aid of the Navy, by In the Senate on Wednesday, after press resolution was defeated by a “vote of 20 to 12: Resolved, That the follows be added to the standing joint rules, to be numbered Rule 23: No newspa. per that makes useof language in reture during its session which would be deemed -unparliamentary if used by one member toward ancther, shall be represented upon the floor of_either house by a reporter. This rule shall not be construed to prohibit fair cofiments on the public acts of imembers or the exposure of known official delinquencies. ‘The majority of the Senate appear . to be coming to their senses. > THE Virginia Chronicle makes a commendable and timely snggestion a long diseassion, the following anti. gard to any member of the isla____-}--955California 82%. 970 Ophir 59%.165 740 Gould & Ourry 1015 Best & Beloher be. 2065 Savage ~~ 40 Cholee 8. 170 Hale & Norcross 524%, 350 Crown Point 23%, 40 Yellow Jacket 103.15 Freeads ie 550 _Alph . ; 410 Beleber 3344. ©) 100 Confidence 204. 170 Con Virginia fo. 530 Sierra ao 150 Exchequer 12%. 195. Overman 63, who have been incarcerated in the stage rabbery committed by other Some of the arguments used against. the system are strong. It tends to the demoralization -of the serxice, rather than” t6_its discipline and spirit. Our armies fight as well without any expectation of prize mopey, a8 do the sailors with it.—8. F. Alta. was parties. It remarks: ° ship and disgrace, and mere money which regret, in a case like this, can beat all expressed, the Oregon Legislature at its next session should make an appropriation of at least Cae ae eps epee its husband ‘deserts -his wife sind \ fails to provide for her, there is no ~ flaw that will reach his case. To say “that a woman in all such cases shall “vation, and abandonment, is unjust _.and_wrong. Senator Pierson’s law Ftion of arailroad from Austin, fhe. Secs —eontinne to undergo sibuse and _pri-. si ‘Topolovampo, onthe Gulf of Calitiontor ‘etil! another teansebatihies tal railroad is taking form, says the Altea, and m-y lead te the -construc: gee eee ee ee it about as hard fighting General Grant in pelities as they did in the fin regard to the unfortunate men Oregon State Prison—three years for} en Ol a tieh ee can Bot wipe out tae horrible wrong. Still, as money is the only form~ in 185 Justice 28. 0 = _. Since then he bas not asked; ‘‘Why ‘falone?”’—{ Chicago Times. = A very common crime—A salt on Uinia> “What strange creatures girls‘are!, Offer them good wages” to’ ‘work for you, and ten pines to ‘one if the old woman can tpare any of her ; but just pro mony, and see if they Fiew’ t jump at the chance of working a lifetime ors their vietuals and clothes! © a fiftees inch cullar around a sixteen inch peck-band the other morning. aon’t men swear when they are “Tar man who -did’at. swear off ¢ on New Year's day is nuw sorry he didn’t, seeing how easy it was done. ow striking! Ki is keep a lager beer saloon up town in New York. oo Ledy Bevan 9%. 3755 Lady an 444 115 Caledonia 34, ~ -175 Julia 14%. 575 Globe 1%. 150 Silver Hill 125%. ae 140 Meadow Valley 3. == 255 Raymond & Ely 21.0 265. Eureka Con, 16. = . Some people seem to doubt that the goose which lately died in the Garden of Plants iv Paris was 203 years old, and it is ‘Tather s have témporarily stumbled over a must bave reached that age, but we were never able to obtain any. other = = , —— NTS . cheap = boarding house “we have}. . thought we had found a thicken that . 5 — —_ = : : AND? SURUBBERY, FOR SALE aT FELIX GILLET’S NURSERY, NEVADA CITY. “HARDY PERENNIAL FLOWER. ANTS, RAISED IN THE OPEN . AIR, such as—capital of Texas, to the harbor of fornia. So thatthe Pacific side of late war, As fast as they remove Union soldiers from the places which evidence of it than the fact that it couldn't be torm_to pieces by. an infuriated landlady nor a steam threshthey held in the late House, he finds plaees for them by removing — Demo—will only allow-a divorcee for. adultery. A man can pull his wife around the hotise_by the hair of the _ head every morning before breakfast, just-te give her an appetite; he may spend his time in-drinking a carousing, while his wife stays —at-home.andexercises her muscle} ever the wash board te get grab wherewith to feed herself and children; he may ‘be a social tyrant at home, and make it a perfect pande. ~ monium when there, yet the wife taust put up with it, and ‘continue _ through life with sqeh a specimen of unadultered eussedness, unless he _ happens to commit adultery. Now *. it is our opinion that men of this: kind. never do—ecommit— adultery. They would be more apt to drive their wives tc that sin in order to get tidof them. It is true the annual record of divorce cases in this State is a long one, and shows a bad state of affairs, yet we believe legislation will ‘not reach the evil. Reforms must-commence among the parties themselves. Ifa man wants to be mean laws will not stop him, and we suppose wolmen are about the same way. A Plucky Woman. A lady from Scott’s Flat, was visiting this place during the recent snow storm, end found when she wanted to return, that the snow on the road was so deep that it would be impossible to do so. She, however, did not prolong: ber visit, She walked out to the V Flume, and walked the narrew planks at its side, the whole distance home, whieh is} over eight miles. Seme of the trestles over which she: passed, are weventy-five feet in height. That is “what we calla clear headed and sure footed woman. If she is married _.. her husband bas a fortune in her. Tf she is not married, we think she need not worry about the matter, for she will never meet with an obstacle in life which she ean -not “surmount us easily as she did the one referred to above. Such women are self : supporters. = —_-s Sieve— Vernard. \ ¥ he tramping up and down ‘the Coast for three or four years, Steve Vernard is again visiting bis old stamping ground. He does not seem to have had any difficulty with bis ~ digestive aparatus since he left, and time seems to bave otherwise: dealt very leniently with him. _ He was warmly welcomed home by ail our ’ citizens. : ——_—Roll of Honor. The following pupils are on the roll of honor in the Est Intermediate school for the month ending Feb, 4; Miss M. F.Gregory teacher: Chas. Stonebridge, Moses Goldsmith, Liew Boardman, Annie Stonebridge, Han mah Keenan, Clara Baruh, Tike -Young, Sherman Marsh, Muay Seaman, Auelia Hook, Josie Piunkett, Jennie Adair, Kitty Harrigan, Nurs MeArtbur, Aduie Movney, Theodore Welis, Addy McNay, Auderson Wilhhams, Jdulu ae Bole Jack, Fred. “Bucarer, Wile Quigiey, Jane Gra‘wiler, Geile akill..“1 ‘Stiff_rivalry to the Patific Mail and. vey of the route was recommended . having been applied to. know if-it or. show the least discouragement. . . wut idjuriag, wy cne Wuo was pres. . Ont wi tie lime, the continent is likely to be put before many years in railroad’ conneetion with the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico. We have the Panama Railroad now about inuagurating—athe Union & “Ceatral Pacific Rail-. yoads, which drive the latter to _the . necessity of eonstructing-or comcrats from the departments where they have~been allowed te remain several emia ae Journal. -~ = PenusylvaaleSeeder. in favor of having the National Con-. vention held at Philadelphia, in Independ ence Halt, ‘on duly 4th, .The ee passed a resolution . pleting, rather, the English Railroad through—GentralAmerica: Next comes the proposition referred to; the money to be-apropriated for surlast year by the Engineer Department, andthe Mexican Government the survey, has replied that it has-no. objections, bat. would aid and assist in the survey. > Tur DowNIEVILLE STaGE ROBBERY. ‘Tuesday near Camptonville, says the Marysville Appeal,-returned Thursduy evening, but nothing additional as to the robbery has transpired. Tho robbery occurred after dark, and the driver saw but one highwayman, though He heard others intue-brush. He was ordered to hold up and throw out the box, and not doing so as quickly as the robber thought: the driver should, the order was repeated more emphatice}ly, and with-atbreat to blow off the tep of his head. He is satisfied the robbery was committed by the same parties who stopped him. on a former oceason. The box was carried off and not reeevered. PN iy eeereey oe “AN exhange says that there is at. are 3,000 cows. This farm, together with the cows, is rented in part to several tensnts. ‘They make from $1,000 to $2,000 per annum clear of all expenses. The yield from the cows is reported to be excellent some of the butter ranches. show an average of $80 per cow through a Whole herd of 200. es Durine a bouse-warming at Leay. enworth the other day a pet bear es-}caped from his keeper, walked gravely into the room to take a hand ‘in the ‘dace, « There Was a general stampede and the first case on record of a Kansas girl running away from a good square hug. It is supposed that the modesty of the young ladies was shocked by t his bear skin. Tue Santa Monica (Cal.) Outlook says that E. J. Baldwin has subscribed $75,000 and Celonel Robert S.~ Baker $25,000 to. the capitai stock of a steamship line between

San Francisco and Sauta Monica. Some of the leading merchants of Los Augeles av@ San Bernardino have also signified their willingness to subseribe liberally. AN apparuius used for vulcanizing rubber, having connected with it a small steam boiler, exploded te “Dr. Child’s dental roum at Austin) last Friday, wile the doctor was vias ing ab ok, Acs Op things in the room generahy, but fortanately withPoint Reyes,_in this State, a dairy . : . farm of 45,000 acres, on which there} _ ing machine. —[ Courier-Journal. ~~Miss Betie Haxpre of Falrhaven; West Virginia, was paid attention by & young man who nol said he would not have her. Then Miss Belle armed herself with her father's shotgun, and stepping out of her door as Wer lover was passing: on-the—opposite side of thé’ street, }Faised the gun, and, as_ she took aim, , prayed to the Lord and . fired: Phe young man™ fell: Miss . Harper stepped back into the house to that effect at their recent meeting, when it was decided to hold the State-Convention at Lancaster on Mareb 22d. Tux boilers of Gold Hill's steam fire engines are connected by means of long steam pipes, with the farna‘ees at several of the large hoisting ‘works. The consequence is, an . alarm of fire finds each engine ready to do her work, without the delay of firing up, ete. ~ Forrx Israelites residing in‘ the southern part of San Franciseo, orthe mame cf Chebra Tenach. Its object is to hold strictly orthodox service every icine gna evening. Bulletin. -— Our next Leap ye egr, occurring in once in many, Many years—namely, five Sundays in February, The month will be ushered in and depart on Sunday. & > Tue Mexican border. troubles are incessant. It, is now proposed to put two regiments of -eavalry on our’ side of the Rio Grande as a eae toprevent further incursions, Hau! ‘apicture ef Yosemite Valley, a companion to his Donnor Lake painting, has been purchased by exGovernor Stanford for $10,000. Both these works of art_ will probably grace the Pacific Coast-Art Gallery at the Centennial: ' Faragr Marrukw, the temperance apostle; iv to have a statute at St. Louis. Great consternation prevails among the mewbers of the Whisky Ring in consequence. Tue Spanish pay pensiuns only towounded soldiers after 20 years’ service. Volunteers for Cubs receive a bouaty of $50 on enlisting, soldiers grub, and fifteen cents pe Gay in Wonpeus will never cease. A New York policeman has been presented with a-imedal for attention te his. proper duties. Our Government owes $2,118,233,039, The debt was reduced ten and a half millions during the last half of ’75. : So San Francisce wilt at last secure that strip of ‘land belonging to the Presidio military reservation, which she has so long hungered for. T= whole alphabet iy in this one ‘sentence of forty-eight letters: “John P. Brady gave me'a black walnut box of quite a small size.” Tux police duily pick up a idldes of drunkards to fiue, and a nuwber ‘of awps te beet, ‘ganized a Society on Sunday last by . o 1880, willcontain what ocewrs anly . -. puzzies the doctors by being able to a witacnecnetal { wonls i in the English language. and said to her father: “‘Pap, I’ve . shot him,’’ and then sat down and ate a heart dinner. bail and™ crutches. 6 will soon be out ou . Aeyoune poet in. Mi-souri wrote: “Dear Lucy, for a single smile-from thee, T'd-dare the worst; thou gentle, guileless dove; list to my prayer and do totbid me ‘flee, for, ob! I can not quell my raging love.” the way it came out in the paper: “Dan Lucky, but a single mile from om Fs pba aind the world, thon yelow, guilty dog; list to m rayer, “ob, "£5 nat bide a flea, ag tc not squeal my ragged love.” Fortunately, the compositor didn’t leave out any of the words. after Washington for?” asked Mrs. Quilp of Mr. Q. “Why, my. dear, a t you know Washington was the acdy of his cesar said Quilp, = a snicker. Wun a man detects a missing button after getting on-a—clean shirt, no one is aware of the fact. He takes off the shirt and puts on another, quietly smiling all the-while. He — mever speaks of it. to a sou ey don’t. have anything,” grumbled an Oakland woman to her ‘hausband, one evening; ‘‘no silk dresses, nO stylish suits, Hae jewelry, no noth3. money,’’ worried busband. ‘The same old story, and I am getting sick of it,’’ continued the wife, sneeringly ; ***no money, no money,’ all the while; and I don’t expect Lever shall -have anything until you die and the life insurance money comes in!’’ Here the ~conversation stopped; but a wild look had entered the husband’seye—a look that pertended ill for the next policy pay day.<i atl Tue wonderful man in Detsoit who) make his heart shift, can rest A3ssured that he will be beantifally cut up a3 soon as he dies, ae old Mr. Growler heaved the last ‘scuttle of four tons of—coal-into his esllar; he was heard te-remark: ‘If been ef girls, it wouldn’t have been thus. One ton would last all Winter,”’ : A CORRESPONDENT wants toknow the best way to become a literary man. Well, the quickest way for bim is to make a short voyage tu sea. He will very likely become a contributor to the Atlantic, A tapx living in th the Mobawk Valley hus a piece of — in the house supposed to be 4 ed years old, and she sa a of our family lave ever felt. the slightest mone tion to use it.” ~ _In an: ungarded moment, Ralpb Waldo Emerson, asserted that the activity of amimals is marked by unerring good sense, and now he is asked if he never saw a a Seine dog chasing bis tail, uy Lies.—It is said. there are moré ‘ies told in the senfeuce, “Dam sv sind to see you,’’thau in any other six She is out_on} And this ia} — ‘What do ‘aaa always put D. C./ ing like other f “But I can’t . —— : to get them; I-bave not the Slee Wali Gewers Daisy; Pink; Car~-nation, Picotee, Pansy, Linum, — = ban ri : for the first time, and ———s on blooming in all their asa = every year. Salifornia White ‘Lilies, Cherry Currants, E berries, and Bose Plants, ~ Pear, Cherry, and Chestnut Scions or grafting—the finest varieties. Raspberry and Strawberry Plants. ‘berries. Leave Orders at FELIX GILLET’S, = Feb. 4-Im. Pine Street. “GRAND BALL, BY FRE NEVADA CFTY i Tuesday, February 22 1876 ‘AT TEMPERANCE HALL. RECEPTION COMMITTEE. 8. A, Eddy, J. B. Conn; Austin Walrath, James 8. Murchie. FEOOR DIRECTORS. W. Watt, B. 3. Watsou;* Jehan A. Rapp, P. E. Hughson, R.C. Walrath. _-—COMMEFTER OF ARRANGEMENTS, John A. Rapp, _P. E. Hughson, a. tT. Canfield, . W.D. Ashman, 4.V. Schmittburg, TICKETS, $2 60. GRAND LEAP YEAR ‘PARTY! t City will give a Grand = Leap Year Party at . _TEMPERANCE BALL, . —on— Monday Eve'ng. Feb. 14, 1876, To which they extend a general invitation. Dancing from 8 o’clock to 1. Tickets $2 50. = fl COPARTNERSHIP NOTICE. r NOW ALL MEN . BY THESE PRES. ENTS, that we, Baptista Guascetti and Louis Guse‘tti, doing business under the firm name of Guscetti Bros., constitute selling stock, and selling mitk inthe City of Nevada and vicinity, and that our full names are as above. B. GUSCETTI, LOUIS GUSCETTI Witness. E. W. Bigelow. Nevads, January 17th, 1876. £08. PETTIT. WM. WHERRY. KEYSTONE SALOON.” PETTIT & WHERRY Proprietors YONSTANTLY on hand the finest . “LIQUORS AND CIGARS To be found in the country. 89" Families supplied with re WINES and LIQUORS for medicinal purpose, ns, Fe matri. Tur Sev, Talmage tried to button } Messrs Hitz &}> Shade ‘Trees——Rose-leaved Mal-. ~[ 0 De Toand 3 First Clearing Sale? _ GREATEST EXt EXCITEMENT OF THE SEASON! : LEr rae ‘WORLD KNow IT: L. JACOBS ‘& BRO. A Pastas ster gree Se im order to mame room for immense im portations from Eastern casas offér for the baad ’ NEXT THIRTY DAYS, ee ~The folowing . : GREAT BARGAINS 3. THE__DRY GOODS he: es sell what_we advertise ; and : Guarantee what we sell.. LOOK AT THE FOLLOWING : PRICES.“1B yards Sprague ana -+ Merrimack Prints, $1. —10 yards Muslin, $1. _ 9 yards White Rock 4-4 Muslin, $1. tin, $1.-= . Muslin, $1.es 9 yards — Brown 4-4 — = elie $1. 10-4 Pequot Best Sheeting, +40 cents per yard. = . -—-9.4 Pequot: best Shooting, = 135 cents per yard. 30 « cents per ard Delaines, the “dest, per yard, 174 cents.Repps ioe Wiappers, best, per yard, 22} cents.) = _All wool Poplin Plaids, per. yard; -50-eents.— a _ 6 ounces Zephyr ‘Wool, 500-dozen Coats & Brooks . Spool Cotton, the best, per dozen, 75 cents. Pay ‘Carpets, per yard, RO SE ain REO ST er per yard, $1 20. . And our entire'stoek will be sold in the same proportion. eed _ In order to make room for our next Spring “stock, we will sell goods as =e ie the next : G55 30 DAYS, “kna give the Ladies of Nevada City * and County the benefit of this Great —{ Cleazing Sale. Orders kindly solicited and prom. ly filled. ° Prsne: atin invited to call and conL. JACOBS ¢ & & BRO., Broad Street; Nevada. _ February 1st, 1876. UNION HOTEL, ~ NEVADA CITY -= . CALIFORNIA. D. W. SNAPP, Proprietor. THES well known and pop sitaated on Main see in the City of Nevada, been “thoroughly over-hauled,-refitted and furnisbed in first class style, and is Low open for the reception of guests. The Sleeping Ap#rtments, a partnership in the business of buying and}ATe large, airy and comfortable, and. rtd bed im the housé contains a Spring Mattrass. Asa Gesirable quiet place for the weary, the UNION is not excelled by any House outside of Sau Francisco.The Tables of the Union, ... Will compare favorably with any Hotel in the State, and will be filled with the best the market affords. Choice Wines, iaeeien and Cigars Will be kept at the Bar, and the Billiatd Room is supplied with the BEST TABLES ‘the State. “Dr, C, D. BOBO, PHYSICIAN 4ND SURG On, . ESIDENCE, ned vD STRFRT erpe’ site the (HraTiii: Offiee at Bell & itelde).”s Drag Bisse, Drvpsy & »peciaity. te Putte oe 3 left at Bell re wi Q —— = os Donsé a & AE aes ‘Fruit of Loom a4 Seats __. Muslin, $1. . : a= es yards New York Mills a” Jol his y and holy the n