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JA-CITY, CALIFORNIA.
eet ne
y, Februaty.6, 1879.
Pattorial Notes.
r. eveniitigs, ‘entitle hi
oa :
‘1 Am The Chief.” .
‘The exhibitions given by Professor
the? Jast
sionish Om last night thé Theatre was growde gwhich 4g coudlusiv ;
evidence that t he “public aré well
To the Honorab
‘ is ‘ uw oe
Grand Jaty Report,
ae
General, Notes. — _—
le, the County Judge. The Stock Report of the 4th lias
aty of Nevada, State of es following: “Weeere enabled ‘to
"Tor Ed be Mount aDmmnce SNe mornings PPoe gay f the’ Counauthority, all mats)
nd Jur} 4
mpanelell for the Feb-, questionable gee ae 379. beg Naa rt} ter nce hetweert Sutro _
“ the mining 6ompanies, with refere ce
3
. ye to-report. ters of diffe
erformed the’ duty as
gl us,.and would péspecttully "to the lattet’s us¢ Of his tunnel, have
Pine Sty near eorner of Broad,’
Bi THE READING.
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od Are Soldat reduc. tates ad re
represented as first-class at is
submit the following as our final re. Been. adjusted. Sutro will at o1ce
HIS PRICES ARE LOWER
Certaiy of Nevada county's alleged . .atisfied with his performartes. The
ort : ‘ . Por.tve“same quality than any ‘other store .
‘jssue with us by motives that are as
-_cotemporary in its last issue repub"devote all his time to the office of
‘’ nice man to-talk about properly edu-'
. ose the county officials.
pablieations are afificted
with a never failing desire to quarrel
wwitirthe Transcript. ‘They greedily grasp at every Opportunity that is
afforded. them for interfering, with,
our independent course, and’ while
endeavoring to, display on their “own.
part a spirit that would if really possessed be creditable, fail to hide the
fact that they are impelled to taking
‘dishonest as they are patent. A city
lishes ‘an article recently appearing
in these columns, and supplements’
it with w lot of: windy and ungramsmatical twaddle. The editor of that
paper is the party who,.upon.going
before the Republican Convention,
pledged his sacred word of honor to
Courty Superintendent of Schools, if,
elected; and then when he had gecured the voters’ support through such
process displayed his true character .
by accepting other positions inconjunction with his office. He is a
cating the public mind! His wellknown unreliability unfits him for any
position other than that of a servile
-aterer to the good will of a chosen
Rew: He is'adonah among'the crew
of “eighteen” gentlemen who comThe public
<now him as such, and he cannot hope
to eradicate the stigma by setting
himself up asa paragon of-honesty.
The Alta, in referring to the
plague now prevailing on and along
the Volga river, in Kastern Russia,
congratulates its-lfand the people in
this part of the world that San
Franeisco is far away from it, has a
healthy, cool climate, and with the
State at large has but one epidemic,
the @onstitutional Convention.”
“Healthy, cool climate” is good !
Does not the Alta’s geographist know
thav outside of the Polar regions it
exhibition of the myaterious_was fuleg Wance will be performed’ by Mile.
given to ,the delighted audienee: * ‘Ay
distributed
ly equal to any befere given; the
amusement of the andience was intense throughout, ). aide
consist of many new startling and
pheasi
La Grand during the evening, and
many other marvelous, things will be
alter the performance,
among which “will be thirty dollate .
in" money—the leading prige. One
reason why the Prof. draws such immense audiénces, is because,all thie
presents distributed ate bought in
the town where he performs, and the
money is thus'kept in circulation in
the city.
The “Transcript” and dae Grand
JSuiy.The careful attention of our readlers is‘ealled to that portion of the
Grand Jury's report whieh velates. tt
the Transcripr. As that honorable.
body. adjourned at too*late an “hour
yesterday to permit of our now dealing with the subject in a manner that
will properly represent all concerned,
editorial comment will be reserved
until to-morrow’s issue.
Shap
The Pittsburg Mine.
The letter of the Ist inst. says -—
The lode in the 600-foot drifts presents well,-it being’ well defined, carrying rich '‘sulphurets, The stopes at
700-foot level presents favorable,
yielding large quantities of good oro,
The 800-foot stopes are being worked
and yielding well. ‘The lode at 800foot ig large and. producing large
quautities of ore. The mill is running well and doing good work.
a en;
Went Hunting.
ing “illusions. ‘The Gelebrated . " The attention of ‘the! Grand
‘a.strong reflection on some official
eS oent ‘of the ‘county, which
caused some feeling among the citi‘gens of the county, particularly the
. provement, which. to.us seems to he
}requized ; also looked into the con{dition of the patients, and bear no.
‘. thie County Treasurer’s books and
withdraw his objections to water be:
We have had under consideration .
ing pumped into the tunnel, and all . g
nine criminal charges,—from which
we-have found three true bills and
IGNORE FIX. ine eats
Charley, forlarceny; onetrue bill for .
false personation; a true bill against
WimeSchultz, assault tegmurder,. »Jary .
was called to an article in. Sunday s
TRANSCRIPT under the head of ‘Needs
Leexing Into,” whith it its tone cast
areunable'to/state the exact terms
of adjustment, kut they ate said. to,
have involved concessions on either
at once, and as soon as possible “be .
signed, sealed and delivered.”
he Teller Committee exathined
He said the Republicans were in numerous ways prevented from having
bondsmen of the different officers. —
Therefore, the Grand Jury felt it
their. duty to enquire into the source
which drew out such an article. We
therefore hal the editor ard: proprietors of the Nevala TRANSCRIPr summoned-before-the GrandJary;—and
county and that the Demaerats re-,
sorted to fraud.fer the purpose.
The German Eimbassador *has* advised his Government that the plague
is spreading rapidly. It: has passed}
the limits where, aceording toy the
oflizial accounts, the last cases were
‘reported. :He urges Germanyto take
immediate and energetic. measures
alter a mostdiligent enquiry find the
communication feferred to to have
been anonymous, aud as it had been
destroyed by them it could not be
producedan er before the-Grand—Ju-\
ry. Therefore we are led to believe
that the article is purely of a sensational character. “9 -*,.
We have examined ths He spit
and grounds which are “und r in
to repel it. ‘ Rea
Liverpool advices of -the 3d say
that the trans-Atlantic steamers can
neither beloaded or discharged, on
account of the dock laborers’ strike. '
‘The steamers announced for New
York will’sail punctually, with or
without a cargo. » Efforts are being
“made to obtain labor from other places. The masters have warned tire
men that they are driving trade from
complaints; thetefore we ‘are satisfied
the Hospital is properly taken care of.
We went through the Clerk's an.
Recorder's offices, and find those’
beoks and accounts neatly kept, ‘and
books properly balanced at stated
times under: the supervision of the
County Supervisors, and have -no
recommen lations to make.“ Also
Liverpool.
There is said to be great suffering
among the British troops in Afghan.
istan, owing to lack of provisions and .
the cold, Elephants are dying from
cold and starvation. :
St. Mary’s College,.a Catholic institution inSt. Marys, Pottawattomie
county, was burned on the3d. Loss,
$30,000 to $40,000. The furniture
mostly saved, but the clothing belonging to ninety-eight boarding sta.
dents, library, fixtures, etc., were.
entirely destroyed.
caused by a defective flue.
The Democrats in ‘the Senate take
accounts are in proper shape.
The County Jail was inspected.
We find itsclean, well ventilated,
atid the prisoners seem to be secure.
Also other county buildings are properly looked after. ~ :
J. M. Laxenan, Foreman.
>. —
A Good Word for Mim.
Postmaster Greeley of Truckee
has received a letter to this elfect .
from D, F. Thomas, Bishop of Lynne,
Utah: We have scen a notice in
our local papers of the alleged suicide
would be difficult to find at this season of the year a colder climate than
prevails along the Volga. The frost
penctrates the ground from two to
three feet, and forces its way through
the thick “walls of the peasantry’s
aulobe, stone.anil log huts. Generally
speaking, the climate is healthy. It
is an unpleasant admission, but noevertheless a true one, that a. single
letter ‘from the infected district
might bring the plague, with all its
horrors, among us, Some of our na’ tive miners are there, and in commuYesterday Mark Shaver, Henry
Guenther, Gus. Bauer, John, Hook
land J. . Dumler, went to Round
Mountain ena hunting expedition.
. Judging from the scarcity of game,
. they will find plenty of hunting todo.
a le
Fools Not All Dead.
The feels are not all dead ; but,on
one question, at least, they are in a
minority in the Arkansas Senate. A
for the removal of portraits of Grant
cesolution was introduced providing
of E. W. Deke Thompson, Esq. I
am somewhat interested in his wel. fare. He stayed at our place about
two months. ,He was robberl on the
train from Omaha to Ogden, homeless
and penuiless,’ On-a dark, stormy
night he etarted on foot for Truckee.
He traveled twomiles which brought
him to our place. He proved himself 4 gentleman in all respects. Was
highly educated, and admirable in
his deportment.
Carolina, is. legally entitled to his
seat. —
nme 2 OO
‘Why Not Make it 200?
The Truckee Republican says Dave
Patterson saw one hundred and ninety deer in Sierra Valley last week.—
He counted them. The extreme cold
of the mountains had driven them in.
‘to the valley, and Mr.
. fears they will overrun the yalley if
the cold-weather continues,
— a
me
A Question of Fitness.
will henceforth go onsmoothly. We Hav.
side. The papers willbe drawn upy’ 7 /
. LIMES,
Colonel Mackey,(of South Carolina: i} 44 other Fruits constantly on hand.
‘a {fall and free vote is Charlestown, “and-a_tull line of everything useful: to be
found-in a Variety Store. Ez
; feb4
General Insurance Agency.
Commercial Union, Assurance
‘Capital
The fine was .
the ground ‘that Butler, of ‘South .
Patterson’:
'
1 Nevada City. The attention: of smokers
nd chewers is called to his large steck of
ana, and Domestic Cigars,
Z Chewing Tobacco. .
: j
fea
AND ORANGES,
DATES, FIGS,
CONFECTIONERY, NUTS,
JOHN JACK,
8. B. DAVENPORT,
Notary Fublic, _.
AGENT HOF.
Company, of London, Eng.
$12,500.000.
Also for the Traveler’s Acci-. ~
dent and Life Insurance Co. of
Hartford, Conn.
Nevada Feb, 1st.
NEVADA THEATRE.
Thursday Evening, Feb. 6th.
The only acknowledged rival of Herman,
Heller Hartz, Blitz or. Anderson,
PROF. E.
Author, Delineator and Interpreter of
Refined Illusions,assisted by the
C TAYLOR, . risus,
nication with their friends on this
eoast. Should one of their letters
perchance. bring, with it the germ of
“the epidemic, there is no reason. giv«n by the Alte why from San Fran«isco on the west to New York on
the east there should not be seen in
a mild form the effects of the plague. ] “oa
Cleanliness being the best preventiMr. A. J, Adams has gone to Nevative of epidemics of that nature, the da to reside for a few weeks. He
Chinese who swarm here would fur. proposes to occupy the large stone
{and Lincoln from-the Senate chami ber and the substitution of those of
Jackson and Lee.It was beaten by
a vote of two to one,
~~ ty © 0Comes Highly Recogamended.
The Truckee Republican says +—
The other evening, at a social dance
ia this city, an old lady noticed her
son, waltzing with a girl: who, to the
old lady's mind, clung to her partner
altogether éeg rapturously,
“My son, ” said the old laly soon
afterwards, “you mustn’t.datice with
thatgirl—she’s not fitto dance with.”
“You'te entirely mistaken, mother,” said'the young man, ‘She fits
me like the ‘paper on, the wall,”—
J
J
H S Smiley
J B Townsend MFlat
K Wells
J & Foster Gold H
Yesterday's Arrivals at
‘ THE NATIONAL HOTEL,
NEVADA CITY, CAL.
Chas. E. Fearson, Propricter.
F Sheenan Sac
J Broderick Col Hill) 8 Furth
Dolan Smattsville
“Pp MacManiis do
M:les Moore Flat
7 W Dumphy Sier V"
i F Smith City
—_
Rt Mendoza San Jua F
do
do
Yesterday's Arrivals
-E Robinson San Juan
do
at
accomplished Artist,
MLIE. LA GRAND,
Who will appear in the Wenderful and Beau
tiful Aria] Suspension and Second Sigiit.
TAYLOR'S
TROUPE,
Marionettes in the world) -will appear
each cyening.
Royal ‘Italian . Marionette
(Acknowledged by all to be the finest worked
#27 At the close of each evening's enterGAYLORD &
___ ROBINSON'S,
nr
athe Man whe claims to make money
by selling, goods for léss than cost,
litadends either—to cheat his custem
.ers or DEFRAUD his creditors.
We Ky Ha bt et!
Wiarrnt every article sold;
and challenge competition on
Prices, for
First Crass Goons
Clap-trap advertisements may
win for a while, but we intend
to conduct our business ‘‘on the
square,” so as to be able to cémpete with other responsible firms
‘for
nnAD C08 TH.
We-can sell inferior and dam.
aged Goods as cheap as any one
else, but we don’t propose to
¢
keep them. We solicit a comparison of qualities and prices.
fF All bills will be presented for”
settlement every 30 days.
Geylord & Robinson
————
WILLIAM WOLF’S
nish a rich harvest. for it to fatten! building which overlooks the town,
upon.
and expects that Sheriff Montgomer
Virginia Chronicle. :
> o
_ kndians vs. Settiers.
NEVADA CITY CAL.
THE UNION HOTEL,
tainment 100 useful and valuable presents
will be distributed to the audience in the
most fair and impartial niinner, all of which
. will entertain him during his visit.
now announced no progress in his Indeed Judge. Keiser recommended
electric light inventions, the coun: him to Mr. Montgomery. Recom. ‘i ‘ ‘
4 ., im.
°
try is beginning to draw from him its meiided the Sheriff to keep him for
moral support, ani many who were . 35 days. . The extreme cold of Trucerstwhile niost enthusiastic inurging
hiin on by words of encouragement to
renewed: efforts, look upon him with J. Hyslop, fourished a pistol in his
a pity that borders on contempt. face, and threatene . te blow him (HySome are even going so faras to deslop) entirely out of this mundane
elare ltim a shallow fraud who has sphere unless he (Hyslop) retracted
through the medium of trickerystrutted a brief time inthe halls ofsci. ial climate of Nevada Cityrwill effect
ence, but mustnow return to the level a#,cure, and that Mr. Adams will reBecause Edison has formany weeks
such an extent that he egllared Mr.
of those whoare void of genius. These
people seem to forget that if Edison . frame of mind.
“has failed with the electric light, he . A MeMBsR oF Tux Indianapolis Ashas made a hundred brilliant success} sembly has introduced an eight-hour
es to offset it. ‘Se itis with human) : " : ,
nature the world over. Let a man . law whinh provides, in aflect, : that
for two score years of his life go on . any who shall ‘‘sompel the employed
benetitmg humanity, and then if at . tolabormore than eight: hours for ‘a
the end_of that.tinie he is convicted . day’s work shall. be tined $1,000 and
‘kee affected Mi. Adains” brain to .
something, itis hoped that-the gen-turn to Truckee in amore sensible .
The Reno Gazette says the Pyramid Lake Indian reservation should
by all means be reduced ih size. “To
compel white men to leavethat whole .
country desolate because a handful
it is an unnecessary and cruel act -of
oppression. Divide the lake. The
southeast part give to the Indians
and throw the north end open to
to settlers.
> oe
Wanted the Same Girl,
A county officer and ‘a druggist’s
clerk were hanging around the County Clerk’s office at Salinas, a few
‘days ago, each waiting for the other
of an error of commission or omission, © jy) pri
‘ : » imprisoned not less than three
his own countrymen will be the ver Ha
first to revile hin. fisting months for the ‘first offense, with -in‘ e creasing penalties, culminating in
permanent ‘imprisonment “and ‘the San Francisco Stock Exchange, ex: .
plaining why ‘the school investigation .
has ceased so suddenly? ‘‘it was becoming a little too thorough. “As the
~eirete narrowed th formsof “wellknown,’ ‘highly resp@eged? and ‘influ.
eutial’ citizens were seen dodging!
about ifi the brush wood, and the hitit .
was straightway suspended.” “That:
why sotnany reform ijovanbelite Hat
yromise to accomplish muchat,
inception, peter out after they: have
pro_reseed a little ways. cat 3
,
the crime.
‘Nevapa _ State, ne-vspapers _
petitions of
Lim
that agrangements have bee
for extending the Virginia and Tracepee irginia Ci
ig, Wo re oat wi
eearly in the Spring” on "
‘warrant the constructiono{ the roa
confiscation of his rty, fhi GHA REORSERN: fF a ber jaw, 90 that she Gould not shut:
x
It is said thet the devel:(no
mouth, but had te’ walk home 7’
it open: “She could not speak
Son fre
soa
oe
paws yhQ Damedierieg
J Reed Truckee
Miss M Warner.G V
. P Feeney Omega
W Jackson Wheat
M Uado City
JB Gough Boston
Jacob Naffiger, Proprictor.
“ANNUAL MEETING.
ae
W_L Pascoe Wheat
J M Lakenan Grass _V
M Garner Mur Mine A P Clark Quaker Hil
$ T Murchie Hudson.J 8 Murchie City
J T Cline Eureka
YS C Helgerson Wish W A‘McAtiee 8 F
Ma ‘ Sha : ‘ Miss Loomis Gras Val Judge Searls City
of Piutes live within twenty miles of . mrs Hernandez Bloom F HerefordBlomfield
J Yan Slyke M‘ville
J Lawrence City
C © Chariton City
FE B Oberhoff Saratog
E A Snyder Bat Mou -U P Hsuntton Coun B
B-H Weazer Qnak Hi}
a}
HE ANNUAL MEETING. of the StockA. holders of the Murchie Gold and Silver
Mining Company wili be h ld at the oifice of
the Ogmpany, Room 6,Safe De
No. 328 Montgomery street,
it ean ih
are purchased from Merchants of this city.
Admission:
seats, six envelopes, $1 00,
Drug Store. ja3o
Adults, one envelope, 25 cents, Reserved
seats, two envelopes, 50 cents. Reserved
Reserved seats can be secured at Vinton’s
——TUE—
WILL GIVE 4
PRIZE CALICO PARTY,
COMMITTER OF ARRANGEMENTS:
T OTICE is hereby given thatthe business
partnership heretofore existing between
coca et Webel yee began
of five. gent
ag te BHP A tn 6 de
ST. VALENTINE’S PARTY.
Young Men’s Social Club,
AT HUNT'S MALL, NEVADA CITY,
Friday Evening, Feb. 14, 1879.
tumes, The committee af award to consist
So. Up oclarted, Shoe the
PRICE LIST
T= FOR CASH
Subject to Gorrection_
per 100 Ibs, $2 75
Wheat, per .100 Ibs, 2 25
Bran, per 100 Ibs, 125
-. Potatoes,per 100 Ibs, 250
Crushed Sugar, 7-12 lbs, 100
Brown Sugar, 10 lbs 100
Green Coffee, 5 Ibs 1 00
Rice, 14 lbs 100
Beans, 20 Ibs 100
Soap, 8 bars 25
Soap, per box 50
\candies, i, 12for 2%
Candles, perbox 200
Oysters "cansfor 100
Salmon, Zeansfor 1 00
Tomatoes, 6cansfor 1} 00
Green Corn, 5 cans for. 100
String Beans, 5 cans for “I 00
Green Peas, 4cansfor 1 00
Kerosene, pergallon, 99
Kerosene, per 5 gallon can 150
Bacon, per pound. 12}
35
". Good Green Tea “g
‘English Breakfast,“ 50
to leave. ‘Phat in itself was nothing . Tuesday, the Bightcenth day of Fey . J. F. Brown, co, ‘
strang®, but when-it ie stated that) .*S0F7> 187%, at 2 efcleck, P.M» __ 4. Niven, i. Aiurehie, Butter, per pound 16
both wanted a license to marry the’! For the election of a Board of Trnsteds th] 7° s{ —— ote am ’ ead © &
: ; 24 LS. Calkins, Scott, Fish, ~~
same girly the point to the skirmish . sction of the ensuins Fear, and for the trae . J: ei, end ) Cod Fish, —
; . : er business as may proper. p es,
95
ee Bill close‘ Suburday, February” thy at 12° Se LB Ger . Washing Powder, 3 papers *>.
se cday, February, Sth, at 1219 "4" Bulfinds, «°F. A. Sack ~ ot
! , led so. heactily, WAGH } . ° 1 Barley, 3pounds *°
cow upset the herdsman who wast / NOTICE. Three Elegant Prizes, Feat " “A :
trying to milk that Susan -dislocated inline ees Costing 35 Dollars, will be given to the three Spices, all kinds, ‘per bottle 10.
. = Re *y iq
ae above wl siges 4.
invitation igeatended'to al. . _ Main
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The priz
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on exhibit
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The St
Command.
will take j
evening
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present.
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Scotland,
County
C
mony of ¢
yuann.
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Elvy to n
San Fran
after the
the store
street.
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are arriv
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train is 1
brought
itrains.
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appear: .
week, W
and cou
had enti
interrog
Consii
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mining
#ontinurs
pect of
this con
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& gran
in this
speller
of penn
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Mining
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