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January 14, 1869 (4 pages)

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Eg ase a ot White Pine for the
__S0vered. The-large yields reported
‘) ondlevel,” Some large and magnificent
SEE REaRy TE leerrseeEsca
a cinhilek teak & ten would . ”
prospecting
Pine is no place for ‘taten to seek
fortuhesat this time. To the san who
has. money and goes only to look at the
countey, there is: some inducement to . °°?
go early, but to the laborer, none whatever. Are the isdaceménta sufficient
to influence men té go.to the new dis-j
trict in the spring? ‘That rich ore has
been discivered Go'brie Will doubt, bit
its extent and value have not yet been
demonstrated. _N6 claim ‘pas been .
opened to any considerable depth, and
no well defined ledge has yet been dis—
Bod come trom OU OF two mines, and*
oprang ‘ap. te _must be remembered!
that to all new districts 9 certain
tlags of men go whe lave no desire to’
go for the sole purposd of gambling in
stocks. These areall interested in feeding the excitement becanse they know
that the chances of. selliiy high in‘creaged asthe excitement increases.—
Nearly every man who ha feet in White
Pine is pecu iniari r interested in keepiagap pa the district,
-and it ig‘not therefore surprising that
we have announcements of “richer disso the Ebenhart, only a few
away,’ etc. The.new district has
not yet half the celebrity of Reese River, and the people flocked to that dis
trigt, by, thousands, taking with them
large sums of money. The Eastern
capitalists contributed tuillions to open
these mines, and yet ab is time there
that district ie-ofiedeiie, while Nevada
— — twoillé: ‘Had the
wi ‘ie ania of paying claims would .
havebbeen doubled.
» What. inducements have working
men to go to White Pine? They row
get about $5 00 per day in the new district and it is probable that wages will
be lower‘in the spriig. Of this amount
St cogtat $8.00 to live. ‘In this couaty
the wages for miners are from $8 te $8
90 and they can board at $6 per week,
of cat live in cabins for about $4 50
por week, The difference in living in
“the” two places is very great. A working man can live in Nevada much more
coiafortably. To men who have famipa dpss weniages in the new disgreater. The cost of getting there WALT segalia the saving of
a whole year, and however rich the
mines may. be the rush will be sure to
overcrowd the the. district. and bring. the .
wages down. ~ Men could do better at
$2.50.a.day. in this ‘State than at $5
in White Pine,and they should consider .
well before leaving their~comfortable
homes for the new district.
THE Grass Valley National says that
Frank Morse has strack splendid tock
at the bottom of the shaft he is now
sinking on the Higgens ledge. The
ledge has widened out to three feet,and
it is estimated that the rock now being
taken out will-pay $75 -per ton. The
-mill will commence work in a short
time. The Howard Hill Company are
taking out excellent rock at their seo.
specimens were Latency te nahin on
~Monday last. :
Senator SHERMAN has introduced a
bill by which Judges of the Supreme
ourtover 70
4 goin
But we have come to use ee text
books as the superstitious use their
prin forms.’ What the text books:
. is truth; everything that rises
: eously in-the mind or that is
containéd in other books is to be ignored. A case it justat hand. It is
that of a young lady who was undergo.
ing examination . for graduation from a
normal scheol. The question was put,
What is law?” and she dared ‘not inert in her answer—a-reference to the .
two elements oflaw, direction and con—
trol, for fear the answer would be marked as incorrect, since in the text book
sents itself. . A senior student ina certain college, young mani of superior
attainments in rhetoric, when under: before his Pro-}
fessor, replied ‘toa question out of the
realizations/of ‘hie own’ mind, quoting,
at the same time, language of a number
of text hooks, and this too, in obedience
to the rhetorical law of completeness.—
The-Professor, who. had . the text, book
of the college before him, interrupted
the stadent. “It isn’t here,” said he,
pointing to the page before him, and
grimly smiling. And the remark-and
grimness indicated:.the low grade at
which the stadeat was to find uneet
marked on graduation,This text book despotism represses
the student's originality and mechan‘izes him. It is clear that it retards ed.
ucation. One of ‘the evils which it
conditions, is the opportunities which
it opens up for incompetent persons to
get behind the teacher's desk. An ignoramus “may heara recitation,” and
‘this despotism tends to render the work.
of bineingerieer prveett of “hearing
aan
The iext book denpetiann excludes
the magnetic contact, by means of the
living Voice—the minds that know .
with the mind that learns ; which, after [
all, is the mode of northal teaching. Ininte existence an efiormous quantity of
. charlatan text books, all of which, in
and a place, and work their pernicious
work. :
Great Britain raised 120,000,000 ba.
of wheat this year, being 48,000,900
more than last yeur.
Tax lows Agricultural ° College. Pes .
. ceives pupils without distinction of sex:
While the young men learn farming,
the young . women learn to cook and
‘keep house.Over 400 new "pains have this
year been érected in Ouowa, Canada’s
capital.
A REMEDY for fevers and lamaatis
afflictions has been found in thé planting of sun flowers around dwellings, for
they absorb tlie germs of disease.
Durning the past year twenty two
pM,
Storey county, Nevada.
J.D. Stage, of Santa Cruz, has in~
vented a shingle machine that will save
the work of three men.«
Gro. W. Curtis receives $7,000 a
year for sitting in the “Easy Chair” of
Harper's and writing oqeasional editerials for the Weekly. ~
TERE wa’ on hand ‘in the State
‘Treasury of California, January Ist,
“ean
frome @-iife-penaion eque +
8 is the En to their salary. Thi
wart and At ie is este in sound policy.
Rev. Dr. Breckenridge was iid
tied on the night of his marriage ‘by
“1860; $1 917,740 18: legal tender n
$122,593 50. “Total, $1,140,338 68.
more grass land undeveloped than have
Kentucky rebel roughs, two such States as Kentucky.
spite of the critic’s warnings, find a sale .
suits for divorce were instituted in}
two elements. Another instance pre-. °°°these latter days, it is serving: to bring . *8
L
egal tender notes . .
BEEF cattle are broughfIntoMaine . ~—-~-from Kentucky, and yet Maine has’
the corner of the alley on 2, » between
-. From and . Second, down J to.
. ner, and far aro around upon Front to
in. . K, and thinks the whole block will be}
3 portateatent of ain ahead Ama-.
ty—has invented a new globe . in
use of schools, which is said to,
to the one now in use, frotn
‘that it can be changed from its
form and used-as-a-wall map,
a up and put into an ie
atlas. The invention is highly recom‘mended by the Massachusetts -Teacher.
Beat. THIS. Wuo Caxy,—The, Coos
thas been keeping ‘a record
of big beets, but announces at last “that
the beet that beat. the beet that’ beat
the other beet, is now beaten by a beet
“the beets; whether—the . that beats alt
original beet, the’ beet ‘that beat the
beet,.or the beet that best the beet tha
beat the beet.”
b= me
In this diy, on the 34 — to the wife mee
Fred. Miller—a daughter
NOTICE TO ROAD Tt Eureka, 8 to the County line, near Jackson’s. _
‘eaidvont: Th
TORS AND TAX PAYERS
NSrith the
hereby given that in accordance
provish ons of an Act of the Legislature, ame ied “‘An Act to previde fer the
‘ocation and construction and maintenance of
Public k vec Aes Se Nevada,”’ I will
time. and Place hereinafter designated, com
‘ a 2
following deceribed roads of ata County re
2a Day of September, 1869,
‘ Bloomfield Township,
At the Paine’s Hotel, Lake City, on MONaA ae Jan 1989, between the hours
. M
: "anorae NO. 1.
at om og ——
Hil. Lake iu Nort thence byway
tnd Relief Hill to kuseka ‘owns hip line, nine
ou & grade where there isa ;
F ‘above, é same b
above sizes to in theciear Beg fourteen feet
Span. Thea tine to mot hie sock her
ve hewed arises not to be a than
12, twelve feet
‘ppruce ; : ends of the tobe Ree fillup and-covered with good neh spruce
plank. sixteen féet Jong, well opted —
Also, above Lake City, a bridge, across
acut hew anda turn .
wants to be made w Also, one bent of
the long . wante to be rajeed little
, for new cover’ id
. spiked wae pig an
need some other litt re
Creek to
needs ‘on sit the
eee eppet needs eff 80
. will forma mo nad . oh and the
dirt thrown in the ruts iow places. Also :
where there is. a iite in plas they need
. of the put in good repair, by cutting
. Sat sot: SRO Meee or Sree them
SECTION NO. 8,
_commantng at North Bloomfield, where
et road turns
oedy ety: thence to ne ake SToensh —_
moreorless, Alse, miles,
Mr. Walton's, up the Canon to the
h
al acsting-«_gnel “structure on Front bhi
-. street, between J and K._ Heowns from .
. This line of road requires . three . the Gallon, Quart.or Glass. Walk in _Geatle
pid tal SHE . meanness
:. On or before Monday, Jan; 18, '69.
: At P. M. for Children, and a+ 8 P. M., for
Gen
“ni ssa avin themselves of
rR ct lhal that in accordance
rovisions _s an Act of the LegNit is hereby:
with the
essere fas rt)
Public Roads in the County of Nevada,” I ein
sell at public sale, to the lowest hme gh the
times and places .
Completely Prajed out
ea
Pat cy wEW YEAR.
We have sulilipeiiadk: penaen net
only in New York bat algo’ in the European
Markets; te take advantage of the fiuctuation
in prices.
Wessistaiees Goods at, Lawer .
Rates than any
“NEW Coops ©
ee New York.
sp le ppg Sones of sai county until
. 2nd due on Sopeesiaber, 1869,
Meadow Lake Township.
At Robb's Hotel Rarcka; Wades Towndilp
on WEDNESDAY, Jan 2th, 1369,
tween the hours of land 3 P, M.
SECTION NO. 1,
ng at the flume on the Henness
on is line of road requires kwatersand turn out places made
to turn the water off the road to kee
waehing, and in ble traveling order
Pooh dete Iso, some time in the
BROAD STREET.....-.NEVADA CITY.
c. T. To ae
Buovessor to G. v. Sida
Wines, Liquors and Cigars, Lager Beer, by
jis
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONnee
Ee BOOK ACCOUNTS due me
~ Previous to Jan: Ist, 1969,
MUST. BE SETTLED .
TINUED . !.23 __
JAMES MONRO.
Nevada, Jan 19th."
DANCING SCHOOL
k —at—
+ fe div MILLINGTON,
F SAN Eg. papas ons re:
Oni reception milones te wove
SATURDAY, JAN. 19th,
“ha SS MLINGTOR hae
ta POSITIVELY BE’ DISCON-.
ch Temperance Hatt.
R. M. HUNT, M. D.,
ATTENDING PHYSICIAN,
werent NEVADA CITY.
JOHN CALDWELL,
Attorney and Counselor at Law
One-Horse Importer & Wholesaler
in this city or county !
Sales commence at 6 A, My andcontinue until 10 P, Mm.
HAVING ESTABLISHED THE FACT
~ ®hat they can and will
OUTSELL & UNDERSELL _
ae
a
One-Horse Importer
97 In this County or any other, 48
OUR SPLENDID ASSORTMENT
FASHIONABLE CLOTHING,
BOOTS,
—skD—
FURNISHING Goons,
WeCAN and WILL:SELL hg
cent less than former Rates!
_AND SUPERIOR TO ANY ,
MITHERTO IMPORTED:
We will sell
ce Suits,
As asian Low etn
HATS t 1 Hans!
HATS of all Styles and Colore.—or—
Minion. and. Pioneor Blankets
—aND—andl FURNISHING Goons: .
__ Did you hear about those
NEW RUBBER COoDs !
Something you have met scen
since 1856, im the line of
HIAAS & CO., are the Only Sole Agente
for Nevada County.
On hand an unlimited supply
WHITE SHIRTS! —
OD atime aimee
3.B. JOHNSON
“WILLEAMS 4 JOHNSON, ]pamppsna a Fo
! 8, HAAS & CO's,
. Founded July 20th, 1856.
“Boye? CLOTHING, Pas
Cor, Pine & Comme cial Sts.
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