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January 14, 1874 (4 pages)

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eel ~__ —_ wlicés OF their take; ing on ft a number corresponding Pewith the number on. each. ticket. “tion. ~~ . selene ese aear in LO . on Daily tsi by aa CAln. . Ee v2 ESS. or Wednesday, Jan. ‘14th, 1874, rhe Festival. We The festival given at the Theatre on Monday evening last, for the ‘benefit of the Episcopal Church, Was . a grand affuir truly, ‘and also a grand’ success. —We= understand the net ~~ proceeds foots 1 up a little over $600.4 Eira Seniesa ‘The whole affair Was. managed: by, -thendiemembers—of the Church, assisted by others, who took a deep’ -dnterest in the affair, and rendered important aid. The house was filled from top ‘to’ bottom with people, every seat being occupied, _ while “many were foreéd to stand in the " aisles. oS + Ow one side-of the house ‘the seats bak been removed, and along row of tables placed instead, whiéh were oovered with refreshments. ‘The tables-were literally speaking, loaded down with every variety of edibles, Among the articlés.a large barba cued. pig which’ attracted unusual atten‘Fomediately in: front ofthe} room, mext to the entrance to. tha building, the oyster tables were placed. Tu'front of the seats next toward ‘the stage wéte placed two} staally tables, one en. each -side, each eontaining a large perm cake, and’ éath “éoutaining a prize ring, "bickets were edld by the ladies for “éach “One havThe whole witber on 1 each cike was 48, ea¢hslice brought 26 cts. In one corner of the roonnear the Btage; was othe target tres loaded downy, with orticles. designed . for prizes for the target shootists. . In thé center of the room in front. “H@rthe seats, nett to the stage, was a table containing @ beautiful. morrocco satchell; anda splendid ivory Pas ers aa 2 “handle wa alking Stick, “the articles “to = be voted for, whieh wé will speak of . hereafter. Se. ES to} St2:—fhe other side of the Jewish strongly-forMiss Greenwald. eering N 10, 20, 100, 150 and 200 votes would ig gust at’w time for oneror tid other . o€# these: Lavorites:“fhe Gentile population, as 4 generafthing, Con, centrated their .yote on Miss: Etiga Cornell; but the pésult showed thiat the Jews outwinded them. Miss Greenwald obtained the prize, and, -in our opinion, it could not ave ‘peen awatded toa niore meritorious lady, although truth impels us tosay we did not~vote for her. At. 1 ‘ballet bx was closed, and a comInittee consisting of Wit: Crawford, Ww. W. Jacobs and Géorge.Welch, ap= pointed to to countithe ballots and. ‘de. clare the result, _ Ag half past three e’clock, A, Mi, the. work was‘ aceom: plisked and the result declared as follows: Total vote for the conjpetitors for the satchel, 4,025; of which Miss Jerinie Eaton received 52, Miss Lillie McBrown, 62, Mrs. Wim. Barton 55, Miss Flora Cornell 83, Miss ‘Eliza Cornell’ 1,316. Miss Julia enthal 811. The. remainder.were scattered among~ some dozen Or more of ladies, married and single. The prize was awarded, as we havo. ‘said, to Miss Greenwald, and presented to her by Mr. K. Casper, who address ed -her as follows: “Miss Julia Greenfriend Zekind woting and election=}— “@’l6ek, A. Mi, THesday morning, the } Greenwald 1,474, Miss Rachel Ros. ‘ » It. Bing Amend the schol laws on 1, ~~ Section‘ 6 of the Po= ition Code of. Gulifo is hereby amended #0 a, to reall As follows: -“Sgehiott 1848. The Board ef. Supervisors it-each@ounty must,at the timé of levying other taxes, in.each year, levy a per centum on all the property of the county, sufficient to raise an ainount equal to the defi-. ciency reported by the County -Su* erintendent; the same to: be called 6 special school tax. This “tax shall.be collected at the eounty taxes arb collected Lmoneys &o-cellected—# aoe the Treasurer in the anapportionSchool Fund, and on-the first -of March, ineach year, all of: the moneys ‘deriv from said special tax shall be apportioned to the.distsicts’ reported deficient in proportion to their respeétive deficien dies; Sec. 2. Sevtion 1848 of the Polit: ical Cade of California i is hereby repealed. . Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and béin force from and -after its Lar Ve don't like — this ‘Gasadeent. tee do not believe in taxing the peoport of a school in Washington townnumber of pupils. For instance, if any school district has ‘only‘a popalation of: 30° pupils, and the public Dep’tdake ee en trodiited® the followi i ce m man named Richwioud fell 10) an: same time thé sane manher as ie TE: fear he j. 4+ deavor te bite all who came near him. His-paferyems _becamé so-fearfal at . ‘ple of North San Juan for the supShip, “except” in proportion to the . ~ abo@t half past 7 o clock; a young apeplectic fit iu front of a saloon on the north-side of K ‘Stteet, between Eighth ang Nint®. His contortions were fedrfal and ‘his ties distracting. A crowd soun gathered around. the man, but was tunable to: render . material assistance. “At times he threw hiniself into the muddystreet, at others he woald soddeniy, plunge backward _on_ fhe hard. walk, bringfal force. He would snap at and enlast that it took several men to hel him to the sidewalk. When he was soinewhat exhausted he was removed, but meanwhile « crowd of fully 200agony and horrible suffering . lof the wretched man. It took the ‘unifed efforts. of ‘Captain Stevens, Officers Harris and ‘Tyron, assisted . by citizens, to get him to the City Prison. Shortly after his arrival-there he fully recovered.. His struggles must . have continued fully an hour. Rich— lives up country. Stockton Independent of January 8th has this: Several ‘months ago a few wald, have the honor as well as pleasure of préseuting to you this beantiful satchel, which was sodearly but honorably won.’? . The forces on the Jewish fie were led by Mr Casper, almost solitary and alone: in behalf of Miss Rosenthal, while for Miss Greenwald, Mr. Zekind, Mr. W. W. Jacobs and the ‘Messrs, Rosenberg were extremely busy, . Much credit is die Mr. Casper-for the heroic work be performed in behalf of, his favorite, and also: for the -gealand-energy he exhibited during the exciting contest. ‘The—ladies_ of: the Episcopal church, we think; are indebted much to him for getting up ra spirit of contetition for the prize, that resulted in putting into their purse a sum of upwards of $400, and . that-too for an article worth perhaps house is also--deserving of freat praise. — ‘The evening's entertainment commenced with the laughable farce of . “a quiet faimily.”’ was well\performed, would not be. dving justice. to the actors,. We have seen the farce performed. by. To say that it}. suffered a defeat we. haven’t a word te say in their praise, The vote for the cane was a very meager one, only _59 ballots. being cast. We was a. strong competitor for the. prize, haying flattered ourpasties who walke: the boards « a BE: Lself with the Wdew that we are the . * years, and we say witlcandor that we. never witnessed a formance of the same play, than we witnessed last night. Every chara was admirably sustained, and non moore so than‘the character of Mrs. ' Barnaby Bibbs, by J, J. Housman, At the close of the play the anhouncement was made, that an inter+ mission would take: ‘place “for thos who. desired to. take refreshments, practice at target, ete. During the intermission the prize rings were awarded; Miss Eliza Cornell, .and Mr. Edgar Brown, were the happy _-Winners. Soon the tables were filled ‘and kept so till the close of the “entertainment. Oysters werein great demand and went off like‘hot cakes,.”’ During the course of the evening Mrs. Maresh faroredtheaudienvewith a song, which was received with deafening applause. When the announcement was’ made that owing to jndisposition, Miss Anna Brown would not appear and render a song, “according, to programme, the whole audience felt, disappointed. The great feature of. the evening was the OR Box: it. wes announced that a ballot box “would be opened, dnd that ladies, as __Well as gentlemen, shold have the “right iy vote; that, the satehél-was to be given to the ludyreceiving the highest number of votes,and the cang would be given to the gentleman receiving the highest number of votes. Price of tickets, 12% cents eneh, or .10for $l. The: understanding was “that the votes were to be given for the prettiest Indy in the house, and the homeliest gentlemen. The. votivg commertced quite spirited. Of conrse fhe ladies availed themselves of the right which they said the lords oh creations denied them, and. the > Sapén waded in’ ely ‘for their purtioular . favorite. « At» first each ') Mater cast. bis or her vote: without reference to how anybody else voted, * Barit was soon discovergd " that. our ~\ Jewish brethren werecasting a heavy _ Yote for ome of two ladies belonging » to thie own page “Phere -was a ia Min etl a : oR dwell Ga +} he helps me more. homeliest man in:the county. It seems the ladies didu't think so. Grass Valley sent up ‘a man-to compete with us,-who the ladies here say can discount usin ugliness; at man is Len. Dorsey, a typo in ( He is so cussed babien ery when gazing at we would not have consented to suffer our name to be used in\competi‘tion with his“ The vote wi as follows: Lea-Dersey 24, O. P. Stidger 8, Jas, Murchie 8, E. Brown, & I. J. Rolfe 4, H. Helm 1, Jno. Ans derson 1, Fin Beatty, of Grass Valley, 2; Geo. Smith 1, M, Shaver. ‘2, E,-Bond_3, Fax Reardaa 1. The performance of the ‘night closed with a grand tableau, representing King Cyrus in the dct of restoring thé vessels of the temple te the children of Israel. Mow a Womanly Woman Should Act. Speaking of that woman who complained of ill asage atthe Bvangelical alliatice, a lady writes to the New York observer: . ‘A womanly. woman never gets jeinined, or crowded, .or pushed. Iam neither young nor pretty, but I never stand, nor am I shat out. Do-you know why? simply because I never push, If I do get in a crowd and am pushed before a man, I simply beg pardon, and step back and give him his place. Do you suppose he lets me? never, On the contrary he helpsme} forward, and I thank him, and theii No man but will help a quiet lady; but don’t they one and all like to be rude te a masculine woman? I fitinly beliéve theyali do, and for it we have Only-to Woman's ‘Rights’ movement ary 8th, the Se nateconfimed Hgjiteed , te ay arto age i, at Aas, eos ‘rae _As for the Yankees thut . districts’ oly amounts to $10 per pupil, its total receipts then would be $300. 'To teach a school 8 months in each year, with a teacher at $60 per month; would require $480. ‘This, would leave a’ deficiency of $150 for teachers’ salaries, say $50: for supplies, $10 for taking census, $20 for fuel aud janitor, and say $20 . for sundries, making a tetal of $280. ‘Now this bill of Mr. Giffen proposes to levy a tax’ dig the ‘pedple . ef the whole-county to pay this deficiancy. We think the taxshould be assessed. => : ‘Killed in = Mine. . John. Fitzgeraléf an Irishman, ‘station tender on on the 1 ,000-foot level: of the Crown Point n mine, was killed +} moneys. distributed to said school? against the peopte-ofthe district . “. life and the little-ones were ablé to small gold fishes were placed in the’ large water tank from whichis drawn a supply to the steam boiler in. Ells. worth & Washburn’s:planing mills; Shortly after the introduction of the fishes,-Mr. Danicls placed a quantity of slough weeds in the tank, anda few weeks since removed a portion of them, when he discovored quitea shoal of tiny fishes of a blaish color. The young ones numbered over thirty, and it is believed that many were ‘destroyed by the removal of the rank growth of weeds, among which; it appears, the spawn had been deposited . and remained floating near'the sur-. swim, They are chubby, and resemblo the gold fishes_in. shape but . not in color 2 a . to.make ‘believe to run. from hin, . . Show. hima hostile front, and vat buy Once the tails of the Deacon's 3 claw-. people had assembled to witness the . SHoaL or Gonp ‘Fisngs, =The face of the. water, until it-assnmed = css ioe So cas -. last One to suffer is “Millions for de‘worthy of imitation,” bas -the ‘toltowing: “Both Houses of Gongréss lyesterday ocgupied thémselves in . disenssing how official galaties may. baredteed! Suppose the California Legislature does likewise!’’ “Suppose”’ is not likely to be realized. Tux Spirit of the Times ‘‘dares’ the Bulletin to repeat one of its falsehoods. -Thatis bad pclicy, if the editor wants an encounter, The only way to get the Deacon to fight, is hammer coat are seen sticking out of a hole and radidly vanishing. So says the Oakland Deponerigt —In the vicinity of facta Cruz there are twelve distilleries of wine from the grape, and the yield is 985009 ufactured, by any oné vinéyard is 20,000 gallons. The next in importance turns é6ut 15 ,000 gallons. There is-one of 10,000; two of 5,000; two of 3,000; four of 2,000, and two of 1,000 Tue Convent Scuoot.—The Convent School has: just reopened for the present term, and parents are requested.to secure the punctual até . tendance of their children. Here a . Its . gallons yearly. The quantity tman. ~/ ae . “JUST RECEIVE D AT Tap. OLDstain) ‘ : ] =Or Cor. of Main & Commercia! §%, New. & Geode oie Di }under the. heading A “An exainple xEVAD LOC! " Fro On Wednies Healing of Eu theintention orsome busi " expectation oO few days. and the last s Shams’, 3:0r, farekas er ~ordait state: hearing frona _— e HE LARGEST INVOICE of tho ; best aseurtment ef ' mo veryBOOTS, SHOES, &e, : EVER BROUGHT TO THIS sanity,
The stoem censists in part of Ladies’, Shoes Gaiters. and Slippers, ° Men's Boots, Shoes, Brogans —Gaiters, Slippers. &c, fall xinds, qualities and varieties, tirst-class English edncation is imparted, together with that beautiful moral training which the Sistors of Mercy understand so well, and without which knowledge is not always a blessi ng. The various languages, most in use, are also taught, and the institution possesses one of the-best musie teachers on the coast. A charge of $2 per month is required. from the sender:pupils and one doldur fromthe juniors, but those chil} dren whose parents can “not afford the above sum are perfectly welcome toa free edueation, ‘The schools are visited and the various classes exam _ ‘ined i Naa a the priests of the} parish whe, by their wisdom and experience, aid im the good work.—G. ¥. Union, z. Onicts or Pink BigiiaesOhe by one the famous sayings of, great men are being swept away. The fense, but not one cent for tribnte.”” . [suddenty “on the night of January ‘8th. When the cage was being lowered to the 1,100foot. station, fur . some reason or other, Fitaperalli ‘. wanted to stop it at the 4 000-foat level? In giving the bell-wire a jerk he threw his hand. forward and the cage struek himy en the back of the head ‘and bore him. down to the . Station floor, “His head was wedged . between the edge of the shaft and the caze and {rightfully mangled, the skull “bein broken in two places. he was a member of the Gold Hill Miners*Union,and also of the Mont: gomery Guaads of Virginia. . ing, with their nice flounces and “Grass Valley Brevities. The brevity man of the Grass Val. tey Union has. returned to: his post. In the Sunday morning issne of that paper, we find the ede under the above heading: Dewey & Pollard’s Ee term of dancing school begins to-morrow pevening at West's Hall, They. teach" how to dance with grace and good sense, "Thieves in Nevada city are robbing . clothes lines, and they show.a preference for female garments. ~The garments ought not to be so tem ptos — Resignation of Geverner Beoth. {the adjournment of the Legislatere, Constitution will Lieutenant Gov. Pacheco become Governor, and the President pro tem of the Senate, Mr, a Govern menths,a It seems. toa bé understood, tliat Gov. Booth’ will resign soon after say in May next, and thus under the Trewin, become President ef the Senate.and therefore Lieutenant-GoverFrom the adjournment ef the ture until the expiration of x Booth’s term, is twenty —this~ action ~ will” ‘patt laces and things, Stokes’ oysters are fine and fat. He prepares them in every style. Call down at theOceidental Saloon. The churches will all be open today; and we hope’ to’ hear that they are well filled, with Paaate wershippers, Judging from: thelust paragraph; we. are. inclined to think that during his absence he joined onr ehnrch— the hard shell Baptists. ‘Well, no matter, we welcome him~ back, for with all his_fanlts we love-hitn. still. 2 ek. the “Wome a a Pacheco in tha Caneeeianaal chair States where he will make afew spéeches, say at Chicago, Mily kee, and Cincinnati, and one in Boston New York or Philadelphia. So says the Sacramento Bee 3 the 10th instant, Ma, Knit, chief of the revenue Lt marine service in Washington, bas received a large solid 24-pound shot, forwarded to him by the superintendent of the life-saving stations at Cape May,.N.J. The balf was fired by* John Massen, long since déceased, over the ship Ayrshire, wrecked Janwary 12th, 1350, on Squam Beach, and was thereby the means of saving . 201 lives, It being so directly identified with the early history of the life-saving service makes it pecaliarly interesting. This is the fitst ball! ‘ever fired in the United States for the ‘purpose of 8 2 lives endan=" ere by ait + Spratt ot) New Orynxabar Lepor.—We abe : been -shown, says ‘the. Healdsburg Flag of January Ist, ‘some very rich specimens of cinnabar,the croppings of a newly located ledge. The mine ia owned by William Fitch, Charley Fitch, W. B. Reynolds, G, -Thompn, John Nixon and Daniel Law: e. It-has been named the Blood nd_is located about three A> private dispatch Was recei San Diego, on the\7th inst., fr Maricopa Wells, A.'T., from Lieut. Babcock,, stating that with a-detachment of the Fifth Cavalry, he killed five and captured'twelve Tonto warriors during the month of December a ' Ewrne, the Brittah-aoeipton, jet ‘make a collossal statue of Burns for the city of Glasgow, : which will cost more than the author of “Tam Q’Shanter” ‘ever got for his poems. “Pas Truckee Republican says that Gina be e@ new 0 tory at Lake Tahoe is tobe made of cast’! igen, nad the loaaan of the, Som ge § if } =h Beams Bassam é. Ki _¥ al re Nearly eighty years ago General . Pimtkney, then Minister to France, . Bay), was informed that a certain sum might settle the diplomatic. dispute . betwéen the two countries, and history says that General Pinckney indignantly. replied: ‘Millions for defemse, buf’ not a cent for tribute.” And new comes a respectable citizen of Cliarlestown, South Carolina, and hows by indisputable authority that . at @ weeting of the Cossack Club, of) which General Pinckney was a member, that the latter was asked by another member whether he had ever made such a remark, and replied: ‘‘No; my answer was nota flourish. like that; but rh ‘Nota penny, not apenny.’” -= Who Lost It? Mr. C. T. Canfield brought to-our office, yesterday, a fur cape which had been picked up in the street and left with him for the owner. Who lost it? The owner can have it by calling at our office. i aa Left for Arizona, Yesterday Johnny Clark left this place with the intention of going to4 Arizona to take up a resideace. He accompanied his father to Wheattwo to prepare his outfit. We trust Johnny will have a safe journey to his new home, and that he will prosper and do-well. Meéis a youngman possessing talénts of a high order, and can, if he will, make himself. a usefal member of society. The good wishes of every man and woman-in this city accompanies him. ETE A A OT RED MEN TAKE NOTICE. _-—~ . FANBERE will be a Meeting of the Charter Buy Members of the ‘‘Improved Order Ot Red Men,” at_ Oda Fellows’ Hall, i this city, at 71-2 o'clock, P. M, on Thursday Evening, Jan. 22nd, sted, IND, Bec’y,. spel ca to ee sata ees Sherk tp be ‘State, are new best satisfaction favor them _ HOT AND CRT RY BATHS at all ho ' BAIROUTTING ag CEpet ot nt bows ‘& good, Clean Sha Nat j i we: call st the . DR. JENNINGS REPRODUCTOR tate “Eateoule Se ‘Pathe through the Jand, where he will remain'a day-or . . always. : All of which will be sotd cheap. for, can and ascheap as the sam quality of be purchased at Retail j in dan Franc ia, land see for yourselves forthe ux ley. signed is determined \ ‘Not to be Undersold by any oa ' LEATHER OF ALL KINDS for'salé (6 tye Trade Cheap fof Cash. Call and see, _W.R.CoR. Nevada, Nov, 26th, cm MUSIC ! SN ~ MUSIC! --Muste: << “THE EXCELSIOR STRING BAND . Ss ae f-now biépataa to innit , Parties, ‘Sociables,ee., : o~ short notice. AY orders left at ES. TLE & JEWELL’S will be promptly atten-' ded to. . / Nevada, Jan, 4th, 1874. ; Special Notice. . OTICE is hereb ven to. all persons N indebted to aby firm of LANCAS“TER & ROBINSON that “theit accounts havé_béen placed in the hands of J. B. GKAY for collection and that--prompt payment must be made by those who would ‘pave cost. A. T. ROBINSON, Surviving partner of Lancaster & Robizwon. Nevada City, Jan. Ist, 1874." A. E. McGREGOR, D. B. MERRY, U.S. Deputy and Late Chief age — Surveyor. _ Surveyor, City & ty ‘of sap _ Francisco. MERRY & McGREGOR, NIVIL-AND MINING ENGINEER, LAND SURVEXORS & DRAUGHT NEVADA CITY. Pa, Oftice at the COURT HOUSE. Orde, left atthe Daily Uniom Office, Grass Valle? will meet — prompt attention, [ TOrE GOODS FOR aE sonar WW tskenoor ea COUGH CANDY, DRUGS-and MEDICINES vee S 3 NEVADA DRUG STORE. E. M. PRESTO®R, DRUGGIST. nl é NEVADA LIBRARY. ce PVE members of of Nevada Library 40 mested to meet at Libyasy Hall, on 8a BAT iumbaY EVERISG. danuary 10th, 1874, at Refclock. AB tion of officers will tale place and other business of im rao It is hoped every oueen will RUSTEES ago By order of the TRU Nevada Assay ‘omice, Established in 1853, —sBYr JAMES J. OTT. GEwnisie een Res ——e Neveds Clty, ce ‘sa ue ; Be eee ee ie aia ESPSIRTRR WALTERS i _ Grass Vulleg. os _ This Hote) is expressly adapted -f% Public Families,. Pablo and Pa ones Misses and Children's © pame alarmed ied out insea , gent sea h th amile or two —eraok, The’ ‘Sham’s throu crossed the ri wandering ou had got-euto supposed he nikes the cai ‘his. wife only a child and u her Yoom. oe igs We again ¢ readers to the now,. When ~ The Hotisek¢ Catharine E. Beecher Sto work is now i ly remain a must be had . uo housekeep this splendid \ ners it is-m08 everything to, elevate the tion of dom teach, wome’ —heads‘of fam dies of this ci ure one \of good to. have. pH SSO A Splen, We call att ment of Klin; new.propriet, change Barbe ~ These gentler : place in a which, when any other esb in the State, . wallsare bein ted andthe fi \ peted. . Aa sh these gentlem ed to the bar! where warm « at all hours, & Walters ar their establis! “a of t} ; : Su Oa Saturds ty of young 1 Surprise to M idence of her : party took. px int edjoyed t the “wee sma monished the . ing had arriy: Present, that N new pa _. 0d by us as b. Valley has m: the first’ nun! is large dou 10% page or . tll and bears Weekly Tidi cal appearan ¢ Matter well ; Mr, 8. G, Le editor of the: of newspaper ~ Wtprise will } It was _ Abseems th the Man, whe as the hoz tay stander Tt seems , ths Post in a con Pp written . ‘th, added th Pert-thet the Wr for San F *Pecific sum. ‘abdene cael) ge