January 25, 1878 (4 pages)

ipipieennneatai alias Sohn F, Wilson, a Che Daily Transcript AE FADAers CAL,Speen a me = ee ee: Fridays sementy 25, 1878. GEO: M. MOTT is our only aathortzed Agent in Sacramento. He will reevive Advertisements and Subscriptions forthe Transcript, and reee relp 7 ior us in _ Our Hance, m Agr Tak ring Many People In, the Ss Pead Monts Hotel’* Keepers are” “Arrested -The Caélmination of a . Confidence Game Which Originated in Nevada City in i876, For uuparallelee cheek and unmitJohn Cee, and his Fight bower Wa Morgan;senary-cf= =e jgated humbuggery, sie The gaie at which these two cwaithies have just: =been—eaught ext; bythe Special Postal Agetits in. Sid. ney, Nebraska, -is-one of -the—best laid plans for taking in green-horhs: and gullible people that bas ever bee 0 this person, who already had a Jock box in the Sidney pestoflice, asked Postmaster Dudley if he couldnot’ rent another box for a ‘friend? Mr. . Dudley replied “ceftainly,” and the second box was hired. The person gave a slip of paper-to put on the Wilson.” Several that address> — Air. Dadley wrote’ to.Special Avent . . FParaysthat he believed something was wrong, Hé had received a numname of “J. F, letters came-to Morgan was not in, back to the i, 0 way from the Leckwood House to the platform, the Sheriff and Snyder . nieteMorgan. ‘The Sheriff spoke to Morgan as he passed. and the Jatter replied. The Sheriff thentold Moron-which was written the+eaite-consider himedlfander-atreat; +. and’at the same-time said “throw. up your hands, t-wantto search you.’ On Morgan’s person was’ found a package of 21 letters, addressed to J. F. Wilson, one postal card, and ber of letters from ithe eastern States enquiring concerning J. F. Wilson, . to each of which he replied that he thought Wilson was a fraud. Mr Dadley went.on to sa¥ that this person~had informed him that hé. i and would oveasionally make a tendet of $50 or $100 to him a ¥) . for his trouble. — Special Agest .Furay was unable to give his time to the working up cial; Case 7 chis-famity-and-wt-his-reques “Agent “Bey bolt. ‘took th hand ~My. Sey belt a 322 Omaha. on Satar-_ day, and arrived in Sidney on Supig day Thorning. He first ealled on Postmaster ‘Dadley, who informed titi that the person relerred to in (his letter to Mr. Lain; . covered was of the case on uccount of sicknes ‘SS in, : pin the—sebcine, three Jettersfrom ‘Lee* to Morgan: Tbe latter had-been to Cheyenne, end there Lee had—sent—etters-to Postmaster Dudley had suaspected that Morgan was the aecom. -plice, for the reason that Lee had +shonlid-heréatier mail pany letters beea_coprespending —with-hitm catty 7 of Jate, Auiong the letters found oo Morgan were those that Appear above.__The—only—“veturns” disthe vonnstews (Pa.). check, in the letters of. Lee to Morgan, +he-former,urged the Jatter_to tome “from. Cheyenne toSidney. _as—_seen_j us’ possible; he reported progress . asked — for—$30—tos vive to Dadtey,and asked for post-age stamps with: wWhich-to mail dats ters, On Hr} going a joes + brought-to the notice-of the pal lied and although. its: perpetrators have been permitted to go Unpunished for), “a long time, it is now.safe to~ assert . that their litile confidence game _is _nipped in the bud. : i uray Was 2 man Famed John C. Lee,-who had resid ed John “Sidney. ‘House,-SidneyNato _The decoy jetters sent out by Lee, alias Wilson, were. §.milar ia import to the ones Bent from Nevaaa City, with the exception, that they “mentioned certain “deeds to mining . property. in_the~ Black—Hills,” in Sidney for sev res montis past, On the way and about half \o Morgan’s .T90m, "Pherain-fall for the season, ap 40° four.o’ "clock on . Wednesday afternoon, at Grass Valley, was 14,93 inches. same.period, according to the auge ot the South Kaba Qanal. C0. ,” was 18.72 inches—a difference in our favo¥ of 3.79 inches. Can it be pass!in the rgjnfall of the two, towns, only four miles apait, Otis there a. differ-enee between the two gatiges? . . Since writing the above, we learn . tbat Dr. R. M. Haunt and Felix Gifliet have Fain” “a 2 femalese_ oe The rain-fall in. this city for-the. blethatell here is so. much difference ‘ALLEMAN iNIA, i _gauges—at—iheir places . Turret were 98 deaths in San Pranciseo last weck—66 ‘males and teers Pan ct Canad are sonia 3 times Gieaper than ‘Feast Pows der. = AW. oe GIVE THEIR which, do not differ from each other, nor taterially frem-the one in Grass Valley, which goes to show that the f South Yuba Cunal Co.’s gauge i mot correct._-The following—is e -raiy-fall for the season, as~ taken by . . Pelix Gillet, showing a difference «i ronly” 229 ibehes between bis and the Grass Valle y gauges 1377— October, j 1.25 iis ANN U A Lo -B A 5 Be é A Pa per Cambrie Masque Qe the 6 atoms j lave & ees rade: Ball, i ~ ON FRIDAY EVENG, February 22, _ 1878, 1, I Wor BD: “call the att 4€rees-of the verv best vari that could be procured j in France a and California, ALL /TRUE TO NAME, [ we. -ROOTED,-ANDRASED-WrTy GUD -ARRIGATION, viz: =. " CEERRY,-PEUM,. FEAR, _{ PEACH, APPLE, bLACK MUL. Bias ee FRUIT TREES, FLOWER PLANTS, “BULBS AND SEEDs, FOR SALE AT FELIX GILLETs NG RSE ey, NEVA DA city, CALIFRII : enty fon F who intend to 3) ¥rait Trees this Winter, ariety do “November, a= 3:50 do 1878—Jonuary ‘to 23)" “8.43 doea Ar HUN NT'S HALL, +, \Wilses=propricter,’—Alsolong. . lisis_of names; with postofiice—addresses. Tt was noticeable only one person's tame was given at each ‘postoifice. In the lists, were the addresses of about -1,000 that} : ~Fotal for ean 15 22 inebes I kept at the South Yoba Canal Co.’s office, the-ruin-fall was 2.20 Gillet’s gauge showed a fail of 1,80 t inches. . Programuie i in a. few days. ever BERRY CHESTNUT, ‘WALNUT, = AT MOND, FILBERT; bearing Raspberry ts, Strawberry Plants, Phe an . Se saristic Ss, well known_lere, having b: en one-f} tie proprietors: of the lottery Sich As I don’t care about that gold . . Watch, you may sel TF 44to pay ‘the ak sts bene few cbiys the: == tud-itechoadquatier rsin Lise ty sume doctoraartdrasgist and retahi the out-of year bil and i . = at tat {the balance together with the trunk ernme ant. Mr_ che B i LOC Thete is 3 thankful for anxious to-b t crackers, iL tof this mont =e iic ing and age Dive “his duties 5 G JP, tor of. the me on in 1 Me's s ous, efe arraigned on Hore U.S. Comniissioner C. K. .Al“tay, and they stood: an examipation,” dane} Mit, Neville appe ‘ared for the Gov . Stephenson for. "Lee, . a, ea letters Ia ine post. offic “$e Lot fof last monta ihe ~poard bill, eta. ~~ addressed direct Office. aud Be Watehed them so closely th : “they” betaine ahirmed and te f—petore tue three hundred or sept by tks. the Hastern States. Since tacir departure, which'oceurred between two days, about forty letters addressed to . them have atrived, besries a large . nore letters: to” different. parties in. ~—unniber-niddressed tothe Posturaster “naking fq uiries— Here 15 one—of) the swindliug letters: Pacrrrc Horxn, ) “PA TAGE, Prop't: -Nevapa Cry, Sept. 16, °76. j J, a. Cri chell, Esq. —Dear Sir: On 525 ie; of thos: shoot and contents, 2. ‘careful as I want -them-to . a friend-of jis died on-the same day. Yours, ete., W. C. BROWN. phe most important letter aniong . i thee aptored corre spondenc © Was as ees . eae W ilson, Esq., Deaf Sir: Mr.} + Se b. “fitirhes, nierehant taitor ot thisspiiees; basi just -shown—ine—your + letter of the ‘224 inst., and from-. which he -gathe rs-_that the Mr. Ss: eres _he-= ties —atyour-hotel: . must Have been his brother; when last, heard from three years . TCE stopped at my hotel, registering his manre3ws-©.-Gitebel: “he died ery suddenly of apoplexy. . Not knéwiug anything ef bis rcla. viona, I examiued his trank and fonnd it to contain’ very fine gold! ‘watch and chain; two silver mounted revolvers, a gold’ ring, aud many other viiluabtés. pers addressed to J, J. G.tchell, Cho, Mich. Qn seeing tfis, and suppos. Ang you to be some ‘relation, I concluded to write-to you as the said trunk is very valuable, and you are evidently the proper person to have } it. I would also say taat Mr. Gitehell owed mea balance of $20.50 for . the above amount by registered let--. ter, with-insiructions as to what point you wint the ae ae . and I will forward to-you at once Address, #. Ay Laprenne, Nevada City, Nevada Oo. Cal. Numerons citizens—here have received letters of inquiry . concerning . Lapierre. It seews that a large number to whom the-bait Was thrown did not bite-very readily, but’ there are forty or fifty lctiers.in the Postofiice —frodays atto7 T ajsu found some pu. Please remit toma 7 was$ hi Catone Gh close you. my shack for the amount . . NA EO particulars.of Mr. Hughes’ death-~as . you kuviv, aud where he is buried. . Very respectfully yours, J. H. Fisugr. The check was drawn on the First . National bank .of Johnstown, Pa., i for the sum of $29, and.was payable to the order of J, F.-Wilson. SS fe 5 Farrell, + attorney-at-law, . Blaffion,: Ohio, under date of De. ce mber 31, 1877, wrote jn behalf of iJ. B. Hall, to Postmaster Dudley, . asking bint to go to the Sidney . House. and see if a Mr. Hall had died . there, ee a trunk with the landlord, .J,_1°. Wilson.__If jt —was the Sidney House, as_L-seo — any answers had been received to . letter to 5S West of Millersburg,that . Where: he flourished . Patted lets Omaha, who [1 of your bill, “a5 ¥ou—will plearebores tioned, und = aes give us ect . . time to take his trank al we, >} and V. Hisrhower tor Morgan. The were committed to jail, -Lee-foriverly~resided—in Omaha; during dugys of Pattee’s Lotteries. “WwW hep . grow up with the ¢ country, Morgan was formerly a clerk in) the post traders’ “store “ar: Rect} Cloud agency, and_ hitherto has . ; boraé an excellent chi aracter =o 1 Werne ‘Suny. “hist Pos tiiaStat ‘i : Haskins, of this-eity, receiyed a Jet. lowing skercties of the representa cial Agent making }tives-of thie eounty-in the Legisiatterfrom the! Sie uqniries in regard to Morzan--when Lhe was hGre, when he jefe, and_for—Coteman, Hon. dohn-€: = Senator, evidence of the Sswibdles. he comnit1 ted while in this city, all of which . was sent to Qmaha yestérday, li: appears that when Morgan . . jumped Nevada City be didn’t have and it . has remsined undisturbed ‘ever since at the National Exchange, until yes. terday afternoon, when it was opened and found to contain from 700 to 800 letters, sealed and directed to various parts of the United St tas. There was also a list of about 1900 names and a lot of privats papers, Xe. foundin the trunk, = The number of people who had rall right, he wa wig is Tequested to send the trank to J. B. Hall, Blutfton, Ohio, by-ex press-C. O-D= Phe—tol= lowing postscript, characteristic of a certain class of lawyers, was added to the letter: © ; ¥.S. If you should send “C. O. D.” say nothing of the drug and . doctor bill and Mr, Hall will see to. that aS a separate matter soon, wide remarkable. ‘Tbe letters of.inquiry addressed to Mr, Haskins came in so rapidly that that gentleman had several hundred slips pripted of the article published in the Transcarpr-of Oct. 16, 1876, and sent them to the parties who wrcte him. Morgun camehere _f to the swindlers, “which may contain money. “They will alt be seut to the Dead Léiier . Tire knaves must have con. Aederates in the Hust, for nearly all thos®.who inquiré of the Postmuster say theyshave relatives of the same Mame in the West. Of-eourse, there 4 Ran is no such aw Tratel as the ** Pacific,” ‘and nope of the” “parties mentioned ever died here. emer The swindlers left ton acto parts and have been laying low evar_since. _But they have not been idle allie while, as may be gathered from thé appended extracts taken from the Omaha Herald of the llth instarpt, __which accounts for Qpe.of t the brace: One of the most ey -denge schemes ever brought to lig in this special agents’ district of the post office department, has just been useartlied and completely nipvee fo the bud through the effarts cial Agents Geo, L. Sey bolt Nae oha b. Furay, and Goverifuvnt Detective George Sayder, < The first intormation of this confidence game-was seut by Postmaster Dudley to Spegial Agent Furay. Mr.”’Dadley wrote that there wus*« persen in Sidney who was doing « large postotlicé business, niailting trom twenty to fifty letters at atime, und in each instance senditg them neacly all to the same State, as for xan) pie, one lot-of letters would go toN@cénsylvania,) dnd perhaps the next bs would Joasgent to ‘Pennessee. This perdan. ived: many letters Ol an Ja the 2nd of January L yesecn, —Mro Sevbolt busied himself on PStrrdiy+mo-watching “ee, but it” was} a dithcult tuntter, for he evidently . remembere@seving him in Omatia. i It was also foted that he would not . . take letters out of the ailice as long as’ Postmaster Dudley was there. Bat by a cunningly devised plan the evidencd of Lee's guilt was at last . firmly fixed, aud on Monday. eve ing the Sheriff arrested, him whi in the act ‘of taking the: detters {faint Se the Wilson” lock box. On the way over, Lee attempted t0.drop on the ground the letters ia ‘his possession that-he had obtained sng postofiice on Sunday evening 4S A nd -afterward opened. .The Sherifl™yyas on jthe look-out, and+ i seeing Lee drop the letters he ‘pickthem up as fad L as they fell on the ground, and put them if his pocket. “Ta-Mr. Sey bolt’s rc ted that he-had maile but denied writing them or_ originating the scheme. He adihijted having an accomplice, but refused bolt would promise lim immanity from prosecution. —Lee well knew that the promise of a special agent in stich a case would be considered binding. This promise Seybolt decliaedto give. Sothe Sheriff took him to\jail, There Lee was_ visited by Government Snyder, and being stoutly pressed, Lee finally wrote on a slip. of paper ithe nawe ef “E. W, Morgan, room 20, Lockwood House,” as his accomplice. Thisisformation was taken immediately to Mt. Seybolt, who proto give his name, unless Mr, Sey-h Detective Gearge . time with J J. M. Patt tor of a lottery, apd after. that was played out be stayed bere for sevorat months, thex went to Chicago. Lee Was also Mere with him. The second time {iat Morgan patin an appear@ at Nevada City was on the 13th x btlay of Septeinber, i876, and ali of his letters sent from here were dated September 15, These rogues have had a eheckered career, and one which was marked with considerable success; but at last their little game is up, and they are safely cornered, ‘Pney seem to have been favored by fortune, so far as.immunity from arrest is eoncerned, but the final result proves the truth of the adage that ‘‘It is a long lane that nee bo turning, = _— aoe. Divorce Granted. “Fa_ the Dist.iet Court, on Wednesdayy a decree of divorce was Weanesday bers. the . Lee wentiwest to . relatives die in tais city that Fall wast the ‘proprie~}5 . 46, merchant;-married, with a family of nine children; resides at Truckee; . dair, “Sam. latter A. KR. Lord, ane Siebert. : . Washington==C. Grissel.— Californie, and known as-theNational Ex. change Hotel, and lot of land on whieh said Hotel is situated, bounded on the 1or: -therly sido bs Praat ptruct; eIrthe wester=~Budgepot—J, H. Hewstd, ~Sabez . Armstrong, Joba Downey. Meadow Lake— Peter F rank, ee uch a lively rete as to arouse pis tls, + prisoners were held to bail in_ the} : ae ol “yr Stiister Hiski Saw 2 May— “Vistt—your— place sunrofgt006-2sch—aad= tn—iefanh is wits ot ee Taf ‘them, People die fast at . Eureka—Henry Dill, J. Jackson. Griss Valley—Mrs, Cloke, Geo, . Corson, ~ Herman: Kruse, Stepnen Moore, Julius Bamberger. Rsanhs and Ready—Isaac sail ing. 4582 —= >< Our Sreiaee mene . ture: . . Feprese nting the Twenty-fourth Diss trict; Nevada—and-SierraCo's; age} . 4: aes resides at Grass Valley, Nev.-Co.; native of E ngland;. Denio. erat; aistied 1877; first tert, expires—-Bros,, on the southerly side bys; ly side by the lot of land of Rosenbery a tas sterly side by the alle y . street, and on th John Biasauf, and known as Jot No: 7 i on WEDNESDAY, the 13th day of F EBRUs ARY, 1878, between the ho=cs of 10 0'viuc k, : Trustees. J.1. Caldwell, Secr. tary. Pe cost Bs 23d, L378. . that divides eaia-lot-trom.lot of land of . b Btovk to-t6 Phat the satewit ero = ete., ete. ties, mixed, Fresh, Vig: double. (all colors. GARDEN SEEDS. “Mostly Srown_on ny place, and Warranted Hyacinth double,-all. eolors,—— RANUNCULUS ROOTS, Pansy, Blue amd feed Flax, —Cheice Puli ip-B athe the A, M. and 4 o'clock>P. M. of said day. at -the said premi 5-abot lescribed, : = aid promises above descr SEARLES, ) ~—#&-mnvst~ Berutiful Flower, admirbyy— JOHN CASHI¥,$ + adapted for culture im pots, edginzs or. x: BE. GENTHY, § beds. Very hardy. Finest double varie. — i —and . persons,-principally id UHnois, 'Pen=. . Ga acne we Wanton “baksen "Sad. OF E3 President, Freneh, Eng. Deer Cre In order for the reade 2 of the . . the amount Necessary. to secure the . nessee, Pennsvivania, Obio, and ee : Z EOP GARTHE tary lish, Kmevienn and C lif endey, 884 “Euanschrrt to fully understand the . Rey ty was $28 50, = of) Missouri. the two gauges of .40 inches, LEOP. Ge % Seere tye a ox “She being s sel ae of-the-affir Me will. fa Es) RRS Seer noes Es t In. Tesponse to. Lae’s“letter,. —Mor-. poner ; ius wei Castes ta = Paes SS Rap egg open SE I Be 3 : them: anth of Oc 4 tober, 1876,f ar in & While, “Wilson” ‘Struc & [ian came down from. Caeyenne on Z ee ; Z d x : Sea se —haek-to'the men’ : 7 woes Sinan who was too smart: for him, . Sunday.“ Wheu arrested he was Grand Jury. =< a 'ROSES and JESSAMH SG _ahdrésurrect portions: Ol 28h 88: who evidently * “had been there,” =n ; pre paring to-go-to ‘pidney —onthe The following is the list as for SALE oF REAL ESTATE, . closed on . count then published concerning the for instance the followitve which we wa ext train. == the—Grand= Say, wehiok-tmects— —— RHUBARB” RooTs i a {ticks of éne of theabsyr—aamed par. foumdt-=enreng capyared G = =. U, 8. District “AttorneyNeville —Pehnar : OTIGH ie herck that th a. “Tes. (More aay ia this a fence Wils promptly notified by telegraph Monty, = HEME ——s: —_ = IT Te chy given 1 a a EE an =P as — ete pas me a, ee = hive: nPdOL; Pa Jun tT, 18% ) Dy ME. Seybon of ‘lis arrest, aad he} Navas: 'Towuship= ———— ul Rx¢hange Hotel Gumpany--witt sell at . : : ———_feone nn by the name 0 ee J. F. Wilson, Dear peas Rag oft proceeded JromOniaba to Sidney ‘by . J, B. _Duoray, J.B. Brown, Ezra Pubbe-Saie, tc he highest bidder tor carhPlants Pfleaiah Pinks, CarZs Lapierre and oa mores! ad eee. . the 22d ult,—received. -Sorry— toi a st train, accompanied by U.— S-brasi— Tame, “Conk —HensyGe= to ein, _al) the following, described = <s-since— Prat apoat cas He Cook, enry-Ge cal estatc, pituated, tying, and being in y ea So wees i 5 Hotel eee Ye —— = tear ofthe death: uf Brown. = sputy Marshal Ball, The prisoners Pee rs ‘ity, Nevada County, and: Btate of { nation, Picotee F reneh— juforms us Bet, where ¥ Ui hing OF ethers 3 : Swill ti go “Phe eating? SCRIPT tam = a —-ba li_is to be rude bail, -pnblished“me bts ure Quy uff tir, — beatin The Ex . intertainment. : Carrot, Cabbage, Parsnip, Beans, ete. ALSO FRESH FLOWER SEEDS.— t$Call or send. for. Descriptive ‘Tarnip,: “‘Lettace, Beet ;Onion, Corn, Peas, with N. P. Mutter Vii Dec . 1S81; arrived in California Aug. . 1850, from St. _Leuis, Mo. Mr. Cris} a jargely engaged in mining operaHE LADIES AID SOCIETY -of the M. E. Church, of -this—eity, will give+ MUSICAL EN 1 ERTAINMENT end SUP. PER at the : 3 . tions and is President of the Nevada . County Narrow Gauge R. R. Sac. rameénto res, Arcade Hotel. I Searls, Hon Niles.—Senator representing the Twenty-fourth District, Nevada and Sierra: Cos., age 25, “married, lawyer, resides at Nevada City, Democrat, native of: Albany, New York, elected 1877, first term, expires Dec , 1881, came to Cahifornia Oct. 14, 1849, from Missouri; bas been Judge of-the Fourteenth District Court, for six years. Sacramento ‘res., Golden Eagle Hotel. Blackwell, 8. L.— Assemblyman 3 pe Nevada Co.; age, 45; miner; tires, Deniocrat; nativity, North: Carolina; single; arrived in California, “from ‘Fennessee, in 1853, served in the Legislature of 1875-6, and was reelected to the present House, Sacramento res., Golden Eagle Hotel. —_ Garver, -Miehacl.—Assem man} representing Nevada’ Co. with Messrs. Blackwell and Giffen;. age, 53; machinist; single; resides at Nevada City; Democrat; native ef Ohio; came to California in 1853 from Indiana been residing im Nevada Co, since, he, eame to State, with the exception of two years. Sacramento res., Grand Hotel. E Giffen, Geo. W Assemblyman representing Nevada Co. with Messrs. Blackwell and Garver; age, = . Democrat; ‘native of Illinois; arrived in California Sept. 7, 1850, from gtanted imtyr case of Emma Craze vs. John Orazd;-alluwing the plaintiff to resume her i Emma Jetzer. Empty whiskey barrels sell Tuscarora for $350. The TimesReview bears witness against some . live ones, full of liquor, who would]. [create the room designated, but or Seng ee the F amowit. a = * = \ Twentieth and Twenty-firet Legislatures. Sacramento res. Capital Hotel. <> wera Tue barking girl of Chicago has recoverd from her strange hysteria, neither barks nor growls any reporter of the Inter Ocean “Mosre’s_ “Flat. “Nevada —Ce-7 ‘Methodist Church, WEDNESDAY EVE’G, February 6th, 1878, Admission, Fifty Cents. Children, 25 Cents. Fine Music, ‘Fine Supper, and a Fine Time forni-who-attend. Assignees’ or Trustees* Notice of ppm’: sF-60) ted States, District of Califernia. Im the matter ot P. H. Belden, of Nevada county, Bankrupt— To-whom-it may-eon cern: The undersignéd,H. D. Whittum of Nevada City,in the County Of Nevada ,hereby gives notice of his anpointment-a Assignee of the Estate of P. H. Belden, of Ne= vada City,in the County of Nevada, in said District; and whe was to wit, on the 17th: day of December;-A,. D. 1877;-~adjudged. the District of California. H. D. WHITTEM, Assignee. Dated at San Franciscothe 4th A of January, A. D. 1873 ‘CAPITAL $300,000. INSURANCE COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA. PRINCIPAL “OFFICE, 406 CALIFORNIA STREET} > San Francisca — FIRE INSURANCE ORLY. cae Missouri; was a member of the] — RE ote ee, Sa Charles H. Story, Secretary. N.B. Eddy, Marine Secretary. H. H. Bigelow, General Manager RH. Magill: General Agent. Genes Valley Branch for Nevada Thursday, and found . County ; _© "TRUSTEES, : nyse Wm. Watt, T. W. Sigourney a 262. eran Valter, gas. \° , : Be a Bankrupt, upon the Petition of himself by . “the District Court of the United States, in = ~ PELIX GILLET. Nevada City, —— 1877.-lin NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC,. Catalogue and Price List of Trees _ and Plants. ; I havein Stock the most complete Assortadjourned “tue taht-ot to-night, . ‘hand. The Nor not please< of the ets vity to tha their mail sides, pas __>-morning 1 ment of '. STOVES, TINWARE,. : IRON & STEEL, io. PLATED AND SILVER WARE, HYDRAULIC PIPE,QUICKSILVER, PAINTS, =. OILS, awa a Full Stock of GUNS _AND PIs $TOLS, With AMMUNITION to suit. _ VARNISH, GLASS W ARE. rr rt HOLIDAY GOODS: Come and see me before purchasing — Sheet: Tron & Granite Ware, BELTING, PACKING, GIANT POWDER : Tidge, are the next di The Gta cannot con strike in t can say th bearing rc ~One-of the they had ¢ that is all Halley’s —_._sketebes-o! —* Niles Sen That's all say “nufli The follc trial juro House, on Nevada 4 Johu C. } A. H. Pai N. W.: Ko Jackson ©. . Bloomfi O'Conner. Rough Hite, Z. B ~~ Bridgey Brown. Grass — Jeremiah B —WHit — Littie ¥o a Dan. Cla treet, whe shop of P. todo all horseshoeii manner an pairous of Street are i ere ij Nevada .

ipipieennneatai alias Sohn F, Wilson, a Che Daily Transcript AE FADAers CAL,Speen a me = ee ee: Fridays sementy 25, 1878. GEO: M. MOTT is our only aathortzed Agent in Sacramento. He will reevive Advertisements and Subscriptions forthe Transcript, and reee relp 7 ior us in _ Our Hance, m Agr Tak ring Many People In, the Ss Pead Monts Hotel’* Keepers are” “Arrested -The Caélmination of a . Confidence Game Which Originated in Nevada City in i876, For uuparallelee cheek and unmitJohn Cee, and his Fight bower Wa Morgan;senary-cf= =e jgated humbuggery, sie The gaie at which these two cwaithies have just: =been—eaught ext; bythe Special Postal Agetits in. Sid. ney, Nebraska, -is-one of -the—best laid plans for taking in green-horhs: and gullible people that bas ever bee 0 this person, who already had a Jock box in the Sidney pestoflice, asked Postmaster Dudley if he couldnot’ rent another box for a ‘friend? Mr. . Dudley replied “ceftainly,” and the second box was hired. The person gave a slip of paper-to put on the Wilson.” Several that address> — Air. Dadley wrote’ to.Special Avent . . FParaysthat he believed something was wrong, Hé had received a numname of “J. F, letters came-to Morgan was not in, back to the i, 0 way from the Leckwood House to the platform, the Sheriff and Snyder . nieteMorgan. ‘The Sheriff spoke to Morgan as he passed. and the Jatter replied. The Sheriff thentold Moron-which was written the+eaite-consider himedlfander-atreat; +. and’at the same-time said “throw. up your hands, t-wantto search you.’ On Morgan’s person was’ found a package of 21 letters, addressed to J. F. Wilson, one postal card, and ber of letters from ithe eastern States enquiring concerning J. F. Wilson, . to each of which he replied that he thought Wilson was a fraud. Mr Dadley went.on to sa¥ that this person~had informed him that hé. i and would oveasionally make a tendet of $50 or $100 to him a ¥) . for his trouble. — Special Agest .Furay was unable to give his time to the working up cial; Case 7 chis-famity-and-wt-his-reques “Agent “Bey bolt. ‘took th hand ~My. Sey belt a 322 Omaha. on Satar-_ day, and arrived in Sidney on Supig day Thorning. He first ealled on Postmaster ‘Dadley, who informed titi that the person relerred to in (his letter to Mr. Lain; . covered was of the case on uccount of sicknes ‘SS in, : pin the—sebcine, three Jettersfrom ‘Lee* to Morgan: Tbe latter had-been to Cheyenne, end there Lee had—sent—etters-to Postmaster Dudley had suaspected that Morgan was the aecom. -plice, for the reason that Lee had +shonlid-heréatier mail pany letters beea_coprespending —with-hitm catty 7 of Jate, Auiong the letters found oo Morgan were those that Appear above.__The—only—“veturns” disthe vonnstews (Pa.). check, in the letters of. Lee to Morgan, +he-former,urged the Jatter_to tome “from. Cheyenne toSidney. _as—_seen_j us’ possible; he reported progress . asked — for—$30—tos vive to Dadtey,and asked for post-age stamps with: wWhich-to mail dats ters, On Hr} going a joes + brought-to the notice-of the pal lied and although. its: perpetrators have been permitted to go Unpunished for), “a long time, it is now.safe to~ assert . that their litile confidence game _is _nipped in the bud. : i uray Was 2 man Famed John C. Lee,-who had resid ed John “Sidney. ‘House,-SidneyNato _The decoy jetters sent out by Lee, alias Wilson, were. §.milar ia import to the ones Bent from Nevaaa City, with the exception, that they “mentioned certain “deeds to mining . property. in_the~ Black—Hills,” in Sidney for sev res montis past, On the way and about half \o Morgan’s .T90m, "Pherain-fall for the season, ap 40° four.o’ "clock on . Wednesday afternoon, at Grass Valley, was 14,93 inches. same.period, according to the auge ot the South Kaba Qanal. C0. ,” was 18.72 inches—a difference in our favo¥ of 3.79 inches. Can it be pass!in the rgjnfall of the two, towns, only four miles apait, Otis there a. differ-enee between the two gatiges? . . Since writing the above, we learn . tbat Dr. R. M. Haunt and Felix Gifliet have Fain” “a 2 femalese_ oe The rain-fall in. this city for-the. blethatell here is so. much difference ‘ALLEMAN iNIA, i _gauges—at—iheir places . Turret were 98 deaths in San Pranciseo last weck—66 ‘males and teers Pan ct Canad are sonia 3 times Gieaper than ‘Feast Pows der. = AW. oe GIVE THEIR which, do not differ from each other, nor taterially frem-the one in Grass Valley, which goes to show that the f South Yuba Cunal Co.’s gauge i mot correct._-The following—is e -raiy-fall for the season, as~ taken by . . Pelix Gillet, showing a difference «i ronly” 229 ibehes between bis and the Grass Valle y gauges 1377— October, j 1.25 iis ANN U A Lo -B A 5 Be é A Pa per Cambrie Masque Qe the 6 atoms j lave & ees rade: Ball, i ~ ON FRIDAY EVENG, February 22, _ 1878, 1, I Wor BD: “call the att 4€rees-of the verv best vari that could be procured j in France a and California, ALL /TRUE TO NAME, [ we. -ROOTED,-ANDRASED-WrTy GUD -ARRIGATION, viz: =. " CEERRY,-PEUM,. FEAR, _{ PEACH, APPLE, bLACK MUL. Bias ee FRUIT TREES, FLOWER PLANTS, “BULBS AND SEEDs, FOR SALE AT FELIX GILLETs NG RSE ey, NEVA DA city, CALIFRII : enty fon F who intend to 3) ¥rait Trees this Winter, ariety do “November, a= 3:50 do 1878—Jonuary ‘to 23)" “8.43 doea Ar HUN NT'S HALL, +, \Wilses=propricter,’—Alsolong. . lisis_of names; with postofiice—addresses. Tt was noticeable only one person's tame was given at each ‘postoifice. In the lists, were the addresses of about -1,000 that} : ~Fotal for ean 15 22 inebes I kept at the South Yoba Canal Co.’s office, the-ruin-fall was 2.20 Gillet’s gauge showed a fail of 1,80 t inches. . Programuie i in a. few days. ever BERRY CHESTNUT, ‘WALNUT, = AT MOND, FILBERT; bearing Raspberry ts, Strawberry Plants, Phe an . Se saristic Ss, well known_lere, having b: en one-f} tie proprietors: of the lottery Sich As I don’t care about that gold . . Watch, you may sel TF 44to pay ‘the ak sts bene few cbiys the: == tud-itechoadquatier rsin Lise ty sume doctoraartdrasgist and retahi the out-of year bil and i . = at tat {the balance together with the trunk ernme ant. Mr_ che B i LOC Thete is 3 thankful for anxious to-b t crackers, iL tof this mont =e iic ing and age Dive “his duties 5 G JP, tor of. the me on in 1 Me's s ous, efe arraigned on Hore U.S. Comniissioner C. K. .Al“tay, and they stood: an examipation,” dane} Mit, Neville appe ‘ared for the Gov . Stephenson for. "Lee, . a, ea letters Ia ine post. offic “$e Lot fof last monta ihe ~poard bill, eta. ~~ addressed direct Office. aud Be Watehed them so closely th : “they” betaine ahirmed and te f—petore tue three hundred or sept by tks. the Hastern States. Since tacir departure, which'oceurred between two days, about forty letters addressed to . them have atrived, besries a large . nore letters: to” different. parties in. ~—unniber-niddressed tothe Posturaster “naking fq uiries— Here 15 one—of) the swindliug letters: Pacrrrc Horxn, ) “PA TAGE, Prop't: -Nevapa Cry, Sept. 16, °76. j J, a. Cri chell, Esq. —Dear Sir: On 525 ie; of thos: shoot and contents, 2. ‘careful as I want -them-to . a friend-of jis died on-the same day. Yours, ete., W. C. BROWN. phe most important letter aniong . i thee aptored corre spondenc © Was as ees . eae W ilson, Esq., Deaf Sir: Mr.} + Se b. “fitirhes, nierehant taitor ot thisspiiees; basi just -shown—ine—your + letter of the ‘224 inst., and from-. which he -gathe rs-_that the Mr. Ss: eres _he-= ties —atyour-hotel: . must Have been his brother; when last, heard from three years . TCE stopped at my hotel, registering his manre3ws-©.-Gitebel: “he died ery suddenly of apoplexy. . Not knéwiug anything ef bis rcla. viona, I examiued his trank and fonnd it to contain’ very fine gold! ‘watch and chain; two silver mounted revolvers, a gold’ ring, aud many other viiluabtés. pers addressed to J, J. G.tchell, Cho, Mich. Qn seeing tfis, and suppos. Ang you to be some ‘relation, I concluded to write-to you as the said trunk is very valuable, and you are evidently the proper person to have } it. I would also say taat Mr. Gitehell owed mea balance of $20.50 for . the above amount by registered let--. ter, with-insiructions as to what point you wint the ae ae . and I will forward to-you at once Address, #. Ay Laprenne, Nevada City, Nevada Oo. Cal. Numerons citizens—here have received letters of inquiry . concerning . Lapierre. It seews that a large number to whom the-bait Was thrown did not bite-very readily, but’ there are forty or fifty lctiers.in the Postofiice —frodays atto7 T ajsu found some pu. Please remit toma 7 was$ hi Catone Gh close you. my shack for the amount . . NA EO particulars.of Mr. Hughes’ death-~as . you kuviv, aud where he is buried. . Very respectfully yours, J. H. Fisugr. The check was drawn on the First . National bank .of Johnstown, Pa., i for the sum of $29, and.was payable to the order of J, F.-Wilson. SS fe 5 Farrell, + attorney-at-law, . Blaffion,: Ohio, under date of De. ce mber 31, 1877, wrote jn behalf of iJ. B. Hall, to Postmaster Dudley, . asking bint to go to the Sidney . House. and see if a Mr. Hall had died . there, ee a trunk with the landlord, .J,_1°. Wilson.__If jt —was the Sidney House, as_L-seo — any answers had been received to . letter to 5S West of Millersburg,that . Where: he flourished . Patted lets Omaha, who [1 of your bill, “a5 ¥ou—will plearebores tioned, und = aes give us ect . . time to take his trank al we, >} and V. Hisrhower tor Morgan. The were committed to jail, -Lee-foriverly~resided—in Omaha; during dugys of Pattee’s Lotteries. “WwW hep . grow up with the ¢ country, Morgan was formerly a clerk in) the post traders’ “store “ar: Rect} Cloud agency, and_ hitherto has . ; boraé an excellent chi aracter =o 1 Werne ‘Suny. “hist Pos tiiaStat ‘i : Haskins, of this-eity, receiyed a Jet. lowing skercties of the representa cial Agent making }tives-of thie eounty-in the Legisiatterfrom the! Sie uqniries in regard to Morzan--when Lhe was hGre, when he jefe, and_for—Coteman, Hon. dohn-€: = Senator, evidence of the Sswibdles. he comnit1 ted while in this city, all of which . was sent to Qmaha yestérday, li: appears that when Morgan . . jumped Nevada City be didn’t have and it . has remsined undisturbed ‘ever since at the National Exchange, until yes. terday afternoon, when it was opened and found to contain from 700 to 800 letters, sealed and directed to various parts of the United St tas. There was also a list of about 1900 names and a lot of privats papers, Xe. foundin the trunk, = The number of people who had rall right, he wa wig is Tequested to send the trank to J. B. Hall, Blutfton, Ohio, by-ex press-C. O-D= Phe—tol= lowing postscript, characteristic of a certain class of lawyers, was added to the letter: © ; ¥.S. If you should send “C. O. D.” say nothing of the drug and . doctor bill and Mr, Hall will see to. that aS a separate matter soon, wide remarkable. ‘Tbe letters of.inquiry addressed to Mr, Haskins came in so rapidly that that gentleman had several hundred slips pripted of the article published in the Transcarpr-of Oct. 16, 1876, and sent them to the parties who wrcte him. Morgun camehere _f to the swindlers, “which may contain money. “They will alt be seut to the Dead Léiier . Tire knaves must have con. Aederates in the Hust, for nearly all thos®.who inquiré of the Postmuster say theyshave relatives of the same Mame in the West. Of-eourse, there 4 Ran

is no such aw Tratel as the ** Pacific,” ‘and nope of the” “parties mentioned ever died here. emer The swindlers left ton acto parts and have been laying low evar_since. _But they have not been idle allie while, as may be gathered from thé appended extracts taken from the Omaha Herald of the llth instarpt, __which accounts for Qpe.of t the brace: One of the most ey -denge schemes ever brought to lig in this special agents’ district of the post office department, has just been useartlied and completely nipvee fo the bud through the effarts cial Agents Geo, L. Sey bolt Nae oha b. Furay, and Goverifuvnt Detective George Sayder, < The first intormation of this confidence game-was seut by Postmaster Dudley to Spegial Agent Furay. Mr.”’Dadley wrote that there wus*« persen in Sidney who was doing « large postotlicé business, niailting trom twenty to fifty letters at atime, und in each instance senditg them neacly all to the same State, as for xan) pie, one lot-of letters would go toN@cénsylvania,) dnd perhaps the next bs would Joasgent to ‘Pennessee. This perdan. ived: many letters Ol an Ja the 2nd of January L yesecn, —Mro Sevbolt busied himself on PStrrdiy+mo-watching “ee, but it” was} a dithcult tuntter, for he evidently . remembere@seving him in Omatia. i It was also foted that he would not . . take letters out of the ailice as long as’ Postmaster Dudley was there. Bat by a cunningly devised plan the evidencd of Lee's guilt was at last . firmly fixed, aud on Monday. eve ing the Sheriff arrested, him whi in the act ‘of taking the: detters {faint Se the Wilson” lock box. On the way over, Lee attempted t0.drop on the ground the letters ia ‘his possession that-he had obtained sng postofiice on Sunday evening 4S A nd -afterward opened. .The Sherifl™yyas on jthe look-out, and+ i seeing Lee drop the letters he ‘pickthem up as fad L as they fell on the ground, and put them if his pocket. “Ta-Mr. Sey bolt’s rc ted that he-had maile but denied writing them or_ originating the scheme. He adihijted having an accomplice, but refused bolt would promise lim immanity from prosecution. —Lee well knew that the promise of a special agent in stich a case would be considered binding. This promise Seybolt decliaedto give. Sothe Sheriff took him to\jail, There Lee was_ visited by Government Snyder, and being stoutly pressed, Lee finally wrote on a slip. of paper ithe nawe ef “E. W, Morgan, room 20, Lockwood House,” as his accomplice. Thisisformation was taken immediately to Mt. Seybolt, who proto give his name, unless Mr, Sey-h Detective Gearge . time with J J. M. Patt tor of a lottery, apd after. that was played out be stayed bere for sevorat months, thex went to Chicago. Lee Was also Mere with him. The second time {iat Morgan patin an appear@ at Nevada City was on the 13th x btlay of Septeinber, i876, and ali of his letters sent from here were dated September 15, These rogues have had a eheckered career, and one which was marked with considerable success; but at last their little game is up, and they are safely cornered, ‘Pney seem to have been favored by fortune, so far as.immunity from arrest is eoncerned, but the final result proves the truth of the adage that ‘‘It is a long lane that nee bo turning, = _— aoe. Divorce Granted. “Fa_ the Dist.iet Court, on Wednesdayy a decree of divorce was Weanesday bers. the . Lee wentiwest to . relatives die in tais city that Fall wast the ‘proprie~}5 . 46, merchant;-married, with a family of nine children; resides at Truckee; . dair, “Sam. latter A. KR. Lord, ane Siebert. : . Washington==C. Grissel.— Californie, and known as-theNational Ex. change Hotel, and lot of land on whieh said Hotel is situated, bounded on the 1or: -therly sido bs Praat ptruct; eIrthe wester=~Budgepot—J, H. Hewstd, ~Sabez . Armstrong, Joba Downey. Meadow Lake— Peter F rank, ee uch a lively rete as to arouse pis tls, + prisoners were held to bail in_ the} : ae ol “yr Stiister Hiski Saw 2 May— “Vistt—your— place sunrofgt006-2sch—aad= tn—iefanh is wits ot ee Taf ‘them, People die fast at . Eureka—Henry Dill, J. Jackson. Griss Valley—Mrs, Cloke, Geo, . Corson, ~ Herman: Kruse, Stepnen Moore, Julius Bamberger. Rsanhs and Ready—Isaac sail ing. 4582 —= >< Our Sreiaee mene . ture: . . Feprese nting the Twenty-fourth Diss trict; Nevada—and-SierraCo's; age} . 4: aes resides at Grass Valley, Nev.-Co.; native of E ngland;. Denio. erat; aistied 1877; first tert, expires—-Bros,, on the southerly side bys; ly side by the lot of land of Rosenbery a tas sterly side by the alle y . street, and on th John Biasauf, and known as Jot No: 7 i on WEDNESDAY, the 13th day of F EBRUs ARY, 1878, between the ho=cs of 10 0'viuc k, : Trustees. J.1. Caldwell, Secr. tary. Pe cost Bs 23d, L378. . that divides eaia-lot-trom.lot of land of . b Btovk to-t6 Phat the satewit ero = ete., ete. ties, mixed, Fresh, Vig: double. (all colors. GARDEN SEEDS. “Mostly Srown_on ny place, and Warranted Hyacinth double,-all. eolors,—— RANUNCULUS ROOTS, Pansy, Blue amd feed Flax, —Cheice Puli ip-B athe the A, M. and 4 o'clock>P. M. of said day. at -the said premi 5-abot lescribed, : = aid promises above descr SEARLES, ) ~—#&-mnvst~ Berutiful Flower, admirbyy— JOHN CASHI¥,$ + adapted for culture im pots, edginzs or. x: BE. GENTHY, § beds. Very hardy. Finest double varie. — i —and . persons,-principally id UHnois, 'Pen=. . Ga acne we Wanton “baksen "Sad. OF E3 President, Freneh, Eng. Deer Cre In order for the reade 2 of the . . the amount Necessary. to secure the . nessee, Pennsvivania, Obio, and ee : Z EOP GARTHE tary lish, Kmevienn and C lif endey, 884 “Euanschrrt to fully understand the . Rey ty was $28 50, = of) Missouri. the two gauges of .40 inches, LEOP. Ge % Seere tye a ox “She being s sel ae of-the-affir Me will. fa Es) RRS Seer noes Es t In. Tesponse to. Lae’s“letter,. —Mor-. poner ; ius wei Castes ta = Paes SS Rap egg open SE I Be 3 : them: anth of Oc 4 tober, 1876,f ar in & While, “Wilson” ‘Struc & [ian came down from. Caeyenne on Z ee ; Z d x : Sea se —haek-to'the men’ : 7 woes Sinan who was too smart: for him, . Sunday.“ Wheu arrested he was Grand Jury. =< a 'ROSES and JESSAMH SG _ahdrésurrect portions: Ol 28h 88: who evidently * “had been there,” =n ; pre paring to-go-to ‘pidney —onthe The following is the list as for SALE oF REAL ESTATE, . closed on . count then published concerning the for instance the followitve which we wa ext train. == the—Grand= Say, wehiok-tmects— —— RHUBARB” RooTs i a {ticks of éne of theabsyr—aamed par. foumdt-=enreng capyared G = =. U, 8. District “AttorneyNeville —Pehnar : OTIGH ie herck that th a. “Tes. (More aay ia this a fence Wils promptly notified by telegraph Monty, = HEME ——s: —_ = IT Te chy given 1 a a EE an =P as — ete pas me a, ee = hive: nPdOL; Pa Jun tT, 18% ) Dy ME. Seybon of ‘lis arrest, aad he} Navas: 'Towuship= ———— ul Rx¢hange Hotel Gumpany--witt sell at . : : ———_feone nn by the name 0 ee J. F. Wilson, Dear peas Rag oft proceeded JromOniaba to Sidney ‘by . J, B. _Duoray, J.B. Brown, Ezra Pubbe-Saie, tc he highest bidder tor carhPlants Pfleaiah Pinks, CarZs Lapierre and oa mores! ad eee. . the 22d ult,—received. -Sorry— toi a st train, accompanied by U.— S-brasi— Tame, “Conk —HensyGe= to ein, _al) the following, described = <s-since— Prat apoat cas He Cook, enry-Ge cal estatc, pituated, tying, and being in y ea So wees i 5 Hotel eee Ye —— = tear ofthe death: uf Brown. = sputy Marshal Ball, The prisoners Pee rs ‘ity, Nevada County, and: Btate of { nation, Picotee F reneh— juforms us Bet, where ¥ Ui hing OF ethers 3 : Swill ti go “Phe eating? SCRIPT tam = a —-ba li_is to be rude bail, -pnblished“me bts ure Quy uff tir, — beatin The Ex . intertainment. : Carrot, Cabbage, Parsnip, Beans, ete. ALSO FRESH FLOWER SEEDS.— t$Call or send. for. Descriptive ‘Tarnip,: “‘Lettace, Beet ;Onion, Corn, Peas, with N. P. Mutter Vii Dec . 1S81; arrived in California Aug. . 1850, from St. _Leuis, Mo. Mr. Cris} a jargely engaged in mining operaHE LADIES AID SOCIETY -of the M. E. Church, of -this—eity, will give+ MUSICAL EN 1 ERTAINMENT end SUP. PER at the : 3 . tions and is President of the Nevada . County Narrow Gauge R. R. Sac. rameénto res, Arcade Hotel. I Searls, Hon Niles.—Senator representing the Twenty-fourth District, Nevada and Sierra: Cos., age 25, “married, lawyer, resides at Nevada City, Democrat, native of: Albany, New York, elected 1877, first term, expires Dec , 1881, came to Cahifornia Oct. 14, 1849, from Missouri; bas been Judge of-the Fourteenth District Court, for six years. Sacramento ‘res., Golden Eagle Hotel. Blackwell, 8. L.— Assemblyman 3 pe Nevada Co.; age, 45; miner; tires, Deniocrat; nativity, North: Carolina; single; arrived in California, “from ‘Fennessee, in 1853, served in the Legislature of 1875-6, and was reelected to the present House, Sacramento res., Golden Eagle Hotel. —_ Garver, -Miehacl.—Assem man} representing Nevada’ Co. with Messrs. Blackwell and Giffen;. age, 53; machinist; single; resides at Nevada City; Democrat; native ef Ohio; came to California in 1853 from Indiana been residing im Nevada Co, since, he, eame to State, with the exception of two years. Sacramento res., Grand Hotel. E Giffen, Geo. W Assemblyman representing Nevada Co. with Messrs. Blackwell and Garver; age, = . Democrat; ‘native of Illinois; arrived in California Sept. 7, 1850, from gtanted imtyr case of Emma Craze vs. John Orazd;-alluwing the plaintiff to resume her i Emma Jetzer. Empty whiskey barrels sell Tuscarora for $350. The TimesReview bears witness against some . live ones, full of liquor, who would].. [create the room designated, but or Seng ee the F amowit. a = * = \ Twentieth and Twenty-firet Legislatures. Sacramento res. Capital Hotel. <> wera Tue barking girl of Chicago has recoverd from her strange hysteria, neither barks nor growls any reporter of the Inter Ocean “Mosre’s_ “Flat. “Nevada —Ce-7 ‘Methodist Church, WEDNESDAY EVE’G, February 6th, 1878, Admission, Fifty Cents. Children, 25 Cents. Fine Music, ‘Fine Supper, and a Fine Time forni-who-attend. Assignees’ or Trustees* Notice of ppm’: sF-60) ted States, District of Califernia. Im the matter ot P. H. Belden, of Nevada county, Bankrupt— To-whom-it may-eon cern: The undersignéd,H. D. Whittum of Nevada City,in the County Of Nevada ,hereby gives notice of his anpointment-a Assignee of the Estate of P. H. Belden, of Ne= vada City,in the County of Nevada, in said District; and whe was to wit, on the 17th: day of December;-A,. D. 1877;-~adjudged. the District of California. H. D. WHITTEM, Assignee. Dated at San Franciscothe 4th A of January, A. D. 1873 ‘CAPITAL $300,000. INSURANCE COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA. PRINCIPAL “OFFICE, 406 CALIFORNIA STREET} > San Francisca — FIRE INSURANCE ORLY. cae Missouri; was a member of the] — RE ote ee, Sa Charles H. Story, Secretary. N.B. Eddy, Marine Secretary. H. H. Bigelow, General Manager RH. Magill: General Agent. Genes Valley Branch for Nevada Thursday, and found . County ; _© "TRUSTEES, : nyse Wm. Watt, T. W. Sigourney a 262. eran Valter, gas. \° , : Be a Bankrupt, upon the Petition of himself by . “the District Court of the United States, in = ~ PELIX GILLET. Nevada City, —— 1877.-lin NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC,. Catalogue and Price List of Trees _ and Plants. ; I havein Stock the most complete Assortadjourned “tue taht-ot to-night, . ‘hand. The Nor not please< of the ets vity to tha their mail sides, pas __>-morning 1 ment of '. STOVES, TINWARE,. : IRON & STEEL, io. PLATED AND SILVER WARE, HYDRAULIC PIPE,QUICKSILVER, PAINTS, =. OILS, awa a Full Stock of GUNS _AND PIs $TOLS, With AMMUNITION to suit. _ VARNISH, GLASS W ARE. rr rt HOLIDAY GOODS: Come and see me before purchasing — Sheet: Tron & Granite Ware, BELTING, PACKING, GIANT POWDER : Tidge, are the next di The Gta cannot con strike in t can say th bearing rc ~One-of the they had ¢ that is all Halley’s —_._sketebes-o! —* Niles Sen That's all say “nufli The follc trial juro House, on Nevada 4 Johu C. } A. H. Pai N. W.: Ko Jackson ©. . Bloomfi O'Conner. Rough Hite, Z. B ~~ Bridgey Brown. Grass — Jeremiah B —WHit — Littie ¥o a Dan. Cla treet, whe shop of P. todo all horseshoeii manner an pairous of Street are i ere ij Nevada .