January 26, 1875 (4 pages)

Nive Ba ks het a “NEVADA CITY, CAL. Ea Tuesday, Jan. 26, 1875. Impracticable. . Sacramento papers are: advocating the dredging of the rivers about there, for the “purpose of protection ‘against overflow. If it conld be — proved that such sucha _plan,;-would he effettive,_we—tbeliere-Congressée ‘would-make the appropriation, Gov‘ernment oitght to afford protection against the effects-of miming in the mountains, But many think the} vemedy of no account, It is thought ‘the North Bloomfield mize, _whenity “js thoroughly opened, would dump more sediment into the river below, than all the dredges ‘that could be _-worked-in-the-river-would-raise. The ‘amounts of gravel moved will increase from year to year as new —nines“are-opened, ‘Amigo,’ our ‘correspondent, who has siggested. a plan for the relief of the JowercounThe Duily Transcript oe, '§ Vex We heard a short time since that Millingten, the danci:-g master, was coming here to organize a class. He is now at Virginia City Wherever he commences operations he always meets with success. At San-Jose. there were two or three other tedghers that bad classes organized when . Millington wenti there, but he secured a number of’ pupils and” now good field for hia here now. There just become possessed of a desire. to dance, Treasurer Sanford: even thinks he is not toe old to learn. — “Well Done. _ The people of Sacramento are de-, serving the thanks of the whole State for their promptness in rush= . ‘ing to the assistance: of their dis tressed. neighbors at. Marysville. A steamer was louded with—provisions and dispatched almost before the unfortunate ones had time.to.get “hun> gry. Other toads followed containing clothing to protect the suffering Protection ef the Valleys from _ Ep.Taanscriet: The plan _proposed in your paper of Saturday.for protection of the valleya from overflow of tailings, if adopted, will not in the least intertere With mining in {tHe mountains, This is apparent from the factthat it proposes to locate the river dams or reservoirs low down in the foot hills, far below the has the leading-school. ‘There -is-a. dump of _sluices from_the_gravel/ ranges. The dams, however, will are several old couples who have} occupy just-so-much ground and wilt back up gravel and sand to-distances varying accorditig to grade, natural . obstructions and quantities of water; the larger.the quantity of water-prop. erly confined and guided, the less grade being-requiredto produce a certain ‘velocity of current; and hence, in accordance. with the. well known law of hydraulics, a great. trunk line of sluices, properly locat. itself clear upou less grade than the priver will require from .whichit--istaken, Then again, the-sluice, as it rans more direct, is shorter, conseed and constracted, will run and keep i A Trex JOUSAKD Dorzan DavouTkR.—On a certain day, ona Pétining Pennsylvania town, the ‘daughter of a wealthy lumber merchant, was traveling in the same car with a shrewd old citizen of her dative town, and an“ agreeable gentleman from the West, who tells the story. The latter had been talking to -the belle, but as the night drew on and the young lady grew drowsy, fe gave up his seat. to her and placed himself beside the somewhat cynical jam whirling, and said: “You see that mountain? six or eight years ago’ it was covered with as fine a forest-as ever grew, and worth, $10,000 and} upward, and now without a-tree, covered “with stumps,. the lind ts scarcely worth a continental. “The net produee. of that mountain. lies over there in” that seat,’’ and he pointed to the recumbent belle; “that, is my calénlation, It bas. just—absorbed all of that lumber, which her father owned,to-raise and educate, ‘pay for her clothes and jewelry, bring her out in society, and maintain her there. men, if you were given your choice between the mountain fonder, as it now stands, and the net produce on try, is ready-to convince the most . . ‘skeptica! that his plan is practicable, and that it will effect the desired re‘considarable, but with the assistance -of the . neral Government, and the places effected by high -water, he thinks there is not a possibility ofa failure. ‘another column from his pen. SS ~~ (Phe Wrong Man. In our issue of the 17th appeaied ‘an item clipped from the Sun Joan "Times, headed, ‘Who hath woe? Who hath sorrow?” it was asserted that George Peirce, formerly of this city, was in the home of the inebriates, and that his wife had applied for a divorce, We . ‘clipped the item simply because it referred to this place, and was not particular enough to make inquiries” ‘as to its reliability, Mr. Peirce has ‘been for sometime employed by the ‘Central Pacific Railroad Company in a responsible position, that of boss carpenter, aud-we are happy to state that he has neither been in the home ot the ivebriate nor has his wife applied for a divorce. The whole stoory related to-another George Peirce} whom the Times misteok for this one, We make th correction with “reat pleasure, although we regret the publication of the item referred to necessitating the correction. Louisiana, The Louisiana troubles fail to keep up the excitement that existed @ couple weeks since. The full facts ‘of the case does not warrant the uproar made about ‘the matter, but proves that the existing state of affairs down there are such that calm judgment and dispassionate measures should prevail instead of mutual re. ‘criminations and efforts to gain po-. litical capital by either of the great parties of the Nation, . Enterprising Journal. . The: -MarysvilleAppeal.came to ‘sult. "the —expenditure—would be . An article will be fotnd:in . . and in which . ones from the cold, “No wonder the big hearted men of Marysville said, **God bless Sacramento.”’ The relief ‘was timely, and averted a great deal of distress. Sacramento's . promptness and liberality should be imitated everywhere. \Our neigh-bors-are down, give them.a boost. Advertised Letter List. The following letters remain in the Post Office, in this city, for the week ending Monday, Jan. 25th, 1875. Andrews-Alfred. Brooks ' Mrs. Lee 3. Cummer Simeon kK, Dean Charles, Ewell John P. 2 Foylol Dona Ynees Lane. Hart D. a McCauslin Harry, Morris F. B. Nyberg John. Ragain Wm, Safford 8. Trait Maria T, \ HELD FOR PusTaGE, Cooper William A. Hendrickson Mrs. Nellie. Rodes Wm. H. : Suttan D. 5, Weister & Co: DROP. LETTERS, Collins Joho T. Chancy Oliver. Eltison Re= oa Hicks Thomas H. Huuter 8. A. KennettleD. B. McCutchan, Mary Ann, Mitchell Wm. Nancarrow John. ae Arrivals by the Colfax Stage. eos January 24, 1875. J. Scott, Mr. Stoddard, S. Buker, J. Berry, Geo. Allan. January 25th, J. B, Conn, W. Gonny,J. Robbins, and 2 prisoners from Truckeo, Depariures by the Culfax Stage. January 24, 1875. D. Rose, R, A. Loughead, John Timmons, January 25th, Cornell, L. Brooks, han dafter the flood and was as well. filled with original matter as if nothing had happened. The attaches of the office had te forage around through the roofs of houses for food while the types were being set for the regular edition of the paper, All honor to the pluck and enterprise of the members ofthe press at Marysville. ‘ . Statistician, . We are iu recéipt of a copy of the Statistician, publishéd mouthly by Li McCarty of San Francisco, The ratés.of subscription dre one B02 or-one-y 2° £0 ? atid $125. Sample copies twenty-five cents each. Itis filled With statistics of not only this State, of the whole world, and is « very valuable work, : ie aia, The great Central Pacific monopoly, notwithstanding it was a heavy loser on every line of its road in the State, promptly sent $5,000 for the relief of the sufferers at Marysville, and crdered every man paid to. wkem the company’ was indebtedin that unfortunate city, Such monopolies are good things in time of a flood, Di Able Leaders. There has been some’ strong editorials in the Chronicle of late. They _go right home on the important questions of the day. It is said that. Fiank Pixley is their author. If so, “we hope he will stick to his present position and not. hange his. senti‘ Fair Proposition; The telegraph brings the nows the. Louisiana Legislature ‘have ‘Committee to take the returns of 1874 and decide what members were elected. We regard this proposition a fair one, and hope the committee will acecept it. su Pleasant, The sun appesred yesterday and was a welcome visitor by everyone. Afew days sunshine now will do everything good. There has boen that the Conservative members of. _ agreed to allow the Congressional quently reaches the valley at an elevation above the river just so much. as it has gained from grade, and . grade of the shorter distance. ‘This . elevation will be amply sytiicient to enable the sluice to course across the valley, building its own foundation,ro¢d beds, levees, filling low lands and town sites up to any required. height, furnishing’power for mannfactories and wills, also water for irtages to be derived from this plan, if carried out in practice,: and the cost of such a work will be small in comparison with the value ef property saved by it. Since writing the above the Sacramento papers have arrived and I notice that the Record and Union have artices recommending dredging chan. nels, and strehgthening levees, aa a means.of preventing fature imundations of “‘slickens.”’ _ Such a mode of meeting this aeinenity is obviously so inadequate and puny in effect to accomplish the great work. needed, that anyone acquainted with the situation must wonder that such journals as the Record and Union should recommend it. For the first freshet of another. season would soon fill ap all the space scooped out by their dredging machines. (However many they: may use,) and the channel space between the levees would fill up sufficiently for the swolen stream loaded with gravel to over-ride~or cut away such puny obstructions as earth-made levees. No! Far better lis it for the people there to have nothing done than to trust themselves to such a trap for their own destruction, as the adoption of the . levee and dredging plan would prove untothem. Hydraulic mining is really in its infancy yet, and the quantity of tailings to bé sent down upon the valleys will double the F it *~-} present or past rates so rapidly* that gtbbersir yell eae Hie it is difficult to. estimate their vast volume, and ‘nothing short of divert. SAMA Ce ERNE A ing them from the rivers will save the-valley country from being covered up by them. More anon, ~~ Yours, AMIGO, ~Azour THe Patace.—Referring;to the new Paince Hotel, the Bulletin says: ‘The interior of the hotel presents as busy scenes as ever. The carpenters ure engaged upon a certain class of finishing-work and 200 plasterers are giving the rooms a seoond goat. The contract for the elevators has been awarded to the Risdon Iron Works, and these indispensable requisites of a first-class hotel ill be, coustructed on a hydraulic but tittle snow fallen in the mountains yet, but it is hoped an additionalfamount will be deposited there Phe a oy ee Schools, The h@avy storms necessitated the in the upper part of the -eounty. The Moore’s Flut, North Bloomfield, and others will not be in session wntil the weather bécomes settled. _ eee Indignant. . The editor of the. Truckee Republican is indignant to, think that the Giass Valley Union. imagines -thut he-does not kuow Shakspeare from the Bible, ‘Dramatic Society. i Dheve will he! a 2neeting ‘of ithe Dramatic Club at the Theatre to. morrow night (Wednesday) for rehearsal. Every member ts réequest+: Srtence is.the fittest reply to folit.” plan-developed—by—MMr;“‘Moore; the . Superintendent of the works; It is claimed for the new elevator system that it combines’ speed, . simplicity and strength. As an indication of the attention which the hotel is attracting in the East, it may be stated {that is to say, to make anybody un. comfortable merely to raise a langh. sylvania railroad, a belle of a thriv‘The latter began] conversation by pointing toa —high . montain —past—whieh—-they—were-+ _¢Woman vs. Woman.—A “woman writes in the Boston,Globe: “One day,-on the trip up, “when reading.a miagazine,my-attention was attraet_ed by the glitter of a_gold bracelet, fore my eyes, and further scrutiny revealed the fact that the young lady who wore. it_was_ particularly. anxious that I should be attracted:by it, and, to further her design, began cutting the leaves of her magazine witha silver fruit knife. For the purpose orshowing her thant I was there was another such in the world, pocket and marked a passage in my -hers. _ Observing that fact, she drew ra her veil, that I might not failtosee thé heavily chased ring which encircled her finger. -I couid “go her one better’ here; so, taking ‘off my glove I drew down the blind, flashing a rare topaz-and2solitaire diamond before--herappreciative j which, look as I would, flashed -be-)—_not particularly flazzied, jn fact, that . book, for.my bracelet was equal to . ’ off her left glove, and earefnilyar. . NEVADA OITy Anetio n, Commission n and: Vari oe ae abhi tag nti t Pre rene REPAIRED, Second Hand Furniture Bought & Sold, — ia ‘BROAD STREET, Opposite the Bank, ‘Netada, Jan: 18, 3875, ee CRUGIBLES, CRUCIBLEs, eyes. She saw, and quickly pulling. off “her—other— rs splendid-eluster gantic-amethyst,Iwas slightly Sone of you young . nonplussed, but as she wore no-ear rings, I felt that after ali I was even with her. At that instant she drew an-elegant little watch from hen-belt a 4 Ed * diamond and a gi={ “ACIDS, ~~ ACIDS, Mining Chemicals, ae AT : ~ PRESTON’S ence Kent, SCRIPI place. aid fo) tlood : about Every respot would _. the ‘ar Many, walk a donati ~ Amiou: __ hundr scribe mittee _. @mour sary b The at duce;but as for me, ‘give me. the stumps. ; wn Humor ann Sarcasm.—It is not aoe ron who knows where to joke, or W or how;.and whoever is ignorant. ~conditions “had not . . better juke at aH. A gentleman never attempts to be’ rous at the -expense of people with m. he is but slightly acquainted, Infact, it is neither good manners wor Wis policy to joke at anybody's expense; Old Zisop, who was doubtless the subject of many a jibe on account of his humped _ back, tells the whole story in his fable of ‘*[he Boys and the Frogs,’ What was fun to the youngsters was death to the croakers. A jest may cut deeper than a curse. Some men are 80 constituted that they can not take a friendly joke in the same light coin, and will requite it with insult. ~~ Never banter one of this class, or he will brood over your badinage long after you have forgotten it, and it is not prudent to incur any one’s enmity for the sake of uttering a smart double entendre or a tart repartee. Ridicule, at best, is a perilous weapon. Satire, however, when leveled at socialfoibles and political evils, is. nat only legitimate, but commendable.’ It has shamed dewn more abuses than were ever abolished by force of logic. —-—— toe +? Tue monte sharps at Battle mountain, a few days ago, got hold of a man who wasn’t so. green as he looked. They allured a German from an ef greenbacks‘on the platform, into a spider’s nest. The “drunken man was on a big spree when the. expected victim entered, and was losing money on every bet, and to get him ‘in the notion one of the cappers gave him a twenty-dollar piece with which to try his luck. He placed it onacard and won. Pocketiug the forty dollars he refused to bet again, and walked out of the house followed by the cappers, who insisted on getting théir money back. . The German drew a revolver from his coat cket, and said: ‘*You speak to me put you so full of holes. you don’t know what youam. I am an old Californian and know all about your tricks, You take me for von: emigrant, you make fools mit your‘selves.‘~“Phethree-carders discovered that they had caught a tarter as, they saw their would-be-victim board the trairtas the conductor shouted ‘‘all aboard’’ and leave them lamenting. ae JosEPHINE MANSFIELD, as gvod looking as ever, isin town, She rejoices in a verdict, and if a verdict is a nive thing to have, she can rejoice, but when she gets the $25,000 she will rejoice still more, and that jubijee will not occur till her old age needs cheering. Mrs. Lucy Fisk took things very ~ quietly during Jim's life, but she dont propose to “fill bis place and provide for his lady friends after his death. Whenshe put up the Brattleboro monument hine will never get a dollar.” And fifty-ton tomb stone and. his wife's assurance and rested like a lamb:— N. ¥. Letter to St. Louis Repnblican, Suspension of many—of the schools} that the leading dry-goods houses of New York have-sent representatives here to compete for the orders of earpets and other’ dry-goods. ‘Among thehouses thus represented are Stewart's, and those of Nicol, Conlishaw & Co. Two agents for china manufactories in, France’ ‘are seeking. to the silver-ware manufacturers there is also a sharp competition. The Gorham. Company . of: New" York ‘Meriden britania Company of New ver-ware,’’ . A ory ur Wun his wife discovered of it'in bis coat tail pocket, it was Sozodost. She said it was all right, ‘Sozoden: take too much of ns if alzeewe k, . -ed toward h York, are all seeking orders for silYr. sae Tue ‘‘Comine”’ Gare.-—We -have been shown a design for an upholstered front gate, which seems i § tined to-becomte very popular, The foot board is cushioned, and there iS &@ warm soapstone on each side, the inside step veing adjustable so that a short girl can bring her li to the line of any given’ moustache. / without trouble. Ifthe gate is ocsupply the crockery-ware, Among . capied at 10:30 Pp, s., an iron hand ext from one gate the young man by the . him around, and takes’ 18 at once start( ome by a steel foot. The As’ Lavender, the other day at dinner, Ae orga tly into his plate, he remarked: “Only a woman's hair. Its very sentimental, no 7 the east, who exhibited a large roll: she said: ‘‘Lay perfeetly quiet, dear . James; Stokes niay be pardoned; Gould may be converted; but Jose‘isk just braced himself against his . ’ doubt, but somehow it‘ gets away. Bro which she studied—at whole minutes, holding it up in full view; thén turned to me as if to say, *Well, goon.’ Thad done my best, . and could not apswer the chailenge, but thought mournfully of my poor ‘tocket in a drawer at home, with one COUGH CANDY, Afford inmnedihte relief to sore throats ¢ i , : aah, Se JgRyrr, = graphe of Mar . the an the aggravating creature took a’ jewel case from her satebel and held up a lovely coral set, turning it this way and that to exhibit all its beauties, furtively glancing at me to see that I bserved, Iwas uttethly vanquished, tely routed, and so greatly observedin my book that I did not see a thing.’ on RoMaNcK OF A Prevry.Type-SerTER.—A recent number of a land story, to the following effect: = “A young lady well known in that city has just started to join her parents, whom she bas no recollection of ever haying seen. Her name 1s ‘Emma Frankie, and her parents live im Florence, Italy. At the age of “between three andl four years. she was given to a: family named Stokes who promised to éducate and otherwise provide for her. . It seems that she was trained for circus perform. ances, and traveled with. circus troupes until she was 18 years ol, when she abandoned the business, made her home in Portland, and, having learned to set type, support-ed herself by that-work. during the past four years, taking good care of herself and winning -thany frieuds. Meanwhile she had caused inquiries for her parents to be made in Florence, these only recently proving successful, the payents having also been, for some years, advertising for their lost daughter. _ Money was with which to defray her expenses home, and by this time she has probably been reunited to those who long ago parted from her, hoping it would prove to her ‘advantage.”’ ‘ Inexpenstve “ Happrness. — The most perfect home I ever saw was in of whose fires went no costly things. A thousand dollars served for a year’s living of father, mother, and three children, But the mother was the creator of a home; her relation with her children was the most beautiful I have ever seen; even a dull and common-place man was lifted } ap and eiabled to do youd work for souls by the atmosphere which this woman created. Every inmate of her house involuntarily looked-into her face for the key-note of the day, and it always rang clear. From the rosebud or clover leaf which, in spite of her hard housework, she always found time to. put by our plates at breakfast, down to the story she had on hand to be read in the eve-ning, there was no iutermission of her‘influence, She has always been and always will be my ideul of a mother, wife, and home-maker. ' If to her quick brain, loving heart, and exquisite face had been added the appliances of wealth, and: the enlargements of wider culture, her’s would have been the ideal home. As it was, it was the best we have ever side-all jammed in. When at Tasty (Oregon) paper tella a pleasant litthy sent to ‘the daughter from Florence . a little house iato the sweet incense . WATER PROOF BLACKING Paints, Oils and Wega: eed NEVADA DRUG STORE,’ E. M. PRESON, Druggist, N. W. corner Broad and Pine Stréets, ‘The jecond One Dollar SOIREE, _ OFTHE ~~ NEVADA SOCIAL CLUB, oN “WILL take plate_af TEMPER afi . P ANCE HALL, om FRIDAY EVENING, FEB. 5th Tickets,. ; Be, — pet a ladies and gentlemen, A.B, ZEKIND, Commercial Street. J. C. DONNELLY, Broad Street. A. BD. MARTIN, at Geo. Welch’s Store. ° W: W. JACOBS, at B. HMiller’s Store. _ MM. HYMAN, of Hyman & Bros, — ‘Nevada, Jan. 3d, 1875, To City Tax Payers. HE ASSESSMENT ROLL OF NEVADA _ CITY, having been placed in my hands notice is hereby given thet I will be in my office at, City Hall, on. MONDAY, JANUARY 4th, 1875, AND EV_ ERY DaY THEREAFTER UNTIL : MONDAY, FEUB, Ist, 1875. From.9 o’clock, A. M. till 4 o'clock, P. M., ‘for the purpose of reepiving ‘Taxes, NOW DUE. All'faxes not paid by Bel, 1. 1875, will be declared delinquent and per cent. ccsts will be added. J.B, GRAY, Gity Marshal, _ Nevada, Jan.i, 1875," SPECIAL NOTICE. LL ms indebted to the late firm of Hinds & Nicholson, or T. L: Nicholson, are hereby notified to make immediate payment to R.W. Tully, at the Bank of Nevada Couuty. All persons having demands will please present them for adjust. ment. R. W, TULLY, Assignee. Nevada, Jan. 9, 1875, jw HOTEL, BROAD STREET... NEVADA CITY; . _ A, EDDY, Proprietor. HIS WELL KNOWN HOTEL 1S ALways open for the accommodation of the Traveling Public. Large additions have been made to it,and ithas been fittedup in elegant style. The sleeping Rooms are large, airy and comfortable, and the Vable. will compare favorably with that of any Hotel inthe State. ‘The Proprietor’ will spare no pains nor expense to render hig guests comfortable. Stages forall parts of the State have their Offices at-this Hotel. : te. A soHoon boy had jast got his face fixed to-sing, ‘Let us love one another,"’ when a snow ball hit him in the mouth, and so confused him that he yelled, ‘Bill Sikes, jast do that agin, and I'll chaw your ear off,” ' Wuaxr’s the difference b&tween an pe in a barn, and a fellow ~ angs around a printing office?— ‘One is a barn door, and the other is « daeneg ed bore eo es The Sweetland people boast of j having, ia Mr.‘ Kennedy, the best teacher in the country. The Chero‘kee people make the same boast as to their teacher, and the French Corbest. Well, we won't quarrel with them about the: matter, because we but-we would like to bet forty big . apples with somebody that we have a better teacher than, either of the ‘county of Nevads, The House is kept © #11 night for the accommodation irre Billiard Tables and Bar connected with the Hotel, Patronage is tespectA share of Public fully solicited. 8. A. EDDY, Proprietor. Nevada, January 17th. [QISTATE of WM. ELLIS, deceased. -Notice is hereby given by the undersigned, Administrator of the Ertate of William persons having claims against the e~ ceased, to.exhibit them with. the necessary vouchers, within four miotiths afterthe irs pubinetion of this notice, to the said Ad : at North San Juan, iv the . A249 hee? ALE TR BO. HUGHES, Administrator’ of the Bakes ‘of William Niles Sea in 18, 1875. " Nevada Absay ‘Gitice, Gini eeiey fined, Melted and IN GOLD OR ri ae. REASONABLE, ot x 3 of the Traveling Public, Sun many ‘from ~ gmart’ sengat power gave Doors quite . appea the sl Teleg: dng th were t ‘direct and ] dama; The “ated “this & toad Bet, vy ~waspic “was th jprovis monn : were t ‘dians* some . and ¢ eity. The ‘& wee ‘Water comin joints LROBRE ‘ howe Piety necess wells awhil The has bi the se ‘The . er tha son, Canal above heavy riéd 0 ee Ban the in ASS ——thetits A, Eai call at out fu ed

Nive Ba ks het a “NEVADA CITY, CAL. Ea Tuesday, Jan. 26, 1875. Impracticable. . Sacramento papers are: advocating the dredging of the rivers about there, for the “purpose of protection ‘against overflow. If it conld be — proved that such sucha _plan,;-would he effettive,_we—tbeliere-Congressée ‘would-make the appropriation, Gov‘ernment oitght to afford protection against the effects-of miming in the mountains, But many think the} vemedy of no account, It is thought ‘the North Bloomfield mize, _whenity “js thoroughly opened, would dump more sediment into the river below, than all the dredges ‘that could be _-worked-in-the-river-would-raise. The ‘amounts of gravel moved will increase from year to year as new —nines“are-opened, ‘Amigo,’ our ‘correspondent, who has siggested. a plan for the relief of the JowercounThe Duily Transcript oe, '§ Vex We heard a short time since that Millingten, the danci:-g master, was coming here to organize a class. He is now at Virginia City Wherever he commences operations he always meets with success. At San-Jose. there were two or three other tedghers that bad classes organized when . Millington wenti there, but he secured a number of’ pupils and” now good field for hia here now. There just become possessed of a desire. to dance, Treasurer Sanford: even thinks he is not toe old to learn. — “Well Done. _ The people of Sacramento are de-, serving the thanks of the whole State for their promptness in rush= . ‘ing to the assistance: of their dis tressed. neighbors at. Marysville. A steamer was louded with—provisions and dispatched almost before the unfortunate ones had time.to.get “hun> gry. Other toads followed containing clothing to protect the suffering Protection ef the Valleys from _ Ep..Taanscriet: The plan _proposed in your paper of Saturday.for protection of the valleya from overflow of tailings, if adopted, will not in the least intertere With mining in {tHe mountains, This is apparent from the factthat it proposes to locate the river dams or reservoirs low down in the foot hills, far below the has the leading-school. ‘There -is-a. dump of _sluices from_the_gravel/ ranges. The dams, however, will are several old couples who have} occupy just-so-much ground and wilt back up gravel and sand to-distances varying accorditig to grade, natural . obstructions and quantities of water; the larger.the quantity of water-prop. erly confined and guided, the less grade being-requiredto produce a certain ‘velocity of current; and hence, in accordance. with the. well known law of hydraulics, a great. trunk line of sluices, properly locat. itself clear upou less grade than the priver will require from .whichit--istaken, Then again, the-sluice, as it rans more direct, is shorter, conseed and constracted, will run and keep i A Trex JOUSAKD Dorzan DavouTkR.—On a certain day, ona Pétining Pennsylvania town, the ‘daughter of a wealthy lumber merchant, was traveling in the same car with a shrewd old citizen of her dative town, and an“ agreeable gentleman from the West, who tells the story. The latter had been talking to -the belle, but as the night drew on and the young lady grew drowsy, fe gave up his seat. to her and placed himself beside the somewhat cynical jam whirling, and said: “You see that mountain? six or eight years ago’ it was covered with as fine a forest-as ever grew, and worth, $10,000 and} upward, and now without a-tree, covered “with stumps,. the lind ts scarcely worth a continental. “The net produee. of that mountain. lies over there in” that seat,’’ and he pointed to the recumbent belle; “that, is my calénlation, It bas. just—absorbed all of that lumber, which her father owned,to-raise and educate, ‘pay for her clothes and jewelry, bring her out in society, and maintain her there. men, if you were given your choice between the mountain fonder, as it now stands, and the net produce on try, is ready-to convince the most . . ‘skeptica! that his plan is practicable, and that it will effect the desired re‘considarable, but with the assistance -of the . neral Government, and the places effected by high -water, he thinks there is not a possibility ofa failure. ‘another column from his pen. SS ~~ (Phe Wrong Man. In our issue of the 17th appeaied ‘an item clipped from the Sun Joan "Times, headed, ‘Who hath woe? Who hath sorrow?” it was asserted that George Peirce, formerly of this city, was in the home of the inebriates, and that his wife had applied for a divorce, We . ‘clipped the item simply because it referred to this place, and was not particular enough to make inquiries” ‘as to its reliability, Mr. Peirce has ‘been for sometime employed by the ‘Central Pacific Railroad Company in a responsible position, that of boss carpenter, aud-we are happy to state that he has neither been in the home ot the ivebriate nor has his wife applied for a divorce. The whole stoory related to-another George Peirce} whom the Times misteok for this one, We make th correction with “reat pleasure, although we regret the publication of the item referred to necessitating the correction. Louisiana, The Louisiana troubles fail to keep up the excitement that existed @ couple weeks since. The full facts ‘of the case does not warrant the uproar made about ‘the matter, but proves that the existing state of affairs down there are such that calm judgment and dispassionate measures should prevail instead of mutual re. ‘criminations and efforts to gain po-. litical capital by either of the great parties of the Nation, . Enterprising Journal. . The: -MarysvilleAppeal.came to ‘sult. "the —expenditure—would be . An article will be fotnd:in . . and in which . ones from the cold, “No wonder the big hearted men of Marysville said, **God bless Sacramento.”’ The relief ‘was timely, and averted a great deal of distress. Sacramento's . promptness and liberality should be imitated everywhere. \Our neigh-bors-are down, give them.a boost. Advertised Letter List. The following letters remain in the Post Office, in this city, for the week ending Monday, Jan. 25th, 1875.. Andrews-Alfred. Brooks ' Mrs. Lee 3. Cummer Simeon kK, Dean Charles, Ewell John P. 2 Foylol Dona Ynees Lane. Hart D. a McCauslin Harry, Morris F. B. Nyberg John. Ragain Wm, Safford 8. Trait Maria T, \ HELD FOR PusTaGE, Cooper William A. Hendrickson Mrs. Nellie. Rodes Wm. H. : Suttan D. 5, Weister & Co: DROP. LETTERS, Collins Joho T. Chancy Oliver. Eltison Re= oa Hicks Thomas H. Huuter 8. A. KennettleD. B. McCutchan, Mary Ann, Mitchell Wm. Nancarrow John. ae Arrivals by the Colfax Stage. eos January 24, 1875. J. Scott, Mr. Stoddard, S. Buker, J. Berry, Geo. Allan. January 25th, J. B, Conn, W. Gonny,J. Robbins, and 2 prisoners from Truckeo, Depariures by the Culfax Stage. January 24, 1875. D. Rose, R, A. Loughead, John Timmons, January 25th, Cornell, L. Brooks, han dafter the flood and was as well. filled with original matter as if nothing had happened. The attaches of the office had te forage around through the roofs of houses for food while the types were being set for the regular edition of the paper, All honor to the pluck and enterprise of the members ofthe press at Marysville. ‘ . Statistician, . We are iu recéipt of a copy of the Statistician, publishéd mouthly by Li McCarty of San Francisco, The ratés.of subscription dre one B02 or-one-y 2° £0 ? atid $125. Sample copies twenty-five cents each. Itis filled With statistics of not only this State, of the whole world, and is « very valuable work, : ie aia, The great Central Pacific monopoly, notwithstanding it was a heavy loser on every line of its road in the State, promptly sent $5,000 for the relief of the sufferers at Marysville, and crdered every man paid to. wkem the company’ was indebtedin that unfortunate city, Such monopolies are good things in time of a flood, Di Able Leaders. There has been some’ strong editorials in the Chronicle of late. They _go right home on the important questions of the day. It is said that. Fiank Pixley is their author. If so, “we hope he will stick to his present position and not. hange his. senti‘ Fair Proposition; The telegraph brings the nows the. Louisiana Legislature ‘have ‘Committee to take the returns of 1874 and decide what members were elected. We regard this proposition a fair one, and hope the committee will acecept it. su Pleasant, The sun appesred yesterday and was a welcome visitor by everyone. Afew days sunshine now will do everything good. There has boen that the Conservative members of. _ agreed to allow the Congressional quently reaches the valley at an elevation above the river just so much. as it has gained from grade, and . grade of the shorter distance. ‘This . elevation will be amply sytiicient to enable the sluice to course across the valley, building its own foundation,ro¢d beds, levees, filling low lands and town sites up to any required. height, furnishing’power for mannfactories and wills, also water for irtages to be derived from this plan, if carried out in practice,: and the cost of such a work will be small in comparison with the value ef property saved by it. Since writing the above the Sacramento papers have arrived and I notice that the Record and Union have artices recommending dredging chan. nels, and strehgthening levees, aa a means.of preventing fature imundations of “‘slickens.”’ _ Such a mode of meeting this aeinenity is obviously so inadequate and puny in effect to accomplish the great work. needed, that anyone acquainted with the situation must wonder that such journals as the Record and Union should recommend it. For the first freshet of another. season would soon fill ap all the space scooped out by their dredging machines. (However many they: may use,) and the channel space between the levees would fill up sufficiently for the swolen stream loaded with gravel to over-ride~or cut away such puny obstructions as earth-made levees. No! Far better lis it for the people there to have nothing done than to trust themselves to such a trap for their own destruction, as the adoption of the . levee and dredging plan would prove untothem. Hydraulic mining is really in its infancy yet, and the quantity of tailings to bé sent down upon the valleys will double the F it *~-} present or past rates so rapidly* that gtbbersir yell eae Hie it is difficult to. estimate their vast volume, and ‘nothing short of divert. SAMA Ce ERNE A ing them from the rivers will save the-valley country from being covered up by them. More anon, ~~ Yours, AMIGO, ~Azour THe Patace.—Referring;to the new Paince Hotel, the Bulletin says: ‘The interior of the hotel presents as busy scenes as ever. The carpenters ure engaged upon a certain class of finishing-work and 200 plasterers are giving the rooms a seoond goat. The contract for the elevators has been awarded to the Risdon Iron Works, and these indispensable requisites of a first-class hotel ill be, coustructed on a hydraulic but tittle snow fallen in the mountains yet, but it is hoped an additionalfamount will be deposited there Phe a oy ee Schools, The h@avy storms necessitated the in the upper part of the -eounty. The Moore’s Flut, North Bloomfield, and others will not be in session wntil the weather bécomes settled. _ eee Indignant. . The editor of the. Truckee Republican is indignant to, think that the Giass Valley Union. imagines -thut he-does not kuow Shakspeare from the Bible, ‘Dramatic Society. i Dheve will he! a 2neeting ‘of ithe Dramatic Club at the Theatre to. morrow night (Wednesday) for rehearsal. Every member ts réequest+: Srtence is.the fittest reply to folit.” plan-developed—by—MMr;“‘Moore; the . Superintendent of the works; It is claimed for the new elevator system that it combines’ speed, . simplicity and strength. As an indication of the attention which the hotel is attracting in the East, it may be stated {that is to say, to make anybody un. comfortable merely to raise a langh. sylvania railroad, a belle of a thriv‘The latter began] conversation by pointing toa —high . montain —past—whieh—-they—were-+ _¢Woman vs. Woman.—A “woman writes in the Boston,Globe: “One day,-on the trip up, “when reading.a miagazine,my-attention was attraet_ed by the glitter of a_gold bracelet, fore my eyes, and further scrutiny revealed the fact that the young lady who wore. it_was_ particularly. anxious that I should be attracted:by it, and, to further her design, began cutting the leaves of her magazine witha silver fruit knife. For the purpose orshowing her thant I was there was another such in the world, pocket and marked a passage in my -hers. _ Observing that fact, she drew ra her veil, that I might not failtosee thé heavily chased ring which encircled her finger. -I couid “go her one better’ here; so, taking ‘off my glove I drew down the blind, flashing a rare topaz-and2solitaire diamond before--herappreciative j which, look as I would, flashed -be-)—_not particularly flazzied, jn fact, that . book, for.my bracelet was equal to . ’ off her left glove, and earefnilyar. . NEVADA OITy Anetio n, Commission n and: Vari oe ae abhi tag nti t Pre rene REPAIRED, Second Hand Furniture Bought & Sold, — ia ‘BROAD STREET, Opposite the Bank, ‘Netada, Jan: 18, 3875, ee CRUGIBLES, CRUCIBLEs, eyes. She saw, and quickly pulling. off “her—other— rs splendid-eluster gantic-amethyst,Iwas slightly Sone of you young . nonplussed, but as she wore no-ear rings, I felt that after ali I was even with her. At that instant she drew an-elegant little watch from hen-belt a 4 Ed * diamond and a gi={ “ACIDS, ~~ ACIDS, Mining Chemicals, ae AT : ~ PRESTON’S ence Kent, SCRIPI

place. aid fo) tlood : about Every respot would _. the ‘ar Many, walk a donati ~ Amiou: __ hundr scribe mittee _. @mour sary b The at duce;but as for me, ‘give me. the stumps. ; wn Humor ann Sarcasm.—It is not aoe ron who knows where to joke, or W or how;.and whoever is ignorant. ~conditions “had not . . better juke at aH. A gentleman never attempts to be’ rous at the -expense of people with m. he is but slightly acquainted, Infact, it is neither good manners wor Wis policy to joke at anybody's expense; Old Zisop, who was doubtless the subject of many a jibe on account of his humped _ back, tells the whole story in his fable of ‘*[he Boys and the Frogs,’ What was fun to the youngsters was death to the croakers. A jest may cut deeper than a curse. Some men are 80 constituted that they can not take a friendly joke in the same light coin, and will requite it with insult. ~~ Never banter one of this class, or he will brood over your badinage long after you have forgotten it, and it is not prudent to incur any one’s enmity for the sake of uttering a smart double entendre or a tart repartee. Ridicule, at best, is a perilous weapon. Satire, however, when leveled at socialfoibles and political evils, is. nat only legitimate, but commendable.’ It has shamed dewn more abuses than were ever abolished by force of logic. —-—— toe +? Tue monte sharps at Battle mountain, a few days ago, got hold of a man who wasn’t so. green as he looked. They allured a German from an ef greenbacks‘on the platform, into a spider’s nest. The “drunken man was on a big spree when the. expected victim entered, and was losing money on every bet, and to get him ‘in the notion one of the cappers gave him a twenty-dollar piece with which to try his luck. He placed it onacard and won. Pocketiug the forty dollars he refused to bet again, and walked out of the house followed by the cappers, who insisted on getting théir money back. . The German drew a revolver from his coat cket, and said: ‘*You speak to me put you so full of holes. you don’t know what youam. I am an old Californian and know all about your tricks, You take me for von: emigrant, you make fools mit your‘selves.‘~“Phethree-carders discovered that they had caught a tarter as, they saw their would-be-victim board the trairtas the conductor shouted ‘‘all aboard’’ and leave them lamenting. ae JosEPHINE MANSFIELD, as gvod looking as ever, isin town, She rejoices in a verdict, and if a verdict is a nive thing to have, she can rejoice, but when she gets the $25,000 she will rejoice still more, and that jubijee will not occur till her old age needs cheering. Mrs. Lucy Fisk took things very ~ quietly during Jim's life, but she dont propose to “fill bis place and provide for his lady friends after his death. Whenshe put up the Brattleboro monument hine will never get a dollar.” And fifty-ton tomb stone and. his wife's assurance and rested like a lamb:— N. ¥. Letter to St. Louis Repnblican, Suspension of many—of the schools} that the leading dry-goods houses of New York have-sent representatives here to compete for the orders of earpets and other’ dry-goods. ‘Among thehouses thus represented are Stewart's, and those of Nicol, Conlishaw & Co. Two agents for china manufactories in, France’ ‘are seeking. to the silver-ware manufacturers there is also a sharp competition. The Gorham. Company . of: New" York ‘Meriden britania Company of New ver-ware,’’ . A ory ur Wun his wife discovered of it'in bis coat tail pocket, it was Sozodost. She said it was all right, ‘Sozoden: take too much of ns if alzeewe k, . -ed toward h York, are all seeking orders for silYr. sae Tue ‘‘Comine”’ Gare.-—We -have been shown a design for an upholstered front gate, which seems i § tined to-becomte very popular, The foot board is cushioned, and there iS &@ warm soapstone on each side, the inside step veing adjustable so that a short girl can bring her li to the line of any given’ moustache. / without trouble. Ifthe gate is ocsupply the crockery-ware, Among . capied at 10:30 Pp, s., an iron hand ext from one gate the young man by the . him around, and takes’ 18 at once start( ome by a steel foot. The As’ Lavender, the other day at dinner, Ae orga tly into his plate, he remarked: “Only a woman's hair. Its very sentimental, no 7 the east, who exhibited a large roll: she said: ‘‘Lay perfeetly quiet, dear . James; Stokes niay be pardoned; Gould may be converted; but Jose‘isk just braced himself against his . ’ doubt, but somehow it‘ gets away. Bro which she studied—at whole minutes, holding it up in full view; thén turned to me as if to say, *Well, goon.’ Thad done my best, . and could not apswer the chailenge, but thought mournfully of my poor ‘tocket in a drawer at home, with one COUGH CANDY, Afford inmnedihte relief to sore throats ¢ i , : aah, Se JgRyrr, = graphe of Mar . the an the aggravating creature took a’ jewel case from her satebel and held up a lovely coral set, turning it this way and that to exhibit all its beauties, furtively glancing at me to see that I bserved, Iwas uttethly vanquished, tely routed, and so greatly observedin my book that I did not see a thing.’ on RoMaNcK OF A Prevry.Type-SerTER.—A recent number of a land story, to the following effect: = “A young lady well known in that city has just started to join her parents, whom she bas no recollection of ever haying seen. Her name 1s ‘Emma Frankie, and her parents live im Florence, Italy. At the age of “between three andl four years. she was given to a: family named Stokes who promised to éducate and otherwise provide for her. . It seems that she was trained for circus perform. ances, and traveled with. circus troupes until she was 18 years ol, when she abandoned the business, made her home in Portland, and, having learned to set type, support-ed herself by that-work. during the past four years, taking good care of herself and winning -thany frieuds. Meanwhile she had caused inquiries for her parents to be made in Florence, these only recently proving successful, the payents having also been, for some years, advertising for their lost daughter. _ Money was with which to defray her expenses home, and by this time she has probably been reunited to those who long ago parted from her, hoping it would prove to her ‘advantage.”’ ‘ Inexpenstve “ Happrness. — The most perfect home I ever saw was in of whose fires went no costly things. A thousand dollars served for a year’s living of father, mother, and three children, But the mother was the creator of a home; her relation with her children was the most beautiful I have ever seen; even a dull and common-place man was lifted } ap and eiabled to do youd work for souls by the atmosphere which this woman created. Every inmate of her house involuntarily looked-into her face for the key-note of the day, and it always rang clear. From the rosebud or clover leaf which, in spite of her hard housework, she always found time to. put by our plates at breakfast, down to the story she had on hand to be read in the eve-ning, there was no iutermission of her‘influence, She has always been and always will be my ideul of a mother, wife, and home-maker. ' If to her quick brain, loving heart, and exquisite face had been added the appliances of wealth, and: the enlargements of wider culture, her’s would have been the ideal home. As it was, it was the best we have ever side-all jammed in. When at Tasty (Oregon) paper tella a pleasant litthy sent to ‘the daughter from Florence . a little house iato the sweet incense . WATER PROOF BLACKING Paints, Oils and Wega: eed NEVADA DRUG STORE,’ E. M. PRESON, Druggist, N. W. corner Broad and Pine Stréets, ‘The jecond One Dollar SOIREE, _ OFTHE ~~ NEVADA SOCIAL CLUB, oN “WILL take plate_af TEMPER afi . P ANCE HALL, om FRIDAY EVENING, FEB. 5th Tickets,. ; Be, — pet a ladies and gentlemen, A.B, ZEKIND, Commercial Street. J. C. DONNELLY, Broad Street. A. BD. MARTIN, at Geo. Welch’s Store. ° W: W. JACOBS, at B. HMiller’s Store. _ MM. HYMAN, of Hyman & Bros, — ‘Nevada, Jan. 3d, 1875, To City Tax Payers. HE ASSESSMENT ROLL OF NEVADA _ CITY, having been placed in my hands notice is hereby given thet I will be in my office at, City Hall, on. MONDAY, JANUARY 4th, 1875, AND EV_ ERY DaY THEREAFTER UNTIL : MONDAY, FEUB, Ist, 1875. From.9 o’clock, A. M. till 4 o'clock, P. M., ‘for the purpose of reepiving ‘Taxes, NOW DUE. All'faxes not paid by Bel, 1. 1875, will be declared delinquent and per cent. ccsts will be added. J.B, GRAY, Gity Marshal, _ Nevada, Jan.i, 1875," SPECIAL NOTICE. LL ms indebted to the late firm of Hinds & Nicholson, or T. L: Nicholson, are hereby notified to make immediate payment to R.W. Tully, at the Bank of Nevada Couuty. All persons having demands will please present them for adjust. ment. R. W, TULLY, Assignee. Nevada, Jan. 9, 1875, jw HOTEL, BROAD STREET..... NEVADA CITY; . _ A, EDDY, Proprietor. HIS WELL KNOWN HOTEL 1S ALways open for the accommodation of the Traveling Public. Large additions have been made to it,and ithas been fittedup in elegant style. The sleeping Rooms are large, airy and comfortable, and the Vable. will compare favorably with that of any Hotel inthe State. ‘The Proprietor’ will spare no pains nor expense to render hig guests comfortable. Stages forall parts of the State have their Offices at-this Hotel. : te. A soHoon boy had jast got his face fixed to-sing, ‘Let us love one another,"’ when a snow ball hit him in the mouth, and so confused him that he yelled, ‘Bill Sikes, jast do that agin, and I'll chaw your ear off,” ' Wuaxr’s the difference b&tween an pe in a barn, and a fellow ~ angs around a printing office?— ‘One is a barn door, and the other is « daeneg ed bore eo es The Sweetland people boast of j having, ia Mr.‘ Kennedy, the best teacher in the country. The Chero‘kee people make the same boast as to their teacher, and the French Corbest. Well, we won't quarrel with them about the: matter, because we but-we would like to bet forty big . apples with somebody that we have a better teacher than, either of the ‘county of Nevads, The House is kept © #11 night for the accommodation irre Billiard Tables and Bar connected with the Hotel, Patronage is tespectA share of Public fully solicited. 8. A. EDDY, Proprietor. Nevada, January 17th. [QISTATE of WM. ELLIS, deceased. -Notice is hereby given by the undersigned, Administrator of the Ertate of William persons having claims against the e~ ceased, to.exhibit them with. the necessary vouchers, within four miotiths afterthe irs pubinetion of this notice, to the said Ad : at North San Juan, iv the . A249 hee? ALE TR BO. HUGHES, Administrator’ of the Bakes ‘of William Niles Sea in 18, 1875. " Nevada Absay ‘Gitice, Gini eeiey fined, Melted and IN GOLD OR ri ae. REASONABLE, ot x 3 of the Traveling Public, Sun many ‘from ~ gmart’ sengat power gave Doors quite . appea the sl Teleg: dng th were t ‘direct and ] dama; The “ated “this & toad Bet, vy ~waspic “was th jprovis monn : were t ‘dians* some . and ¢ eity. The ‘& wee ‘Water comin joints LROBRE ‘ howe Piety necess wells awhil The has bi the se ‘The . er tha son, Canal above heavy riéd 0 ee Ban the in ASS ——thetits A, Eai call at out fu ed