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Were upwards of $4,600.
_now, & sweet ‘singer. See
fhe Washington (D. ©.) Republi__can has the following to say of a -lagists that the heroine of the tale is
Vice President; Carl Maller, Secreyor ramen sagen:
NEVADA ailtY TRANSCRIPT,.
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POSTOFFICE DIR DIRECTORY.
Arrival and departire of of the mails from
= Nevada City Postoffice until further noa3 ew . ary 22d.
_ # {> Whe anoual meeti He =
and” Downie pio Gaya ining Os md boil
diy, (ee Bae anh yf omtnmelab Goa EOL
Blas ‘fen, N. pene. ‘. John Meiu has been appointed
ne eee chief deputy under Postmaster Wil{punter ex; liams, George Nihell being sworn in
Nera bests 6:90 2:80.P.
ia Bago pt prose to-help da'the work. “lps one of a
os wh Opt es weet oa fash * ea cya? mec lene tat: ealS
me Ae ee 6:30 A. u. 11:00. u.] The officers of the Rebecca Degree
You eter Lodge (L 0, 0, F.) at: Rough and
= Ready are to be installed to-morrow
da aud Fridays.. 6:30 11:30 a *
sg ci At " THOS. itr: P. M. Su, evening. After the installation there
Personal and foctal Items Gleaned
‘ -Mereand There. —
Thomas-Legg has been-on the.sick
list ‘for a few days.
Bert. Lancaster is dangerously ill
at his home in Vallejo.
Mrs. John Spalding has returned
from a visit to San Francisco.
F. D. Seward fad Do town ‘yesterdigje hits yay, fr ru wig ille to.
pik John Caldwell is ao from
Santa Cruz where she has been
spending several months for the
benefit of her health,
The gold medal recently offered
at St. Matthew’s Hall, Sana Mateo,
for the pupil who excelled in declamation, was won by Wilson Sigourney of this city.
_ Rey. Geo. Bomus, the ‘‘New Zealand Evangelist,” is expected in this
city to-day, and _will-assist Kev. W.
B. Priddy, pastor of the Methodist
Church in holding a two-weeks protracted meeting.
The young lady with the Raymond Holmes company whose name
appears on the billsas ‘‘Rita Stanford,” is none other than Kittie
Unger, who spent. her _childlood iv
Grass Valley. She ‘was “then, as
dy born in Nevada City = The wife’
of Representative Glascock . besides
being s young and pretty woman i,
gifted with more than the. ordinary
number of talents,
paintings and sketches, mainly of
scenes along the glorious bay of
Moiaterey, adorn her parlors here,
and she has dong somes even more
creditable work. which remains at
her home, In the literary way she
is.a.graceful writer, and a year or_so
since published a novel entitled
“Dare,” which showed some’ sides’ of
California society in humorous and
satirical lights. Inthe face of her
denials, San Francisco society inMiss Jennie Sweetapple, who was
for a long time a reigning belle in
that city, and was the acknowledged
beauty of Saratoga for 1 season. Her
career in San Franvisco terminated
at the time her engagement was broken with Sir George Bridges, who
proved to be a bogus baronet of the
regulation type.
A Grass Valley Invention.
Henry Tyack, a resident of
Grass Valley has been granted a
patent for a wine and cider press invented by him. The improvements
covered by this patent consist of
various matters of construction, including principally the construction
of the body or frame, and m-ans for
operating it. The following operating: The trays for catching the
juice, the doors for discharging the
cheese or waste, the tneans for opening the feed door, anda device for
previously preparing or pulverizing
the material, Each of the improvements has in view the general result
of providing a more effective press.
A Great Success.
The fair recently given at Grass
VaHey for the benefit of the Orphan
Asylum there .was a great suceess
financially as well as otherwise, reflecting the highest degree of credit
‘onthe lady managers. The profits
Fire at the. Nivens Mine.
The blacksmith shop at Nivens &
Co. ’s mine on Selby Flot was burned
Saturday evéning, together witha
quantity of,tools\and clothing that
it.contained. Tae loss is between
$150 aud $200. The tire started acagg fh Bel eed a
“x
WM 8, . Election.»
“On Satorday evening last the fol~ lowing’ were elected ‘officers of the,
Young Men’s Social Clab :
; President; J. B. Gray,
tary; W. D. Vinton, Treasurer..
: EEE
For a cough or cold there. is no
remedy eqoal to Ammen’s Cough .
Syrup. °
Megeman’s Gastricine.
A sPEciric or Dysprrsia. Sold
bed ‘25, nbd 50 centeiper
box, Sentby mail; J: N. HeczMAN & Co., Proprietors; New York.
Redington & (Co., Agents, “San
Francisco, Gol. 228-3m
S59 Beehive Gro‘sell the very
best groceries and provisions at the
vey lowest prices. 080-3
ASELAND, Or., April .
pees ‘27, 19837 .
aad mrt Couch Syrup sells well .
. handsome new delivery
‘yu. . give a ball on the evening of Febru—
“. stand: beneath a floral wishboul. Afi}
“A. few “of her}
V. fed to 1.98 inches, making ‘a. total of
__4 fro theftidications yesterday the
. York-street can be recovered by the
“BRIEF MENTION. —ss
Jottings and Transcriptions of Leca}
Tuterest.
—Jerry N: Payne has sala hie}
Foal Saloon” at Sacramentp.
Cc. E. Mulloy, the grocer,
The Firemen of Grass Valley wh
will bea suppergand dancein Schroeder’s Hotel.
Last Friday a fine ledge was
struck in the 13-hundred foot level
of the New York Hill mine,
ledge pitches downward towatd the
foot-wall. The ledge has heretofore been very flat in thislevel, but
has now takena sudden turn and
goes downward.
» The ‘‘wishbotie” wedding has ‘be‘Cothe the correct thing? The* vouple
ter the ceremony the bride and
groom are given the wishbone to
pull. Thetug results in a break
somewhere, and whoever gets the
long piece is absolved ‘from’ getting
up to build fires in the morning.
In the Superior Court of Yuba
county Saturday the Golden Gate
Hydraulic Mining Company was
fined $500 by Judge Keyser for a}
violation on December 3d last of an .
injunction issued in the debris suit
rbrought by Yuba county. This is
the third time the owner has been
fined for an alleged violation of the
game injunction. é
The Central Pacific have put im
knee chairs on all the curves and
braced all the bridges to stiffen the
track up for the big engines. They
‘aow talk of putting in ties8 by 10
and a foot longer than-these now in
use, “The ones now used are 6 by Ss
inches and 8 feet long. If the change
Hs made between -Reeklin and Truekée, nearly 20,000,000 feet of lumbe?
will be-used,
, Witness 5 eepent.
crn Colling . yr waabrought into
court last time.to have the date fixed on which he should hang-for the
. murder of banket Cuthinings he had
‘much to say about John Specht, one
of the most important witnesses for
the prosecution 'in the trial). The
prisoner denied that. Specht stood
well in the community where he resided;or that he.was proprietor of «
nigh-toned saloon there called the
Turf Exchange and famous as the
resort of the best-classes of . sporting
men, as had been claimed. As a
matter of curiousity, Dexter Ridley
of this city wrote to a nephew of bis
ia the East respecting Specht and
his reputation. " The nephew claims
to have carefully investigated the
subject of inquiry, and his answer
to Mr. Ridley is anything but complimentary to Specht. He says that
individnal doesnot keep the Turf
Exchange, but 1s proprietor of one
of the lowest dives in Louisville, and
that his standing is not stich ‘as the
testimony on the trial showed it to
be. :
Struck a Rich Lead.
Says the Oakland Tribune of Saturday: The Express Mining Compaay, of this city, received a sack of
rich ore from their mine, near Downieville, yesterday. The Superintendent writes that in drifting from
the bottom of the shaft into the hill
he developed a four-foot vein of this
rich decomposed quartz, and’ at the
time of writiug had taken cut ten or
fifteen tons of the ore,which will average two bundred dollars per ton.
os —
‘Miner Hart.
Saturday afternoon.a miner named
Hooper employed at the Providence
was severely jammed between the
car and incline timbers.’ His back
and breast are’ much bruised, bat it
ceived any serious internal injuries,
Capt. Cox Set Free.
The preliminary hearing of Jerome
.B. Cox for the killing of Charles McLaughlin, the capita sul
his dismissal Saturday afternoon by
Police Judge Lawler of Jan Francis:
co, on the grounds of self defense.
. 9 The Rainfall. ~
“The rainfall for Saturday amount:
11.02 for the season, Water qui
falling Saturday night, but. judging
stori ig by no means over.
King Found.
A heavy bangle ting found on
loser calling at the. TranscrieT office and paying . for _ this advertisement, = s ja6-2c.
=
information Wanted.
<
Cecelia Grogan wants “informaticu
of her brother, Mich.el Grogan, from,
whom she has not ‘heard since 1857.
‘He then lived at Nevada City, an‘
spent much of histime in company
with aman named’ Darby O’Brien.
Ab¥rperson knowing -of his where. abouts will confer a great favor. by
writing to Patrick J. O’Maley, Contractor, _ Fairmount, — Cincinnati,
is not yet’ known whether he re-.
rhe 2 apnags, Jan, 7, 1884,
‘Board: met pursuant to law
on.the above date. Present K. Oa:per, Jos, Perrin, F.-M, Pridgeou, 'R.
“President Hucltins and UW. L. Day. °
H.L. Day, presiding.
~The ininutés of the previous meeting were read and approved: .
On motion H, L. Day, was selected
President to serve for the seeaing
yee
Th following demands dgainet the
county were found due and ordered.
paid on the ‘ '
“GENERAL FORD, ~
Citizens Bank, juror’s ‘cer tificates,
$1, 160,75. '
Geo. C. Gaylord,
cates, $14:
A. Blamenthal, juror’s certificates;
$57.50.
Chas. Kent, ©
juror’s certifijuror’s certificates,
E. J. Rector, juror’s certificate,
This $6.
Hugh Barber, juror's certificate,
$67.
i: aren Mills, ~janer'e certificate, _
$28.50,
John Richords, juror’s pertificate,
$3.
N. Bailey, juror’s certifieate, 24.3
W. H. Smith, jurors. certificate, .
$6.
Mrs. E, Nicholle, Jodging impecunious witness in criminal case, $3.25.
House, $72.90.
Nevada City Gas Co.,
Court House, $86.30.
M. By <Lagos, nursing indigent
gas for
‘sick, $7.50.)
Nevads City Water Works, water
for Court House and Treasurer’s of. fice, '$55.25. i
Hagh McClafferty, trimming trees
at Court House, $6.
Isaac & Rowe, painting and vacnishing in Court House and jail. $27.
M.L.& D. Marsh, lumber for
Hospital, $2.46.
John. Adams, fer Janitor’s ‘services at Treasurer’s office, $15.
K. Casper, for labor at County
Hospita), (assigned bill), $10 92.
South Yuba W. & Mining Co.; for
Water at Hospital, $23.
W-D;-Vinton,sick at Hospital, $2,617.50.Attest:” F: GQ: Brarry, Glerk,*
By W. D. Harris, Depaty.
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The Derbec Dividend.
Io this-morning’s Tagg ecrirr the
official announcement is made that
the first dividend of the De: bec Mining Company will be paid at their
office im San Francisco on Monday
next, It was contemplated to place
the mivé ona dividend paying ‘basis
last Nevember;b batowing to improvenients being “made to enhince
the value of the. property, and the
laying in of the : wloiek supplies, the
commencement of dividends ~ was
necessafily postponed until now.
The new tunnel being completed and
all connéctions made, the expenses
will be materially reduced.. The
niine is looking very fine, -and the
gravel that is being washed jis of a
most excellent quality, The stockholders have new a good prospect of
getting theirsmoney back, besides
havitig a substantial value to their
‘stock in the future. The company
have an immense body of ground
that has never been worked, and
there is no good reason why the Der
bee should not be a regular dividend
payer.
Practical Training.
Mrs, 'L. * Manson:Buck master,
Principal of Laurel Hall, San Mateo,
at [which ‘iostitutton . of learning
been educated, is ever progressive
and practical in her management.
a well equipped printing office, and
the ‘‘art preservative of all a:ts’’ is
nqw,tau.ht to those of the pupils
who desire to acquireit. From this
office will issue monthly a ‘magazine
entitled---‘An~ Outlook,”’the —first
numberof which is at hand. It contains much reading that is interest$
ing,
flects. the greatest credit on
fair hands that made it,
and typographically. it rethe
Road te San Juan.
The Tidings of Saturday says:
“For some time a few leading citi
zens have been quietly working up
an interest among business men with
the view-of building a wagon road
from Grass Valley to North San
Juan, and now arvangements are.
about completed to that end. A preliminary meeting has been held and
this evening there will be a meeting
for the purpose of effecting a permanent organization. The affair is in
the hands of leading. citizens and
will be pushed throwgh ‘as fast as
possible. Our people can be assured
that-a good road will be built from
this place to San Juan,and that, toe,
at an early-day.”
~ AL. of Ml. Instaltation.
: Valley Council, No, 254, American
Legion of Honor, at Grass Valley,
_. indulged in # public installation and
banquet Friday evening. Following
_ . are the officers who were qualified
for the ensuing term : O. H. Reynolds, Commander Mrs, .W. J.
Michell, Vice Commander ; Mrs,
LE. ‘Loyd, . Recording’ Secretary; R.
Phillips, Collector ; Mrs. Snyder,
Treasurer; Mrs. Bree, Orator; Wm.
Bree, Onteide Sentinel; J, Fitagerald, Inside Sentinel ; Mrs. vey,
Warden; Mrs. Stephens, Chaplain;
B. Fogarty, Sittieg Fast Commas
Br & Wore Baan Ohio, isons ldee, »
ee hee
for trial Feb. 27,5
Nevada Ice Co., ice. for Court
for care todigent ;
many Nevada county ladies have .
She has added tothe establishment’
= . at Camp 20, on the C.
> AGAINET-TME. MINERS..
States Circuit Court Sentechapioen;
dered hie decision jn the case of
Woodraff vs. the ‘North “Bloomfield
Hydraulic Mining Co. et als. . Ac
cording to the reports: received here
means auother round of litigation,
as the miners know they have right
on their side and will not quit fighting till the highest court in the land.
hag had ite giress.
Superior Court.
The following business was trans*. acted in the Superior Court yes terday, Judge John Caldwell presiding:
The Nevada G. and S. M. Co. vs.
Original Empire M.and M.-Co.: Motion to enter judgment and strike
jout cross-complaint denied.’ Coubsel for defendant excepts. t
Gowell vs. Ashburn, Court. _ Set
Reed vs. Nicl.olls. Court. Set for
Feb. 23.
Stoddard vs. Callaghan.
Set for Feb. 25. —
Byrne vs, Osborn. Court, Feb. 26.
Two cases for same date.
Smiles vs. Kuhlman.
ith.
Lewison.& Co. va, Leakey & Smith.
Court. Feb. 28th.
Rose vs. Nevada and Grane .Valley_W,-&—L,-Co;—et als. Motion
granted to strike out that part of
~ Cau
Cont, Feb.
e@mplaint claiming damages and ac”
dion dismissed as ‘to defendants C.
W. Cross aud Jas. D. White.
Rose vs, Nevada & Grass Valley
W. and L. Go. et als. Motion grant_{ed to file copy ef complaint as origiWm. Brcckington, insolvent debtor. Order made for sile of property.
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Confidence ‘Operators Held.
The Examiner says: Frank Morrow and Henry J. Mitchell have
been held to answer before the Superior Court of San Francisco in $2,000 each, by Judge Webb, for graud
larceny, ‘he-prisoners are the confidence men who took charge of Albert Lichban, in December last, and
promised him a job in the State of
Nevada asa watchman. He had
$180-with him; which they advised
hin to leave with them, giving Lichban a check on a man in Nevada for
the money. Afterthey had obtained
the coin one of the ascused was suddenly seized with a cramp and went
out of the room, leaving his hat.
ion; the verdant Lichban remaining
to guard a valise, which was found
afterward to contin alot of rubbish.
Morrow and Mitchell are the ‘same
parties who hired a countryman to
watch a lumber pile on Market
street and sold him $3 worth of armament for $18 to guard it with,
Mineral Land Decision.
TheUnion says: The Commissioner of the General Land Office at
Washington has just rendered 4 decision in a land caBe at Grass Valley,
which involved: the question as to
whether it was agricultural.or mineral. §. R. Michaels appliedfor an
agricultural patent.to—certain lands
lying between the bridge of Little
Wolf Creek, on the Colfax road, and
Larrimer’s mill. Wm. Larkin, a
mineral claimnant, entered a protest
and full testimony in the case was
taken before the Register and Receiver of the Sacramento Land Oftice, whiclwas sent up to the Land
Department at-Washington. After a
full investigation of_the testimony
the Comm ssioner decides that fifty
acres of the land in dispute\is mineralin character and not subject to
pre-emption. There are several
mining claims on this land, and the
contest has excited considerable loeal interest.
a te
Another Gol: Find.
The Republican says that James
Cook, au old '49-er and-a miner of
experience, who has. been employed
PR. R.;
while strolling about that place recently discovered gravel which he
thought would pay, and at once located a mining claim. Prospecting
proved that there was a good bed of
gravel, which has since’ been assayed, and the, results are more than
satisfactory. A number of locations
have already been made on the lead,
and considerable excitement exists
On the river.
As atrue and efficient tonic, and
one that excels allother iron medicines, take Brown’s fron Bitters.
POWDER .
—Phis powder nveet varies, A mar-.
vel of purity, strength and -whole.osomenes More economical than the
irdinary kinds, and cannot be sold
it competition with the multitude of
low test, short weight, alum or phoshate powders. SoLD ONTY IN CANS.
\Wallsi, N.Y.” u3-ly!
TNR cen ynen in teeaenpeoei ne:
(att
transacting
he eijoins the miners perpetnally .
and nnconditionally. All this only . ,
The other soon followed his compan,
ee iets pot ae
WDon'r forget that J J. Jackson
keeps on hand all kinds of. canned
goods, sugar-ctired hams, wines and
liquors for medicinal purposes, ‘and
everything found in a first-class
grocery store. jy19-tf
THE BEST TOILET Soap. ©
N THE MOST ECONOMIORL. a
GOOD FOR THE-SKIN.
‘Knneat at Meeting.
“The Anaual Meeting of the. Nevada. County Mining aud Prospect:
ing Company will be held at the office of W. F, Englebright, on Broad
street, Morgan & Robert's Block,
Nevada City, Cal. .on Saturday,
January 12, 1884, for the purpose bef
such. business as may
come before the meeting. By order
J. D. Fremine, President.
W. F. Exaiepetant, Secretary.
Nevada City, Dec, 29, 1883.
PR HE ;
Read What an Editor Says. oi dob Aer Oracips daee roan
vy CURES SKIN DISEASES.
I Bonouti.
It isa great favorite with ladies who
have tried it, be ause it gives a natur~
al appearance to the skin which no
perce g — — It does ‘nut
ve that glossy, shining appearance
on the face which is conaklored so Oobjeetiouable. Only 10 cents a cake.
For sale by CARR BROS.
Mr. Robt. S.-Ammen—Enclosedyou will find your proposal for advertising accepted. I have all the
advertisements the Bulletin can well
carry, but recently we had an epidemic of chest and throat diseases,
and your medicine (Ammen’s Cough
Syrup) was used i in my family with
good results, though my faith in all:
sorts of so-called patent medicines is
little indeed. That it did good in
this case, however, I believe, and for.
‘that reason wi!l advertise it. If you}.
will take the trouble to glance over
the columns of the Bulletin you will
discover they are very elean from
nostrume and quack remedies, tho’
applications reach me every week
for space. Yours respectfully,
, C, MULHOLLAND,
Editor BuiletinGreenville, Cal,
CHILDREN s pictures taken instan
taneously by Swarts, Nevada City.
av
Tracy's s Auction House.
TRANSCRIPT: BLOCK,
Osiishetousd Street.
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1884. 1884.
THIS YEAR
{We Propose to Sell-all Kinds of Goods
Cheaper than kver belore,
-——=0
DURING THE PAST YEAR’
Our Trade has,! een
Mealy Cioving
Which Happy Condition of Affairs is due to the fact that the Women and
Men are Rapidly Finding Out we Mean vast what we Sey: 3
When we Tell. Them That in
by and Faney Goods, Milinery Ete,
Our Stock is the LARGEST,
Our Styles the LATEST, :
Our Prices the LOWEST.
{RCA} I : MAGNIFICENT ASSORTMENT.
Before making your purchases.
Bie Lester -& Crawin
(NEAR THE UNION HOTEL).
-. Harmonicas, ee
And Y so doing can quote LOWER. PRICES
iessienen err!
t + n
CL AT THE NT
Mm store gi
And see the immense stock of
Eancy Baskets,
Fancy Paper Boxes, —
Handkerchiefs}
Bracelets
(Celluloid and Gold, from infant s_sizesgup,)
Climbing Monkeys, :
Picture Frames,
Fancy Soaps,
_ §ouvenirs,.
Perfumeries ete.
—— o——_ —IMMENSE STOCK OF DOLLS,
Irom Five Cents: to Five Dollars,
Dressed and Undressed, China ani. War.
And for the next 20 days we will give to every child
purchasing a Doll anelegant Doll’s Hat.
special Inducements in Millinery
As _we intend to close out our stock in that Department by the first of the New Year.
TERMS STRICTLY CASH.
Call early and secure immense bargains.
SEAL LEN BERGER,
AMERICAN 9 CENT STORE.....-.-BROAD STREET
sa7GO TO Ga
The Palace Drugstore
IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF
DRUGS, MEDICINES,
Toilet Articles 3,
STATIONERY, BLANK BOOKS,
PAINTS, OILS, ETC.
GARR BROTHERS, .
Corner Pine and Commercial sts., Nevada City.
. GASH GROGERY STORE.
HUSSEY & SON,
ELaveOpened a First-Class
Grocery & Provision Store —
Junction of Main and Commercial io a ee
(Building forrierly occupied by W. R. Coe,) where,
shey. will keep constantly_on band
“A FULL ASSORTMENT “OR
Family Groceries, Provisions. Wines, .
LIQUORS, GRAIN, FEED FLOUR, a
&
WE ‘PROPuSE TO a a
For Cash Only,
A
for the best qualities of Goods. than
“ny ather bate in Nevada Cit
~ HUSSEY gt $