June 1, 1878 (4 pages)

agitate pe oN em NAR SNARE PEARS BN The Daily Transcript. apeenn: OUPY. CAln so ————_— Saturday J cual 1, 1878. ‘eho. Mm; 1zed ecive for tho , Heemmeeing our name, : . MOTT 2 our oniy authorwg tlt A He. will re oe in EARL RUSSEL-~ DEAD. __. Englapd’s great statesman, John " Russell, died on the 28th inst., at tne advanced age of 86 years. “Earl Rassell waa born in London,’ August 18, 1792, and was the third son ofthe Duke of Bedford. _He was educated at the University of Edinburgh, and after passing some years-of tray-. el was elected to Parliament in 1813, and 800 soon ‘became conspicuous jfor bis “abilities. —During§ bis long career hewas instrumental-ia-effecting . numerous reforms, He strenuousty} advocated Catholic’ emancipation; «pposed coercion bills framed for Ireland. of every description. — In 1828 he carried the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts, In 1835 “be ‘became Secretary of the State for the Home Department, aud afterwards served as Secretary of State of War and the Colonies, Subsequently he was Prime Minister and Secretary of foreign affairs, _In July, 1861, he was elevated to the peerage with the title of Harl Russell of Kingston-Rusvéll, The unfriendly tone assumed toward the United States in the Trent affair, the short participition of England in the Mexican expedition, the interference by a note addressed to Rusbia in favor of Poland in 1863, and} » friendly attitade.towardDenmark+} during the Schleswig-Holstein war are among the salient features of : _his management of foveign affairs,‘ __1n 1866 ‘he again became Prime "Minister, but resigned the following . year and partically renounced politics, Asan author he succeeded _respectably. He was twice married, and died full of honors, Ca nape Kind Words From a Cotemporary. For some time past this paper has been the recipient of numerous kind. ly notices from its cotemporaries of the Coast, but we have geverally considered that our patrons were able to judge for themselvey regarding the improvements being constantly made with a view to making it-of6-of the best-local-papets in the ‘ State, and have forborne republishing the ‘‘testimonials.’””’ But now that the Republican, published at Truckeé, where the Transcrrpr has a large list of subseribers, eomes out gud has its say onthe subject, we/shali depart from our usual custom for once, and give space to the expressed and unprejudiced opinion of one of the best local-journalists in California: We notice a marked improvement intbe calumns of our neighbor, the Nevada ‘Transcnret, lately, and are glad to note thut it is still on the road of prosperity, and its efforts appreciated by the people at the county seat, andin fact throughout the county. The TRanserrpr has ever been the faithful guardian of the interests of Nevada, and its oolumns ure always full of spicy and interesting matter, Freight at the Depot. Freight received at the depot for the following: named parties: N.B.G,.M. Co., Ty Ps Qranda)l, Derbeo Oo., J, Rohr, W, Warner, Buhring & Oo,, W.d,. Johnston, A, I. Zekind, W. A. Sigourney, Hyman Bros,, Hee Lee, W. H. Smith, Sutton Bros,, G. E, Turner. A. L. Woodrpff, J. Hurst, J. Jack, ©. J. Naffviger, B. H.-Miller, A. Gaul, WV. Burge, F. G. Guild, Conn & Eddy, Ye. Lee, H. Gunther, M, Simon, Jackson & Oo., E. W. Bigelow & Co., A. Isoardj'W. D. Vinton, R. M, “Hunt, O.» Maltman, T. Harris, A. Lord G. P. Newell. Mrs Hawley Going to Burope,. Mrs. Judge Hawley, a former resident of this city, now living at) Carson, Nevada, will embark on Monday next fora trip to Europe. The Reno Journal says that; Mrs. Hawley has been in delicate health. for a long time, and hopes that a sea voyage Will improve hez, Her vision ig:alsa; becoming defective, and} értiseniente — uate sad Subseriptions . . ~ ‘The hotels a: are re excelled: So are our advertising columns, Snow fell on Banner “Hill yester4 day forenoon. No business transacted in the Pro‘Sa Odgers V6., James Ennor was on trial in the. County Court yesterday. Don’t forget that this is the last day of the Glass Blowers, Exhibi-ions afternoon and evening,~ Reuben Leech, of Grass Valley, one “was stricken with paralysis some weeks. anes, is slowly a ing. © Yesterday was the first, day of summer. We had to sit op #-red-hot stoye all day in order to realize that fact, however. the Sacramento and Pine street posts, . . from which some scallawag stole the globes afew nights since, ~—No-voin-wilt hereafter be disbursed atthe Watt aud Derbec shafts for labor or material. All payments cisco. We acknowledge the receipt of a complimentary tigk«t to the. Third Annual Re-iitiion of the “Old Nevadans” at Badger’s Park, Oakland, to-day. A four-in-hand coach will. be put on the'stage route between this city for transporting passengers, An‘ attempt was made by-some fall-grown men.to get up a fight between two small boys, in front of the Post Office, Thursday afternoon. Neither of the youngsters happened ‘to be on the muacle, and all bets were declared off. Sheriff Montgomery took James A. Carter to San Quentin yesterday . . morning. Tt isreasonable to -sup. pose that when James. gets his walking papers a yéar hence, he will have . forgotten the art of throwing butcher knives at defenceless women. Will. J. Johnston braces up like a drum-~major, now that his wife has presented him with a little responsibility.in the shape of a nineanda half pound boy. \\ Will, kindly remembered us in a ‘substantial manner in honor of the event, _ Long life to that’ little fellow, say we. x o> An Old Grass Valleyan; Dr, Simpson, a physician formerly residing in Grass ‘Valley, and now located at San Francisco where he has an extensive practice, paid a visit to his old home yesterday, for the first time since it had become a railroad town. When the doctor got off the train at the station, he was ‘completely befogged concerning the points of the compass, He didn’t know for the life of him which way to steer, and not until a native had giventhim explicit directions about following such and such streets, did he find the hotel, A railroad makes great changes but some people don’t believe it: We are not of that number, however. The doctor was as glad to arrive in Grats Valley, as were his host of friends to see him. nally ~ Preferred as Joint Delegate. When the Citizens Conference Committees of Nevada and Sierra counties meet next week to nominate a joint délegate to the Constutitional Convention, itis to be hoped that Hon. Niles Searls, of this city, will permit bis name tu be used before the body as a candidate. We feél confident that his nomination woul be followed by his election, as the popular sentiment in both counties, regardless of party ties, points to him asthe choice of the people. His past legislative record isa sufficient guarantee to the voters that ia’ him they will secure a _ Tepresentative possessing the Jeffersonian tests, and at the polls they.would put into the back-ground all considerations of a less important natare. >? Nevada Talent in Demand. — Mrs. Geo, W. Welch, Miss Annie Naffziger and F. C. Geer, of this city, assisted by a prominent Sacrament basso, received a pressing in}#itation from Sumner Bu:zbee to render “‘Hark Apollo,” at a promen. ade coneert given at the Pavilion i} in connection with the May riper eh 8 sepa er abe ai ic ack iC — e ‘. . will be made in checks on San Franand Duteh Fiat next week, by L. R-] Colgrove, who now uses a carriage. } “come down.” Of late years, Deadwood stock has frequently. been likened to an anchor that bad been dumped into the middle of the sea, without having a ¢able attached soit might be hauled up again,” ““Phere’s no use talking, ‘the Deadwood lias petered out,” said many an old sharp, and themajority of the people chimed in and said Indeed, the prospects of this mine’ were so dubieus for awhile that if a chap struck town with empty pockets and bad health the sympathizing public would express, the poor devil’s condition by saying he mine. But within a few mouths 4 new company leased the diggings, and ‘went to work with # determina‘was a lucky ofe,and they drew the -winning-card;~--Go-to. Kitt’s mill, reader, where a hundred tons of rock worth in the neighborhood of $40 per ton, is being crushed for the}company that leased the supposedly “petered out” Deadwood mine, and then you'll understand why it is that both stock-holders and Tessees . wear such smiling faces, and why it is such way up prices that the owners waht for stock fi their bonanza. “Nothing. Mean About Us,” 7 At a recent meeting of: the Board of City Trustees, the newly elected Olerk declined to receive any pay for his services to the public. ‘The senior proprietor of this paper is one of the members of that Board, and not wishing to be outdone in generosity, has been anxiously awaiting an _opportunity to perpetrate something that nome be about a stand-off with fale soon presented itself, ‘The new. Board had revised 4 number of the City’ Ordinances, which, ot course, required their re-publication, Bids were then called for, and the TRANSCRIPT offered to insert:them in its columns the, sTequired number of times free of charge. * Now it is in order for the other ‘members ot the Board to do something handsome in the way of donations to the city. We shall he pléased. to givethe gentlemen due credit for the same when: they” open their hearts and > City Assessor Long Paralyzed. Late on Thurrlay night last, as City Assessor W. §, Long was proceeding homeward from the meeting of the Board of Equalization, where he had been in attendance during the evening, and had reached a lonely spot on the railroad track, he was attacked with paralysis, and fell to the ground in a helpless condition. No one coming to the assistance of the old gentleman, he was obliged to lie there some two hours before recovering his strength sufficiently to go home. In falling he was severely bruised, and at present writing is unable to be about. Several ‘days will elapse ‘before his recovery, -_ Gen, Kxien Honorably Acquittea. Gen, Ang. V. Kautz, who, it will be, remembered, paid Nevada City a visit a few weeks ~sinee, and while here complimented the Light Guard} organization in a manner which should be a matter of pride to ‘them, . hasrecently been undergoing: the tribulation of being court-martialed at Omaha, and has, as might be expected, been honorably acquitted. The General is.an old school gentleman, a brave soldier, and one of the best Indian fighters i in the service, An Important Agency. the patent right of Bowdoin’s Combination Tables for Nevada county, and will immediately commence supplying these useful articles of} household furniture to all who may desire them. No’ honsekeeper can well afford to be without one of Bowdoin’s tables, as they are both very . convenient and reasonable in price. Mr, Lawrence has made such ar rangements that he hopes to be able to supply the large demand anticipated. **You tin a but eres Lord wil ever f 2 oe for ix = was nearly as bad off as Deadwood . . . clonds in our sky which, Mr. John Lawrence has purchased . of sca on om eed decrib. In tothe ‘beautiful ceremony of denomaliag the graves of the soldiers buried in the cemeteries throughout the United Staies on the 30th of each May, the Virginia Eoterprise of Thursday says: We. have no battle flags towave to-day, -eteries who.in life were pecans . by: a bloody baptism; who offered— all thatman can offer—their lives to vindicate a principle. This is’ the day which bus been set aside by our péople asa Sabbath on, whieh @ saored rite is to be performed. Itis a most beautiful custom to decurate the graves of herdes, Itrecalls a divine-trait in poor human nature when men will seck . the spot where the dead are crumb‘tion to make or break. The deal] #06 #84 Poy offerings to their—dust: . It is a splendid lessou to be impressed upon the minds of children tht there is something so divine inthe act of offering one’s life for bis countryer tq hide the act from memory. It is an~act which laughs death to scorn, and-sosanctifies a poor mortal that even ‘when. his ‘struggle with life is over his “memory becomes the perpetual concern ofhis countrymen, duty shall be faithfully attended to ‘more than do the dead, There are ‘though as yet but small ones, are liable to grow Until all the heavens are again overeast. It is well to go where the dead are sleeping, and there above their dust question, each manhis! heart, if any otber land bas half the blessings that this land possesses; and to try to realize the immetisity of the erime-of trying to do anything to to “distarb its present peace. Our that it takes from the grave al! pow. We, the living, require that the Nevada Oity, Saturday. ee és aii eaipisidia ak cain . studios face,clear blue eyes, dreamy aspect, and chestnut locks-this is} Edison, the inventor of the phonograph. He is very: deaf, and it is said,‘ has never heard clearly the voice of his invention, The phonograph is his 158th patent) and from} his invevtions he is oes oh re ee = large income. He has a handsome bouse, but does not himself enjoy society, and is never 80 miserable as when he is idle. Sc SAN AS mee = "3 u MARRIED. Pleasant Valley, by Rev. lace C. Huling, to Emma F, Novay. CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. earner nem nen tone IRENE: ain p nm citer lenimmd 1 Citizens’ Non-Parti:_san_ Meetings. ae fHVHE candidates nominated. by the Citizens’ Non-Partisan Couuty Convention of Nevada County E.W. ROBERTS, J.-M WALLING0. 2. STIDGER, AND J. 1. CALDWELL, Will addrees the people upon the questions now p ted for their considera. } tion, at the visti, once and Pp? aces:At Grass Valley,” Thur ~.dune oth ae “« “8th ** Rough and Ready; Mondsy., “16th * North San Juan, Tuesday../ ** ** Moore’s Flat; Wédnesday./. ** 12th “ North Bloomfield, Thursday. “ 13th {* Truckee, Saturday. de oe “ Nevada City, Monday Sr eevee’ “« 17th Grass hice, (4 Tueg ** 18th Election Weanésday, June 19th, 1878. May 30-td At the residence of the bride’s parents at}. ~ Mr. Harris, Wak’. itt . On FRIDA SATURDAYMay Bist and June Ist. First Piet sper in this Ctty of of Mlle Rose Stella’s Female Minstrels and Tae << The Female a “—AND—. Nanghty ‘Blondes. CALICO — APRON AND NECK TIE PAR TY. June 7th, 1878, AT HUNTS HALL. re fal. Orchestra will be in attendance. Ladies-are invited to bringtheir Aprons. and—corres-— ponding Neck Ties. st homes, the desert makes their pillows and the sere moun-. tain bights their head-stones. Birds will not sing above them and flowers will not grow in the sods which press their pulseless breasts. Board of Equalization. The City Board of Equalization met again on the 29th, and 30ih, and ordered the following named persons to appear. before them within ten) days, and show cause why their a sessments should not be a the following named amounts, // Mary Gibson, $800 to $1,400,/ Agnes Gordon, $500 to $700. J. H. Hamilton, $2,406 fo $3,000 G. M, Hughes,” $4,400 Ao $5,200, J. E. Hamlin, $2,700 to $3,000, A. H. Hanson, $2,000 to $2,500. J. E. Jobnston, $5,330 to $6,230, . Charlotte Jeffyey, $400 to $600. W. J. Silinaabe, $5,600 to $6,6.0. Jackson & Richards, $2,000 to $2,600, L. C, Keith, $1,000 to $1,500. N. Keller, $350 to $600. f Wm. Kent, $300 to $600, f B. H. Miller, $5,250 to $6,250 M. L. Marsb, $1,550 to $2,350, Dan Marsh, $1,200 to $1,500. M. L. & D, Marsh, $1,200:to $1,stim, What They Want Edison to Do. Since Edison invented the telephone and phonograph he has more ‘orders, for new inveations, than he can attend to, Oue party wants bim to invent a boneless shad; another wants him to tari his attention to a & pocket-book that will always contain a dollar or two; and while he is about it, he might as well infuse some of his inventive genius into a flight of stairs that won't crea: like all possessed when a man sneaks into the house at midnight.—Saturday Night. eo Hints to Girls. I wish young women could be taught that it does not add a cubit to the stature ofa house to call it a “residence;"? that the church or eyena metibg house is as venerable the “sacred edifice; that it is no tos.y"*.et.re"than tusay ge te ; that the garment so fondi, slowly covered with side plaitout really a gown and yet & “promenade cos.tame;” that it need not bring ablush 'to the cheek of even Mr. Podsnap’s ‘0 to 1 instead < f “Timby" whenlog ie theant;, thet the supper at an evening party is j’ and there are. well-founded obj. to the use gas meter that wont always lie in fa. : +-Yor of the company;a third desires et Fo oey ee uickly frayed . q rg Mi _PENMANSHIP, __ A CLASS IN PENMANSHIP Will be Organized at the HIGH SCHOOL ROOM, NEVADA CITY, Monday Eve’g, June 11, ’78, At 71-2 o'clock, 5. For a course of Fifteen Lessons in _ BUSINESS eo ra = coeepentel citi wie” \ ‘TUITION: Ineluding st: ationery and ico payable at the middle of dees. MISSA J. ELLIOTT, Nevada, May #6, 1878. 8 NEW DRUG STORE, ROAD STREET, ABOVE PINE, NEVADA CITY. (Opposite Stumpf’s em J. F. RUDOLPH, OFFERS FOR SALE A FRESH AXD 4 General. Assortment of DRUGS AND MEDICINES, And all the Popular Patent Medicines of the day. RUDOLPH’S. EXTRACT OF HOREHOUND AND ANISE, FOR COUGHS AND COLDS, Uneqnaled as an Expectoraut. \ PHYSICIANS’ . PRESCRIPTIONS And Family Recipes CAREFULLY AND ACCURATELY COM. POUNDED BY J, F. RUDOLPH, Apothecary. Nevada City, _— 31, 1878, WATCHES & JEWELRY: — GEO, W. WELCH, HAVING MADE LARGE ADDI. TIONS TO HIS STOCK OF. WATCHES AND JEWELRY, And employed a y First Class Watchmaker, Is now preparedto do all kinds of Watch and Glock Repair eacher. . Party. of the season. ~ ANNUAL STRAWBERRY & ICE CREAM FESTIVAL, BY THE LADIES OF THE METHODIST CHUROH, NEVADA CITY, ON Tuesday & Wednesday Eveng’s, June 4th and 5th, 1878, AT THE METHODIST CHURCH, a, ft ON TUESDAY EVENING A GRAND TOURNAMENT WiLi take place, consisting of READING, SPELLING AND PRGNOUNC.4 “ . ING WORDs. For which Prizes wlll be given.” . N WEDNESDAY EVENING, A GRAND CONCERT WILL BE GIVEN BY THE NEVADA CHORAL SOCIETY. . PRIGES OF ADMISSION: On Tuesday Evening, to Tournament, 25 Cents, On Wednesday Evening, to Coneert, 50c. Children Half Price, Refreshments will be se served in the Vestry at the close of each eveuing’s entertainment, to Which all are invited. Nevada City, May 21, 1878. PUBLIC SCHOOL PIc-NIC! or ‘. FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1878. AT STORMS’ RANCH, rv SCHOOLS WILL MARCH IN PROCKSSION from the Washington School House, at 9 o’clock, a. M., » Preeeded by the “NEVADA BRASS BAND. The festivities at the picnic grounds will consist of vocal and instrumental music, dancing, swinging, etc. FARE FOR ROUND TRIP: Adults, $100. Children ~ not on the roll of the Public Schools, 50 cents. ee All children belonging to the Publie Schools will mest in their respective rooms at 8:30 o'clock, where. they will be provided with tickets for om ee ‘., ne 9.25.4. Me and 11 A. M. LON FRIDAY EVENING, = “This will be theclosing ~ = F Aone Grote Valley ab 0:80. nisl : = aod 137A eis abovelf, ios telencarat ;\ A SL eA ne an bee, thi cal Fes ‘ the pi ' City in dil; the Boston concert logal C1 Bugbee that au would . which.» occasion tiiat the making It woul feast eve Nevada, —~ppprecis the The A first c or dram: lack of . Mr, Bug ‘that the ~~ TO 6X60; (Orie ~ ‘Work «. ted near for whic ' da City, Yapidly >of ore thought _ 20 tons } “surface, ~~ pet ween 000 cubi lowing 1 now hia 1230 ton “from fiv on the d are raisi tunnel, : to the p tich qua developr _ Cele On W Dibble, years ol casion friends glorious we glance Judge’s the path of whic! Valley, \ thus far be so fo start on never mé he has tu “This gusted ar the first, the ‘Swe German . airs? W BIG With . _ er, our m ly inere: A. Blam dry goods Broad ar the popu! will insai the publi chased 22 have just the shelv. Camels’ I . Silks, Sui lins; Sum of all kin Fancy Go prices th vada cou same qua . From the ut 37% ce

agitate pe oN em NAR SNARE PEARS BN The Daily Transcript. apeenn: OUPY. CAln so ————_— Saturday J cual 1, 1878. ‘eho. Mm; 1zed ecive for tho , Heemmeeing our name, : . MOTT 2 our oniy authorwg tlt A He. will re oe in EARL RUSSEL-~ DEAD. __. Englapd’s great statesman, John " Russell, died on the 28th inst., at tne advanced age of 86 years. “Earl Rassell waa born in London,’ August 18, 1792, and was the third son ofthe Duke of Bedford. _He was educated at the University of Edinburgh, and after passing some years-of tray-. el was elected to Parliament in 1813, and 800 soon ‘became conspicuous jfor bis “abilities. —During§ bis long career hewas instrumental-ia-effecting . numerous reforms, He strenuousty} advocated Catholic’ emancipation; «pposed coercion bills framed for Ireland. of every description. — In 1828 he carried the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts, In 1835 “be ‘became Secretary of the State for the Home Department, aud afterwards served as Secretary of State of War and the Colonies, Subsequently he was Prime Minister and Secretary of foreign affairs, _In July, 1861, he was elevated to the peerage with the title of Harl Russell of Kingston-Rusvéll, The unfriendly tone assumed toward the United States in the Trent affair, the short participition of England in the Mexican expedition, the interference by a note addressed to Rusbia in favor of Poland in 1863, and} » friendly attitade.towardDenmark+} during the Schleswig-Holstein war are among the salient features of : _his management of foveign affairs,‘ __1n 1866 ‘he again became Prime "Minister, but resigned the following . year and partically renounced politics, Asan author he succeeded _respectably. He was twice married, and died full of honors, Ca nape Kind Words From a Cotemporary. For some time past this paper has been the recipient of numerous kind. ly notices from its cotemporaries of the Coast, but we have geverally considered that our patrons were able to judge for themselvey regarding the improvements being constantly made with a view to making it-of6-of the best-local-papets in the ‘ State, and have forborne republishing the ‘‘testimonials.’””’ But now that the Republican, published at Truckeé, where the Transcrrpr has a large list of subseribers, eomes out gud has its say onthe subject, we/shali depart from our usual custom for once, and give space to the expressed and unprejudiced opinion of one of the best local-journalists in California: We notice a marked improvement intbe calumns of our neighbor, the Nevada ‘Transcnret, lately, and are glad to note thut it is still on the road of prosperity, and its efforts appreciated by the people at the county seat, andin fact throughout the county. The TRanserrpr has ever been the faithful guardian of the interests of Nevada, and its oolumns ure always full of spicy and interesting matter, Freight at the Depot. Freight received at the depot for the following: named parties: N.B.G,.M. Co., Ty Ps Qranda)l, Derbeo Oo., J, Rohr, W, Warner, Buhring & Oo,, W.d,. Johnston, A, I. Zekind, W. A. Sigourney, Hyman Bros,, Hee Lee, W. H. Smith, Sutton Bros,, G. E, Turner. A. L. Woodrpff, J. Hurst, J. Jack, ©. J. Naffviger, B. H.-Miller, A. Gaul, WV. Burge, F. G. Guild, Conn & Eddy, Ye. Lee, H. Gunther, M, Simon, Jackson & Oo., E. W. Bigelow & Co., A. Isoardj'W. D. Vinton, R. M, “Hunt, O.» Maltman, T. Harris, A. Lord G. P. Newell. Mrs Hawley Going to Burope,. Mrs. Judge Hawley, a former resident of this city, now living at) Carson, Nevada, will embark on Monday next fora trip to Europe. The Reno Journal says that; Mrs. Hawley has been in delicate health. for a long time, and hopes that a sea voyage Will improve hez, Her vision ig:alsa; becoming defective, and} értiseniente — uate sad Subseriptions . . ~ ‘The hotels a: are re excelled: So are our advertising columns, Snow fell on Banner “Hill yester4 day forenoon. No business transacted in the Pro‘Sa Odgers V6., James Ennor was on trial in the. County Court yesterday. Don’t forget that this is the last day of the Glass Blowers, Exhibi-ions afternoon and evening,~ Reuben Leech, of Grass Valley, one “was stricken with paralysis some weeks. anes, is slowly a ing. © Yesterday was the first, day of summer. We had to sit op #-red-hot stoye all day in order to realize that fact, however. the Sacramento and Pine street posts, . . from which some scallawag stole the globes afew nights since, ~—No-voin-wilt hereafter be disbursed atthe Watt aud Derbec shafts for labor or material. All payments cisco. We acknowledge the receipt of a complimentary tigk«t to the. Third Annual Re-iitiion of the “Old Nevadans” at Badger’s Park, Oakland, to-day. A four-in-hand coach will. be put on the'stage route between this city for transporting passengers, An‘ attempt was made by-some fall-grown men.to get up a fight between two small boys, in front of the Post Office, Thursday afternoon. Neither of the youngsters happened ‘to be on the muacle, and all bets were declared off. Sheriff Montgomery took James A. Carter to San Quentin yesterday . . morning. Tt isreasonable to -sup. pose that when James. gets his walking papers a yéar hence, he will have . forgotten the art of throwing butcher knives at defenceless women. Will. J. Johnston braces up like a drum-~major, now that his wife has presented him with a little responsibility.in the shape of a nineanda half pound boy. \\ Will, kindly remembered us in a ‘substantial manner in honor of the event, _ Long life to that’ little fellow, say we. x o> An Old Grass Valleyan; Dr, Simpson, a physician formerly residing in Grass ‘Valley, and now located at San Francisco where he has an extensive practice, paid a visit to his old home yesterday, for the first time since it had become a railroad town. When the doctor got off the train at the station, he was ‘completely befogged concerning the points of the compass, He didn’t know for the life of him which way to steer, and not until a native had giventhim explicit directions about following such and such streets, did he find the hotel, A railroad makes great changes but some people don’t believe it: We are not of that number, however. The doctor was as glad to arrive in Grats Valley, as were his host of friends to see him. nally ~ Preferred as Joint Delegate. When the Citizens Conference Committees of Nevada and Sierra counties meet next week to nominate a joint délegate to the Constutitional Convention, itis to be hoped that Hon. Niles Searls, of this city, will permit bis name tu be used before the body as a candidate. We feél confident that his nomination woul be followed by his election, as the popular sentiment in both counties, regardless of party ties, points to him asthe choice of the people. His past legislative record isa sufficient guarantee to the voters that ia’ him they will secure a _ Tepresentative possessing the Jeffersonian tests, and at the polls they.would put into the back-ground all considerations of a less important natare. >? Nevada Talent in Demand. — Mrs. Geo, W. Welch, Miss Annie Naffziger and F. C. Geer, of this city, assisted by a prominent Sacrament basso, received a pressing in}#itation from Sumner Bu:zbee to render “‘Hark Apollo,” at a promen. ade coneert given at the Pavilion i} in connection with the May riper eh 8 sepa er abe ai ic ack iC — e ‘. . will be made in checks on San Franand Duteh Fiat next week, by L. R-] Colgrove, who now uses a carriage. } “come down.” Of late years, Deadwood stock has frequently. been likened to an anchor that bad been dumped into the middle of the sea, without having a ¢able attached soit might be hauled up again,” ““Phere’s no use talking, ‘the Deadwood lias petered out,” said many an old sharp, and themajority of the people chimed in and said Indeed, the prospects of this mine’ were so dubieus for awhile that if a chap struck town with empty pockets and bad health the sympathizing public would express, the poor devil’s condition by saying he mine. But within a few mouths 4 new company leased the diggings, and ‘went to work with # determina‘was a lucky ofe,and they drew the -winning-card;~--Go-to. Kitt’s mill, reader, where a hundred tons of rock worth in the neighborhood of $40 per ton, is being crushed for the}company that leased the supposedly “petered out” Deadwood mine, and then you'll understand why it is that both stock-holders and Tessees . wear such smiling faces, and why it is such way up prices that the owners waht for stock fi their bonanza. “Nothing. Mean About Us,” 7 At a recent meeting of: the Board of City Trustees, the newly elected Olerk declined to receive any pay for his services to the public. ‘The senior proprietor of this paper is one of the members of that Board, and not wishing to be outdone in generosity, has been anxiously awaiting an _opportunity to perpetrate something that nome be about a stand-off with fale soon presented itself, ‘The new. Board had revised 4 number of the City’ Ordinances, which, ot course, required their re-publication, Bids were then called for, and the TRANSCRIPT offered to insert:them in its columns the, sTequired number of times free of charge. * Now it is in order for the other ‘members ot the Board to do something handsome in the way of donations to the city. We shall he pléased. to givethe gentlemen due credit for the same when: they” open their hearts and > City Assessor Long Paralyzed. Late on Thurrlay night last, as City Assessor W. §, Long was proceeding homeward from the meeting of the Board of Equalization, where he had been in attendance during the evening, and had reached a lonely spot on the railroad track, he was attacked with paralysis, and fell to the ground in a helpless condition. No one coming to the assistance of the old gentleman, he was obliged to lie there some two hours before recovering his strength sufficiently to go home. In falling he was severely bruised, and at present writing is unable to be about. Several ‘days will elapse ‘before his recovery, -_ Gen, Kxien Honorably Acquittea. Gen, Ang. V. Kautz, who, it will be, remembered, paid Nevada City a visit a few weeks ~sinee, and while here complimented the Light Guard} organization in a manner which should be a matter of pride to ‘them, . hasrecently been undergoing: the tribulation of being court-martialed at Omaha, and has, as might be expected, been honorably acquitted. The General is.an old school gentleman, a brave soldier, and one of the best Indian fighters i in the service, An Important Agency. the patent right of Bowdoin’s Combination Tables for Nevada county, and will immediately commence supplying these useful articles of} household furniture to all who may desire them. No’ honsekeeper can well afford to be without one of Bowdoin’s tables, as they are both very . convenient and reasonable in price. Mr, Lawrence has made such ar rangements that he hopes to be able to supply the large demand anticipated. **You tin a but eres Lord wil ever f 2 oe for ix = was nearly as bad off as Deadwood . . . clonds in our sky which, Mr. John Lawrence has purchased . of sca on om eed decrib. In tothe ‘beautiful ceremony of denomaliag the graves of the soldiers buried in the cemeteries throughout the United Staies on the 30th of each May, the Virginia Eoterprise of Thursday says: We. have no battle flags towave to-day, -eteries who.in life were pecans . by: a bloody baptism; who offered— all thatman can offer—their lives to vindicate a principle. This is’ the day which bus been set aside by our péople asa Sabbath on, whieh @ saored rite is to be performed. Itis a most beautiful custom to decurate the graves of herdes, Itrecalls a divine-trait in poor human nature when men will seck . the spot where the dead are crumb‘tion to make or break. The deal] #06 #84 Poy offerings to their—dust: . It is a splendid lessou to be impressed upon the minds of children tht there is something so divine inthe act of offering one’s life for bis countryer tq hide the act from memory. It is an~act which laughs death to scorn, and-sosanctifies a poor mortal that even ‘when. his ‘struggle with life is over his “memory becomes the perpetual concern ofhis countrymen, duty shall be faithfully attended to ‘more than do the dead, There are ‘though as yet but small ones, are liable to grow Until all the heavens are again overeast. It is well to go where the dead are sleeping, and there above their dust question, each manhis! heart, if any otber land bas half the blessings that this land possesses; and to try to realize the immetisity of the erime-of trying to do anything to to “distarb its present peace. Our that it takes from the grave al! pow.

We, the living, require that the Nevada Oity, Saturday. ee és aii eaipisidia ak cain . studios face,clear blue eyes, dreamy aspect, and chestnut locks-this is} Edison, the inventor of the phonograph. He is very: deaf, and it is said,‘ has never heard clearly the voice of his invention, The phonograph is his 158th patent) and from} his invevtions he is oes oh re ee = large income. He has a handsome bouse, but does not himself enjoy society, and is never 80 miserable as when he is idle. Sc SAN AS mee = "3 u MARRIED. Pleasant Valley, by Rev. lace C. Huling, to Emma F, Novay. CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. earner nem nen tone IRENE: ain p nm citer lenimmd 1 Citizens’ Non-Parti:_san_ Meetings. ae fHVHE candidates nominated. by the Citizens’ Non-Partisan Couuty Convention of Nevada County E.W. ROBERTS, J.-M WALLING0. 2. STIDGER, AND J. 1. CALDWELL, Will addrees the people upon the questions now p ted for their considera. } tion, at the visti, once and Pp? aces:At Grass Valley,” Thur ~.dune oth ae “« “8th ** Rough and Ready; Mondsy.., “16th * North San Juan, Tuesday.../ ** ** Moore’s Flat; Wédnesday../. ** 12th “ North Bloomfield, Thursday. “ 13th {* Truckee, Saturday. de oe “ Nevada City, Monday Sr eevee’ “« 17th Grass hice, (4 Tueg ** 18th Election Weanésday, June 19th, 1878. May 30-td At the residence of the bride’s parents at}. ~ Mr. Harris, Wak’. itt . On FRIDA SATURDAYMay Bist and June Ist. First Piet sper in this Ctty of of Mlle Rose Stella’s Female Minstrels and Tae << The Female a “—AND—. Nanghty ‘Blondes. CALICO — APRON AND NECK TIE PAR TY.. June 7th, 1878, AT HUNTS HALL. re fal. Orchestra will be in attendance. Ladies-are invited to bringtheir Aprons. and—corres-— ponding Neck Ties. st homes, the desert makes their pillows and the sere moun-. tain bights their head-stones. Birds will not sing above them and flowers will not grow in the sods which press their pulseless breasts. Board of Equalization. The City Board of Equalization met again on the 29th, and 30ih, and ordered the following named persons to appear. before them within ten) days, and show cause why their a sessments should not be a the following named amounts, // Mary Gibson, $800 to $1,400,/ Agnes Gordon, $500 to $700. J. H. Hamilton, $2,406 fo $3,000 G. M, Hughes,” $4,400 Ao $5,200, J. E. Hamlin, $2,700 to $3,000, A. H. Hanson, $2,000 to $2,500. J. E. Jobnston, $5,330 to $6,230, . Charlotte Jeffyey, $400 to $600. W. J. Silinaabe, $5,600 to $6,6.0. Jackson & Richards, $2,000 to $2,600, L. C, Keith, $1,000 to $1,500. N. Keller, $350 to $600. f Wm. Kent, $300 to $600, f B. H. Miller, $5,250 to $6,250 M. L. Marsb, $1,550 to $2,350, Dan Marsh, $1,200 to $1,500. M. L. & D, Marsh, $1,200:to $1,stim, What They Want Edison to Do. Since Edison invented the telephone and phonograph he has more ‘orders, for new inveations, than he can attend to, Oue party wants bim to invent a boneless shad; another wants him to tari his attention to a & pocket-book that will always contain a dollar or two; and while he is about it, he might as well infuse some of his inventive genius into a flight of stairs that won't crea: like all possessed when a man sneaks into the house at midnight.—Saturday Night. eo Hints to Girls. I wish young women could be taught that it does not add a cubit to the stature ofa house to call it a “residence;"? that the church or eyena metibg house is as venerable the “sacred edifice; that it is no tos.y"*.et.re"than tusay ge te ; that the garment so fondi, slowly covered with side plaitout really a gown and yet & “promenade cos.tame;” that it need not bring ablush 'to the cheek of even Mr. Podsnap’s ‘0 to 1 instead < f “Timby" whenlog ie theant;, thet the supper at an evening party is j’ and there are. well-founded obj. to the use gas meter that wont always lie in fa. : +-Yor of the company;a third desires et Fo oey ee uickly frayed . q rg Mi _PENMANSHIP, __ A CLASS IN PENMANSHIP Will be Organized at the HIGH SCHOOL ROOM, NEVADA CITY, Monday Eve’g, June 11, ’78, At 71-2 o'clock, 5. For a course of Fifteen Lessons in _ BUSINESS eo ra = coeepentel citi wie” \ ‘TUITION: Ineluding st: ationery and ico payable at the middle of dees. MISSA J. ELLIOTT, Nevada, May #6, 1878. 8 NEW DRUG STORE, ROAD STREET, ABOVE PINE, NEVADA CITY. (Opposite Stumpf’s em J. F. RUDOLPH, OFFERS FOR SALE A FRESH AXD 4 General. Assortment of DRUGS AND MEDICINES, And all the Popular Patent Medicines of the day. RUDOLPH’S. EXTRACT OF HOREHOUND AND ANISE, FOR COUGHS AND COLDS, Uneqnaled as an Expectoraut. \ PHYSICIANS’ . PRESCRIPTIONS And Family Recipes CAREFULLY AND ACCURATELY COM. POUNDED BY J, F. RUDOLPH, Apothecary. Nevada City, _— 31, 1878, WATCHES & JEWELRY: — GEO, W. WELCH, HAVING MADE LARGE ADDI. TIONS TO HIS STOCK OF. WATCHES AND JEWELRY, And employed a y First Class Watchmaker, Is now preparedto do all kinds of Watch and Glock Repair eacher. . Party. of the season. ~ ANNUAL STRAWBERRY & ICE CREAM FESTIVAL, BY THE LADIES OF THE METHODIST CHUROH, NEVADA CITY, ON Tuesday & Wednesday Eveng’s, June 4th and 5th, 1878, AT THE METHODIST CHURCH, a, ft ON TUESDAY EVENING A GRAND TOURNAMENT WiLi take place, consisting of READING, SPELLING AND PRGNOUNC.4 “ . ING WORDs. For which Prizes wlll be given.” . N WEDNESDAY EVENING, A GRAND CONCERT WILL BE GIVEN BY THE NEVADA CHORAL SOCIETY. . PRIGES OF ADMISSION: On Tuesday Evening, to Tournament, 25 Cents, On Wednesday Evening, to Coneert, 50c. Children Half Price, Refreshments will be se served in the Vestry at the close of each eveuing’s entertainment, to Which all are invited. Nevada City, May 21, 1878. PUBLIC SCHOOL PIc-NIC! or ‘. FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1878. AT STORMS’ RANCH, rv SCHOOLS WILL MARCH IN PROCKSSION from the Washington School House, at 9 o’clock, a. M., » Preeeded by the “NEVADA BRASS BAND. The festivities at the picnic grounds will consist of vocal and instrumental music, dancing, swinging, etc. FARE FOR ROUND TRIP: Adults, $100. Children ~ not on the roll of the Public Schools, 50 cents. ee All children belonging to the Publie Schools will mest in their respective rooms at 8:30 o'clock, where. they will be provided with tickets for om ee ‘., ne 9.25.4. Me and 11 A. M. LON FRIDAY EVENING, = “This will be theclosing ~ = F Aone Grote Valley ab 0:80. nisl : = aod 137A eis abovelf, ios telencarat ;\ A SL eA ne an bee, thi cal Fes ‘ the pi ' City in dil; the Boston concert logal C1 Bugbee that au would . which.» occasion tiiat the making It woul feast eve Nevada, —~ppprecis the The A first c or dram: lack of . Mr, Bug ‘that the ~~ TO 6X60; (Orie ~ ‘Work «. ted near for whic ' da City, Yapidly >of ore thought _ 20 tons } “surface, ~~ pet ween 000 cubi lowing 1 now hia 1230 ton “from fiv on the d are raisi tunnel, : to the p tich qua developr _ Cele On W Dibble, years ol casion friends glorious we glance Judge’s the path of whic! Valley, \ thus far be so fo start on never mé he has tu “This gusted ar the first, the ‘Swe German . airs? W BIG With . _ er, our m ly inere: A. Blam dry goods Broad ar the popu! will insai the publi chased 22 have just the shelv. Camels’ I . Silks, Sui lins; Sum of all kin Fancy Go prices th vada cou same qua . From the ut 37% ce