June 14, 1873 (4 pages)

Che Daily Sew a ie vantaeS CIYE,.0 CALs Another Invasion, San Franciséd is threatened with another in¥asion from abroad, no less damaging than the Mongolian plague, if its press is to be believed. The Alta works itself into a terrible fury because Chicago clothiers, with —_ bags and tape-ties, go ‘about “ the otreets, taking measures and orFruit Prospects. as The fruit prospects in this localiare gene: y good, though the » frosts did “t derable damage In some places, Strawberried’ are very plenty, and _taspberries, black-. berries and currants: will be abundant. The peach and apple crap will be very large, though some of the early varieties were destroyed by frost. The grapes injured by frost are starting out new fruit buds, and this crep willbe good, The greatest damage done by the late frosts was to. the vegetable gardens, the fruit trees generally being so far advanced Chicago, for less. dled: they can be _ obtained in Sam Francisco. The “Alta wants to have these agents that the ‘Teaves Protected ‘the frait from i inary: aime were aon The R Railroad. 7 ye are {nformed that the engineers . We _ taxed or lodged in the edunty jail, and we shall look for an early raid upon them by the Board of Supervisors.of Sin Francisco, backed by the journeymen tailors in that local-' ity. Verily San Francisco is an un-. . fortunate city. Every day somejnew calamity falls upon the metropolis. She has no sooner discovered leprosy, and all the ills of Chinese imwigration, »with prospective earthquakes, cholera, small-pox and Goat Island, than an.army of invaders enter, with tape lines, carpet bags, etc., from Chicago, t> ruin-the commercial prospects of-the-place by taking measurement of ber people for cloth-. .tng in Chicago. Poor unfortunate Ban Francisco, The Geneva” wands P™the'syndicate. It is likely that $15,fe New York dispatch of the 2th says the following, from . official sources, affords a elear statement of the general award business, which has been muddled by telegrams from Washington: ‘‘The sum awarded by the Geneva Conference to the United States in settlement of the Alabama claims, is due from Great Britain Septearber 14th, and semi-official advices state that it will be paid on the 10th instead of the 14th. According to contract. this amount is due in gold coin at Washington; but ‘Secretary Richardson, ut the suggestion of the syndicute, recently called in twenty million dollars of 5-20 bonds, interest to cease on the 16th of September. This was done in order to prevent, so far as possible, any disturbance in the London money market which might interfere with the further funding of the publie debt by 500,000 of the called bonds will be brought in and transmitted in payment of the Geneva affair. After September 16th these bonds will be virtually gold checks on the treasury, at Washington. a a neo Captain Jack. Captain Jack has made a confession, according to telegraphic reports. Captain Jack evidently lies as well aa he fights. He says hedid not kill General Canby, but that Bogas Charley and Shacknasty Jim did,and that they got the things Canby had on; He says he was there but when he found he could not prevent the killing of the Peace Commissioners heleft. He says Scouvhin, who shot at Meacham, never Was a good shot, He charges David Allen, the chief of the Klamaths, with inciting the Modocs to make war and kill Canby. Jack admits that he had. Canby killed, but denies doing it himself. Great Horse Sale. At the sale of Stephen B, Whipple’s horses on Wednesday, nearly a thousand persons attended; and $70,000 worth of horse flesh was disposed of inone day. ‘Harvest Queen” brought $16,500; ‘And the prices gen, erally were good. For ‘‘Ajax’’ $5,100 was bid but he was withdrawn by Whipple, the bidder consenting, Tax Constitutional Convention of Pennsylvania has adopted a provis} ion for illegal voting. It requires that each ballot cast shall’ be numberéd in-the order of its reception, and each voter, if he pleases, may as an additioual safeguard write hie name‘on the back of the ballot: Chief Justice Chase wrote this sentence in Lincoln's emancipation proclamation: ‘‘And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice warranted by the constitution upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate jndgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God." — : Tar man who mails a postal card containing obscene language is, subject to a five of not less than $100 _ por more than $5,000 for each and every ‘offortee. . Patents have been applied for on _. rious-hand to hand fights for the ae engaged on the narrow ‘gauge survey from this city to Colfax_will soon be ready with their report, We are informed that when the survey was first undertaken, ¢ertain men of ample capital said that if the road could be built for a specified sum they stood ready to furnish the means. We also understand that the entire cost will be —considerably less than the maximam amount mentioned by thése capitalists. We hope soon to be able to report the work will soon, be .commenoed, ; Bay Goeds at Home, Nearly alk goods sold in Nevada can be av cheaply purchaséd here as in San’ Francisco. can sell as cheaply as goods can ba purchased arywhere, unless purchases be made in very’ large quantities,and then they can sell as cheap as an outside buyer can get them. Ladies’ Festival. The ladies of the Methodist church will give a festival for the benefit of ‘the church, at the Theatre in this city, ou next Wednesday evening. Extensive preparations are. being made,and the Theatre should be crowded. ‘Gruss Valley Items. We get the following from the Grass Valley Union: J. G. O'Neill, of this place, has invented a lock for use on Postoffice boxes or other similar institutions. ‘The lock is a combination one, and is very simple and at the same time secure. In a few days Sam. Fisher will have one of the O'Neill locks on his box at the Postoffice. Mr. O'Neill has also invented. a combination door lock. both locks. The inventor is a sehool teacher, and spends his leisure hours ns inventing aud making useful ings. Thursday morning at 10 o’clock, James Lawrence, a whiner in the Idaho was: seriously hurt. A rock caved down and struck his right leg, breaking both bones about half way betwéén the knee and ankle joints. Dr. Manson was called to the. case and reduced the fracture. Jack Allison is taking the school census, and some Grass Valley people who think he is levying a capitation tax on youngsters, try to. fool him about the number of their hopefuls. On the Fourth a ball will be given in Grass Valley for the benefit of the town library. A Water War. The Trackeé Republican says: A runior has been prevailing for a nuinber of days past that « war for the possession of several water rights in this vicinity was about to be inaugurated on a large scale. In consequence of such rumor, » number of men from abroad have arrived in town to enlist on either side. , Some. of them came fully armed and ped with Henry rifles,. and others with such insignificant Weapons as shotguns and revolvers. A niimber which place they brought recommendations from prominent men who certified to their courage in vapossession of valuable mining claims, . None of these fighting mén have been employed yet, and there is no prospect that there will be any show for them to enlist in this Vicinity. Such a readiness to assist in the prompt settlement of water. rights, without the tedious circumlocution of the Oourts shows aremarkable indifference to life, and preparation for death singular even in this advanced state of Cbristinwity. Tri is proposed w write messages upon postal cards with invisible ink, neha toe mt nection fh Heaton, caf SEED FFO “Our merchants . generally have very large stocks, and of them were from Pioche, from . aay Night. On next as fay night Professor Havell and hig. school, and Miss Helen give an entertainment of voeal and instrumental music, at the theatre, in ‘offered, and the entertainment. will conclude with “Box and Cox.” _Professor Havell as ‘‘Cox’’ J. Earl Brown as ‘Box’’.and Miss Marble as *‘Mrs: Bouncer.’’ Duringthe evening prizes will be. awardedto the pepils of 6:38 Havell, ‘Manyanp Senatonsarp.~-The contest for the -United--StatesSenatorship frem Maryland promises to be sharp, Governor Whyie and ex-Goy-. ernor Swann, now “in the Lower dates on the Democratic side. The Republicans. are working hard in hopes — of slipping in between, the Democratic factions, in Which ease it is likely that Postmaster-General Cresswell would be their. candidate. The Legislature which is to appoint a Senator will be elected on-the 4th of November. The Benator whose term will expire on the 4th of March, 1675, is William T. Hamilton. Tur editor of the Columbus. Ga., Sun, who was present at the Atlanta Convention, sumstp the. results in his judgment in these words: ‘So far, then, as the Convention was the ocea: ion for much self-landation, gas and brass, and a small amount of practical sense and eloquence—of fuss, fashion, fun, and feathers, ‘it was a glorious success, but as to any substantial aid given to the main object, it proved a ridiculous blunder and failure. a Sn i EDEN Park costs Cincinnati $2,000 a week, over $1,000 of. which is for ground rent. There isa ring in it, of course, the members of which lease the ground to the city, but do not return, as taxable property the immense capital which this $1,000 per week represents. So there is some grumbling, butit isof the helpless kind. form the Encinal, the paper of his neighborhood, that he would not consent to serve as United States Senator ‘under any circumstances.” It would ‘live been in better taste and far more modest had the ex-Governor held back his declination until deceiving an invitation. A REMARKARLE man died the other day in Ooakland, if all that is said about him be true. He had been in the State twenty years—most of the time in the mines—and during all that. period had never been known to drink a drop of intoxicating liquor or to utter a word of 4 profanity. Smapraemiwo on the Hudson . resulted in an average daily catch of 20,000 fish. One hundred and ninety-two buats, valued at $16,450; 204 nets, worth $31,644, and 380 men minipulate them, are employed in the fishery. — ~~Amona the o Tmarriages in “very high life’’ recently announced in ‘New York, was that of J. B. Mathews, the gon of the well-known millionaire, Edward Mathews, to Miss Ida Smith, formerly of Lydia Thompson's troupe of blondes. Tarne isa piano in Paris which persists in making music at all hours and with none but invisible aid; and*hot only this, “but all the chairs in the neighborhood persist in dancing through the entire performance, A véTERAN of Nepoleon’s Russian campaign, who had survived not , oe the shocks of the battle but the more shocking name of GugBe oa for forty-eight years, succumbed to the climate of Boston last week, A Forp pu Lac (Wis.) youth who’ was.shot through the head a year ago, is not a whit the worse for it, which shows there 1s some advan-<. tage in not being overburdened with brains under certain circumstances. Curr Tamles ¢ “Chase was the last of his line, His six or seven brothers, like himself, died leaving -no sons. The name, so far as the immediate branch from the father is concerned, is extinct. Aw elegant blue silk banner recently presented to the Atlanta, Ga., cadets, bears upon the side & representative of the Confederate taking its flight hheavenward. The flight to the other place would be . more appropriate, eSe arble of San Franciseo, will this city. An excellent programme is House, being the principal candi. Ex-Gov. Hargut makes haste to in-. els into the wine districts of” on frosty nights, heis half suffocated by the dense smoke which fills the air and overhangs the whole country. Upon inquiry he learns that this smoke arises from casks of tar, and that it is designed to proteet the vineyards from frost by the creation ‘of artifieiat clouds. It is said that in Maryland for the protection of fruit trees, with considerable success. Itseemsa pity to resort to processes for frnit— which. destroy the beauty of the landscape, of life, Any one who has bee==in great manufacturing districts will recall the thick and smoky atmosphere the same experiment has been tried’ ‘defile the™ air, arid add'to:the gloom . .STATISTICAL prognosficator says tthe postal card "not cost, aed delivery, « nore than onefifth its ifcome, and that the number of sealed letters will not ‘be lespened. good speculation. n for U. 8. A Fatz River, Mass., man has been expelled from office for patronizing a cock-fight, and a Philadelphia -alderman has béen fined $100 and [ment ‘for taking illegal fees. The work goes bravely on. . Tueamount paid for duties on im$3,204,793, a deereiise of $294,053 ‘with a bhudder, and what shall we do. whéi not only large towns, but vineyards and gardens are also overhung with. aw leaden pall? But_if there is profit in smoke, it will cettainly-be made, and the -old adage about ‘‘all ending in “smoke’’: will lose a part of its force, al _A Famity Nercupornoop.—The A. W. Richardson, Sr., (familiarly known as Applewhite Richardson, ) lives on Little river, neax Earpsboro, in O'Neal’s township, Johnson county. He is seventy-two years old, ‘and hale and hearty, so much so that until he joined the church two years ago he could beat any of his sons in & good square night’s dancing, and he could do so now if not prehibited by the church, Mr. Richardson has beea three times married, his third wife now living. He is the father of twenty-seven children, of whom six were girls, and of the whole number twenty-five are now living. He has also eighty-six grandchildren, and one hundred and eighty-six greatgrandchildren, It is a remarkable fact in connection with this large family that they are so located around the good old patriarch as to be able to leave home in the morning, take dinner with the good old gentleman, and return to their homes . the same day. % Prince Irunziwer, or Mexico.—A Paris letter to the London Timés, under date of May 10th, reports as follows: ‘‘Prince Iturbide, of Mexico, the last surviving son of the Emperor Iturbide, (who was shot at Padilla on July 21, 1822,) died yesterday at bis lodgings, 163 Rue du Roule, aged 55. He came.to Paris duriug the Mexican war, in Deceinber, 1865 and had several interviews with the American’ Minister, whose support he canvassed in favor of his dynasty; The sudden conclusion of the war leaving him no chance, he resigned himself to a very humble kind of Paris life. He became attached to a housemaid in the Hotel Espagnol Boulevard Montmartre, where he lived for six months, and with her he started a table d’hote on the third floor of the house No. 6 Bowlevard Montmartre, where this son of an Emperor might often be seen in person going round the: table to collect the small scot of 1f. 60c. per head. In 1857 he bought a dancing and singing cafe at Courbevole, which he sold at a profit the next year. He had but little wealth, and left that little to his — Tux Nebraska State Fair will be held at Lincoln September 1 to 5, 1873. Among the premiums offered are the following: “Sixteen premiums of 40 acres each, first-class Nebraska lands, will be given for newspaper articles written andpublished in any newspaper or newspapers in the world, either as editorials or as communications, between the first day of April and the first day of September, 1873: Subject: Her natural advantages and anew ces, oo? Tas New Custom Hovose ar Sr. Lovis.—A St. Louis correspondent of the New York Sun says: Congress ‘the erection of a new custom house in this city, there has been a grand rush for the spoils. A half million has already been spent for the lot on which to put the building. Two Kinds of stone are to be used in its ®®1 construction. ‘The contract for the upper stone work has been given to Snyder & Brown, the owners of granite quarries out on the Tron Mountain railroad. This Brown_ is our old friend Gratz, ex-Senator and SEVERAL new locations of quicksilver mines have recently been made on. Squaw creek, in the northeast corner of Sonoma county, } = es Raleigh Sentinel has the’-following:4. -‘Nebraska-— having appropriated $4,000,000 for ex-candidate for the vice-presidency . same ‘period of last year. nounced as.a prospective bride for the Iowa,is mentioned asthe bridegroom this time. Lxo Hupson, the Mazeppa rider, died in St. Lowis, May 20th, from ‘injuries received at the time of the Her real name was Julia V. Hudson: Tue last square rod of land in the immediate vicinity of Niagara Falls upon which a visitor could plant his feet, without paying for the privilege has been fenced in by speculators. ALEXANDER OnasaN, brakeman on the Southern Pacific Railroad, was riding on the coweatcher of an engine at San Pedro station, when he -fell and was instantly killed. Tur phaeton presented by Mew York Democrats to President Jackson on his retirement from office, is among the sights at the Nashville Exposition, dp At a recent concert given in Florence, the overture to ‘Semiamide’’ and the march for ‘Iie Prophete,”’ were played by 48 hands and 12 pianos. : : ~~ Tar Contra Costa Gazette estimates. that in one way oranother the squirrels of that county cost its people each year one-ténth the valué of all the produce of their farms. Ae Wrxe producers will be cheered by the information that the.prices of all wines have an upward ceases ds in New York,’ Eacurs have deotityyed seventyfive Iambs this season for~ John -Buchard of Big valley, Lassen county. Committe of Mono county have nominated Judge Reed for District Judge, Jas. M. Txompson,. whom the Napa farmers want to ran for the Assembly, has declined the proffered honor. Mur,. Awna Bisnop is going to sing her way round the world for the fifth time, going first:to Calirornia, China and Australia. Two children died lately at Median, Texas, from drinking water from grasshoppers had accumulated. NE MARRIED, ; fA At St. Jeseph’s Church, San i June 30th, 1873, Hrencleee, by Rev. Father Cassidy, Mr. Mr. Thomas Cc. Moran, of Grass Valley, to ‘ = Miss Mary Elien Bohannan of San ps hog Political Announcements. ce For ‘Sheriff. LiJaH o. TOMPKINS is hereby anE nounced as a candidate for ereby an. of Sheriff. Subject to the decision of the Republican’ Convention. For r Sheriff. JOuN MAJOR annou: announces himself Ps . candidate for the office of See of Ne. vada County. Subjcet to Sahar of the Democratic Cunivention: For Recorder, EE GARTHE is hereby ‘announced Lie ccoditne Subject “bjt to the th a 7 Bes ceratic Gonventio, decision of the hoa WM. WOODWARD & Co. MiSezactrnres AND p WHOLERALE y 7) ” ‘Therefore . it will prove a] sentenced to nine months imprison. ports at the San’ Francisco Custom . House, fromr-January. Ist to ‘date, ‘is . from the amount paid during «the . . Miss’ Anne Disiiack has been an. dozenth time. Senator Allison, of . killing of her mare “‘Blacs Bess.’ Tue Republican County Central . a well in which large quantities of . ” BELY, & ca a "ava crm, ‘ KEEP PATENT MEDICINES, FANCY ARTICLES, Bibs ravens PLO “NEVAD Leroy Crar Dutch Flat good time. _* There will Nevada Ligh! ’ half past 8 o' Fred Senn oftice some. fi _ cherries and The’ Truck Cc i, “MeGle the Republic Tiwig Store. { 4 found ins First. clasg Cor. Pine & Commercial} Streets (Bussenias’ Ola. . Stand, jue. ‘CAREFULLY coy, POUNDED. N Ye y FOUNTAIN . SODA! BELL & BROWN'S Cor. Pine and Commercial Sts, NEVADA CITY. 1776. 1873, July 4 4th. CELEBRATE ! __ CELEBRATE! FIREWORKS, A ai HE Greatest Pleasure to thie: iirentest Number ut the Least Expeuse. CHURCH & CLARK, ¢ rks of all teed superior to amy, a Sky Rockéts, Roman Candles, Bengolas. Floral. Shells, Blue Lights, Mines of Stars, Balloons ete. etc. Portable Pieces for Exhibitions, which can be transported without injury. : CHURCH & CLARK, 407 Front St. San Francisoo. Fountain Soda, Ice Cream, ae Pe jex0 : ANTOINE ‘TAM, N-PINE STREET, is prepared to furnish the people of this city with the very best qualities of Fountain Soda, Ice Cream, Oysters, Candies, &c. My Fountajn Soda is equal te any. The Tee Cream is No, 1, and oreeatedy ms may Orstery are the best to be bad in th Give me a call and I will treat you well, Nevada, June 10th, NEW ARRANGEMENT. _ANTOINE TAM. ene Nevada City aud Dutch Flat arri bedomss yw > CRARY, Proprietor. < Nevada, —a 1873. ALE © OF FISHER’S MYDRAUIC CHIEF NOZZLES, both perfect ly new and in excellent condition. Wi! sold cheap for cash, Inquire of GEQ. E, TURNEB, Nevada City, Cl° mil . perintendent ~The Supe Board of Ex July 7th, to. ; of property We are in Callum, of mento, for a Law and re return than! The Boa meet on the pose. of es where requ tion officers We saw 0 terday, a n den-use. J] dinary gar ‘of water ] which revo The stag Yate time, in with ma end the Sz starts ou through to ; Tov. A very . ments hay during the All the ca: terers and work th: dwellings paired an ing has — where. . there are where im general a: , umong or . desiré to and to in glad to se insures tl residence our peop ment fo town and The Nevad: up a cele been sug erally si business Juan or of witne these ple Departm tions fro these a1 go to &: Bloomfi J There brook P ing at 2 go againz they wil Col. Po “Angie will ma um.”’ Grant”’ and th race an such sp . county _ May mo stroyed to work fire in. the hor _ It was were ] adjoini is estit

Che Daily Sew a ie vantaeS CIYE,.0 CALs Another Invasion, San Franciséd is threatened with another in¥asion from abroad, no less damaging than the Mongolian plague, if its press is to be believed. The Alta works itself into a terrible fury because Chicago clothiers, with —_ bags and tape-ties, go ‘about “ the otreets, taking measures and orFruit Prospects. as The fruit prospects in this localiare gene: y good, though the » frosts did “t derable damage In some places, Strawberried’ are very plenty, and _taspberries, black-. berries and currants: will be abundant. The peach and apple crap will be very large, though some of the early varieties were destroyed by frost. The grapes injured by frost are starting out new fruit buds, and this crep willbe good, The greatest damage done by the late frosts was to. the vegetable gardens, the fruit trees generally being so far advanced Chicago, for less. dled: they can be _ obtained in Sam Francisco. The “Alta wants to have these agents that the ‘Teaves Protected ‘the frait from i inary: aime were aon The R Railroad. 7 ye are {nformed that the engineers . We _ taxed or lodged in the edunty jail, and we shall look for an early raid upon them by the Board of Supervisors.of Sin Francisco, backed by the journeymen tailors in that local-' ity. Verily San Francisco is an un-. . fortunate city. Every day somejnew calamity falls upon the metropolis. She has no sooner discovered leprosy, and all the ills of Chinese imwigration, »with prospective earthquakes, cholera, small-pox and Goat Island, than an.army of invaders enter, with tape lines, carpet bags, etc., from Chicago, t> ruin-the commercial prospects of-the-place by taking measurement of ber people for cloth-. .tng in Chicago. Poor unfortunate Ban Francisco, The Geneva” wands P™the'syndicate. It is likely that $15,fe New York dispatch of the 2th says the following, from . official sources, affords a elear statement of the general award business, which has been muddled by telegrams from Washington: ‘‘The sum awarded by the Geneva Conference to the United States in settlement of the Alabama claims, is due from Great Britain Septearber 14th, and semi-official advices state that it will be paid on the 10th instead of the 14th. According to contract. this amount is due in gold coin at Washington; but ‘Secretary Richardson, ut the suggestion of the syndicute, recently called in twenty million dollars of 5-20 bonds, interest to cease on the 16th of September. This was done in order to prevent, so far as possible, any disturbance in the London money market which might interfere with the further funding of the publie debt by 500,000 of the called bonds will be brought in and transmitted in payment of the Geneva affair. After September 16th these bonds will be virtually gold checks on the treasury, at Washington. a a neo Captain Jack. Captain Jack has made a confession, according to telegraphic reports. Captain Jack evidently lies as well aa he fights. He says hedid not kill General Canby, but that Bogas Charley and Shacknasty Jim did,and that they got the things Canby had on; He says he was there but when he found he could not prevent the killing of the Peace Commissioners heleft. He says Scouvhin, who shot at Meacham, never Was a good shot, He charges David Allen, the chief of the Klamaths, with inciting the Modocs to make war and kill Canby. Jack admits that he had. Canby killed, but denies doing it himself. Great Horse Sale. At the sale of Stephen B, Whipple’s horses on Wednesday, nearly a thousand persons attended; and $70,000 worth of horse flesh was disposed of inone day. ‘Harvest Queen” brought $16,500; ‘And the prices gen, erally were good. For ‘‘Ajax’’ $5,100 was bid but he was withdrawn by Whipple, the bidder consenting, Tax Constitutional Convention of Pennsylvania has adopted a provis} ion for illegal voting. It requires that each ballot cast shall’ be numberéd in-the order of its reception, and each voter, if he pleases, may as an additioual safeguard write hie name‘on the back of the ballot: Chief Justice Chase wrote this sentence in Lincoln's emancipation proclamation: ‘‘And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice warranted by the constitution upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate jndgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God." — : Tar man who mails a postal card containing obscene language is, subject to a five of not less than $100 _ por more than $5,000 for each and every ‘offortee. . Patents have been applied for on _. rious-hand to hand fights for the ae engaged on the narrow ‘gauge survey from this city to Colfax_will soon be ready with their report, We are informed that when the survey was first undertaken, ¢ertain men of ample capital said that if the road could be built for a specified sum they stood ready to furnish the means. We also understand that the entire cost will be —considerably less than the maximam amount mentioned by thése capitalists. We hope soon to be able to report the work will soon, be .commenoed, ; Bay Goeds at Home, Nearly alk goods sold in Nevada can be av cheaply purchaséd here as in San’ Francisco. can sell as cheaply as goods can ba purchased arywhere, unless purchases be made in very’ large quantities,and then they can sell as cheap as an outside buyer can get them. Ladies’ Festival. The ladies of the Methodist church will give a festival for the benefit of ‘the church, at the Theatre in this city, ou next Wednesday evening. Extensive preparations are. being made,and the Theatre should be crowded. ‘Gruss Valley Items. We get the following from the Grass Valley Union: J. G. O'Neill, of this place, has invented a lock for use on Postoffice boxes or other similar institutions. ‘The lock is a combination one, and is very simple and at the same time secure. In a few days Sam. Fisher will have one of the O'Neill locks on his box at the Postoffice. Mr. O'Neill has also invented. a combination door lock. both locks. The inventor is a sehool teacher, and spends his leisure hours ns inventing aud making useful ings. Thursday morning at 10 o’clock, James Lawrence, a whiner in the Idaho was: seriously hurt. A rock caved down and struck his right leg, breaking both bones about half way betwéén the knee and ankle joints. Dr. Manson was called to the. case and reduced the fracture. Jack Allison is taking the school census, and some Grass Valley people who think he is levying a capitation tax on youngsters, try to. fool him about the number of their hopefuls. On the Fourth a ball will be given in Grass Valley for the benefit of the town library. A Water War. The Trackeé Republican says: A runior has been prevailing for a nuinber of days past that « war for the possession of several water rights in this vicinity was about to be inaugurated on a large scale. In consequence of such rumor, » number of men from abroad have arrived in town to enlist on either side. , Some. of them came fully armed and ped with Henry rifles,. and others with such insignificant Weapons as shotguns and revolvers. A niimber which place they brought recommendations from prominent men who certified to their courage in vapossession of valuable mining claims, . None of these fighting mén have been employed yet, and there is no prospect that there will be any show for them to enlist in this Vicinity. Such a readiness to assist in the prompt settlement of water. rights, without the tedious circumlocution of the Oourts shows aremarkable indifference to life, and preparation for death singular even in this advanced state of Cbristinwity. Tri is proposed w write messages upon postal cards with invisible ink, neha toe mt nection fh Heaton, caf SEED FFO “Our merchants . generally have very large stocks, and of them were from Pioche, from . aay Night. On next as fay night Professor Havell and hig. school, and Miss Helen give an entertainment of voeal and instrumental music, at the theatre, in ‘offered, and the entertainment. will conclude with “Box and Cox.” _Professor Havell as ‘‘Cox’’ J. Earl Brown as ‘Box’’.and Miss Marble as *‘Mrs: Bouncer.’’ Duringthe evening prizes will be. awardedto the pepils of 6:38 Havell, ‘Manyanp Senatonsarp.~-The contest for the -United--StatesSenatorship frem Maryland promises to be sharp, Governor Whyie and ex-Goy-. ernor Swann, now “in the Lower dates on the Democratic side. The Republicans. are working hard in hopes — of slipping in between, the Democratic factions, in Which ease it is likely that Postmaster-General Cresswell would be their. candidate. The Legislature which is to appoint a Senator will be elected on-the 4th of November. The Benator whose term will expire on the 4th of March, 1675, is William T. Hamilton. Tur editor of the Columbus. Ga., Sun, who was present at the Atlanta Convention, sumstp the. results in his judgment in these words: ‘So far, then, as the Convention was the ocea: ion for much self-landation, gas and brass, and a small amount of practical sense and eloquence—of fuss, fashion, fun, and feathers, ‘it was a glorious success, but as to any substantial aid given to the main object, it proved a ridiculous blunder and failure. a Sn i EDEN Park costs Cincinnati $2,000 a week, over $1,000 of. which is for ground rent. There isa ring in it, of course, the members of which lease the ground to the city, but do not return, as taxable property the immense capital which this $1,000 per week represents. So there is some grumbling, butit isof the helpless kind. form the Encinal, the paper of his neighborhood, that he would not consent to serve as United States Senator ‘under any circumstances.” It would ‘live been in better taste and far more modest had the ex-Governor held back his declination until deceiving an invitation. A REMARKARLE man died the other day in Ooakland, if all that is said about him be true. He had been in the State twenty years—most of the time in the mines—and during all that. period had never been known to drink a drop of intoxicating liquor or to utter a word of 4 profanity. Smapraemiwo on the Hudson . resulted in an average daily catch of 20,000 fish. One hundred and ninety-two buats, valued at $16,450; 204 nets, worth $31,644, and 380 men minipulate them, are employed in the fishery. — ~~Amona the o Tmarriages in “very high life’’ recently announced in ‘New York, was that of J. B. Mathews, the gon of the well-known millionaire, Edward Mathews, to Miss Ida Smith, formerly of Lydia Thompson's troupe of blondes. Tarne isa piano in Paris which persists in making music at all hours and with none but invisible aid; and*hot only this, “but all the chairs in the neighborhood persist in dancing through the entire performance, A véTERAN of Nepoleon’s Russian campaign, who had survived not , oe the shocks of the battle but the more shocking name of GugBe oa for forty-eight years, succumbed to the climate of Boston last week, A Forp pu Lac (Wis.) youth who’ was.shot through the head a year ago, is not a whit the worse for it, which shows there 1s some advan-<. tage in not being overburdened with brains under certain circumstances. Curr Tamles ¢ “Chase was the last of his line, His six or seven brothers, like himself, died leaving -no sons. The name, so far as the immediate branch from the father is concerned, is extinct. Aw elegant blue silk banner recently presented to the Atlanta, Ga., cadets, bears upon the side & representative of the Confederate taking its flight hheavenward. The flight to the other place would be . more appropriate, eSe arble of San Franciseo, will this city. An excellent programme is House, being the principal candi. Ex-Gov. Hargut makes haste to in-. els into the wine districts of” on frosty nights, heis half suffocated by the dense smoke which fills the air and overhangs the whole country. Upon inquiry he learns that this smoke arises from casks of tar, and that it is designed to proteet the vineyards from frost by the creation ‘of artifieiat clouds. It is said that in Maryland for the protection of fruit trees, with considerable success. Itseemsa pity to resort to processes for frnit— which. destroy the beauty of the landscape, of life, Any one who has bee==in great manufacturing districts will recall the thick and smoky atmosphere the same experiment has been tried’ ‘defile the™ air, arid add'to:the gloom . .STATISTICAL prognosficator says tthe postal card "not cost, aed delivery, « nore than onefifth its ifcome, and that the number of sealed letters will not ‘be lespened. good speculation. n for U. 8. A Fatz River, Mass., man has been expelled from office for patronizing a cock-fight, and a Philadelphia -alderman has béen fined $100 and [ment ‘for taking illegal fees. The work goes bravely on. . Tueamount paid for duties on im$3,204,793, a deereiise of $294,053 ‘with a bhudder, and what shall we do. whéi not only large towns, but vineyards and gardens are also overhung with. aw leaden pall? But_if there is profit in smoke, it will cettainly-be made, and the -old adage about ‘‘all ending in “smoke’’: will lose a part of its force, al _A Famity Nercupornoop.—The A. W. Richardson, Sr., (familiarly known as Applewhite Richardson, ) lives on Little river, neax Earpsboro, in O'Neal’s township, Johnson county. He is seventy-two years old, ‘and hale and hearty, so much so that

until he joined the church two years ago he could beat any of his sons in & good square night’s dancing, and he could do so now if not prehibited by the church, Mr. Richardson has beea three times married, his third wife now living. He is the father of twenty-seven children, of whom six were girls, and of the whole number twenty-five are now living. He has also eighty-six grandchildren, and one hundred and eighty-six greatgrandchildren, It is a remarkable fact in connection with this large family that they are so located around the good old patriarch as to be able to leave home in the morning, take dinner with the good old gentleman, and return to their homes . the same day. % Prince Irunziwer, or Mexico.—A Paris letter to the London Timés, under date of May 10th, reports as follows: ‘‘Prince Iturbide, of Mexico, the last surviving son of the Emperor Iturbide, (who was shot at Padilla on July 21, 1822,) died yesterday at bis lodgings, 163 Rue du Roule, aged 55. He came.to Paris duriug the Mexican war, in Deceinber, 1865 and had several interviews with the American’ Minister, whose support he canvassed in favor of his dynasty; The sudden conclusion of the war leaving him no chance, he resigned himself to a very humble kind of Paris life. He became attached to a housemaid in the Hotel Espagnol Boulevard Montmartre, where he lived for six months, and with her he started a table d’hote on the third floor of the house No. 6 Bowlevard Montmartre, where this son of an Emperor might often be seen in person going round the: table to collect the small scot of 1f. 60c. per head. In 1857 he bought a dancing and singing cafe at Courbevole, which he sold at a profit the next year. He had but little wealth, and left that little to his — Tux Nebraska State Fair will be held at Lincoln September 1 to 5, 1873. Among the premiums offered are the following: “Sixteen premiums of 40 acres each, first-class Nebraska lands, will be given for newspaper articles written andpublished in any newspaper or newspapers in the world, either as editorials or as communications, between the first day of April and the first day of September, 1873: Subject: Her natural advantages and anew ces, oo? Tas New Custom Hovose ar Sr. Lovis.—A St. Louis correspondent of the New York Sun says: Congress ‘the erection of a new custom house in this city, there has been a grand rush for the spoils. A half million has already been spent for the lot on which to put the building. Two Kinds of stone are to be used in its ®®1 construction. ‘The contract for the upper stone work has been given to Snyder & Brown, the owners of granite quarries out on the Tron Mountain railroad. This Brown_ is our old friend Gratz, ex-Senator and SEVERAL new locations of quicksilver mines have recently been made on. Squaw creek, in the northeast corner of Sonoma county, } = es Raleigh Sentinel has the’-following:4. -‘Nebraska-— having appropriated $4,000,000 for ex-candidate for the vice-presidency . same ‘period of last year. nounced as.a prospective bride for the Iowa,is mentioned asthe bridegroom this time. Lxo Hupson, the Mazeppa rider, died in St. Lowis, May 20th, from ‘injuries received at the time of the Her real name was Julia V. Hudson: Tue last square rod of land in the immediate vicinity of Niagara Falls upon which a visitor could plant his feet, without paying for the privilege has been fenced in by speculators. ALEXANDER OnasaN, brakeman on the Southern Pacific Railroad, was riding on the coweatcher of an engine at San Pedro station, when he -fell and was instantly killed. Tur phaeton presented by Mew York Democrats to President Jackson on his retirement from office, is among the sights at the Nashville Exposition, dp At a recent concert given in Florence, the overture to ‘Semiamide’’ and the march for ‘Iie Prophete,”’ were played by 48 hands and 12 pianos. : : ~~ Tar Contra Costa Gazette estimates. that in one way oranother the squirrels of that county cost its people each year one-ténth the valué of all the produce of their farms. Ae Wrxe producers will be cheered by the information that the.prices of all wines have an upward ceases ds in New York,’ Eacurs have deotityyed seventyfive Iambs this season for~ John -Buchard of Big valley, Lassen county. Committe of Mono county have nominated Judge Reed for District Judge, Jas. M. Txompson,. whom the Napa farmers want to ran for the Assembly, has declined the proffered honor. Mur,. Awna Bisnop is going to sing her way round the world for the fifth time, going first:to Calirornia, China and Australia. Two children died lately at Median, Texas, from drinking water from grasshoppers had accumulated. NE MARRIED, ; fA At St. Jeseph’s Church, San i June 30th, 1873, Hrencleee, by Rev. Father Cassidy, Mr. Mr. Thomas Cc. Moran, of Grass Valley, to ‘ = Miss Mary Elien Bohannan of San ps hog Political Announcements. ce For ‘Sheriff. LiJaH o. TOMPKINS is hereby anE nounced as a candidate for ereby an. of Sheriff. Subject to the decision of the Republican’ Convention. For r Sheriff. JOuN MAJOR annou: announces himself Ps . candidate for the office of See of Ne. vada County. Subjcet to Sahar of the Democratic Cunivention: For Recorder, EE GARTHE is hereby ‘announced Lie ccoditne Subject “bjt to the th a 7 Bes ceratic Gonventio, decision of the hoa WM. WOODWARD & Co. MiSezactrnres AND p WHOLERALE y 7) ” ‘Therefore . it will prove a] sentenced to nine months imprison. ports at the San’ Francisco Custom . House, fromr-January. Ist to ‘date, ‘is . from the amount paid during «the . . Miss’ Anne Disiiack has been an. dozenth time. Senator Allison, of . killing of her mare “‘Blacs Bess.’ Tue Republican County Central . a well in which large quantities of . ” BELY, & ca a "ava crm, ‘ KEEP PATENT MEDICINES, FANCY ARTICLES, Bibs ravens PLO “NEVAD Leroy Crar Dutch Flat good time. _* There will Nevada Ligh! ’ half past 8 o' Fred Senn oftice some. fi _ cherries and The’ Truck Cc i, “MeGle the Republic Tiwig Store. { 4 found ins First. clasg Cor. Pine & Commercial} Streets (Bussenias’ Ola. . Stand, jue. ‘CAREFULLY coy, POUNDED. N Ye y FOUNTAIN . SODA! BELL & BROWN'S Cor. Pine and Commercial Sts, NEVADA CITY. 1776. 1873, July 4 4th. CELEBRATE ! __ CELEBRATE! FIREWORKS, A ai HE Greatest Pleasure to thie: iirentest Number ut the Least Expeuse. CHURCH & CLARK, ¢ rks of all teed superior to amy, a Sky Rockéts, Roman Candles, Bengolas. Floral. Shells, Blue Lights, Mines of Stars, Balloons ete. etc. Portable Pieces for Exhibitions, which can be transported without injury. : CHURCH & CLARK, 407 Front St. San Francisoo. Fountain Soda, Ice Cream, ae Pe jex0 : ANTOINE ‘TAM, N-PINE STREET, is prepared to furnish the people of this city with the very best qualities of Fountain Soda, Ice Cream, Oysters, Candies, &c. My Fountajn Soda is equal te any. The Tee Cream is No, 1, and oreeatedy ms may Orstery are the best to be bad in th Give me a call and I will treat you well, Nevada, June 10th, NEW ARRANGEMENT. _ANTOINE TAM. ene Nevada City aud Dutch Flat arri bedomss yw > CRARY, Proprietor. < Nevada, —a 1873. ALE © OF FISHER’S MYDRAUIC CHIEF NOZZLES, both perfect ly new and in excellent condition. Wi! sold cheap for cash, Inquire of GEQ. E, TURNEB, Nevada City, Cl° mil . perintendent ~The Supe Board of Ex July 7th, to. ; of property We are in Callum, of mento, for a Law and re return than! The Boa meet on the pose. of es where requ tion officers We saw 0 terday, a n den-use. J] dinary gar ‘of water ] which revo The stag Yate time, in with ma end the Sz starts ou through to ; Tov. A very . ments hay during the All the ca: terers and work th: dwellings paired an ing has — where. . there are where im general a: , umong or . desiré to and to in glad to se insures tl residence our peop ment fo town and The Nevad: up a cele been sug erally si business Juan or of witne these ple Departm tions fro these a1 go to &: Bloomfi J There brook P ing at 2 go againz they wil Col. Po “Angie will ma um.”’ Grant”’ and th race an such sp . county _ May mo stroyed to work fire in. the hor _ It was were ] adjoini is estit