June 17, 1880 (4 pages)

ee ; + Bi Daily Branscript, . NEVADA CITY, CALIFORMIA. == Thursday. June 11th, 1880, ee The Old, old Story. Several years ago a boss. mechanic “Same from the Kast with his wife and children and settled in one of the principal cities on the coast. He hired a good looking young man. to-work for him. at He was a hard drinker,and theemploye’s frequently expressed sympa, ed wile. The-boss mechanic” woke” up~one morning to find himself alone in the hed, the good looking man gone, and . with the lovers bis children t had rk wise departed. r= ee — ‘For three years: more or lessme spent most of his time in wondering what had beeome of te runaways. A few weeks since he heard they wete living in Nevada City. The other day he came here. “TJ have found you at last,” his greeting as he appeared ‘before _the— = an-her— aprései was nt -oclock, Mr. : eee PENCILINGS. An Interesting Exhibition of ‘Slate » Writing by Walter Price—A Liberal Supply of Messages—A Specimen of “Spirit Land” Latin. About fifty well-knows ladies and } gentlemen, including a number of Spiritualists, assembled at the par~ lors of the Union Hote. Monday evening to witnees the ‘‘slate-writing tests” of Walter Price, a young man who says he has devoted more or less attention to the subject for four years past, but never till now given a publie exhibition of his powers.Be.ween eight and nine o'clock . Geo, W. Welch and R. E. Robinson for mining” “operties. The indito’the above died'in Detroit, Michigan, more than twenty-two years . ago, where he was for a while Sher: . iffand at one time was associated withMr. W.in the banking business. 2 Mr. and Mrs. A. W Equidem. non is so'um convenio aveo, qui ipse. cognosco, sed ille etiam de qui audio et lego. Quum tot signum natura: declaro ; quis ‘volo, anquiro, et desidero, obserdesco tamen necio quomodo, nec is qui ab is moneo audio. _Hic tu sum potius, quam tu migabilis Me Fretus intelligentia vester, dissero breviter, quam ‘arrived, bringing with them a pair end with a copper rivet, and wrapped up inalarge sheet of paper. . This package they deposited ‘on the ‘hat-rackin ‘the. hall-way,” intending to-prodube their own slates as sub— stitutes for the pair—of small o ones which had been supplied by the mediuin and were:lying on the cenjertab e where the audience might inspect them. A though the time for beginning the tests had been pre— viously announced as half-past eight Price. delayed_it at for friends. eausa desidero. Dear F you, but « can only say &—word, 80 many wish to speak, --B—. and Unele F.—— are with me. We are ail with you and watch ever mother's bedside. Before many days we wif talk = you again, _ We remembe? papa, mamma, and _all: our Good-bye,, ~~ F=— + Ye&, I am here brother W Let us be boys again just for tonight. ° God knows the past has been a bitter one for beth. Forever bury it and make the future a better and a brighter one. I will say more a one. WR. Papa:—Thé angels want your itI prom tle pet to tell you te be good for you ene: <a / ) amcnabaeaeaiel ae ao hat She-was: Snastend with conflicting emutions, aud burst into tears, He hurled curses at ber head, and "waiting t ‘till her lovér came homecon. fronted him, scene ensued. That day the two men oe —_é and neither has since been heard . from. The unhappy woman “remains behind, being now. left alone to provide for her little ones. It is a sad, sad story of real life,in which the weakest of the three bears whereupon a stormy the brunt of the penalty for the! of wrongdoing all. A Sieavy Mining Sut. The Merrifield Mining Company of this district has begun suit in the Superior Court against the Provi“dence Mining” Company; whose-propty adjoins the former's claim on the ‘south, Deer creek being ‘the. dividing line. ‘The suit is for $56,000 damages and to recover a certain portion -of the ledge at their respective lines; also to procure a temporary injune‘the arrival of Messrs. W elch aa Robinson, offering.as an-excuse that severabexpected spectators had not yet ‘put in an appearance. As each of the visitors came. into the’ building . he met them at thé outer door, and carefully watched all their movements till they were seated. An unprejudiced observer would at once have divined from tis actions that he was afraid lest some plan be carried ont to ‘‘catch” him if possible. Finally he entered the p irlors, and placing himself in a position to command ‘2 view. of the outer entrance announced that he was ready to, proceed. At this juncture it wasstated by a gentleman that perhaps the audience would prefer to have him use slates other than his own> ~He ex presse i his willingness to doso, and ithe pair in the hallway were brought, in. Hegraspedoneend of the double slate in both hands, and had one o% end of it similarly until several went through the operation with bim, he meantime asking them to propound tion to restrain the Providence from? extracting any more ore from the portion of tue ledge in dispute. The Providence iicline has a depth ef . about 1000 feet, the ~ Merritield of . about 800 feet. TLe plaintiff claims that the defendant has for sometime —past-been extracting large quaatities of ore from its ground. The . trouble has been brewing for more than a year past, and has at times developed some very bitter phases. Geo. 8. Hupp has been retained to conduct the prosecutioa, and Searls, Niles & Searls the defense. Peeping Tom Comnalttec. The Nevada TRANSCRIPT seeins slightly riled at var ridicule of the idea of appointing a committee of eitizens to watch and find out ‘what other citizens visit certain disreputable places. We stippose the ¢ aimivns will be appointed, and as the dut, of that body is of ‘a _very dignified nature, we should perhaps, give a more tony appellation to that outtit and call them Peeping Thomasses. But, after all, who is -going to watch that committeo?—Union. The Uaion is mistaken, Only regular detectives will be employed. Were it otherwise, our citizens would certainly ofer the Union min the position, His well-known qaalifications for the job would place’ him ahead of all competitors. County Recorder's Business. The, following documents were filed in tne County Recorder's otfice for the week ending yesterday: 50 deeds, 35 powers of attorney, 6 mining notices, 4 mortgages, 3~marriage certificates, 5 agreements, 5 satisfactious of mortgages, 2 affidavits of work, 1 cer-iucate of redemption, } water lozation, 1 homestead, 1 lien, ] eertiticate of sale, 1 notice of re* shemption, I notiee of action. cia atid ame 5 Break iu a Ditch. A land slide that occurred at Weaver creek Sunday carried pray a portion of the Milton company’s ditch. A foree.of men have since; been engaged in repairing it, and it was expected that the water would Le running again last night. ~ ne ee ee eee _ Depaty Sh-ri@s Ap pointed. Sheriff Tompkins has: appointed the following special deputies to asz mental queries to which they desired answersto appear. Whileene gen-’ tleman was holding it with him, . sounds were heard as of a pencil trav ersing the inner surfaces. ~ Dr. Charles and the assistant watclied the medium’s hands closzly at this juncture. His fingers were hidden by the lower side, but the muscles of the portions of the hands. that were exposed were distinctly -seen by both observers to be in an active condiion, their ‘movements corresponding with the sounds, as if one or ; more of the obscured tingers were in operation and by attrition causing the noises. One lady, a Spiritualist, while holding the and at the same time being -manipuated by another ady of strong mesiner— © power, was so convulsed with animal magtetism at times that she would jump clear of the chair in which-sh¢ sat, and for _ashort time apparently lose all control of her limbs. After some time spent in this kind of work the slates were pried apart, and the inner surface of . both were covered with writing doné by a slate pencil that was not t> be found there, Each message was written in a had peculiar in nest respects to itself, but through all were to be observed some featutes that would lead most .experts to pronounce them to have beeu indited by the game person. The feat was, however, suecessfully — performed, and the entire audience thoroughly mystitied, ‘The followingare copies of the writings, minus the uames contained therei 1: G. I am happy, aud yet IT am grieved to-night. You s:one will know the cause, You have a duty to perform to-night—unpleasant it 1s ; true; but, dear G., be brave. It is but a moment’s task, and all is well. Until then, fareweil. FATHER. The lady to whom this was_addressed explained that she had hitherto pro .ounced the}medium a fraud, but that now in compliance -with her j father's request s‘1e desired to retract the imputation. “She is and has for several years been one of the prominent Spiritualists of this city. “Friend ——. Follow your impres-. sions. ‘They are eorrect, by so doing, you wil! suceced. aye, Friend = Waterman —Meet alone im the medium's room. I sist in preser‘vin ¢ ve at the picnic tstage, J. N. “7 yne, Wm. Wale ‘Huffyan. B ve. oe and Wyatt ' . Mr. Water.nan has becn ia te would talk w.th you alone. ' H. R: ANDREWS, the audience ata time hold the other : siate with him, . ity for some ime past negotiating vidual.whoge signature is attached Rp Fagging @nt the J ury. jury dases recent y tried here develseeins to spéetators and jurymen the’ most wearisome and tedious ever invented. along from day to day for the best part of weeks, cases that it seems might just as well be tried in one fourth the time. The quantity, if ‘net-the quality, of the legal energy so expended is alarming. The ‘staying powers of the jury are put to wonderful tests, while a.l the arts of the profession are put forth to as’ possible, by putti.g the same sige to write . senseless questions to a witness! a dozen of times in as many different forms! It isa very interesting — to ‘tye gentlemen of long-winded wratigles over **p’ints of aw, ” andthe studied -importanee}— and emphasis given to to the most trivial qnestioas by those counsel who think they must be slow in order to be impressible. The style of — known as ‘fagging out the jury” is ofcours som times effective. This plan con “templates breaking down the oppo-eorroR TRANSCRIPT: Many of ithe’ J op 4 plan ofeor: vdueting lawauitsthat It consists‘ in dragging the jury,” but not as much soas the. At Grass Valley, June 13, 1880, to John Clemmo and Wife, a Daught: 2. “At Grass Valley, Jume 15, 1880, to Wittiam Meirer and a BS :CARP ETS ‘JAS W. BURNHAM, & CO. E INVITE the attention of the Country Trade to our New and Choice ~~ y of spread the case over. as much time CARPETS _ AND FURNITURE . OF ALL Kris. UPHOLSTERY COeDS, And SEDDING of ali kinds. opposite Masonic Temple, _ Sam, Franciseo. — Don’t fail to call. at Prices lower than ever. San Francisco, April 25—Sm 30EN EE. Ses artes: Papa, we never die. We always live, Some night I will tap you on the shoulder, and yow will know your little girl is with you. Papa, Tam. so happy here. There are, many-little girls and they come with me when I see you and mamma and 8ister. I will come again. I have kissed you papa,. lots of _ tites. Watch for me. At the conclus on of the realing of the above, one gentleman offered to wager one hundred dollars a: gainst could: not successfully rep2at the test if he (thé gentleman in question) would be allowed to provide the slates and keep them in his possession till the test’ was entered upon, Mr. Welch said that he would give Mr, Price fifty dollars. to de the same thing, while various other which the meliuth aypearsd willing ‘TaFe new improvements, you . skeptics made similar off-rs, none of ‘site side, on the same principal that constant droppingef water wearscuta stone. It is a dangeroys pode teing fable to disgust the-Jury-———— The.extra’tosts involyed in such. . methous, is of course of-no impor‘tance. Who breaks, pays. It is of course never adopte 1 for the purpose of making a big blow ovér a small affair. Oh no! On with the dance and let the devil pay the piper! The time was in this county when it wawdangerous to attempt to mis lead the Court or worry oat the j It may beso still, There know,allthe time. All change: is however . hot “improvement,” and there are skeptics to the character of such a change. Among these U Kyow Wao. —_—< " Re-Uhion Time Table. eeeee ury. Notary Public and Cony eyancer. Office—South side Broad street, opp, Union ‘street, Nevada City. W tereetice in all the Courts Of this ¥ State, and the Courts of the United+ States within the State of California. Will draw up Deeds, and Mortgages for $2.50-each ; certificates of acknowledgments thereto included. gets Nevada and Grass Valley Wood & Lumber Co. Kk CONSTANTLY ON HAND a Orr SALE All kinds of Common and Clear FURNITURE “618 Market and 15 and 17 Post St, g . On which occasion . me THE DAI NEVADA = — Ho for the 6. C. Whe jin town. Read the-r New York & John Patt day from his township. ~ Secure resi strel enterta —Under She insane China from Eureka “Brace B. inining agent . The new? Burnham &, cisco in car}. bedding, etc other colum Prof, Chr. tific man Michigan’s ~ stitutions, i: =. Ane Re = Union —OF— eS See wet NEVADA COUNTY, W's BE HELD U NDER THE AUS. : PICES OF THE The meeti REUNION ASSOCIATION, Order ot Uni : EDN Ge ae in . this-cityMonday to ginning this ISMERT’ S GROVE, Thos: 3 On the line of the N. C. ¥. G. a. E . : : town yest.« Railroad, midway Detarees San Francis ship, where Nevada and Grass Valley, . interests. A three —ox-, bullion fron was broug) THURSDAY, June 17, 1880, es = and shipped —THE— noon train, 105th Anniversary of the Battle of A tempor the Provi Banker Hill. ; from extrac _ there will be an _ uorth side terday orde ae to accep:. , : vei A = ee “Trains will run as follows on the LUMBER q Pration,. Stiperior Ci Homicide = Boca. Narrow Gauge R. R. to-day (Thurs—BY phe R Alexander Martin, a blacksmith at . 44Y,) fore from either Grass Valley oe Grounds ye Boca, was found dead Monday. The} ° Nevada City to Ismert’s -Grove DRESSED FLOORING, Col. H. if Thornton ereet on. thi Republican of yesterday says: From . 494 return being 25 cents : 8 AND 10 INCH RUSTIC, Ot Ben Bea swing and t the evidence elicited by the Coroner’s. eave Nevada City for Ismert’s i San. Francisco, uable prizes jury, it appears that the deceased ee and G ye Valley—9:35 A. M.; SIX INCH SIDING, And an origina! Poem by . ful contest and Jobn Schaffer, a tailor by trade, . 12:35 4. Mj 11:35 4. M.; 1:25 P.M; BEADED CEILING ee — sports. were talking:together on the front 2:35 P.M; 4:05 Pp. M.; 5:05 P.M; , . fe MRS. NELLIE F. BOND, It was 2 porch of the boarding house there in 6:05 P. M.; 6:45 F. : GOSHEN IS, ‘OF NEVADA €ITY. Hon, Benj. a boisterous manner, when Schaffer Leaves Sipe Valley for Ismect's. DRESSED PICKETS, Will be read. this city to struck Martin a blow which caused Grove and Nevada Cityre G90 eS : ROUGH PICKETS a ion. Ifhe him to fall from the~ pore; and in . 10:30 4. m.5.11:30 4: M.5. 1:20. P.M; z at as . ss more tha the fall his back was broken and he . 2°22 ire 4p.M.;5P.M.: 6P.M. . SHAKES, Popular Games and Amrsepeople will jury was to the effect that Martin : oe ‘ 2 k. Nicho came to his death at the hands of} . Under Sherift Carter anys there yet LATES, 5 oe his restaurs Schaffer. Both men were drunk at lanes aetiad Atel stdin eas FENCE POSTS, ms Dancing in the Grove ! lay of the the time of the occurrence. . The fee mess love Harexa, trom tour ta . “Toas large Platform ted : the coat we ie . sues . ‘ ially prisoner was brought to Truckee and . "* feet of snow, and‘in some places ee 2, FOLEA ae wee i ins If the pers his trial will be set in a day or two. . i* is even deeper. A man went over LAGGING en ill return ros “. there one day ths wee to begin. his é will make } esiug of Malls. summer mining operations, but finda5 : , . . -» Exeellent Instrumental Music will be furment, Until further notice the mails will a Pree’ wagner mags: gra Oak & SpruceW ood, Ete. a One of th below the glistening surface of the. ~ close at this office aa follows, viz:. snow came to the vonclusion that 1A: : the kind ev San Francisco and Sacramento, — say not os 0 eee section sn Thomas £ ilver Cornet Band’ is that bet daily except Sundays, at.9:45 a. M. tall very late inthe Fall, andreturn-. Ogice _ Town Talk ° powder’con 3 , Y and at Of Grass Valley, and ° Grass Valley and Colfax daily-ax. [° hn ) : = oe fore the ¢ opt Sundays, 9:45 a. M. and 3.10 P. Tue San Francisco Call and ChronSouth Yuba W. & M. Co., Main Els ; Milita B d several wif M< Sundays, 3:10 P. ». icle publish pictures of the next Pres . Street. ers Miltary ban meurass Vall Route East daily, 3:10 P. M. ident. The Call’s is printed from ~ ae olen of Nevada City. py appear a . . Route West, daily, 7:30 r. x. the same cut that was ‘used to repre: being N. P North San. Juan and Downieville [sent Vasquez, the California bandit, £7 All orders will be prometly ate i of the Dar daily exeept Sundays, 6:15 a. m. and the Chroniclz’s isa reproduction. ! tended to. Special Trains will run every gv to the : a Bloomfield and Graniteville,’ = = bate " RP once Norton. eS is aily except Sundays, 6:15 a. M. reneral Garfield looks like either ray hour uring and Dutch Flat, Mondays, W ednesdays, picture, there may be some truth in. “z7Telephoni ici ae . . me re The folk and F vidaya, Sys — asdeen sige ingly made by elephonic eommiunicatiou befr th Gq y b tw N iw. tedin th emocratic press that he mur. “ = om tae Uro etween Neva. Washiagton and Omega, Tuesdays, . dered his gramdinctaerlor her money. tween Nevada City and Yard. e, age lay, Judg Thursdays and Saturdays, 6:15 «. . —Virginia Enterprise. Nevada, June 13th. {da City and Grass Valley : Pe u. J. $. Hotproox, P. -M. —— : "Henry V sehen eers ig One of the mysteries of the min: : : 3 : tals, Dei Tae Ball To-night. jing business: @Vhy is it that when a Desirable Residence for Sale. 9, the Evening of the game dvy & plaint argo Th a ra . man sells a mine he is always consR er The ° gran mare oe the party at gratulated-as warmly as if he had} (= The valuable property situated on ae Pr Huut’s Hall this evening will begin . just worried through au attack he the R PROSPECT HILL, NEVADA CITY, GRAN D BALL ontinued promptly at 9 o'clock. ‘The prive of . *@atl-pox? a6 ciiinie’ ter Gee. i > ie ” tickets is $1.50, admission to the} ~ Westeruay s Arrival ~~. . for sale Triges ms Cope is, oReed, WILL_BE GIVEN AT Trial cont yallery being 25 cents, Messrs Mul. bi bey A Valuable Water Right Goes With ate, lur and Elser will furnish the music. THE UNION HOTEL. the Property. EIUNT’sS EX A Tt, . DA. Ri eager —— BEVADA CEFT, CAS. If desired, half the purchase money may By Prof. E. Muller, et als, Fift ba Jacob Naffziger, Proprietor. Sr monihiy inom property, payable pare o the jury I. J. Rol fe, agent of the Commer4 Ginet Waatington V Weiss Bloomfield For particulars enquire of ° j Beta mercial Union Assurance Company, : Pp tsb Sweejla Bd Spee Lineold we S. CHAPLIN, = t Go paid N, Keller yesterday $1, 250, beR Schroeder Sacra G co eles i Metingten’s Sebie Tevate Amale Minstrels A cireul, ing the tull gs Yea of insurance on } Neish Mohawk N Hamond Biue Tent ~ . ; ° : his propert: by flreon the 16 McLoon Inia D (allies Gusts Falie E. W. BICELOW = : : tte 05 Sth instant. ~~" oe 2 . Will appear at the Theatre. pon ba: ¥ : IMINIIN G : r will New York pays more for tobacco THE SATIOWAL HC a : ees Pe Po — warded . than for bread. Dealers say that . NEVAD. HOTEL, — , — Serene : = ; there are smokers in this city who : A CITY, CAL, INSU RANCE AGE N = All residents and exiresidents of Nevads i offles, than ate genet a ut ‘ Chas, E. Pearson, on, Proprictor. e ¢ c . and ‘their friends, are cordially inviFe thouisands of dollars per annum, W MeDonad Oakland Au geapmne . R ee, pone ot he Bes come ted to attend on tirié Holiday occasion, an¢ The hor w Briege ; the 4 “ ‘ > J ; he i ey age ano Sready : five his Nuva vat Fiat WR Colgrove Dat FI STATE INVESTMERT, ee some OF =e years is three fee inches high, . , C Moran ci * DCollins Grass Vaile e feternal pleeee ‘ is and weigh 105. pounds, his: hawds 4 Sender Cofumbl Hill CW Proctor Woodian ‘The Berlin of Cologne, The Gizand of Phlie. : — in, Per and feet alone being about half that! G sharp Downicville RRCrelg Sen Peng delphi, La Confiance and La Ghises, of By order of the Executive Commit) Ry wig, His little. finger is about 5 Mee nee Yalley H Robinson = dy_—s«'. _—s Pais, ‘Revere, Teutonia, New Orleans, exe © thes five inches in diameter, Fesed Goan Faley } Lon of Landon, ete., ete. LEOP, GABTHE, Uorrespording See's: . A a enbe

ee ; + Bi Daily Branscript, . NEVADA CITY, CALIFORMIA. == Thursday. June 11th, 1880, ee The Old, old Story. Several years ago a boss. mechanic “Same from the Kast with his wife and children and settled in one of the principal cities on the coast. He hired a good looking young man. to-work for him. at He was a hard drinker,and theemploye’s frequently expressed sympa, ed wile. The-boss mechanic” woke” up~one morning to find himself alone in the hed, the good looking man gone, and . with the lovers bis children t had rk wise departed. r= ee — ‘For three years: more or lessme spent most of his time in wondering what had beeome of te runaways. A few weeks since he heard they wete living in Nevada City. The other day he came here. “TJ have found you at last,” his greeting as he appeared ‘before _the— = an-her— aprései was nt -oclock, Mr. : eee PENCILINGS. An Interesting Exhibition of ‘Slate » Writing by Walter Price—A Liberal Supply of Messages—A Specimen of “Spirit Land” Latin. About fifty well-knows ladies and } gentlemen, including a number of Spiritualists, assembled at the par~ lors of the Union Hote. Monday evening to witnees the ‘‘slate-writing tests” of Walter Price, a young man who says he has devoted more or less attention to the subject for four years past, but never till now given a publie exhibition of his powers.Be.ween eight and nine o'clock . Geo, W. Welch and R. E. Robinson for mining” “operties. The indito’the above died'in Detroit, Michigan, more than twenty-two years . ago, where he was for a while Sher: . iffand at one time was associated withMr. W.in the banking business. 2 Mr. and Mrs. A. W Equidem. non is so'um convenio aveo, qui ipse. cognosco, sed ille etiam de qui audio et lego. Quum tot signum natura: declaro ; quis ‘volo, anquiro, et desidero, obserdesco tamen necio quomodo, nec is qui ab is moneo audio. _Hic tu sum potius, quam tu migabilis Me Fretus intelligentia vester, dissero breviter, quam ‘arrived, bringing with them a pair end with a copper rivet, and wrapped up inalarge sheet of paper. . This package they deposited ‘on the ‘hat-rackin ‘the. hall-way,” intending to-prodube their own slates as sub— stitutes for the pair—of small o ones which had been supplied by the mediuin and were:lying on the cenjertab e where the audience might inspect them. A though the time for beginning the tests had been pre— viously announced as half-past eight Price. delayed_it at for friends. eausa desidero. Dear F you, but « can only say &—word, 80 many wish to speak, --B—. and Unele F.—— are with me. We are ail with you and watch ever mother's bedside. Before many days we wif talk = you again, _ We remembe? papa, mamma, and _all: our Good-bye,, ~~ F=— + Ye&, I am here brother W Let us be boys again just for tonight. ° God knows the past has been a bitter one for beth. Forever bury it and make the future a better and a brighter one. I will say more a one. WR. Papa:—Thé angels want your itI prom tle pet to tell you te be good for you ene: <a / ) amcnabaeaeaiel ae ao hat She-was: Snastend with conflicting emutions, aud burst into tears, He hurled curses at ber head, and "waiting t ‘till her lovér came homecon. fronted him, scene ensued. That day the two men oe —_é and neither has since been heard . from. The unhappy woman “remains behind, being now. left alone to provide for her little ones. It is a sad, sad story of real life,in which the weakest of the three bears whereupon a stormy the brunt of the penalty for the! of wrongdoing all. A Sieavy Mining Sut. The Merrifield Mining Company of this district has begun suit in the Superior Court against the Provi“dence Mining” Company; whose-propty adjoins the former's claim on the ‘south, Deer creek being ‘the. dividing line. ‘The suit is for $56,000 damages and to recover a certain portion -of the ledge at their respective lines; also to procure a temporary injune‘the arrival of Messrs. W elch aa Robinson, offering.as an-excuse that severabexpected spectators had not yet ‘put in an appearance. As each of the visitors came. into the’ building . he met them at thé outer door, and carefully watched all their movements till they were seated. An unprejudiced observer would at once have divined from tis actions that he was afraid lest some plan be carried ont to ‘‘catch” him if possible. Finally he entered the p irlors, and placing himself in a position to command ‘2 view. of the outer entrance announced that he was ready to, proceed. At this juncture it wasstated by a gentleman that perhaps the audience would prefer to have him use slates other than his own> ~He ex presse i his willingness to doso, and ithe pair in the hallway were brought, in. Hegraspedoneend of the double slate in both hands, and had one o% end of it similarly until several went through the operation with bim, he meantime asking them to propound tion to restrain the Providence from? extracting any more ore from the portion of tue ledge in dispute. The Providence iicline has a depth ef . about 1000 feet, the ~ Merritield of . about 800 feet. TLe plaintiff claims that the defendant has for sometime —past-been extracting large quaatities of ore from its ground. The . trouble has been brewing for more than a year past, and has at times developed some very bitter phases. Geo. 8. Hupp has been retained to conduct the prosecutioa, and Searls, Niles & Searls the defense. Peeping Tom Comnalttec. The Nevada TRANSCRIPT seeins slightly riled at var ridicule of the idea of appointing a committee of eitizens to watch and find out ‘what other citizens visit certain disreputable places. We stippose the ¢ aimivns will be appointed, and as the dut, of that body is of ‘a _very dignified nature, we should perhaps, give a more tony appellation to that outtit and call them Peeping Thomasses. But, after all, who is -going to watch that committeo?—Union. The Uaion is mistaken, Only regular detectives will be employed. Were it otherwise, our citizens would certainly ofer the Union min the position, His well-known qaalifications for the job would place’ him ahead of all competitors. County Recorder's Business. The, following documents were filed in tne County Recorder's otfice for the week ending yesterday: 50 deeds, 35 powers of attorney, 6 mining notices, 4 mortgages, 3~marriage certificates, 5 agreements, 5 satisfactious of mortgages, 2 affidavits of work, 1 cer-iucate of redemption, } water lozation, 1 homestead, 1 lien, ] eertiticate of sale, 1 notice of re* shemption, I notiee of action. cia atid ame 5 Break iu a Ditch. A land slide that occurred at Weaver creek Sunday carried pray a portion of the Milton company’s ditch. A foree.of men have since; been engaged in repairing it, and it was expected that the water would Le running again last night. ~ ne ee ee eee _ Depaty Sh-ri@s Ap pointed. Sheriff Tompkins has: appointed the following special deputies to asz mental queries to which they desired answersto appear. Whileene gen-’ tleman was holding it with him, . sounds were heard as of a pencil trav ersing the inner surfaces. ~ Dr. Charles and the assistant watclied the medium’s hands closzly at this juncture. His fingers were hidden by the lower side, but the muscles of the portions of the hands. that were exposed were distinctly -seen by both observers to be in an active condiion, their ‘movements corresponding with the sounds, as if one or ; more of the obscured tingers were in operation and by attrition causing the noises. One lady, a Spiritualist, while holding the and at the same time being -manipuated by another ady of strong mesiner— © power, was so convulsed with animal magtetism at times that she would jump clear of the chair in which-sh¢ sat, and for _ashort time apparently lose all control of her limbs. After some time spent in this kind of work the slates were pried apart, and the inner surface of . both were covered with writing doné by a slate pencil that was not t> be found there, Each message was written in a had peculiar in nest respects to itself, but through all were to be observed some featutes that would lead most .experts to pronounce them to have beeu indited by the game person. The feat was, however, suecessfully — performed, and the entire audience thoroughly mystitied, ‘The followingare copies of the writings, minus the uames contained therei 1: G. I am happy, aud yet IT am grieved to-night. You s:one will know the cause, You have a duty to perform to-night—unpleasant it 1s ; true; but, dear G., be brave. It is but a moment’s task, and all is well. Until then, fareweil. FATHER. The lady to whom this was_addressed explained that she had hitherto pro .ounced the}medium a fraud, but that now in compliance -with her j father's request s‘1e desired to retract the imputation. “She is and has for several years been one of the prominent Spiritualists of this city. “Friend ——. Follow your impres-. sions. ‘They are eorrect, by so doing, you wil! suceced. aye, Friend = Waterman —Meet alone im the medium's room. I sist in preser‘vin ¢ ve at the picnic tstage, J. N. “7 yne, Wm. Wale ‘Huffyan. B ve. oe and Wyatt ' . Mr. Water.nan has becn ia te would talk w.th you alone. ' H. R: ANDREWS, the audience ata time hold the other : siate with him, . ity for some ime past negotiating vidual.whoge signature is attached Rp Fagging @nt the J ury. jury dases recent y tried here develseeins to spéetators and jurymen the’ most wearisome and tedious ever invented. along from day to day for the best

part of weeks, cases that it seems might just as well be tried in one fourth the time. The quantity, if ‘net-the quality, of the legal energy so expended is alarming. The ‘staying powers of the jury are put to wonderful tests, while a.l the arts of the profession are put forth to as’ possible, by putti.g the same sige to write . senseless questions to a witness! a dozen of times in as many different forms! It isa very interesting — to ‘tye gentlemen of long-winded wratigles over **p’ints of aw, ” andthe studied -importanee}— and emphasis given to to the most trivial qnestioas by those counsel who think they must be slow in order to be impressible. The style of — known as ‘fagging out the jury” is ofcours som times effective. This plan con “templates breaking down the oppo-eorroR TRANSCRIPT: Many of ithe’ J op 4 plan ofeor: vdueting lawauitsthat It consists‘ in dragging the jury,” but not as much soas the. At Grass Valley, June 13, 1880, to John Clemmo and Wife, a Daught: 2. “At Grass Valley, Jume 15, 1880, to Wittiam Meirer and a BS :CARP ETS ‘JAS W. BURNHAM, & CO. E INVITE the attention of the Country Trade to our New and Choice ~~ y of spread the case over. as much time CARPETS _ AND FURNITURE . OF ALL Kris. UPHOLSTERY COeDS, And SEDDING of ali kinds. opposite Masonic Temple, _ Sam, Franciseo. — Don’t fail to call. at Prices lower than ever. San Francisco, April 25—Sm 30EN EE. Ses artes: Papa, we never die. We always live, Some night I will tap you on the shoulder, and yow will know your little girl is with you. Papa, Tam. so happy here. There are, many-little girls and they come with me when I see you and mamma and 8ister. I will come again. I have kissed you papa,. lots of _ tites. Watch for me. At the conclus on of the realing of the above, one gentleman offered to wager one hundred dollars a: gainst could: not successfully rep2at the test if he (thé gentleman in question) would be allowed to provide the slates and keep them in his possession till the test’ was entered upon, Mr. Welch said that he would give Mr, Price fifty dollars. to de the same thing, while various other which the meliuth aypearsd willing ‘TaFe new improvements, you . skeptics made similar off-rs, none of ‘site side, on the same principal that constant droppingef water wearscuta stone. It is a dangeroys pode teing fable to disgust the-Jury-———— The.extra’tosts involyed in such. . methous, is of course of-no impor‘tance. Who breaks, pays. It is of course never adopte 1 for the purpose of making a big blow ovér a small affair. Oh no! On with the dance and let the devil pay the piper! The time was in this county when it wawdangerous to attempt to mis lead the Court or worry oat the j It may beso still, There know,allthe time. All change: is however . hot “improvement,” and there are skeptics to the character of such a change. Among these U Kyow Wao. —_—< " Re-Uhion Time Table. eeeee ury. Notary Public and Cony eyancer. Office—South side Broad street, opp, Union ‘street, Nevada City. W tereetice in all the Courts Of this ¥ State, and the Courts of the United+ States within the State of California. Will draw up Deeds, and Mortgages for $2.50-each ; certificates of acknowledgments thereto included. gets Nevada and Grass Valley Wood & Lumber Co. Kk CONSTANTLY ON HAND a Orr SALE All kinds of Common and Clear FURNITURE “618 Market and 15 and 17 Post St, g . On which occasion . me THE DAI NEVADA = — Ho for the 6. C. Whe jin town. Read the-r New York & John Patt day from his township. ~ Secure resi strel enterta —Under She insane China from Eureka “Brace B. inining agent . The new? Burnham &, cisco in car}. bedding, etc other colum Prof, Chr. tific man Michigan’s ~ stitutions, i: =. Ane Re = Union —OF— eS See wet NEVADA COUNTY, W's BE HELD U NDER THE AUS. : PICES OF THE The meeti REUNION ASSOCIATION, Order ot Uni : EDN Ge ae in . this-cityMonday to ginning this ISMERT’ S GROVE, Thos: 3 On the line of the N. C. ¥. G. a. E . : : town yest.« Railroad, midway Detarees San Francis ship, where Nevada and Grass Valley, . interests. A three —ox-, bullion fron was broug) THURSDAY, June 17, 1880, es = and shipped —THE— noon train, 105th Anniversary of the Battle of A tempor the Provi Banker Hill. ; from extrac _ there will be an _ uorth side terday orde ae to accep:. , : vei A = ee “Trains will run as follows on the LUMBER q Pration,.. Stiperior Ci Homicide = Boca. Narrow Gauge R. R. to-day (Thurs—BY phe R Alexander Martin, a blacksmith at . 44Y,) fore from either Grass Valley oe Grounds ye Boca, was found dead Monday. The} ° Nevada City to Ismert’s -Grove DRESSED FLOORING, Col. H. if Thornton ereet on. thi Republican of yesterday says: From . 494 return being 25 cents : 8 AND 10 INCH RUSTIC, Ot Ben Bea swing and t the evidence elicited by the Coroner’s. eave Nevada City for Ismert’s i San. Francisco, uable prizes jury, it appears that the deceased ee and G ye Valley—9:35 A. M.; SIX INCH SIDING, And an origina! Poem by . ful contest and Jobn Schaffer, a tailor by trade, . 12:35 4. Mj 11:35 4. M.; 1:25 P.M; BEADED CEILING ee — sports. were talking:together on the front 2:35 P.M; 4:05 Pp. M.; 5:05 P.M; , . fe MRS. NELLIE F. BOND, It was 2 porch of the boarding house there in 6:05 P. M.; 6:45 F. : GOSHEN IS, ‘OF NEVADA €ITY. Hon, Benj. a boisterous manner, when Schaffer Leaves Sipe Valley for Ismect's. DRESSED PICKETS, Will be read. this city to struck Martin a blow which caused Grove and Nevada Cityre G90 eS : ROUGH PICKETS a ion. Ifhe him to fall from the~ pore; and in . 10:30 4. m.5.11:30 4: M.5. 1:20. P.M; z at as . ss more tha the fall his back was broken and he . 2°22 ire 4p.M.;5P.M.: 6P.M. . SHAKES, Popular Games and Amrsepeople will jury was to the effect that Martin : oe ‘ 2 k. Nicho came to his death at the hands of} . Under Sherift Carter anys there yet LATES, 5 oe his restaurs Schaffer. Both men were drunk at lanes aetiad Atel stdin eas FENCE POSTS, ms Dancing in the Grove ! lay of the the time of the occurrence. . The fee mess love Harexa, trom tour ta . “Toas large Platform ted : the coat we ie . sues . ‘ ially prisoner was brought to Truckee and . "* feet of snow, and‘in some places ee 2, FOLEA ae wee i ins If the pers his trial will be set in a day or two. . i* is even deeper. A man went over LAGGING en ill return ros “. there one day ths wee to begin. his é will make } esiug of Malls. summer mining operations, but finda5 : , . . -» Exeellent Instrumental Music will be furment, Until further notice the mails will a Pree’ wagner mags: gra Oak & SpruceW ood, Ete. a One of th below the glistening surface of the. ~ close at this office aa follows, viz:. snow came to the vonclusion that 1A: : the kind ev San Francisco and Sacramento, — say not os 0 eee section sn Thomas £ ilver Cornet Band’ is that bet daily except Sundays, at.9:45 a. M. tall very late inthe Fall, andreturn-. Ogice _ Town Talk ° powder’con 3 , Y and at Of Grass Valley, and ° Grass Valley and Colfax daily-ax. [° hn ) : = oe fore the ¢ opt Sundays, 9:45 a. M. and 3.10 P. Tue San Francisco Call and ChronSouth Yuba W. & M. Co., Main Els ; Milita B d several wif M< Sundays, 3:10 P. ». icle publish pictures of the next Pres . Street. ers Miltary ban meurass Vall Route East daily, 3:10 P. M. ident. The Call’s is printed from ~ ae olen of Nevada City. py appear a . . Route West, daily, 7:30 r. x. the same cut that was ‘used to repre: being N. P North San. Juan and Downieville [sent Vasquez, the California bandit, £7 All orders will be prometly ate i of the Dar daily exeept Sundays, 6:15 a. m. and the Chroniclz’s isa reproduction. ! tended to. Special Trains will run every gv to the : a Bloomfield and Graniteville,’ = = bate " RP once Norton. eS is aily except Sundays, 6:15 a. M. reneral Garfield looks like either ray hour uring and Dutch Flat, Mondays, W ednesdays, picture, there may be some truth in. “z7Telephoni ici ae . . me re The folk and F vidaya, Sys — asdeen sige ingly made by elephonic eommiunicatiou befr th Gq y b tw N iw. tedin th emocratic press that he mur. “ = om tae Uro etween Neva. Washiagton and Omega, Tuesdays, . dered his gramdinctaerlor her money. tween Nevada City and Yard. e, age lay, Judg Thursdays and Saturdays, 6:15 «. . —Virginia Enterprise. Nevada, June 13th. {da City and Grass Valley : Pe u. J. $. Hotproox, P. -M. —— : "Henry V sehen eers ig One of the mysteries of the min: : : 3 : tals, Dei Tae Ball To-night. jing business: @Vhy is it that when a Desirable Residence for Sale. 9, the Evening of the game dvy & plaint argo Th a ra . man sells a mine he is always consR er The ° gran mare oe the party at gratulated-as warmly as if he had} (= The valuable property situated on ae Pr Huut’s Hall this evening will begin . just worried through au attack he the R PROSPECT HILL, NEVADA CITY, GRAN D BALL ontinued promptly at 9 o'clock. ‘The prive of . *@atl-pox? a6 ciiinie’ ter Gee. i > ie ” tickets is $1.50, admission to the} ~ Westeruay s Arrival ~~. . for sale Triges ms Cope is, oReed, WILL_BE GIVEN AT Trial cont yallery being 25 cents, Messrs Mul. bi bey A Valuable Water Right Goes With ate, lur and Elser will furnish the music. THE UNION HOTEL. the Property. EIUNT’sS EX A Tt, . DA. Ri eager —— BEVADA CEFT, CAS. If desired, half the purchase money may By Prof. E. Muller, et als, Fift ba Jacob Naffziger, Proprietor. Sr monihiy inom property, payable pare o the jury I. J. Rol fe, agent of the Commer4 Ginet Waatington V Weiss Bloomfield For particulars enquire of ° j Beta mercial Union Assurance Company, : Pp tsb Sweejla Bd Spee Lineold we S. CHAPLIN, = t Go paid N, Keller yesterday $1, 250, beR Schroeder Sacra G co eles i Metingten’s Sebie Tevate Amale Minstrels A cireul, ing the tull gs Yea of insurance on } Neish Mohawk N Hamond Biue Tent ~ . ; ° : his propert: by flreon the 16 McLoon Inia D (allies Gusts Falie E. W. BICELOW = : : tte 05 Sth instant. ~~" oe 2 . Will appear at the Theatre. pon ba: ¥ : IMINIIN G : r will New York pays more for tobacco THE SATIOWAL HC a : ees Pe Po — warded . than for bread. Dealers say that . NEVAD. HOTEL, — , — Serene : = ; there are smokers in this city who : A CITY, CAL, INSU RANCE AGE N = All residents and exiresidents of Nevads i offles, than ate genet a ut ‘ Chas, E. Pearson, on, Proprictor. e ¢ c . and ‘their friends, are cordially inviFe thouisands of dollars per annum, W MeDonad Oakland Au geapmne . R ee, pone ot he Bes come ted to attend on tirié Holiday occasion, an¢ The hor w Briege ; the 4 “ ‘ > J ; he i ey age ano Sready : five his Nuva vat Fiat WR Colgrove Dat FI STATE INVESTMERT, ee some OF =e years is three fee inches high, . , C Moran ci * DCollins Grass Vaile e feternal pleeee ‘ is and weigh 105. pounds, his: hawds 4 Sender Cofumbl Hill CW Proctor Woodian ‘The Berlin of Cologne, The Gizand of Phlie. : — in, Per and feet alone being about half that! G sharp Downicville RRCrelg Sen Peng delphi, La Confiance and La Ghises, of By order of the Executive Commit) Ry wig, His little. finger is about 5 Mee nee Yalley H Robinson = dy_—s«'. _—s Pais, ‘Revere, Teutonia, New Orleans, exe © thes five inches in diameter, Fesed Goan Faley } Lon of Landon, ete., ete. LEOP, GABTHE, Uorrespording See's: . A a enbe