March 15, 1879 (4 pages)

~ that went flashing over the wires, of __ they came_prepared. THE DAILY TRANSCRIPT. : NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA. Established Sept. 6, 160. Saturday, March 15, 1879. . a Ai MEE EIR AA EE THY STAGE ROBBERS’ FATE. @tove Venard in Town—An Account of how he Coped with Three Road Agents, and Turned their. Corpses over to the Coroner. Steve Venard, the herg of the most startling event-that ever ocourred in . -Nevada county’s history, is in town. Everybody here remembers him of ; d:-For that-matter, his fame was rational a few years ago, and thére are people in, all parts ofthe country _who have not forgotien the account, jis daring feat on that ‘15th day of . May,.1866. History tells us that the stage from North San Juan ‘to this city was stopped at 4:30 o'clock in dhe morning, near the top of the hill on the southside of the South’ Yuba, Dove Black’s Crossing, ‘by three, men in disguise, and $7,900 taken from Wells, Fargo & Co.’a con chest, which was.a fixture in all the stages wherever the company had a route. The passengers, seven .in nutber, were ordered. to get out, and the driver commanded to take tlie horses from the wagon without delay. As the robbers were armed with revolvers, there was no alternative but to obey. The robbers then proceeded to blow open the the—chest with powder, with which . Their object . was accomplished at the second attempt. The coin was taken and the . —driver was-erdered to-drive on." The staze drove quickly into Nej ‘vada, a distance of five miles. The news was made public. Sheriff R. . B. Gentry rallied a posse and repaired in all haste to the scene of tle robbery. ©The posse consisted cf Steve Venard, James H. Lee, Albert , Gentry and A. W. Potter. . An examination of the spot showed that the robbers. had turned out . of the road and gone down the river on a parallel with it. Venar and Lee got on the trail of the robbers and followed it over the roughest of all imaginable ground for the distance of a mile and a half. . It was evident which way the rob. bers went, Lee went back tosake the horses .around to the road of the crossing below, the rest of the Sherit’s party /having previously gene in that direction. Venard, left alone, followed th: trail, He eame*to Mey: . ers’ Raving, at its debouchure tmto the Yuba. He saw thiat the pursued . . had gone up the ravine to a crossing. He was alone in one of the wildest, and roughest of spots in that wild and rugged region. -The hills hung uteep above. Rocks, trees, brush and logs there were in’ profusion on every hand. Venard was armed with a Henry rifle. ‘The waters of . the ravine came tumbling down its . .teep bed of bowlders, with a rush]. aid a noise which rendered no other counds audible. The hero of the . hour proceeded with caution. (A huge rock rose twenty feet in hight . in the midst of the muddy water; . other smaller rocks surroundsd it, . altogether forming an island. A tree or two grew upon the lower end of . the island in the midst of the rocks, their branches and foliage partially covering the rocky rampart above. Balow the island, at afew feet dis‘ant, was a precipice of fifteen feet or more over which the waters of the ravine tumbled, Venard attempted to cross the streaya at the head of this fall. He walked ona short log toa reck. Above him rose the huge mass of granite, buttressed in front ty two smaller rocks. Between these latter was an alley which led up the base ofthe Titan. His position was such as to look up this alley. At the base of the great rock Venard discovered the object of his search. The leader of the gang was sitting on the ground and in the act cf drawing his revolver. Venard instantly leveled his rifle upon the robber, who was not more than twenty feet distant. At thosame moraznthe saw another of the gang pointing at him over the edge of a rock. here was no time to change his aim. He fired; the leader fell _back shot through the heart. The athar robber attempted to shicld himself farther behind a roel, leaving the point of his pistelexposed over the top. The exposure was fatal; Venard covere} ‘the apo: with his « i i*‘chuck-Hole” with such foree as to ynerring Henry, Nosoanerst.L.fthe head of the’ robber peer sabove the rock to take aim than his brain was’ pierced witha:dulllet, There was yet. another, but he was ‘riot to: bea: seen. “His pistol might at that.moment be pointing at Venard. “The latter, quick as thonght, ¢lainbered up to the lair to-beard him in his den. Heé found.the treasure, took the pis tols from-the dead} covered quickly . the former with eaxth and leaves, and proceeded to hunt up the missing robber. Crossing the stream and asce iding the steep mountain beyond, he discovered the robber running up the aeclivity sixty yards or more ahead. Venard fircd and the robber féu, “Another bullet, andthe last robber-rolled down’ the hill-deaq: Venard now sought his. companions. . ‘Theyall proceeded’ to the scene of the tragedy, recoveréd the money, 4nd by two o'clock of the samé@ day the Sheriff's party deposited: the cash with A. D. ‘Tower, Wells, Fargo & Co.’s agent in* this city. After the Sheriff’s party had left Nevada, Wells, Fargo & Uo. offered a reward of three thousand dollars, which was paid. The>Company also presented Steve Venard with a.magnificeat Henry rifle, gold mounted aud beautifully inscribed, and Governor Low appointed him on his staff with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, ‘‘for meritorious services in the field.” he The bodies of the robbers were brought to town, washed and fully identified. Upon them was found property they hid taken from the passenzers in stages they had stopped hefore, The names of the robbers were George Shanks, alias Jack Williams, the leader; Bob Finn, alias Caton, and George W. Moore. __ Since 1870 Mr, Venard has been stockraisingin Humboldt county, Ne-. vada, for tares years past spending . most ot his time there. He is not! very well sat.ciied with that secu n and the business he. is engaged in, . and will look around for other in. vestmerts. Fatal accidcntat Grass Valley. Edward Thomas, brother-in-law of W.H. Mitchell, of the Wisconsin Hotel in Grass Valley, whi.e sin .u,, an air shait at the Centennial mine ‘Thursday, was instantly kilied by a cave which occurred at 6 c’clock P., M., his’néck being broken. He was . 40 years oid, and leaves @ wife and four chidren m reduced cireumstan. ces. The funeral will take place» at 2«’clock Pp. M. to-morrow, An old folks’ concert is to be given at Ham-. ilton ilall this evening, the proceeds of which will be apphed to relieving the present wants ot the family. De. Jones was called immediately after the accident occurred to Thomas, but of guurse could render no-atd. . In returning to Grass Valley fro. the mine, the. buggy, ran ito al threw the Doctor out of his buggy and break two of his ribs on the lett side. ‘Che horses ran away. Keiused to Prosecute. Two men, one single and the other married, got into a tracas on Broad street Thursday night. The latter drew a pistel on the former, who swore out a coinplaint before Judge Garthe. Yesterday morning the complaining witness reconsidered his three miles north-cast_of this city. — nessee, ‘overations for another year, and fail-letter, addressed to ‘‘Mr. Joseph jng claim fvom one Mr. A, J. Lillard,. In rept y tothe-above,_Mr.Jdohn. wife of Brevet Major-General Thos, ——— ‘SOLD AGAIN.” Jehn Guitney Adams, of Texas, buys a Mining Claim igtuate@’s rifles from Nevada City, and afterwards finds out he was Defrauded. . ‘From 1861 to 1865 Amos Marney, James McRapdal, J. D. Fleming and A. J. Lillard, worked the Lillard gravel claim, situated on Rock Creek, They put in a flume 1800 feet. long, 3 feet wide and 3 feet deep, and made numerous other substantial improve. . Upto the latter. date the ground paid fairly, avd then it apparently ‘‘petered out.” Three of the partners abandoned the claim, and wenthonie, Lillard going to TenMr, Fieming.continued his ments. ing to find any more gald, also—conclurled that-he.would desert it.”From that time, until three years azo, the ground remain comparatively idle Phon it was-located as a ranch, and has ginee been, devoted to agricultural purposes with good reaults. = A day.or two age the following: Fleming, Esq., General Land Agent, California, Nevada City,' Nevada county,” was received by the proper” party : . 4 a} Drespey, Téx., Feb. 24th, 1879. Dear Sir :—I have bought a minliving in the Stateof Tennessee. He recommends yot.as being the general agent forthe Jand,. it has been some time since Mr. Lillard left that country. If yeu know anything about the land (situated 3 miles north-east . of Nevada City on Rock Creek, and . known.as the Lillard claim) please write me and I will furnish you such papers as you want, and make you my agent. I will give you a, reasonable per certtage to dispose of the same. Yours Respectfully, J. Q. ADAMS. Quincy Adams was informed that Lillard: did not own ‘the property ; that Fleming was not the agent for it; that it was a ranch and not a miming claim ; and.was moreover advised that the best thing he eould do was tohunt up Lillard and attempt to recover whatever money he had paid for the ‘‘bonanza.” ee it was not Tecamsch. ‘The newspapers have fallen into the blunder of announcing the death of the wife of Gen. W. T. Sherman and the serious illness of the General him" self. Neither the General of the Army or his wife have’ been ill, The Mrs. Sherman who has died is the W. Sherman, wo reides at Newport, and who is on the retired list fof the Army. ‘tais is not the first time the twe General Shermans have been confunded in the public mind, Their s.mes are so similar that durigs Vis war, when both were in the istd, they were constantly being mistaken for each other in official dispatches, and the public for a long time could not understand which of the Shermans it was who ‘vas distinguishing himself with the Army of the Southwest.—Stock Report. Williamson & Co.'s Claims. The Sailor Flat Mining Company, owned by Levi Williamson & Co., situated about a half.mile southeast of the Blue Tent Company, is in full blast and the 125-foot gravel bank is rapidly melting under the irresisaction, and for some reason concluded he didn’t want to prosecute. So the matter has been dropped. The otficers who make the arrests are becoming disgusted with the .display of so much uncalled for leniency on the part ef complainants and wit,nesses for prosecution, and propose ‘henceforth that no guilty individual (shall escape trial, if they, can possi: . bly get together enough’ testimony . toindicate a probability of conviction , following. Estimating the Sediment. The Marysville Appeal says: An ‘attache of the State Engineering De. partment has been gathering waters from the Yuba river the past few / . days for the purpose of determining he quautity of sediment contained \jn afoot of water. The objectis to determine how many feet of sediment is deposited each year. Probate Court. In the matter of the estate of J. B. Hunter, decaased, the application of K. V. Joye, one of the adm‘nistrators, trust and have his account settled, was grante] yesterday and his boud , Releas.d. 'y The tailings are discharged into the to be discharged from the} th tible pressure of 1000 inches of water forced through a couple of monitors. Yuba river, thus giving pleaty of fall. The company are using eight undercurrents in their sluices, having the latest improvements, and will put in two more the coming week. In about twenty days a clean-up will be made, when the Sailor Flat claims will give a good account of themselves, ; See A Gant Powder Cap Victim. % Yesterday morning, while W. A. Myers, féreman of the Coustitation mine, on Deer Creek, four milesabove this city, was engaged in picking some dirt from a giant powder zap, with a splinter of wood, preparatory to blasting, the cap exploded. The ends of the thumb, index and second finger of the left hand were badly lacerated by the explosion. He came into town, and Dr, Hunt amputated a portion of each of the injured members, Mow Ho Momestly Feels. John Webber says ef course Le would rather be County Treasurer an a victim of nitro-glycerene explosions, any day; but that when it narrows ‘down to closer limits, give place inthe hearts of the Pacific n ‘ : . see The following letter was received Wednesday by Goversior Kinkead, . : of Nevada State, in response to one mailed by him, February 19th to Senator Sargent, inclosing a copy of Sen-y ate Concurrent’ Rvgplution No. 2, thanking the Senator for his efforts in furthering the passage of the so-4 catled,‘‘Anti-Chinese Bill)” In spite . of all that has been saidjby his.vindictive and unreasonable enemies, there. is no man who to-day finds a warmer Coast’s people than Senator Sargent. His hercalean éfforts in endeavoring to secure the passage of the Chines¢ Bill, -have -demonstrated_bim an-advocate of the interests of free labor : Unurep States Senars CHAMBER, _ Wasnixeron, March 5, 1879.’ ~His Excellency John ‘H. Kinkead, Governor of the State of -Nevada—. Dear Sir: I thahk you for your courtesy in transmitting to me a resolution of thanks of the Leyislature of Nevada for my éfforts .to procare relief for our coast from the curse of Chinesé occupation. -I deeply appreciate the great honor done to me by your Legisiature, which far more than repsys for what I may. have done in this regard for -the common good of our Pacitic sister States. lt is a, source of deep regret that great measure of relief that passed both Houses by darge majorities, To do this act he was compelied, in my judgment, to deny some of the most obvious powers of Congress— powers heretotore recognized in repeated clecisions of the Supreme: Court of the United States: 4o de it he yielged to senseless and fanatical clamor on this side of the continent. Perhaps it was too much to expect of any man less brave than Grant that he would hear the voice of the Pacitic asking for protection and justice over the clamor of pulpit, press and demazosue of the East, ignorant of the ments of our complaint and too prejudiced to inguire, the Executive saw tit to veto the} had been riding at-anchor-near-Long . oe ~ Let 1t not be thought that the repWe supposed we ‘understood that such a bill-would be approved. I found Mr. Hayes and Mr. Evarts, in repeated interviews, 1f I could judge from conversations, extremely antiChinese. They hardly needed infor‘mation, 80 téady were they to apprehend ‘and sympathize. Was this their convictions when the senseless clamor against them c me? I confess to a doubt on this point. In ei the bill, and the message contained scant courtesy for the slaughtered yingen.s of a tew weeks before. feat the agitation of the question as done great good. It has demonstrated the unity of-sentament on the subject on the Pacific ; it has instructed Congress and the East toa great extent ; it has especially arrested the attention of the working classes, It will be easier in the fature to. get modification of the Burlingame treaty fail. Let the people see that their representatives keep this subjeet before Congress and the country, and there is good reason to hope. that our 'magniticent Pacific empire will be'secured for the homes and comforts of free and enlightened Caucasians. Respectfully, A. A. SaRGreNtT. © —_--_-—_-——_-_8 e-@-. --— Mining Misecllany. The three furnaces of the Richmond mine, at Eureka, Nevada, are now reducing 190 tons of ore daily. done on Prospect Mountain, near Eureka, Nevada. The mountain contains mineral wealth, but it will require both capital and brains to de elop it. Within three-quarters of a.mile of Smith’s Flat, El Dorado couty,are four 10-stamp mills, all of which will be running steadily on auriferous gravel within the next ten days. Our friends at the Flat look for lively times soon. ¥ ‘Although the gulches and ravines near Tuscarora, Nevada, have been worked over several times by placer miners, the Chinese miners seem to think it will pay to give another working. They Will start as soon as the ditches are free of ice. , At the Eureka Consolidated mine carload’ oi timber is used every day. This costs from $3,000 to $10,000 a month, Nine cords of wdo@ is used every twenty hours for making seam, This is brought by pack mules a distance of five to six miles, and costs from $6 to $9 a cord. Aunt Puriuis, a negress of sixty years, living near Yanceyville, N. C., has given birth to twins, and she insists that they had no father, but that the trouble all came from drinking mineral water, SeLrkuys saw a well known leader of fashion ejected from his hotel the other night, whereapon he remarked, that he had seldom ¢een a more stylhim the County Clerkship er death, ish turnout, m4 ww resentatives of the Pacitic enteredinto this struggle without assurances . of Executive eympatiry aud approval. . mere pretense, or did they disown . relief, especiaily if negotiations for a; ey to prevent the spread of yellow Considerable prospecting is being . ‘ther case a pretext was found to veto . following is a copy, and on which Pearl Barley, 3 pounds She makes the basis of an alleged . . promise to marry: “HARRISBURG, Spices, all kinds, per bottle 10 . Sept. 25th, 1875.—My Dear Mrs. Pickles, per bottle 25 Oliver—I will carrv you to a better Pickles, 5 gallon kegs 200 } home than Was! ngtoa. Youshould 8 ae dca ¢ siould not say wscre. I think I Lard, 8 poun oe = . shall have a saic piace for you, with . relations to protect you. You will . . be my wife. (Signed) 8:C.” Mrs. . Oliver’s friends say the principal obstacle in the way of a marriage was a niece of Mr. Cameron's who strongly opposed the union. A Vicksburg paper has the follow. ing sensible words regarding the failure of Congress to appropriate monfever, merely because some members were so decided upon the States’ rights question: We don’t want any more nonsense about States’ rights, particularly where so-called State rights mean death and desolation to the people. In this particular instance we regard it as most unblushing impertinence to’ ask the National Government to appropriate money, and insist that in the States of its disbursements the Southern representatives who. defeated the Nation. al Quarantine bill will be severely criticized for their stupidity by the press and the people, and the Republicans who supported the bill are better representatives for the people of the Mississippi Valley, and are to be thanked for their wise and patriotic efforts in behalf of the stricken people. > Yesterday's Arrivals at THE NATIONAL HOTEL, NEVADA CITY, CAL. Chas, E. Pearson, Preprictor. A Gwin San Francis J W Palmer Cit . M-Wethermer do -H Mariner 0 D Clements do J Smith do do C B Hawley Col Hill T sicLaughlin Miss do do ¥F Boney do CW Godtrey do @G@ Ryan French Corra J ASeely ban Juan E Freeman tierra City ? MY oon any yee J Hutchinson do ellow Wisconsin G@ A Cooper Bine T F Ld Bayliss Truckee fi vy : Yesterday's Arrivajs st THE UNION HOTEL, _NEVADA CITY GAL, J B Cooke Colusa Conansci Grass Vall J Cenansci do bree apaas Everything else in proportion. WILLIAM WOLF, . Main Street, Nevada City. ’ December 5, 1878. CHRIS. NAFFZIGER, PROPRIBTOR OF THB Union Market, NEVADA CITY, HAS NOW ON HARD ‘ef his own manufacture, ° NEW LARD, Whieh he offers for sale in quantities to suit. —HE ALEO HAS— HAMS AND BACON, The Best te be had im the County. Of his own manufacture. “He also keepe ob hand, at all times, the best of as BEEF,PORK,MUTTON, VEAL, SAUSAGES, ETC. Give me a call if you want something in my line. dl6 WALTER BAKER & CO’S Unrivalied Preparations of COCOA AND CHOCOLATES ! RF, THE PUREST AND THE BE8T.-y They have taken the first premiums @ver all Competitors at al) the World's Fairs. Don't wse an adulterated Articfe but ask your Grocer for] Walter Baker & Co’s Chocolates MADAME DEMORESTS RELIABLE PATTERNS, Ave UNSURPASSED for economy in mé: terial used and elegance in style. Spring Fashions Just Received, Hundreds of Patterns al on hand. alogues furnished free on application. «MRS, LESTER 4 CRAWFORD, mechs Agents, Main Street, Nevada. Cay. x ~WRed Mike” has been found guilty . . Rosenberg Brothets have, just reof the murder of Mrs. Ann ‘Barry, . ceived at the Palace Dry Goods Store near Lone Mountain, San Frangieeo;. a‘Splendid assortment of gocds for ~ and sentenced to imprisonment for . St. Pattick’s Ball, Ladies, call and ihe inspect'the stock, which is the finest Jadge Stanley, of San Francisco, . and most extensive ever brought to says that if the new Constitution this market. shall be adopted he will devote himRosrnBERG BrorHers, sélf'to Constitutional ‘law alone, as. ™15-1t Palace DryGoods Store. he thinks there will be much-of-that-7= — i litigation for the next ue. eae Se ee WILLIAM WOLF’S: In the County Court of San, Fran-: PRICE LIST cisco on Tuesday, a man desired to aren be éxéused from jury duty because a= FOR Cc A $ Ht he »was an infidel. Judge Wright Subject to Correction . ; told him that that made no diflerae 5 ance, hz would do just as well as if . Pony, per 100 Ibs, $2 "5 he-Beliewed in ail the religions. and}: mytholegies the tvorld ever saw, Wheat, per 100 lbs, 226 Mrs. John Taylor and two sons— . Bran, per 100 Ibs, 126 Willie, aged 10,and Johunie, aged 4, =—-were drowned inthe Niantic” Ice Potatoes, per 100 Ibs, 250 Compawy’s pond at-Niantic, Conn. ;/ Crushed Sugar,. 8 Ibs, 100 on the 12th, The children: went for ; : a pail of water and fell in. Mrs. Brown Suger, 104 its ‘ 100 Taylor, hearing their cries, ran to Green Coffee, 6 tbs 1 00 their assistauce, and was also drown. = 7 Rice, 14: Ths 100 The San Francisco Bulletin states . Beans, 22. Ibs 100 that thirteen large merchant ships Soap, ong bars 25 Wharf for mouths, seeking charters, . Soap, per box: 50 Within the last few days all bat five . Gandles, 12 for ; 25 -have departed with full cargoes, and j ae of thos, three are now loading. The Candles, ae box. 2.00 better tone of the English wheat . Oysters 7cansfor 100 market and the recent abundant raius acount for the change, Salmon, 7 cans for 100 O’Leary broke down in the pedes. Tomatoes, Gcansfor 100 train matchin New York on the 12th. Green Corn, -5 cans for 100 He was found to be suffering from’a oe severe bilious attack, The other . String Beans, 5cansfor 100 walkers kept right on. In the even-. Green Peas, 4cansfor 100 ing @ panic occurred in the building. oye uen where the watch was being held, owKerosene, per gallon, 35 ing to the falling of-a section of one . Kerosene, per Hi gallon can 1 50 ot the gaiterics; ‘there-were—nearly+ <onceesstibes See ee 2 10,000 people in the building, and Bacon, per pound. i all rushed ior the windows and doors, . Hams, per pound, 11 — result being serious injury to Good Green Tea “ 20 . many persons. No deaths are rea oer z ported. Cs See English Breakfast, 40 1e § gainst ex-Senator Simon Cameron, brought by the widow Olue =. _ a0 iver, began ‘Thursday. Cameron’s Cod Fish, 7 . counsel say the suit is simply black. Washing Powder, 3 papers 25° } mail, Mrs. Oliver claims to have in : her possession a letter of which the . Ground Coffee, per paper 40 25 ¥ TIME Gover -as-Notar Corral. The S. Tom vs. ‘place Ay D. Se engaged ‘made a SBRIPT 0 Two © somethir the nois: “ebeding . natown. James -the Wat day. H along qr away as The R now heir Wok) pleted, up in sor < Owina the wed, and Miss taken n’: afternom Tie c: publishir from the the gifto: who res} “county. There place so ‘good mer settle am done un): at home. The st Moore’s } vening ne tice, leav nesday a ‘and retu and Satu The Or is ranning *‘Slide” — amount ¢ Creek dai corral th leaves the the Bear for the mi for wheat is ‘‘as goo John. M ‘was in tov the prospe of cereals county as grain was long conti: of the wir from that, warm suns ‘jump.” Fa The foll importanc: they shoul acted upo county: Fact 1. City, sells money thai mountains. Fact. 2. isfaction to quality anc ing store in Fact. 3. San Franci mammoth mer goods, order to m: etore for th Fact 4. T has no-rent goods, and

~ that went flashing over the wires, of __ they came_prepared. THE DAILY TRANSCRIPT. : NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA. Established Sept. 6, 160. Saturday, March 15, 1879. . a Ai MEE EIR AA EE THY STAGE ROBBERS’ FATE. @tove Venard in Town—An Account of how he Coped with Three Road Agents, and Turned their. Corpses over to the Coroner. Steve Venard, the herg of the most startling event-that ever ocourred in . -Nevada county’s history, is in town. Everybody here remembers him of ; d:-For that-matter, his fame was rational a few years ago, and thére are people in, all parts ofthe country _who have not forgotien the account, jis daring feat on that ‘15th day of . May,.1866. History tells us that the stage from North San Juan ‘to this city was stopped at 4:30 o'clock in dhe morning, near the top of the hill on the southside of the South’ Yuba, Dove Black’s Crossing, ‘by three, men in disguise, and $7,900 taken from Wells, Fargo & Co.’a con chest, which was.a fixture in all the stages wherever the company had a route. The passengers, seven .in nutber, were ordered. to get out, and the driver commanded to take tlie horses from the wagon without delay. As the robbers were armed with revolvers, there was no alternative but to obey. The robbers then proceeded to blow open the the—chest with powder, with which . Their object . was accomplished at the second attempt. The coin was taken and the . —driver was-erdered to-drive on." The staze drove quickly into Nej ‘vada, a distance of five miles. The news was made public. Sheriff R. . B. Gentry rallied a posse and repaired in all haste to the scene of tle robbery. ©The posse consisted cf Steve Venard, James H. Lee, Albert , Gentry and A. W. Potter. . An examination of the spot showed that the robbers. had turned out . of the road and gone down the river on a parallel with it. Venar and Lee got on the trail of the robbers and followed it over the roughest of all imaginable ground for the distance of a mile and a half. . It was evident which way the rob. bers went, Lee went back tosake the horses .around to the road of the crossing below, the rest of the Sherit’s party /having previously gene in that direction. Venard, left alone, followed th: trail, He eame*to Mey: . ers’ Raving, at its debouchure tmto the Yuba. He saw thiat the pursued . . had gone up the ravine to a crossing. He was alone in one of the wildest, and roughest of spots in that wild and rugged region. -The hills hung uteep above. Rocks, trees, brush and logs there were in’ profusion on every hand. Venard was armed with a Henry rifle. ‘The waters of . the ravine came tumbling down its . .teep bed of bowlders, with a rush]. aid a noise which rendered no other counds audible. The hero of the . hour proceeded with caution. (A huge rock rose twenty feet in hight . in the midst of the muddy water; . other smaller rocks surroundsd it, . altogether forming an island. A tree or two grew upon the lower end of . the island in the midst of the rocks, their branches and foliage partially covering the rocky rampart above. Balow the island, at afew feet dis‘ant, was a precipice of fifteen feet or more over which the waters of the ravine tumbled, Venard attempted to cross the streaya at the head of this fall. He walked ona short log toa reck. Above him rose the huge mass of granite, buttressed in front ty two smaller rocks. Between these latter was an alley which led up the base ofthe Titan. His position was such as to look up this alley. At the base of the great rock Venard discovered the object of his search. The leader of the gang was sitting on the ground and in the act cf drawing his revolver. Venard instantly leveled his rifle upon the robber, who was not more than twenty feet distant. At thosame moraznthe saw another of the gang pointing at him over the edge of a rock. here was no time to change his aim. He fired; the leader fell _back shot through the heart. The athar robber attempted to shicld himself farther behind a roel, leaving the point of his pistelexposed over the top. The exposure was fatal; Venard covere} ‘the apo: with his « i i*‘chuck-Hole” with such foree as to ynerring Henry, Nosoanerst.L.fthe head of the’ robber peer sabove the rock to take aim than his brain was’ pierced witha:dulllet, There was yet. another, but he was ‘riot to: bea: seen. “His pistol might at that.moment be pointing at Venard. “The latter, quick as thonght, ¢lainbered up to the lair to-beard him in his den. Heé found.the treasure, took the pis tols from-the dead} covered quickly . the former with eaxth and leaves, and proceeded to hunt up the missing robber. Crossing the stream and asce iding the steep mountain beyond, he discovered the robber running up the aeclivity sixty yards or more ahead. Venard fircd and the robber féu, “Another bullet, andthe last robber-rolled down’ the hill-deaq: Venard now sought his. companions. . ‘Theyall proceeded’ to the scene of the tragedy, recoveréd the money, 4nd by two o'clock of the samé@ day the Sheriff's party deposited: the cash with A. D. ‘Tower, Wells, Fargo & Co.’s agent in* this city. After the Sheriff’s party had left Nevada, Wells, Fargo & Uo. offered a reward of three thousand dollars, which was paid. The>Company also presented Steve Venard with a.magnificeat Henry rifle, gold mounted aud beautifully inscribed, and Governor Low appointed him on his staff with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, ‘‘for meritorious services in the field.” he The bodies of the robbers were brought to town, washed and fully identified. Upon them was found property they hid taken from the passenzers in stages they had stopped hefore, The names of the robbers were George Shanks, alias Jack Williams, the leader; Bob Finn, alias Caton, and George W. Moore. __ Since 1870 Mr, Venard has been stockraisingin Humboldt county, Ne-. vada, for tares years past spending . most ot his time there. He is not! very well sat.ciied with that secu n and the business he. is engaged in, . and will look around for other in. vestmerts. Fatal accidcntat Grass Valley. Edward Thomas, brother-in-law of W.H. Mitchell, of the Wisconsin Hotel in Grass Valley, whi.e sin .u,, an air shait at the Centennial mine ‘Thursday, was instantly kilied by a cave which occurred at 6 c’clock P., M., his’néck being broken. He was . 40 years oid, and leaves @ wife and four chidren m reduced cireumstan. ces. The funeral will take place» at 2«’clock Pp. M. to-morrow, An old folks’ concert is to be given at Ham-. ilton ilall this evening, the proceeds of which will be apphed to relieving the present wants ot the family. De. Jones was called immediately after the accident occurred to Thomas, but of guurse could render no-atd. . In returning to Grass Valley fro. the mine, the. buggy, ran ito al threw the Doctor out of his buggy and break two of his ribs on the lett side. ‘Che horses ran away. Keiused to Prosecute. Two men, one single and the other married, got into a tracas on Broad street Thursday night. The latter drew a pistel on the former, who swore out a coinplaint before Judge Garthe. Yesterday morning the complaining witness reconsidered his three miles north-cast_of this city. — nessee, ‘overations for another year, and fail-letter, addressed to ‘‘Mr. Joseph jng claim fvom one Mr. A, J. Lillard,. In rept y tothe-above,_Mr.Jdohn. wife of Brevet Major-General Thos, ——— ‘SOLD AGAIN.” Jehn Guitney Adams, of Texas, buys a Mining Claim igtuate@’s rifles from Nevada City, and afterwards finds out he was Defrauded. . ‘From 1861 to 1865 Amos Marney, James McRapdal, J. D. Fleming and A. J. Lillard, worked the Lillard gravel claim, situated on Rock Creek, They put in a flume 1800 feet. long, 3 feet wide and 3 feet deep, and made numerous other substantial improve. . Upto the latter. date the ground paid fairly, avd then it apparently ‘‘petered out.” Three of the partners abandoned the claim, and wenthonie, Lillard going to TenMr, Fieming.continued his ments. ing to find any more gald, also—conclurled that-he.would desert it.”From that time, until three years azo, the ground remain comparatively idle Phon it was-located as a ranch, and has ginee been, devoted to agricultural purposes with good reaults. = A day.or two age the following: Fleming, Esq., General Land Agent, California, Nevada City,' Nevada county,” was received by the proper” party : . 4 a} Drespey, Téx., Feb. 24th, 1879. Dear Sir :—I have bought a minliving in the Stateof Tennessee. He recommends yot.as being the general agent forthe Jand,. it has been some time since Mr. Lillard left that country. If yeu know anything about the land (situated 3 miles north-east . of Nevada City on Rock Creek, and . known.as the Lillard claim) please write me and I will furnish you such papers as you want, and make you my agent. I will give you a, reasonable per certtage to dispose of the same. Yours Respectfully, J. Q. ADAMS.. Quincy Adams was informed that Lillard: did not own ‘the property ; that Fleming was not the agent for it; that it was a ranch and not a miming claim ; and.was moreover advised that the best thing he eould do was tohunt up Lillard and attempt to recover whatever money he had paid for the ‘‘bonanza.” ee it was not Tecamsch. ‘The newspapers have fallen into the blunder of announcing the death of the wife of Gen. W. T. Sherman and the serious illness of the General him" self. Neither the General of the Army or his wife have’ been ill, The Mrs. Sherman who has died is the W. Sherman, wo reides at Newport, and who is on the retired list fof the Army. ‘tais is not the first time the twe General Shermans have been confunded in the public mind, Their s.mes are so similar that durigs Vis war, when both were in the istd, they were constantly being mistaken for each other in official dispatches, and the public for a long time could not understand which of the Shermans it was who ‘vas distinguishing himself with the Army of the Southwest.—Stock Report. Williamson & Co.'s Claims. The Sailor Flat Mining Company, owned by Levi Williamson & Co., situated about a half.mile southeast of the Blue Tent Company, is in full blast and the 125-foot gravel bank is rapidly melting under the irresisaction, and for some reason concluded he didn’t want to prosecute. So the matter has been dropped. The otficers who make the arrests are becoming disgusted with the .display of so much uncalled for leniency on the part ef complainants and wit,nesses for prosecution, and propose ‘henceforth that no guilty individual (shall escape trial, if they, can possi: . bly get together enough’ testimony . toindicate a probability of conviction , following. Estimating the Sediment. The Marysville Appeal says: An ‘attache of the State Engineering De. partment has been gathering waters from the Yuba river the past few / . days for the purpose of determining he quautity of sediment contained \jn afoot of water. The objectis to determine how many feet of sediment is deposited each year. Probate Court. In the matter of the estate of J. B. Hunter, decaased, the application of K. V. Joye, one of the adm‘nistrators, trust and have his account settled, was grante] yesterday and his boud , Releas.d. 'y The tailings are discharged into the to be discharged from the} th tible pressure of 1000 inches of water forced through a couple of monitors. Yuba river, thus giving pleaty of fall. The company are using eight undercurrents in their sluices, having the latest improvements, and will put in two more the coming week. In about twenty days a clean-up will be made, when the Sailor Flat claims will give a good account of themselves, ; See A Gant Powder Cap Victim. % Yesterday morning, while W. A. Myers, féreman of the Coustitation mine, on Deer Creek, four milesabove this city, was engaged in picking some dirt from a giant powder zap, with a splinter of wood, preparatory to blasting, the cap exploded. The ends of the thumb, index and second finger of the left hand were badly lacerated by the explosion. He came into town, and Dr, Hunt amputated a portion of each of the injured members, Mow Ho Momestly Feels. John Webber says ef course Le would rather be County Treasurer an a victim of nitro-glycerene explosions, any day; but that when it narrows ‘down to closer limits, give place inthe hearts of the Pacific n ‘ : . see The following letter was received Wednesday by Goversior Kinkead, . : of Nevada State, in response to one mailed by him, February 19th to Senator Sargent, inclosing a copy of Sen-y ate Concurrent’ Rvgplution No. 2, thanking the Senator for his efforts in furthering the passage of the so-4 catled,‘‘Anti-Chinese Bill)” In spite . of all that has been saidjby his.vindictive and unreasonable enemies, there. is no man who to-day finds a warmer Coast’s people than Senator Sargent. His hercalean éfforts in endeavoring to secure the passage of the Chines¢ Bill, -have -demonstrated_bim an-advocate of the interests of free labor : Unurep States Senars CHAMBER, _ Wasnixeron, March 5, 1879.’ ~His Excellency John ‘H. Kinkead, Governor of the State of -Nevada—. Dear Sir: I thahk you for your courtesy in transmitting to me a resolution of thanks of the Leyislature of Nevada for my éfforts .to procare relief for our coast from the curse of

Chinesé occupation. -I deeply appreciate the great honor done to me by your Legisiature, which far more than repsys for what I may. have done in this regard for -the common good of our Pacitic sister States. lt is a, source of deep regret that great measure of relief that passed both Houses by darge majorities, To do this act he was compelied, in my judgment, to deny some of the most obvious powers of Congress— powers heretotore recognized in repeated clecisions of the Supreme: Court of the United States: 4o de it he yielged to senseless and fanatical clamor on this side of the continent. Perhaps it was too much to expect of any man less brave than Grant that he would hear the voice of the Pacitic asking for protection and justice over the clamor of pulpit, press and demazosue of the East, ignorant of the ments of our complaint and too prejudiced to inguire, the Executive saw tit to veto the} had been riding at-anchor-near-Long . oe ~ Let 1t not be thought that the repWe supposed we ‘understood that such a bill-would be approved. I found Mr. Hayes and Mr. Evarts, in repeated interviews, 1f I could judge from conversations, extremely antiChinese. They hardly needed infor‘mation, 80 téady were they to apprehend ‘and sympathize. Was this their convictions when the senseless clamor against them c me? I confess to a doubt on this point. In ei the bill, and the message contained scant courtesy for the slaughtered yingen.s of a tew weeks before. feat the agitation of the question as done great good. It has demonstrated the unity of-sentament on the subject on the Pacific ; it has instructed Congress and the East toa great extent ; it has especially arrested the attention of the working classes, It will be easier in the fature to. get modification of the Burlingame treaty fail. Let the people see that their representatives keep this subjeet before Congress and the country, and there is good reason to hope. that our 'magniticent Pacific empire will be'secured for the homes and comforts of free and enlightened Caucasians. Respectfully, A. A. SaRGreNtT. © —_--_-—_-——_-_8 e-@-. --— Mining Misecllany. The three furnaces of the Richmond mine, at Eureka, Nevada, are now reducing 190 tons of ore daily. done on Prospect Mountain, near Eureka, Nevada. The mountain contains mineral wealth, but it will require both capital and brains to de elop it. Within three-quarters of a.mile of Smith’s Flat, El Dorado couty,are four 10-stamp mills, all of which will be running steadily on auriferous gravel within the next ten days. Our friends at the Flat look for lively times soon. ¥ ‘Although the gulches and ravines near Tuscarora, Nevada, have been worked over several times by placer miners, the Chinese miners seem to think it will pay to give another working. They Will start as soon as the ditches are free of ice. , At the Eureka Consolidated mine carload’ oi timber is used every day. This costs from $3,000 to $10,000 a month, Nine cords of wdo@ is used every twenty hours for making seam, This is brought by pack mules a distance of five to six miles, and costs from $6 to $9 a cord. Aunt Puriuis, a negress of sixty years, living near Yanceyville, N. C., has given birth to twins, and she insists that they had no father, but that the trouble all came from drinking mineral water, SeLrkuys saw a well known leader of fashion ejected from his hotel the other night, whereapon he remarked, that he had seldom ¢een a more stylhim the County Clerkship er death, ish turnout, m4 ww resentatives of the Pacitic enteredinto this struggle without assurances . of Executive eympatiry aud approval. . mere pretense, or did they disown . relief, especiaily if negotiations for a; ey to prevent the spread of yellow Considerable prospecting is being . ‘ther case a pretext was found to veto . following is a copy, and on which Pearl Barley, 3 pounds She makes the basis of an alleged . . promise to marry: “HARRISBURG, Spices, all kinds, per bottle 10 . Sept. 25th, 1875.—My Dear Mrs. Pickles, per bottle 25 Oliver—I will carrv you to a better Pickles, 5 gallon kegs 200 } home than Was! ngtoa. Youshould 8 ae dca ¢ siould not say wscre. I think I Lard, 8 poun oe = . shall have a saic piace for you, with . relations to protect you. You will . . be my wife. (Signed) 8:C.” Mrs. . Oliver’s friends say the principal obstacle in the way of a marriage was a niece of Mr. Cameron's who strongly opposed the union. A Vicksburg paper has the follow. ing sensible words regarding the failure of Congress to appropriate monfever, merely because some members were so decided upon the States’ rights question: We don’t want any more nonsense about States’ rights, particularly where so-called State rights mean death and desolation to the people. In this particular instance we regard it as most unblushing impertinence to’ ask the National Government to appropriate money, and insist that in the States of its disbursements the Southern representatives who. defeated the Nation. al Quarantine bill will be severely criticized for their stupidity by the press and the people, and the Republicans who supported the bill are better representatives for the people of the Mississippi Valley, and are to be thanked for their wise and patriotic efforts in behalf of the stricken people. > Yesterday's Arrivals at THE NATIONAL HOTEL, NEVADA CITY, CAL. Chas, E. Pearson, Preprictor. A Gwin San Francis J W Palmer Cit . M-Wethermer do -H Mariner 0 D Clements do J Smith do do C B Hawley Col Hill T sicLaughlin Miss do do ¥F Boney do CW Godtrey do @G@ Ryan French Corra J ASeely ban Juan E Freeman tierra City ? MY oon any yee J Hutchinson do ellow Wisconsin G@ A Cooper Bine T F Ld Bayliss Truckee fi vy : Yesterday's Arrivajs st THE UNION HOTEL, _NEVADA CITY GAL, J B Cooke Colusa Conansci Grass Vall J Cenansci do bree apaas Everything else in proportion. WILLIAM WOLF, . Main Street, Nevada City. ’ December 5, 1878. CHRIS. NAFFZIGER, PROPRIBTOR OF THB Union Market, NEVADA CITY, HAS NOW ON HARD ‘ef his own manufacture, ° NEW LARD, Whieh he offers for sale in quantities to suit. —HE ALEO HAS— HAMS AND BACON, The Best te be had im the County. Of his own manufacture. “He also keepe ob hand, at all times, the best of as BEEF,PORK,MUTTON, VEAL, SAUSAGES, ETC. Give me a call if you want something in my line. dl6 WALTER BAKER & CO’S Unrivalied Preparations of COCOA AND CHOCOLATES ! RF, THE PUREST AND THE BE8T.-y They have taken the first premiums @ver all Competitors at al) the World's Fairs. Don't wse an adulterated Articfe but ask your Grocer for] Walter Baker & Co’s Chocolates MADAME DEMORESTS RELIABLE PATTERNS, Ave UNSURPASSED for economy in mé: terial used and elegance in style. Spring Fashions Just Received, Hundreds of Patterns al on hand. alogues furnished free on application. «MRS, LESTER 4 CRAWFORD, mechs Agents, Main Street, Nevada. Cay. x ~WRed Mike” has been found guilty . . Rosenberg Brothets have, just reof the murder of Mrs. Ann ‘Barry, . ceived at the Palace Dry Goods Store near Lone Mountain, San Frangieeo;. a‘Splendid assortment of gocds for ~ and sentenced to imprisonment for . St. Pattick’s Ball, Ladies, call and ihe inspect'the stock, which is the finest Jadge Stanley, of San Francisco, . and most extensive ever brought to says that if the new Constitution this market. shall be adopted he will devote himRosrnBERG BrorHers, sélf'to Constitutional ‘law alone, as. ™15-1t Palace DryGoods Store. he thinks there will be much-of-that-7= — i litigation for the next ue. eae Se ee WILLIAM WOLF’S: In the County Court of San, Fran-: PRICE LIST cisco on Tuesday, a man desired to aren be éxéused from jury duty because a= FOR Cc A $ Ht he »was an infidel. Judge Wright Subject to Correction . ; told him that that made no diflerae 5 ance, hz would do just as well as if . Pony, per 100 Ibs, $2 "5 he-Beliewed in ail the religions. and}: mytholegies the tvorld ever saw, Wheat, per 100 lbs, 226 Mrs. John Taylor and two sons— . Bran, per 100 Ibs, 126 Willie, aged 10,and Johunie, aged 4, =—-were drowned inthe Niantic” Ice Potatoes, per 100 Ibs, 250 Compawy’s pond at-Niantic, Conn. ;/ Crushed Sugar,. 8 Ibs, 100 on the 12th, The children: went for ; : a pail of water and fell in. Mrs. Brown Suger, 104 its ‘ 100 Taylor, hearing their cries, ran to Green Coffee, 6 tbs 1 00 their assistauce, and was also drown. = 7 Rice, 14: Ths 100 The San Francisco Bulletin states . Beans, 22. Ibs 100 that thirteen large merchant ships Soap, ong bars 25 Wharf for mouths, seeking charters, . Soap, per box: 50 Within the last few days all bat five . Gandles, 12 for ; 25 -have departed with full cargoes, and j ae of thos, three are now loading. The Candles, ae box. 2.00 better tone of the English wheat . Oysters 7cansfor 100 market and the recent abundant raius acount for the change, Salmon, 7 cans for 100 O’Leary broke down in the pedes. Tomatoes, Gcansfor 100 train matchin New York on the 12th. Green Corn, -5 cans for 100 He was found to be suffering from’a oe severe bilious attack, The other . String Beans, 5cansfor 100 walkers kept right on. In the even-. Green Peas, 4cansfor 100 ing @ panic occurred in the building. oye uen where the watch was being held, owKerosene, per gallon, 35 ing to the falling of-a section of one . Kerosene, per Hi gallon can 1 50 ot the gaiterics; ‘there-were—nearly+ <onceesstibes See ee 2 10,000 people in the building, and Bacon, per pound. i all rushed ior the windows and doors, . Hams, per pound, 11 — result being serious injury to Good Green Tea “ 20 . many persons. No deaths are rea oer z ported. Cs See English Breakfast, 40 1e § gainst ex-Senator Simon Cameron, brought by the widow Olue =. _ a0 iver, began ‘Thursday. Cameron’s Cod Fish, 7 . counsel say the suit is simply black. Washing Powder, 3 papers 25° } mail, Mrs. Oliver claims to have in : her possession a letter of which the . Ground Coffee, per paper 40 25 ¥ TIME Gover -as-Notar Corral. The S. Tom vs. ‘place Ay D. Se engaged ‘made a SBRIPT 0 Two © somethir the nois: “ebeding . natown. James -the Wat day. H along qr away as The R now heir Wok) pleted, up in sor < Owina the wed, and Miss taken n’: afternom Tie c: publishir from the the gifto: who res} “county. There place so ‘good mer settle am done un): at home. The st Moore’s } vening ne tice, leav nesday a ‘and retu and Satu The Or is ranning *‘Slide” — amount ¢ Creek dai corral th leaves the the Bear for the mi for wheat is ‘‘as goo John. M ‘was in tov the prospe of cereals county as grain was long conti: of the wir from that, warm suns ‘jump.” Fa The foll importanc: they shoul acted upo county: Fact 1. City, sells money thai mountains. Fact. 2. isfaction to quality anc ing store in Fact. 3. San Franci mammoth mer goods, order to m: etore for th Fact 4. T has no-rent goods, and