May 1, 1888 (4 pages)

4 v) . aplan of “beating’’ them by tying the “Mountain Division, No. 16, Unifona _ Brinity Social Tuesday Eveningcha All The Daily Transeript. ~~ PRIDAY.JUNE 1, 1888. For additionallocal mutter see second prge. : A Pleasant Trip Proposed. The Native Sons of Hydraulic Par-. lor are talking about going tu Graniteville two weeks hence to hold a meeting and initiate into the order some young men of that part of the county who-are desirous of joining. A special meeting will be held this evening to . consider the matter. If they determine to go there will be a Native Sons’ party, at Graniteville the night of the meeting there, and next day the visitors will go to Bowman’s Dam on a fishing excursion. They will return to this city the following day. A New Sut. Patrick Henry, as guardian of Elle Ellen, the imbecile lumberman of Truckee, has by his attofney, TB. Ford, ‘brought suit in the Superior Court against J. L. Lewison, W. H. Kruger and Geo, Shaffer, special administrators of the-estate-of the late Emma Regli, Ellen’s deceased daughter, to compel them to return the sum of $15,850 which plaintiff alleges Mrs. Regli got from her father by undue influence exercised over him after he became insane, Visiting Good Templars. A large number of membersof the Good Templor Lodge at this city went to Grass Valley Tuesday evening to attend the celebration of the 28th anniversary of Sylvania Lodge at that town. The entertainment took place ‘at the Opera House, and consisted of musical and literary exercises including the farce, “Thirty Minutes for Refreshments.”” A.coHation was served. The visitors had a splendid time, being finely entertained by the-Grass Valleyans. Malicious Mischief, When Jackson Calvert went: to his quartz claim on Deer creek yesterday, he found that some one had been there and carried away car-wheels and tools from the tunnel. Mr. Calvert does not know it if he has an enemy who would do such a thing for spitework, and thinks it may have been malicious bays who committed the act, Sheriff Lord has been informed of the deed and in another column offers a reward for the guilty party or parties, Still Obdurate. eS The three Truckee tramps consigned to separate tanks in the county jail because they refnsed to work on the chaingang, and compelled to subsist on one meala day inthe meantime, have not yet relented. One of them admitted yesterday that such pnnishuieut waco. hard to bear, ‘and told Jailor Carter that he might make up his mind by to-day that rock-brealting is preferable to it. The. two others had nothing to say. * Beating a Machine, Grove Deal yesterday put up two “grip machines’’ at this city—one at Carr Brothers corner andthe other at the National Hotel. ‘They work on the same principle as ‘weighing machines,’’? A mancan gauge his gripping power by dreppingin a nickel. Before the machines had been in place half a day some boys discovered handle part way back. Workmen's . Election, The following were elected Wednes_day evening a8 officers of Nevada City Lodge, No. 52: J. W. Robinson, M. W.; M. L. Roberts, Foreman; Myers Allen, O.;C.E. Ashburn, Recorder; J. F. Hook, Fin.; W.C. Groves, Receiver; John McGibbons, G, ; Geo. E, Rotinson, I. W.; J. G. Neagle, O. W. The installation will take place: the first week in Juily. an ceed a Ate i rma ote Card ef Thanks. The ‘officers and members of Chattanooga Post, No, 115, G. A. R., return to the citizens of Nevada City their grateful thanks for assistance rendered in making the memorial exercises of yesterday a grand success; to the citizens generally for pecuniary aid; to the ladies and gentlemen of the ‘Choir; to Mrs, Maxfield, Mrs. Smith, Mr. Watson and Prof. Muller; to the ladies of the G. A. R. for beautiful flowers and decorationg ; to the clergy ; to Nevada City Light Guard and to Rank, K. of P.; and to all others who contributed toward making it a day long to be remembered. J.G. Harrwen, Post Commaniler. Nevada City, May 31st, 1888. Trinity Society will give a social at Mys. J. VY. Hunter’s residence Tuesday evening, June 5th, There will achoice musical and literary program, anda nice supper will be served. Admission, 25 cents for ladies, . gentlemen and children, No —_ es, 25 cents pays for everything: oe cordially tev ted. 4t Attention Chosen Friends, ——— The members of Nevada City Council, O. C. F., are requested to attend the meeting on Monday evening, June adh, 22 bomeneb of importance is to be transacted. : 8. M. Suverzerr, CO. C. -E. F, Rosentuan, Sec. jl-3t Deulers in millstuffs, feed, etc. 4f Mrs. Loaan’s select school and kindergarten,on Water street, is now ¥ GROVER ELEVELAND. The Gentleman From Albany Whom Democrats Delight to Honor. Many. and varied are the opinions régarding the administration of Presiident Cleveland. His friends claim that it has been an exemplary one whilst his enemies contend that it has been an utter failure. It is well to mark too that his friends are not confined to the ranks of his party nor are his enemies all Republican. Some of his bitterest opponents are Democrats and-his most zealous friends are the so-called “‘Mugwumps”’ of 1884. One thing is certain however, that he has done his duty as he viewed it. As Senator Ingalls has said, he takes counsel of everyone and é¢hen does exactly as he thinks best, irrespective of the wishes of friends or foes, When we consider the pressure for a ‘‘clean sweep” that was brought to bear upon him at the beginning of his administration we can but admire his strength of purpose. But. from this it is not to be supposed that his administration is not a Democratic one; on the contrary even his ‘‘Bourbon’’ opponents concede that it is. Cleveland has, in hia last message, embraced the tariff reform programme of his party and on this ground thetfight of 1888 will be made should he receive the nomination. Grover Cleveland was born on the 18th of March, 1837, at the little village of Caldwell, Essex county, New Jersey. His ancestors had moved into New Jersey from Connecticut, and many of them were preachers. His father, born at Norwich, was settled at Caldwell as a Congregational ‘ pastor when Grover was born. He was educated first in the excellent public schools of New Jersey, and then at an academy in Clinton, Oneida county, New York. When only sixteen years old he came to the metropolis to accept a clerkship in the’asylum for the blind, where he is still lovingly remembered. When other young men of his age would have devoted their leisure hours: to the pleasures of the city, he was happiest when reading te the inmates of the institution, and he thus improved his own mind while relieving the ennui of the afflicted. He is next heard of making his way west in company with an enterprising young man, with Cleveland, Ohio, as his objective point; but visiting while on his way an uncle residing in Buffalo, he was indaced:to remain in that city as clerk in the store of his relative. He Was eighteen years of age at the time, an ambitious young fellow, possessed of the earnest desire to. become a successful lawyer. His uncle favored this aspiration, and we find the youth a ¢lerk in the office of the Buffalo firm of Rogers, Bowden & Rogers and at the same time enjoying the comforts of a good home at his relative’s house. for years. His mark in the profession was made at once, and in his twentysixth year he was appointed Assistant District Attorney for Erie county. This position, which he held. for three years, gave him a thorough knowledge ati He was duly admitted tothe Bar in 1859, and remained with his old firm of public affairs, In 1865 when the Democracy was still under the cloud of the Civil War he accepted the nomination for District Attorney, but was defeated: In 1866 Mr. Cleveland became the law partner-of J. V. Vanderpoel, and in 1869 he admitted Messrs. Laning and Folsom to the firm. In 1870 he was elected Sheriff of Erie county. In 1881 he was nominated by the Democrats for Mayor of Buffalo, and his name was hailed with enthusiasm by all classes of the community. His platform was that of reform, and he was triumphantly elected, running several thousand votes aliead of his ticket. His incumbency of the_office was successful and popular, The earliest reports from the Democratic State Convention spoke of Mayor Oleveland’s nomination for governor of New York in 1882, awa surprise. It was no surprise to the men who proposed the nomination, and he was elected by an overwhelming and memerable io. over his competitor, Hon, Charles Folger. On the 11th of July, 1884, he was nominated by the Democratic party as their candidate for the Presidency—of-the United States_and was duly elected to the position on the 4th of November, 1884, MONDAYS PICNIC. The Pythians Making Great Preparations For the Event. The committee of arrangements for the Pythian picnic at Glenbrook. next Monday met Tuesday evening at the Wisconsin Hotel in Grass Valley. The Grass Valley members announced that every business place in that town, except banks, express and post offices, hotels and drugstores would be closed Mondaw from 1 o’clock till 6 in the evening. The Grass Valley business men have hung upa large number of prizes to be contested for at the picnic, as the following list will show: ' GRABS VALLEY DONATIONS, > John Glasgon, caster; D. Tietjen, meerschaum pipe and reversible cigar holder; H. C. Zapf,-emblem pin; W. B. Van Orden, China cup and saucer ; Mra, E, Kearney, glass bowl and pitcher; W. Loutzenheiser, photograph album; Hocking & Son, lady’s satchel; Henry Silvester, glass fruit dish; A. Cohen, lady’s straw hat; Goodstein Brothers, pair of French calf boots; Granger & Watt, lunch basket; G. 8. Howe, pair of napkin rings; W. #. Bray, horseshoe emblem; W. 8. Robinson, fine album ; W. C. Stokes, box of cigars; J. H. Prodger, pair of eye glasses; Clinch & Co., 14 doz. Rogers’ table spoons; C. Nathan & Co., fine parasol; Best & Luke, handsome pair of lady’s slippers; Peter Johnson & Son, }¢ doz. Rogers’ teaspoons; Sam. Yeo, lawn dress; Aver Bros., lamp and bottle cologne; Byrae’s Drug Store, comb and hair brush ; Morgan Brothers, pair slzeve buttons; 8. J. Kinsman, lady’s shawl pin, with name engraved; L. Hymaui, silk hankerchief and necktie; H. Nathan, Japanese parasol ; White & Moore, fady’s summer slippers; J. M. Manning, meerschaum pipe; J. M, Othet, ornament for smoking parlor; John McKay, pair of driving gloves? A. J. Foster, pair of antique vases, : THE DAY'S PROGRAM, therefor has been added. to and amended until it now stands as follows: Cricket Game—Union and Banner Mine Clubs; prize, silver cup; game called at 9 a. Mm. vel Baseball—Brown and National Hotel Clubs; prize $25; game called at 10 a. mu. Boss of Roads and Santa Abies; prize $85; game called at 1 r, M. Trotting race—Best 2 in 3: entries, 8; Morgan’s Fred ; McCarthy’s Spider ; j race at 2:30 FP. M. toall hi 20, ee m29 2t eT a Zt ed Foot Race—tst pri and » Of events ‘and the prizes offered Dan Baker's Nig; A. D. West’s Nellie . pin. . For the handsomest baby, A. Bur-W. A. Findley’s bay pacer Bill; prize prize, 14 doz. Rogers’ table spoons; 2nd prize, lady’s kid gloves; 3d prize, pair of summer slippers; 4th prize, Japanese parasol. Sack Race, 50 yards—ist prize, pair of vases; 2nd prize, China cup. and saucer ; 3d prize, milk pitcher and fruit dish. Foot Race for Girls under 12 years, 50. yards—lst prize, glass pitcher and fruit dish ; 2d prize, autograph album ; 3d prize, portemonnaie. Foot Race for Boys under 12 years, 50 yards—lst prize, china cup and saucer; 2d prize, castor; 3d prize, straw hat. Foot Race for girls between 12 and 18 years, 50 yards—Ist prize, }¢ dozen Royer’s teaspoons; 2d prize, pair of opera slippers ; 3d prize, lady’s collars. Foot Race for Boys aged from 12 to 18, 100 yards—ist prize, pair sleeve buttons; 2d prize, hair brush; third prize, night lamp. Running Race, half mile dash, free for al saddle horses; horses to be named before 12 M. on day of race— Purse $25; entrance, $2.50: race at 4 ee a Fast Mule race, 1 mile, free for all— Ist prize a fine bridle; 2d prize, pair of driving gloves; third prize,lady's straw hat. Bicycle Race, 1 mile—J. D. Black and Fred Colley; prize, pair of antique vases. Foot race, 14 mile, open to all—let prize, comb and brush ; 2d prize, lunch basket; 3d prize, horse-shoe emblem. Fat Men’s Race, weight 200 pounds or over; 50 yards—Ist prize, glass cream and sugar set; 2d prize, gold lined silver thimble. Tug of War—Olympic vs. Milo Lodge; prize, silver mounted gavel. Slow Mule Race, 1 mile—lIst prize, fine pair of spurs; 2d prize, silk handkerchief and necktie; 38d prize, lady’s satchel. ‘ Old Men’s Race,50-yards—lIst prize, pair of spectacles; 2d prize, smoking stand. Waltzers—Best lady waltzer, shawl pin with name engraved; best. gentleman waltzer, meerschaum pipe and reversible cigar holder; best waltzing couple, fine pair of napkin rings, Beans in Bottle (ladies only)—For best guess, lawn dress;. 2d best, pair lady’s slippers; 3d best, photograph album; 4th best, lamp and bottle of cologne. — Climbing Greased Pole—Box of cigars (Stokes’ Favorite). ba Catching Greased Pig—Pig to the winner, Wheelbarrow Race, 50 yards (whee) to stake)—prize, meerschaum pipe, Throwing heavy weight, open to all Knights of Pythias, for an emblem rows gives a valuable silyer-mounted perfume case with cut-glass bottles, lowing members, reserve the right to judge all contests and award all prizes. ; . Everything will be done in an imThe committee, consisting of the folB.S. Rector, Ed. A, ‘Tompkins and John Isaac of Milo Lodge, and W. H. Mitchell, W. G. Lord, Willis Peaslee, Wm. Powell, Wm. Sleep, Mark M. Mitchell of Olympic Lodge. _ PERSONAL MENTION. Social and-Other Notes About People Old and Yeung, County Assessor Bond returned yesterday from Truckee. Grove Deal of San Francisco is visit ing relatives at this city. George ©, Sargent, son of the late Hon. A. A. Sargent, arrived here from San Francisco last evening. W.-H. Lee, the anti-mining spy, returned yesterday from a trip to San Francisco and Sacramento. Dr, F. M. Biber’s' siater and niece will arrive here Sunday from San Francisco for afew days’ visit. Mrs. Albert Maltman arrived last evening from West Point, Calaveras county, on a visit to relatives here. Mrs. J. 8. Dunn has leased her residence property on Selby Flat and will come into town to spend the summer. Commercial travelers in town this week: T. J. Kelley, Geo. L. Colburn, H. J. Griffith,J. B. Gilliam, F. L. Van Demark, Constable Thomas Stephens is dangerously ill with Thomas Scadden, Jr., is acting for him in an official capacity. Today Wm. Scott celebrates his city nightwatchman, street-lights. E, L. Montgomery, Alvinza Hayward’s chief mining expert, arrived ‘Glen mine, J. B, Gardner of French Corral, F. Hoffman of Columbia Hill and G, F. Buck of North Bloomfield were among the Ridgeites who attended the nesday,. energy. Hurd, Mrs. Burrows has the distinc Northern California.” William Wentworth of this cit ct rg 5 ia ny ot ver a . He has high andi earned ing one of t er, Mrs. . oo ‘entworth, today to attend. Mrs. the Bay for about a montis. _ Extra ; grass at Bros. m13-tf Decorating the Graves of the SOLEMN CEREMONIES AT PINE GROVE. . loss was so recent that those who parti_. should be taught to the children and pneumonia and sixtieth birthday by goingon duty as He has employed an assistant to trim the electric here Wednesday and, yesterday went to Graniteville to examine the Rocky memorial exercises at this city WedFrank T. Nilon will this month graduate froth Hasting’s Law College at San Francisco, and some of his rulatives and friends at this city will go down to altend the exercises, Mr, Nilon is a young man of ability and Wednesday's Virginia City Enterprise says: ‘Mrs. E. J. Burrows of Grass Valley, amember of the Nevada County Bar, is in Virginia City on a visit to her mother, Mrs, Harriet tion of being the only lady lawyer in is ni} go the honor of beorators of the comwhich his mothdown WwW. Hi visit at bide and mixed lows JN MEMORIAM. Soldiers Dead. —_—— Procession — Exercises at the Theater—An Eloquent Oration Commemorative of Depart. ° ed Heroes. The — As the years pass the observance of Memorial Day becomes more general and more“ appropriaté. While the echoes of the conflict were yet sounding, the solemn ceremony of decorating with flowers the graves of those who had falled-was instituted. The vipated in the annual commemoration were the actual mourners for the slain. Friends and relatives and comrades who performed this annual service could remember the forms and faces of those who slept beneath the mounds on which the floral tributes were placed; Then as time passed and persorial gtiefs become subdued, although the observance itself grew in favor there was a tendency to regard it as a-holiday merely, atime for relaxation from labor unly, and a-bad pratice began to creep in of holding picnics and entertainments until there was danger that all the significance of the day would be lost in the hilarity more suited to festival than to funereal occasions. Vigorous protests and earnest appeals against this desecration have been very generally successful in returning the public usage to forms of observance more in keeping with the original purpose that prompted the setting apart of the 30th of May.as ‘(Memorial Day.” : Yearly the. jnumber of soldiers’ graves to be garlanded increases as those who . were not mowed down in battle succumb to diseasea the origin of which, ina vast multitude of cases, can be traced to the exposures and hardships of those sad four years of American history. Asthe nation emerges beyond the stages of frantic grief for the recently slain and the selfish exhiliration caused by renewed peace and increased prosperity, there is a growing feeling that one day in the yearis not too much to testify to a people’s gratitude for services that cost so many lives, and that it should be a day of} seriousness, if not of sadness, a day on which business: should be suspended and a vast object lesson of patriotism youth of the whole nation. There is something more than a memory in the services. Already the active generation of men and women istargely-composed of those to whom the Civil. War isa matter of tradition, because they were not born or were too young to realize the force of the terrific strugle when it was being enacted. Not alone the participants, or those who were contemporaneous with the contest, are and ought to be the active persons in these vearly commemorations. The youngest child that castea handful of flowers on the grave of a soldier of the Union, will learn to ask why the offering was made, and the answer will be that there is in American life somthing worthier, grander, and more to be desired than the scramble for wealth,the struggles of politics, the rush for the gratification of personal ambitiona. Every garlanded grave of a soldier gives amore forcible meaning to the words Duty, Sacrifice and Patriotism. Not many years hefice, and all the hands that bedeck to graves of the Nation’s dead will have never grasped sword or carried musket in the actual fray. But will they less tenderly and faithfully place their floral memorials on the graves of the sleeping army? Heroism becomes more heroic with the lapse of time, Men whom we jostie in the crowds of daily life evoke reverence when they become memories. When the last decrepit veteran, who as a boy cast his school-books aside to beat a drum in the most stupendous conflict the world has ever witnessed, shall have passed away, grey haired men and women, who are now children, will strew. flowers on hia grave, For it is not men nor the memories of men,nor regrets for men’s ended lives, that the service means—it is the prin ciples for which those men fought and died, 5 Wherever on Wednesday grand and beautiful services were rendered, wherever human eloquence preached and nature’s loveliest ministers, the flowers, paid their tribute to the honored dead, patriotism was being stengthened for present use and stored up for such future emergencies as the wisest cannot foresee nor the most cunning provide against, Memorial Day is not merely typifying a sense of gratitude for past services; it is strengthening the security and welding the permanency of the national future. Asthe payment of a debt and as an investment for the future it ought to be everywhere, as it was here in Nevada City, ajreverential service devoid of unnecessary payean try-and absolutely without the blemish of frivolity and festivity. THE PROCESBION, Memorial Day was observed at this city with as much earnestness as on . any former recurrence of the date, but theré was not so much pomp and excitement about the proceedings as was witnessed last year. Many persons were here from surrounding towns, Flags were flying at half-mast throughout the city, and although business was little trading done. The morning was oppressively warm and a few of rain fell at about eleven At half past ten there was duration, but. this did not cool the tamosphere which contiaued sultry. Pine: It marched around Pine, Commercial and Main; across the Plaza, then up to Pine Grovo cemetery, Hon. J. Henry Rich and John Michell aeting ‘as hig Aids. The parade was int this order : : ; fine, dashing appearance. ization and made up of young men, furnished some very good music. tery the procession disbanded and the various organizations went separately to work to decorate the graves of their dead. the disbandment at the cemetery, with how much readiness the old soldier boys directed their steps to the spots where reposed beneath the sod their former companions in arms, . There was no hunting about or hesitation ; they knew the exact location of every grave in and all others present took great interest in the decoration of graves, and on the occasion many persons decorated the graves of their loved ones. houses gonerally remained open, there: pathetic friend said to him. ‘Poor fellow, war is a terrible thing.’ ‘Yes,’ replied the dying soldier as he raised himself on his only remaining elbow, Fand writhing in agony, while his eyes still gleamed with patriotism: ‘War is a terrible thing. Look at me with geven bullet holes in my ‘body, and dying, and yet I would go through it all again gladly if could only-help to save the Union.’ That, fellow citizens, is a living illustration of the feeling of patriotism.on which safety and perpetuity of our American republic solely rests. This is truly a government of the people, by the peo‘At ten o’clock the procession formed M. Walling being Marshal, and Marshal sae ae. Mounted. Company. C, National Guard California.tian Post, No. 106,G. A. R. , hoantate Division, No. inv. KEP The ‘boys in blue” of Captain Nr hell's company marched with light, ple aid for the people, a government eleatic step, performing their evolutions which can only be maintained by the with the precision, ef clockwork’ and anity and patriotic devotion of its citieliciting many expressions of com-) ,.45. While the great purpose of this mendation. F . . ebservationjof Memoria! Day iy to pay The chivalric Knights under Captain) +, the enidiars of the Union. the Gray occupied the position of honor, . just meed of aur hamble praisa, lot us which was on the left. Surgeon-Gen. ot forget that these stated obser varices eral Biber and Past’ Captain Shovcraft . ¢ the anniversarios of the great epochs in fatigue uniform, led the way for the . of our national history have still anPythians who made a handsome ap-. , her purpose of far greater importpearance in their rich camtamery aod ance-on the future destinies of this proved themeelves to be well drilled. . count ry—that of keeping alive. the? The brave old veterans of Chatta-. a ivit of self-sacrificing devotion to our nooga Post, who held a place between country's cause, Which shall cause all the militiamen and Knights, were the to sing ‘Our Native Country, thee, center of attraction, however. These] , weet-Land.ot Liborty, Of Thee we unpretentious participants had heard Sing.’ So long as we keep this great the cannon’s roar, the musket's rattle, purpose in view it will not be in vain the shell’s scream, and bullet's whisthat we assemble from year to year in tle. To them the bloody battle fields a solemn observance of Memorial’ of the early aixties were awful real ities Day, neither will it ba in vain that: we but yesterday. They marched with a ; peculiar bearing which ‘it is impossible to describe, and which is only attained by those to whom marching has at some time been a serious business, They were but a ‘handful, for each year thins-the ranks of these noble old heroes; but they filled a very large and warm place in the patriotic breasts of their fellow citizens who. watched thom tramping along. strive to direct the exercises of our national anniversaries. so that only American citizens, native born or naturalized, shall be inspired with such a devotion to the cause of liberty that they shall hold their allegiance to the: Government ef the United States of America as a more sacred and binding obligation than that of any other earthly power or Govern: ment. So longas this great purpose is accomplished. the destinies of the American republic rest safely within the keeping of its citizens.” Unity Band played a patriotic medley. 3 Rey. J. Sims in’ the absence of the regularly appointed chaplain, Rev. Sink, delivered this eloquent prayer: “O, Thou who. art. the God of nations and the Father of all flesh: We, a portion of the great universal family, have met here to'praise Thee for Thy providences in all governmental affairs pertaining to our nation’s life—mercies that have come to us through the shadows as Well as the sunshine and haye constituted for usa goodly heritage; for surely the lines have fallen for us in pleasant places. We thank Thee that the smoke of battle. has been lifted by the hands of peace, and thatthe hills of liberty are radiant with the beauty of permanent prosperity. We thank Thee that we have been permitted today to decorate with ‘flowers that-symbolise—mortality and immortality, the graves of (hose whose names and deeds of heroisur will ever be embalmed in the nation’s memory ; The Marshal and his Aids made a Unity Band, although a new organAT THE CEMETERY, Upon arriving at Pine Grove CemeIt was interesting to observe, upon the cemetery. The ladies On the sounding of the long roll the procession re-formed and returning to Armory Hall disbanded. IN THE EVENING. The exercices at the Theater in the evening drew together » concourse of citizens that crowded the building to the doors. On the stage with those who took part in the program were the Grand Army veterans, the ladies of the G. A. R., and officers of the military, Company 0, N.G. O,, and Nevada Lodge of Good Templars attended as organizations, Hon. FE, M. Preston, who presided as chairman, opened the proceedings with the following admirable address: “Ladies and Gentlemen ;—We have met for the purpose of continuing the exercises incident to a proper observation of Memorial Day. Today, beneath the folds of the stripes and stars a grateful and united nation has bedecked the graves of its fallen heroes with flowers. Tonight wecommemorate the patriotism of our Nation’s defenders with appropriate literary and musical exercises, These public ohservances of the anniversaries of the greatepochs in our national history have a two fold purpose: One that we may keep green in our memories the history of the struggles and of the deeds of patriotism by which our libertivs have been won and maintained, and the other to keep alive in our own breasts and to inspire in the minds of our children that spirit of patriotism and devotion to country which will cause the present and future citizens of this republic to maintain the cause of the Union with the same zeal and selfsacrficing devotion which characterized our Revolutionary forefathers. This feeling of patriotic devotion to which I refer was strickingly illustrated by an incident of the late war which came under my personal observation, Iwas on Broadway, New: York, in 1863, where I saw a regiment of soldiers marching to the front, to the thrilling strains of martial music--their uniforms bright, with fixed bayonets gleaming in the sun,and their banner floating proudly to the breeze. On the following day, I saw marching along the same atreet the remnants of a regiment of soldiers fresh from the battle field, with bayonets sheathed, uniforms worn and begrimed with the dust of a fearful campaign, with banner riddled with bullets and blackened with the smoke of battle, The men in the decimated ranks were weary, wounded and bleeding and maimed, with heads and limbs bandaged,all telling of the fearful encounter through which they had passed, After the regiment had passed the ambulance was hulted and a wounded soldier was borne into the hotel. His body was pierced with seven bullets, His story was told by a comrade who stated that he had beon in the hottest of the fight. Although wounded he had continued to fight, Again and again he was pierced with a bullet and as often he sent bullet in return, His leg ‘was-shattered, but he leaned against a, a len 'aal Gith hus. saly ‘remaining _onl oes teak 0 bettie 50h al the GnOy, notwithstanding the sufferings they endured for us upon the battle field, in poetic song guarding thém as evilook with proud veneration upon the relics of the great fratricidal strife, and repeat their deeds of love and courage, pointing to them as the conservators of peace and as being influential factors in the great boy politic, Grant, we pray Thee, that they may live long to énjoy the rich blessings of a country 60 dearly. purchased. May our young men have the grace to iinitate the great and good, May the fervent toyalty of the nation’s heart never grow cold, and when asa people we shall tiave fulfilled thy porposes upon earth— have waited wud watehéd and~ fought in accordance with Thine infinite wisdom and most holy designs, may the roll call on the serene morning of the resurrection find us ready to anshands of the Universal Judge a crown of life. Lord, Amen,” Prof. E. Muller sang, “Oh, Wings of a Dove,” Mrs. Geo, U. Smith with Mrs, L, 8. Calkins as accompanist sang ‘My Mothér Kissed Me in My Dreams.’ Hon. B. J, Watson then delivered the following able and interesting oration; “Inovery loyal state of the American Union, in évery churchyard of the gave up their lives that their country might live, have gathered great assemblies of the living, for the same. purday. Army of thé Republic, with John A. Dead’ should thus be honored, general. wore the gray in that memorable conwho wore the blue. drops oom. quite a smart shower of fifteen rolnuten’ foteen the story was a symAnd we would not forget, O most merciful God, that we huve in our presence tonight, men with the battle marks of victory upon them; men who still live While other nations are proud of their matorial jewels and chant their value dences of national wealth, we would with hearts aglow with patr.otié fire wer to our names and to receive at the Through Jesus Christ our The choir under the directorship of For the north, where lie the forms of men who pose you have gathered together toThousands of living actora in the great drama of the Rebullion, have today visite@he silent encampments of their dead comrades in arms for the purpose of tenderly depositing upon their last resting place, the crown of victory, which waa so dearly won. Twenty years ago this beautiful National custom was inaugurated. The Grand Logan at -its head, had decread that thenceforward the ‘Grand Army of the The custom has grown uatil it has become Until today, the dead who flict for principle are remombered as tenderly by their friends as are those Extending the custom atill farther, the graves of the departed, whether officer or private, Union or Confederate, soldier or citigen, are on this National holiday decorated: with nature's choivest™ treasures. Itis, in short, a day on which occurs a grand reunion of the living with the dead. For who shall say that the spirit forms which inhated the dust you have today bos . ored, were not present to recognize the loving remembrance of their sur vivirig friends? ‘Who shall deny that the tears of widowed wives and or ~ phaned children, as they dropped upon the graves of a husband or father today, fell without a silent and loving — witness? It has always seemed to me that this custom should not be marred by form or ceremony. That flowers should be tenderly and silently deposited over the tombs of the departed and let the matter end there. ‘If silence is ever golden,’ said James A. Garfield while delivering his oration at Arlington Heights twenty years ago to-day, ‘it must be here, be+ side the graves of. fifteen thousand men ,whose lives were more significant than speech, and whose death was a poem, the music of which can never be sung.’ Ifthe voice of that gifted orator, brave soldier, distinguished statesman and subsequently martyred President, was hushed in the presence of that silent assembly ef the dead, how inharmonious must be the voice of those possessing neither qualification, who attempt to speak of stich mon and of the era which their deeds helped to round out and make complete ; an era which has no parallel in the annals of the world’s history; an era which saw filty thousand patriots sink to bloody graves and five huntired thousand return to. their homes crippled and broken in health ; anera which evolved nobler deeds and nobler results, than any. period, ancient or modern, of which history gives any record; an era which gave liberty to an enslaved «race, which 2 made the Union of the States one and inseparable, which produced a list of names that will shine in the galaxy of fame as long as the human family shall honor brave action ‘and revere loyal devotion to country. I confess Mr, President that any effort your speaker tonight may make, dwindles into insignificance, in his own estimation, when he pictures before, his im: agination the times this occasion brings to remembrance. I see before me tonight men who are atill in the prime of life, yet who helped to make the history of the times this day commemorates.Twenty-seven yeara ago today you were boys, who were as ig: norant of the profession of arms and of the sanguinary conflicts of grim visagod war, as are the children who surround your board, and who rely upon you for protection and support. But, when that immortal patriot, Abraham Lincoln sounded the alarm that the Nation was in danger, boys though yon were, you sprang tothe conflict, and with brave hearts and strong young arms, went forth to meet the enomies of your country; went forth to conquer or todie, No prouder diatinctiom has ever been won by an” American citizen than to have his name-inseribed-on—that—grand;-Na* tional Roll of Honor, as a soldier of the Union, You do well to decorate tho graves of those who fell in that conflict, for when you shall have pasaed over to that silent majority, a grateful Nation shall place loving tributes over your graves, as tenderly as you have today crowned those of your dead comrades, Lhave said that the graves of those who fought against you liave today been honored the same as those who fought by your side. Strange as it may appear, many of the abodes of dead Confederates -have been thus honored by surviving rUnion suldiers, and vive versa, There is thasame harmony existing among the living heroes as no doubt exists among the dead, The men who were trying ‘to shed each others’ blood twenty-five years ago, aré now dwelling-in peace as brother citizens of one glorieus Commonwealth, Whatever bitterness and ‘prejudice may exist between citizens of the North and the South, will not be found among the soldiers who did the fighting during the war. Each recognizes in the othera brave and honorable opponent who has submitted a vital principle to the arbitrament of the sword, and like honorable men, when the contest has been decided, shake hands and bary past differences in the oblivion of forsetfulness. Now what waa the principle for which over .four million of American ciizens bitterly fought for four long years? What caused over a half million of men, North and South, ‘to: abandon home and friends and offer up their lives as a sacrifice? It was not because of hatred toward each other. ‘They were citizens of a common country, of whose achievements beth sides were proud, a country they honored above all other lands,— Their ancestors had marched side by side in the American Revolution, and by their united valor had wrung victory from the strongest nation on earth, They were descendants from the same stock, and worshipping the same shrine, They were, inshort, brothers of one family estranged hecause of different opitiion on one vital principle. ‘Lhat difference was this; one side believed the Union was: composed of Sovereign States; that those States had entered into a compact for _. certain purposes, and that the Union was only the agent of the State.’ The speaker here gave a succinct and intelligent account of the motives and differences that led up to the war of the Rebellion. In summing up this branch of the subject he said: ‘There were two great queations raised for settlement: ‘was this a Nation, or a coiifederacy of States.’’ Second, ‘wasslayery @ Divine institution, above all laws —State or Nation.’ These two questions were inscribed upon the battle — flags of both armies, in the thousand battles of the war of the Rebellion, They formed the battle cry of the heroes of both sides, who perished on the bloody fields of the Riappahan= ~~ ~~~ nock and Rapidan; on the Chicahominy and the Jamea, These questions out in eopulchral tones from the 4 ilderness, and were heard above the = (Concluded on 2d page.) bs

4 v) . aplan of “beating’’ them by tying the “Mountain Division, No. 16, Unifona _ Brinity Social Tuesday Eveningcha All The Daily Transeript. ~~ PRIDAY.JUNE 1, 1888. For additionallocal mutter see second prge. : A Pleasant Trip Proposed. The Native Sons of Hydraulic Par-. lor are talking about going tu Graniteville two weeks hence to hold a meeting and initiate into the order some young men of that part of the county who-are desirous of joining. A special meeting will be held this evening to . consider the matter. If they determine to go there will be a Native Sons’ party, at Graniteville the night of the meeting there, and next day the visitors will go to Bowman’s Dam on a fishing excursion. They will return to this city the following day. A New Sut. Patrick Henry, as guardian of Elle Ellen, the imbecile lumberman of Truckee, has by his attofney, TB. Ford, ‘brought suit in the Superior Court against J. L. Lewison, W. H. Kruger and Geo, Shaffer, special administrators of the-estate-of the late Emma Regli, Ellen’s deceased daughter, to compel them to return the sum of $15,850 which plaintiff alleges Mrs. Regli got from her father by undue influence exercised over him after he became insane, Visiting Good Templars. A large number of membersof the Good Templor Lodge at this city went to Grass Valley Tuesday evening to attend the celebration of the 28th anniversary of Sylvania Lodge at that town. The entertainment took place ‘at the Opera House, and consisted of musical and literary exercises including the farce, “Thirty Minutes for Refreshments.”” A.coHation was served. The visitors had a splendid time, being finely entertained by the-Grass Valleyans. Malicious Mischief, When Jackson Calvert went: to his quartz claim on Deer creek yesterday, he found that some one had been there and carried away car-wheels and tools from the tunnel. Mr. Calvert does not know it if he has an enemy who would do such a thing for spitework, and thinks it may have been malicious bays who committed the act, Sheriff Lord has been informed of the deed and in another column offers a reward for the guilty party or parties, Still Obdurate. eS The three Truckee tramps consigned to separate tanks in the county jail because they refnsed to work on the chaingang, and compelled to subsist on one meala day inthe meantime, have not yet relented. One of them admitted yesterday that such pnnishuieut waco. hard to bear, ‘and told Jailor Carter that he might make up his mind by to-day that rock-brealting is preferable to it. The. two others had nothing to say. * Beating a Machine, Grove Deal yesterday put up two “grip machines’’ at this city—one at Carr Brothers corner andthe other at the National Hotel. ‘They work on the same principle as ‘weighing machines,’’? A mancan gauge his gripping power by dreppingin a nickel. Before the machines had been in place half a day some boys discovered handle part way back. Workmen's . Election, The following were elected Wednes_day evening a8 officers of Nevada City Lodge, No. 52: J. W. Robinson, M. W.; M. L. Roberts, Foreman; Myers Allen, O.;C.E. Ashburn, Recorder; J. F. Hook, Fin.; W.C. Groves, Receiver; John McGibbons, G, ; Geo. E, Rotinson, I. W.; J. G. Neagle, O. W. The installation will take place: the first week in Juily. an ceed a Ate i rma ote Card ef Thanks. The ‘officers and members of Chattanooga Post, No, 115, G. A. R., return to the citizens of Nevada City their grateful thanks for assistance rendered in making the memorial exercises of yesterday a grand success; to the citizens generally for pecuniary aid; to the ladies and gentlemen of the ‘Choir; to Mrs, Maxfield, Mrs. Smith, Mr. Watson and Prof. Muller; to the ladies of the G. A. R. for beautiful flowers and decorationg ; to the clergy ; to Nevada City Light Guard and to Rank, K. of P.; and to all others who contributed toward making it a day long to be remembered. J.G. Harrwen, Post Commaniler. Nevada City, May 31st, 1888. Trinity Society will give a social at Mys. J. VY. Hunter’s residence Tuesday evening, June 5th, There will achoice musical and literary program, anda nice supper will be served. Admission, 25 cents for ladies, . gentlemen and children, No —_ es, 25 cents pays for everything: oe cordially tev ted. 4t Attention Chosen Friends, ——— The members of Nevada City Council, O. C. F., are requested to attend the meeting on Monday evening, June adh, 22 bomeneb of importance is to be transacted. : 8. M. Suverzerr, CO. C. -E. F, Rosentuan, Sec. jl-3t Deulers in millstuffs, feed, etc. 4f Mrs. Loaan’s select school and kindergarten,on Water street, is now ¥ GROVER ELEVELAND. The Gentleman From Albany Whom Democrats Delight to Honor. Many. and varied are the opinions régarding the administration of Presiident Cleveland. His friends claim that it has been an exemplary one whilst his enemies contend that it has been an utter failure. It is well to mark too that his friends are not confined to the ranks of his party nor are his enemies all Republican. Some of his bitterest opponents are Democrats and-his most zealous friends are the so-called “‘Mugwumps”’ of 1884. One thing is certain however, that he has done his duty as he viewed it. As Senator Ingalls has said, he takes counsel of everyone and é¢hen does exactly as he thinks best, irrespective of the wishes of friends or foes, When we consider the pressure for a ‘‘clean sweep” that was brought to bear upon him at the beginning of his administration we can but admire his strength of purpose. But. from this it is not to be supposed that his administration is not a Democratic one; on the contrary even his ‘‘Bourbon’’ opponents concede that it is. Cleveland has, in hia last message, embraced the tariff reform programme of his party and on this ground thetfight of 1888 will be made should he receive the nomination. Grover Cleveland was born on the 18th of March, 1837, at the little village of Caldwell, Essex county, New Jersey. His ancestors had moved into New Jersey from Connecticut, and many of them were preachers. His father, born at Norwich, was settled at Caldwell as a Congregational ‘ pastor when Grover was born. He was educated first in the excellent public schools of New Jersey, and then at an academy in Clinton, Oneida county, New York. When only sixteen years old he came to the metropolis to accept a clerkship in the’asylum for the blind, where he is still lovingly remembered. When other young men of his age would have devoted their leisure hours: to the pleasures of the city, he was happiest when reading te the inmates of the institution, and he thus improved his own mind while relieving the ennui of the afflicted. He is next heard of making his way west in company with an enterprising young man, with Cleveland, Ohio, as his objective point; but visiting while on his way an uncle residing in Buffalo, he was indaced:to remain in that city as clerk in the store of his relative. He Was eighteen years of age at the time, an ambitious young fellow, possessed of the earnest desire to. become a successful lawyer. His uncle favored this aspiration, and we find the youth a ¢lerk in the office of the Buffalo firm of Rogers, Bowden & Rogers and at the same time enjoying the comforts of a good home at his relative’s house. for years. His mark in the profession was made at once, and in his twentysixth year he was appointed Assistant District Attorney for Erie county. This position, which he held. for three years, gave him a thorough knowledge ati He was duly admitted tothe Bar in 1859, and remained with his old firm of public affairs, In 1865 when the Democracy was still under the cloud of the Civil War he accepted the nomination for District Attorney, but was defeated: In 1866 Mr. Cleveland became the law partner-of J. V. Vanderpoel, and in 1869 he admitted Messrs. Laning and Folsom to the firm. In 1870 he was elected Sheriff of Erie county. In 1881 he was nominated by the Democrats for Mayor of Buffalo, and his name was hailed with enthusiasm by all classes of the community. His platform was that of reform, and he was triumphantly elected, running several thousand votes aliead of his ticket. His incumbency of the_office was successful and popular, The earliest reports from the Democratic State Convention spoke of Mayor Oleveland’s nomination for governor of New York in 1882, awa surprise. It was no surprise to the men who proposed the nomination, and he was elected by an overwhelming and memerable io. over his competitor, Hon, Charles Folger. On the 11th of July, 1884, he was nominated by the Democratic party as their candidate for the Presidency—of-the United States_and was duly elected to the position on the 4th of November, 1884, MONDAYS PICNIC. The Pythians Making Great Preparations For the Event. The committee of arrangements for the Pythian picnic at Glenbrook. next Monday met Tuesday evening at the Wisconsin Hotel in Grass Valley. The Grass Valley members announced that every business place in that town, except banks, express and post offices, hotels and drugstores would be closed Mondaw from 1 o’clock till 6 in the evening. The Grass Valley business men have hung upa large number of prizes to be contested for at the picnic, as the following list will show: ' GRABS VALLEY DONATIONS, > John Glasgon, caster; D. Tietjen, meerschaum pipe and reversible cigar holder; H. C. Zapf,-emblem pin; W. B. Van Orden, China cup and saucer ; Mra, E, Kearney, glass bowl and pitcher; W. Loutzenheiser, photograph album; Hocking & Son, lady’s satchel; Henry Silvester, glass fruit dish; A. Cohen, lady’s straw hat; Goodstein Brothers, pair of French calf boots; Granger & Watt, lunch basket; G. 8. Howe, pair of napkin rings; W. #. Bray, horseshoe emblem; W. 8. Robinson, fine album ; W. C. Stokes, box of cigars; J. H. Prodger, pair of eye glasses; Clinch & Co., 14 doz. Rogers’ table spoons; C. Nathan & Co., fine parasol; Best & Luke, handsome pair of lady’s slippers; Peter Johnson & Son, }¢ doz. Rogers’ teaspoons; Sam. Yeo, lawn dress; Aver Bros., lamp and bottle cologne; Byrae’s Drug Store, comb and hair brush ; Morgan Brothers, pair slzeve buttons; 8. J. Kinsman, lady’s shawl pin, with name engraved; L. Hymaui, silk hankerchief and necktie; H. Nathan, Japanese parasol ; White & Moore, fady’s summer slippers; J. M. Manning, meerschaum pipe; J. M, Othet, ornament for smoking parlor; John McKay, pair of driving gloves? A. J. Foster, pair of antique vases, : THE DAY'S PROGRAM, therefor has been added. to and amended until it now stands as follows: Cricket Game—Union and Banner Mine Clubs; prize, silver cup; game called at 9 a. Mm. vel Baseball—Brown and National Hotel Clubs; prize $25; game called at 10 a. mu. Boss of Roads and Santa Abies; prize $85; game called at 1 r, M. Trotting race—Best 2 in 3: entries, 8; Morgan’s Fred ; McCarthy’s Spider ; j race at 2:30 FP. M. toall hi 20, ee m29 2t eT a Zt ed Foot Race—tst pri and » Of events ‘and the prizes offered Dan Baker's Nig; A. D. West’s Nellie . pin. . For the handsomest baby, A. Bur-W. A. Findley’s bay pacer Bill; prize prize, 14 doz. Rogers’ table spoons; 2nd prize, lady’s kid gloves; 3d prize, pair of summer slippers; 4th prize, Japanese parasol. Sack Race, 50 yards—ist prize, pair of vases; 2nd prize, China cup. and saucer ; 3d prize, milk pitcher and fruit dish. Foot Race for Girls under 12 years, 50. yards—lst prize, glass pitcher and fruit dish ; 2d prize, autograph album ; 3d prize, portemonnaie. Foot Race for Boys under 12 years, 50 yards—lst prize, china cup and saucer; 2d prize, castor; 3d prize, straw hat. Foot Race for girls between 12 and 18 years, 50 yards—Ist prize, }¢ dozen Royer’s teaspoons; 2d prize, pair of opera slippers ; 3d prize, lady’s collars. Foot Race for Boys aged from 12 to 18, 100 yards—ist prize, pair sleeve buttons; 2d prize, hair brush; third prize, night lamp. Running Race, half mile dash, free for al saddle horses; horses to be named before 12 M. on day of race— Purse $25; entrance, $2.50: race at 4 ee a Fast Mule race, 1 mile, free for all— Ist prize a fine bridle; 2d prize, pair of driving gloves; third prize,lady's straw hat. Bicycle Race, 1 mile—J. D. Black and Fred Colley; prize, pair of antique vases. Foot race, 14 mile, open to all—let prize, comb and brush ; 2d prize, lunch basket; 3d prize, horse-shoe emblem. Fat Men’s Race, weight 200 pounds or over; 50 yards—Ist prize, glass cream and sugar set; 2d prize, gold lined silver thimble. Tug of War—Olympic vs. Milo Lodge; prize, silver mounted gavel. Slow Mule Race, 1 mile—lIst prize, fine pair of spurs; 2d prize, silk handkerchief and necktie; 38d prize, lady’s satchel. ‘ Old Men’s Race,50-yards—lIst prize, pair of spectacles; 2d prize, smoking stand. Waltzers—Best lady waltzer, shawl pin with name engraved; best. gentleman waltzer, meerschaum pipe and reversible cigar holder; best waltzing couple, fine pair of napkin rings, Beans in Bottle (ladies only)—For best guess, lawn dress;. 2d best, pair lady’s slippers; 3d best, photograph album; 4th best, lamp and bottle of cologne. — Climbing Greased Pole—Box of cigars (Stokes’ Favorite). ba Catching Greased Pig—Pig to the winner, Wheelbarrow Race, 50 yards (whee) to stake)—prize, meerschaum pipe, Throwing heavy weight, open to all Knights of Pythias, for an emblem rows gives a valuable silyer-mounted perfume case with cut-glass bottles, lowing members, reserve the right to judge all contests and award all prizes. ; . Everything will be done in an imThe committee, consisting of the folB.S. Rector, Ed. A, ‘Tompkins and John Isaac of Milo Lodge, and W. H. Mitchell, W. G. Lord, Willis Peaslee, Wm. Powell, Wm. Sleep, Mark M. Mitchell of Olympic Lodge. _ PERSONAL MENTION. Social and-Other Notes About People Old and Yeung, County Assessor Bond returned yesterday from Truckee. Grove Deal of San Francisco is visit ing relatives at this city. George ©, Sargent, son of the late Hon. A. A. Sargent, arrived here from San Francisco last evening. W.-H. Lee, the anti-mining spy, returned yesterday from a trip to San Francisco and Sacramento. Dr, F. M. Biber’s' siater and niece will arrive here Sunday from San Francisco for afew days’ visit. Mrs. Albert Maltman arrived last evening from West Point, Calaveras county, on a visit to relatives here. Mrs. J. 8. Dunn has leased her residence property on Selby Flat and will come into town to spend the summer. Commercial travelers in town this week: T. J. Kelley, Geo. L. Colburn, H. J. Griffith,J. B. Gilliam, F. L. Van Demark, Constable Thomas Stephens is dangerously ill with Thomas Scadden, Jr., is acting for him in an official capacity. Today Wm. Scott celebrates his city nightwatchman, street-lights. E, L. Montgomery, Alvinza Hayward’s chief mining expert, arrived ‘Glen mine, J. B, Gardner of French Corral, F. Hoffman of Columbia Hill and G, F. Buck of North Bloomfield were among the Ridgeites who attended the nesday,. energy. Hurd, Mrs. Burrows has the distinc Northern California.” William Wentworth of this cit ct rg 5 ia ny ot ver a . He has high andi earned ing one of t er, Mrs. . oo ‘entworth, today to attend. Mrs. the Bay for about a montis. _ Extra ; grass at Bros. m13-tf Decorating the Graves of the SOLEMN CEREMONIES AT PINE GROVE. . loss was so recent that those who parti_. should be taught to the children and pneumonia and sixtieth birthday by goingon duty as He has employed an assistant to trim the electric here Wednesday and, yesterday went to Graniteville to examine the Rocky memorial exercises at this city WedFrank T. Nilon will this month graduate froth Hasting’s Law College at San Francisco, and some of his rulatives and friends at this city will go down to altend the exercises, Mr, Nilon is a young man of ability and Wednesday's Virginia City Enterprise says: ‘Mrs. E. J. Burrows of Grass Valley, amember of the Nevada County Bar, is in Virginia City on a visit to her mother, Mrs, Harriet tion of being the only lady lawyer in is ni} go the honor of beorators of the comwhich his mothdown WwW. Hi visit at bide and mixed lows JN MEMORIAM. Soldiers Dead. —_—— Procession — Exercises at the Theater—An Eloquent Oration Commemorative of Depart. ° ed Heroes. The — As the years pass the observance of Memorial Day becomes more general and more“ appropriaté. While the echoes of the conflict were yet sounding, the solemn ceremony of decorating with flowers the graves of those who had falled-was instituted. The vipated in the annual commemoration were the actual mourners for the slain. Friends and relatives and comrades who performed this annual service could remember the forms and faces of those who slept beneath the mounds on which the floral tributes were placed; Then as time passed and persorial gtiefs become subdued, although the observance itself grew in favor there was a tendency to regard it as a-holiday merely, atime for relaxation from labor unly, and a-bad pratice began to creep in of holding picnics and entertainments until there was danger that all the significance of the day would be lost in the hilarity more suited to festival than to funereal occasions. Vigorous protests and earnest appeals against this desecration have been very generally successful in returning the public usage to forms of observance more in keeping with the original purpose that prompted the setting apart of the 30th of May.as ‘(Memorial Day.” :

Yearly the. jnumber of soldiers’ graves to be garlanded increases as those who . were not mowed down in battle succumb to diseasea the origin of which, ina vast multitude of cases, can be traced to the exposures and hardships of those sad four years of American history. Asthe nation emerges beyond the stages of frantic grief for the recently slain and the selfish exhiliration caused by renewed peace and increased prosperity, there is a growing feeling that one day in the yearis not too much to testify to a people’s gratitude for services that cost so many lives, and that it should be a day of} seriousness, if not of sadness, a day on which business: should be suspended and a vast object lesson of patriotism youth of the whole nation. There is something more than a memory in the services. Already the active generation of men and women istargely-composed of those to whom the Civil. War isa matter of tradition, because they were not born or were too young to realize the force of the terrific strugle when it was being enacted. Not alone the participants, or those who were contemporaneous with the contest, are and ought to be the active persons in these vearly commemorations. The youngest child that castea handful of flowers on the grave of a soldier of the Union, will learn to ask why the offering was made, and the answer will be that there is in American life somthing worthier, grander, and more to be desired than the scramble for wealth,the struggles of politics, the rush for the gratification of personal ambitiona. Every garlanded grave of a soldier gives amore forcible meaning to the words Duty, Sacrifice and Patriotism. Not many years hefice, and all the hands that bedeck to graves of the Nation’s dead will have never grasped sword or carried musket in the actual fray. But will they less tenderly and faithfully place their floral memorials on the graves of the sleeping army? Heroism becomes more heroic with the lapse of time, Men whom we jostie in the crowds of daily life evoke reverence when they become memories. When the last decrepit veteran, who as a boy cast his school-books aside to beat a drum in the most stupendous conflict the world has ever witnessed, shall have passed away, grey haired men and women, who are now children, will strew. flowers on hia grave, For it is not men nor the memories of men,nor regrets for men’s ended lives, that the service means—it is the prin ciples for which those men fought and died, 5 Wherever on Wednesday grand and beautiful services were rendered, wherever human eloquence preached and nature’s loveliest ministers, the flowers, paid their tribute to the honored dead, patriotism was being stengthened for present use and stored up for such future emergencies as the wisest cannot foresee nor the most cunning provide against, Memorial Day is not merely typifying a sense of gratitude for past services; it is strengthening the security and welding the permanency of the national future. Asthe payment of a debt and as an investment for the future it ought to be everywhere, as it was here in Nevada City, ajreverential service devoid of unnecessary payean try-and absolutely without the blemish of frivolity and festivity. THE PROCESBION, Memorial Day was observed at this city with as much earnestness as on . any former recurrence of the date, but theré was not so much pomp and excitement about the proceedings as was witnessed last year. Many persons were here from surrounding towns, Flags were flying at half-mast throughout the city, and although business was little trading done. The morning was oppressively warm and a few of rain fell at about eleven At half past ten there was duration, but. this did not cool the tamosphere which contiaued sultry. Pine: It marched around Pine, Commercial and Main; across the Plaza, then up to Pine Grovo cemetery, Hon. J. Henry Rich and John Michell aeting ‘as hig Aids. The parade was int this order : : ; fine, dashing appearance. ization and made up of young men, furnished some very good music. tery the procession disbanded and the various organizations went separately to work to decorate the graves of their dead. the disbandment at the cemetery, with how much readiness the old soldier boys directed their steps to the spots where reposed beneath the sod their former companions in arms, . There was no hunting about or hesitation ; they knew the exact location of every grave in and all others present took great interest in the decoration of graves, and on the occasion many persons decorated the graves of their loved ones. houses gonerally remained open, there: pathetic friend said to him. ‘Poor fellow, war is a terrible thing.’ ‘Yes,’ replied the dying soldier as he raised himself on his only remaining elbow, Fand writhing in agony, while his eyes still gleamed with patriotism: ‘War is a terrible thing. Look at me with geven bullet holes in my ‘body, and dying, and yet I would go through it all again gladly if could only-help to save the Union.’ That, fellow citizens, is a living illustration of the feeling of patriotism.on which safety and perpetuity of our American republic solely rests. This is truly a government of the people, by the peo‘At ten o’clock the procession formed M. Walling being Marshal, and Marshal sae ae. Mounted. Company. C, National Guard California.tian Post, No. 106,G. A. R. , hoantate Division, No. inv. KEP The ‘boys in blue” of Captain Nr hell's company marched with light, ple aid for the people, a government eleatic step, performing their evolutions which can only be maintained by the with the precision, ef clockwork’ and anity and patriotic devotion of its citieliciting many expressions of com-) ,.45. While the great purpose of this mendation. F . . ebservationjof Memoria! Day iy to pay The chivalric Knights under Captain) +, the enidiars of the Union. the Gray occupied the position of honor, . just meed of aur hamble praisa, lot us which was on the left. Surgeon-Gen. ot forget that these stated obser varices eral Biber and Past’ Captain Shovcraft . ¢ the anniversarios of the great epochs in fatigue uniform, led the way for the . of our national history have still anPythians who made a handsome ap-. , her purpose of far greater importpearance in their rich camtamery aod ance-on the future destinies of this proved themeelves to be well drilled. . count ry—that of keeping alive. the? The brave old veterans of Chatta-. a ivit of self-sacrificing devotion to our nooga Post, who held a place between country's cause, Which shall cause all the militiamen and Knights, were the to sing ‘Our Native Country, thee, center of attraction, however. These] , weet-Land.ot Liborty, Of Thee we unpretentious participants had heard Sing.’ So long as we keep this great the cannon’s roar, the musket's rattle, purpose in view it will not be in vain the shell’s scream, and bullet's whisthat we assemble from year to year in tle. To them the bloody battle fields a solemn observance of Memorial’ of the early aixties were awful real ities Day, neither will it ba in vain that: we but yesterday. They marched with a ; peculiar bearing which ‘it is impossible to describe, and which is only attained by those to whom marching has at some time been a serious business, They were but a ‘handful, for each year thins-the ranks of these noble old heroes; but they filled a very large and warm place in the patriotic breasts of their fellow citizens who. watched thom tramping along. strive to direct the exercises of our national anniversaries. so that only American citizens, native born or naturalized, shall be inspired with such a devotion to the cause of liberty that they shall hold their allegiance to the: Government ef the United States of America as a more sacred and binding obligation than that of any other earthly power or Govern: ment. So longas this great purpose is accomplished. the destinies of the American republic rest safely within the keeping of its citizens.” Unity Band played a patriotic medley. 3 Rey. J. Sims in’ the absence of the regularly appointed chaplain, Rev. Sink, delivered this eloquent prayer: “O, Thou who. art. the God of nations and the Father of all flesh: We, a portion of the great universal family, have met here to'praise Thee for Thy providences in all governmental affairs pertaining to our nation’s life—mercies that have come to us through the shadows as Well as the sunshine and haye constituted for usa goodly heritage; for surely the lines have fallen for us in pleasant places. We thank Thee that the smoke of battle. has been lifted by the hands of peace, and thatthe hills of liberty are radiant with the beauty of permanent prosperity. We thank Thee that we have been permitted today to decorate with ‘flowers that-symbolise—mortality and immortality, the graves of (hose whose names and deeds of heroisur will ever be embalmed in the nation’s memory ; The Marshal and his Aids made a Unity Band, although a new organAT THE CEMETERY, Upon arriving at Pine Grove CemeIt was interesting to observe, upon the cemetery. The ladies On the sounding of the long roll the procession re-formed and returning to Armory Hall disbanded. IN THE EVENING. The exercices at the Theater in the evening drew together » concourse of citizens that crowded the building to the doors. On the stage with those who took part in the program were the Grand Army veterans, the ladies of the G. A. R., and officers of the military, Company 0, N.G. O,, and Nevada Lodge of Good Templars attended as organizations, Hon. FE, M. Preston, who presided as chairman, opened the proceedings with the following admirable address: “Ladies and Gentlemen ;—We have met for the purpose of continuing the exercises incident to a proper observation of Memorial Day. Today, beneath the folds of the stripes and stars a grateful and united nation has bedecked the graves of its fallen heroes with flowers. Tonight wecommemorate the patriotism of our Nation’s defenders with appropriate literary and musical exercises, These public ohservances of the anniversaries of the greatepochs in our national history have a two fold purpose: One that we may keep green in our memories the history of the struggles and of the deeds of patriotism by which our libertivs have been won and maintained, and the other to keep alive in our own breasts and to inspire in the minds of our children that spirit of patriotism and devotion to country which will cause the present and future citizens of this republic to maintain the cause of the Union with the same zeal and selfsacrficing devotion which characterized our Revolutionary forefathers. This feeling of patriotic devotion to which I refer was strickingly illustrated by an incident of the late war which came under my personal observation, Iwas on Broadway, New: York, in 1863, where I saw a regiment of soldiers marching to the front, to the thrilling strains of martial music--their uniforms bright, with fixed bayonets gleaming in the sun,and their banner floating proudly to the breeze. On the following day, I saw marching along the same atreet the remnants of a regiment of soldiers fresh from the battle field, with bayonets sheathed, uniforms worn and begrimed with the dust of a fearful campaign, with banner riddled with bullets and blackened with the smoke of battle, The men in the decimated ranks were weary, wounded and bleeding and maimed, with heads and limbs bandaged,all telling of the fearful encounter through which they had passed, After the regiment had passed the ambulance was hulted and a wounded soldier was borne into the hotel. His body was pierced with seven bullets, His story was told by a comrade who stated that he had beon in the hottest of the fight. Although wounded he had continued to fight, Again and again he was pierced with a bullet and as often he sent bullet in return, His leg ‘was-shattered, but he leaned against a, a len 'aal Gith hus. saly ‘remaining _onl oes teak 0 bettie 50h al the GnOy, notwithstanding the sufferings they endured for us upon the battle field, in poetic song guarding thém as evilook with proud veneration upon the relics of the great fratricidal strife, and repeat their deeds of love and courage, pointing to them as the conservators of peace and as being influential factors in the great boy politic, Grant, we pray Thee, that they may live long to énjoy the rich blessings of a country 60 dearly. purchased. May our young men have the grace to iinitate the great and good, May the fervent toyalty of the nation’s heart never grow cold, and when asa people we shall tiave fulfilled thy porposes upon earth— have waited wud watehéd and~ fought in accordance with Thine infinite wisdom and most holy designs, may the roll call on the serene morning of the resurrection find us ready to anshands of the Universal Judge a crown of life. Lord, Amen,” Prof. E. Muller sang, “Oh, Wings of a Dove,” Mrs. Geo, U. Smith with Mrs, L, 8. Calkins as accompanist sang ‘My Mothér Kissed Me in My Dreams.’ Hon. B. J, Watson then delivered the following able and interesting oration; “Inovery loyal state of the American Union, in évery churchyard of the gave up their lives that their country might live, have gathered great assemblies of the living, for the same. purday. Army of thé Republic, with John A. Dead’ should thus be honored, general. wore the gray in that memorable conwho wore the blue. drops oom. quite a smart shower of fifteen rolnuten’ foteen the story was a symAnd we would not forget, O most merciful God, that we huve in our presence tonight, men with the battle marks of victory upon them; men who still live While other nations are proud of their matorial jewels and chant their value dences of national wealth, we would with hearts aglow with patr.otié fire wer to our names and to receive at the Through Jesus Christ our The choir under the directorship of For the north, where lie the forms of men who pose you have gathered together toThousands of living actora in the great drama of the Rebullion, have today visite@he silent encampments of their dead comrades in arms for the purpose of tenderly depositing upon their last resting place, the crown of victory, which waa so dearly won. Twenty years ago this beautiful National custom was inaugurated. The Grand Logan at -its head, had decread that thenceforward the ‘Grand Army of the The custom has grown uatil it has become Until today, the dead who flict for principle are remombered as tenderly by their friends as are those Extending the custom atill farther, the graves of the departed, whether officer or private, Union or Confederate, soldier or citigen, are on this National holiday decorated: with nature's choivest™ treasures. Itis, in short, a day on which occurs a grand reunion of the living with the dead. For who shall say that the spirit forms which inhated the dust you have today bos . ored, were not present to recognize the loving remembrance of their sur vivirig friends? ‘Who shall deny that the tears of widowed wives and or ~ phaned children, as they dropped upon the graves of a husband or father today, fell without a silent and loving — witness? It has always seemed to me that this custom should not be marred by form or ceremony. That flowers should be tenderly and silently deposited over the tombs of the departed and let the matter end there. ‘If silence is ever golden,’ said James A. Garfield while delivering his oration at Arlington Heights twenty years ago to-day, ‘it must be here, be+ side the graves of. fifteen thousand men ,whose lives were more significant than speech, and whose death was a poem, the music of which can never be sung.’ Ifthe voice of that gifted orator, brave soldier, distinguished statesman and subsequently martyred President, was hushed in the presence of that silent assembly ef the dead, how inharmonious must be the voice of those possessing neither qualification, who attempt to speak of stich mon and of the era which their deeds helped to round out and make complete ; an era which has no parallel in the annals of the world’s history; an era which saw filty thousand patriots sink to bloody graves and five huntired thousand return to. their homes crippled and broken in health ; anera which evolved nobler deeds and nobler results, than any. period, ancient or modern, of which history gives any record; an era which gave liberty to an enslaved «race, which 2 made the Union of the States one and inseparable, which produced a list of names that will shine in the galaxy of fame as long as the human family shall honor brave action ‘and revere loyal devotion to country. I confess Mr, President that any effort your speaker tonight may make, dwindles into insignificance, in his own estimation, when he pictures before, his im: agination the times this occasion brings to remembrance. I see before me tonight men who are atill in the prime of life, yet who helped to make the history of the times this day commemorates.Twenty-seven yeara ago today you were boys, who were as ig: norant of the profession of arms and of the sanguinary conflicts of grim visagod war, as are the children who surround your board, and who rely upon you for protection and support. But, when that immortal patriot, Abraham Lincoln sounded the alarm that the Nation was in danger, boys though yon were, you sprang tothe conflict, and with brave hearts and strong young arms, went forth to meet the enomies of your country; went forth to conquer or todie, No prouder diatinctiom has ever been won by an” American citizen than to have his name-inseribed-on—that—grand;-Na* tional Roll of Honor, as a soldier of the Union, You do well to decorate tho graves of those who fell in that conflict, for when you shall have pasaed over to that silent majority, a grateful Nation shall place loving tributes over your graves, as tenderly as you have today crowned those of your dead comrades, Lhave said that the graves of those who fought against you liave today been honored the same as those who fought by your side. Strange as it may appear, many of the abodes of dead Confederates -have been thus honored by surviving rUnion suldiers, and vive versa, There is thasame harmony existing among the living heroes as no doubt exists among the dead, The men who were trying ‘to shed each others’ blood twenty-five years ago, aré now dwelling-in peace as brother citizens of one glorieus Commonwealth, Whatever bitterness and ‘prejudice may exist between citizens of the North and the South, will not be found among the soldiers who did the fighting during the war. Each recognizes in the othera brave and honorable opponent who has submitted a vital principle to the arbitrament of the sword, and like honorable men, when the contest has been decided, shake hands and bary past differences in the oblivion of forsetfulness. Now what waa the principle for which over .four million of American ciizens bitterly fought for four long years? What caused over a half million of men, North and South, ‘to: abandon home and friends and offer up their lives as a sacrifice? It was not because of hatred toward each other. ‘They were citizens of a common country, of whose achievements beth sides were proud, a country they honored above all other lands,— Their ancestors had marched side by side in the American Revolution, and by their united valor had wrung victory from the strongest nation on earth, They were descendants from the same stock, and worshipping the same shrine, They were, inshort, brothers of one family estranged hecause of different opitiion on one vital principle. ‘Lhat difference was this; one side believed the Union was: composed of Sovereign States; that those States had entered into a compact for _. certain purposes, and that the Union was only the agent of the State.’ The speaker here gave a succinct and intelligent account of the motives and differences that led up to the war of the Rebellion. In summing up this branch of the subject he said: ‘There were two great queations raised for settlement: ‘was this a Nation, or a coiifederacy of States.’’ Second, ‘wasslayery @ Divine institution, above all laws —State or Nation.’ These two questions were inscribed upon the battle — flags of both armies, in the thousand battles of the war of the Rebellion, They formed the battle cry of the heroes of both sides, who perished on the bloody fields of the Riappahan= ~~ ~~~ nock and Rapidan; on the Chicahominy and the Jamea, These questions out in eopulchral tones from the 4 ilderness, and were heard above the = (Concluded on 2d page.) bs