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March 29, 1881 (4 pages)

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SAME WAPOA REL RCE GERD ER tei 5 2 ¢ 25, 1881. : technicalities. causes, his neighbors may think, criminations are to be cast, it is in better taste and will do more good to ——_hurk them at the officer who held out} undue influences in order to obtain his confession, But enough has al~ ready been said on that score to let __yur readers know just how thé mat*ter stands, and to serve as a warning to: other like officers who try to ferret out mysterious criminal cases, ~ We desire, however, as a matter of news and not for the purpose of in-; fluencing public sentiment one way or the other, to publish the following extracts relative to the outcome pt. rasa Valley arsom cases are moving along’slowly, and the more they move the less satisfactory to teputable citizens are the restits. Stevens, the alleged ringleader of the . gang, is free, and the possibilities are that his palg may run the gauntlet of justice im consequence of some Wee have, since Stevens’ acquittal, bees requested to pablish that young man’s cotifession, and keep “‘socking it to him” so that -. the public at large may not forget _. that he admitted to the perpetration . after the jury had retired to makeup _ of the crimes for which he wasJar-. #heir verdict, gave his own personal ‘rested, although thedaw failed so ignominiously to reach him. We veaged to publish it, “because we do . aad against the rights of the defend“pot consider it within the province of a newspaper to hound any man who escapesthe penitentiary or the gallows through anoflicer’s stupidity, ignorance or carelessness, or through _ the fact of there not being sufficient testimony against him from other Stevens is innocent now in the eyes of the law, no matter what If any reoa case of The People vs. Indian Frank and Lewey Rose; the two Indian boys recently convicted of murder in the Superiot Court of this county, will if not disproven shew up at least one member of the jury im a very unpleasant light. It is declared by:affidavits duly filed that during the Mooney Flat, the juryman above referred to, was guilty of misconduct in freely talking about the mertts of the case to parties on the street. The affidavits setting this ferth are attested to by Thomas Bigger, John “McCarty and John Barbour. It is furthermore claimed that Mr. ‘Hartley, -knowledgeconcerning the case which . was important for the prosecution Bertous Charges Npmiast a Juicer. The grounds upon which Messrs. Blakey and Mason, counsel for de. fendants, ‘move for a hew ‘trial inthe progress of the trial Wm. Hartley of . : ‘Gola rym Ryrites ‘cheap atid thorough ‘manner of working iron pyrites. Ik ‘nany places on this coast’ are immense deposits of ores ri¢h in gold, but so largely composed ‘of iron as to baffle all attempts to work them to profit by ordinary mill processes. At Meadow Lake and in many other. places in this State are whole districts of thése ledges. Many experiments have been tried upon the Meadow Lake ores, and every year or two we hear. that some one has at last hit upon the plan, but as time passes we either hear no more about the new process, or learn that it “proved a failure, a ae The Pall Mall Gazette of a recent date. says: ‘‘Phough the presence of gold in.pyrites has long been known, . the cost of extracting the precious metal has until recently rendered For many Years mill and mining men have in vain sotght for some of those great underlying powers, truth, justi¢e, virtue, honesty of purpose and heart, a readiness and willingness, to forgive and forget ; It-is seldom that all these can be at— tributed to one person. But when we see a man who has suffered defeat . lay aside partisanisms, and go forth ‘te greet the victorious one, with no feelings of envy or jealousy, such an one should and does, in the eyes of justice and wisdom, rise to that perfection that is almost sublime. To Gen. Winfield S. Hancock belongs jal thése attributes, and over. that ltype of character that he displayed. there shouldbe great rejoicing, for it. protes tous that thase principles struggled, “are yet extant: He, by at the inauguration of Pres. Garfield . "We hear, see, read and speak of the principles, the nobleness of character ‘of great men #ad women;. and Ep. Transcrirt:—Will you be kind enough toinform me why ‘so much work is being done om the Grass Valley road and© none on the ed onthe former to fill up uneven places for the accommodation of i don’t know who, while the big holes on the Blue Tent road are allowed to remain in a dangerous condition for teamsters and stages. Therewas no necessity for squandering raoney.and labor on the Grass Valley road, as no-heavy teams go over. it, while on the Blue Tént’ road) which extends through a district that pays the heaviest taxes, and from which the city receivesita greatest direct revenue, much, hauling is done. There are about fifteen tons of freight at the dépot awaiting shipment to the upper part of the county, and ants, in telling’ the other jurymen that he-+Hartley—had seen the defendants two or three days previous to the murder for which they were on trial, and that they were then barefooted ; and that. he hadalso seen in the posssession of Lewey, Rose about the saaie time the gun which figured so prominently in the case, and readily identified it as the prisoner’s. It will be remembered that the prosecution proved the existence of the prints of barefooted persons in the Vtinity of where ‘the . murder was committed, but failed to establish the fact that the Indians did not wear boots or shoes on or . about thattime. Thelaw provides that when the jury has the benefit of testimony besides that of the sworn witnesses, it will be sufficient eanse for a new trial; and hence defendants’ counsel maintain that the motion should be granted. ofthe case which appeared in the pa“pers printed at’ the town where the boys.dive: ae The Free Lance of Saturday evening said; os, _ The boys confessed fully to many acts, -The. confessions were reduced to writing and signed by each of the boys. The officer to whom they confessed, however, told them it would be better for them if they told the whole story. That induce— ment given by the officer rendered the confessions:worthless as evidence in the case. ‘That is the law of the land, and the courts can not go ~behind it, This community, where. the, alleged acts were committed, . does not show a great deal of inidignation,-but all its members feel chagrined, : % The Union of Sunday thus expressed itself: ' The idea is well expressed that. the cases against the delinquents have come toa “lame and impotent conclusion,” and no one now expects any other result-than-they—wibl-all go free, but the fact will remain that) ‘ee 2 w'clock our young friends Miss Flora the property of citizens has been destroyed by incendiarism, . without provecatioa or cause, and that the parties who were indicted treely and tully comfessed to the crime at the time of their arrest. > Tho True Blue Mine The hoisting and pumping Ynachinery formerly used on the Nevada claim near Sugar Loaf in this districthas been removed to the Trne Blue: gravel. mine in’ Little York township, near Mqunt Oro, and the work of putting i¢ up’ there began yosterday morniag. Itwill probably be in plave amd ready to start . . up within two weeks. The new incline of the Trae Blue was sunk seventy-five feet before water came in, requiring pumps. It. will be put <town about 300 feet before drifting is commenced, The Prospects are flattering for a rich drift mine being opened ‘there, -@e be Married Sunday. Next Sunday evening at 7:30 1, Holbrook,daughter ef Postmaster Holbrodk, ‘aad Witl L, Thurston wil, be married wt the “Episcopal church by Rev. Me. “Powell. After the ceremony at the chitxeh issover there will be a@ public _Feception at the residence of the bride's Broad street, _———-~ --s «om]-Round Meantaia Mine.. ” The owners of ‘the Round Mountain drift claim have ‘concluded to , push their main tunnel into the hill a distemee of 490 feet beyond the head ofitat present. It is now in about 600 fest. ‘They whint to get al cst Loup hy 5 o'clock last Wed~ perfect idea as soon as “possible of what the grownd.centaing, o> . ‘street where Dr. Hunt was summonlength that had lodged there, and Lcould be expected considering the} Pierced his Hand with a Spike. Last Saturday while a young man named Arthur Leavitt was engaged in removing the side-strips from the Blue Tent Hydraulic Mining Company’s sluice, preparatory to cleaning up, he met'with a very painfal accident, A section of the stripping which had been thrown out upon the bank slid back towards him. He put out his hand to save it from striking him, when one of the large’spikes projecting from it penetrated the center of the palm inflicting a ghastly wound, He was brought to the city on the stage, and stopped at the residence of I, J. Rolfe on Broad ed to attend him. The Doctor extracted from the hand a piece of the spike an inch and three-quarters in since then he has rested as well as painful character of the hurt,—It is} only a short time since Leavitt took out a policy in the Travelers’ Accident Insurance Company, afd as he is likely to be laid up for some time his wisdom in doing $0 will be practically illustrated. Superior Court. —— The following business was transacted in the Superior Court yesterday, Judge Jotia Caldwell presiding: Wm. Joseph Michell, a native f° England, was naturalized, the witnesses. being W. H. Buckett and . : Chas. Mill, “The People vs, Ah Joe. Charged with attempt to burglarizea cabin at Blue Tent,. The case was .submitted to the Jury without argument at 11:25 4. M., only-two witnesses having been’ examined and bath for prosecution, At 12:50 Pr. x., a verdict of not guilty was returned, ~~. —— Movitg the Big Wheel. The ten-ton spur _wheelrecently arrived at Grass Valley from Virginia City, where it was apart of the pumping machinery at the Chollar mine, was transported Sunday frem the depot to theSvotia mine at which claim itisto be used hereafter.— Twenty-eight horses and four oxen were required in hauling it over to the mine, a quarter of a mile distant, and se@ral hundred people assembled to wittess the undertaking which was successtully performed, ee Died In the Asytam, per yesterday received a letter stating*that Erick Prahm, who was sent to the Napa Insane Asylum from this city February 15th, 1880, ee Organic disease @ of the brain, was-buried in the \_If the process shall prove fo -be company has been incorporated, the Operation unprofitable. It is stated that an important discovery thas been made which at last solves this difficulty. The process, which is of French origin, has yet. to be tried on a large scale; but up to this time the experiments that have been made are said to show.a return of between one-half and_three—quarters of an ounce of gold from each ton of pyrites treated. The discovery is exciting very great interest in. the pyrites.trade. One well-known concern has-secured the right to the patent, ands now erecting the apparatus necessary for working the process.” such-an act, has—immortalzed his name. What other great feats he may have accomplished, this last certainly is the crowning.one, and so long asour ‘Republic extsts, so long will hisdeedsand name live. We may look throughout the annals. of histgry, but we will, for force of character, find none who outshine~ him. There be those who in an official ca~ reer-may stand above him, but for the nobler qualities of heart and mind, where do we find his equal?’ And if there were those whodid for want-ofa subject during the Presidential campaign say aught against’ this great and noble man, they should blush with shame, As well might they be . what is claimed for it the discoverer has found that which is a very good substituting fer the ‘‘philosopher’s stone.” Hecan find mountains of iron from which to extract the gold. Not only in Nevada county, but also in Colorado, Utah, Montana, Arizona and in fact in almost every mining region are found veins of rebellious pyritic -ores that are richin gold. . It would seem from:what is said above that the pyrites operated upon by the new. French process were. such. as are found in the ordinary country -rock, not such as are met with in quartz veins in gold—producing countries, . ancl Mere and There. Hanlan offers to row the world for a stake of $10,000, A New York underground railway The Boers are said todemand indemnity for losses in the late war. William H, Vanderbilt has resigned from the Board of Directors of Western Union, _ The victims of the Opera-House fire at Niee will number over one ing. sana Union Pacific in Nebraska are increasing, and great damage is reported, with some loss of life. The Britieh Ministry scored a triumph on the Candahar question, the best tpeech for the Government being made by Sir Charles Dilke. In the Senate Saturday, after a brief debate, it was decided to ad journ until yesterday, when Mahone promised to deliver aprepared speech on his course, The Republicars, in caucus, have determined to adhere to their plan of organization. Chicago has also developed a faster in the person of Wm. Cooney, of 95 North C.ark street, who came there from Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. He claims to be the Holy Ghost, the successor of Christ, and isa remark-— ably intelligent lunatic. He has fasted twenty-five days, only drinking water during that time, aad says he will live on air and water until Easter—April 17th, —_—_— 3 eeNew Bex Factory. —aeeesies The Republican says: The. work on the new box factery at Camp 16 is progressiniy very rapidly. ~~ The boiler is in position andthe masons are engayed in putting up the stone work around she san. ‘I'he foundation foc the building has been placed and the frame was raised Saturday. The main building is 42 by 60 feet in dimensions, A crew of 18 men engaged in the work, ’ Jvupoe Betpen, of Sante Clara Sus perior Court, im recently admitting an African-borh applicant to ‘full Citizenship, quoted the general United Stateslawthes: “The provisions of this titleshall appiy to aliens of African nativity and to persons of hundred; several foreigners are miss~The floods ateng the line ef the . guilty,of endedvoring-to tarnish the name of Washington, © Long may. Hancock live to deeper instill . into the minds of the people the power of true moral worth ‘and the force of character. Devs. ae A New Find. A new quartz location has been made the present week on a vein that crosses Wolf Creek, a short distance below the site of the Gold Hill mill. The vein is about four feet between wall,-carries largely in mineral, and prospects well in-free-gold, although its existence has been known togom persons for many years back. It will be difficult to ‘sink upon it: to any depth in the bed of the creek, with ordinary appliances, on account of -water, but enough work will be done at present to determine its course, with a view to putting down a prospecting shaft at a more favorable point. The ledge is believed to run through the garden of Jordan Ousley,. on the west side of the creek, and into Gold Hill, as that seems -to be its course so far as it has been exposed. —Union. The Santa Cruz Sentinel says: ‘Thousands of dollars are being. spent
in boring for oil in the mountaing ‘backjof this city, inthis and Santa Clara county, Well No. 5, 10-inch bore at top, located in Moody’s gulch, one-half mile from Alina, . is down nearly 1,500 feet, and reduced to a 44 bore. Well No. 3 is producing oil, some thirty barrels per day, and wells 1 and Gare being forced down with_all profitable speed, The men engaged in the construction and ownership of these wells are mostly old Pennsylvania oil miners, some of whom have made and loss their hundreds of thousands of dollars in the oil business, and they. express themselves as thoroughly convinced that immense oil deposit will be distains, Rising Sun Mine, ee The Free Lance says: Hxtensive improvements are being made at the Rising Sun mine, Colfax. The shaft is being repaired so that it can be sunk three levels more, making the total depth of the mine 1,200 feet. Drifts will be rum at the bottom as well as from each level, and the ledge will be extensively opened. Ten stamps will be added to the mill, which will make 20 in all. A large boarding house is to be put up.which will mig cma 62 or 70 men. At present there are 70 men employed at the Rising Sui, = TweNew Residences, beac ‘ two handsome residences on Zion street, Piety Hill. One of the new dwellings is for Deputy Assessor Wa: T and the other for Mr. Preble, bookkeeper of the Nevada and Grass Valley Asylum cemetery, © 4 Africau descent,” na Fs Wood and Lamber! far as we can perceive, the-complaint cevered in the Santa Cruz _moun-] have secured the contract to erect! go to North San Juan because the roads that way are kept in hightoned style. Where is the justice in such infamous proceedings? If the same amount of work had been done on the Blue Tent road as has been done on, the Grass Valley road there would liave been no necessity of worrying the life ont of people who are com-— pelled to travel over it. No money to tix the roads leading to North. San Juanand to Blue Tent and North Bloomfield, butplenty to make a grand splurge on a hightoned road! Why is it thus? More Anon, in favor of the other.side of the question, the columns of the\TRAaNsCKIPT are open to the expression of it. So above submitted 1s well founded. Epitor TRANSCRIPT. ] 5 He Gave Fair Warning. Among the passengers who boarded the Eastern bound train at Oakand groom of the regular hollyhock order, Although the car was. full of passengers, they commenced to squeeze hands and hug as secon as thev were seated, This of course, attracted attention, and pretty soon everybody. was nodding and winking, and several persons so far for-. got themselves as to laugh outright. By and bye the broad-shouldered™ and red-handed groom became aware ot the fact that he was being ridiculed, and ‘he unlinked liimselt te the height of six feet, ‘looked up and down the car, and said; : “There seems to be considerable nudging and winking around here, because I’m hugging the girl who was married to methis morning. » If the rales of this railroad forbid a man hugging his wife after he has paid full fare, then PU quit; but if the rales don’t, and this winking and blinking isn’t bitten short off when we pass the next mile post, I'm going to begin on the front seats and create a rising market for: false teeth andcrutches. © a if theré were any more winks and Blue Tent read? Rock has been haul[If there is anything to be offered . land, the other day, were a bride . . blinks in that car, the groom didn’t City Election, HK. Electors of the corporation of the City of Nevada are hereby notified that an election will be held at the City Hall oy MONDAY, May 2nd, 1881, to choose A City Marshal, TwoT ‘ ., City Assessor,,* And City Treasurer. The polls will be open at 8 o'clock 4: , and kept open till sundown. Officers of Election—J. C. Rich, Tnspe ctor, J, Abbott and L. Nihell, Judges. ; By order of Board of Trustees. J, ©. LOCKLIN, President: K. Casprr, Clerk. m27 NEVA DA TH EATRE, OPERA SEASON COMMENCING MONDAY EVEN’G, MARCH 28, 1881, EMELIE MELVILLE And her entife Headed by the universal fayorite, EMELIE MELVILLE, es) Supported by GRACE PLASTED. GRETCHEN HIRST LILLIE POST MATILDA VALERGA KITTIE AYERS LOTIE STOCKMYER ERANK MARIAN LIZZIE SMITH LILLIE HALL MAY LA FONTAINE : —AND— MAX FREEMAN «= R VALERGA A HATCH STOCKMYER TOM CASSELBI SILLANCE M FORSTER VALEGA A HENDERSON WEEKS. -. EN KNIGHT SHERWOOD F LAFONTAINE _,ALargeand Perfect Chorus, MAX FREEMAN, Staye Director. : * An .efficientOrchestra, under. the -diree: tion of PROF. DORMAN, embracing picked instrumentalists from the Bush Street Theater, San Francisco, Orchestra. = Meier Nissi Wak se CHIMES OF NORMANDY. “Tuesday Evening, March 29, PIRATES OF PENZANCE, mS Wednesday Evening, March 30, (Farewell. Performance) ROYAL MIDDY. Emelie Meliville.... as>...,.Fanchett, Afterwards a RoyalMiddy. The above produced with New Scenery Costumes, Properties and great attention to Sg detail. Reserved Seat for single evenfng... S General Admission.....,..-... : BOK SOM ce 2 Season Tickets, admitting to the three evening performances, not transferObie.. 3.5.. figs owas €SNWES NS 68 belt os 5a = EXCELSIOR BLASTING POWDER, Manufactured by the Excelsior Powder Comp’y. —— }the roads_are_so damnable that} = st teamsters do not dare to go over them . CHAS. E. LOCKE....... Proprietor sent by the way of Grass Valley to 40 40 ARTISTS 40 SS ees 3 Advertised Letters. The following is alist of letters remain> ing in the Post. Office,’ at Nevada City,Cal., for the week ending March 28, 1881. Persons calling for any of these letters will Please say ‘‘advertised:”* J. 8. Honsproox,P, M, Davis Robert G.' Barnes Newell—2 Brown F, Davey. George Duffney Wm, . Grange Charles Graves Isabella Hall U, P, Labarge Moses Leonard’ Mary Moulton J2siah Martin H. G, BR. McIntyre Mrs Lillie Shafer M. Spilly Mra or Sidlinger Mrs. J. A. Mrs. Truble . Mra, Jennie Watson. Held for Postage. : James E. Nolan, Goodyear’s Bar, Cal. Mr. fF. Fiinp, North Wolcott, New York, a : MARRIED. "At the residence of Nevgda City, March Sims, F; both of the bride's parents in Y 27th, 1881, by Rev. J. — and Miss Maty Dennler, city,cantata In Nevada City, March 26th, 1881, Emeline Avery, aged 66 years, 5 months und 17 days. EEE ee -School Election. . — HE Electors of Nevada School District are hereby notified that an Election will held at the Washington School Building, bau ‘Tuesday, April 26th, 1881, To choose three members of the Board of Education, The Polls will be open at 8 o'clock a. M. till sundown. and be kept o Inspector, JT. Morgan ; Judges, D. L, Calkins and R. G. MeCui s _Pelies StL J.C. Rien, Secretary, m30 . MASQUERADE BALL . TEMPERANCE HALL, Friday Even’g, April 8, «Orchestra of 6 Pieces. HIS JS NO SO-CALLED “SAFETY’ POWDER, but a powerful explosive and as safe to handle and use as any nftroglycerine Powder on the continent. There ris no headache or nausea in the use of this ‘Powder, as the noxious fumes are entirely done away with. No Picric acid or chlorate. potash used in the manufacture of this Powder, Allother Powder going under this name is unauthorized, and parties using this name are liable for damages. Jt is put up in cartridges of any size‘to suit customers ard is exploded with eapand fuse, the same as any otner high explosive. . The foilowing testimonial is a « rample of hundreds of the same tenor being constantly received ; = << pee . Gop Hin, August 17th, 1880. ~AGENT-ExckLsion Powper Co,—Dear Sir! T have used your Powder in test cement to any Powder in use on does its work effectually, the person using it witha severe headache, like the other Powders do to the majority of minerf. In recommending it 1 would suggest, give it a fair trial andl am confi-ent it will speak for itself. Wishing your Compaoy auecess, lam respectfully yours, etc. GEORGE CLARK, Foreman SierraG. and §. M. Oo. the Comstock. It atid does not leave Address all orders to © EXCELSIOR POWDER Co. Room 40, Merchants Exchange, San Francisco, Annual Meeting, { on. ie we Geld and Silver z Mining Com waolida= ted, will be held'at the Bien of the Secretary of’said Mining Company, in Nevada City, on Tuesday, April tith, 188], at 7:30 P. M., for the purpose of electing Five es for the ‘ttaneetion of sucho usiness as may lawfully come before it. asia" ~ President.» _ “ _ -D. K, MORGAN, Secretary. Nevada City, March 2ist, 1881. Nevada and Grass Valley . Wood & Lumber Co. K™ CONSTANTLY ON HayD UMBER, eo Orders left atthe office of South Yuba Hlergen 80 cts ; Ladies 25 cents, No improp. er characters admitted. Masks raided at the : JOHN MICHELL, Water Cu. or at the Yard, on Fab ley Foodwill be promptly; = fo: and hard blasting rock, and find it superior ~ yt 4 he Annual Meeting of the stockholders) . Pispow a NEVADA CI ETS —_—— Brie Atoiher iron. _ from the east tc .ogs aud wood o The Golden € strels, whoever that they wil The funeral 0: who died. in thi: took place a% Spring street ye David Binkte the Van Hoete street, Grass V: pied by the Em sum of $2,000. . A letter fece Mr. Mott at: 8: — thé porch-&and it is believ« is somewhat-in The jury int vs. Dana Getch Robinson’s Cou battery on Rob fendant guilty him to the mer This has beer leged criminals rior Court of th viction of any “than an Indian ‘community mor the Board of 8 consider.tien er schoolhouse, city already ab pils who canno modated. Of « will be given au cept or reject t The funeral ‘died sudden’y « morning, took . ncon from the the Red Dog ro large concourse to pay their . , dead townsma prime of life be Out warning, The Meh The Melville arrive here yest dist evening we the Theatre in ville.” Of cow: formance was ‘ceived, and it ji the operas for t row night will ally acceptable Corneville.” — I programme wil. _licking and har titled ‘‘Pirates -_Slaveof Daty,” cast for the Piri Richard, a pira Ma jor¢ Jeneral : ish Army.. Raward, a Serg e .S me Se whey Isabel.. ., Mi Rath, a Praeti .M Fearfal M Five Chinese in a cave that o Hethington & . claim, Scott's F ing killed and t) bly bruised. © forced down apr _ ef which enter: _ Passed up throu into his face, ‘1 ed to death, ° working in the : escaped with th ~~ about 125 fe : tion from it ¢ Tn great variety ‘ter & Crawford’: jon hotel, Main =———— da City. Conta Novay, owner, ~ Return to TRAN . "ng up brown