March 5, 1876 (4 pages)

} 1 oy ees LE -. enrotal perasal, _ ina week, iv or her ability: . Bie Daily Teanscript NEVADA one, CALs =e Sunday, March B, 1876 gE sommes Graded Schoglm The communtention of i Ws © iin another colamn,-is well «orl , : Our obnervation of the felative progress of students at graded and wograded schools, proves _jnet what isthere claimed. Last Samsneer we visited an ungraded sobool and found « clase reading well in the -fhrat-feader, and ut the close ot the wooltation writing the lesson on the black-board in a to ‘ably good band, who hid commenced o learn their jotters only five monthy before, We have seen pupils of eight wid ten , One eente t® ae Hd, Transeript: That there is . something radically wrong in our present ‘"yraded school’” system as ‘im other localities), it were useles to deny; bat where the fault lies,and what is the rewedy, is most difficult to determine, and in This paper I sliall simply try to point owt some of ite most glaring defects and abto make engniries and suggest improvements that will lead to a change fow the better; ind iw doing this 3 “wish to be understood that I do not believe the fuukt Kes in the incompetency of the teachers or managers of tom in vogue of dividimg our schools ‘into so many grades that they are . sumberaO Tne mud over expensive, aud . ysarw of age who had never neow the . juslde of a.goammar, that were able io anhlyze simple sentenves; give snob part—ofepoochand al their} nodifications with aw much readinoss as older ones whe had studied . the subject for years, aud those younger ones learned all they knew by imitation and obsepvation, In any ofthe country district schools _pupila_can_be fund ~who are (at the aonse time fuil to bring oat ‘either the talent or the ambitiom of the seholur, or the honorable: pride ally follow were there-more varied . ‘branches of stady allowed im the} same room, Let us suppose a ease: for inetance, divide your Primary school into departments, putting the} little ones in. sepwrate rooms, the first or youngest to leam the first. tiirther advanced at ten than. “most! sight letters arr en a a ef our graded: school pupils are at Afteen._There ls no inducement foy . a pupil in. graded schools to get atiead of hin clans, beoaase theve iw wo change for promotion if he doos. ‘We are autisfied there are pupila in the graded sohools of this aity, who éould get ahead more in one year than they do in five if thoy had an opportunity todo eo, Parente oan not stimuladé thele Children to study when they can keep up with their grade Without “study, We belicve _ Af instead of huving five teachers in five different. grades, as ab present, the pupils of the five diffirent grades should be equally divided into five . schools, componed of pupile of the _ five grades, wud in which the ‘wtudies of the five grades should be pursued under the same five teachers, the increase iy the progreus andinteresl of the pupils Would be observable: ‘Theu there would be #} rivalry, not only among pupily of the different schools, but among. the one teacher, Aster learning this, to teacher to leaym the next eight; 4c,, bow long do you imagine it would tuloo them to acquire the alphabet? . Aocording to all exporienge,. it would take niore than three times as long atime to leorn their letters as it would even under the present faulty system, QOhildren are very observing, aid when placed in rooms with older wcholurw get half their education from heating the older ones recite, While warning their first. letters they ave-also learning how to ‘pub these letters together to form it; and the boy or girl who is studying simple addition, subtraction aud division, has by the time these-are mastered, a good, general ‘idea of fractions and other higher branches “older Classes recite, aud so on are thus alWaya uhead of their actual . practiced in Nevade City, (and I be. eve the same complaint existe also surdities, hopitg i may lead others . our sébools, but-rather with tae sys-otthe-teachet;—whichwould -satat-+oes, . bo transferred to another poom and . 83; Misa Belle Cooper, 75; Mise! 5.14 dollars -judiciously—expended . . words, merely by hearing others-do+ of mathematics, simply by hearing: through all branches of study they. ” Lest Boovitiee. ‘The Grass Valley stage had o fulb ‘load yesterdsy noon; and both it and the Colfax stage did not arrive here lumtif about 2 o’¢lock. . Bemember the meeting for the or. ganization of old ‘settlers on Mon. day, ; ! ‘Ain't Mexican jnst booming now? Ki takes merve'te sell when the progpect ib 60 favorable fer » stilbgreater ‘vise. Yesterday was ax Giongreen bile ae }any Mare day way down in Maire. 'Sunshine and cloudless skies mast -come some of these days. W. H. Weeks, an old voli dint; was in this city yesterday. We are sotry {0 say, onthe @ awitherity of the Marysville Appech, that the flouring mill of Torson, Clark & Co., was attached for a -large amount ou Thursday last. Certificates Granted. At the late examination.ot teach P _, A Pair Prepatition. i The San Juan Times says: “‘The. ~— people of Nevada City want a first-' rate wagon‘road from that place to this Ridgé for-the purpese of enticing travel to their narrow guage, and also for the purpose of entieing our merchants, and the merebants of the i place to receive their supplies at the Nevada depot instead of receiving them at Marysville. How te get sach avoad has been a matter of some discussion. .All know that money Bar,, bat the amount required for that purpose, some $25,000, is not easily to be had, and the consequence is: the road can not be built, ‘at the: to Nevada for the purpose indica ted, road to Nevada from this place is by the way of Purdon’s Bridge, which were certificates granted to the fol. lowing persons, whose pereehtage is . annexed to their names; First Grade—Jobn T. Parr, 89; H. L, Weed, 81; A. C,. Shaffer, 82; Miss H. E. Davie,. 88. x _Beoond Grade—-Miss: Susie Green, 176; Miss Mollie Watson, 75; Mrs. M. i. Marston; 75; Mise Mary Cannon, ‘Louisa Cannon, 83, Third Grade—Miss Joe Denton, 67; Miss Maggie Nolan, 64; Miss ae rah Mekeon, 60. ~ ise Letter from Moore's Flat. Mooxn’s Inst, Mareh 3d, Ep, Transcript: Once again we ure enjoying the blessings of a Bleck aded road and a .searcity of provisions. Our road is blocked for five. miles with a depth of from four. to six feet of suow, aud at present writ= ing the snow is coming down with. at vengeance, — again been substiuted for the mail beg;-and the staga comes in on snow shoes, The ditch companies, with the exception ef thé Bloomfield ‘Company, . have their dtches blocked with snow made to open them until the walle er setties. Times are dull here at The barley sack-— bab . on the other side—the Nevada side —is as good @ grade as can “be had on the Jones’ Bar route, the. only fault to be found on that portion of the road, is, that it is. too narrow for six and eight horse teams. It needs -widening,On this side of the river the grade at many places is too steep und needs dimitishing, Afew thouwill make Purdon’ s grade first-rate. Nevada City will loanhim five thousand dolars for ‘five years, he will the road and makingit what it should ‘be, to-wit, first-rate road for loaded teams of 8 or 10 horses. bind himself to repay the amount in five years, $1,000 per year, and wall give his property as security for the whole country north and east of this . . . $435 Sierra Nevada 23%. (gold coin) will construct # first-rate . : wagon toad by the way of Jeunes’ . present time. Now, something must . be done in the way of getting # road } and we propuse to show the: Novia . people how to do it. The ‘present ‘spans.the South Yuba. Tbe grade j He proposes ‘that if the people of} ers every dollar of it in improving . : He wiili . [My Sener,» : 4 Mining Stocks. 9 . Yesterday Morning . Sales. 1285 his 7234. 2400 Mexican 37, _ . 2335 Gould & Carry 2334. 1195 Best & Belcher 65%. 1650 Savage 17%. 420 Chollar 19. 300 Hale & Norcross 50. 880 Crown Point 27%. 190 Yellow Jacket 114. 1660 Imperial 16. 500 Empire Mill 944. 8 ° ap 339 Con Virginia 460. ~ 4 620 Confidence. 25, 1305 Belcher 40. ' ea 546 Alpha 53, 1960 Rentuck 2034. 5270 California 94, 310 Bullion 66. . 310. Exchequer 2174, 150 Daney 75c. Z . 920 Sustice 2944. --§30 Overmua-73. ~ 600 Succor 24%, -4125. Union Con 16%. , 2585 Lady Bryan 8)4. 2170 Julia 17%. 1180 @aledownia 60. > Friday, March 3d, P. M. Board. 90 Raymond & Ely 20. 130: Eureka Con 11%, — 705. Leopard.934. 265: Jefferson 44%. 625 Gila 27%.a =e 115 Gen, Thomas.5%{. \" ' 100 Northern Belle “36. 2060-hhady Bryan SYgs r 1265 Julin Bi pt eae : : -310-Caledonin 66%4;-—--\ 1785, Baltimore 3i@ “$00 Rock Island ae —— 165 Silver Hill t1%-145. Utah 18. 435 Occidental 5. 890 Woodville 314. 450 Mint 80c. = 2745. Andes’ 67%. _190 Florida ar Las week’s storm carried off one bent of the Dry Greek bridge in Soanoney,-No interest to be churged Gnless he shall fail 16 make pay‘ments. at the time agreed upon. This is, im Our Opinion, a fair proposition, and if net accepted by the Nevada people, we shall think they are wanting in discecnment. By the Purdon road it is guly. 13 miles te Nevada City from this place—17 miles to Gruss Valley. By the Jones’ Bar route the distance to Ne=}' vada will be increased probably five fouchers, ‘There would then be wi —epportunity for a tevoher to show it-the--pwpiia—of the five-scohools started at the frat of the year, at about the same point of advancement, and in one of them at the end, the pupite were found to “bo mach farther advanced and indor a better state of discipline, it ___ would bea good evidence of that teacher's superiority, [n our schools there should be a Pringipal and an ‘Aaaistant to attend to the High school, atid it. should be a part ef the Principal's duty to over neo all the. “sehoola of the de partment, The dhould preparé the pupils who have passed through the grade below for the High enhool, aud they] ahould include everything from A, B. G., wp to the studies required before. entering the Grammar The Principal shoukd be prepared to hold examinations in the lower achoola ae oftem na once in three-or siz month, to disoover to enter achool, if any wero prepared Grammar sebool utudien,. and ave prepared to enter ‘principles fully -wnderstood, But the worat feature of all in the grading’ of our common ackools is that it loaves it entirely out of the power of more than five or ten children out solely to them for a» education to ever learn even the rudiments of the most kaportant study of all—Englia grammar—by placing itso far tham that avesage number will ever seach it, Tf any one disbelioves this let them joe’ around, enquire and examine, and they will And that from necessity or other causes, that ‘but fuw boya or girls, in proportion . to the whole number, attend ow publie sehools after they are fousteen years of age, And what chance, heir getting into what is called the Grammar éoLool much wader that age, In -pertiona of many of the Nastern States they are coming to the sage conclusion, by sore experithe Grammar achool, all of the sehools pupils faator enliet the intereat of parents, jato the ground,” much form and too littl enthusiasm. Yho ungraded eountgy schools are, and have beep making the moat ad vancement aveording to their advantages in other matters, simply be° eayse they are not hemmed down by forms, and because younger pupily “aan leara While not engaged in atudying, by listening to older ones, Wo ahall use all our influence at the elose of the present year to bring about # change iy the schools of this eity. -_ A “boy fe wanted to—lenem the printer's trade at Truckee, Partiealars at this office, = oe. Trihhty Caarch, There will be services at Trinity ~ _ Chiroh atl e'vlook A.M, but nove in “Wee ~ "4g itt vy ah. @iatay Beate trey, _ Public inand in 5 who ____.ia ow —theie ability to advance than their clase should be. allowed to do so. By auoh a syatem there would be sorhe engouragement to pupils, something to atimulate teachers, and something to We. fully agroe with our correapondent that "the schools have beea graded There is too “apie ence, that public sehools have, to uve a Vulgar expression, been “graded into. the growid abd broke’ off," aud the result of the awakening has been te open the eyes of parenta to the fact that the standard of excellence in our public schools hae of late yoare been lowered instead of that the average edueation of those who go forth from their “halls” is tar behind that of spéir beothers and sisters of twenty years ago, and that ‘too, while there is being more do!Java expended on these schools than there wore dimes in those days, The conolusion arrived at, although—not flattering to our self love, may yet serve the good purpose of guiding . us to. some better plan than either the old or the maw. That a ‘new departure’ ia neededin our -owa schools, no one who has partially watched the progress of its pupils, will fora momeat doubt; and the change must be brought about among the pareuts themselves; it oan't be done by the teachora—they probably do the best Wiey can under adverse ciroumstances,and the Board of Edveation and Directors will only move whea the people direct them. KE. a. OSea dail . Fest fr loreafl, mainstem = 3 BF rater upon # new one, with ita general of one hundred of these who lvok. wp among the studies that not more . under the present plan, is there of. advaneing as they should do, and} present, and money is as scarce as hen’s teeth, Oup business. men, in-. stead of discounting silver eoin would. Willingly take» it at a premium of five per cent. in squaring accounts. The Blue Bank ©o, have been running a little water to keep their mine free foomslush, Outside of this, nothing is being done im the way of mining, Our popalation “has beea increasing ra idly witbin the past week. Gumtings and tin whistles will be in demand, several births Snow, shoe racing is-in order and . , races ave being run every day. One ef ouv experts, Miose Calloway, got his leg badly wrenobed while running down the mouatain embis shves, . . and is now riding oncrutehes. Notwithstamding the severity of the win-. ter, our minerd have bright prospects ahead, Sid the amount of slickens that wild besent dowm the Yuba from here neat summer will wae the Grangess swiar. We have no fresh beef, salt meat or greens of any kind in our market, and a snow shoe train is sent twice a week for supplies, to Bloomfield. Thieis the first Winter our merchants have been caught out, but they won't be caught mapping next Pall. More ama, a: ?; 2. A New Society, ae While at Nevada on Saturday last, . t we heard of.a. new society which was formed there some time ago. It is called the Mutual Adwiration Soeiety. It ia composed of but two the Transcarpr, and Shoemaker, of the Grass Valley Union, We nut im ap application for admission, bat we lear we were blackbahed. =—=<Sen Juan Times, It was Shoemaker, Sudge, that east_the black batl,-jast for want of another kind, He had no desire to keep you out of i the ® society. Curer of Police ¢ Carrillo of Los Avugeles arrested Vicente Acuma Saturday fora bloody attack on a companioa named Peralta, a mile and a half from the <ity. Acum’é stabbed his victim five times with a pair of praning shears, and was in the act of dragging him to a secluded spot ne the marder, ‘when * old man, who had w. fair, gave the ee aus nies eaty Was re on bail to await the sorte Inds of -eralte’s injuries, from whieh tes sorenpenaty sedi ten thats gt « ‘poe having oceurred within the week. . members at present, viz: Watson ef i . place to Grass. Valley will remain the sume as now. Lf we are correct that: route would make Gruss Valley our depot instead of Nevada. We think if the Nevada people are wise. they will accept Pusdon’s preposition." We are nut certain aboat the figures in the last part of the article, but are certuin if'as stated, Mr. Purdon’s propositiun is a very fair one, _ Correspondence. Norra BLoomrisxp, Mar. 4, 1876, Ep. Tuanscaret: Seeing an item im your paper of the 3d instant under. ‘the caption of “Come Oat,’’ ‘weather permitting, I intend being in Nevada City on Monday next to take part in the proposed -*'Organi-. zation of old time residents.’’ I consider myself an old timer, having permanently resided im this county since May Ist, 1851, able te attend, I would like to make the following suggestion. That it be made a beneficiary organization, so far that each member pay in w ‘core tain amount of menthly dues, whieh . shall create a furid from which a certain sum shall be paid over to the aurviving @relatives of a déceased member. I hope sugh a measure willbe suggested at the meetingif not adopted. Give a full report of proseedingsin your paper so that old timess who can not, at this time attend,may know what has been done, and abtigs maany besides “. Yours truly, J. M. ” Let ne Guilty Man Escape. Now they have Secretary of: War, ‘ther evidence corroborates the statement of Caleb P, Marsh, the Seeretary ia the higgest thief of “allThe past five years has been an unhealthy time for Government thieves. Corruption and official peculation has been cherged and traced pretty . . nearly up to the head of the Gov-. ecument. We hepe the good work, not only of charging bat of: proving the charges, will go on until the band has ali been cleaned gut. “Let etd man patra ” se peed ee a 2 poner. Sie ako *Wame near ? Sen Luis Obispo the o day, the stage with nine persons inside and three . : out, overturned, seriously injaxing a mites, While the distance from this] Belknap, ayer the coais, and if fus. latio county, and this; eoming down the track six inches out of line. A portion of the Vacaville bridge was} has-since been repaired. The water in the creek was. eight feet higher than at any other time this season. oe : f Tar Ione people have voted a subsidy of $8,000 to the Central Pa‘cific Railroad Company to insure that town as the’ terminus of the new gravel-road,-a—course—brought . to make the terminus at Buckeye; seven miles distant if that amount-}" was not raised, = Tue Los Angeles butchers seem to" be evurious reasoners. ‘Immediately upon hearing of the recent loss of the Kalorama with 500 hogs shipped from Los Angeles uboard, they ad. vanced the price of pork, though~ all ‘the hogs were destined for San Fran. cisco ’» stomach, ‘Sme San Luis Obispo Jairymen are wrathy beeause the San Francieco commission merchants return checks for their produce payable in silver, thus making the entire burs den or the present heavy discount fall upon the producer, and they are determined to. pat & ~—e toit if possible. steven , Tus San Diego Canal and relent ing Company, organized to supply the cities and towns ef San Diego County with fresh water, has been .000,. divided into 50,000 shares: of $108 each. Evanyraine has fts com pensations: 2 the. scarjet fever has subsided in Paradise Valley, but an amateur brass band has just been organized. FRanx Davipsow, an Oukdale lad; was kicked in the face by a ‘horse, Monday, and it is thought that he is fatally injured. ey Milwaukee Brewery, LW. DREYFUss, Preprieter. THE BEST LAGER BEUR made on the Pacific Coast can be had the abeve named Ketablish-. ment. ,800D JUDGES PRONOUNCE IT THE BESP IN THE MARKET. : Orders from any “a this or adjoining’ counties promptly Nevada, March dt, ier, FOR SALE.it Staaee Betieece. at a reasonable spassenger, abd breaking John Sehaniy ng ene t jpeia eee y ” CR against-the railroad bridge, threw. ~ also swept away, buat. all damage. — incorporated witha capital of $5,000. . . CONCERT. AND . FESTIVAL! AT THE NEVADA THEATRE, Monday, April 34, 1876, ¥ THE.FRIENDS OF THE = B ODIST CHURCH. — The proceéds to be apphed in liqui_ dating the Debt cn the new Chureh. Will be comducted by the best = talent of the City. who have ‘promised. their assistance, $ud_will be= + imterspersed with . TABLEAUX. 7 A FINE SUPPER Will be — for the dccasion, N OTICE. of 1875-6, that are not paid on-or-before the first day of March next; will be declared “delinquent and advertised for Bale, _.W._5. ORGAN, Preside A. H. Hanson, Secretary. : = Nevada, Feb. 20, 1876. * TALBOTT’S SALOON. By i POLL HOUSE, 224 w. good LIQUORS and CIGARS ae can be found at any Bar in the county,:>Give him a call—every body. CAUTION. 0 ae my . wife, Mary Mallen, having left my bed and board without just provocation, 1 hereby caution all persons trusting her Qn my account, as I will not. pay any debts of her contracting after this date. LAW CE ¥ewis;: Feb.27, mg MULLEN. ASSAYER, fined, Melted and Assayea, ~ By request Gold Bars exchanged for Coin. ; 30 Main Street, Nevad City. Established in 1852. — ELECTRO PUATING in GOLD or SILVER. Carriage, Sign, and OrnaN THE PLAZA, JUNCTION OF SA€TY; is now prepared to do CARRIAGE AND SIGN PAINTING In all its branches, ir the most finished. tyle, and with. promptneass. Prices to avit: the times.y , Satisfaction Saeneeee: < W COVES. W. D. LONG, Attorney and Counselor at Law AND NOTARY PUBLIC, Or ON BROAD STRHET, opponit the-National Exchange Hotel. ~ ATTORNEY AT LAW. ~__NOMARY PUBLEC, . ~JFustice of tue Peace, and FIRE INSURANCE AGENT, OND Brown & Morgan’s suger ® i VADA GVIY, Cal. RUDOLPH. PHOTO GALLERY.BROAD ST., ABOVE PE, NEVADA CITY. poms taken in the highest style of the ait. Prices low, . AMERICAN MEAT MARKET. Commercial Street, Nevada. AMES MONRO, having opened a MeatMarket on Commercial Street, is» prepared to supply customers with ‘the best Fer of Beet, Mutton, Pork, Veal, Corned a » Corned Pork, ete., at the lowest ces. Eureka Stage and Express Co. ; TAGES will leave Nevaee’ Pe 2 Fiat daily. San 8 exce ° o'clock, A, M. ‘ za For Eureka, Mondays, Wednesdays and oe atsame hour. turning will leave Moore’s Flat dail Mpdays excepted, at 6 A. M. Al#> kly from Eureka-at-¢ A. M. NICE GRO CERIES CHAS. F. ROBINSON. a T his 2 Bhcwe, tore, om BEOAY STREET, opChareh, beeps tare pipet a stock of Gr CERIES, PRU VISIONS, &c. as cam be cued inNevada city, wnish will be sold ag LOW THE LOWEST. (Give meseall. of H. W. VALANTINE. M. D., RESIDENT PHYSICIAN, Ors ore ent op Will, Oniore eft at Beil & Behaen's wt be attended to. ; DEF. BUELOW, Physician and Suxgeom, fiastdet os Qusaae the Theatre. : 4 Nevada June Wth. 1874) is soar A, LL CITY. TAXES for ‘the fiscal yearSs. TALBOTT keeps-on hand as: 221m (= ORES ‘of every description Reought . _—_ mental Painting. about by the Pacific road threatening . :_ ae oe oe ee tamento and Broad Streets, NEVADA _ J. M. WALLING, _ >) . GRASS VALLEY ROAD, OPPOSITE. THE92e . i \ Theo ment hand ] Allison Boca. Birchy Blue ' Bear’! Chalk Clear . Cherol «: Colum Eurek: _ Forest -\ Granit _ Indian Iron ¥ Kentuc Little Lime } Libert; L. ¥ the Mi street, where ders fr joining ger bee Dreyfu made 't) mounts for mal in quai are uns Wiscor Wes the So for the Ratnfe 8 o'cloc] ~ Match 4 Rainfall de it To Rainfa fall for o’slock 4 4th at 6 Ruinfall a cy oe fo The . of the ¢ 24th of Thursd: almost The pre pear in ing to t Concer! ing tick ent. A present. E The f Comma were els 2nd, 18; Hathaw: G.; E,.} ‘Mien; 8 M. LM Reecorde Leach, . Met) The p preach. postpon the sacr will be g : probatic full com Cer choice o!

} 1 oy ees LE -. enrotal perasal, _ ina week, iv or her ability: . Bie Daily Teanscript NEVADA one, CALs =e Sunday, March B, 1876 gE sommes Graded Schoglm The communtention of i Ws © iin another colamn,-is well «orl , : Our obnervation of the felative progress of students at graded and wograded schools, proves _jnet what isthere claimed. Last Samsneer we visited an ungraded sobool and found « clase reading well in the -fhrat-feader, and ut the close ot the wooltation writing the lesson on the black-board in a to ‘ably good band, who hid commenced o learn their jotters only five monthy before, We have seen pupils of eight wid ten , One eente t® ae Hd, Transeript: That there is . something radically wrong in our present ‘"yraded school’” system as ‘im other localities), it were useles to deny; bat where the fault lies,and what is the rewedy, is most difficult to determine, and in This paper I sliall simply try to point owt some of ite most glaring defects and abto make engniries and suggest improvements that will lead to a change fow the better; ind iw doing this 3 “wish to be understood that I do not believe the fuukt Kes in the incompetency of the teachers or managers of tom in vogue of dividimg our schools ‘into so many grades that they are . sumberaO Tne mud over expensive, aud . ysarw of age who had never neow the . juslde of a.goammar, that were able io anhlyze simple sentenves; give snob part—ofepoochand al their} nodifications with aw much readinoss as older ones whe had studied . the subject for years, aud those younger ones learned all they knew by imitation and obsepvation, In any ofthe country district schools _pupila_can_be fund ~who are (at the aonse time fuil to bring oat ‘either the talent or the ambitiom of the seholur, or the honorable: pride ally follow were there-more varied . ‘branches of stady allowed im the} same room, Let us suppose a ease: for inetance, divide your Primary school into departments, putting the} little ones in. sepwrate rooms, the first or youngest to leam the first. tiirther advanced at ten than. “most! sight letters arr en a a ef our graded: school pupils are at Afteen._There ls no inducement foy . a pupil in. graded schools to get atiead of hin clans, beoaase theve iw wo change for promotion if he doos. ‘We are autisfied there are pupila in the graded sohools of this aity, who éould get ahead more in one year than they do in five if thoy had an opportunity todo eo, Parente oan not stimuladé thele Children to study when they can keep up with their grade Without “study, We belicve _ Af instead of huving five teachers in five different. grades, as ab present, the pupils of the five diffirent grades should be equally divided into five . schools, componed of pupile of the _ five grades, wud in which the ‘wtudies of the five grades should be pursued under the same five teachers, the increase iy the progreus andinteresl of the pupils Would be observable: ‘Theu there would be #} rivalry, not only among pupily of the different schools, but among. the one teacher, Aster learning this, to teacher to leaym the next eight; 4c,, bow long do you imagine it would tuloo them to acquire the alphabet? . Aocording to all exporienge,. it would take niore than three times as long atime to leorn their letters as it would even under the present faulty system, QOhildren are very observing, aid when placed in rooms with older wcholurw get half their education from heating the older ones recite, While warning their first. letters they ave-also learning how to ‘pub these letters together to form it; and the boy or girl who is studying simple addition, subtraction aud division, has by the time these-are mastered, a good, general ‘idea of fractions and other higher branches “older Classes recite, aud so on are thus alWaya uhead of their actual . practiced in Nevade City, (and I be. eve the same complaint existe also surdities, hopitg i may lead others . our sébools, but-rather with tae sys-otthe-teachet;—whichwould -satat-+oes, . bo transferred to another poom and . 83; Misa Belle Cooper, 75; Mise! 5.14 dollars -judiciously—expended . . words, merely by hearing others-do+ of mathematics, simply by hearing: through all branches of study they. ” Lest Boovitiee. ‘The Grass Valley stage had o fulb ‘load yesterdsy noon; and both it and the Colfax stage did not arrive here lumtif about 2 o’¢lock. . Bemember the meeting for the or. ganization of old ‘settlers on Mon. day, ; ! ‘Ain't Mexican jnst booming now? Ki takes merve'te sell when the progpect ib 60 favorable fer » stilbgreater ‘vise. Yesterday was ax Giongreen bile ae }any Mare day way down in Maire. 'Sunshine and cloudless skies mast -come some of these days. W. H. Weeks, an old voli dint; was in this city yesterday. We are sotry {0 say, onthe @ awitherity of the Marysville Appech, that the flouring mill of Torson, Clark & Co., was attached for a -large amount ou Thursday last. Certificates Granted. At the late examination.ot teach P _, A Pair Prepatition. i The San Juan Times says: “‘The. ~— people of Nevada City want a first-' rate wagon‘road from that place to this Ridgé for-the purpese of enticing travel to their narrow guage, and also for the purpose of entieing our merchants, and the merebants of the i place to receive their supplies at the Nevada depot instead of receiving them at Marysville. How te get sach avoad has been a matter of some discussion. .All know that money Bar,, bat the amount required for that purpose, some $25,000, is not easily to be had, and the consequence is: the road can not be built, ‘at the: to Nevada for the purpose indica ted, road to Nevada from this place is by the way of Purdon’s Bridge, which were certificates granted to the fol. lowing persons, whose pereehtage is . annexed to their names; First Grade—Jobn T. Parr, 89; H. L, Weed, 81; A. C,. Shaffer, 82; Miss H. E. Davie,. 88. x _Beoond Grade—-Miss: Susie Green, 176; Miss Mollie Watson, 75; Mrs. M. i. Marston; 75; Mise Mary Cannon, ‘Louisa Cannon, 83, Third Grade—Miss Joe Denton, 67; Miss Maggie Nolan, 64; Miss ae rah Mekeon, 60. ~ ise Letter from Moore's Flat. Mooxn’s Inst, Mareh 3d, Ep, Transcript: Once again we ure enjoying the blessings of a Bleck aded road and a .searcity of provisions. Our road is blocked for five. miles with a depth of from four. to six feet of suow, aud at present writ= ing the snow is coming down with. at vengeance, — again been substiuted for the mail beg;-and the staga comes in on snow shoes, The ditch companies, with the exception ef thé Bloomfield ‘Company, . have their dtches blocked with snow made to open them until the walle er setties. Times are dull here at The barley sack-— bab . on the other side—the Nevada side —is as good @ grade as can “be had on the Jones’ Bar route, the. only fault to be found on that portion of the road, is, that it is. too narrow for six and eight horse teams. It needs -widening,On this side of the river the grade at many places is too steep und needs dimitishing, Afew thouwill make Purdon’ s grade first-rate. Nevada City will loanhim five thousand dolars for ‘five years, he will the road and makingit what it should ‘be, to-wit, first-rate road for loaded teams of 8 or 10 horses. bind himself to repay the amount in five years, $1,000 per year, and wall give his property as security for the whole country north and east of this . . . $435 Sierra Nevada 23%. (gold coin) will construct # first-rate . : wagon toad by the way of Jeunes’ . present time.. Now, something must . be done in the way of getting # road } and we propuse to show the: Novia . people how to do it. The ‘present ‘spans.the South Yuba. Tbe grade j He proposes ‘that if the people of} ers every dollar of it in improving . : He wiili . [My Sener,» : 4 Mining Stocks. 9 . Yesterday Morning . Sales. 1285 his 7234. 2400 Mexican 37, _ . 2335 Gould & Carry 2334. 1195 Best & Belcher 65%.. 1650 Savage 17%. 420 Chollar 19. 300 Hale & Norcross 50. 880 Crown Point 27%. 190 Yellow Jacket 114. 1660 Imperial 16. 500 Empire Mill 944. 8 ° ap 339 Con Virginia 460. ~ 4 620 Confidence. 25, 1305 Belcher 40. ' ea 546 Alpha 53, 1960 Rentuck 2034. 5270 California 94, 310 Bullion 66. . 310. Exchequer 2174, 150 Daney 75c. Z . 920 Sustice 2944. --§30 Overmua-73. ~ 600 Succor 24%, -4125. Union Con 16%. , 2585 Lady Bryan 8)4. 2170 Julia 17%. 1180 @aledownia 60. > Friday, March 3d, P. M. Board. 90 Raymond & Ely 20. 130: Eureka Con 11%, — 705. Leopard.934. 265: Jefferson 44%. 625 Gila 27%.a =e 115 Gen, Thomas.5%{. \" ' 100 Northern Belle “36. 2060-hhady Bryan SYgs r 1265 Julin Bi pt eae : : -310-Caledonin 66%4;-—--\ 1785, Baltimore 3i@ “$00 Rock Island ae —— 165 Silver Hill t1%-145. Utah 18. 435 Occidental 5. 890 Woodville 314. 450 Mint 80c. = 2745. Andes’ 67%. _190 Florida ar Las week’s storm carried off one bent of the Dry Greek bridge in Soanoney,-No interest to be churged Gnless he shall fail 16 make pay‘ments. at the time agreed upon. This is, im Our Opinion, a fair proposition, and if net accepted by the Nevada people, we shall think they are wanting in discecnment. By the Purdon road it is guly. 13 miles te Nevada City from this place—17 miles to Gruss Valley. By the Jones’ Bar route the distance to Ne=}' vada will be increased probably five fouchers, ‘There would then be wi —epportunity for a tevoher to show it-the--pwpiia—of the five-scohools started at the frat of the year, at about the same point of advancement, and in one of them at the end, the pupite were found to “bo mach farther advanced and indor a better state of discipline, it ___ would bea good evidence of that teacher's superiority, [n our schools there should be a Pringipal and an ‘Aaaistant to attend to the High school, atid it. should be a part ef the Principal's duty to over neo all the. “sehoola of the de partment, The dhould preparé the pupils who have passed through the grade below for the High enhool, aud they] ahould include everything from A, B. G., wp to the studies required before. entering the Grammar The Principal shoukd be prepared to hold examinations in the lower achoola ae oftem na once in three-or siz month, to disoover to enter achool, if any wero prepared Grammar sebool utudien,. and ave prepared to enter ‘principles fully -wnderstood, But the worat feature of all in the grading’ of our common ackools is that it loaves it entirely out of the power of more than five or ten children out solely to them for a» education to ever learn even the rudiments of the most kaportant study of all—Englia grammar—by placing itso far tham that avesage number will ever seach it, Tf any one disbelioves this let them joe’ around, enquire and examine, and they will And that from necessity or other causes, that ‘but fuw boya or girls, in proportion . to the whole number, attend ow publie sehools after they are fousteen years of age, And what chance, heir getting into what is called the Grammar éoLool much wader that age, In -pertiona of many of the Nastern States they are coming to the sage conclusion, by sore experithe Grammar achool, all of the sehools pupils faator enliet the intereat of parents, jato the ground,” much form and too littl enthusiasm. Yho ungraded eountgy schools are, and have beep making the moat ad vancement aveording to their advantages in other matters, simply be° eayse they are not hemmed down by forms, and because younger pupily “aan leara While not engaged in atudying, by listening to older ones, Wo ahall use all our influence at the elose of the present year to bring about # change iy the schools of this eity. -_ A “boy fe wanted to—lenem the printer's trade at Truckee, Partiealars at this office, = oe. Trihhty Caarch, There will be services at Trinity ~ _ Chiroh atl e'vlook A.M, but nove in “Wee ~ "4g itt vy ah. @iatay Beate trey, _ Public inand in 5 who ____.ia ow —theie ability to advance than their clase should be. allowed to do so. By auoh a syatem there would be sorhe engouragement to pupils, something to atimulate teachers, and something to We. fully agroe with our correapondent that "the schools have beea graded There is too “apie ence, that public sehools have, to uve a Vulgar expression, been “graded into. the growid abd broke’ off," aud the result of the awakening has been te open the eyes of parenta to the fact that the standard of excellence in our public schools hae of late yoare been lowered instead of that the average edueation of those who go forth from their “halls” is tar behind that of spéir beothers and sisters of twenty years ago, and that ‘too, while there is being more do!Java expended on these schools than there wore dimes in those days, The conolusion arrived at, although—not flattering to our self love, may yet serve the good purpose of guiding . us to. some better plan than either the old or the maw. That a ‘new departure’ ia neededin our -owa schools, no one who has partially watched the progress of its pupils, will fora momeat doubt; and the

change must be brought about among the pareuts themselves; it oan't be done by the teachora—they probably do the best Wiey can under adverse ciroumstances,and the Board of Edveation and Directors will only move whea the people direct them. KE. a. OSea dail . Fest fr loreafl, mainstem = 3 BF rater upon # new one, with ita general of one hundred of these who lvok. wp among the studies that not more . under the present plan, is there of. advaneing as they should do, and} present, and money is as scarce as hen’s teeth, Oup business. men, in-. stead of discounting silver eoin would. Willingly take» it at a premium of five per cent. in squaring accounts. The Blue Bank ©o, have been running a little water to keep their mine free foomslush, Outside of this, nothing is being done im the way of mining, Our popalation “has beea increasing ra idly witbin the past week. Gumtings and tin whistles will be in demand, several births Snow, shoe racing is-in order and . , races ave being run every day. One ef ouv experts, Miose Calloway, got his leg badly wrenobed while running down the mouatain embis shves, . . and is now riding oncrutehes. Notwithstamding the severity of the win-. ter, our minerd have bright prospects ahead, Sid the amount of slickens that wild besent dowm the Yuba from here neat summer will wae the Grangess swiar. We have no fresh beef, salt meat or greens of any kind in our market, and a snow shoe train is sent twice a week for supplies, to Bloomfield. Thieis the first Winter our merchants have been caught out, but they won't be caught mapping next Pall. More ama, a: ?; 2. A New Society, ae While at Nevada on Saturday last, . t we heard of.a. new society which was formed there some time ago. It is called the Mutual Adwiration Soeiety. It ia composed of but two the Transcarpr, and Shoemaker, of the Grass Valley Union, We nut im ap application for admission, bat we lear we were blackbahed. =—=<Sen Juan Times, It was Shoemaker, Sudge, that east_the black batl,-jast for want of another kind, He had no desire to keep you out of i the ® society. Curer of Police ¢ Carrillo of Los Avugeles arrested Vicente Acuma Saturday fora bloody attack on a companioa named Peralta, a mile and a half from the <ity. Acum’é stabbed his victim five times with a pair of praning shears, and was in the act of dragging him to a secluded spot ne the marder, ‘when * old man, who had w. fair, gave the ee aus nies eaty Was re on bail to await the sorte Inds of -eralte’s injuries, from whieh tes sorenpenaty sedi ten thats gt « ‘poe having oceurred within the week. . members at present, viz: Watson ef i . place to Grass. Valley will remain the sume as now. Lf we are correct that: route would make Gruss Valley our depot instead of Nevada. We think if the Nevada people are wise. they will accept Pusdon’s preposition." We are nut certain aboat the figures in the last part of the article, but are certuin if'as stated, Mr. Purdon’s propositiun is a very fair one, _ Correspondence. Norra BLoomrisxp, Mar. 4, 1876, Ep. Tuanscaret: Seeing an item im your paper of the 3d instant under. ‘the caption of “Come Oat,’’ ‘weather permitting, I intend being in Nevada City on Monday next to take part in the proposed -*'Organi-. zation of old time residents.’’ I consider myself an old timer, having permanently resided im this county since May Ist, 1851, able te attend, I would like to make the following suggestion. That it be made a beneficiary organization, so far that each member pay in w ‘core tain amount of menthly dues, whieh . shall create a furid from which a certain sum shall be paid over to the aurviving @relatives of a déceased member. I hope sugh a measure willbe suggested at the meetingif not adopted. Give a full report of proseedingsin your paper so that old timess who can not, at this time attend,may know what has been done, and abtigs maany besides “. Yours truly, J. M. ” Let ne Guilty Man Escape. Now they have Secretary of: War, ‘ther evidence corroborates the statement of Caleb P, Marsh, the Seeretary ia the higgest thief of “allThe past five years has been an unhealthy time for Government thieves. Corruption and official peculation has been cherged and traced pretty . . nearly up to the head of the Gov-. ecument. We hepe the good work, not only of charging bat of: proving the charges, will go on until the band has ali been cleaned gut. “Let etd man patra ” se peed ee a 2 poner. Sie ako *Wame near ? Sen Luis Obispo the o day, the stage with nine persons inside and three . : out, overturned, seriously injaxing a mites, While the distance from this] Belknap, ayer the coais, and if fus. latio county, and this; eoming down the track six inches out of line. A portion of the Vacaville bridge was} has-since been repaired. The water in the creek was. eight feet higher than at any other time this season. oe : f Tar Ione people have voted a subsidy of $8,000 to the Central Pa‘cific Railroad Company to insure that town as the’ terminus of the new gravel-road,-a—course—brought . to make the terminus at Buckeye; seven miles distant if that amount-}" was not raised, = Tue Los Angeles butchers seem to" be evurious reasoners. ‘Immediately upon hearing of the recent loss of the Kalorama with 500 hogs shipped from Los Angeles uboard, they ad. vanced the price of pork, though~ all ‘the hogs were destined for San Fran. cisco ’» stomach, ‘Sme San Luis Obispo Jairymen are wrathy beeause the San Francieco commission merchants return checks for their produce payable in silver, thus making the entire burs den or the present heavy discount fall upon the producer, and they are determined to. pat & ~—e toit if possible. steven , Tus San Diego Canal and relent ing Company, organized to supply the cities and towns ef San Diego County with fresh water, has been .000,. divided into 50,000 shares: of $108 each. Evanyraine has fts com pensations: 2 the. scarjet fever has subsided in Paradise Valley, but an amateur brass band has just been organized. FRanx Davipsow, an Oukdale lad; was kicked in the face by a ‘horse, Monday, and it is thought that he is fatally injured. ey Milwaukee Brewery, LW. DREYFUss, Preprieter. THE BEST LAGER BEUR made on the Pacific Coast can be had the abeve named Ketablish-. ment. ,800D JUDGES PRONOUNCE IT THE BESP IN THE MARKET. : Orders from any “a this or adjoining’ counties promptly Nevada, March dt, ier, FOR SALE.it Staaee Betieece. at a reasonable spassenger, abd breaking John Sehaniy ng ene t jpeia eee y ” CR against-the railroad bridge, threw. ~ also swept away, buat. all damage. — incorporated witha capital of $5,000. . . CONCERT. AND . FESTIVAL! AT THE NEVADA THEATRE, Monday, April 34, 1876, ¥ THE.FRIENDS OF THE = B ODIST CHURCH. — The proceéds to be apphed in liqui_ dating the Debt cn the new Chureh. Will be comducted by the best = talent of the City. who have ‘promised. their assistance, $ud_will be= + imterspersed with . TABLEAUX. 7 A FINE SUPPER Will be — for the dccasion, N OTICE. of 1875-6, that are not paid on-or-before the first day of March next; will be declared “delinquent and advertised for Bale, _.W._5. ORGAN, Preside A. H. Hanson, Secretary. : = Nevada, Feb. 20, 1876. * TALBOTT’S SALOON. By i POLL HOUSE, 224 w. good LIQUORS and CIGARS ae can be found at any Bar in the county,:>Give him a call—every body. CAUTION. 0 ae my . wife, Mary Mallen, having left my bed and board without just provocation, 1 hereby caution all persons trusting her Qn my account, as I will not. pay any debts of her contracting after this date. LAW CE ¥ewis;: Feb.27, mg MULLEN. ASSAYER, fined, Melted and Assayea, ~ By request Gold Bars exchanged for Coin. ; 30 Main Street, Nevad City. Established in 1852. — ELECTRO PUATING in GOLD or SILVER. Carriage, Sign, and OrnaN THE PLAZA, JUNCTION OF SA€TY; is now prepared to do CARRIAGE AND SIGN PAINTING In all its branches, ir the most finished. tyle, and with. promptneass. Prices to avit: the times.y , Satisfaction Saeneeee: < W COVES. W. D. LONG, Attorney and Counselor at Law AND NOTARY PUBLIC, Or ON BROAD STRHET, opponit the-National Exchange Hotel. ~ ATTORNEY AT LAW. ~__NOMARY PUBLEC, . ~JFustice of tue Peace, and FIRE INSURANCE AGENT, OND Brown & Morgan’s suger ® i VADA GVIY, Cal. RUDOLPH. PHOTO GALLERY.BROAD ST., ABOVE PE, NEVADA CITY. poms taken in the highest style of the ait. Prices low, . AMERICAN MEAT MARKET. Commercial Street, Nevada. AMES MONRO, having opened a MeatMarket on Commercial Street, is» prepared to supply customers with ‘the best Fer of Beet, Mutton, Pork, Veal, Corned a » Corned Pork, ete., at the lowest ces. Eureka Stage and Express Co. ; TAGES will leave Nevaee’ Pe 2 Fiat daily. San 8 exce ° o'clock, A, M. ‘ za For Eureka, Mondays, Wednesdays and oe atsame hour. turning will leave Moore’s Flat dail Mpdays excepted, at 6 A. M. Al#> kly from Eureka-at-¢ A. M. NICE GRO CERIES CHAS. F. ROBINSON. a T his 2 Bhcwe, tore, om BEOAY STREET, opChareh, beeps tare pipet a stock of Gr CERIES, PRU VISIONS, &c. as cam be cued inNevada city, wnish will be sold ag LOW THE LOWEST. (Give meseall. of H. W. VALANTINE. M. D., RESIDENT PHYSICIAN, Ors ore ent op Will, Oniore eft at Beil & Behaen's wt be attended to. ; DEF. BUELOW, Physician and Suxgeom, fiastdet os Qusaae the Theatre. : 4 Nevada June Wth. 1874) is soar A, LL CITY. TAXES for ‘the fiscal yearSs. TALBOTT keeps-on hand as: 221m (= ORES ‘of every description Reought . _—_ mental Painting. about by the Pacific road threatening . :_ ae oe oe ee tamento and Broad Streets, NEVADA _ J. M. WALLING, _ >) . GRASS VALLEY ROAD, OPPOSITE. THE92e . i \ Theo ment hand ] Allison Boca. Birchy Blue ' Bear’! Chalk Clear . Cherol «: Colum Eurek: _ Forest -\ Granit _ Indian Iron ¥ Kentuc Little Lime } Libert; L. ¥ the Mi street, where ders fr joining ger bee Dreyfu made 't) mounts for mal in quai are uns Wiscor Wes the So for the Ratnfe 8 o'cloc] ~ Match 4 Rainfall de it To Rainfa fall for o’slock 4 4th at 6 Ruinfall a cy oe fo The . of the ¢ 24th of Thursd: almost The pre pear in ing to t Concer! ing tick ent. A present. E The f Comma were els 2nd, 18; Hathaw: G.; E,.} ‘Mien; 8 M. LM Reecorde Leach, . Met) The p preach. postpon the sacr will be g : probatic full com Cer choice o!