March 6, 1879 (4 pages)

Sperone ‘ THE DAILY TRANSCRIPT. NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA. we What was Done at Dutch Flat. A gentleman who came over from Dutch Flat Tuesday, says that there Established.-. Sept. 6, 1860. ‘neath and Clay Mine Redivivus. the gentlemen who on Monday purchased the John Schmidt mine for] the sum of $15,000, have algo bought of: John Parrott the well-known reath-—-and—Clay quartz. claim at Cold Flat. Jt was their intention to friends in the East, and worked the property” for i through the influence of Mr. Fred. ainount of the stock. ae or ——1879. Thn¢sday, March. 6 —_—_—— Messrs. Shoecraft and s prague, haveorganized a company of thefr their benefit; but Sacket have been prevailed upon to pave-the mine incorporated in this State and to dispose of 4 certain The -capital stock Will be divided’. into 100,000 shares, 40,000-of which will. be sold at 30 cents per share.to pay for the mine and put it in runing order. Of the balance of the stock, ~20,000 shares will be reserved by MessirsJShoecraft and Sprague, and the remaining 40,000 placed in thé hands, of the ‘Trustees as working capital. The office of the company will be in this city. ed of 1 fu ti details connected with the” way the. hauledthe coffin away. drawn through the streets, accompanied by music and a torchlight procession. wére tolled, ‘and flags displayed at half-inast. Finally, @ striking “effiyy of Rutherford B. Hayes was. produced from-the coffin, placed on a a > x tii re oe eT Soiaies 15 re a numberof highly mnteresting was It The citizens nearly all joinin the cortege, during the progress which ‘church’ and school bells jor da neral pyre and cremated. Dr Marrand Mr. Ketchum made stirring The Gold Hill News says “that at’ morning a fite broke ‘out in Sam Kee’s China wash-house, west side’o! burning of the Dryedale lodging houses,, Main with such a mass. of burning furniture that it was impossible to approach it very closely from behind either side. loss at $27,000, and the Chronicle at $50,000. fallen upon Silver City was known Lire at Silyer City. — bed minutes te 4 o’clock Monday Bas i street was blocked . be to mase a flank movement on The fire lasted until ylight. The News estimates the . pai Insurance inconsiderable. As soon as the calamity which had The mine was discovered by ‘the Sneath Brothers and G. W. Clay, in the winter of 1861-2. They had placer diggings in the ravine, and were induced to look for the ledge cby_finding-r-ch—quartz specimens in . 10 their sluice. The quartz near the . m speeches appropriate to the occasion. to Moncy Paid into Treasury. The following amounts—werepaid to the County Treasury for the onth ending March 3d: 0 7 as surface, where the ledge was first . J. Michel, Ce —————— $ 30 00 struck, was very much decomposed, J. W. Peters, road tax. . 13 50 ei ; oe N. H. Loomer, interest on showing free gold in abundance. The. ” ‘gchool land..:-----6 00 first crushing, which was made at the . W. H. Montgomery, SherSogys’ mill, in the Spring of 1862, iffs fees. Civics. 1,31 } ‘ 96 ae pat ; _. W. N. Adams, interest on yielded $32 a ton, The second crush acta 19 ing, made in the summer following, yielded some eighty dollars a ton. The owners then made arrangements feet, drifts run, and by-the time-the mill was completed, in the spring of “the county at that-time, and the mine was considered the most valuable. The rich chute of ore finally gave out, and im May 1865 the property was purchased by the New York and Grass Valley Company -for $27,000. Up to that time tlie mine had yielded $200,000, over half of which. had been clear profit. The mine was systematically and profitably worked by the New York Company for two years-afterwards, the rock varying from $20 to $50 to the ton. After several year’s work, and the taking out of over $200,000 miore, the mine was shut down. It is thought by many, however, that the ledge has been thrown out of place by some convulsion, and that by prospecting a good” paying ledge will be found. _ Since 1867 no work has been done on the claim, the machinery being well taken care of in the meantime. During the five years ofits operation, it produced about $410,000. The mill is to be entirely remodelled, and work will be commenced at an early date. on : ~~ mM Comparison of Rajyfiil. Below is given a.table of the rainfall of this section in 1877-8 and 1878-9, as kept at the office of the South Yuba Canal office in this city. ‘Che showing is one admirably calculated to make glad the hearts of the people with their present prospects : ‘ Sept. 78, .69 in. Oct. ‘77, 1.35 in, . Oct, “2.32 in. Nov. ** 4.3lin. FNovw. “ 2.88in. Dao. “¢ “2.65 in, . Dec. “ .96in. Jan. °78, 17.62 in, . Jan.’79, 11.62 ip. Keb. 16,61 in. . Feb = 10.97 in, ‘To Mch 5,3.87 in. . Mchj, to : 4y.m. §.20in, Total, 46.41 in. 37.46 ine —-——oe Recorder's Oitice Business, The following were filed in the} County Recortler’s office fot the week sending yesterday morning: 6 at* tachments, 3 agreements, 6 mining notices, 2 transcripts of judgments, 5 satisfactigns of mortgages, 1 notice of action, 1 marriage certificate, 11 John Montgomery, interest M. W. Church, interest on+. S. S. Getchell, road tax. 129 60 G., W. H. Montgomery, SherJ. N: Payne, licenses. (3,241 60 no means succeeded im keeping a good-sized audience away from the Theatre. written expressly fer the Hyers Sisters by Mr. Joseph B. Bradbury, of Boston. but little interest, but was prepared for the express purpose of introducing after @ pleasing manner the numerous songs that are so skilfully rendered by this combination ef co!orel psople. King, Lueca, Kersands, and the rest of the artists succeeded in giving an entertainment that for quaintness, on School land.2,.1863, they had out sonie eight hun4, eee al et hee dred or a thousand tons of rock ready . J. Michel, remt... 30 00 to be crushed. For several months J. H. Young, road tax. . 5 40 after-the mill started, the rock. paid B. a pin Sale 50 -_— a 260.08 _on the pero $70 a ton, yielding. Jy, N, Payne, delinquent better, prob ly, than any mine in. taxesd..----+++55 +. 5,372 5O; *‘Out of Bondage.” ‘The rainstorm Tuesday-evening by “Out of Bondage” was Ina dramatic sense, it has The Misses Hyers, interest and real merit, has doubtless never before been excelled anywheres, Mining at Columbia Hill. All the mines at Columbia ‘Hill are now in full blast, having an abundance of water. It is expected that the yield-of gold there this ‘season will be very large. The present storm commenced there Monday night, and continues unabated at this writing. Traveling between this city and that part.of the county is difficult, —_——_ — oePrebate Court Proceedings. Inthe Probate Court yesterday the final account of the adminigtrator in the estate of Ira Lyford, deceased, was settled, and the estate distributed. In the matter of the estate of Eliza Dabb, degeased, Geo, Johnson, Martin Shields and C. Taylor were appointed appraisers. Slide on the KN. G. BR. RB, —e There was a slide at the north end o° Town Talk tunnel yesterday afterneon, and when the local train from Grass Valley reached the tunnel it had to. be brought to a halt until the five or six male passéngers and the deeds,-3 mortgages, Ilien, 2 water locations, railroad attaches could. turn to and Offers Of assistance were tendered short time the subscription lists were swelled to.$1,000, with assurances of . and cooked food were also sent down the canyon in express wageas. = yesterday from A. P. Parks,of BloomJames L. North committed suicide there yesterday morning by shooting himself, and inquiring whether he had any friends. _\ cide ton stage was broken, going up, few milesfrom this city. The driver came 7 here and got another. vehicle, an the accident-for the passengers who had been wéH-itaken.-care of mean-]. wg se "The sessions of the Legislature General Notes. at begin the first Monday affer the firstjday of January and the members shall be allowed pay for sixty days only; but the members can sit and legislate as long as a maFrancisco Monday evening the ‘‘Parsion Play” was produced. For several days past the press and pulpit hate attacked the undertaking vigorously, and there wassome expectztion that the performance would not be allowed to goon. In fact, the Board of Supervisors Monday eventhe unfortunate people. In a much more as was.needed. Clothes no ed Not in Nevada County. sh Chief Stevens receivéd a dispatch eld, Nevada county, stating that The tenor of the paps " dispatoh creates the impression that for the erection of a mill, continuing Baro pa Gity Sahook 64 00 North bad lived in Sacramento, but} . ~ pperations at the same time in the. pistriet .. cee ~ 299 90 . the police do not know of any such . *° mine. During the summer several: R. R. Craig, acc’t of redempperson, and kis name is neither in : ee sale certif 17 22 . the Directory nor on the Great Regcrushings were made from the ledge, . , tion of tax sale certil. vst Record Uni twhich paid as high as $180 a G. W. Hill, certificates and RE eee ae: One Cf WEEE Ee ee WOES i meee 3 40. ‘The above is amistake, so far .as ton. Hoisting works were eee 3 A; Rapp, ‘Recorder's foes, 259 40 North Blsoméield in this county” is a incline was sunk to the depth of 150. J. D, White, Clerk’s fees. . 379 45} concerned. ‘There has been: no -suithere recently. : os : "pane ‘Stage Accident. Tuesday an axle of the Washingreturned ta the,scene ef te At the Grand Opera House in San j ing passed to print an ordinance forbidding the production of any play in which the life of Jesus Christ or any scriptural occurrence is portrayed; but as the ordinance cannot take immediate effect the performance is likely to run a Week. or two, if it meets sufficient patronage. There was very respectable attendance the first evening in point of numbers and character, and the performance was received with respectful attention. In’ San Francisco Tuesday morning, while a ‘‘wake” was being held over the body of a man named Dwyer, on Natoma street, near Third, a stranger intruded himself on those assembled and was put out. He laid in wait outside and when three of the participants in the wake left the house he attacked them, stabbin two of them seriously and the third, slightly. : ’ The United States Senate, so. it is stated, has voted $10,000 to Corbin to reimburse him for his expenses in contesting the South Carolina seat. Every candidate in the nation is will-/ ing to contest on the same terms. Some oné should move that Congress should allow Tikien $500,000 for exgg te ie in trying to contest ayes’ seat. The Tweed mansion: at Greenwich, Conn., built with the money plundered from New York, has been sold toa New York broker for $75,000 by Mrs, Tweed. Mrs. Bela A. Lockwood has been admitted to practice in the. United States Supreine Court. > An extra session of Congress is-rcshovel the dirt out of the cu. HE NEW CONSTITUTION. ercin It pifers From the Old be used in departments of State and in the courts. Laws shall not be published in Spanish. » > COMPANY. —Leeation of pa of business, Room 32, Me Me follows ; makers, differs from the old one in Magistrate; but a Grand Jury shall) the price of telegraphy,—of gas, and once a year in each cousty. Causes of newspaper libel shall be tried in the county in which the paper charged has_ its’ publication office, or in the county wherein the resided at the time the offense was committed, unless the place of trial shall be'changed for good cause. taken for public use without due compensation having first ‘been made. Depositions of witnesses may be taken in certain criminal cases. Chinese who are not citizens may which, upon the same terms, shall not be granted to all.tion are mandatory and prohibitory, unless by express words they are declared to be otherwise. office. —tion does not.appear in the new inyear, ninety days in the county, and 30 days in the precinct before casting a ballot, bat no native of China or person convicted of an infamous crime, or person hereafter, convicted of embezzlement or misappropriation of public fands, shall ever be allowed to vote in this State—but the Legislature may permit Indians to vote. be citizens of the State three years and of their district que year before election. forty Senatorial and eighty Assembly districts, and one shall be chosen from each. tive purposes Chinamen shall not be regulate or probibit the buying and of wharfage and storage in which there is a public use.It shall be a felony to bribe or attempt to bribe a legislator with coin, promise’ of reward, by threats or otherwise, and the member bribed shall be.a felon also, and shall be disfranchised forever. EXECUTIVE, ee The Governor, must be at least twenty-five years of age and a resi. . dent of the State five years. His salar§ shall be $6,000 a year; Lieutenant Governor’s salary so much -as the Speaker of the Assembly may receive; Controller, Treasuret, Seeretary of State, Attorney General and Surveyor General, each $3,000. a year, but this sum may be reduced by the Legislature. Clerks in departments shal] not drawn and summoned at least ‘ty alleged to have been. libeled Private property shall not be t hold or transmit real property. No special privilege shall be grantwhich may not be revoked; nor alla privilege be granted to any sessment No. 3, levied on the 22d “Mg WALTER BAKER & CO. COCOA AND CHOCOLAT: Over all Competitors at all t Don’t use an adulterated Ar but ask your Grecer for Walter Baker & Co’s Choco . we THE DAILY 1 NEVADA CITY, Delinquent Sale Ni wa LORENCE BLUE GRAVY. ne, 4 " = We j pass Building, San Fransisco, Califo 4 [PORE ASSURE NRE The draft of the new Constitution, The Legis lature shall not tion of works, Hunt's Hill; Neva) hande-of its special laws in 33 ‘enumerated cases. Calitornia. ‘ ‘ ‘3 THIS P APER I t comes from the hands The Legislature shal] pass laws to Notice, There are delinquen ( descri tock, COUNT escribed s' on ac Newspaper Adve 2, : : ia: Silver City; Nevada. 3 . +O, ‘ le of that town manifested their . Main’ street, Bas mde ri lave odinibes. buying anc’ . saiuary, £879, the several amounts ‘im (10 Spruce Stree Pree cauce with President Hayes’. The wind wastowing-beavily fam 2 pee °. selling of the shares of the capital . posite the tames of the respective sha! al TISING CONTRAC: . ems. ‘There was alsosome-mys-. the west, andthe alarm Which wes . OY & stock of corporatidns in any stock . or ss follows: No. a. as about‘the affair, as will be seen sownded dowtt the eanyon was ‘taken [— —~BILL-OF RIGHTS. +, __. board or stock exchange. : All con: RO gs —_— = a : frem the following: A resident of . upby the whistles, and repeated in “Recognizes God. , tracts for the sale of shares on mar= . p So iy i ae e es the town discovered underneath his . Vitginia. The menrbers ofthe SilDeclares California to be an insepgin or to be delivered at a future © bap ney a cS \Purnished daily Pe b fin that :had been placed . ver City Hese Company were prompt. arable ‘part of the American Union. . day, are void. . Mrs ET Scltenck, 157 50 South Yuba Canal arn a comin ; ‘ : ai 1 iation bill MrnCJFurman, 158 15650 & ects there by unknown parties. He did) ly-on hand, but before they. could. Witnesses shall not be confined 1n The general appropriatio ill . Ww Hodges, 156 “300 ieesazc wot disturb it, saspecting foul play, . ge¢ their hese attached to the hy-. any room where criminals are~im-} shall contain only items for the pay hall ao ass 309° but immediately commenced making} drents the flames had spread to the . prisoned. of State officers and the expenseé ‘of FA McGee, Trustee, 118 10 aE. inquiries about jt. cA _respecta. two lodging-houses on the south pbe-! In civil actions three-fourths of a. the Government and institutions . y A Mcties Stents is7 Po * g 3 g ble citizen informed hin that it was . longing to Mrs, Elizabeth Drydale, . jury may render a verdict, and in . -under its charge. ¥ A McGee,Trustee, 67 1800 wIME . § [8 . : ble cit OTH en A A Mate Ste nd ae eI = ae h felotiy al Th lit of the State shall not And in aceordance with law, and an ord Kae Yh ‘gi right,” and he droppéd the conand leaped acroas the street. ~~ ‘These criminal cases less than a felony e credit © e 1 os the Boaré@4 Directors, inde “on the 7 1s p : : ; inf as j nt of d or given. ae o f Jantery, 1879, 5 : We sideration of the matter, leaving the . houses being of extremely inflamma. jury may be waived by conse ‘ be ane eh ee a ae rYs 1 819,201 pany shares mae Soi, cee coffin and its unascertained contents . ble material, were soon in such acon-. both parties. In civil actions t No public, money. sha Over be . Sary, will be sold at public auetion at} ee to take care ef themselves. That . dition that saving them was out of the . jury may consist of twelve or less as . paid to or ‘public property given 3 + ageing Sinan o Ballin Gen Ba. M. . 27-36 . 47 evening shortly after dark @ four-. question. The hose was brought . the parties may agree. aid of any religious sect, church * or . cisco, California, on Saturday, the 15th Tas re a horse wager, accompanied by aquar-. down Main street from the west, Offenses, may be prosecuted by in-}creed, or any rgectarian school or hi on hg Ban rape Ete divaliey Pete tette-of nen who were dressed like . and consequently the firemen had to. dictment, or by information after ex. college. sae pera togetie sit costs of adverti ricf . ‘hing barn and . fight the fire from behind.After the . amination and committment by ®; Laws shall be passed to regulate : F. A. McGEE, Seeretary, sees Chinamen, drove up to the barn anc’) igh” Office—Room + 32 Merchants Exchag The roads in f Bailding, Catifornia Street, $an-Francisee very bad woke Somebody oug for the man who a’dry winter. Truckee held a ing Monday eve: ‘Hayes’ scalp. Governor Irwi S-B. . Davenport tary Public. It was snowing terday, and prob of Bear Valley. ~~ Miss S. Glass field, is to teach City next term The Hyers intend to perfor ‘before they ret The Marysvi through fromon account of ~ Unrivalled Preparations of . RF. THE PUREST AND THE BES They have taken the first premium World's Fairs. have over $1,600 ayear. The Gov-. ernor shall not,. during the term for which he was chosen, be elected United States Senator. i JUDICIAL. There shall be a Supreme Court consisting of seven Jndges, who shall be divided into two co-equal Courts, but in certain cases the whole seven may sit in one Court. The other Judges shall be-Superior Judges—one or more foreach county—and Justices of the Peace. The Supréme Judges shall hold office for twelve years and the Superior Judges for six years. The salaries of the Supreme Judges shall be $6,000 and the salaries of the Superior Judges shall be $4,000 or $3,000, according to location. No salary shall be paid to these Judges until they swear that every case which has been in The’ provisions of this Constitueendh ae No property qualification shall: be quired of any person to vote or hold SUFFRAGE. The word ‘‘white” in this connecrument. Voters must be in the-State one Hi _ASPECIALTY, CLOTHING OF ALL KI CLEANED AND REPAIR Broad and Coramercia] Streets. -. Valley. Telegrams r from Marysvill state that the 1 and the inhabit ened. — __. Judge TB. ‘teenth Judicia in the Sixth D two weeks, in Denson a muel The present several hundre zanita mine ov clear the debr ‘ near their fl them to run a er than otherv > The annual Nevada Comn Templar, wil CLOTHES CLEANIN PROMPTLY TERMS MODERATE. THE OLDEST FABRIC : MADE TO LOOK LIKE NEW, 4 T THE BUILDING IN THE REA JUDGE GARTHE’S OFFICE, Bet og. FRANK CHARLT Nevada City, Feb. 25, 1879. their-Courts ninety days has been decided. The State shall pay half and each cotinty half the salary of its Superior Judges. MILITIA, The militia when under arms shall not carry any flag or device save of the United States or of this State. [The remainder of the difference between the old Constitution and the draft of the new must be deferred till our next. ] Pies LEGISLATIVE. ority may please. Senators and Assemblymen shall The State shall be divided into Personal Mention. John Cashin, who has becn at the Bay for several weeks past, returned er 7 to this city yesterday. For apportionment or representaz3 : Therg have been six cases of cremation in the town of Gotha, Germany. counted. [This will greatly reduce the power of San Francisco in the Legislature. } ning at their . A full attende quested. Sc are cordially The Sacra ed much en a digest of showing whe old one. . Fo ers we will o& wesult-of © thi MANUFACTURERS AND IMPORTER searches, : BrotherJo. Agricultural Implemeng ‘! yesterday Co., Marysvi in this sectio thing of val it would be ‘water we we «do the job fo Sacramento and San Franch HARDWAR garded as inevitable, & All bills with the amendments Yesterday's Arrivals at * ae ees thereto shall be printed and THE UNION HOTEL, S Barbed Fence Wire, The case must be read on three several days NEVADA CHTY CAL Baling Wire young Corn in each House, unless . two-thirds Jacob Naffiiger, Prepriecter. 6 : Mrs. Dennle shall decide otherwise. All votes W F Spencer City. F M Thomas Marysvil Axes, Shovels, an assault w) on the passage of bills shall be by . @ gs Gaylord do J McLaren Hunts Hill . last Sunday. ayes and nays and shall be entered F Graken.” = } E rol PE Fle Nails, Rope, Bore with a len on the Journal, and any bill to pass. JCDesn do ST Murchie mine Judge Garth must be voted for by a iori = de John McCoy San Juan ile y & majority of F A MeCutaban 40 W Wilkins Colfax noon. Dis ic eS as oores F Mi ; eo : the members elected to each * House. . G Canroniea pve Va LM Dakereth at vas CUTLERY, ET conducted t The Governor may approve. cer-. 4 Camronica do J Naffziger City M. Walling, tain portions of an appropriation bill eve ns niall Builders’ Hard testimony fe and veto certain other portions. iia edge thy = Si uilders’ Hardware, ‘Me. jake paicicial. of Sa oe THE NATIONAL HOTEL, : the latter : NEVADA CITY, CAL. : out introdu bezzlement or defalcation of public} _ — Locks, Bolts, own behalf funds shall be: eligible thereafter to. ™** & Pearsem, Proprietor. jury hans any office; and embezzlement or de. Miss M Hyers Troupe J Thomas Quaker Hill liin . stood ’ falcation of these funds shall be pun-. Miss Mees de G umphnies ee ag, Sie me see AK Mig Maye do G Dussol San Francise it stood 6 fi is as a felony. = we. do . W Cammet Roug & R F E uittal.;No inewey shall be drawn trom the . Mis Pesal. Se S oh Gen Pe ocise Wire Cloth, ey) ed thei State for the use of any person, corW King = ay do a 3 a ‘ poration or association not under the . BKermunds do A Williams Blogniield anics * quittal exclusive management of the State, ¥ wie pes Se Pee tae Mechanics Tool a : provided that the State may aid in. = Schroder do FT Schoneiva an 8 a aad stitutions for the support of orphans, Se Hyon ____o0 : ‘ . es children or sonx. ____ . BAKER & HAMIL” [¥ twitnesses’ A The pay of attaches shall not’be{ inn eunal ¢ “i caague te Fi vada City, Fe : . par increased after their election. M. ‘Walling and wife, & son? Ai at SACRAM ENTO < ite If there is more in an act'than is —=— a embraced in.a title, all matter not so MARRIED. —AND— ] embraced shall be null. ~ = x al ees “At Y t, M 2 Dy i ‘ . «~The English langnage only shall Parker, Jase: F ca a ogy ga SAN F RANCISCO. i cents per ‘ = x “ i 7 , é % . {

Sperone ‘ THE DAILY TRANSCRIPT. NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA. we What was Done at Dutch Flat. A gentleman who came over from Dutch Flat Tuesday, says that there Established.-.. Sept. 6, 1860. ‘neath and Clay Mine Redivivus. the gentlemen who on Monday purchased the John Schmidt mine for] the sum of $15,000, have algo bought of: John Parrott the well-known reath-—-and—Clay quartz. claim at Cold Flat. Jt was their intention to friends in the East, and worked the property” for i through the influence of Mr. Fred. ainount of the stock. ae or ——1879. Thn¢sday, March. 6 —_—_—— Messrs. Shoecraft and s prague, haveorganized a company of thefr their benefit; but Sacket have been prevailed upon to pave-the mine incorporated in this State and to dispose of 4 certain The -capital stock Will be divided’. into 100,000 shares, 40,000-of which will. be sold at 30 cents per share.to pay for the mine and put it in runing order. Of the balance of the stock, ~20,000 shares will be reserved by MessirsJShoecraft and Sprague, and the remaining 40,000 placed in thé hands, of the ‘Trustees as working capital. The office of the company will be in this city. ed of 1 fu ti details connected with the” way the. hauledthe coffin away. drawn through the streets, accompanied by music and a torchlight procession. wére tolled, ‘and flags displayed at half-inast. Finally, @ striking “effiyy of Rutherford B. Hayes was. produced from-the coffin, placed on a a > x tii re oe eT Soiaies 15 re a numberof highly mnteresting was It The citizens nearly all joinin the cortege, during the progress which ‘church’ and school bells jor da neral pyre and cremated. Dr Marrand Mr. Ketchum made stirring The Gold Hill News says “that at’ morning a fite broke ‘out in Sam Kee’s China wash-house, west side’o! burning of the Dryedale lodging houses,, Main with such a mass. of burning furniture that it was impossible to approach it very closely from behind either side. loss at $27,000, and the Chronicle at $50,000. fallen upon Silver City was known Lire at Silyer City. — bed minutes te 4 o’clock Monday Bas i street was blocked . be to mase a flank movement on The fire lasted until ylight. The News estimates the . pai Insurance inconsiderable. As soon as the calamity which had The mine was discovered by ‘the Sneath Brothers and G. W. Clay, in the winter of 1861-2. They had placer diggings in the ravine, and were induced to look for the ledge cby_finding-r-ch—quartz specimens in . 10 their sluice. The quartz near the . m speeches appropriate to the occasion. to Moncy Paid into Treasury. The following amounts—werepaid to the County Treasury for the onth ending March 3d: 0 7 as surface, where the ledge was first . J. Michel, Ce —————— $ 30 00 struck, was very much decomposed, J. W. Peters, road tax. .. 13 50 ei ; oe N. H. Loomer, interest on showing free gold in abundance. The. ” ‘gchool land...:-----6 00 first crushing, which was made at the . W. H. Montgomery, SherSogys’ mill, in the Spring of 1862, iffs fees. Civics. 1,31 } ‘ 96 ae pat ; _. W. N. Adams, interest on yielded $32 a ton, The second crush acta 19 ing, made in the summer following, yielded some eighty dollars a ton. The owners then made arrangements feet, drifts run, and by-the time-the mill was completed, in the spring of “the county at that-time, and the mine was considered the most valuable. The rich chute of ore finally gave out, and im May 1865 the property was purchased by the New York and Grass Valley Company -for $27,000. Up to that time tlie mine had yielded $200,000, over half of which. had been clear profit. The mine was systematically and profitably worked by the New York Company for two years-afterwards, the rock varying from $20 to $50 to the ton. After several year’s work, and the taking out of over $200,000 miore, the mine was shut down. It is thought by many, however, that the ledge has been thrown out of place by some convulsion, and that by prospecting a good” paying ledge will be found. _ Since 1867 no work has been done on the claim, the machinery being well taken care of in the meantime. During the five years ofits operation, it produced about $410,000. The mill is to be entirely remodelled, and work will be commenced at an early date. on : ~~ mM Comparison of Rajyfiil. Below is given a.table of the rainfall of this section in 1877-8 and 1878-9, as kept at the office of the South Yuba Canal office in this city. ‘Che showing is one admirably calculated to make glad the hearts of the people with their present prospects : ‘ Sept. 78, .69 in. Oct. ‘77, 1.35 in, . Oct, “2.32 in. Nov. ** 4.3lin. FNovw. “ 2.88in. Dao. “¢ “2.65 in, . Dec. “ .96in. Jan. °78, 17.62 in, . Jan.’79, 11.62 ip. Keb. 16,61 in. . Feb = 10.97 in, ‘To Mch 5,3.87 in. . Mchj, to : 4y.m. §.20in, Total, 46.41 in. 37.46 ine —-——oe Recorder's Oitice Business, The following were filed in the} County Recortler’s office fot the week sending yesterday morning: 6 at* tachments, 3 agreements, 6 mining notices, 2 transcripts of judgments, 5 satisfactigns of mortgages, 1 notice of action, 1 marriage certificate, 11 John Montgomery, interest M. W. Church, interest on+. S. S. Getchell, road tax. 129 60 G., W. H. Montgomery, SherJ. N: Payne, licenses.. (3,241 60 no means succeeded im keeping a good-sized audience away from the Theatre. written expressly fer the Hyers Sisters by Mr. Joseph B. Bradbury, of Boston. but little interest, but was prepared for the express purpose of introducing after @ pleasing manner the numerous songs that are so skilfully rendered by this combination ef co!orel psople. King, Lueca, Kersands, and the rest of the artists succeeded in giving an entertainment that for quaintness, on School land..2,..1863, they had out sonie eight hun4, eee al et hee dred or a thousand tons of rock ready . J. Michel, remt...... 30 00 to be crushed. For several months J. H. Young, road tax. .. 5 40 after-the mill started, the rock. paid B. a pin Sale 50 -_— a 260.08 _on the pero $70 a ton, yielding. Jy, N, Payne, delinquent better, prob ly, than any mine in. taxesd...----+++55 +. 5,372 5O; *‘Out of Bondage.” ‘The rainstorm Tuesday-evening by “Out of Bondage” was Ina dramatic sense, it has The Misses Hyers, interest and real merit, has doubtless never before been excelled anywheres, Mining at Columbia Hill. All the mines at Columbia ‘Hill are now in full blast, having an abundance of water. It is expected that the yield-of gold there this ‘season will be very large. The present storm commenced there Monday night, and continues unabated at this writing. Traveling between this city and that part.of the county is difficult, —_——_ — oePrebate Court Proceedings. Inthe Probate Court yesterday the final account of the adminigtrator in the estate of Ira Lyford, deceased, was settled, and the estate distributed. In the matter of the estate of Eliza Dabb, degeased, Geo, Johnson, Martin Shields and C. Taylor were appointed appraisers. Slide on the KN. G. BR. RB, —e There was a slide at the north end o° Town Talk tunnel yesterday afterneon, and when the local train from Grass Valley reached the tunnel it had to. be brought to a halt until the five or six male passéngers and the deeds,-3 mortgages, Ilien, 2 water locations, railroad attaches could. turn to and Offers Of assistance were tendered short time the subscription lists were swelled to.$1,000, with assurances of . and cooked food were also sent down the canyon in express wageas. = yesterday from A. P. Parks,of BloomJames L. North committed suicide there yesterday morning by shooting himself, and inquiring whether he had any friends. _\ cide ton stage was broken, going up, few milesfrom this city. The driver came 7 here and got another. vehicle, an the accident-for the passengers who had been wéH-itaken.-care of mean-]. wg se "The sessions of the Legislature General Notes. at begin the first Monday affer the firstjday of January and the members shall be allowed pay for sixty days only; but the members can sit and legislate as long as a maFrancisco Monday evening the ‘‘Parsion Play” was produced. For several days past the press and pulpit hate attacked the undertaking vigorously, and there wassome expectztion that the performance would not be allowed to goon. In fact, the Board of Supervisors Monday eventhe unfortunate people. In a much more as was.needed. Clothes no ed Not in Nevada County. sh Chief Stevens receivéd a dispatch eld, Nevada county, stating that The tenor of the paps " dispatoh creates the impression that for the erection of a mill, continuing Baro pa Gity Sahook 64 00 North bad lived in Sacramento, but} . ~ pperations at the same time in the. pistriet ... cee ~ 299 90 . the police do not know of any such . *° mine. During the summer several: R. R. Craig, acc’t of redempperson, and kis name is neither in : ee sale certif 17 22 . the Directory nor on the Great Regcrushings were made from the ledge, . , tion of tax sale certil.. vst Record Uni twhich paid as high as $180 a G. W. Hill, certificates and RE eee ae: One Cf WEEE Ee ee WOES i meee 3 40. ‘The above is amistake, so far .as ton. Hoisting works were eee 3 A; Rapp, ‘Recorder's foes, 259 40 North Blsoméield in this county” is a incline was sunk to the depth of 150. J. D, White, Clerk’s fees. . 379 45} concerned. ‘There has been: no -suithere recently. : os : "pane ‘Stage Accident. Tuesday an axle of the Washingreturned ta the,scene ef te At the Grand Opera House in San j ing passed to print an ordinance forbidding the production of any play in which the life of Jesus Christ or any scriptural occurrence is portrayed; but as the ordinance cannot take immediate effect the performance is likely to run a Week. or two, if it meets sufficient patronage. There was very respectable attendance the first evening in point of numbers and character, and the performance was received with respectful attention. In’ San Francisco Tuesday morning, while a ‘‘wake” was being held over the body of a man named Dwyer, on Natoma street, near Third, a stranger intruded himself on those assembled and was put out. He laid in wait outside and when three of the participants in the wake left the house he attacked them, stabbin two of them seriously and the third, slightly. : ’ The United States Senate, so. it is stated, has voted $10,000 to Corbin to reimburse him for his expenses in contesting the South Carolina seat. Every candidate in the nation is will-/ ing to contest on the same terms. Some oné should move that Congress should allow Tikien $500,000 for exgg te ie in trying to contest ayes’ seat. The Tweed mansion: at Greenwich, Conn., built with the money plundered from New York, has been sold toa New York broker for $75,000 by Mrs, Tweed. Mrs. Bela A. Lockwood has been

admitted to practice in the. United States Supreine Court. > An extra session of Congress is-rcshovel the dirt out of the cu. HE NEW CONSTITUTION. ercin It pifers From the Old be used in departments of State and in the courts.. Laws shall not be published in Spanish. » > COMPANY. —Leeation of pa of business, Room 32, Me Me follows ; makers, differs from the old one in Magistrate; but a Grand Jury shall) the price of telegraphy,—of gas, and once a year in each cousty. Causes of newspaper libel shall be tried in the county in which the paper charged has_ its’ publication office, or in the county wherein the resided at the time the offense was committed, unless the place of trial shall be'changed for good cause. taken for public use without due compensation having first ‘been made. Depositions of witnesses may be taken in certain criminal cases. Chinese who are not citizens may which, upon the same terms, shall not be granted to all.tion are mandatory and prohibitory, unless by express words they are declared to be otherwise. office. —tion does not.appear in the new inyear, ninety days in the county, and 30 days in the precinct before casting a ballot, bat no native of China or person convicted of an infamous crime, or person hereafter, convicted of embezzlement or misappropriation of public fands, shall ever be allowed to vote in this State—but the Legislature may permit Indians to vote. be citizens of the State three years and of their district que year before election. forty Senatorial and eighty Assembly districts, and one shall be chosen from each. tive purposes Chinamen shall not be regulate or probibit the buying and of wharfage and storage in which there is a public use.It shall be a felony to bribe or attempt to bribe a legislator with coin, promise’ of reward, by threats or otherwise, and the member bribed shall be.a felon also, and shall be disfranchised forever. EXECUTIVE, ee The Governor, must be at least twenty-five years of age and a resi. . dent of the State five years. His salar§ shall be $6,000 a year; Lieutenant Governor’s salary so much -as the Speaker of the Assembly may receive; Controller, Treasuret, Seeretary of State, Attorney General and Surveyor General, each $3,000. a year, but this sum may be reduced by the Legislature. Clerks in departments shal] not drawn and summoned at least ‘ty alleged to have been. libeled Private property shall not be t hold or transmit real property. No special privilege shall be grantwhich may not be revoked; nor alla privilege be granted to any sessment No. 3, levied on the 22d “Mg WALTER BAKER & CO. COCOA AND CHOCOLAT: Over all Competitors at all t Don’t use an adulterated Ar but ask your Grecer for Walter Baker & Co’s Choco . we THE DAILY 1 NEVADA CITY, Delinquent Sale Ni wa LORENCE BLUE GRAVY. ne, 4 " = We j pass Building, San Fransisco, Califo 4 [PORE ASSURE NRE The draft of the new Constitution, The Legis lature shall not tion of works, Hunt's Hill; Neva) hande-of its special laws in 33 ‘enumerated cases. Calitornia. ‘ ‘ ‘3 THIS P APER I t comes from the hands The Legislature shal] pass laws to Notice, There are delinquen ( descri tock, COUNT escribed s' on ac Newspaper Adve 2, : : ia: Silver City; Nevada. 3 . +O, ‘ le of that town manifested their . Main’ street, Bas mde ri lave odinibes. buying anc’ . saiuary, £879, the several amounts ‘im (10 Spruce Stree Pree cauce with President Hayes’. The wind wastowing-beavily fam 2 pee °. selling of the shares of the capital . posite the tames of the respective sha! al TISING CONTRAC: . ems. ‘There was alsosome-mys-. the west, andthe alarm Which wes . OY & stock of corporatidns in any stock . or ss follows: No. a. as about‘the affair, as will be seen sownded dowtt the eanyon was ‘taken [— —~BILL-OF RIGHTS. +, __. board or stock exchange. : All con: RO gs —_— = a : frem the following: A resident of . upby the whistles, and repeated in “Recognizes God. , tracts for the sale of shares on mar= . p So iy i ae e es the town discovered underneath his . Vitginia. The menrbers ofthe SilDeclares California to be an insepgin or to be delivered at a future © bap ney a cS \Purnished daily Pe b fin that :had been placed . ver City Hese Company were prompt. arable ‘part of the American Union. . day, are void. . Mrs ET Scltenck, 157 50 South Yuba Canal arn a comin ; ‘ : ai 1 iation bill MrnCJFurman, 158 15650 & ects there by unknown parties. He did) ly-on hand, but before they. could. Witnesses shall not be confined 1n The general appropriatio ill . Ww Hodges, 156 “300 ieesazc wot disturb it, saspecting foul play, . ge¢ their hese attached to the hy-. any room where criminals are~im-} shall contain only items for the pay hall ao ass 309° but immediately commenced making} drents the flames had spread to the . prisoned. of State officers and the expenseé ‘of FA McGee, Trustee, 118 10 aE. inquiries about jt. cA _respecta. two lodging-houses on the south pbe-! In civil actions three-fourths of a. the Government and institutions . y A Mcties Stents is7 Po * g 3 g ble citizen informed hin that it was . longing to Mrs, Elizabeth Drydale, . jury may render a verdict, and in . -under its charge. ¥ A McGee,Trustee, 67 1800 wIME . § [8 . : ble cit OTH en A A Mate Ste nd ae eI = ae h felotiy al Th lit of the State shall not And in aceordance with law, and an ord Kae Yh ‘gi right,” and he droppéd the conand leaped acroas the street. ~~ ‘These criminal cases less than a felony e credit © e 1 os the Boaré@4 Directors, inde “on the 7 1s p : : ; inf as j nt of d or given. ae o f Jantery, 1879, 5 : We sideration of the matter, leaving the . houses being of extremely inflamma. jury may be waived by conse ‘ be ane eh ee a ae rYs 1 819,201 pany shares mae Soi, cee coffin and its unascertained contents . ble material, were soon in such acon-. both parties. In civil actions t No public, money. sha Over be . Sary, will be sold at public auetion at} ee to take care ef themselves. That . dition that saving them was out of the . jury may consist of twelve or less as . paid to or ‘public property given 3 + ageing Sinan o Ballin Gen Ba. M. . 27-36 . 47 evening shortly after dark @ four-. question. The hose was brought . the parties may agree. aid of any religious sect, church * or . cisco, California, on Saturday, the 15th Tas re a horse wager, accompanied by aquar-. down Main street from the west, Offenses, may be prosecuted by in-}creed, or any rgectarian school or hi on hg Ban rape Ete divaliey Pete tette-of nen who were dressed like . and consequently the firemen had to. dictment, or by information after ex. college. sae pera togetie sit costs of adverti ricf . ‘hing barn and . fight the fire from behind.After the . amination and committment by ®; Laws shall be passed to regulate : F. A. McGEE, Seeretary, sees Chinamen, drove up to the barn anc’) igh” Office—Room + 32 Merchants Exchag The roads in f Bailding, Catifornia Street, $an-Francisee very bad woke Somebody oug for the man who a’dry winter. Truckee held a ing Monday eve: ‘Hayes’ scalp. Governor Irwi S-B. . Davenport tary Public. It was snowing terday, and prob of Bear Valley. ~~ Miss S. Glass field, is to teach City next term The Hyers intend to perfor ‘before they ret The Marysvi through fromon account of ~ Unrivalled Preparations of . RF. THE PUREST AND THE BES They have taken the first premium World's Fairs. have over $1,600 ayear. The Gov-. ernor shall not,. during the term for which he was chosen, be elected United States Senator. i JUDICIAL. There shall be a Supreme Court consisting of seven Jndges, who shall be divided into two co-equal Courts, but in certain cases the whole seven may sit in one Court. The other Judges shall be-Superior Judges—one or more foreach county—and Justices of the Peace. The Supréme Judges shall hold office for twelve years and the Superior Judges for six years. The salaries of the Supreme Judges shall be $6,000 and the salaries of the Superior Judges shall be $4,000 or $3,000, according to location. No salary shall be paid to these Judges until they swear that every case which has been in The’ provisions of this Constitueendh ae No property qualification shall: be quired of any person to vote or hold SUFFRAGE. The word ‘‘white” in this connecrument. Voters must be in the-State one Hi _ASPECIALTY, CLOTHING OF ALL KI CLEANED AND REPAIR Broad and Coramercia] Streets. -. Valley. Telegrams r from Marysvill state that the 1 and the inhabit ened. — __. Judge TB. ‘teenth Judicia in the Sixth D two weeks, in Denson a muel The present several hundre zanita mine ov clear the debr ‘ near their fl them to run a er than otherv > The annual Nevada Comn Templar, wil CLOTHES CLEANIN PROMPTLY TERMS MODERATE. THE OLDEST FABRIC : MADE TO LOOK LIKE NEW, 4 T THE BUILDING IN THE REA JUDGE GARTHE’S OFFICE, Bet og. FRANK CHARLT Nevada City, Feb. 25, 1879. their-Courts ninety days has been decided. The State shall pay half and each cotinty half the salary of its Superior Judges. MILITIA, The militia when under arms shall not carry any flag or device save of the United States or of this State. [The remainder of the difference between the old Constitution and the draft of the new must be deferred till our next. ] Pies LEGISLATIVE. ority may please. Senators and Assemblymen shall The State shall be divided into Personal Mention. John Cashin, who has becn at the Bay for several weeks past, returned er 7 to this city yesterday. For apportionment or representaz3 : Therg have been six cases of cremation in the town of Gotha, Germany. counted. [This will greatly reduce the power of San Francisco in the Legislature. } ning at their . A full attende quested. Sc are cordially The Sacra ed much en a digest of showing whe old one. . Fo ers we will o& wesult-of © thi MANUFACTURERS AND IMPORTER searches, : BrotherJo. Agricultural Implemeng ‘! yesterday Co., Marysvi in this sectio thing of val it would be ‘water we we «do the job fo Sacramento and San Franch HARDWAR garded as inevitable, & All bills with the amendments Yesterday's Arrivals at * ae ees thereto shall be printed and THE UNION HOTEL, S Barbed Fence Wire, The case must be read on three several days NEVADA CHTY CAL Baling Wire young Corn in each House, unless . two-thirds Jacob Naffiiger, Prepriecter. 6 : Mrs. Dennle shall decide otherwise. All votes W F Spencer City. F M Thomas Marysvil Axes, Shovels, an assault w) on the passage of bills shall be by . @ gs Gaylord do J McLaren Hunts Hill . last Sunday. ayes and nays and shall be entered F Graken.” = } E rol PE Fle Nails, Rope, Bore with a len on the Journal, and any bill to pass. JCDesn do ST Murchie mine Judge Garth must be voted for by a iori = de John McCoy San Juan ile y & majority of F A MeCutaban 40 W Wilkins Colfax noon. Dis ic eS as oores F Mi ; eo : the members elected to each * House. . G Canroniea pve Va LM Dakereth at vas CUTLERY, ET conducted t The Governor may approve. cer-. 4 Camronica do J Naffziger City M. Walling, tain portions of an appropriation bill eve ns niall Builders’ Hard testimony fe and veto certain other portions. iia edge thy = Si uilders’ Hardware, ‘Me. jake paicicial. of Sa oe THE NATIONAL HOTEL, : the latter : NEVADA CITY, CAL. : out introdu bezzlement or defalcation of public} _ — Locks, Bolts, own behalf funds shall be: eligible thereafter to. ™** & Pearsem, Proprietor. jury hans any office; and embezzlement or de. Miss M Hyers Troupe J Thomas Quaker Hill liin . stood ’ falcation of these funds shall be pun-. Miss Mees de G umphnies ee ag, Sie me see AK Mig Maye do G Dussol San Francise it stood 6 fi is as a felony. = we. do . W Cammet Roug & R F E uittal.;No inewey shall be drawn trom the . Mis Pesal. Se S oh Gen Pe ocise Wire Cloth, ey) ed thei State for the use of any person, corW King = ay do a 3 a ‘ poration or association not under the . BKermunds do A Williams Blogniield anics * quittal exclusive management of the State, ¥ wie pes Se Pee tae Mechanics Tool a : provided that the State may aid in. = Schroder do FT Schoneiva an 8 a aad stitutions for the support of orphans, Se Hyon ____o0 : ‘ . es children or sonx. ____ . BAKER & HAMIL” [¥ twitnesses’ A The pay of attaches shall not’be{ inn eunal ¢ “i caague te Fi vada City, Fe : . par increased after their election. M. ‘Walling and wife, & son? Ai at SACRAM ENTO < ite If there is more in an act'than is —=— a embraced in.a title, all matter not so MARRIED. —AND— ] embraced shall be null. ~ = x al ees “At Y t, M 2 Dy i ‘ . «~The English langnage only shall Parker, Jase: F ca a ogy ga SAN F RANCISCO. i cents per ‘ = x “ i 7 , é % . {