March 9, 1880 (4 pages)

& a { = — Ghe Daily Transeript, MEVADA CITY, CALIFORMA, The Text Beok Question. . "Eprror Transcript: O. P. Stidget's letter to the TRaNscBIPT, indorsing ‘the “Pacific. Coast. series of readers, shonld be heedeff as well as read, ‘forindeed these series are superior to the readers now in tise. Mfe. Guffey’s readers contarr tothitty of an instructive character; and when a pupil reads throng the fitst, second or even the sixth réader, their ideas « Snesday, Marek: Sth; FiQ0-~i -. The Water We Use.Superintendent Brown of the City: ' Water Works while in San Francis@ Superior €ourt. ing: Hotehnison. ARobinson #o last week. received legal advice to thle Mfeet that the water pipes‘in the streets would not be forfeited to the city next year, according to the con» tract. This opinion is’ in’ conflict with the one given before the Board of real things‘ are not fully devel1 oped unless they’ read newspapers or other beoks. The proper method-of teaching elocution, according to my idea, is to. use Comstock’s Elocution _ have refased tomodify their last con___57 latter altogether and shut off the sup. the pupil-would know considerable . ply. The water with which our cit{more of real events, What 4s the! plaint. to amend complaint. jven 20 days in which he may de mrur to or answer plaintiffs’ com H. E. Casey~-vs. His Creditors --igens ape now supplied is so muddy . use of a boy twelve and fourteen . to her amen nded complaint. — a= dilapidated condition: ~~The cost of . a béy or girl read about something diately in this connection will not fall short of $500, which sum the . the young idea-is the bést-one in ranted in expending while the pres. of the public schools: many. teachers _ ent rates prevail. The City Trustees . that have the book: leaning, bat still = —_ appear to believe that they have ad-. do not know how toteach of passing justed the prices properly. There . events or of every day life. . seems no probability that either willbe _ What do many youthful teachers willing to make any concessions. The care how their pupils progress—so question therefore arises, how -long . long -as-they {the teachers) receive can our peuple continue to drink. their eash. Undoubtedly they want this muddy water without all their . their scholar@ earn, but many thternal machinery getting clogged? . have not. the faculty of teaching = “ Jpthem, consequently if scholars-havenot the faculty of learning with such The Truckee Republican thus rais. instructions they will remain just as és its voice in behalfef the interests . ignorant of book learning as though . . 6f Nevaia City : The enterprising . they-had never been taught. : citizens at the county-seat are mak-} The resolutions adopted ' bythe ing strenuous. efforts tosecure a . San Juan Trustees ought to be adopt‘branch of the State Normal School . ed‘by all the school trustees in the at that place, and we trust their . county and be presented to the Board: laudable designs may be crowned . of Supervisors, so that the Board with success. There is no place in. can-never be censured in the future the State which enjoys as many ad. regarding text books. Let the Trusvantages for the location of such an! tees of every district in the county institution as Nevada City, The cli. calla meeting and ascertain what mate is the finest in the State, and it . the majority are willing to do in reits accessible by rail. ‘There are good . gard to text books, for the Board of boarding-houses and hotels for the . Supervisors may have ideas of their . “accommodation of the students, Ne. own in regard to°what books should vada City has a central location.— . be adopted. ‘ This county is one ef the best and} Another thing: the parents should most populous in Northern Califor-} have something to say as to what nia, and the social status of the coun. books should be used. In my opinty seat for refinement and _ intelli. ion the arithmetic should remairrthe gence will ‘compare tavorably with . !same; for Robinson’s series are .in‘any in the State, and outrank the . deed the best that can bt used for greater number; The. people of Ne-. simplicity and praeticability. Spell. vada county will expect their. Sena. ers we can do withou4 and use dic: tors and Assemblymen to spare uno . tionaries; for when's’ scholar spells a éffort that may tend to secure the . word he ought to be able to tell the ‘Pastage of the Dill securing _ the . meaning and: what_part of speech it. branctiof the Normal school at that . is, as well as to be able to spell it; place, ae : for spelling’ like arithmetic. is the spas root of lanywiage, the same ag ffithmetic is the root of computation; hence use the dictionary by all means, if we want the rising generation to: understand our language. Grammar we will not change, for Brown’s is simple. Monteith’s geography is plain enough, hence the oly school beoks that I see any necessity in changing a.e the readers, for cer-. tainiy the Pacific Coast series are much better than McGuffey's, according tomy views. Dovsce xx. 2 a Nevada City's Want. Vv a d t a Gradaally Comming to Light. Considerable excitement. prevails oi Myers’ Ravine and thereabouts over the recent discoveries of some. ‘rich quartz lodes. One was discovered some twenty years ago, apd a few tons extracted and crushed, but did not yield suffivienthy to warrant the continuation of its development, “and Operations on it were abandoned. . Work was again commenced recently, and the lode’ was found to be im-" mensely rich, and it is reported that $3,000 has been taken out in a short . sn a Probate Proceedings, In the matter of the estate of Sarah A. Wilson, deceased, March 15th has been appointed as the day for settlement of account, : An order has-been made approving the sale of personal property in the matter of the estate of Louis Schuefer, deceased. H. C, Dillon has been cited to appear and show why he did not _per. form certain duties as Exetutor of the estate of P. F. Dillon; ed, Au order to show cause why sale of real estate should not be made in the matter of the estate of Philip B. em —Aw Important Strike Reported. ats reported thatthe “Hayward Company, after extensive drifting operations, have nally struck gravélin the biue lead where it runs uncer the old town site of You Bet. dn the Brown and Cozzens claims, either side of the Hayward properiy, this lead was a few years since worked to great profit, but was not suc: ewssfully followed. The surface has been washed away to a depth of over a hundred feet, and the present find _ is about 150 feet still lower, . d P 8 checeas: d —_—_———— <= -—— " 3 P A New Industry Proposed <4 deceaseil, was ordered pubsrs ished, The State Prison Commievioners SN ee ° bility of establishing a stove foundry atSan Qieatio. It is thought the ~ idea wil meet with general favor There is no industry of the kind on the Goast that would be conflicted with, all stuves sold here being mannfactured in the East,” ‘ _ There have been filed articles of incorporation of the South Idaho Quartz Gold Mining Company, whose this county, and principal office in San Francis¢o. Capital stock, $300,000, divided into $15 shares. DiW. A. Nygh, C. H.” Moore aud A. St. Paul, b ~ + Importaftr—Don’t squander your _— toney. ‘The best place to buy dry ‘Boods is at the splendid establishMent next door te, ‘aylord’s grocery oi Tae mule -always puts his best fapt hindmost, free water. to mest_ quartz claim, The following business was yesterday transacted in thé” Superior Court, : Hon. John Caldwell presidSamuel Curtis, a native of England, was naturalized on the testimony of Wm. Richards and John H. A. Ashburn and others vs. Jas. Plaintif given leave Defendant 6f Trustees by C. W. Cross, Esq. . after the scholar becomes able to read . Hearing of motion for modification The South*:Yaba Canal Company . and‘understand what he feails. By. of restraining order continued , till . : : using Comstock, and obt&ining good "Wednesday. Sa. ‘ tract with the Water Company, ut! practical_works,readers -ghove-the__Lucy_D. Boynton ys,_Nathan C.i— ~ ysay they are willing to release the ! third could be dispensed with, and . Boynton, —Ordered that answer of : defendant to p aintiffs*original com-} plant stand as“ defendant's ‘a nswet xercise_of mab — ~~} moved t Buck worms and wrinkles . and “deliberate judgment. Ia the. : ~+-—as-to scarely he -fit for nse-The Su_+-yeare_of age reading. story—abont . —H_ Sylvester vs.Alaska G-M.-Co, . eradi every-day affairs.of the Commission, . &% . perintendent says this is so becausé . “Forest Trees,” where the tallest . Demurrer . to. plaintiff's complaint the reservoir needs cleaning out and . and finest wanted to be so and so? / Over*tled, anddefendant ~ given the main pipé in the tunnel is in’_s What-does a-boy care for fables? Let . 20 days to answer. Yuba Tunnel GM. Co. va. J. S. ~. theswwork required tobe done imméepractical as well as well as theoreti-. McBride and others. Demurrers to T. G. Meek vs. C; A. Hamiltori nd others, A. D. Merriam appellant. Set for trial Tuesday, March 31st. E. D. Evans vs. Geo. D. McLean. Jury demanded by plaintiff. Sampson Thomas vs. John FogarRecess till Wednesday morning. > Panic at the School Beuse. During the windstorm that preailed yesterday afternoon * some ‘plastering on the ceiling of one of rooms in the second story of the 3 Washington school house; this city, fair is that that the unfortunate lady was loosened-and fell to the floor with a crash, ‘The accident created panic that soon resulted in emptySonre of the pupils were so Some two years ayo ore or less the school house walls The chilren were unnecessarily frightened. he building is perfectly substantial and as safe as any in the city. a That Prize Fight. Thomas McAlpine and Tames Rodda, who on the 23d ult. pat up forfeit of $100 each to meet on or Rodda has a ——2> -4—_____. St. Patrick’s Ball. — The ladies of St. Canice Catholic church are indistriously engaged in making prepatations for the grand ‘ball that is to take place at Hunt's Hall om the 17th instant. sonable price at which tickets for the The reaance and supper are sold, together with the fact that the most comlete arrangements are always made to insure the enjoyment of all parties iven under the ausrices of these laies, will surely attract~a large. crowd. Around Canada Hill, The Portuguese Company’s gravel wners profits, : egan washing last week. He has Martin, Mitchel & Co. continue eal. The Quincy system of traiming . complaint argued and taken under advisement. : ab anlolens pds sca: hig scdeneinets ie vogue; even though it wilt throw out . PWe Gaynor —vs.-J.-R>Bynon-. her that he could remove—the—pitts . that_we-no — Defendaat’s demurrer=to complaint afgued and taken under advisetment. — : John Skews vs. Wm. Campbell. . 224 Continued ander advjsement. ing the building: of its tive hundred. inmates. badly scared that they could not be prevailed:upon to return and pursue their studies. ™m were badly wrenched during a terrifie windstorm,.and in repairing} them it every precaution was tiken to render them secure. about April lét and have a hard-. glove fight for $250 a side, open: for $500, will this week make their final deposits and sign thearticles of agreement, The-Pacific Life in speaking of the parties to this coming: miil, . says: “McAlpine is well known in this city as ‘‘Soap,” and ie considered a powerful hitter, ood reputation a8 a Manipulator of . nature’s weapons in the mountains about Nevada City, and the fight will no doubt be a good one.” lead on Canada Hill ig yielding its) Mir. Stockham on Campooda Hia. A Crooked Corn-Dector. About.one week sincea well ressed individua’, calling himself Mons. what’'the boys would call ‘‘a daisy.” ‘He opened the wine, played poker and seemed to be a regular ‘Coal Oil Tommy.” As settity forth his _aims‘and purposes in fe he caused the following advertisement to be inserted in the local press: . . ‘‘Mons. A. A bert, Chiropodist Manicure and Dermatologist de Paris, removes instant y, permanently, and without the least injury to the shampooned ahd prevented perspiration. of the Feet. That is what he claimed be could . do. Bunions and_corns instantly.re. eradicated in-a—twinkling . _-Conf-/ dence sharp is no-name for him. . Plain, unvarnished bilk is -near to . But his eagagement in Eureka! was of short duration, Two days} ago he was called by a lady whom Dr. . De La ‘Matyr had been attending for . some time. She was pitted trom’ sinall-pox. *Mons. Albert assured . in three days, and would do 60 for. $!20—$60 cash and $£0 when he had perfected acure. The first: installment was‘paid, and he applieda preparition to her face. Oa Tuesday night. the lady euffzred g ett agony, and calledin Dr. De. La Matyr: The Doctor, learning the facts, immediately summoned Mons. Albert and demanded the nature of the appliea-. tion.Mons. Albert-got on his dignity, said it was a professional secret, and positively ceclined to im-threatened from a window in the upper story of . the Turner House. This brought the chiropodist to -a realizing sense of the situation, ard . he frankly owned up that the chief ingredient of the preparation was croton oil. Hec'aimed, however to be a full-fledged physician, but when pressed to show his diploma_he said that.it had been lost. The worst feature of the whole’ afmay lose one or both of her eyes, to saying nothing of the loss of her money. Dr. De La Matyr took steps on Tuesday night to have the im poster arrested, but, the hour being late, he could not, secure the necessary papers. ee Yesterday morning Mons. Albert. lit ont in a blaze ot glory,closely pursued by a bevy of soiled doves from the lower levels, to whom he was indebted. One of his torinentors suc cseded in getting in.a left-hander, dislodging three teeth (false),:whieh+ are held 1s trophies of the fuglorious flight of the bilking bunion sharp. Mons. ‘Albert, in his haste, neglected to settle sundry bills, and yesterday atelegram was sent to’ ofticers along the railroad to arrest him. He was nabbed at Carlin, the officer at that point answering that he would kold him for twenty-four hours, Deputy Constable Mooney goes down . this morning to bring him up: He will be tried: on a charge of ob. taining money uzider false pretenses, practicing medicine without a diploma and for fleeing the State without of the transgressor hard.—Eureka, (Nev.) Sentinel: f J tf Z ville produces smelting ores;and that tailings are not resultant from smeit-}ed ores. The residue from smelted ings there is as much difference as between intelligence and ignorance. The statement ie made that a company has been formed to work over tailings cast off at the furnaces of a great many mines. If the company. waits till it pets tailings from the furnaces, its works will never start. The process comprises quicksilver, oxide of lead, carbonate of soda, charcoal dust, powdered glass, and some secret ingredients, probably nux vomica and castor oil. Mr. Edison must place very little value on his spare time, if the dispatch is anything like #. description of his process for extracting gold from’ tailings. Along the Ridge. A gentleman who came over from he Ridge the latter part of last week says that the Badger Hill Company rare taking out considerable gold, They are eweble to run most of the ‘time. He states that there is much activity at the American claim. Reat Estate on Soman Sharp & Co., whose claim is on the Gracie lead near Hamilton McCormick’s, have found some very good IMPORTANT—opposite Coe’s boot and shoe store. The cheapest place im the State to buy dry goods. Jt I Suet will go up 50 per cent i value since } the Important has removed its headquarters to that part of the city.— The Important does-a larger business ‘than any similar honse in the State. Cowse—they sell fine goods at very low prices. lt Tue lawyer's favorite pudding— A. Albert, came te-Bareka.-He is} ‘skin,superfluows hair, freckies, moles, . pimples, pock and.birth marks, sal. lowness, black worms and wrinkles. . Eye-brows eye-lasbes created ; hair ‘ from fall. ing out; skin beautified ; hands made . white ; finger-nails_ almond-shaped. . Sozzo,’ a preventative for excessive (choi alate the tensions“ character: “N-B. A Specialty—Alt Ailments of the man in grappiing with so gi. ‘Corns, Bunions and inf 18 growing: nai's instantly -removed.’’ . putably successful result of the work: fo throw him: paying his debts. Verily is the way '/ The Steck Repert says of Profes-. Doherty Owen Gelbert Matin sor Edison’s new process of extractape hee John Hage / ¥ img gold from mining tailings: Eyesas lea Onan ae ee ery man who knows. the least—little. parzera Wo ~ Richards eho thing about mining knows.that Lead. Stahel Wm A Fiisbie Roberts ores is slag, between which and tail-). _ THE UNION HOTEL, }{ ‘D Blakey Grass Vall 8°Pex -@ Powers Blue Tent ‘Brace B. Lee. ; The following deserved compli-. ment toan ex-resident of Nevada City isfrom the San Francisco Alta of last Saturday. 6 \In the retirement of Bruce B. Lee . from the Harbor Commissiog, the ' State loses an official who, during Lhfs term of ‘office, has shown himseif . to be an earnest, painstaking servant lof the public, and one whose real . worth—whese keen and-lively interlest, and true devotion to his Com: . ' mission—will ‘ be ever remembered by a grateful public. Up tothe last day o f his term, Mr. our city, and the zeal shown by him -€. Flood, now of the Nevada Bank, the woods and got it, I looked for it. fur it the less I liked it. it home in my hand beeawse I could not find it—a sliver, Masor Downte, a pioneet of ra county, after whom the town of Downieville was named, says,. in ‘ letter to the TRANSCRIPT, that James Sier. lived in.a cabin and mined on Poor. man’s Creek, Plumas county, ;, 1850-'51. Mr. Flood ‘does_not liv, . on Poorman’s Creek now, not by any manner of means.—Stock Report, Wat was it? I went out into After ] got it The more I looked “I brought eeteee Lee was aways the most active in} THe greatest strik ¢ of the day—4p pushing any harbor improvement for . o'clock, : Coes, in the matter of the sea-Wall imp-ovement, the greatest that ever has been attempted on this Coast, gantic an enterprise, and-theundisshows that behind his istrepicdity -Was.an_exercise_of the most mature} Mr. Lee made many warm friends . who wili regret that the gentleman's . é, ~———“Hddesiy prevented any efforts on! ¥ their_part for his reappointment. Mr. Lee is personally known to the Alta proprieters and attaches, and has always been courteous and prompt in giving information touching his office, and it is with regret Lee is confined to his house of account of sickness, but we hope soon to-see him-onthe street again.The Sandlot Mystery.~The army of the unemployed is pitiiully perplexed by. the appear. ance of a-mysteriougs stranger atthe sand.ot meetings. He has attended all without exeeption; is tall, substantial, conspicuous; about six feet in height, wears a_tirst-class-looking beaver suit?’ shiny stovepipe hat, very long white beard and an. air: of hoa Ae secrecy. He is onhand when the first word is spoken, and leaves’only when the-Jast word of slaughtered English floats down Market street on the evening breeze. The sandlotters vainly busy themselves trying to learn his name and purpose. The leaders of the agitation are alarmed at his good clothes and his habit of kez ing his mouth shut. : : &Z IMPORTANT DRYtGOODS STORE removed to Commercial St., next door to Gaylord’s. lt “WHAT a woman can do,” is the title of au article in an exchange, Put what we want to know is, what 39/woman can’t do when she makes yp her mind, : re BORN. i Ta Nevada City, March tas 180,.to Johu Dixon and wife, _— A 7 pan. S+--=e > ae. ena F In Nevada’ Citz/ March 8th, 1880, Olive Ray, duughter-of Elizabeth aid Halstead Stanstield, ayed 1 year, 6 months and 9 days. The funeral will take place from the Methodist eh this (Tuesday) afternoon. Friends and apquaintances are invited to ata [ Advertised Letters. Important ! i: HAS REMOVED To Commercial Street, Opposite Co’s Siice Store. a / NEVADA CITY. / oy _ Dry Gac ds and Clotiing ~ CHEAPER Than. any other Store in Nevada County. —_—_——. oes Cali end be convinced, a a We mean what we say. ee EISEN & CO. The following is « list of letters remaining inthe Post Office, Nevada City. for the. week ending March 7th, 188). Persons caiiling for any of these letters will please say “aaly @rtised.” = : J. 8. Hobsaoox Watson Henry—2_ Williams Elizabete Superintendent Lone Star M Co, Superintendent Occidental M Co Superintendent Gold Tunnel M Co Superintendent Chapman Saw Mill. Superintendent Metalurgical Works. ~ Superintendent N Y & GV Gold -M Co. Superintendent Pennsylvania Mill. Superintendent Federal Loan Mill. superintendent Col. Con. G.M. Uo, Superintendent Nevada Qtz M Co, Held for Postage. 5G Lewis Grass Vaiiey Cal: — F ? aE Yesterday s Arrivals s¢ Wilf buy a NEW STANDARD ORGAN. It cest $225, It has never been used and is in perfect order. . Apply at the TRANSCRIPT OFFICE. ~-NEVADA CITY, CAL, Jdaceb Na@fciger, Proprictor. W Spencer Grass Va B Snell You Bet _ T Blue You Bet _ W Zeilim San Francisco W Powell Grass Val H Powell Grass Valley T Ludlum San Fran J Frost Oroville J Montgomery Pe Y J McLeran Willow Vall Dr Beverton city J Tonnor do do ____Mrs J E Brewn eity fectaan Celfax } 8 MeBride You Bet J Cole Rocklin W Holmes & w city Miss G-Wooddnrn Sacra bh E Brown M The Reg and Puget Sound leave SAN FRANCISCO on the 10th, “Oth, and 30th of cach Month, at 12 e’cloek noon, fer — Pacific Mail Steamship Co. ' Mail Steamers tor Victoria Q Weodburn Sacra GG Allan Pike Cit: ictoria, B. r sen W Hamilton Jo. B @ Hout Placerviqie Vi B.C., Port. Town d, F Mallen Trucaee $ Murchie San Fraacis . . Seattle and Tacoma. ______ Westerday'’s Arrivals ag . THE NATIONAL HOTEL, NEVADA CITY; Gab. 1 Koos Sierra city 4 Wills papa coe Portland, Oregon, Ses owell San Pra W Cant ~ ia Flat . And at Seattle with Local Steamers feat. tne 1 H Guns Yube‘city_J'seay'dan Juan” . SKAGIT RIVER and MINES! 3 Bell ton Jue 6 Valley . Tickets issued for Central and @ Crawford ; G Felker Moores rl * es South America, New York, EuJ Bavis j Davie Duach Fit “Mt ud ee { jm HLIAMS, DIMOND 4 co. TO EITHER PORT. Connect at Tacoma with Northérn acifie Railroad for ene aE HE DAIL\ ~~ NEVADA Cr’ Brief . Cold and win Wim. H. Smnit amento on bus: Evangeline C! rder meets thi: It begins to . ill not come wa More snow lear skies the r. The market ame, especial! y 0. % John Pattison acramento for-t ined Saturday ‘Elger’s Sune . Monsieur Alb. oétor whose ad fre set forth jn s ecently engaged is protéssion— ty. . John ‘Marshal ince injured by ion of blasting . encémine, rec p San Francisec essfully treated e glad to hear ill soon be all‘) &@ Cardinal ] hildren just re eR & Crawro! ote!, Maia stre. According to ver from that 1 pembers of the ‘emperance Uni remad, They D open a coffee bg room attach: e really desi ocured flor the ey were debat Mes several ente clubbed toge Don’r you for it Dry Goods $ bmmercial Stre ’s shoe store. : Once . A stranger ¢: cGraw . appear hnday in a dru as his second of nd officer Scott day morning J m to the Cuunt EMOVAL OF he People’s Che in fts Nev The Important AVing removed ne commodious ercial street, is . than ever. I bods just receiv b exhibition, an ices lower thar sewhere in the ietors of the aim to give goc m and will disy uch smaller pri titors. They . uying that no « very article the quality, and ty extensive, heir new store, 1 ny Or not. Ret ommercial str¢ He store, ll Holida Thave just re brtment of Hol he best way for j Y store on Brog Dec. 16, 1879, A-No. 1 Shing! ality of sugar . $3.50 per thou © Ice House, o1 ty,

& a { = — Ghe Daily Transeript, MEVADA CITY, CALIFORMA, The Text Beok Question. . "Eprror Transcript: O. P. Stidget's letter to the TRaNscBIPT, indorsing ‘the “Pacific. Coast. series of readers, shonld be heedeff as well as read, ‘forindeed these series are superior to the readers now in tise. Mfe. Guffey’s readers contarr tothitty of an instructive character; and when a pupil reads throng the fitst, second or even the sixth réader, their ideas « Snesday, Marek: Sth; FiQ0-~i -. The Water We Use.Superintendent Brown of the City: ' Water Works while in San Francis@ Superior €ourt. ing: Hotehnison. ARobinson #o last week. received legal advice to thle Mfeet that the water pipes‘in the streets would not be forfeited to the city next year, according to the con» tract. This opinion is’ in’ conflict with the one given before the Board of real things‘ are not fully devel1 oped unless they’ read newspapers or other beoks. The proper method-of teaching elocution, according to my idea, is to. use Comstock’s Elocution _ have refased tomodify their last con___57 latter altogether and shut off the sup. the pupil-would know considerable . ply. The water with which our cit{more of real events, What 4s the! plaint. to amend complaint. jven 20 days in which he may de mrur to or answer plaintiffs’ com H. E. Casey~-vs. His Creditors --igens ape now supplied is so muddy . use of a boy twelve and fourteen . to her amen nded complaint. — a= dilapidated condition: ~~The cost of . a béy or girl read about something diately in this connection will not fall short of $500, which sum the . the young idea-is the bést-one in ranted in expending while the pres. of the public schools: many. teachers _ ent rates prevail. The City Trustees . that have the book: leaning, bat still = —_ appear to believe that they have ad-. do not know how toteach of passing justed the prices properly. There . events or of every day life. . seems no probability that either willbe _ What do many youthful teachers willing to make any concessions. The care how their pupils progress—so question therefore arises, how -long . long -as-they {the teachers) receive can our peuple continue to drink. their eash. Undoubtedly they want this muddy water without all their . their scholar@ earn, but many thternal machinery getting clogged? . have not. the faculty of teaching = “ Jpthem, consequently if scholars-havenot the faculty of learning with such The Truckee Republican thus rais. instructions they will remain just as és its voice in behalfef the interests . ignorant of book learning as though . . 6f Nevaia City : The enterprising . they-had never been taught. : citizens at the county-seat are mak-} The resolutions adopted ' bythe ing strenuous. efforts tosecure a . San Juan Trustees ought to be adopt‘branch of the State Normal School . ed‘by all the school trustees in the at that place, and we trust their . county and be presented to the Board: laudable designs may be crowned . of Supervisors, so that the Board with success. There is no place in. can-never be censured in the future the State which enjoys as many ad. regarding text books. Let the Trusvantages for the location of such an! tees of every district in the county institution as Nevada City, The cli. calla meeting and ascertain what mate is the finest in the State, and it . the majority are willing to do in reits accessible by rail. ‘There are good . gard to text books, for the Board of boarding-houses and hotels for the . Supervisors may have ideas of their . “accommodation of the students, Ne. own in regard to°what books should vada City has a central location.— . be adopted. ‘ This county is one ef the best and} Another thing: the parents should most populous in Northern Califor-} have something to say as to what nia, and the social status of the coun. books should be used. In my opinty seat for refinement and _ intelli. ion the arithmetic should remairrthe gence will ‘compare tavorably with . !same; for Robinson’s series are .in‘any in the State, and outrank the . deed the best that can bt used for greater number; The. people of Ne-. simplicity and praeticability. Spell. vada county will expect their. Sena. ers we can do withou4 and use dic: tors and Assemblymen to spare uno . tionaries; for when's’ scholar spells a éffort that may tend to secure the . word he ought to be able to tell the ‘Pastage of the Dill securing _ the . meaning and: what_part of speech it. branctiof the Normal school at that . is, as well as to be able to spell it; place, ae : for spelling’ like arithmetic. is the spas root of lanywiage, the same ag ffithmetic is the root of computation; hence use the dictionary by all means, if we want the rising generation to: understand our language. Grammar we will not change, for Brown’s is simple. Monteith’s geography is plain enough, hence the oly school beoks that I see any necessity in changing a.e the readers, for cer-. tainiy the Pacific Coast series are much better than McGuffey's, according tomy views. Dovsce xx. 2 a Nevada City's Want. Vv a d t a Gradaally Comming to Light. Considerable excitement. prevails oi Myers’ Ravine and thereabouts over the recent discoveries of some. ‘rich quartz lodes. One was discovered some twenty years ago, apd a few tons extracted and crushed, but did not yield suffivienthy to warrant the continuation of its development, “and Operations on it were abandoned. . Work was again commenced recently, and the lode’ was found to be im-" mensely rich, and it is reported that $3,000 has been taken out in a short . sn a Probate Proceedings, In the matter of the estate of Sarah A. Wilson, deceased, March 15th has been appointed as the day for settlement of account, : An order has-been made approving the sale of personal property in the matter of the estate of Louis Schuefer, deceased. H. C, Dillon has been cited to appear and show why he did not _per. form certain duties as Exetutor of the estate of P. F. Dillon; ed, Au order to show cause why sale of real estate should not be made in the matter of the estate of Philip B. em —Aw Important Strike Reported. ats reported thatthe “Hayward Company, after extensive drifting operations, have nally struck gravélin the biue lead where it runs uncer the old town site of You Bet. dn the Brown and Cozzens claims, either side of the Hayward properiy, this lead was a few years since worked to great profit, but was not suc: ewssfully followed. The surface has been washed away to a depth of over a hundred feet, and the present find _ is about 150 feet still lower, . d P 8 checeas: d —_—_———— <= -—— " 3 P A New Industry Proposed <4 deceaseil, was ordered pubsrs ished, The State Prison Commievioners SN ee ° bility of establishing a stove foundry atSan Qieatio. It is thought the ~ idea wil meet with general favor There is no industry of the kind on the Goast that would be conflicted with, all stuves sold here being mannfactured in the East,” ‘ _ There have been filed articles of incorporation of the South Idaho Quartz Gold Mining Company, whose this county, and principal office in San Francis¢o. Capital stock, $300,000, divided into $15 shares. DiW. A. Nygh, C. H.” Moore aud A. St. Paul, b ~ + Importaftr—Don’t squander your _— toney. ‘The best place to buy dry ‘Boods is at the splendid establishMent next door te, ‘aylord’s grocery oi Tae mule -always puts his best fapt hindmost, free water. to mest_ quartz claim, The following business was yesterday transacted in thé” Superior Court, : Hon. John Caldwell presidSamuel Curtis, a native of England, was naturalized on the testimony of Wm. Richards and John H. A. Ashburn and others vs. Jas. Plaintif given leave Defendant 6f Trustees by C. W. Cross, Esq. . after the scholar becomes able to read . Hearing of motion for modification The South*:Yaba Canal Company . and‘understand what he feails. By. of restraining order continued , till . : : using Comstock, and obt&ining good "Wednesday. Sa. ‘ tract with the Water Company, ut! practical_works,readers -ghove-the__Lucy_D. Boynton ys,_Nathan C.i— ~ ysay they are willing to release the ! third could be dispensed with, and . Boynton, —Ordered that answer of : defendant to p aintiffs*original com-} plant stand as“ defendant's ‘a nswet xercise_of mab — ~~} moved t Buck worms and wrinkles . and “deliberate judgment. Ia the. : ~+-—as-to scarely he -fit for nse-The Su_+-yeare_of age reading. story—abont . —H_ Sylvester vs.Alaska G-M.-Co, . eradi every-day affairs.of the Commission, . &% . perintendent says this is so becausé . “Forest Trees,” where the tallest . Demurrer . to. plaintiff's complaint the reservoir needs cleaning out and . and finest wanted to be so and so? / Over*tled, anddefendant ~ given the main pipé in the tunnel is in’_s What-does a-boy care for fables? Let . 20 days to answer. Yuba Tunnel GM. Co. va. J. S. ~. theswwork required tobe done imméepractical as well as well as theoreti-. McBride and others. Demurrers to T. G. Meek vs. C; A. Hamiltori nd others, A. D. Merriam appellant. Set for trial Tuesday, March 31st. E. D. Evans vs. Geo. D. McLean. Jury demanded by plaintiff. Sampson Thomas vs. John FogarRecess till Wednesday morning.. > Panic at the School Beuse. During the windstorm that preailed yesterday afternoon * some ‘plastering on the ceiling of one of rooms in the second story of the 3 Washington school house; this city, fair is that that the unfortunate lady was loosened-and fell to the floor with a crash, ‘The accident created panic that soon resulted in emptySonre of the pupils were so Some two years ayo ore or less the school house walls The chilren were unnecessarily frightened. he building is perfectly substantial and as safe as any in the city. a That Prize Fight. Thomas McAlpine and Tames Rodda, who on the 23d ult. pat up forfeit of $100 each to meet on or Rodda has a ——2> -4—_____.. St. Patrick’s Ball. — The ladies of St. Canice Catholic church are indistriously engaged in making prepatations for the grand ‘ball that is to take place at Hunt's Hall om the 17th instant. sonable price at which tickets for the The reaance and supper are sold, together with the fact that the most comlete arrangements are always made to insure the enjoyment of all parties iven under the ausrices of these laies, will surely attract~a large. crowd. Around Canada Hill, The Portuguese Company’s gravel wners profits, : egan washing last week. He has Martin, Mitchel & Co. continue eal. The Quincy system of traiming . complaint argued and taken under advisement. : ab anlolens pds sca: hig scdeneinets ie vogue; even though it wilt throw out . PWe Gaynor —vs.-J.-R>Bynon-. her that he could remove—the—pitts . that_we-no — Defendaat’s demurrer=to complaint afgued and taken under advisetment. — : John Skews vs. Wm. Campbell. . 224 Continued ander advjsement. ing the building: of its tive hundred. inmates. badly scared that they could not be prevailed:upon to return and pursue their studies. ™m were badly wrenched during a terrifie windstorm,.and in repairing} them it every precaution was tiken to render them secure. about April lét and have a hard-. glove fight for $250 a side, open: for $500, will this week make their final deposits and sign thearticles of agreement, The-Pacific Life in speaking of the parties to this coming: miil, . says: “McAlpine is well known in this city as ‘‘Soap,” and ie considered a powerful hitter, ood reputation a8 a Manipulator of . nature’s weapons in the mountains about Nevada City, and the fight will no doubt be a good one.” lead on Canada Hill ig yielding its) Mir. Stockham on Campooda Hia. A Crooked Corn-Dector. About.one week sincea well ressed individua’, calling himself Mons. what’'the boys would call ‘‘a daisy.” ‘He opened the wine, played poker and seemed to be a regular ‘Coal Oil Tommy.” As settity forth his _aims‘and purposes in fe he caused the following advertisement to be inserted in the local press: . . ‘‘Mons. A. A bert, Chiropodist Manicure and Dermatologist de Paris, removes instant y, permanently, and without the least injury to the shampooned ahd prevented perspiration. of the Feet. That is what he claimed be could . do. Bunions and_corns instantly.re. eradicated in-a—twinkling . _-Conf-/ dence sharp is no-name for him. . Plain, unvarnished bilk is -near to . But his eagagement in Eureka! was of short duration, Two days} ago he was called by a lady whom Dr. . De La ‘Matyr had been attending for . some time. She was pitted trom’ sinall-pox. *Mons. Albert assured . in three days, and would do 60 for. $!20—$60 cash and $£0 when he had perfected acure. The first: installment was‘paid, and he applieda preparition to her face.. Oa Tuesday night. the lady euffzred g ett agony, and calledin Dr. De. La Matyr: The Doctor, learning the facts, immediately summoned Mons. Albert and demanded the nature of the appliea-. tion.Mons. Albert-got on his dignity, said it was a professional secret, and positively ceclined to im-threatened from a window in the upper story of . the Turner House. This brought the chiropodist to -a realizing sense of the situation, ard . he frankly owned up that the chief ingredient of the preparation was croton oil. Hec'aimed, however to be a full-fledged physician, but when pressed to show his diploma_he said that.it had been lost. The worst feature of the whole’ afmay lose one or both of her eyes, to saying nothing of the loss of her money. Dr. De La Matyr took steps on Tuesday night to have the im poster arrested, but, the hour being late, he could not, secure the necessary papers. ee Yesterday morning Mons. Albert. lit ont in a blaze ot glory,closely pursued by a bevy of soiled doves from the lower levels, to whom he was indebted. One of his torinentors suc cseded in getting in.a left-hander, dislodging three teeth (false),:whieh+ are held 1s trophies of the fuglorious flight of the bilking bunion sharp. Mons. ‘Albert, in his haste, neglected to settle sundry bills, and yesterday atelegram was sent to’ ofticers along the railroad to arrest him. He was nabbed at Carlin, the officer at that point answering that he would kold him for twenty-four hours, Deputy Constable Mooney goes down . this morning to bring him up: He will be tried: on a charge of ob. taining money uzider false pretenses, practicing medicine without a diploma and for fleeing the State without of the transgressor hard.—Eureka, (Nev.) Sentinel: f J tf Z ville produces smelting ores;and that tailings are not resultant from smeit-}ed ores. The residue from smelted ings there is as much difference as between intelligence and ignorance. The statement ie made that a company has been formed to work over tailings cast off at the furnaces of a great many mines. If the company.

waits till it pets tailings from the furnaces, its works will never start. The process comprises quicksilver, oxide of lead, carbonate of soda, charcoal dust, powdered glass, and some secret ingredients, probably nux vomica and castor oil. Mr. Edison must place very little value on his spare time, if the dispatch is anything like #. description of his process for extracting gold from’ tailings. Along the Ridge. A gentleman who came over from he Ridge the latter part of last week says that the Badger Hill Company rare taking out considerable gold, They are eweble to run most of the ‘time. He states that there is much activity at the American claim. Reat Estate on Soman Sharp & Co., whose claim is on the Gracie lead near Hamilton McCormick’s, have found some very good IMPORTANT—opposite Coe’s boot and shoe store. The cheapest place im the State to buy dry goods. Jt I Suet will go up 50 per cent i value since } the Important has removed its headquarters to that part of the city.— The Important does-a larger business ‘than any similar honse in the State. Cowse—they sell fine goods at very low prices. lt Tue lawyer's favorite pudding— A. Albert, came te-Bareka.-He is} ‘skin,superfluows hair, freckies, moles, . pimples, pock and.birth marks, sal. lowness, black worms and wrinkles. . Eye-brows eye-lasbes created ; hair ‘ from fall. ing out; skin beautified ; hands made . white ; finger-nails_ almond-shaped. . Sozzo,’ a preventative for excessive (choi alate the tensions“ character: “N-B. A Specialty—Alt Ailments of the man in grappiing with so gi. ‘Corns, Bunions and inf 18 growing: nai's instantly -removed.’’ . putably successful result of the work: fo throw him: paying his debts. Verily is the way '/ The Steck Repert says of Profes-. Doherty Owen Gelbert Matin sor Edison’s new process of extractape hee John Hage / ¥ img gold from mining tailings: Eyesas lea Onan ae ee ery man who knows. the least—little. parzera Wo ~ Richards eho thing about mining knows.that Lead. Stahel Wm A Fiisbie Roberts ores is slag, between which and tail-). _ THE UNION HOTEL, }{ ‘D Blakey Grass Vall 8°Pex -@ Powers Blue Tent ‘Brace B. Lee. ; The following deserved compli-. ment toan ex-resident of Nevada City isfrom the San Francisco Alta of last Saturday. 6 \In the retirement of Bruce B. Lee . from the Harbor Commissiog, the ' State loses an official who, during Lhfs term of ‘office, has shown himseif . to be an earnest, painstaking servant lof the public, and one whose real . worth—whese keen and-lively interlest, and true devotion to his Com: . ' mission—will ‘ be ever remembered by a grateful public. Up tothe last day o f his term, Mr. our city, and the zeal shown by him -€. Flood, now of the Nevada Bank, the woods and got it, I looked for it. fur it the less I liked it. it home in my hand beeawse I could not find it—a sliver, Masor Downte, a pioneet of ra county, after whom the town of Downieville was named, says,. in ‘ letter to the TRANSCRIPT, that James Sier. lived in.a cabin and mined on Poor. man’s Creek, Plumas county, ;, 1850-'51. Mr. Flood ‘does_not liv, . on Poorman’s Creek now, not by any manner of means.—Stock Report, Wat was it? I went out into After ] got it The more I looked “I brought eeteee Lee was aways the most active in} THe greatest strik ¢ of the day—4p pushing any harbor improvement for . o'clock, : Coes, in the matter of the sea-Wall imp-ovement, the greatest that ever has been attempted on this Coast, gantic an enterprise, and-theundisshows that behind his istrepicdity -Was.an_exercise_of the most mature} Mr. Lee made many warm friends . who wili regret that the gentleman's . é, ~———“Hddesiy prevented any efforts on! ¥ their_part for his reappointment. Mr. Lee is personally known to the Alta proprieters and attaches, and has always been courteous and prompt in giving information touching his office, and it is with regret Lee is confined to his house of account of sickness, but we hope soon to-see him-onthe street again.The Sandlot Mystery.~The army of the unemployed is pitiiully perplexed by. the appear. ance of a-mysteriougs stranger atthe sand.ot meetings. He has attended all without exeeption; is tall, substantial, conspicuous; about six feet in height, wears a_tirst-class-looking beaver suit?’ shiny stovepipe hat, very long white beard and an. air: of hoa Ae secrecy. He is onhand when the first word is spoken, and leaves’only when the-Jast word of slaughtered English floats down Market street on the evening breeze. The sandlotters vainly busy themselves trying to learn his name and purpose. The leaders of the agitation are alarmed at his good clothes and his habit of kez ing his mouth shut. : : &Z IMPORTANT DRYtGOODS STORE removed to Commercial St., next door to Gaylord’s. lt “WHAT a woman can do,” is the title of au article in an exchange, Put what we want to know is, what 39/woman can’t do when she makes yp her mind, : re BORN. i Ta Nevada City, March tas 180,.to Johu Dixon and wife, _— A 7 pan. S+--=e > ae. ena F In Nevada’ Citz/ March 8th, 1880, Olive Ray, duughter-of Elizabeth aid Halstead Stanstield, ayed 1 year, 6 months and 9 days. The funeral will take place from the Methodist eh this (Tuesday) afternoon. Friends and apquaintances are invited to ata [ Advertised Letters. Important ! i: HAS REMOVED To Commercial Street, Opposite Co’s Siice Store. a / NEVADA CITY. / oy _ Dry Gac ds and Clotiing ~ CHEAPER Than. any other Store in Nevada County. —_—_——. oes Cali end be convinced, a a We mean what we say. ee EISEN & CO. The following is « list of letters remaining inthe Post Office, Nevada City. for the. week ending March 7th, 188). Persons caiiling for any of these letters will please say “aaly @rtised.” = : J. 8. Hobsaoox Watson Henry—2_ Williams Elizabete Superintendent Lone Star M Co, Superintendent Occidental M Co Superintendent Gold Tunnel M Co Superintendent Chapman Saw Mill. Superintendent Metalurgical Works. ~ Superintendent N Y & GV Gold -M Co. Superintendent Pennsylvania Mill. Superintendent Federal Loan Mill. superintendent Col. Con. G.M. Uo, Superintendent Nevada Qtz M Co, Held for Postage. 5G Lewis Grass Vaiiey Cal: — F ? aE Yesterday s Arrivals s¢ Wilf buy a NEW STANDARD ORGAN. It cest $225, It has never been used and is in perfect order. . Apply at the TRANSCRIPT OFFICE. ~-NEVADA CITY, CAL, Jdaceb Na@fciger, Proprictor. W Spencer Grass Va B Snell You Bet _ T Blue You Bet _ W Zeilim San Francisco W Powell Grass Val H Powell Grass Valley T Ludlum San Fran J Frost Oroville J Montgomery Pe Y J McLeran Willow Vall Dr Beverton city J Tonnor do do ____Mrs J E Brewn eity fectaan Celfax } 8 MeBride You Bet J Cole Rocklin W Holmes & w city Miss G-Wooddnrn Sacra bh E Brown M The Reg and Puget Sound leave SAN FRANCISCO on the 10th, “Oth, and 30th of cach Month, at 12 e’cloek noon, fer — Pacific Mail Steamship Co. ' Mail Steamers tor Victoria Q Weodburn Sacra GG Allan Pike Cit: ictoria, B. r sen W Hamilton Jo. B @ Hout Placerviqie Vi B.C., Port. Town d, F Mallen Trucaee $ Murchie San Fraacis . . Seattle and Tacoma. ______ Westerday'’s Arrivals ag . THE NATIONAL HOTEL, NEVADA CITY; Gab. 1 Koos Sierra city 4 Wills papa coe Portland, Oregon, Ses owell San Pra W Cant ~ ia Flat . And at Seattle with Local Steamers feat. tne 1 H Guns Yube‘city_J'seay'dan Juan” . SKAGIT RIVER and MINES! 3 Bell ton Jue 6 Valley . Tickets issued for Central and @ Crawford ; G Felker Moores rl * es South America, New York, EuJ Bavis j Davie Duach Fit “Mt ud ee { jm HLIAMS, DIMOND 4 co. TO EITHER PORT. Connect at Tacoma with Northérn acifie Railroad for ene aE HE DAIL\ ~~ NEVADA Cr’ Brief . Cold and win Wim. H. Smnit amento on bus: Evangeline C! rder meets thi: It begins to . ill not come wa More snow lear skies the r. The market ame, especial! y 0. % John Pattison acramento for-t ined Saturday ‘Elger’s Sune . Monsieur Alb. oétor whose ad fre set forth jn s ecently engaged is protéssion— ty. . John ‘Marshal ince injured by ion of blasting . encémine, rec p San Francisec essfully treated e glad to hear ill soon be all‘) &@ Cardinal ] hildren just re eR & Crawro! ote!, Maia stre. According to ver from that 1 pembers of the ‘emperance Uni remad, They D open a coffee bg room attach: e really desi ocured flor the ey were debat Mes several ente clubbed toge Don’r you for it Dry Goods $ bmmercial Stre ’s shoe store. : Once . A stranger ¢: cGraw . appear hnday in a dru as his second of nd officer Scott day morning J m to the Cuunt EMOVAL OF he People’s Che in fts Nev The Important AVing removed ne commodious ercial street, is . than ever. I bods just receiv b exhibition, an ices lower thar sewhere in the ietors of the aim to give goc m and will disy uch smaller pri titors. They . uying that no « very article the quality, and ty extensive, heir new store, 1 ny Or not. Ret ommercial str¢ He store, ll Holida Thave just re brtment of Hol he best way for j Y store on Brog Dec. 16, 1879, A-No. 1 Shing! ality of sugar . $3.50 per thou © Ice House, o1 ty,