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= —of the granite boulders on the hill-vide where
~ ‘been killed, itis hurdly ‘probable that his
-athe robber that lay on the hill-side and burate ting the boys wili:tayg ® good time pop_2RIDAY, mee 18th, 1966.
Rate ot the pease Fe Aes Wepre
Fer goon the graveyard on: East, power placed in his handa:for dishonorable
aa »»who,receiy “the articles of
whidh fie robbed povérkl ‘Wetks ince,
"made Steve ¥ a present of fifty dullars. .
"The latter refused te accept. ie: but Sem.’
ooereed him. eRsGur *. f
Hamilton, ownerof the Telégiaph: Btage.
Line, heard. of the robbery and killing, of
the thieves, in: Auburn. He immediately
telegraphed to ‘BiH Davidson, agent td’ this
bity, te get all the. champagne necessary and
have it dmaak' to the ‘health ‘of the boys who:
killed the ——.thieves,.-Theseorders were .
~“fully carried out by Bill." 7" ~
“Tt: has been. esccttained that Jack Wil»
Riis was’ the “man ‘who’ attempted to rob
Smith in Grass Valley several weeks singe.
Smith runand two shots were fired at him,
bat he escaped with ‘his muney. , Phis mt
place in.the heart of the towa.
Some forty persons visited the scene of
Steve Venard's-encounter with the robbers
on Tuesday. Some idea can be. formed of
the inaccessibility of the retreat selected by
the robbers; when it is known that out of
thé forty wlio went to the spot, at least a
‘dozen ‘fainted by the wayside’ in reaching
it, and had to be helped.out. One man hired
Chivamen to‘pick bim out. It took nearly
four hours to get the bodies to the nearest
point on ‘the “road, and in sonie places the
bodies liad to be dragged. Had Venard
body Would ‘ever ‘have been’ found. Many
the descent was ‘ninde were loose. One,
"weighing about 500 pouitds, ‘was accidently
started from its place and went bounding
down the mountain side. making leaps of
fifty or a hundred feet ata time. Severe!
persons were below it but got out of the
way by ‘scrambling along the mountain
side. 1t buunded entirely over the body of
iqd:iteelfin'the bed ofthis: brevk 8 hiindred
7? below.
concing Enrerenise. <iWe learn that
‘@ Sen Francisco company 1 negotiating
: with parties owning extensive claims on the
Sitiattevills toad, nearly dpposite the Empire Ranch. The bill on which these claims
are paw: extends on both side of.the-Yuba
add Nevada county line, and the claims extend vyer a.halfamile, . At present these
mines cannot be worked for want of fall.
‘The new:company propose’ to constfudt’ a
tunnel seventeen hundred feet in ‘léngtt, ‘at }
an estimatéd cost of one hundred thousand:
dotlats, "This Will give them an outlet fur
their tailings, ab the Yuba; and sufficient fall
to enable them to work the claims to the
bed roek.:. The*. parties ‘wow owning the
chasers et PokG for py ‘The: purre will be led ke an outsine at least mytin asta clauns
can be opened. Should thie’ priject be carried‘out it Will be Ob OF Thy het extensive
aod expensive mining enterprises in the
ri ~The Blue Lead. in the. vicinity » of
aville is exocedingly righ, . thousands
t dollhre bi baving been takep out during the
past year: “These claime are located on the
Fange of this lead, and the San Francisco
Company willsvon succeud it getting their
mony back, if they undertake the enterba Oe ee ome cue need
. Mo wavean Oueax.We: learn thet
the congregation of the Methodist Church
ia Grass Valley, ate” wiking wrraigewents .
for the purchase-of an organ, The enterprise wus started by the choir and appears .
to mevt with universal niotivmengeael }
Benen ‘Mue.—We saw at the iceching
. house of Hinda‘@ Tully, a day or two ago,
a bat of gold ~weltihitg 183 outices taken
aaa roth ger So Banner wine.
—
Tancer Excunstoy.—The Grass Valley
Union Guard will have a ‘target peter,
silyé tie Uaion, on the rate’ of MY. Georg
Sih sited bho, distance from town,
ye excelled vhota, and the probabilities
ping at Fee Bi edhe hs
abape: of .lunch,.
¥ Veotstfuct,”—The Sonatore aiid Representaboundary question.
Placer Surveyor in 1863, and the point
‘ne use.
. point established by the Surveyor of Placer,
lot.of-candies,; oranges and nuts.
they slit Bim. {oloradg he desires to‘
. tives don’t suit “‘Moses,”’ they are too radi=e . oal. Had the Senators pledged themsatves .
to support Johnson, he never would bave
vetoed the bill. Ob! no he doesn't use the
fl if written a letter'in witch he ai
. ] some detail upon the Jyeal legisiation peedd apd States in, because ed te protect the freedmen, of Ee Stete in
ft he enjoyment of persvnal.;
Ex-Gov. Brows, of
rity of the
fruits of their labor. He
legislation and proposes to bring them with-ute ; excluding thém, however, frem. the ju-.
ry and. the ballot. Hé ‘uiges the Legisla=
ture to take this 1 generous and just course in
8. The m man who can descend to such
contemptible ‘trickery, would ‘figure toa
much better advagtage as. ward politician
than he does as the President of the United
. States. © Johnson's administration will be b
blot on the nation’s history, and his name
will become infamous. He uses the veto
power a8 a Wotinded rattlesndke Gots its
fangs, shooting them, out in every dingatiog
without regard to results.
THe BovunvaRy Lami, te Tuesday
last the Supervisors of this and Placer]
counties met and stfempted to settle the.
The object of the meet
ing was to ‘determine the initial point at the
source @f Bear rivers (Our Supervisors
claimed the apring or source of living water
as the svarct-of the river, while the Placer
men wanted to get the higheet point from
which, water ever ran, . The Supervisors
proposed a confpromise line, half way be.
tween the initiat point establishéd ‘by the
where water is found all the year, bat it wae
They theu proposed: to take. the
this would not do. Placer wanted all or’
nothing, and the parties failed to agreee.
A Rien Treat.—We are indebted to
Briggs, of Chapman's store on Pine street,
for a large supply, of the ‘good things of
this world,” consisting of splendid strawberries tread frbur the vines, a magnificent
Fresh
fruits and candiescan always be had of
Briggs.. May he livé a thousand years, aod
never want a customef, is the wish of the
printer. agi
‘RESTAURANT.—Alex Gault, of the Antelope Restaurant, prepares excellent meals
and bas them rendy at a)! hours, . His boarders are fat, sleek and healthy, and those who
getoné meal at his place, never fail to go
there aguin. ° He has als in abundance of
ice cream for the warm weather. The Antelope is on Bread street, —— side, above
Pine. iS
ill
—
Lee Broken. —W., H. Furt, while engaged in mining on Pryor’s Ravine, near Quaker
Hill, met with an accident by which his
leg wae broken. He was rolling out a
heavy boulder, which’ fell back upon him,
crushing hia leg. The bones were set by
De. Tompkins of Grass Valley.
‘VALPARAISO.—The city of Valparaiso
(¥ale’ ot Patudise) lately *boinbarded and . }
partially destroyed by a Spanish flvet, ig the
second city #f the Pacific: Lippincott gives
its population in 1847 at 75,962, and it cannot be less than 150,000 at this time. With
the exception of Sah Francisca, no place
onthe Western side of the continent aa
compared with it'in the rapidity of its
growth. Of the public buildings:the Custom-house is the enly one worthy of notice.
It had aa extended facade, surmounted by a
tower of elegant design, and the stores at. . :
tached to it ‘were very'extensive. The city
has an extensive commerce. . In 1851, alter
the gdld discoveries in California, her imports increagrd tv $15,830,000,
Pic-Nic.—The Howell Zouaves will hold
a pic-ni¢ in the grove back of Worthington's
pie-plaut raneb, on next Tuesday. It will
be largely attended, and ov doubt. pleasant
affair,
' Tue Union Congressional Committee . ‘
have received, through the-Hon. William D.
Kelly, the check of WStill, a colored maa
of Philadelphia. fur $1,289 50, “contributed .
by the associntions of colored people in that
-city, for aiding in the circulation of Couaressional epeeches in favor of mauhoud
suffrage.
“<* WASHINGTON telegram, dated April
19th, says on Monday evening au ‘attack . Oo
was toade with stones by the rowdies of this .
city on the barracks: of the colored troops.
‘This morning seme houses on New York
Avenue, belonging to colored ‘peopte, were
vet fire to, and ‘houses . were destroyed.
A Wasuinaron telegram, dnted April}
19th, pl pre Biie ghana e
. March, 1820. ‘For several years he had been
.R Smart French Cor J A Meck Indian Val
order to avold the appearance of injustice,
which special sienadnenes for @ Gluss aaewitie
bly begets. :
DeéaD.—Reualyen George Gorden. Cum
ming, well knvwo throughout the civilized
world. as the great African:-Lion Hanter, is
dead. ‘He was the second son of the late
Sir William Gordow Cumming, Bart., of
Altyre; N. B., and was bern on the 15th of
residing at Fort Augusta, Invernesshire,
England, at which. place he breathed his
last,on the 24th of Marth-last, havieg cow.
pleted his 46th year. It ia stated that ten
days previuus to: his death, he’ ordered his
coffin and made his will, leaving all he possessed to ‘his only daughter, a girl io her
12th year, :
POSTMASTER Geveral Dennison is having:
printed a postage stamp, of the demominntion of . fifteen cents, which will soon be
ready for issue. A stamp ofthis price, it
was found, was greatly needed fur the payment of postage on quarter ounce letters
for France. On the face of the stamp isa
finely executed’ portrait of Abrwbam “Lit
coln.
THERE was sauite 4 riet among the Italien
fishermen at Sah Francisco, Sunday night,
on the city frent.: The harbor police, in
attempting to quell the disturbances, were
several of the officers were arrested. One
man was severely stabbed by Lugia Bursou.
a
Figures show the number of suicides in
France, from 1820 to 1860, to reach the ustounding ‘sum of '38,677. :
coeemnuapianenienteaniieeetiamastiaaaine
ABRBIVALS AT THE
NATIONAL EXCHANGE HOTEL
BROAD STREET, NEVADA CTY.
Lanéaster and Hasey, Proprietors.
THURSDAY, May 17th, 1866.LC Reed Sacrawento J B Cook San Juan
i Mastersendo ~~. C Beachde
W P Cronin do G Bryant do
B Deonery do E Gardner Nevada
O Lodman San Fran J D Philipado
C W Taylor New YoC Cornell do
G_E Stevens Maine Geo Morgan do
A Mosher BostenJS Raymend do
H.M. Henaaker Orien H Degnelly Virginia .
N Chick Jackson's ¢ Mrs E C Powers and
R A Pierce do 8 children Benicia
E Lake Grass Valley N B Porazett Moores
J lMarrisva do Mrs Dunster Red Do
J H Matheny do E.5 Pratt Mud Sprin
.O W Finch Oreville G@ B McKee do
J Brady Brady Rane J. Enghsh, Moorea
P G Greenman Go F :
~ “
ANTELOPE RESTAURANT,
“BROAD STREET, NEVADA.
ALEX, GAULT. nano
: Thankful for'the Nbéral pa‘ronage
iatowed during three years “xen.
S ence inthe RESTAURANT business I
"promise to renew my efforts to please
alf who may shvor me with a call
‘Meals served up at allhours,
ICE CREAM always on hand.—
Parties supplied at short notice.’
Nevada, May 17ths, if
ee
ae
SADDLE HORSE FOR SALE.
ds Peon having no further use for her, offers
for sale, very cheap, an excellent Saddle
Hor-e—'‘all saddlea, ail bridied all fit for a ride?’
warramed kind and gentile, suud as a dollar, avd
were as @ knot. beanie at the. Empire Stables
essrs Saxby & ‘Lancaster : my 17
PIANO FOR SALE.
W. C. POPE has’ at hiv store,
im Grass Valley, &@ new and elegant
Piano, which he will sell CHEAP, for
cash. ml0
Summit Ci
eNcoiPaNY. aaretins
NV to the Bos Ra of the above Com+i he
at ths Beard of Tretom bat tees 1004, ow at
‘sessment of Five re ($5) dollars Skeet wes levied
ery share of the ape of
say. Yay e to the i United
Gsm Pr ( CuBEVE ee
8 Shestor an 7
_ Valuable Busines Wt te
to class
Huthe pate of the civit aw by = vimpty stat. . fie? aes
T go Ny elle
quired by thig act, without aking out such eae: =
‘above business. For farther particulars enquire of
driven off. Reinforcements arrived and;
. Gents? Roots,
to a the eet AS yy the
a 9 ey, that the same
car
The pea . Piseten os nh the followSection a. “Phat if any person or persons shall
exercise of Carry on any pr ‘business or professathe or—doi aut.
fou a license
asin behalf fired, h¢ she, or-they shall; for
way tae Gaines, Sickdce liable to’ the i
ment of the fx, be subject to imprisonment for
term of two years, or alinéof five hundred y I Pg
or both, one moiety of suchfineto_the person who}
shall first give information of the fact whereby said
rfieiture was incu
“ _A. BRIGGS, Collector 4th District.
By 8. B. DAVENPORT, Deputy.
Office in Masonic Building. Nevada eity. mi10
CITY BREWERY.
JOHN BLASAUF,
“Would respectfnily inform the peo4 ple of Nevada county that he is now
WG . prepared te fataish the very best
Families and falcons cam be sure of geetting a
splendid article of ~
Beer in Kegs or Bottles,
In any Quantity from a pint to ene hundred gal
lons.
All orders left at the City Brew on SPRING
STREET, will be promptly and faithfully atten
ded to. Ean
“GREAT BARGAIN!
= One half of oe of the eldest and best
73} Saloons in Moore’s Flat, is offered for sale
cheap.. {t isa cormer Saloon and dving a
i goed business. One half of the entire property will be sould, which consists of fixtures, billiard
table, liquors, Ist and building. Under the building
there is a good fire proof cellar. This isa
rare chante for any one wishing to engage in the
Gregory & English, John Caldwell or of the ne
etors, on. thé premises. wT. W. C,COLEMA
Moore’s Flat; April 20th:
BOOTS AND SHOES!
WILLIAM RCOE,
Cor. of Main’ & Commercial Streets
NEVADA CITY.
I have just received a
NEW. STOCK OF GOODS,
a of
Shoes and Gaiters,
Ladies’, Missés’ and Children’s
Balmorals, Gaiters, Shoes,
Slippers, &c., &c.
From the best mantfacturers of New York, Philadelphia and Borie:
Rubber Boots, Gents’ Ladies’ , Misses’,
andChildren’s Shoes,
Just from the Manufactory, reeeived by the las
Steamer. I al86 ‘have full assortment of
SHOE FINDINGS,
Miller’s Celebrited Harness BlackFreuch Calf, Kip, Lining Skins, Sole Leather, Lace
Leather, Pegs, Nails, Awls, Thread. Lasts,”
and in fact everything to be found _
im a fitst-clasa Shoe and
. Finding Store.“Bippairing Gone te’ the beat stylet
Boots and Shces~ made toorder !
Anda good fifwarkinted in every caret i keep
Boots of my own manufacture ao on hand .
will sell all my Goods,
GF Cheaper than any other
House in town! 4
Best Santa Gru Sdlé Leather, by the Roll, 820.
Best Santa Cruz Sole Leather, by the Side, 33e.
Remember th the Perper}
Nevada, Novembés 1ith. fC.
Opposition, is the te Rife of Trade.
EU REKA M MARKET.
No. 28 Commercial Street.
“*Oiie 2 , bs) pth naa Cline. & wren:
NEVADA CITY.
FRANK a IRLAND & ©o.,
Woald respectfully announce to the public that
they have opeved the above named Market, and
will keep ow hand, at all —* the very best of
BEEF, af
PO
mi iN,
VEAL,
By SAUSAGE.
PouTRY, Ere, Ere.
Which we will furnish at Lower rates,
cash, than any other Market inthe Oe, ae
mys. i> Ys F. SHIRL ND & CO.
BEVADS LIGHT ARD,
: _ ARTENTIONT.
es BELINQUENTS.
eet a The exeursion takes was married that evening to Joha win
TS ee oe Prins "ar catenn ()
TREMENDOUS EXCITEMENT MENT!)
Dunder wna Blixum .
) ae b
Gregiry & Waite,
2» mies
[The old stand of Jesea BiW al and his saécessors.}
A Larger stock of Goods in their line
SRE Sereens fetes,
“than can be found in any other —
store in the County,Amounting to something. Less than a cargo © forthe
Great Eastern and consisting of =‘‘Hurdware, 1 768
Wooden Ware, —
Willow Ware,
Crockery Ware,
AND
Glass Ware,
{To which we might add for the benefit
of competitors, BEWARE.)
‘WINES AND LIQUORS,
Ofthe cheice qualities.
BARLEY,
WHEAT,
BRAN,
SHORTS,
&e. &e.
On hand and to arrive,
mostly toarrive,
1000 kegs of Powder; Fuse enough
for an Ocean Cable and warrauted not to
break connection.
A few miles of: Rubber Hose, 4 kinds,
which we are selling to the: benefit of
one Goodyear.
~ . 400,000 gallons of Kerosene; Lard
and Lubricating Oils,
To grease the gudgeons of the Universe.
More Quicksilver. then we want at
the present. rates.
1000 Boxes: sof Candles, with wicks in”
"them and warranted to burn.
Sugars of all kinds, a mountain of
. Teas and Coffees, more kinds than
ever known before.
core fed.
“and. On hand, also, a big pile of Lard, that
are Site DOE Sennett or no sale.
100 kegs and 49 cases Butter, We
buy and sel} the best article. —
100 kegs Nails, assorted:
Bakes, Hoes, Pitchforke, siutce
Forks, Shovels, Spades,
Twine, Rubber Packing, Demijohns
~andany leind.of Liquors, to All them.
Case and Shelf Goods in any quantity
ee
"We button-hole nob’ ; for custom and have 2°
motto but “fair deali
—TO ABRIVE—
(when we buy and pay for them.)
pores
bd ee
We consult the ‘tastes of our customers ‘and re
— = 4
See aye ae meemeenias Aiea aot
4 indies =
: GREGORY & WAITE
‘ — _No50 Broad streets
GROCERIES & PROVISIONS, ,
A few Cords of Bacon, warranted
member always thatit takes two to make a bargain. cs
Aevaiws
Sn
LOO:
An OLD OF
scription of M:
edon Tuesday
‘uty Warden, J
on, His same
Wm. Mooney.
tion of the W:
Montreal, aged
six ood 9 half i
eyes, black , h
scar on forehe
nose, prejectin;
the eyes, lame
“Imprisoned
October -24th, .
larceny. Sen
October 22d, 1
“Imprisoned
18th, 1685, for
years. Escape
A reward of
turn to the Sta
escape and se
went to Virgin
broken. Oa bi
have it doctore
The sore on hi
from this fract
had on one boo
old offender, an
the police in-ins
RoBBERY N
On Tuesday la:
~drivea by Brig,
on the gradé b
teamster, whip
the diggings, cr
He intormed B
lis, at the next
robbed, and tha
ing inthe road
keep: from bein
ster had $300 .
llis money ‘was
ut the suggest ic
to his team. T
were anxious fi
ade and«he did
toa run, and th
dicated by the
No attempt wa
driver and one «
masked, near t!
Some six or ei;
ted-ia that-viers
On THe Bu
the blow yester
scattered ih éve
and waking. it
who happened
blown about {i
owners in hot *
the Bay ioform
San Francisco
teue we shall st
ROBBERY .1N
nesday lust a fo
tuington Hill te
York township,
telieved of abo
committed the :
Emenarp Is
is situated in t
ty. They arer
looking’ rock.
New York, Phi
teturne: were °
‘Te Dow pushin,
tr Jones,.of Sk
terest in this m
Roveu on .
having a rough 1
porties, and p
constantly on tt
= lots of fins
have enough
a
In Toww.—
Ledyard, J.C
their party art!
Juan on Wedn