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May 18, 1869 (4 pages)

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* te Mat dang tage to decide as to} the plan of making nominations, ¢alled tre Pierien miners to supply \_ [the places of those who refuse to work iv! ve_opportunity for ar ‘wisetings tMiroughout the county, ony should be held in every precinct where practicable and the tote should be tak— : on by ot. ‘het returns should be made up by the Sectetary, signed by .the President and forwarded to the etary of the Union County Central mr “by the 3d day of Jane, in nt ‘may be canvassed by onthe. 5th of June.— wil h the Poe Cteity Law, opportdnities of packing, com= mon to Conventions will be done away with, and that itis extending the right of avery citizen to a voico'in the selec” tion of officers. to the nomination of party candidates. These are a few of the reasons urged by the friends of the plan. ‘The advocates of the old Vonvention system urge that the Crawford County plan will give too much power. to the larger precints, but a glance will enter sasiert that this power is great“. i Conventions than under the new candidates are contending for the same om 4, and that 500. votes are ed iu Grass Valley and 500 in. Nee a. If A should carry the two towns, ting 800 in each, his aggregate ald” 0, leaving 400 votes in the ation cade the Convention sys = A few outside precincts would “A the nomination. Under the or County plan, A would re0 votes and B 400 for the nomimn, a1 ad the outside precinets would bo repredénted.in the same way. If the two larger town! had candidates for the samo office, the outside precincts would decide, The difference: is easily. seen. In the Convention system a candidate. may have a large vote in evecipct and his friends have no tation in Convention, while in _ the other plan every vote he gets counts 80 many in favor of the nomination. — The chances of combinations are not half so great as under the Convention ‘We hope that tho matter will be thoroughly discussed by members of the’ party all over the county, and that the members of the Central Committee in the several townships. will see to it that the meetings recommended by the Central Committee are held, and we would also urge a full attendance of the Committee at the mevting called for the Lecoa of June. A GtawePeuth Goshen, the Arabian giant, has settled down at Algonquin, Il]. He is seven and a half feet high, weighs 614 pounds, and is, with one exception, the largest may in the world. He isa aative of Jerusalem, and is said to converse in twenty languages. § AN omnibus company haa been organized at mento, and five omnibases will be put of the streets. } the mines. They all inform us that if work.could be guaraziteed them hundreds would come to the country. The superiors in the world. The Rammedls. berg mines have been worked since 968 and those of the Upper Hartz were opened in the 16th and 17th céntaries, and in the district 60,000 men are employed. The ores are not rich, and the mines aré only made to pay by the great skill with whieh they are workedIn his speech in this city, Mr. Raymond the Commissioner of Mining stated that in some of these districts the mines were nearly exhausted. These miners have been educated in the business,and the mines are so well worked that no man who has studied scientific and . practical mining in any other country feels that his education is complete until he has visited the mines and attended the mining schoolsof Germany. We ” are informed by Germans that these miners are expert in the use of a single hand drill, and that the only thing required to induce them to come to California is the assurance of employment, Our informant says that these miners have gone to Mexico and other places, and that they have been unable to get work, and they would therefore want sonie assuranée before leaving. The _. Germans of this locality talk of holding & meeeting and organizing an jmmigration aid society, for the purpose of induting miners to come from: the old ‘. country to California. The Germans always make good citizens of the Unithemselves homes and improve them. ec ". 1t is soldom that-you will find the Thome of a German, even in the mines, that is not surrounded by trees and flowers, and has not a little garden spot. attached, Such a. population is needed in the mining counties. ne if mine owners will guarantee t ployment any number of them can “2 obtained, in a very short time. The Germans already here, well knowing that the condition of their countrymen can be greatly improved, will gladly lead in the movement to induce them tocome. This will bring about a speedy solution of the difficulty about working pon the sdbject of the ine miners of the Hartz mountains have net Arrams AT Teac. CK —The be Trak fof Saturday says: “ sinee ou¥ last issue hive not. pte in . teles main of a very pleasing nature. We] were in hopes that we would be. able to pass an issue without chronicling aby ‘more robberies, but ‘alas! our good wishes are “not to be verfied, on the o eae a 3 iit : ae Tees ofpromise at Lebanon, . sy. Pa which it <soe alleg oy ‘the detend. anted tu jarry his deceased wife's sister Fant wanted to ‘istry hig ies comnaes aid he cold-Laked potatoes 0! neral . na for the mar: oe feast." * Ahem! increase. P eliarthie seven robberies have occurred_since Wednesday evening, the date of our last issue. In the line of improvements, however, some little progress has been made; a few buildings completed, and one or two more projected. The woney market is hardly as flush as formerly, but after pay day things are expected toimprove. Many of the mills are running very light, waiting the reduction of freights so that they may successfully compete for the Nevada lumber trade. Legal business appears brisk and the lawyers ‘are harvesting. veyors of Nevada and Yuba counties agreed upon the boundasy line. We are informed-by Surveyor Bradley that ‘they ran the line about two miles from Union Ranch to the mouth of the river, This is the only point about which there was any question, and as the initial part of the survey had been buriéd in the tailings, and nearly all the land marks destroyed, it was necessary to make a new survey. : . x A Five PRESENT.— We are indebted to Jacob Naffziger, of tle new meat market, fora splendid ham of his own curing. It is a superior article, and every ham eater would testify that Jake knows how to “sdve his bacon” and smoke it too. TaxeGet Excursion AND ELECTION. By notice in to-day’s paper it will be geen that the target excursion of the Nevada Light Guard will take place on the 29th inst, The Company is ordered to meet at 1 o’clock, and an election of officers will be held at half past 1 o’cleck dt the Armory. The Com. pany will then imarch ‘to Mulloy’s and contend for the Company’s gold: medal. We understand that a number of other prizes will be contended for. ENTERPRISE Minine Co.—This com‘pany has located 2,200 feet in Grass Vailey township for quartz mining pur the mines. On Saturday, says ‘ae Stockton Jndependent, of the 10th, we received a ca)) from General G. H. La Grange, Judge Hatilton,Sheriff Morse and Mr. Smith, all of Alameda county, and.on their way to inspect the lands of the Up pper San Joaquin, with the design ef pouncing upon a lot of it if it suits them, to keep it out of the hands of greedy land. grabbers and demonstrate their disapprobation of land grabbing. —, Accorpine to the latest Brazilian: accounts from Paraguay, the intended advance of the allies into the interior in search of Lopes, had not yet begun, but General Paranhos was on the point of marching, at the head of 3,000 men, against Villa Rica, which is still held by the Paraguayans. An active guerrilla warfare against the allies is admitted to go op in two districts. Para guayan accounts, on the other hand, claim for President Lopez an army of 10,000, at the head of whom he is soon expectad to take the offensive. ‘Tue H street Methodist Charch, at Sacramento, was set on fire last Wedtiesday evening, and property of the value of about-$500 destroyed before it could be extinguished. Ra. etd The Yreka Journal says Mr. Myers, that place, has started East with 250 fine horses of the Coburg and Sligart stock. He goes to Kansas and Missouri_ where he expects to find a good market for his stock. IT is oxpected that the gold us of North Carolina will yield one Tnillion minerals. A wire owl was, killed recently in Shasta county, The bitd is ‘to be stuffed because of its rarity.of Ashland, Oregon, an old settler at}. dollars this year, beside $ther valuable: : Gold is found in twenty-five . counties of that State. ; poses. — — Co. have just received a large additional . stock of groceries and shelf goods. Among the latter they have a number of new and nice things, such as fig paste, figs, prunelles, tapiogs farina, stuffed peppers, salmon in cans, clams, oysters, etc. THE San Francisco Herald says the sun shone so hot in that city last Monday, that the asphaltum sidewalks became very soft, and at the corner of Kearny and Pacific streets, pedestrians sank into the dark cement almost ancle deep. PuxE rumored alliance between England, France and Spain is discredited, and hag had no effect on the New York
markets. THE San Jose Putriot says that wool is being sent to San Francisco by wagons, In some quantity, as the owners cannot stand the freight demanded for transportation. Tae home of the late Mrs. Sigourney, the poetess, at Hartford, has been sold for a railway station. a cee Ex~Goy. Low and BrotLers, and exController Oulton are about to-erect. a mill on their Po-go-nip mine. Ne Trust.—A Napa firm closes its PP Sine i with the following appeal cothe public : “If you buy in time, and pay in eter— nity, don’t come to see us, LAND slides in the ahs Mountains are becoming unaccountably frequent. CHARLES WHEATLEIGAR has returned in good health and spirits, from Oregon. AN exchange thinks that men, like yeast, to succeed, must work well. Ir is said that more 2 THE ‘Bounpary Line.—The Sur-. . SomeTurne Nice.—A. W. Lester & — wil of the ate Colosel 7, “Bigelow . Lawrence giveto the Boston_Athenaeum his valuable colicetion. of ar.or, wok gath. ered at a great expense while abroad, and collection of the kind iu this couitry A FE fortbiex are finding their way from White Pine tosan francisco. The. possessor of one, wishing to know_how much of the city it was adviralije to parchase, hired a hack to ride on a tonr of eheervation, which occupied two daysand nihie, and brought him a bill of $150 for carriage iffre. _ ANNUAL TARGET EXCURSION! Nevada Light Guard ~Attention. . your Armory, IN FULL UNIFORM, on YOU are mart x ordered to 2 Tr at 4 SATURDAY, MAY 29th, 1869, At halfet 1 o'clock, for the purpose of attending Hiv Annual Target Excurion of the m peers medhbey is expected to be on hand promptly at the ne ay By oréer A. LANCASTER, Capt. Como anding. J. F. Carr, O, 8: ELECTION OF OFFICERS. Sacramento, April 2nd, nee No, ce oaprintend an avon reer Eeatan oN we. to fill the Suanaekes tha oy wir vecur by the — on of the terms of present incumbents. jor Bean’ will conduct and superintend said election according to law and report proceedings to these a By command o Brig. Gen’ , eee Hows. ee W, Anderson. Asst. Ad). Gen., 4th Brig. accordance with the « ‘the above order-an Elecaie will be held at the Armory, on Saturday, May — 1869. at half past 1 o'clock P. x., fot the choice of —— Officers of fihe Company. terprise Gold Stlver MinEsares Com os Fiction oF pe aby ives counecm Annual Sire Mane the Beats ers of the above named Company, will be be held on WEDNESDAY, JUNE SECOND, 1869. At 18 o'¢lock, noon of paid day, at the office of the Secretary, Kéom N 0,8, Government Homes. north-west corner Washington and Sansome Streets, ban Fran ; i B: May, Sec'y. May 18th, 1869. _ . JACOB NAFFZICER’S. — NEW MEAT MARKET, ON COMMERCIAL STREET, Opposite Bliven & Potter's. ILL BE OPENED ON ON THURSDAY, MAY 13th. He will kill his own Meat which will be th best that can be found in the country and will spare ho expense to suit his customers. He invites pad ee: ag oy a a8 many new ones as ve & cal pe oe. sores i and guarantees to All kinds of Meat a will be kept on mend." — THE BEST FURNITURE TO BE FOUND This side of San Francisco the Store of: J. KE. JOHNSTON, Broad street, ———— eal Hotei Buildal ept at gree Tables, \ orutaactenee oe d REPAIRING Done at the shortest notice, i Call and examine the Stock a . Nevada, May 2th, \ Nevada, Moore’s Flat & Eureka STAGE LEAVES NEVADA greny day on the arriva} of the — = ha connecting with é NO TH bLoourl LD. riARE W Eade cae LE NS FLAPS and fli vered, Collections made and all Express tended to. ai ee Exp: the above Damed po eee ered every day for EN GLISA® WELLS, Proprietors, WILLIAM HOLMEs, ANUFACTURER AND Ge DEALER IN HARNESS, SADDL &c. BROAD STREET, BS, ten, ae. A large stock of =.” vAPANIBE AND AMERICAN = sABobis. in New York for sebnece than a fr bre Ma sey which is nu debt the-most-periect. soemee] mae aS Headquarters Fourth California Na. cas ee Brigade, CO) ven that . . Attorney and STEEL, POWDER, . FUSE, QUICKSILVER, OANV AS HOSE, IRON PIPE AGENTS FOR FURTH’ $. CAST STEEL. NO. 48 PINE STREET, KIDD’s. -BLOOK,. NEVADA CITY, . ANEWINVOICEOF = ~~ DRUGS, = ae oS . MEDICINES, ” PAINTS, OILS AND VaRN FLAVORING EXTRACTS, ARDEN SEEDS, ‘&c. just received by SPENCE & CO, United States Internal Revenue. Collector's Office, 4th District, Cal. Nevapa Crrr, May let, 1869. OTICE is hereby that the Special N° ‘Taxes, _ Licen oe prevent fecal year are now due and'pavable aes feed na ottice. All professional erchants, Mantfactnrers, Trade ra Pedr, Saloon Keepers rand others ade lablggnder the xcng Le of the Uni tes, to su Taxes,,are required to pay the ‘Se dass immediately or they wul becume lL abie to a penalty of $500 for carrying on business withont first having taken out proper license therefor. ALFRED BRIGGS, 3 By 8. B. DAVENPORT, ote Coliector. ART NOTICE ! Everybody from ‘Nevada County ____should buy their wa PICTURES ! ’ PICTURE FRAMES! —rnom— CURRIER & WINTER, ~ 211 Kearney Street, Se SAN FRANCISCO, Because they have the best select: ed stock of Pictures and La: test “styles of Frames in use. San Francisco, April 16th. + A. ©. NELES, Attorney and Counselor at Law, —orrnyCorner of Broad & Pises — Nevads JOHN > ets : ’ 3 # sontati On Sati silver * articles receive Morey his gift them, was of preakal merly ] trict, ys & Visit . looks a five yt Nevads in the. by the welcom road is Union large +1 it, and first ra: Veu small ¢ to witz pede o1 velocip fore wi groove perforr manife Hanly Grass was we not in riding. minute oppone two ge