May 19, 1880 (4 pages)

ef ‘The Daily Transcript, REVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA. Wednesday, May 19th, 1880. daaieall — The Tribune Severely Condemned, The Boston Economist, one of the most ‘‘solid” financial and mining publications inthe East, thus treats a subject to which the TranscrieThas herétofore referred in similar ‘terms: The New “York Tribune has lately been exhibiting itself ina very wnenviable light. “Trusting tov implicitly “to uiiverified statements of an ocea. sional correspondent at Sweetland, __Nevada county, California, it pub= lished not long since an article, underthe title, ‘Alleged Wildcats,” reflecting severely upon the character of two of the best “known hydraulic} _ properties, __ mining properties in California, viz.: the North Bloomfield and Spring Valley Companies. Such an exhibition cf unaccountable ignorance, to ~eallit by no worse term, naturally called forth replies from Messrs. J. P. and L. L. Robinson, in which the _‘teuth of the statements in the article ‘referred to was emphatically denied, ~“bat-which;-whea-they—appeared 18.) Witt the exception of Mra: Fisher, the Tribune, were so garbled and distorted that their significance was en-}—tirety-tost:-ts this-one-of-the~meth-. ‘ods of the paper ‘“‘founded by HorGreeley”? It is astonishing that a journal professing to make mining news a specialty, could have been ig‘norant of the value of such a noted property as the North Bloomfield—a property upon which $3,500,000 has been spent in improvement, —but astonishing as itis, it is not less so than that a journal of the ‘Tribune’s standing should be willing to bear a reputation for omhiscience at the ex. pense of honor, truth and justice. ———————_ > oe -— The Kirkham & Hitchcock Mine. The inclineof the Kirkham & Hitch‘cock mine near the Mt. Vernon} -p House, is being, pushed down, «The stringers have all come together, as anticipated, aud forma solid ledge about sixteen inches thick that is d ‘stated to be even richer than the Solomon Johnson, one-third owner of the Mt. Auburn. quartz mine near this city, died at the residence of C. A. Pare, on Water street, ‘yesterday morning at twenty minutes past 8 o’clock, of disease of the kidneys. Deceased was a native of New York, where he has ‘a son now living. Hecatne to this State 22 years ago, and subsequent to that time has been connected with prominent mining‘and’other enterprises. Herfirat arrived in Nevada City aboit seven years’ ago. After a short stay he went.away, returuing again on the first uf October, 1876. Last December, while boarding at the Union Hotel, he was taken ill, and for atime where he died, and Mr. and Mrs. Pare in their-care-of him have left -nothing undone that.would add.to \pins would add greatly to the effect. Death of Solomon Johnson. ~ . How She,Does it. ‘about it: Grass Valley convent girls hold daily practice games. painter to depict! For’ a background a “sweet girl graduate,” her hands stretched out like the crook of a letter ¥. Thena few feet of play‘ground landscape and anether fair maiden is in view, quivering as she determination, every nerve strained, every muscle striving to stretch it‘self fu.ther-than the rest, and -eyeing the pitcher as a cat doesa mouse. More landscape now, and here is where the painter has to be particular. Lhis recovery-was despaired of. March! A few-marble holes, a lo-se— croquet the-other_night. +-8th—he—was-removed—te—the-house-hoop or-two,a-stray ribbon, remnants, _‘The track of the of stolen lunehes, a general air of carclessness and plenty of lost -hair“Phe Sacratnento Bee thus tells all have organized a base ball club and What a : world of ideas there is in that for a }the attractions at Bodie. holds-the. bat out with a ferocious Coast News. Solana county debt is $178,020. © lt is proposed to form a bicycle club in Sacramento. — 3 Bull-dog and wild-gat fights are A 25-mile narrow gauge is project' ed from Bodie into the Sierra forests. It costs Sonoma county aboub$15,° 000 yearly-to support its indigent sick, ue Six children died of diphtheria in the neighborhood of Elkton Oregon, last week. The City Trustees of Healdsburg pay the poll ‘tax of the fireman of that town. James Bates .was knocked down and robbed of $50 at Red blutf the ' Railroad is now laid to within fire, mi es of Benson, A. T. ‘The Standard says: Assessments been failing rapidly, but could not be made to realize his impending fate: —For awhile-he—was-—semi-conscious. _ Juat.previous to his taking off he rallied, and informed those by his bedside that when. be became assuced he could not live he would enHe died in silence: living at Lincoln, Nebraska, who was here three weeks ago to visit trust to them an jimportant-seeret. + ‘three rosy girls rest dainty shoes on Diana does in statuary, which —is lar ove stretches out to the pitcher. . One foot strays far in advance-of the other which defiantly poises itself on its toe, jeweled tingers elutch the ball with a grip that would make sad havoc in a husband’s hair, the body sways back and forth and the ball is’ twisted round and round to give it the propertwist. Round thebases sand bags and lean ‘forward _ like -+ that thesé law-makers do not under. adopt them in extenso, and thus put Mining Laws. Congress is periodically tinkering not only makes the laws more. complicated. but also makes’ confusion worse confounded. “It is ‘singular stand that any attempt to make a law applicable to one district or particular locality wi!l not apply to all districts. The present~attempt-to remodel the laws is in the interest of requirements. of other districts in other parts of ‘the country. It is passing strange that, with an experienge of about 400 yedrs in»Mexico, the laws then adopted and promul-. gated by the old Kings of Spain have not in any material instance been changed. ‘These laws govern the mineral lands of Mexico, Peru, Chili and all parts ofS; ain, and have been found to answer the purpcs s of havthe mines worked.” Then why not an end to all-of the tinkering, and confusion, and litigation; growing out of our imperfect’ system of laws on -on-ninéclaims in Mong county this : niouth witt amount to $171,000. — + The Free Press says that if 100 people die in” Bodie this season the funeral_expenses sill amonuntto $t5,000. ‘Water has been struck on the Colorado desert at a depth of +280} j fect, and ia pure—and free from alkali, . Prominent citizens of Colorado . Mayor Kalloch. are. petitioning the President for protection from apprehended“ depredaher brother, all his relatives live in the East, and he has seen none of -them since first coming to the West. ‘He was a man of few words, and eldom made acquaintances. Those who became associated with him, peak highly of his good. qualities. Yet it is said that to noone here did he éver intimate anything concerning his early life, around which a halo of mystery appeared to have-lingered. As a business man, he was far-seeing and ‘enterprising. His shoulder once to the wheel, he never. :turned back. The funeral will take piace from the residence of Mr. Pare at 20’clock hursday afternoon. a > °How They Liked it. The Grass Valley Union of yesteray says: ‘The Streets of New-York” was _ leaders were. The dip of it has _re. presented at Hamilton Hall Satur‘ently increased some sixty degrees, . day evening by the Nevada City ’ and the. west wall is composed of ard rook; An additional shift of ~ men has been put on, and work will . ‘be pushed rapidly, now that the weather has cleared up. Another good-sized crushing is being taken out, and the mill will be started up ‘again in a few days. Ho, Ye Croakers. . \ ~The New York Mail, which has -fone of the most conservative and ‘careful mining editors of any of the Kastern papers, says in its issue of the 11th instant: Everything indicates a speedy and great revival_of mining interests. We observe that there isa steady increase of private ccmpanies. There ‘are over a hundred good mines held inthis city which are being mined and developed as investments and For convenience the owners have incorporated them, kut the -stock-is not obtainable. This factiis a gratifying one, as it. shows clearly that the prejudice against mining asa legitimate business pursuit is vanishing utterlye ———>? = Right and Wrong. ‘The Ssock Report says: ‘The New York Sun is mistaken in saying that Mile, Nevada, who has. just made her debut in London as an opera singer, is Emma Wixom. of Alpha, Nevada. Miss Wixom ‘was lately of Austin, Nevada,and is kuewn in this city as having been a few vears ago, a talented scholar. at Mills Seminary, Oakland. Had the New York Sun said that Miss Wixom was born in Alpha, Nevada county, California, near Nevada City, where she also reside for a time, it would have been cédrrect., From-here she went to Austin, Ne: vada, with her parents, aud next to Mills Seminary, ——_— Troubled with burface Water. + For six weeks or more past, since the commencement of the heavy . storms, operations at the Pittsburg . mine have been ata standstill so far as the extraction of ore is concerned, The surfacé water came in rapidly, and the puntps were unable to cdnvelit. A water car is now run__ Ning, and-with the aid of the pumps the water has been reduced to with, in one hundred feet of the bottom. At is hoped that the mine will be wry enough to resumeregu'ar opera. wns again the latter part of the Mavi th, ma Dramatic Association, aud was put on the stage in a style that but tew professional troupes could _ equal, the scenic effect was splendid and drew forth great applause from the udience, ‘Lhe play is a good one, and full of excitement from beginuing toend. ‘I'he costumes worn by the ladies were elegant. ‘he character of ‘‘Alida,” by Mrs. H. S. Welch, was sustained in a splendid style, and her acting is more like that of a professional than an amateur—in fact, we doubt if there: are~ many who eould act the part assumed in better style and tastethan Mrs, Welch, Mrs. EK. Bond, as ‘‘Mes., Putty,” was excellent, and deserves great credit'tur the admirable style ma which she took her role. Mrs. J. J. Ott, as ‘‘Mrs. Fairweather” did excellently, showing Considerable talent in her line of acting. Miss Julia Shea, as ~‘Lucy,”-also played her part to perfection, and has a_pleasing manner. ‘The gentlemen all sustained their parts in good shape, and some of them show that they have genuine talent. ‘The audience was not as large asit should have been, but the price of admission-was—rather too high, and we do not doubt bat should the manager repeat tue entertainment here some gases evening, and put the price of admissipn atafty a the hall would fe crowded, We hope te see the Dra& here again soon. ee How He Kemembcred it. Daring the progress of a trial be-, foré one of the Justice’ Courts Monday evening, a witness testified that 4 certain incident transpired on Saturday. ‘‘Are you certain it was Saturday?” asked Attorney Long, “Of course I am,” replicd the witness contidently, “Is there. any unusual circumstance connected with that day in your experience so that you are always enabled to remember it,. and week?” “Yes, sir.” .**Will you be so kind as to state that special feature?” continued the lawyer. ; “I change my shirt every Saturday,” observed the witness seriously. That settled the question, and + when the-laughter bad subsided the examination proceeded. “I BELIavE that the Lord Jesus Christ cane from His Throne in g'ory to sive the Chinaman.”—Mayor Kallec). ‘The Chinese must go.” D.nnis Kearney, y 4 a noon, matic Company make its appearance . . distinguish it from other: days of the ! equal to saying—' dike Diana doesn’t do at all.” The expectant short stop and the eager fielder fill up the picture. And when a ball is sent, after being caught three or four times in the folds of the pitcher’s dress, it creates more havoc around the home base than would the sight of two small mice. ora ww . Saperior Court. The following business was transctedin the Superior Court yesterday, Judge John Caldwell presiding: R. A. Morton vs, N. B. Harris and others, .J.M, Walling, attorney for defendants, moves that judgment. be entered for plaintiff for the amount f $300, each party to pay his costs until now, the defendants tu pay all costs accruing. The plaintiffconsentng thereto, it was ordered that judg. ment be entered in accordance with the stipulation. This suit was for $10,000 damages for false imprison> ° ee The trial of Peter Dalton, notorious throughout the State as ‘‘The Mountain Spirit,” for highway robbery, was commenced in the foreSix witnesses were examined for the prosecution, and for the defense Dalton himself endeavored to establish an alibi. At 3:15 o’clock P. M. the case was given to the Jury, which after being out 15 minutes reurned witha verdict of guilty as charged in the indictment. secess till 10 o’cloc: this morning. e x ca ‘Sierra Couaty News. . The Downieville Messenger of Saturday says: me ae Powder and candles are becom: ng scarce at the Sierra Buttes Mine. Some articles of provisions are sold here and in the adjoining camps only in small quantities. _We had a heavy freeze here Wednesday night.” The probabilities are that all the fruit in blossou has been killed, ifornia-is divided into~258-subdiv ations of Victorie’s Apaches. Mrs. J. 8. Cone, Mrs. N. P. Fual. a= ler and Mrs. C_ Hammond have been elected School Trustees of Antelope school district, Tehama county. Mrs. Hawkins of Reno went on the war path last Friday, and attacked Jahn Hay with a horse-whip for certain slanderous remarks made by the latter, ‘The Mound University ‘ef San Francisco is to be moved to Litton Springs, Healdsburg. .Thereis talk of aseminary for girlsnear that place, though the latter is not yet 4 certainty. Saturday morning the Forest Hill stage ‘was stopped by two men néar . Auburn, and the passengers and driver were forced to disgorge to the extent of about $150 and three or four watches. : The first* census district of Calions, thus; 229 in San Francisco, 17 in Santa C ara, G6 in San Mateo and 16 in Marin. Sacramento has ]4 sub-} _ divisions. Some of the Austin boys amuse themselves by turning the cars left standing on the Nevada Central loose on the down grade, and leaving them on the track for the passenger trains to run into, A four-ycar-old boy at Sutro tumbled into the flume through which flows the hot water from the Sutro tunnel, the other day, and was carried a distance of 300 yards. Result, a badly cut, bruised, badly frightened and nearly strangled youngster. In proof of the hard times on the. Comstock, the Gold Hill News says that the Consolidated Virginia yard, which was formerly « piled almost mountains high with lumber and timber, is being enclosed by a picket fence and is to be sown with grass seeds. The Truckee Lumber Company are under contract to supply 62,000 fruit boxes to Briggs-of Davisvile. This firm’employ about their factory, when During one of the recent storms the timber on about thirty acres of vne of our mountain wood ranches was most nicely stripped by a mam“moth snow slide. Origin of the Word *Teaderfoot.” The Stock Report after a careful inquiry comes to the following conclusion: The term ‘‘Tenderfoot” orig'nated in Moutana aud was applied by Californians to immigrants from the States east of the Kucky Mountains, who were generaily pilgrims’ who had followed an @x-team into the country. In return, the ‘enderfeet called Pacille Coast people ‘Other . Siders.” The same terms of distinetion are in use in Leadville now. The Tenderfeet got a foothold in some camps in Montana, and, as they hated the Other Siders cordially, one of the latter had a poor show in acamp occupied by a majority of the former. The Missouri Tenderfeet were mostly the . leavings of Price’s army, long-haired, wickeda8 citizens, and they were very wicked when there about twenty ‘of ‘them to one Californian, ~ “aiay were first in a gulch they would not allow Californians to prospect in it, if they could help it, and at the eritrance of such gulches it was quite common to see the sign: ; ’ peck in this Gulche,” . They ship in the neighborhood of “No oher siders aloud to prosin full force,about 125 men and boys. ,4,000 car loads—of -material__every . year, Near Carson, a few days ago,a man named Roy, plowed up a quantity of ‘amalgam. The Appeal says it was found in a canvas bag and weighed seventeen pounds. It probably came ‘from some millon the Comstock, at atime when things ,were managed rather loosely, The Gold Hild News devotes a chapter to the wood thieves on the . Comstock, It says the old Overman . works have in this particular suffer'ed considerably. The building has been literally gutted, and now these lawless depredators have commenced tearing down the structure itself, as is plainly to be seen on the outside, Superintendent Forman notified everybody to stop this kind of petty thieving. no * 5 ‘ DIED . Im Nevada City, May 18, 1880, Solomon Johnson,a native of New York, aged Ssjyears, 2 months and 21 days. : EEE aes MARRIED. ‘ At Ban Francisco, May 11, 1980, Mr, F. R. Voigt to Miss Hattie C. Skidmore. _A REMARK that always provokes a, fact, by those who are conversant with Mexican mining laws, that they are liberal and equitable, and far superior to our own in every respect. them, which work can be -had at all the__principal _book-stores, will, .or ought to, satisfy any one of the-fact. — Arizona Star. “T never spoke an unkind word against the Chinese in my. life.”—, 0, thou prodigious and unspeakable humbug! ‘‘smile”—‘“what will you take?” <> Yesterday s ‘Arrivals at THE UNION HOTEL. NEVADA CITY, CAL. Jacob Naffziger, Proprietor. C Miller Auburn R D Carter-city B Guscetti city N T James San Franci CW Peck Omega H M Place Omega D Jones Moores Flat F Wortel Lincoln D Stevenson Pike Ci D Ashton city : J Parson Forrest. Hil W Curtis Forrest Hill J C Williams Grass.V E Partridge San Franck P Drunzer You Bet EC Seavy San Francis Mrs PatroneSan Fra Mrs F Horton do Hi Pinned Voss Mill E Charronat Cunad Hi J Brimskill Washington BE ia ee SCRE eae ap ene ee Yesterday's Arrivals at THE NATIONAL HOTEL, NEVADA CITY, * CAL. Chas. E. Pearson, Preprictor. TG Farrer Grass Val B Guscetti city W Boyne Sacrament. C Attschiel San Franci L StClair Dutch Flat W Boggs Ohio H Lang San Francise T Conrad San Frauecis M Hudson & w do W Carter city s R A Morton anta R-H Vivian San Juan . W Mooney city : © +=" MINING —AXD— * INSURANCE AGENT. Pewresents some of the Best Comés panies—Foreign and Home, including e ( STATE INVESTMENT, . The Berlin of Cologne, The Girard of Philadelphia, La Confiance and La Caisse, of Lion of London, etc., ete. m19 THE DIAMOND PALACE. MRS. E. E. FISHER, . Broad Street, Nevada City. : WATCHES, DIAMONDS, JEWELRY; Clocks, Silverware & Spectacles, A WELL SELECTED STOCK Censtantly on. hand. f15 LICK HOUSE, SAN FRANCISCv. 3 hae ELEGANTLY FURNISHED ROOMS of this popular Hotel will be rented herea. ter without board—the Dining Room beirg¢ temporarily closed. The House, as always, will be strictly first-class, ; Special inducements to Families, Mer chants, Tourists and Commercial travelers. The LICK has the most desirable and een tral location in the city : at our mining laws, and each attempt . Leadville, and will not answer tite . . ing the minera. lauds taker up and . — EX-RESIDENTS is a conceded . _NEVAD }A perusa of Halleck’s travslation of . ‘\ « 105th Anniversary of the Battle of On which occasion Delivered? ‘and an Original Poem read, E. W. BIGELOW, . hour during the day to and from the Grove, between Neva: Ja City and Grass Valley. Annual ReUnion * —OF ‘THE— RESIDENTS =AND— OR. A COUNTY, . 7IEL-BE HEED UNDER THR ai *PICES OF THE HE Avs. REVADA COUNTY —AT— On the line Of the NW. C.N.G,. Railroad, midway between Nevada and Grass Valley, —ON— « THURSDAY, June 17, 1880, —THE— Bunker Hill. there will be -an Oration, a th ee Popular Games and Amuse ments of all kinds, _ Dancing in the Grove ! On a large Platform erected especially for Paris, Revere, Teutonia, New Orleans, . n that purpose, Excellent Ingtrumental Music will be furnished-by Two of the Best Bands In Nevada County—one from Grass Valley and one from Nevada City. —_—Special Trains will run everyOn the Evening of the same day 4 GRAND BALL All residents and ex-residents of Nevada County, and their friends, are cordially invited to attend on this Holiday eccasion, and fraternal and pleasant, By order of the Executive Committee: : _ WM. PF. HARRISON, Manager. San Francisco, April25—lm2dp _LEOP. GARTHE, Corresponding Sec’: Lees @ Clark, ©. J. © ex-GovernorM™ with Horace P, no efforts will be spared to make their visit ib HE DAILY 7 NEVADA CITY ————e Briet M Stocks were live red withMonda f “ty js arriving he Considerable sage railroad. Yesterday. morn ;minutes behing a delay on the . “Tae Gass Valle ko “kick” against ion. The Const ply stand it. . The improveme rty.ot Postiiast: Jace preseuts a bi = pearance. F. Elser has be sish-a-band.oL Lw at the Good Ten will be held at S 29th instanve. How-about‘tha many usually wi: day? Doesn't it though a large n peer -badhy—‘sold George MeFad on a protracted s Commercial stree ina fit. George situated as When County Jail. ~The following dentally omittec Committee of Iu ing Re-union: C Na J. W. Downing, Frank Shea, S turer of printin, m cisco, are the gu and wife. The + @ Idaho mine yest G; P. Thurs! Secretaryship of ter and Gravel whose claims ar goes to New Yo U. McAfee has tary. The Ap $410,000, _Pestaments.a: chased at Belde His a branch depx pila Bible Society vents apiece, J hem gratis. Le id old, be a pos: aod interesting \ Rev. J. H. Wi first minister t! sity, coming her siming the paste gational. charch, day, He now r His son Clarence on the San Fr; urser on an Or sleneoaites Ah New Oi There is bein; min’s Sulphure ity a Forster co and pulverizer, day from the ma burg.Pa® It wil Up next week. timple piece of the eyes of a cas to possess thos tought for in’ ¢ crushers. Geo. vada Foundry is tific Coast for th Teceived will b Week. If it pri Allan pill proba factfre of them portation across too great to adm tion otherwise, very compact, b feet in length, claim that the break and puly hree tons of 6 The Str The strike Yartz mine has tuployes who re Cuction of fifty « “gular wages of gain at the old endent telegrap tr’ Who own the Miners were ‘ ived instructia price, Room Two good fan tMr. ©. W,

ef ‘The Daily Transcript, REVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA. Wednesday, May 19th, 1880. daaieall — The Tribune Severely Condemned, The Boston Economist, one of the most ‘‘solid” financial and mining publications inthe East, thus treats a subject to which the TranscrieThas herétofore referred in similar ‘terms: The New “York Tribune has lately been exhibiting itself ina very wnenviable light. “Trusting tov implicitly “to uiiverified statements of an ocea. sional correspondent at Sweetland, __Nevada county, California, it pub= lished not long since an article, underthe title, ‘Alleged Wildcats,” reflecting severely upon the character of two of the best “known hydraulic} _ properties, __ mining properties in California, viz.: the North Bloomfield and Spring Valley Companies. Such an exhibition cf unaccountable ignorance, to ~eallit by no worse term, naturally called forth replies from Messrs. J. P. and L. L. Robinson, in which the _‘teuth of the statements in the article ‘referred to was emphatically denied, ~“bat-which;-whea-they—appeared 18.) Witt the exception of Mra: Fisher, the Tribune, were so garbled and distorted that their significance was en-}—tirety-tost:-ts this-one-of-the~meth-. ‘ods of the paper ‘“‘founded by HorGreeley”? It is astonishing that a journal professing to make mining news a specialty, could have been ig‘norant of the value of such a noted property as the North Bloomfield—a property upon which $3,500,000 has been spent in improvement, —but astonishing as itis, it is not less so than that a journal of the ‘Tribune’s standing should be willing to bear a reputation for omhiscience at the ex. pense of honor, truth and justice. ———————_ > oe -— The Kirkham & Hitchcock Mine. The inclineof the Kirkham & Hitch‘cock mine near the Mt. Vernon} -p House, is being, pushed down, «The stringers have all come together, as anticipated, aud forma solid ledge about sixteen inches thick that is d ‘stated to be even richer than the Solomon Johnson, one-third owner of the Mt. Auburn. quartz mine near this city, died at the residence of C. A. Pare, on Water street, ‘yesterday morning at twenty minutes past 8 o’clock, of disease of the kidneys. Deceased was a native of New York, where he has ‘a son now living. Hecatne to this State 22 years ago, and subsequent to that time has been connected with prominent mining‘and’other enterprises. Herfirat arrived in Nevada City aboit seven years’ ago. After a short stay he went.away, returuing again on the first uf October, 1876. Last December, while boarding at the Union Hotel, he was taken ill, and for atime where he died, and Mr. and Mrs. Pare in their-care-of him have left -nothing undone that.would add.to \pins would add greatly to the effect. Death of Solomon Johnson. ~ . How She,Does it. ‘about it: Grass Valley convent girls hold daily practice games. painter to depict! For’ a background a “sweet girl graduate,” her hands stretched out like the crook of a letter ¥. Thena few feet of play‘ground landscape and anether fair maiden is in view, quivering as she determination, every nerve strained, every muscle striving to stretch it‘self fu.ther-than the rest, and -eyeing the pitcher as a cat doesa mouse. More landscape now, and here is where the painter has to be particular. Lhis recovery-was despaired of. March! A few-marble holes, a lo-se— croquet the-other_night. +-8th—he—was-removed—te—the-house-hoop or-two,a-stray ribbon, remnants, _‘The track of the of stolen lunehes, a general air of carclessness and plenty of lost -hair“Phe Sacratnento Bee thus tells all have organized a base ball club and What a : world of ideas there is in that for a }the attractions at Bodie. holds-the. bat out with a ferocious Coast News. Solana county debt is $178,020. © lt is proposed to form a bicycle club in Sacramento. — 3 Bull-dog and wild-gat fights are A 25-mile narrow gauge is project' ed from Bodie into the Sierra forests. It costs Sonoma county aboub$15,° 000 yearly-to support its indigent sick, ue Six children died of diphtheria in the neighborhood of Elkton Oregon, last week. The City Trustees of Healdsburg pay the poll ‘tax of the fireman of that town. James Bates .was knocked down and robbed of $50 at Red blutf the ' Railroad is now laid to within fire, mi es of Benson, A. T. ‘The Standard says: Assessments been failing rapidly, but could not be made to realize his impending fate: —For awhile-he—was-—semi-conscious. _ Juat.previous to his taking off he rallied, and informed those by his bedside that when. be became assuced he could not live he would enHe died in silence: living at Lincoln, Nebraska, who was here three weeks ago to visit trust to them an jimportant-seeret. + ‘three rosy girls rest dainty shoes on Diana does in statuary, which —is lar ove stretches out to the pitcher. . One foot strays far in advance-of the other which defiantly poises itself on its toe, jeweled tingers elutch the ball with a grip that would make sad havoc in a husband’s hair, the body sways back and forth and the ball is’ twisted round and round to give it the propertwist. Round thebases sand bags and lean ‘forward _ like -+ that thesé law-makers do not under. adopt them in extenso, and thus put Mining Laws. Congress is periodically tinkering not only makes the laws more. complicated. but also makes’ confusion worse confounded.. “It is ‘singular stand that any attempt to make a law applicable to one district or particular locality wi!l not apply to all districts. The present~attempt-to remodel the laws is in the interest of requirements. of other districts in other parts of ‘the country. It is passing strange that, with an experienge of about 400 yedrs in»Mexico, the laws then adopted and promul-. gated by the old Kings of Spain have not in any material instance been changed. ‘These laws govern the mineral lands of Mexico, Peru, Chili and all parts ofS; ain, and have been found to answer the purpcs s of havthe mines worked.” Then why not an end to all-of the tinkering, and confusion, and litigation; growing out of our imperfect’ system of laws on -on-ninéclaims in Mong county this : niouth witt amount to $171,000. — + The Free Press says that if 100 people die in” Bodie this season the funeral_expenses sill amonuntto $t5,000. ‘Water has been struck on the Colorado desert at a depth of +280} j fect, and ia pure—and free from alkali, . Prominent citizens of Colorado . Mayor Kalloch. are. petitioning the President for protection from apprehended“ depredaher brother, all his relatives live in the East, and he has seen none of -them since first coming to the West. ‘He was a man of few words, and eldom made acquaintances. Those who became associated with him, peak highly of his good. qualities. Yet it is said that to noone here did he éver intimate anything concerning his early life, around which a halo of mystery appeared to have-lingered. As a business man, he was far-seeing and ‘enterprising. His shoulder once to the wheel, he never. :turned back. The funeral will take piace from the residence of Mr. Pare at 20’clock hursday afternoon. a > °How They Liked it. The Grass Valley Union of yesteray says: ‘The Streets of New-York” was _ leaders were. The dip of it has _re. presented at Hamilton Hall Satur‘ently increased some sixty degrees, . day evening by the Nevada City ’ and the. west wall is composed of ard rook; An additional shift of ~ men has been put on, and work will . ‘be pushed rapidly, now that the weather has cleared up. Another good-sized crushing is being taken out, and the mill will be started up ‘again in a few days. Ho, Ye Croakers. . \ ~The New York Mail, which has -fone of the most conservative and ‘careful mining editors of any of the Kastern papers, says in its issue of the 11th instant: Everything indicates a speedy and great revival_of mining interests. We observe that there isa steady increase of private ccmpanies. There ‘are over a hundred good mines held inthis city which are being mined and developed as investments and For convenience the owners have incorporated them, kut the -stock-is not obtainable. This factiis a gratifying one, as it. shows clearly that the prejudice against mining asa legitimate business pursuit is vanishing utterlye ———>? = Right and Wrong. ‘The Ssock Report says: ‘The New York Sun is mistaken in saying that Mile, Nevada, who has. just made her debut in London as an opera singer, is Emma Wixom. of Alpha, Nevada. Miss Wixom ‘was lately of Austin, Nevada,and is kuewn in this city as having been a few vears ago, a talented scholar. at Mills Seminary, Oakland. Had the New York Sun said that Miss Wixom was born in Alpha, Nevada county, California, near Nevada City, where she also reside for a time, it would have been cédrrect., From-here she went to Austin, Ne: vada, with her parents, aud next to Mills Seminary, ——_— Troubled with burface Water. + For six weeks or more past, since the commencement of the heavy . storms, operations at the Pittsburg . mine have been ata standstill so far as the extraction of ore is concerned, The surfacé water came in rapidly, and the puntps were unable to cdnvelit. A water car is now run__ Ning, and-with the aid of the pumps the water has been reduced to with, in one hundred feet of the bottom. At is hoped that the mine will be wry enough to resumeregu'ar opera. wns again the latter part of the Mavi th, ma Dramatic Association, aud was put on the stage in a style that but tew professional troupes could _ equal, the scenic effect was splendid and drew forth great applause from the udience, ‘Lhe play is a good one, and full of excitement from beginuing toend. ‘I'he costumes worn by the ladies were elegant. ‘he character of ‘‘Alida,” by Mrs. H. S. Welch, was sustained in a splendid style, and her acting is more like that of a professional than an amateur—in fact, we doubt if there: are~ many who eould act the part assumed in better style and tastethan Mrs, Welch, Mrs. EK. Bond, as ‘‘Mes., Putty,” was excellent, and deserves great credit'tur the admirable style ma which she took her role. Mrs. J. J. Ott, as ‘‘Mrs. Fairweather” did excellently, showing Considerable talent in her line of acting. Miss Julia Shea, as ~‘Lucy,”-also played her part to perfection, and has a_pleasing manner. ‘The gentlemen all sustained their parts in good shape, and some of them show that they have genuine talent. ‘The audience was not as large asit should have been, but the price of admission-was—rather too high, and we do not doubt bat should the manager repeat tue entertainment here some gases evening, and put the price of admissipn atafty a the hall would fe crowded, We hope te see the Dra& here again soon. ee How He Kemembcred it. Daring the progress of a trial be-, foré one of the Justice’ Courts Monday evening, a witness testified that 4 certain incident transpired on Saturday. ‘‘Are you certain it was Saturday?” asked Attorney Long, “Of course I am,” replicd the witness contidently, “Is there. any unusual circumstance connected with that day in your experience so that you are always enabled to remember it,. and week?” “Yes, sir.” .**Will you be so kind as to state that special feature?” continued the lawyer. ; “I change my shirt every Saturday,” observed the witness seriously. That settled the question, and + when the-laughter bad subsided the examination proceeded. “I BELIavE that the Lord Jesus Christ cane from His Throne in g'ory to sive the Chinaman.”—Mayor Kallec). ‘The Chinese must go.” D.nnis Kearney, y 4 a noon, matic Company make its appearance . . distinguish it from other: days of the ! equal to saying—' dike Diana doesn’t do at all.” The expectant short stop and the eager fielder fill up the picture. And when a ball is sent, after being caught three or four times in the folds of the pitcher’s dress, it creates more havoc around the home base than would the sight of two small mice. ora ww . Saperior Court. The following business was transctedin the Superior Court yesterday, Judge John Caldwell presiding: R. A. Morton vs, N. B. Harris and others, .J.M, Walling, attorney for defendants, moves that judgment. be entered for plaintiff for the amount f $300, each party to pay his costs until now, the defendants tu pay all costs accruing. The plaintiffconsentng thereto, it was ordered that judg.. ment be entered in accordance with the stipulation. This suit was for $10,000 damages for false imprison> ° ee The trial of Peter Dalton, notorious throughout the State as ‘‘The Mountain Spirit,” for highway robbery, was commenced in the foreSix witnesses were examined for the prosecution, and for the defense Dalton himself endeavored to establish an alibi. At 3:15 o’clock P. M. the case was given to the Jury, which after being out 15 minutes reurned witha verdict of guilty as charged in the indictment. secess till 10 o’cloc: this morning. e x ca ‘Sierra Couaty News. . The Downieville Messenger of Saturday says: me ae Powder and candles are becom: ng scarce at the Sierra Buttes Mine. Some articles of provisions are sold here and in the adjoining camps only in small quantities. _We had a heavy freeze here Wednesday night.” The probabilities are that all the fruit in blossou has been killed, ifornia-is divided into~258-subdiv ations of Victorie’s Apaches. Mrs. J. 8. Cone, Mrs. N. P. Fual. a= ler and Mrs. C_ Hammond have been elected School Trustees of Antelope school district, Tehama county. Mrs. Hawkins of Reno went on the war path last Friday, and attacked Jahn Hay with a horse-whip for certain slanderous remarks made by the latter,

‘The Mound University ‘ef San Francisco is to be moved to Litton Springs, Healdsburg. .Thereis talk of aseminary for girlsnear that place, though the latter is not yet 4 certainty. Saturday morning the Forest Hill stage ‘was stopped by two men néar . Auburn, and the passengers and driver were forced to disgorge to the extent of about $150 and three or four watches. : The first* census district of Calions, thus; 229 in San Francisco, 17 in Santa C ara, G6 in San Mateo and 16 in Marin. Sacramento has ]4 sub-} _ divisions. Some of the Austin boys amuse themselves by turning the cars left standing on the Nevada Central loose on the down grade, and leaving them on the track for the passenger trains to run into, A four-ycar-old boy at Sutro tumbled into the flume through which flows the hot water from the Sutro tunnel, the other day, and was carried a distance of 300 yards. Result, a badly cut, bruised, badly frightened and nearly strangled youngster. In proof of the hard times on the. Comstock, the Gold Hill News says that the Consolidated Virginia yard, which was formerly « piled almost mountains high with lumber and timber, is being enclosed by a picket fence and is to be sown with grass seeds. The Truckee Lumber Company are under contract to supply 62,000 fruit boxes to Briggs-of Davisvile. This firm’employ about their factory, when During one of the recent storms the timber on about thirty acres of vne of our mountain wood ranches was most nicely stripped by a mam“moth snow slide. Origin of the Word *Teaderfoot.” The Stock Report after a careful inquiry comes to the following conclusion: The term ‘‘Tenderfoot” orig'nated in Moutana aud was applied by Californians to immigrants from the States east of the Kucky Mountains, who were generaily pilgrims’ who had followed an @x-team into the country. In return, the ‘enderfeet called Pacille Coast people ‘Other . Siders.” The same terms of distinetion are in use in Leadville now. The Tenderfeet got a foothold in some camps in Montana, and, as they hated the Other Siders cordially, one of the latter had a poor show in acamp occupied by a majority of the former. The Missouri Tenderfeet were mostly the . leavings of Price’s army, long-haired, wickeda8 citizens, and they were very wicked when there about twenty ‘of ‘them to one Californian, ~ “aiay were first in a gulch they would not allow Californians to prospect in it, if they could help it, and at the eritrance of such gulches it was quite common to see the sign: ; ’ peck in this Gulche,” . They ship in the neighborhood of “No oher siders aloud to prosin full force,about 125 men and boys. ,4,000 car loads—of -material__every . year, Near Carson, a few days ago,a man named Roy, plowed up a quantity of ‘amalgam. The Appeal says it was found in a canvas bag and weighed seventeen pounds. It probably came ‘from some millon the Comstock, at atime when things ,were managed rather loosely, The Gold Hild News devotes a chapter to the wood thieves on the . Comstock, It says the old Overman . works have in this particular suffer'ed considerably. The building has been literally gutted, and now these lawless depredators have commenced tearing down the structure itself, as is plainly to be seen on the outside, Superintendent Forman notified everybody to stop this kind of petty thieving. no * 5 ‘ DIED . Im Nevada City, May 18, 1880, Solomon Johnson,a native of New York, aged Ssjyears, 2 months and 21 days. : EEE aes MARRIED. ‘ At Ban Francisco, May 11, 1980, Mr, F. R. Voigt to Miss Hattie C. Skidmore. _A REMARK that always provokes a, fact, by those who are conversant with Mexican mining laws, that they are liberal and equitable, and far superior to our own in every respect. them, which work can be -had at all the__principal _book-stores, will, .or ought to, satisfy any one of the-fact. — Arizona Star. “T never spoke an unkind word against the Chinese in my. life.”—, 0, thou prodigious and unspeakable humbug! ‘‘smile”—‘“what will you take?” <> Yesterday s ‘Arrivals at THE UNION HOTEL. NEVADA CITY, CAL. Jacob Naffziger, Proprietor. C Miller Auburn R D Carter-city B Guscetti city N T James San Franci CW Peck Omega H M Place Omega D Jones Moores Flat F Wortel Lincoln D Stevenson Pike Ci D Ashton city : J Parson Forrest. Hil W Curtis Forrest Hill J C Williams Grass.V E Partridge San Franck P Drunzer You Bet EC Seavy San Francis Mrs PatroneSan Fra Mrs F Horton do Hi Pinned Voss Mill E Charronat Cunad Hi J Brimskill Washington BE ia ee SCRE eae ap ene ee Yesterday's Arrivals at THE NATIONAL HOTEL, NEVADA CITY, * CAL. Chas. E. Pearson, Preprictor. TG Farrer Grass Val B Guscetti city W Boyne Sacrament. C Attschiel San Franci L StClair Dutch Flat W Boggs Ohio H Lang San Francise T Conrad San Frauecis M Hudson & w do W Carter city s R A Morton anta R-H Vivian San Juan . W Mooney city : © +=" MINING —AXD— * INSURANCE AGENT. Pewresents some of the Best Comés panies—Foreign and Home, including e ( STATE INVESTMENT, . The Berlin of Cologne, The Girard of Philadelphia, La Confiance and La Caisse, of Lion of London, etc., ete. m19 THE DIAMOND PALACE. MRS. E. E. FISHER, . Broad Street, Nevada City. : WATCHES, DIAMONDS, JEWELRY; Clocks, Silverware & Spectacles, A WELL SELECTED STOCK Censtantly on. hand. f15 LICK HOUSE, SAN FRANCISCv. 3 hae ELEGANTLY FURNISHED ROOMS of this popular Hotel will be rented herea. ter without board—the Dining Room beirg¢ temporarily closed. The House, as always, will be strictly first-class, ; Special inducements to Families, Mer chants, Tourists and Commercial travelers. The LICK has the most desirable and een tral location in the city : at our mining laws, and each attempt . Leadville, and will not answer tite . . ing the minera. lauds taker up and . — EX-RESIDENTS is a conceded . _NEVAD }A perusa of Halleck’s travslation of . ‘\ « 105th Anniversary of the Battle of On which occasion Delivered? ‘and an Original Poem read, E. W. BIGELOW, . hour during the day to and from the Grove, between Neva: Ja City and Grass Valley. Annual ReUnion * —OF ‘THE— RESIDENTS =AND— OR. A COUNTY, . 7IEL-BE HEED UNDER THR ai *PICES OF THE HE Avs. REVADA COUNTY —AT— On the line Of the NW. C.N.G,. Railroad, midway between Nevada and Grass Valley, —ON— « THURSDAY, June 17, 1880, —THE— Bunker Hill. there will be -an Oration, a th ee Popular Games and Amuse ments of all kinds, _ Dancing in the Grove ! On a large Platform erected especially for Paris, Revere, Teutonia, New Orleans, . n that purpose, Excellent Ingtrumental Music will be furnished-by Two of the Best Bands In Nevada County—one from Grass Valley and one from Nevada City. —_—Special Trains will run everyOn the Evening of the same day 4 GRAND BALL All residents and ex-residents of Nevada County, and their friends, are cordially invited to attend on this Holiday eccasion, and fraternal and pleasant, By order of the Executive Committee: : _ WM. PF. HARRISON, Manager. San Francisco, April25—lm2dp _LEOP. GARTHE, Corresponding Sec’: Lees @ Clark, ©. J. © ex-GovernorM™ with Horace P, no efforts will be spared to make their visit ib HE DAILY 7 NEVADA CITY ————e Briet M Stocks were live red withMonda f “ty js arriving he Considerable sage railroad. Yesterday. morn ;minutes behing a delay on the . “Tae Gass Valle ko “kick” against ion. The Const ply stand it. . The improveme rty.ot Postiiast: Jace preseuts a bi = pearance.. F. Elser has be sish-a-band.oL Lw at the Good Ten will be held at S 29th instanve. How-about‘tha many usually wi: day? Doesn't it though a large n peer -badhy—‘sold George MeFad on a protracted s Commercial stree ina fit. George situated as When County Jail. ~The following dentally omittec Committee of Iu ing Re-union: C Na J. W. Downing, Frank Shea, S turer of printin, m cisco, are the gu and wife. The + @ Idaho mine yest G; P. Thurs! Secretaryship of ter and Gravel whose claims ar goes to New Yo U. McAfee has tary. The Ap $410,000, _Pestaments.a: chased at Belde His a branch depx pila Bible Society vents apiece, J hem gratis. Le id old, be a pos: aod interesting \ Rev. J. H. Wi first minister t! sity, coming her siming the paste gational. charch, day, He now r His son Clarence on the San Fr; urser on an Or sleneoaites Ah New Oi There is bein; min’s Sulphure ity a Forster co and pulverizer, day from the ma burg.Pa® It wil Up next week. timple piece of the eyes of a cas to possess thos tought for in’ ¢ crushers. Geo. vada Foundry is tific Coast for th Teceived will b Week. If it pri Allan pill proba factfre of them portation across too great to adm tion otherwise, very compact, b feet in length, claim that the break and puly hree tons of 6 The Str The strike Yartz mine has tuployes who re Cuction of fifty « “gular wages of gain at the old endent telegrap tr’ Who own the Miners were ‘ ived instructia price, Room Two good fan tMr. ©. W,