May 21, 1880 (4 pages)

>. this point, realize the — ‘the shipment through this ‘city of Unless the} of stage baggage and freight from The Baily Transcript, NEVADA CITY, CALIFORMIA. : eae ALONG THE ROADS. staging and Freighting North. of Nevada City—The Effects of the Big Storms. alata Friday, May 21st, 1880. ‘The Purdon Grade. —aeepncemineeminnte Supervisor Smith has this week turned baek the force employed inrepairing the San Juan ruad, and they are now working in this (direction, While he recognizes the fact that the turns of the grade require tonsiderable work done on them yet, he. does not feel justified in the -present re—dueed state of the roadfunds in ex-pending more there withont: the-consent of the fall Board of Supervisors.Fresh butter is being shined inj large quantities by stage from Marysville to Sierra county. Five heavily loaded freight wagons were en route to San Juan and Camptonville Wednesday. The stage road between‘San *Juan and Cold Springs, a few miles above, will be broke in a few days for freight teams through: the snow. Most all the available space in‘ the Narrow Gauge Depot at this ‘point, is filled with freight consigned to Forest City, Downieville and adjacent camps. ,The Narrow Gauge Co. -has -_eontraected to deliver-most of: the season before teams can go* through to Forest» City and Downieville:— Meantime. mule _trains.are_ bringing goods up the old ’49 river ‘rail, by Lwhich the distance from ‘Dowmieville to Camptonville is only 19 milés,and so low‘as'to be most entirely clear of snow,’ for the mefthants so as to enable them to accommodate their patrons until the road over the mountains is open for freighting. .If some of the hotel-keepers as well as the merchants had not, as is their custom, laid in ample supplies so as to be independent of the stores in case of a winter blockade, .much suffering might have resulted from the late and oft-repeated storms: this year, + which are pronounced by “the oldest settlers as without precedent since See General News. __ Merchants i in Eureka, only allow eighty cents-on Mexican dollars._'The millmen on Coos bay, Oregon, have struck for $1.25 per day for twelve hours work. Boring at an artesian rit at Modesto, Stanis'aus county, down 1,045 feet without reaching water has been suspended. The ‘Waste Dump” fiend of the Bodie Free Press says: One of the great objections to being blown into eternity by giant powder isthat itunfits a‘man for playing on a harp. Baron _Littlefinger _ and .Count Rosebud, the two little men who accompanied the double-headed weman throughout the State, have It will require an outlay of from $300 . goodsthisyear for that upper country. . the pioneers —o way to this " to $500 more to put the turns:in a for-heavy_teaming._“ It . job, They certainly cannot fail to benefits derived-_from Sierra county freight. road is fixed, the railroad authori“~ties say they cannot bring goods: -tot . pany, composed of leading Virginia _ted Virginia. ~~ Yead channel which will fully equal in richness any heretoforedeveloped. ’ ‘aggregate sales is the motto of the “tude. ‘Store, adjoining the Theatre, will ance attached to it to let it pass with“Out consideration. rer Sierra County Mining News. Rich quartz ledges have recently ‘ors, Green, Sharp & Coie. ~ The road down from Camptonville . and San Juan to Nevada City is in. side of continent. _gone West, having. separated from. her in Utah, from which place she went to Montana. = ‘The Yellow Jacket shaft hai reach. Ka every day, and Messrs. Gaffney and dating Grivers, — make their usual good time. Most all the—large astauiidadions the lower country, detained at Last Tuesday morning two stages heavily loaded with passengers—=sixteen adults and five babies,—besides mail, express and alarge amount of . 45 Americans. been discovered near Alleghany, and . freight, left Dowsieville at the usual the country along the creeks is located for miles. The Savage Gravel Mining Com-. City capitalists, whose mine is located on the ridge near Sierra City, have let a contract for two hundred feet of tunnel at twenty dollars per foot, to John Herby, for years an experienced miner in the ConsolidaConsidering the formation is the hardest quartzfte rock, the price is reasonable enough. The North Fork Gravel Mine, at Forest City, is not paying at present, but another rich strike may be looked foratan early day. The last et starting time, seven o’clock, and in After a watering horses, they continued on up the mountain to Dan, Cole’s. The road was exceedingly rough to Burnt Crib, when a transfer was made to the sleighs. The snow from hat point to the summit averaging about eight feet deep, requiring all he strength and ingenuity available o keep the sleighs evenly balanced t t to avoid a disastrous turh over down t he almost perpendicular mountain side hundreds offeet to the deep t canon below, most everywhere chokclean-up was surprisingly large. This . ed with showslides, fallen trees and claina so far has been ‘‘spotted” but the owners are sanguine of eventually finding a branch of the main blue Thousands upon thousands of dollars have been expended on this mine. The New York Store. Next Monday Grey’s New York be thrown open to the people of Nevada City and vicinity. The event is looked forward to with much. interest, The mammoth. advertisement of this enterprising firm, ‘as published in another column, clearly ‘Outlines the policy to be pursued. Low prices and consequent heavy proprietor, who proposes by offering good inducements to buyers ef dry goods to build: up‘a permanent and extensive business here, The stock is fresh and complete, and every lady inthis part of the county will find it: worth her while to inspect it. A Mining Camp in Distress. The junior editor of the Downieville Messenger, just down from: the half-starved ridges above the snow line, reports to us the alarming news that whisky was becoming fearfully scarce in Sierra City and the adjoining camps early this week. The “*boys” didn’t flinchin the least when beans were substituted for bread, but wher this appalling climax was reached, they thought itwas a ‘rough deal.” Pedro and poker are at heavy discount now in that mining district, and the saloon keepers fish and hunt up and down the river to kill time, : impatiently awaiting fresh importations to replenish their depleted stock. The New San Jaan Paper. Judge Stidger has began canvassing for advertisement and subscriptions for his new paper at North San Juan, and.is meeting with good seuccess, aa he deserves. He will visit: this city mext week, probably Monday. dt is his igtention to issue the first number abont June Sth. + oe ‘Taimace thiake the divine Tales will weigh men, not their luggage. It would be interesting to see some men wéighed without their traps— provided seales could be found fine caough for the purpose. © tangled underbrush. were found dry spots in the road, where the sun’s warm rays had melted the suow, men walked; and going around the sharpest and most dangerous curves all were obliged to wade through the snow, in places knee-deep, and and pack the little ones to the infinite amusement of the ladies as they Watched the younz gentlethen strug‘gling with their unusual heavy burdens. The long ‘five miles was Guard, of Sacramento, will arrive in made in a little over five hours, when this city Friday morning, 28th, inst, a good rest was had and dinner parand participate in the annual target taken of with a hearty relish, and at . Shoot of Nevada Light Guard which Occasionally over which the quarter past one the order was given “all aboard! —and— the sleighs . Pany comprises fotty members, bestarted down the mountain six miles’ and a half to a high point two miles the finest musical organizations in aad a half above Pete Yore’s. Here the snow-shoes were taken off the horses, and as no stages were. in sight, the drivers straddled the tired animals and feft in search of vehicles for transportation to Camptonville, five, ‘‘the shades of —night~-were— gathering fast,” and the breeze was becoming uncomfortably cold, engendering an appetite difficult to suppress, So the passengers, rendered desperate hy their rather forlorn surroundings, determined to have a May pic-nic and instituted a vigorous search for eatables, fortunately discovering auample commissary department within the curtains ot a ‘covered freight wagon left standing near the road. Oysters, pickles and other desirable arvicles were found in abundance, and soon many groups were gather. . ed under the lofty pines, happy as the snow birds that ‘warbied their the journey through the forests was resumed and the town of Camptonville reached near eight in the evening without further incideuts worthy of record. The entire distance traversed during the day was only in the Sierra. Nevadas. Fortunately stuod the trip. The snow this e -Camptonville for some-days-past—by . This subject is one that . the recent snow blockade in the should-bedisposed of with-promti-/ mountains, has been —forwarded_. appearance in Edinburgh.—Ameri--. the effect that the statute in respect There is too much of import. through . to Downieville by the ener. getic and persevering mail contract work for use in. this country. Even . . though the Britannica is the—most . chant, miner or farmer, can afford tosweet songs in the branches above, . until the “relief party” arrived when twenty-two miles, but over due sl, why if not the! roughest mountain road, ty, not one of the “passengers were . seriously injured by the at times’ most fearful joltings of the stages }Party at Temperance Hall to-night. and sleighs, and the juveniles braveside of the Mountain House is about four feet deep over most of the route. It will yrobably be very late this appears” to as that the people of--Ne-. -very-good condition.and ~ improving . ‘Encyclopedia. Gritannica—American . vada’ City ‘shou'd no longer delay = providing for the completion of . this -Quadlin, our genialand ever accommo. _ Wo-havo_lately‘siale tellee _ex-. . ground. jn_America.—_Itwill: ‘be _86. amination of this great work. Some si aia of our readersa-may not be aware that the new edition is now being reprinted in this country, the . whole work being thoroughly revised and. de'phia within a few weeks. after ite can enterprise too is improving the comprehensive encyclodedia: inour language, it omits or too briefly treats some subjects of interest to us Now while the Reprint faithfully reproduces the original both in text and illustration, ‘forty minutes made Goodyear ‘Bar, omitting nothing, it adds excellent four miles down the river, few minutes delay changing mail and . , treatment of all subjects wanting in he original; so that we have in fhis one work the combined, worth of the Britannica and the best of American cyclopedias. Best of all, the Reprint-has broken the foreign monopoly, reducing prices nearly onehalf, so that it is now the cheapest as well as the best. . It is a library n itself, and ought to be in every _. -household. No public library is complete without it, and no private library possessing it is poor, even hough it have nothing else but a Webster's Unabridged. In fact no one desiring to keep up with the times, whether he be minister, lawyer, doctor, school-teacher, merbe wéthout this best of secular books; and it is now furnished on terms so easy that all can get it—even a poor editor. mes oe Military Target Sheot and Ball. . A letter was received Wednesday night stating that Comyany A, City takes place on that day. The comsides the Regimental Band, one of It is not decided yet whether the visitors will camp out while here, as the ground may be toodamp to make that part of the programme agreeable. After the target-shoot a grand The watches now marked at . ball will be given at Hunt’s Hall, as} fanity mixed_in the same channel, advertised in another column. _ 4 = A Steer in a Hotel.) eS At noon yesterday a steer that undoubtedly mistook that popular Grass Valley hotel, The Holbrooke, for a four-footed eating house walked upto the ladies’ entrance, entered the hall-way, and had it not been for B. F. Harris who headed him_ off no doubt would have inspected the dining room. The hail was too small for the animal to turn aroundin, and backing out it broke the glass door jand with its horns marred the plas. tering in several places, then ran off down the street, Case Dismissed. James Miller, who had Thomas Byrne arrested Wednesday for making him sign a check for $145 in favor of Jeunie Lawrence by presevting a pistol to his head, did not put in an appearance yest erday when the time for examination came on,~ and ‘Byrne and Jetinie were dismissed. The Party To-night. Splendid music and perfect enjoyment,. lt. “My burden is light,” remarked the little man carrying a big torchin . the procession, world comes from hydraulic mining. Tor the past five years to say noththe. So _product. of the hydraulic} , jcome to Carson on her. present. the. Don't fail to attend the Bon-bon. . -ed-the 3,000 level, and _is—now._ the} deepest perpendicular hole in the feet further as soon as it shall have been ascertained that there-is no water below the present workings, An important decision has . been rendered by the Supreme Court in each volume being issued— in Phila— the case of the People vs; Gallagher, . — 2 on the subject of Grand. Juries, to Entertainment at North Bloomfield. The pupils of North Bloomfield -} schoo], under. the management of Mr. Power the teacher, will at an early date give an interesting musieal and literary entertainment, to conclude with a dance. The programme consists of amusing comedies, -tableaux, songs, etc. The Sterling Mine. ——+ A clean-up is being miade this week in the old Hirschman & Grover hydraulic claim, recently purchased by Theodore Sterling of New York. The bedrock is said by those who have worked there. for years. to show more rich dirt than was ever . seen in the mine before. es }< Horace P. Fletcher, who recently forreducing: ores; after-severaldays’ is his:intention to return here-during* the present nonthand erect « furnace for practically testing the value] of the process. _ Blue Tent Mine. monitors in operation, one throwing . to the mode of drawing i is not incon-; sistent with the new “Constitution. and the County Clerk is required to notify the Superior Judge succecding to the duty of the County Judge of a drawing, who, together with the Sheriff, must be present to. Togalize the —— Gravel versus Quartz. — Mr. Van Wagenan says that threefourths of the gold produced: in‘ the In reply to that statement, the Stock Report says: figures at hand to refute this statement, but, nevertheless, know it to be incorrect. The only hydraulic mining of importance is in California. In this State the yield of gold from quartz mines is about 334. per scent vf the anual gold product. The yield of gold from the quartz mines of the Black Hills.and from the ores of the Comstock, taking an average ing of less important gold quartz localities; has been far ‘in excess of mines. ——— mining ig a great industry, but compared to quartz tmining it almost approaches iusignificance. Besides thereis a rmannence aetien ioacaae mining that does not attend hydraulic mining; though gravel mining in California will probably continue for several generations to come. Samdavisisms. . ‘ [Carson Appeal.} Husbands keep their. wives busy now sewing on buttons which have come off while they were spading up the garden. ~ Clara Morris, the woman with the scorched back, has decided not to atrical tour. The Sunday base ball matches will hereafter be played in the afternoon to give the players a chance to attend services at the churches. ©No one can get areally correct idea of Chinese and American prountiF he listens to a Mongolian launiron a celluloid collar. It is wonderful how the human eye learns to discern or overlook different objects. A man will walk right past a blind beggar.a dozen times a day and never notice his extended hand, and yet start like the wind for a ‘dog fight that is four We have not. . the. dry man attempting to starch aod. ~ 1,000 inches and the other 800. A [claim at present. BReonis to Rent. a Two good furnished rooms to rent at Mrs, C. W. Cornell's, opposite Episcopal Church. m19-iw. al Kuincenspor & Waxrers, National Exchange Barber Shop, have reduced the price of Hair-Cutting and Furniture Express. Charles Guild having a suitable wagon is prepared to do all kinds of jobbing, such as hauling furniture, pianos, etc, ~— m20-Lw JoNES says it puzzles him how strange men walk into housesand abstact $50 or a $100 from a bureau drawer. He says he couldn’t do it in his own house, and he knows every nook and corner in it. = ~ Yesterday’s Arrivals at THE NATIONAL HOTEL; NEVADA CI CITY, CAL. C MecElvy city H Chase San Francise W Sowdeh San Franci O Sawtelle Marysville J Puise San Juan Mrs Baird Grass Valle W Baird Grass Valley W Wear Grass Valley P Huerne San Franci E K Downer Downievi L Griffin San Francss J Bradbury Alleghan G Koch do Mrs Bradbury Clevela Mrs Walrath Clevelan JS Dunn an Francis R Morton Santa a. Westerday s Arrivals THE UNION. HOTEL NEVADA CITY, CAL.” Jaceb Naffziger, Prepricter. W Ai Wanntae Wi Ege Wang nm J Brimskill do . J Brinsskill “do J Mitehell. de _ erry ogan New Yor Ww Wridley Bootie Fl At Grass Valley, May 17, 1880, to Perley pyr ER omas witetol an and wife, a daughter. At Grass Valley, May 138, 1880, to Paul Sears and wife, a daughter. NOTICE S HEREBY GIVEN that the Partne existing and known as DANZ & DUR'N is dissolved by mutual consent.: W., Danz is to remain in ro gd business and will ore = — oe settle all demands agains ¢ above Company. 4 FRANK DUBNIN, W. DANZ, blocks away: MILITAR HUNT'S. HALL, COMPANY A., (OF ‘SACRAMENTO,) BREIBITION DRI, . MUSIC BY THE REGIMENTAL BAND of the First Artillery Regiment, You Bet, May 20, 1880. Y BALL, NEVADA CITY, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 28th,} \Sapeane C., Nevaoa Light Quaro, IN HONOR OF THE VISIT TO THIS CITY OF CITY GUARD, * ¥ Hsecured an interest ina” new process . " visit in this city has gone below. It. nEVADA ‘coun, The Blue Tent Company have eet ai RE-UNION ASSOCIATION, powder drift is being. run in =the = Shampooing to 25 cents each. m2-1m. "FCloments San Frane = OF THE— ILL BE HELD U NDER TH : PICES OF THE —— __NEVADA CouUNTY _ E x -R E i) l D ENTS. THE DAILY NEVADA CIT! TS eee TRE — Briet } Strawberries bh We may be happ’ The V Flame ¢ sawing at their m 4. M. Walke fom Truckee, we day: j. A. Chureh enough T ssid aakles. : The temperanc extensive be jon pic-nic. = Straw hats hav: ‘taken the place o most saleable art. would be. ‘more pocket ip’ a shirt ef. John Sehmidt, sidewalk infront Broal street, an ing built at Cc. W Two sporting ! Broad street tig! one of them a ISMERTS . pay On the line of the N. C.N.G. Railroad, midway ete Nevada and Grass Valley, -—ON— THURSDAY, June I7, 1880, —THE— a 105th Anniversary of the Battle of . Bunker Hill. On which occasion oe will be an . ration, Delivered, and an _— Poem. read, — eee Popular Games and Amusements of all kinds. Dancing in the Grove ! Ona large Platform erected especially for that purpose. . ——_ Excellent. Instrumental Musie will be furnished by Two of the Best Bands tn Nevada County—one from Grass Valley; : hit one from Wevaiis City. Special Trains will run every hour during the day to and from the Grove, between Nevada City and Grass Valley. On the Evening of the same day % GRAND BALL WILL BE GIVEN AT e BUNT’S HALI ee no efforts will be spared tomake their visit fraternal and pleasant. By order of the Executive CommittetL All residents and ex-residents of Nevads County, and their friends, are cordially invir stick to the othe The Beard bre Judge Robinson dled credito! State, were diac evening. * Frauk, the, el of H. C. Mills, ¢ da‘City boy, sta Ohio where he ¢ smith trade.Prof, Price, } Tent mine, and cipal owner of . Washington, ar yesterday morn the claims. Mr. Parr has for the evening 19th. Aplay« an Actress” and ably be produc on both nights, The town of for but one stre: two or three ot vate enterprise, the town are as graveyard after _The case of R R.-Harris et als by stipulation, t for the Superior today. A ses to-morrow, begiu ing. One retail gre sold over $1,300 urday, It is no firm to dispose o worth of goods not look as if th: ed altogether. Quails may m Nevada City in as alleged by the donot at mid-« cipal streets and the dining room: case at Grass Va SECRETS Gaylord’s ¢ The career of feo, C. Gaylord precedented suc las been carried ave patrons a re for their money, would not be . ¢lass of custome of another class. ns why Gaylo ‘teased from da: has this “month goods than ever lar period, l. Heis eners advantage of ev, tale market, . 2. He buys fe aheavy discount the benefit of, ’ 3. He buys on 4. He gives fy zres, 5. His stock. omplete in the Auct . Frank Guild ale of ew and Carpets, » m sets, chairs 9 a large k

>. this point, realize the — ‘the shipment through this ‘city of Unless the} of stage baggage and freight from The Baily Transcript, NEVADA CITY, CALIFORMIA. : eae ALONG THE ROADS. staging and Freighting North. of Nevada City—The Effects of the Big Storms. alata Friday, May 21st, 1880. ‘The Purdon Grade. —aeepncemineeminnte Supervisor Smith has this week turned baek the force employed inrepairing the San Juan ruad, and they are now working in this (direction, While he recognizes the fact that the turns of the grade require tonsiderable work done on them yet, he. does not feel justified in the -present re—dueed state of the roadfunds in ex-pending more there withont: the-consent of the fall Board of Supervisors.Fresh butter is being shined inj large quantities by stage from Marysville to Sierra county. Five heavily loaded freight wagons were en route to San Juan and Camptonville Wednesday. The stage road between‘San *Juan and Cold Springs, a few miles above, will be broke in a few days for freight teams through: the snow. Most all the available space in‘ the Narrow Gauge Depot at this ‘point, is filled with freight consigned to Forest City, Downieville and adjacent camps. ,The Narrow Gauge Co. -has -_eontraected to deliver-most of: the season before teams can go* through to Forest» City and Downieville:— Meantime. mule _trains.are_ bringing goods up the old ’49 river ‘rail, by Lwhich the distance from ‘Dowmieville to Camptonville is only 19 milés,and so low‘as'to be most entirely clear of snow,’ for the mefthants so as to enable them to accommodate their patrons until the road over the mountains is open for freighting. .If some of the hotel-keepers as well as the merchants had not, as is their custom, laid in ample supplies so as to be independent of the stores in case of a winter blockade, .much suffering might have resulted from the late and oft-repeated storms: this year, + which are pronounced by “the oldest settlers as without precedent since See General News. __ Merchants i in Eureka, only allow eighty cents-on Mexican dollars._'The millmen on Coos bay, Oregon, have struck for $1.25 per day for twelve hours work. Boring at an artesian rit at Modesto, Stanis'aus county, down 1,045 feet without reaching water has been suspended. The ‘Waste Dump” fiend of the Bodie Free Press says: One of the great objections to being blown into eternity by giant powder isthat itunfits a‘man for playing on a harp. Baron _Littlefinger _ and .Count Rosebud, the two little men who accompanied the double-headed weman throughout the State, have It will require an outlay of from $300 . goodsthisyear for that upper country. . the pioneers —o way to this " to $500 more to put the turns:in a for-heavy_teaming._“ It . job, They certainly cannot fail to benefits derived-_from Sierra county freight. road is fixed, the railroad authori“~ties say they cannot bring goods: -tot . pany, composed of leading Virginia _ted Virginia. ~~ Yead channel which will fully equal in richness any heretoforedeveloped. ’ ‘aggregate sales is the motto of the “tude. ‘Store, adjoining the Theatre, will ance attached to it to let it pass with“Out consideration. rer Sierra County Mining News. Rich quartz ledges have recently ‘ors, Green, Sharp & Coie. ~ The road down from Camptonville . and San Juan to Nevada City is in. side of continent. _gone West, having. separated from. her in Utah, from which place she went to Montana. = ‘The Yellow Jacket shaft hai reach. Ka every day, and Messrs. Gaffney and dating Grivers, — make their usual good time. Most all the—large astauiidadions the lower country, detained at Last Tuesday morning two stages heavily loaded with passengers—=sixteen adults and five babies,—besides mail, express and alarge amount of . 45 Americans. been discovered near Alleghany, and . freight, left Dowsieville at the usual the country along the creeks is located for miles. The Savage Gravel Mining Com-. City capitalists, whose mine is located on the ridge near Sierra City, have let a contract for two hundred feet of tunnel at twenty dollars per foot, to John Herby, for years an experienced miner in the ConsolidaConsidering the formation is the hardest quartzfte rock, the price is reasonable enough. The North Fork Gravel Mine, at Forest City, is not paying at present, but another rich strike may be looked foratan early day. The last et starting time, seven o’clock, and in After a watering horses, they continued on up the mountain to Dan, Cole’s. The road was exceedingly rough to Burnt Crib, when a transfer was made to the sleighs. The snow from hat point to the summit averaging about eight feet deep, requiring all he strength and ingenuity available o keep the sleighs evenly balanced t t to avoid a disastrous turh over down t he almost perpendicular mountain side hundreds offeet to the deep t canon below, most everywhere chokclean-up was surprisingly large. This . ed with showslides, fallen trees and claina so far has been ‘‘spotted” but the owners are sanguine of eventually finding a branch of the main blue Thousands upon thousands of dollars have been expended on this mine. The New York Store. Next Monday Grey’s New York be thrown open to the people of Nevada City and vicinity. The event is looked forward to with much. interest, The mammoth. advertisement of this enterprising firm, ‘as published in another column, clearly ‘Outlines the policy to be pursued. Low prices and consequent heavy proprietor, who proposes by offering good inducements to buyers ef dry goods to build: up‘a permanent and extensive business here, The stock is fresh and complete, and every lady inthis part of the county will find it: worth her while to inspect it. A Mining Camp in Distress. The junior editor of the Downieville Messenger, just down from: the half-starved ridges above the snow line, reports to us the alarming news that whisky was becoming fearfully scarce in Sierra City and the adjoining camps early this week. The “*boys” didn’t flinchin the least when beans were substituted for bread, but wher this appalling climax was reached, they thought itwas a ‘rough deal.” Pedro and poker are at heavy discount now in that mining district, and the saloon keepers fish and hunt up and down the river to kill time, : impatiently awaiting fresh importations to replenish their depleted stock. The New San Jaan Paper. Judge Stidger has began canvassing for advertisement and subscriptions for his new paper at North San Juan, and.is meeting with good seuccess, aa he deserves. He will visit: this city mext week, probably Monday. dt is his igtention to issue the first number abont June Sth. + oe ‘Taimace thiake the divine Tales will weigh men, not their luggage. It would be interesting to see some men wéighed without their traps— provided seales could be found fine caough for the purpose. © tangled underbrush. were found dry spots in the road, where the sun’s warm rays had melted the suow, men walked; and going around the sharpest and most dangerous curves all were obliged to wade through the snow, in places knee-deep, and and pack the little ones to the infinite amusement of the ladies as they Watched the younz gentlethen strug‘gling with their unusual heavy burdens. The long ‘five miles was Guard, of Sacramento, will arrive in made in a little over five hours, when this city Friday morning, 28th, inst, a good rest was had and dinner parand participate in the annual target taken of with a hearty relish, and at . Shoot of Nevada Light Guard which Occasionally over which the quarter past one the order was given “all aboard! —and— the sleighs . Pany comprises fotty members, bestarted down the mountain six miles’ and a half to a high point two miles the finest musical organizations in aad a half above Pete Yore’s. Here the snow-shoes were taken off the horses, and as no stages were. in sight, the drivers straddled the tired animals and feft in search of vehicles for transportation to Camptonville, five, ‘‘the shades of —night~-were— gathering fast,” and the breeze was becoming uncomfortably cold, engendering an appetite difficult to suppress, So the passengers, rendered desperate hy their rather forlorn surroundings, determined to have a May pic-nic and instituted a vigorous search for eatables, fortunately discovering auample commissary department within the curtains ot a ‘covered freight wagon left standing near the road. Oysters, pickles and other desirable arvicles were found in abundance, and soon many groups were gather. . ed under the lofty pines, happy as the snow birds that ‘warbied their the journey through the forests was resumed and the town of Camptonville reached near eight in the evening without further incideuts worthy of record. The entire distance traversed during the day was only in the Sierra. Nevadas. Fortunately stuod the trip. The snow this e -Camptonville for some-days-past—by . This subject is one that . the recent snow blockade in the should-bedisposed of with-promti-/ mountains, has been —forwarded_. appearance in Edinburgh.—Ameri--. the effect that the statute in respect There is too much of import. through . to Downieville by the ener. getic and persevering mail contract work for use in. this country. Even . . though the Britannica is the—most . chant, miner or farmer, can afford tosweet songs in the branches above, . until the “relief party” arrived when twenty-two miles, but over due sl, why if not the! roughest mountain road, ty, not one of the “passengers were . seriously injured by the at times’ most fearful joltings of the stages }Party at Temperance Hall to-night. and sleighs, and the juveniles braveside of the Mountain House is about four feet deep over most of the route. It will yrobably be very late this appears” to as that the people of--Ne-. -very-good condition..and ~ improving . ‘Encyclopedia. Gritannica—American . vada’ City ‘shou'd no longer delay = providing for the completion of . this -Quadlin, our genialand ever accommo. _ Wo-havo_lately‘siale tellee _ex-. . ground. jn_America.—_Itwill: ‘be _86. amination of this great work. Some si aia of our readersa-may not be aware that the new edition is now being reprinted in this country, the . whole work being thoroughly revised and. de'phia within a few weeks. after ite can enterprise too is improving the comprehensive encyclodedia: inour language, it omits or too briefly treats some subjects of interest to us Now while the Reprint faithfully reproduces the original both in text and illustration, ‘forty minutes made Goodyear ‘Bar, omitting nothing, it adds excellent four miles down the river, few minutes delay changing mail and . , treatment of all subjects wanting in he original; so that we have in fhis one work the combined, worth of the Britannica and the best of American cyclopedias. Best of all, the Reprint-has broken the foreign monopoly, reducing prices nearly onehalf, so that it is now the cheapest as well as the best. . It is a library n itself, and ought to be in every _. -household. No public library is complete without it, and no private library possessing it is poor, even hough it have nothing else but a Webster's Unabridged. In fact no one desiring to keep up with the times, whether he be minister, lawyer, doctor, school-teacher, merbe wéthout this best of secular books; and it is now furnished on terms so easy that all can get it—even a poor editor. mes oe Military Target Sheot and Ball. . A letter was received Wednesday night stating that Comyany A, City takes place on that day. The comsides the Regimental Band, one of It is not decided yet whether the visitors will camp out while here, as the ground may be toodamp to make that part of the programme agreeable. After the target-shoot a grand The watches now marked at . ball will be given at Hunt’s Hall, as} fanity mixed_in the same channel, advertised in another column. _ 4 = A Steer in a Hotel.) eS At noon yesterday a steer that undoubtedly mistook that popular Grass Valley hotel, The Holbrooke, for a four-footed eating house walked upto the ladies’ entrance, entered the hall-way, and had it not been for B. F. Harris who headed him_ off no doubt would have inspected the dining room. The hail was too small for the animal to turn aroundin, and backing out it broke the glass door jand with its horns marred the plas. tering in several places, then ran off down the street, Case Dismissed. James Miller, who had Thomas Byrne arrested Wednesday for making him sign a check for $145 in favor of Jeunie Lawrence by presevting a pistol to his head, did not put in an appearance yest erday when the time for examination came on,~ and ‘Byrne and Jetinie were dismissed. The Party To-night. Splendid music and perfect enjoyment,. lt. “My burden is light,” remarked the little man carrying a big torchin . the procession, world comes from hydraulic mining. Tor the past five years to say noththe. So _product. of the hydraulic} , jcome to Carson on her. present. the. Don't fail to attend the Bon-bon. . -ed-the 3,000 level, and _is—now._ the} deepest perpendicular hole in the feet further as soon as it shall have

been ascertained that there-is no water below the present workings, An important decision has . been rendered by the Supreme Court in each volume being issued— in Phila— the case of the People vs; Gallagher, . — 2 on the subject of Grand. Juries, to Entertainment at North Bloomfield. The pupils of North Bloomfield -} schoo], under. the management of Mr. Power the teacher, will at an early date give an interesting musieal and literary entertainment, to conclude with a dance. The programme consists of amusing comedies, -tableaux, songs, etc. The Sterling Mine. ——+ A clean-up is being miade this week in the old Hirschman & Grover hydraulic claim, recently purchased by Theodore Sterling of New York. The bedrock is said by those who have worked there. for years. to show more rich dirt than was ever . seen in the mine before. es }< Horace P. Fletcher, who recently forreducing: ores; after-severaldays’ is his:intention to return here-during* the present nonthand erect « furnace for practically testing the value] of the process. _ Blue Tent Mine. monitors in operation, one throwing . to the mode of drawing i is not incon-; sistent with the new “Constitution. and the County Clerk is required to notify the Superior Judge succecding to the duty of the County Judge of a drawing, who, together with the Sheriff, must be present to. Togalize the —— Gravel versus Quartz. — Mr. Van Wagenan says that threefourths of the gold produced: in‘ the In reply to that statement, the Stock Report says: figures at hand to refute this statement, but, nevertheless, know it to be incorrect. The only hydraulic mining of importance is in California. In this State the yield of gold from quartz mines is about 334. per scent vf the anual gold product. The yield of gold from the quartz mines of the Black Hills.and from the ores of the Comstock, taking an average ing of less important gold quartz localities; has been far ‘in excess of mines. ——— mining ig a great industry, but compared to quartz tmining it almost approaches iusignificance. Besides thereis a rmannence aetien ioacaae mining that does not attend hydraulic mining; though gravel mining in California will probably continue for several generations to come. Samdavisisms. . ‘ [Carson Appeal.} Husbands keep their. wives busy now sewing on buttons which have come off while they were spading up the garden. ~ Clara Morris, the woman with the scorched back, has decided not to atrical tour. The Sunday base ball matches will hereafter be played in the afternoon to give the players a chance to attend services at the churches. ©No one can get areally correct idea of Chinese and American prountiF he listens to a Mongolian launiron a celluloid collar. It is wonderful how the human eye learns to discern or overlook different objects. A man will walk right past a blind beggar.a dozen times a day and never notice his extended hand, and yet start like the wind for a ‘dog fight that is four We have not. . the. dry man attempting to starch aod. ~ 1,000 inches and the other 800. A [claim at present. BReonis to Rent. a Two good furnished rooms to rent at Mrs, C. W. Cornell's, opposite Episcopal Church. m19-iw. al Kuincenspor & Waxrers, National Exchange Barber Shop, have reduced the price of Hair-Cutting and Furniture Express. Charles Guild having a suitable wagon is prepared to do all kinds of jobbing, such as hauling furniture, pianos, etc, ~— m20-Lw JoNES says it puzzles him how strange men walk into housesand abstact $50 or a $100 from a bureau drawer. He says he couldn’t do it in his own house, and he knows every nook and corner in it. = ~ Yesterday’s Arrivals at THE NATIONAL HOTEL; NEVADA CI CITY, CAL. C MecElvy city H Chase San Francise W Sowdeh San Franci O Sawtelle Marysville J Puise San Juan Mrs Baird Grass Valle W Baird Grass Valley W Wear Grass Valley P Huerne San Franci E K Downer Downievi L Griffin San Francss J Bradbury Alleghan G Koch do Mrs Bradbury Clevela Mrs Walrath Clevelan JS Dunn an Francis R Morton Santa a. Westerday s Arrivals THE UNION. HOTEL NEVADA CITY, CAL.” Jaceb Naffziger, Prepricter. W Ai Wanntae Wi Ege Wang nm J Brimskill do . J Brinsskill “do J Mitehell. de _ erry ogan New Yor Ww Wridley Bootie Fl At Grass Valley, May 17, 1880, to Perley pyr ER omas witetol an and wife, a daughter. At Grass Valley, May 138, 1880, to Paul Sears and wife, a daughter. NOTICE S HEREBY GIVEN that the Partne existing and known as DANZ & DUR'N is dissolved by mutual consent.: W., Danz is to remain in ro gd business and will ore = — oe settle all demands agains ¢ above Company. 4 FRANK DUBNIN, W. DANZ, blocks away: MILITAR HUNT'S. HALL, COMPANY A., (OF ‘SACRAMENTO,) BREIBITION DRI, . MUSIC BY THE REGIMENTAL BAND of the First Artillery Regiment, You Bet, May 20, 1880. Y BALL, NEVADA CITY, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 28th,} \Sapeane C., Nevaoa Light Quaro, IN HONOR OF THE VISIT TO THIS CITY OF CITY GUARD, * ¥ Hsecured an interest ina” new process . " visit in this city has gone below. It. nEVADA ‘coun, The Blue Tent Company have eet ai RE-UNION ASSOCIATION, powder drift is being. run in =the = Shampooing to 25 cents each. m2-1m. "FCloments San Frane = OF THE— ILL BE HELD U NDER TH : PICES OF THE —— __NEVADA CouUNTY _ E x -R E i) l D ENTS. THE DAILY NEVADA CIT! TS eee TRE — Briet } Strawberries bh We may be happ’ The V Flame ¢ sawing at their m 4. M. Walke fom Truckee, we day: j. A. Chureh enough T ssid aakles. : The temperanc extensive be jon pic-nic. = Straw hats hav: ‘taken the place o most saleable art. would be. ‘more pocket ip’ a shirt ef. John Sehmidt, sidewalk infront Broal street, an ing built at Cc. W Two sporting ! Broad street tig! one of them a ISMERTS . pay On the line of the N. C.N.G. Railroad, midway ete Nevada and Grass Valley, -—ON— THURSDAY, June I7, 1880, —THE— a 105th Anniversary of the Battle of . Bunker Hill. On which occasion oe will be an . ration, Delivered, and an _— Poem. read, — eee Popular Games and Amusements of all kinds. Dancing in the Grove ! Ona large Platform erected especially for that purpose. . ——_ Excellent. Instrumental Musie will be furnished by Two of the Best Bands tn Nevada County—one from Grass Valley; : hit one from Wevaiis City. Special Trains will run every hour during the day to and from the Grove, between Nevada City and Grass Valley. On the Evening of the same day % GRAND BALL WILL BE GIVEN AT e BUNT’S HALI ee no efforts will be spared tomake their visit fraternal and pleasant. By order of the Executive CommittetL All residents and ex-residents of Nevads County, and their friends, are cordially invir stick to the othe The Beard bre Judge Robinson dled credito! State, were diac evening. * Frauk, the, el of H. C. Mills, ¢ da‘City boy, sta Ohio where he ¢ smith trade.Prof, Price, } Tent mine, and cipal owner of . Washington, ar yesterday morn the claims. Mr. Parr has for the evening 19th. Aplay« an Actress” and ably be produc on both nights, The town of for but one stre: two or three ot vate enterprise, the town are as graveyard after _The case of R R.-Harris et als by stipulation, t for the Superior today. A ses to-morrow, begiu ing. One retail gre sold over $1,300 urday, It is no firm to dispose o worth of goods not look as if th: ed altogether. Quails may m Nevada City in as alleged by the donot at mid-« cipal streets and the dining room: case at Grass Va SECRETS Gaylord’s ¢ The career of feo, C. Gaylord precedented suc las been carried ave patrons a re for their money, would not be . ¢lass of custome of another class. ns why Gaylo ‘teased from da: has this “month goods than ever lar period, l. Heis eners advantage of ev, tale market, . 2. He buys fe aheavy discount the benefit of, ’ 3. He buys on 4. He gives fy zres, 5. His stock. omplete in the Auct . Frank Guild ale of ew and Carpets, » m sets, chairs 9 a large k