May 26, 1875 (4 pages)

us Wednesday, May 26, 1875. . A Daw that honula be caseubek: \ particalar, which the next Legislabefore the Sisth District Court, at <-qnost-of the persons who are tyran-—. ' The Daily Transcript). YEVADA CITY, CAL. —_——ene 7 > There is one legal abomination in gure should devote attencion to, and that is the act which requires parties who are sued for the State's portion of delinquent taxes to answer Sacramento,’ While we have not much sympathy forpersons who iiegligently allow their taxes to be. come delinquent, we_strenously object to this law, for thé reason that re y = nS Rios Sere ’ ion. ‘The costs in these cases range _* county, that official must be making give notice at the Transenirr office, -nouslyaffected by it arepersons: tage on Broad street aboat completed “a . hereabonts wants any of itin theirs — A. L, Woodraff, Esq, bas been ‘appointed Postmaster of Columbia Hill. An excellent appointment. "Mrs. Hoe! basher neat little cotSheriff Larue, of Sacramento County, was in town yesterday. * The San Francisco stock market remains status quo, and nobody that we know of. County Recorder Garthe and his Deputy are kept very busy in recording new claims and land that are being taken up in this county. They earn all thé salary they g2t. It is useless to call attention fo' the advertisement of Montgomery Queen’s Cireas, as it speaks. loudly . ‘Raflread Progress. — As our readers are anxious to get ‘all the information they can about our local railroad, we publish the following from the Grass Valley Union of yesterday: “A day or two ago Messrs, Bates and Kiddery Evgineers, made a tour of insvection of the Narrow Gauge Railroad, and our reporter accepted an invitation to.accompany them: The first point . reached, where work was being car. ried on, was the tannel” between . Greenhorn and Bear river. At this. poinkis now located the headtyarters . camp of Turton & Knox, the contractors, and what with the. number . of ténts, the large force of workmen, . horses, carts, wagons and ail the . auxiliaries of railroad building, the . place presents a busy scene of life . «who have once paid their taxes and . have through no fault of their own een doubly assessed. The Oakiand Neéws says that fally seven-tenths of the persons in Oakland who have . been sued, are victims of a double . assessment. The abominable featare of this Law, which was introduced. “Gm the Legislature by Wm. Wut! Pendergast, who is one of the. attorneys for the State in all these ‘eases, is that persohs who. are sued must auswer at Sacramento. Sum-Mmons-in' these delinquent cases are being sent all over the State, an l it will-be-seem that ifthe object of. this . ‘objectionable feature was to benefit the County Clerk (of Sacramento . prises abont to’ be inaugurated. for itself. ‘The tent will be erected near the residence of Jonathan Clark. The mining prospect in this vicinity is. iaproving. We hear of sevand animation. As we have before . stated, the eastern, approach torthe . ‘tunnel has been completed, and the . ‘work of driving the header com. menced; So far the rock in the. eral new important mining enterthey are carried into operation they will make business lively here. If . tunnel has béen quite soft, and care. fal timbering is required. At the) west approach a large force is at-4 work with scrapers, bat horses and The railroad time table is-au infernat nuisance to our people. Just think of it, arriving here ‘at 10% o’ch ck at night from San Francisco, and in going down you are required les get up st about 2 o'clock im “he ig through, bat sofar the matemorniog.* It’s rough, Theré are a few more candidates that we know of who have failed te announce themselves. The time is a good thing of it ont of the nécessities of others, It makes no difference whether a person has paid his taxes once or not, if he is on the delinquent list he is summoned to appear befuré.the Sixth District Court, at Sacramento, and must answer the aummons or_allow his property to be seized and sold under an execufrom ten dollars to twenty, and where the tax is small, the cheapest way for the victim to get out of. his trouble is to submit to the extortion and pay it to avoid additionul expense. The law should be amended go as to allow persons who are on the delinquent roll to auswer such ‘summons inthe District Coart for carts will soon be put to use, and . . the indications are that powder will . jact an important part in making . Hthis excavation. The Engineers) }amticipate that hard rock may encountered. before the hill is tun-. Sev. ‘rial has been easy of removal. . eral slides have occurred in the cut) ;atthe east end’ of the. tunnel, but . . they were not serious. Between the i +}famous—appeal__to Congress for . . Lincoln, who had _for-some . time: . has lost her reason. years, to be connected by rail with the grand system of railroads which is now spread over onr State as well ag the whole Union, will be realized; . } great showman, and that speedily following this! event will come the many benefits to the community which always follow the creation of these important avenues of trade and travel. +* Insanity of the Wi:low of Lincoln.” The relict of the lamented President Abraham Lincoln has been neted for years for her erratic sayings’). and doings. Most of our readers will remember bow strangely she acted relative to her property after) her husband’s death, and her . peeaniary__aid.And now. comes the subjoined startling news.-— On — the—-19th__ instant, Mrs. ‘T HERE Was A nemmoth temperance : meeting in Barnum’s Hippodrome tent at Philadelphia, on the 24 inst., . atid among the speakers was the who made the fol lowing proposition; ‘I will undertake and give bonds for the fullfillment of the contract, if the city of Philadelphia will stop selling ‘liquor and give me as much as was expended here for liqaor last year, to run the city next year. I will pay all the city expenses (pause); poiperson living within her borders shall pay taxes (pause); there shall be no 1usurance on property (pause); @ good dress and suit shall be given toevery . poor boy, girl, man and woman (pause), and all the educational expenses shall be paid (pause); @ barrel of flour shall be given to every needy and worthy person (sensation ) ; and 1 willcleara half miljion or a mittion dollars myself by the operi-; tion! (Cries of borrah!) It would . be thé best business speculation I was ever in.” =a ibe previously exhibited —uxntistekable symptoms of insanity, was taken before a Chicago court to be duly examined by law. .The fact was very apparent that her mind was wandering, and she will, without delay, be taken tosome quiet retreat for the insane. Very many stories are quietly circulating in regard to her recent conduct, and in the circle where her unfortunate condition is known, there-is a genera) feeling of sorrow that the wife of the great) President Robert * Lincoln was with his mother in Court, and is doing all -within his power to render her comfortable and provide for her futare wants. getting sbort, and tbey should send their namesin without delay. We charge Republicans, Independents and Democrats only $5 to announce the fact of their being candidates. If another party should come into existence we shall be compelled to enlacge the TRANSCRIPT, and double the price of announcements. Tbe Chinnman-whowas tried in the County Court on Monday, for burglary, at Cherokee, was acquitted. E. H.Gaylord appeared for the prosecution and W. D. Long for the. de-. fense. Anotuer Chinaman will be. tried_in the County Court to-day, charged with robbery. . At various parts.of the city sidetheir own, county. — Virtue of the Eucalyptus. The Gilroy Leader bas the follow‘ing notice of the virtue of this tree dn the care of rheumatism: The vir ‘tue‘of the eucalyptus, as a rewedy fer rheumatism, was last week tested by one of our citizens, Mr. J. 8. Woolsey, with satisfactory results. After several days of intense suffering and pain, and nights passed with-, out sleep, the article in the Leader, gome weeks since in regard to the medicinal qualities of the eucalyptus . -came-to his mind and he resolved to try it, The first application, gave him almost instant relief, and he was able to get a good night’s sleep and . ~~rest; and the following day was able to_walk without a cane. On the following night he applied itagain, and the second ‘day_a perfect cure had. ‘been affected. He inform us that he prepared the leaves by first putting them in an oven and thoroughly drying them, then-took them out and pulverized them, into a fine powder,of which he made a’ poultice with hot water, and bound this to the affected parts. He also drank a tea made by steeping the leaves in hot waterPersons suffering from this’ painful malady showid not fail to give the eucalyptus arial. ‘To Candidates. All candidates-whe-desire their announcements published in the North San Juan Times are requested: to and their orders will be promptly attended to. The price of the announcement will bé $5, and we will give receipt forthe same. This is done at the request of the publishere of that paper, in order to save troubleto ¢andidates. The candidates whose announcements “ate in the Transcarer, and who desire them. in the Times, should send their or‘ ders to us immediately, . “The following is the rcll of honor! tie the Grammar achool for the month ending May 2ist: Chas. McGibbens, Dan McPaill, Hannah Skehas, Frank } ' Nilon, Carl Muller, Ina Ceoper, Suwie Hothersall, Sargent Chapman, Will. Tresize, Nellie “Clark, Aunie Merrill, Flora Smith, Nellie Curtis, Emma Schemer, Maggie . 7 Mary H reali, Alice ards, Julia Msnaiz, 300 Leng, ‘Willie walks arein a very dilapidated condition. Property owners had better commence repairing forthwith or Marshal Gray will do it for them. J. C. Broderick, of Columbia Hill, was in town yesterday. He informs us that everything looks prosperous on the Ridge. It is thought that the Milton Water Company, onthe Ridge, will have enough — water to: supply miners through the season. They have an abundance now. ? August Brandt, of the United States Brewery, brought to our of‘beverage Which he has for sale, wholesale and retail. All interested in the cause of education ara referred to the advertisemeut in this morning's TRANSCRIPT, for the meetingof the County Teachera’ Institute, which will assemble in this city on the 17th of next month, and continue for three days. flee yesterday, a sample of the fine’ D. M. Bishop & Company's canvasser is now-in this city engaged in getting a correct and complete list halfa mile or more, the work is well under way, and will be entirely completed in a week or ten days, with the exception of one heavy fill, ‘which will require the best part of a menth toe finish. On the Colfax side of Bear river grading is drawing rapidly to a close, and the present week will about see the, work all dees not improve vpou acquuintance. The rock is hard, seamy, and lays badly for blasting. A bottom of fitty feet in length and some eight feet in depth is yet to take out, which will require about three weeks time. From the “big cut’? to Colfax the grade is ballasted and ready for the rails. ‘There tunnel and Bear river, a distance of]. ‘done except the ‘big cut;”*—whieb . is but one} SAN FRANCISCO. Yesterday; Morning’s Sales.— —_ 3545 Ovhir, 4634. — 930 can, 1734. 805 Best & Belcher, 47. 500 Gould & Curry, 18%%. 65 “Savage, 99. =eeickonescn 130 Chollar, 79. 100 Hale & Norcross, 38. __100 Crown Point, 30%. 100 Yellow Jacket, 7824. 310 Imperial, 7. ; 70 Empire Mill, 5%4,. °20 Kentuck, 13%. ~ 55 Alpha, 19%. 140 Belcher, 27. 320 Confidence, 20. 260 Con Virginia, 417%. . 610 Sierra Nevada. 1) 4. 3925 California; 6034. 1 Seg Belcher, 95. gal and prudent, but when an Tilinois man attempts to send bis dead aunt to Beston ivadry gocds box} labeled ‘‘woodenware,’’ it is cutting freight charges*@own so low that. no company can stand it. Menvat arithmetic and geography matches are hinted at. . : Ba Re RTT LEE ALE TEL ESCA, BORN. In Nevada City, May 24th, H. Mallen and wife, @ son. 1875, to C. os same COUNTY TEACHER’S INSTITUTE. HE Annval County Teacher’s Insti : will assemble at NEVADA CITY, at Iris well enough to be economi-. \e 4 For District Attorney.G EO, 8. HUPP is hereby announced as YW acandidate for the office of District Attorney, subject to the decision of the Democratic County Convention. For County Recorder. H. ADAMS, of Grass Val WwW. hereby pet a8 aphone Aol for the office of County Recorder, subject to the decision’ of the Democratic County + Convention. « ‘ For Sheriff. a C RB. CLARKE, of Grass Valley, is hereby announced as candidate for Sheriff of Nevada County, subject to the decision of the Democratic County Convention. For County Assessor., B. MAYBANK, of Eureka Township, OP » is hereby announced as a candidate for the cflice of County Assessor, subject to the decision of the -Democratic County Convention. = a For-Coun*y-Assessor. as a candidate for the office of County ; Assessor, subject to the-decision of the Democratic County Convention. For County. Recorder. os HN J. ROGERS.is. hereby announced. as a candidate for the office of County Recorder, subject to the decision of the Democratic County Con *Feution. For Shor ff. . C=: W. SMITH is hereby announced. K of Nevada County, subject to’ the decision of the Democratic County Convention. — For County Clerk. mn e as a candit‘iate for the office jot Nevada County, subjec e decision of the Republican Coub ¥ Convention, _—— For County Clerk. AMES D. WHITE is hereby announced 10 o'clock, a. M., On g THURSDAY, JUNE Prth, 1875, Ad continue in session three days, inthe Assembly Hall, Washington School House. Every teacher in the county is expected to be in attendance. It is hoped that at least one Sehool Trustee from each School District will also be present. . ; Prof. Denman and other distinguished tures. The order of exereises will be published during the session. All who are. interested in the cause of eduestion invited to attend. FRANK POWER, County Sup’t of Schools. Nevada, May 25th, 1875. BELL & BELDEN, Masonic: Building, the river, over @ tributary of Long Ravine, at Gabel’s. orchard. “This will be 400 feet long and 59 feet high at bighest part. Murtin & Co., of San Francisco, the contractors for building tne bridges and trestling, havea large ferce of carpenters ‘at work upow the timbers for this piece of trestiing, which will be put up io a couple ut weeks. They will then cemmence the traming of timbers for the Bear river bridge. ‘The carpenters are superintended by Mr. Kingsbury, an experienced _ bridge builder, uuder whose immediate supervision much-of this-kind of wotk was done on the Central Pacific -Railroai. The sizeof the timbers used in the trestling at Gabel’s, gives evidence that tnis kind of work on the road will be very strongand durable. The iron rods, belts, plates, etc., for the different bridges aod trestles, will be about twenty tons rial hus already been delivered at Colfax, ready for use. The timber for the several structures are being piece of trestle-work on that side of . wéight. A large part of this mate-. of the names of our merchants for the California State Business Direcrectory, which will be issued in July next. The book will contain about 500 pages, and will be for sale at the low price of $2.50, The work will be invaluable to merchants, asit will contain a general business directory of all cities-and towns.in this State. sawed at the Mohawk Company's Clipper mill, one mile below Barker's ranch, The contractors for the grading keep up their worsing force to the standard of about 400 men— more than one-half of whom are now on this side of the river, and the remainier will be moved over Judging from the number of candiabout the first of next week, with new mill, on Bear river, and their. don't look out the other ‘parties wil receive many new recruits. has a good prospect ef success, Fer District Attorney. fer the county. Eddy, Ausha-Stoddard. 4 dates that will be before the Demec¥atic County Convention, there will be an exciting time, and if that body Se ccnteaeh z Disaffection always follows when a party Geo. 8. Hupp, Esq., is announced in this morning’s Tanscutrr as 8 . candidate for the office ef District . Attorney, subject to the decision of . the Democratic County Convention. . entable them to make track rapidly. Mr. Hupp is a first-class lawyer, and : if elected would make a No. 1 officer Gexerat Ord has authorized the raising of a company of fifty Indian scouts from Spotted Tail’s band, to be commanded by First Lieutenant Murtin,. Ewmit Crawford, Third United . States Cavalry, andto be employed .} in patrolling the country adjacent to the Black Hills, to goer the the exception of the two gangs working at the “big cut."’ The principal seat of operations, after the present 1 . Week, for several months to come, will be from Beur river te Greenhorn where will be congregated from five to six hundred men, in grading, tanneling and bridge building. Long before the expiration of that time, . however, a number of gangs of men will be transferred to this side of amount of grading to be done will Since the commencemeat—of work February, just three months ago, we have had « number of opportunities to note the progress made, and we think we speak fairly within bounds when we say that the entire road bed, from Culfax to Nevada, will be ready for the rails within four months from this date, aud the yearnings and ‘. will be te determine which got the Greeshorn Creek, where the light) vere children wcrnge every day in the wpon the road, in the last week in. . 380 Bullion, 4824, 170 Overman, 59%. 55 Justice, 93. 490 Succor, 1. 470 Union Con, 6%. 250 Lady Bryan, 3). 655 Julia, 11%. 20 Caledonia, 17. 340 Bultimore, 5. 170 Silver Hill, 9. Decided. The long contested franchise case of the Boca Lumber. Company,. before the Board of Supervisors, was decided yesterday afternoon in favor of the Boca Lumber Co., and a renewal of the franchise was granted, -~'Tue tax payers of Port-Jervis, N. Y., May 2d, voted down all but afew of the tax appropriations, including those for salaries of the different’ officers; policemen, lighting of street lamps and gas, printing and everything necessary to run the. village. The. town bas been in complete darkness for twe nights. . . On the dairy ranch of W. 8S. M. Wright, in Ocean Township, Sonoma county, a cow gave birth to a calf it was born. ‘hands in holy horror, averring that a fearful amount of perjury had beeu eemmitted during the trial, by “somebody,'’ people thought there were some irreconcileable statements made by various persons — some things that looked like a perversion, witnesses got the best of the twist. A careful perasal of Tilton’s recent testimony will satisfy anyone tbat Mr. Bowen at least, told the truth when asserted that somebody lied. The thing that will puzzle the public bést of the other—Turner or _ Tilton. A RECENT attempt to omit religious exercises im the public schools of Newark, N. J.,.was defeated. in tbe Beord of Education by a vote ef 10 “Tuxae is an average of five ‘lost. bs of them are purposely abandona . A poctoxr says, “hard boiled eggs ee ae he is correct. oO one ever an egg complain raf en unwell som te hed been ——— tin el 1 To an ordinary Massachusetts man his home is sow as nothing unless he has ng behind the stove hope of our citizens.through many ‘the ‘riginal flint lock that grand“. Drags, Medicines, Mining Chemwhich weighed 134 pounds the day . ’ Wuen Mr. Bowen held up his but nobody could tel) which of the Cor Pine & Commercial Streets, V ‘YHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN icals, Patent Medicines, &e. Books ! Books! BLANK BOOKS, SCHOOL BOOKS, _.GIFT BOOKS, ~ NEW. PUBLICATIONS, STATIONERY. Gold Pens, __ Steel Pens, Letter’and Note Paper, Legal Cap, Bill Cap, a ~ Drawing Paper. F) Envelopes. &o, &o IcE COLD ‘SODA ‘WATER, . Drawn from Lippencott’s Agents Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Co., of California RELL & BELDEN. . 108 M. WYOMING TRIBE. No. 49, IMPORVED ORDER OF RED MEN, meets THURSD. AY G, at their W father fired the first shot o’ the revolution with.” : 2 @ dd Fello +8” Hall, Nevada city,at & clock, of Records. = _Educators, will be present and deliver lecpresent year, has not injured th an a Nevada County, ectice to the decision of the Democratic Coutty Conventton. For County Recorder. ‘ EE GARTHE announces himself a -eandidate for the office of County Recorder, subject to the decision os the Democratic County Convention. eninge lnaeesiche, __For County Surveyor. . as a candidate for: County Surveyor, subject to the decision of the Democratic FOR SHERIFF. J S. McBRIDE is ‘hereby announced @B » a8 a candidate for the office of Sheriff of Nevada County, subject to the decision of the Republican County Oonvention, For Sheriff. OBERT HUCKINS is hereby snnounced ag a candidate for the office of SHERIFF of Nevada County, subject to the decision of the Republican County Convention: maé* For Assemblyman. W. HAYDEN, of Truckee, will e@ be a candidate for the--Assembly, subject to the decision of the Republican Nominating Convention of Nevada County. FOR SHERIFF. BA Bpeiediedet tee is hereby annourced j as a candidate for the office of Sheriff of the Democratic Convention. apl3 FOR COUNTY SURVEYOR. . Gpoislendatsiee R. MILLER, is hereby announced as a candidate for the office of County Surveyor, subject to the decision of the Democratic County Convention. For Assemblyman. G EO. W. GIFFEN is hereby anbouncet WW as a candidate for the Assembly, eubject to the decision of the Democratic Convention, : -. Great Land Sale. THE GERKE RANCH, COMPRISING 15,000 acres of ® State. is offered FOR SALE in 40, 80 and 160 acre lets. of Nevada county, subject tothe decision _ e finest lands in thé— +3 eeeee EY ANIEL COLLINS ix hereby announced as-a-candidate for the office of Sheriff. C; PLUNEETT is hereby rg fend Pe gees Clerk. he: pase SMITH is hereby announced”‘County Convention. Spas erasers ees . Sales made by the owner direct. or through ager cies established by him. ua” No MrppLEeMen. “SS A FINE VINEYARD, = Containing 100,000 vines, the yonnges which sre 11 years old, cap.city 100,000 gallons, will be included in the sale. LOCATION. The Gerke Ranch is situated in Te hamaand Butte counties. The Californl» and Oregon Railroad traverses the easter? boundary for a distence of five miles, the bounding the weet. side. tains cufficient water to irrigate 50,000 acres and the water t will be secured to ¢¥~ ery purchaser. river is navigable the farm at all seasons of the year. HOMES. farm prehomes, thisvineyards in the least. One hundred.and fifty families cap make themsclves comfortable homes here. Terms of Sale! One-third cash; balance three years at 10 per cent. per SnnwE™ a purchased at woh tants ot ‘public sale Bas will be For further information apply #0. = Dr. J. 8. CaMERO x, Red Bluff, Tehama €onnty; Cal. “es Groncz HaMLr, Or to Hemry Gerke, on the Ranch. Vina, May 26, 1875. ‘s M. H. C. McKELVRY, » in one, twe and. Unik The have cz 1 this cit the pu the Sta Sacram ‘The fol _ appoint tend th Bee tes «5 Grass V Springs ta; Cyr John P. =" Martin -Sehmid pv Cera land, H B. Nev Moultm Patton, Bloomfi Hill, W ‘Powell. son. O ington"Hill. = You Bét Se OL oe “+ Voters that the . Corivent resent tl Convent The * cleared . given b last. T parties . inthis . “doing pr for they —--“peetingcause of was the . season, make it reason made it tleman f young la and ‘all young la tiest to Party, te . which cx day ever ‘will bes will take and long e : _J.B.: ship, is-¢ TRANSCR: office of the dec ‘Couuty banks is: sition. Fe —~ WW. A. announce SCRIPT as County . cision « Conventi Deputy } during t proved hi . ful office: Card of ’ The th: tendered Band, un Granfell, nished by May 24th : of the } members Club ten the donat 4a appre will ren whem you

us Wednesday, May 26, 1875. . A Daw that honula be caseubek: \ particalar, which the next Legislabefore the Sisth District Court, at <-qnost-of the persons who are tyran-—. ' The Daily Transcript). YEVADA CITY, CAL. —_——ene 7 > There is one legal abomination in gure should devote attencion to, and that is the act which requires parties who are sued for the State's portion of delinquent taxes to answer Sacramento,’ While we have not much sympathy forpersons who iiegligently allow their taxes to be. come delinquent, we_strenously object to this law, for thé reason that re y = nS Rios Sere ’ ion. ‘The costs in these cases range _* county, that official must be making give notice at the Transenirr office, -nouslyaffected by it arepersons: tage on Broad street aboat completed “a . hereabonts wants any of itin theirs — A. L, Woodraff, Esq, bas been ‘appointed Postmaster of Columbia Hill. An excellent appointment. "Mrs. Hoe! basher neat little cotSheriff Larue, of Sacramento County, was in town yesterday. * The San Francisco stock market remains status quo, and nobody that we know of. County Recorder Garthe and his Deputy are kept very busy in recording new claims and land that are being taken up in this county. They earn all thé salary they g2t. It is useless to call attention fo' the advertisement of Montgomery Queen’s Cireas, as it speaks. loudly . ‘Raflread Progress. — As our readers are anxious to get ‘all the information they can about our local railroad, we publish the following from the Grass Valley Union of yesterday: “A day or two ago Messrs, Bates and Kiddery Evgineers, made a tour of insvection of the Narrow Gauge Railroad, and our reporter accepted an invitation to.accompany them: The first point . reached, where work was being car. ried on, was the tannel” between . Greenhorn and Bear river. At this. poinkis now located the headtyarters . camp of Turton & Knox, the contractors, and what with the. number . of ténts, the large force of workmen, . horses, carts, wagons and ail the . auxiliaries of railroad building, the . place presents a busy scene of life . «who have once paid their taxes and . have through no fault of their own een doubly assessed. The Oakiand Neéws says that fally seven-tenths of the persons in Oakland who have . been sued, are victims of a double . assessment. The abominable featare of this Law, which was introduced. “Gm the Legislature by Wm. Wut! Pendergast, who is one of the. attorneys for the State in all these ‘eases, is that persohs who. are sued must auswer at Sacramento. Sum-Mmons-in' these delinquent cases are being sent all over the State, an l it will-be-seem that ifthe object of. this . ‘objectionable feature was to benefit the County Clerk (of Sacramento . prises abont to’ be inaugurated. for itself. ‘The tent will be erected near the residence of Jonathan Clark. The mining prospect in this vicinity is. iaproving. We hear of sevand animation. As we have before . stated, the eastern, approach torthe . ‘tunnel has been completed, and the . ‘work of driving the header com. menced; So far the rock in the. eral new important mining enterthey are carried into operation they will make business lively here. If . tunnel has béen quite soft, and care. fal timbering is required. At the) west approach a large force is at-4 work with scrapers, bat horses and The railroad time table is-au infernat nuisance to our people. Just think of it, arriving here ‘at 10% o’ch ck at night from San Francisco, and in going down you are required les get up st about 2 o'clock im “he ig through, bat sofar the matemorniog.* It’s rough, Theré are a few more candidates that we know of who have failed te announce themselves. The time is a good thing of it ont of the nécessities of others, It makes no difference whether a person has paid his taxes once or not, if he is on the delinquent list he is summoned to appear befuré.the Sixth District Court, at Sacramento, and must answer the aummons or_allow his property to be seized and sold under an execufrom ten dollars to twenty, and where the tax is small, the cheapest way for the victim to get out of. his trouble is to submit to the extortion and pay it to avoid additionul expense. The law should be amended go as to allow persons who are on the delinquent roll to auswer such ‘summons inthe District Coart for carts will soon be put to use, and . . the indications are that powder will . jact an important part in making . Hthis excavation. The Engineers) }amticipate that hard rock may encountered. before the hill is tun-. Sev. ‘rial has been easy of removal. . eral slides have occurred in the cut) ;atthe east end’ of the. tunnel, but . . they were not serious. Between the i +}famous—appeal__to Congress for . . Lincoln, who had _for-some . time: . has lost her reason. years, to be connected by rail with the grand system of railroads which is now spread over onr State as well ag the whole Union, will be realized; . } great showman, and that speedily following this! event will come the many benefits to the community which always follow the creation of these important avenues of trade and travel. +* Insanity of the Wi:low of Lincoln.” The relict of the lamented President Abraham Lincoln has been neted for years for her erratic sayings’). and doings. Most of our readers will remember bow strangely she acted relative to her property after) her husband’s death, and her . peeaniary__aid..And now. comes the subjoined startling news.-— On — the—-19th__ instant, Mrs. ‘T HERE Was A nemmoth temperance : meeting in Barnum’s Hippodrome tent at Philadelphia, on the 24 inst., . atid among the speakers was the who made the fol lowing proposition; ‘I will undertake and give bonds for the fullfillment of the contract, if the city of Philadelphia will stop selling ‘liquor and give me as much as was expended here for liqaor last year, to run the city next year. I will pay all the city expenses (pause); poiperson living within her borders shall pay taxes (pause); there shall be no 1usurance on property (pause); @ good dress and suit shall be given toevery . poor boy, girl, man and woman (pause), and all the educational expenses shall be paid (pause); @ barrel of flour shall be given to every needy and worthy person (sensation ) ; and 1 willcleara half miljion or a mittion dollars myself by the operi-; tion! (Cries of borrah!) It would . be thé best business speculation I was ever in.” =a ibe previously exhibited —uxntistekable symptoms of insanity, was taken before a Chicago court to be duly examined by law. .The fact was very apparent that her mind was wandering, and she will, without delay, be taken tosome quiet retreat for the insane. Very many stories are quietly circulating in regard to her recent conduct, and in the circle where her unfortunate condition is known, there-is a genera) feeling of sorrow that the wife of the great) President Robert * Lincoln was with his mother in Court, and is doing all -within his power to render her comfortable and provide for her futare wants. getting sbort, and tbey should send their namesin without delay. We charge Republicans, Independents and Democrats only $5 to announce the fact of their being candidates. If another party should come into existence we shall be compelled to enlacge the TRANSCRIPT, and double the price of announcements. Tbe Chinnman-whowas tried in the County Court on Monday, for burglary, at Cherokee, was acquitted. E. H.Gaylord appeared for the prosecution and W. D. Long for the. de-. fense. Anotuer Chinaman will be. tried_in the County Court to-day, charged with robbery. . At various parts.of the city sidetheir own, county. — Virtue of the Eucalyptus. The Gilroy Leader bas the follow‘ing notice of the virtue of this tree dn the care of rheumatism: The vir ‘tue‘of the eucalyptus, as a rewedy fer rheumatism, was last week tested by one of our citizens, Mr. J. 8. Woolsey, with satisfactory results. After several days of intense suffering and pain, and nights passed with-, out sleep, the article in the Leader, gome weeks since in regard to the medicinal qualities of the eucalyptus . -came-to his mind and he resolved to try it, The first application, gave him almost instant relief, and he was able to get a good night’s sleep and . ~~rest; and the following day was able to_walk without a cane. On the following night he applied itagain, and the second ‘day_a perfect cure had. ‘been affected. He inform us that he prepared the leaves by first putting them in an oven and thoroughly drying them, then-took them out and pulverized them, into a fine powder,of which he made a’ poultice with hot water, and bound this to the affected parts. He also drank a tea made by steeping the leaves in hot waterPersons suffering from this’ painful malady showid not fail to give the eucalyptus arial. ‘To Candidates. All candidates-whe-desire their announcements published in the North San Juan Times are requested: to and their orders will be promptly attended to. The price of the announcement will bé $5, and we will give receipt forthe same. This is done at the request of the publishere of that paper, in order to save troubleto ¢andidates. The candidates whose announcements “ate in the Transcarer, and who desire them. in the Times, should send their or‘ ders to us immediately, . “The following is the rcll of honor! tie the Grammar achool for the month ending May 2ist: Chas. McGibbens, Dan McPaill, Hannah Skehas, Frank } ' Nilon, Carl Muller, Ina Ceoper, Suwie Hothersall, Sargent Chapman, Will. Tresize, Nellie “Clark, Aunie Merrill, Flora Smith, Nellie Curtis, Emma Schemer, Maggie . 7 Mary H reali, Alice ards, Julia Msnaiz, 300 Leng, ‘Willie walks arein a very dilapidated condition. Property owners had better commence repairing forthwith or Marshal Gray will do it for them. J. C. Broderick, of Columbia Hill, was in town yesterday. He informs us that everything looks prosperous on the Ridge. It is thought that the Milton Water Company, onthe Ridge, will have enough — water to: supply miners through the season. They have an abundance now. ? August Brandt, of the United States Brewery, brought to our of‘beverage Which he has for sale, wholesale and retail. All interested in the cause of education ara referred to the advertisemeut in this morning's TRANSCRIPT, for the meetingof the County Teachera’ Institute, which will assemble in this city on the 17th of next month, and continue for three days. flee yesterday, a sample of the fine’ D. M. Bishop & Company's canvasser is now-in this city engaged in getting a correct and complete list halfa mile or more, the work is well under way, and will be entirely completed in a week or ten days, with the exception of one heavy fill, ‘which will require the best part of a menth toe finish. On the Colfax side of Bear river grading is drawing rapidly to a close, and the present week will about see the, work all dees not improve vpou acquuintance. The rock is hard, seamy, and lays badly for blasting. A bottom of fitty feet in length and some eight feet in depth is yet to take out, which will require about three weeks time. From the “big cut’? to Colfax the grade is ballasted and ready for the rails. ‘There tunnel and Bear river, a distance of]. ‘done except the ‘big cut;”*—whieb . is but one} SAN FRANCISCO. Yesterday; Morning’s Sales.— —_ 3545 Ovhir, 4634. — 930 can, 1734. 805 Best & Belcher, 47. 500 Gould & Curry, 18%%. 65 “Savage, 99. =eeickonescn 130 Chollar, 79. 100 Hale & Norcross, 38. __100 Crown Point, 30%. 100 Yellow Jacket, 7824. 310 Imperial, 7. ; 70 Empire Mill, 5%4,. °20 Kentuck, 13%. ~ 55 Alpha, 19%.. 140 Belcher, 27. 320 Confidence, 20. 260 Con Virginia, 417%. . 610 Sierra Nevada. 1) 4. 3925 California; 6034. 1 Seg Belcher, 95. gal and prudent, but when an Tilinois man attempts to send bis dead aunt to Beston ivadry gocds box} labeled ‘‘woodenware,’’ it is cutting freight charges*@own so low that. no company can stand it. Menvat arithmetic and geography matches are hinted at. . : Ba Re RTT LEE ALE TEL ESCA, BORN. In Nevada City, May 24th, H. Mallen and wife, @ son. 1875, to C. os same COUNTY TEACHER’S INSTITUTE. HE Annval County Teacher’s Insti : will assemble at NEVADA CITY, at Iris well enough to be economi-. \e 4 For District Attorney.G EO, 8. HUPP is hereby announced as YW acandidate for the office of District Attorney, subject to the decision of the Democratic County Convention. For County Recorder. H. ADAMS, of Grass Val WwW. hereby pet a8 aphone Aol for the office of County Recorder, subject to the decision’ of the Democratic County + Convention. « ‘ For Sheriff. a C RB. CLARKE, of Grass Valley, is hereby announced as candidate for Sheriff of Nevada County, subject to the decision of the Democratic County Convention. For County Assessor., B. MAYBANK, of Eureka Township, OP » is hereby announced as a candidate for the cflice of County Assessor, subject to the decision of the -Democratic County Convention. = a For-Coun*y-Assessor. as a candidate for the office of County ; Assessor, subject to the-decision of the Democratic County Convention. For County. Recorder. os HN J. ROGERS.is. hereby announced. as a candidate for the office of County Recorder, subject to the decision of the Democratic County Con *Feution. For Shor ff. . C=: W. SMITH is hereby announced. K of Nevada County, subject to’ the decision of the Democratic County Convention. — For County Clerk. mn e as a candit‘iate for the office jot Nevada County, subjec e decision of the Republican Coub ¥ Convention, _—— For County Clerk. AMES D. WHITE is hereby announced 10 o'clock, a. M., On g THURSDAY, JUNE Prth, 1875, Ad continue in session three days, inthe Assembly Hall, Washington School House. Every teacher in the county is expected to be in attendance. It is hoped that at least one Sehool Trustee from each School District will also be present. . ; Prof. Denman and other distinguished tures.

The order of exereises will be published during the session. All who are. interested in the cause of eduestion invited to attend. FRANK POWER, County Sup’t of Schools. Nevada, May 25th, 1875. BELL & BELDEN, Masonic: Building, the river, over @ tributary of Long Ravine, at Gabel’s. orchard. “This will be 400 feet long and 59 feet high at bighest part. Murtin & Co., of San Francisco, the contractors for building tne bridges and trestling, havea large ferce of carpenters ‘at work upow the timbers for this piece of trestiing, which will be put up io a couple ut weeks. They will then cemmence the traming of timbers for the Bear river bridge. ‘The carpenters are superintended by Mr. Kingsbury, an experienced _ bridge builder, uuder whose immediate supervision much-of this-kind of wotk was done on the Central Pacific -Railroai. The sizeof the timbers used in the trestling at Gabel’s, gives evidence that tnis kind of work on the road will be very strongand durable. The iron rods, belts, plates, etc., for the different bridges aod trestles, will be about twenty tons rial hus already been delivered at Colfax, ready for use. The timber for the several structures are being piece of trestle-work on that side of . wéight. A large part of this mate-. of the names of our merchants for the California State Business Direcrectory, which will be issued in July next. The book will contain about 500 pages, and will be for sale at the low price of $2.50, The work will be invaluable to merchants, asit will contain a general business directory of all cities-and towns.in this State. sawed at the Mohawk Company's Clipper mill, one mile below Barker's ranch, The contractors for the grading keep up their worsing force to the standard of about 400 men— more than one-half of whom are now on this side of the river, and the remainier will be moved over Judging from the number of candiabout the first of next week, with new mill, on Bear river, and their. don't look out the other ‘parties wil receive many new recruits. has a good prospect ef success, Fer District Attorney. fer the county. Eddy, Ausha-Stoddard. 4 dates that will be before the Demec¥atic County Convention, there will be an exciting time, and if that body Se ccnteaeh z Disaffection always follows when a party Geo. 8. Hupp, Esq., is announced in this morning’s Tanscutrr as 8 . candidate for the office ef District . Attorney, subject to the decision of . the Democratic County Convention. . entable them to make track rapidly. Mr. Hupp is a first-class lawyer, and : if elected would make a No. 1 officer Gexerat Ord has authorized the raising of a company of fifty Indian scouts from Spotted Tail’s band, to be commanded by First Lieutenant Murtin,. Ewmit Crawford, Third United . States Cavalry, andto be employed .} in patrolling the country adjacent to the Black Hills, to goer the the exception of the two gangs working at the “big cut."’ The principal seat of operations, after the present 1 . Week, for several months to come, will be from Beur river te Greenhorn where will be congregated from five to six hundred men, in grading, tanneling and bridge building. Long before the expiration of that time, . however, a number of gangs of men will be transferred to this side of amount of grading to be done will Since the commencemeat—of work February, just three months ago, we have had « number of opportunities to note the progress made, and we think we speak fairly within bounds when we say that the entire road bed, from Culfax to Nevada, will be ready for the rails within four months from this date, aud the yearnings and ‘. will be te determine which got the Greeshorn Creek, where the light) vere children wcrnge every day in the wpon the road, in the last week in. . 380 Bullion, 4824, 170 Overman, 59%. 55 Justice, 93. 490 Succor, 1. 470 Union Con, 6%. 250 Lady Bryan, 3). 655 Julia, 11%. 20 Caledonia, 17. 340 Bultimore, 5. 170 Silver Hill, 9. Decided. The long contested franchise case of the Boca Lumber. Company,. before the Board of Supervisors, was decided yesterday afternoon in favor of the Boca Lumber Co., and a renewal of the franchise was granted, -~'Tue tax payers of Port-Jervis, N. Y., May 2d, voted down all but afew of the tax appropriations, including those for salaries of the different’ officers; policemen, lighting of street lamps and gas, printing and everything necessary to run the. village. The. town bas been in complete darkness for twe nights. . . On the dairy ranch of W. 8S. M. Wright, in Ocean Township, Sonoma county, a cow gave birth to a calf it was born. ‘hands in holy horror, averring that a fearful amount of perjury had beeu eemmitted during the trial, by “somebody,'’ people thought there were some irreconcileable statements made by various persons — some things that looked like a perversion, witnesses got the best of the twist. A careful perasal of Tilton’s recent testimony will satisfy anyone tbat Mr. Bowen at least, told the truth when asserted that somebody lied. The thing that will puzzle the public bést of the other—Turner or _ Tilton. A RECENT attempt to omit religious exercises im the public schools of Newark, N. J.,.was defeated. in tbe Beord of Education by a vote ef 10 “Tuxae is an average of five ‘lost. bs of them are purposely abandona . A poctoxr says, “hard boiled eggs ee ae he is correct. oO one ever an egg complain raf en unwell som te hed been ——— tin el 1 To an ordinary Massachusetts man his home is sow as nothing unless he has ng behind the stove hope of our citizens.through many ‘the ‘riginal flint lock that grand“. Drags, Medicines, Mining Chemwhich weighed 134 pounds the day . ’ Wuen Mr. Bowen held up his but nobody could tel) which of the Cor Pine & Commercial Streets, V ‘YHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN icals, Patent Medicines, &e. Books ! Books! BLANK BOOKS, SCHOOL BOOKS, _.GIFT BOOKS, ~ NEW. PUBLICATIONS, STATIONERY. Gold Pens, __ Steel Pens, Letter’and Note Paper, Legal Cap, Bill Cap, a ~ Drawing Paper. F) Envelopes. &o, &o IcE COLD ‘SODA ‘WATER, . Drawn from Lippencott’s Agents Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Co., of California RELL & BELDEN. . 108 M. WYOMING TRIBE. No. 49, IMPORVED ORDER OF RED MEN, meets THURSD. AY G, at their W father fired the first shot o’ the revolution with.” : 2 @ dd Fello +8” Hall, Nevada city,at & clock, of Records. = _Educators, will be present and deliver lecpresent year, has not injured th an a Nevada County, ectice to the decision of the Democratic Coutty Conventton. For County Recorder. ‘ EE GARTHE announces himself a -eandidate for the office of County Recorder, subject to the decision os the Democratic County Convention. eninge lnaeesiche, __For County Surveyor. . as a candidate for: County Surveyor, subject to the decision of the Democratic FOR SHERIFF. J S. McBRIDE is ‘hereby announced @B » a8 a candidate for the office of Sheriff of Nevada County, subject to the decision of the Republican County Oonvention, For Sheriff. OBERT HUCKINS is hereby snnounced ag a candidate for the office of SHERIFF of Nevada County, subject to the decision of the Republican County Convention: maé* For Assemblyman. W. HAYDEN, of Truckee, will e@ be a candidate for the--Assembly, subject to the decision of the Republican Nominating Convention of Nevada County. FOR SHERIFF. BA Bpeiediedet tee is hereby annourced j as a candidate for the office of Sheriff of the Democratic Convention. apl3 FOR COUNTY SURVEYOR. . Gpoislendatsiee R. MILLER, is hereby announced as a candidate for the office of County Surveyor, subject to the decision of the Democratic County Convention. For Assemblyman. G EO. W. GIFFEN is hereby anbouncet WW as a candidate for the Assembly, eubject to the decision of the Democratic Convention, : -. Great Land Sale. THE GERKE RANCH, COMPRISING 15,000 acres of ® State. is offered FOR SALE in 40, 80 and 160 acre lets. of Nevada county, subject tothe decision _ e finest lands in thé— +3 eeeee EY ANIEL COLLINS ix hereby announced as-a-candidate for the office of Sheriff. C; PLUNEETT is hereby rg fend Pe gees Clerk. he: pase SMITH is hereby announced”‘County Convention. Spas erasers ees . Sales made by the owner direct. or through ager cies established by him. ua” No MrppLEeMen. “SS A FINE VINEYARD, = Containing 100,000 vines, the yonnges which sre 11 years old, cap.city 100,000 gallons, will be included in the sale. LOCATION. The Gerke Ranch is situated in Te hamaand Butte counties. The Californl» and Oregon Railroad traverses the easter? boundary for a distence of five miles, the bounding the weet. side. tains cufficient water to irrigate 50,000 acres and the water t will be secured to ¢¥~ ery purchaser. river is navigable the farm at all seasons of the year. HOMES. farm prehomes, thisvineyards in the least. One hundred.and fifty families cap make themsclves comfortable homes here. Terms of Sale! One-third cash; balance three years at 10 per cent. per SnnwE™ a purchased at woh tants ot ‘public sale Bas will be For further information apply #0. = Dr. J. 8. CaMERO x, Red Bluff, Tehama €onnty; Cal. “es Groncz HaMLr, Or to Hemry Gerke, on the Ranch. Vina, May 26, 1875. ‘s M. H. C. McKELVRY, » in one, twe and. Unik The have cz 1 this cit the pu the Sta Sacram ‘The fol _ appoint tend th Bee tes «5 Grass V Springs ta; Cyr John P. =" Martin -Sehmid pv Cera land, H B. Nev Moultm Patton, Bloomfi Hill, W ‘Powell. son. O ington"Hill. = You Bét Se OL oe “+ Voters that the . Corivent resent tl Convent The * cleared . given b last. T parties . inthis . “doing pr for they —--“peetingcause of was the . season, make it reason made it tleman f young la and ‘all young la tiest to Party, te . which cx day ever ‘will bes will take and long e : _J.B.: ship, is-¢ TRANSCR: office of the dec ‘Couuty banks is: sition. Fe —~ WW. A. announce SCRIPT as County . cision « Conventi Deputy } during t proved hi . ful office: Card of ’ The th: tendered Band, un Granfell, nished by May 24th : of the } members Club ten the donat 4a appre will ren whem you