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May 6, 1880 (4 pages)

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a ee ee — Sire Daily Trniseript, NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA._ Phursday: May 6th, 1880. ——— e The Murchte Mine. ° During the past two weeks nach trouble has been experienced in the Murchie mine on account: of water. The system of plunge and lift pumps. leading to the lower levels have been kept in constant operation, but were unable to reduce! the amount. . It “has therefore been found necessary __. __ to put in an auxiliary pump to assist jn raising the ‘water from” the 2 > ~ @ capacity of 160 gallons.. The _ mine is now under water as high as the five-hundred level, but. with the --o=-=jnereased-facilitiesfor—retieving it: the mill wili again be put in . operatien: —During-the—nexg#ix mouths. the system of developing ‘the property will be materially changed. A shaft pitching at. an angle of about —-$5-degrees; and-following—the—main ledge, is being raised from the lower level. It has to date been pushed up 45 feet. The dimensions of this upraise are 7x18 feet, and it will be partinents. It willcomeoutat the surface. about 670 feet west of the, mouth of the present incline, and “new hoisting works will be erected the extraction of ore can be resumed . +i.. made by the former owners. . “by next Monday or Tuesday, when . Ty the face of this tunnel has been -The Graphic Mine. eit — Graphie Consolidated miue at Phain Valley, Sierra county, fourteen miles from this city, wasin towm yesterduy. The five and a half tons of . company supplies thet-passed through this city three weeks ago, _werte blockaded by snow about 1) miles from their destination, and the employes have been obliged to carry them the remainder of the distance 01 snow-shoes. There was twelve feet of snow on the ground at one time, and the blacksmith shop fell in under the,weight. There are now fourteen men at work, but the! Su-, perintendent says be will have thirty-five employed as soon as the weather settles. _Within__the past. seventeem days the east prospecting tunnel has been rum a distance of 81 feet through slate, giving it a total discovered a ledge varying from 18 to 36 inches ir thickness and pros: ; pecting well. This tunnel je800 feet east of the maia workings, aad extends in a northerly ditection. the main workings an, open cat 55feet long has been made, and a sink ‘Superintendent Childs of the ‘ssects, destroys fangi, amd reng-. of -Yates the appearance and livalth: of . ® the bark, awd its use is therefore to] -4 be advised rather than objected . 6. covered with watet under the-snow;The eleanly appearance and smoott-. which makes, .traveling extremely noteworthy, wad the lime washed . near Hufi’s Mill,. Butte county, last : down to the soid is doubtless of much . Thursday, by being scruck in the ‘use ad a fertiliaer for the trees. _~_ . side by the bar of-w-windlass.At . 'is how here, has bonded of N. Bef For Local Tree Owners. Sta‘c News. The Agniculturalist gays: ‘An old Now England practice was te app y together with the. fashion. of white, painted houses with greeu blinds, has been réckle:*ly abused by ‘modern reformers who have objected to paint on. wood on the inside of houses and have advocated the bare surfaces oiled and varnished as being more consistent with truth and honesty of appearance,’ But lime wash has other uses than for appearance’s sake,. and it migit have bee1 spared! for its wtility, It removes moss from rees, kills: bark lice and the eggs of ness-of the -barts-after the—lime—-hae+oe Bonded for $50,009. . R. M. C. Broas of New York, wio Hay cutting has begun in Solane Antioch town taxes are 45 cents 0 $100. . The Newasls Woterprise advocates the division of Alameda county. Southern: California papers are still agitating tae project of forming a new State. g A Chileno named Munoz died in the Gilroy Hospital last week. He was 108. years old. — San Bernardino county has cempleted the’ permanent organization society. A large portion of Sierra Valley is Andy Millsap of Grin istone, Colusa county, has killed three panthers and one’ bear this winter, but the panthers killed:.abeut sixty sh for him. er tal telegraphs. ‘Posta® Telcor aphs. An attempt is being made ia» Congress to revive the postal telegraph . } a good coatef whitewash to orehard . county. pags en ¥ ing. This;! Fishing has commenced at Clear . in the House-by Eiilhs o wistaDa and shade (om rey “Pre Lake. . . appropriating: $300,000 for the purpose of construction of two wires between Washington and Bostcn. The bill fixes the rates at about one-third those charged by theexisting coupa-nies and provides tliat all revenues received shall be used to extend the wires westward. Great Britain and various continental nations have pe = The telegraph secvice: should be under the control of the Government, the ‘same as the . 1 guraitee satixfaction to every custome Weatern: Union monopoly is 86 pow-. erful at Washington that it is ex-tremely-donbtful if any legislation can be secured to-that end. the system of postal telegraph adopt“» "led the telegraph would then bef = stead of being the }ixury it now is. The amount paid for telegraphing by Athe Government alone wesld be sufficient to construet and keep in op. eration.a line‘across the ¢ontinent. Were “< {UCCESSOR TO SHURILEFF —DELBER iN Groceries and Provisions, MAIN STRECT, : Junction of Commerc'al, Nevada City; 2 ——<I— ide & CO; GOOD GOODS ! . “LOW PRICES ! _ FULL WEIGHTS! _-PROMPT ATTENTION: . t Hi \ My stock is largey well selected and ‘tresh convinced that-t offer-Lettar inducements fp “CHARLES: HEPLER, "Nes ada,.Mav 2d. . tm Boot & Shoe Sor —yAneing party toch Hall next Satorda _JHE DAILY 1 NEVADA CITY, Briect M Nevada Comme night. : There wns a ‘brie fore last. ~ Under . Sheriff Truckee on officia! Willianw Stith: found guilty om Te was yesterday ser Anderson to-pay a to jail for 50 days. Tickets for the . obtained from mer _ mittee and at the the dance. . meee 11 hamd-organ in front of the T ‘ihe Recording 4 charge ten.thousa abreviated cuss: wi -eud-eaillit square. ca evected at thie point. of three feet disclosed the ledge dipping to the north. An incline to be heavily timbered, with three comdown here to the depth of 15 feet. The ledye averages 32 inches, and . shows well in galera sulphurets and free gold. Hoisting works are te be Mr. Childs in. . ing sunmaer. Work was suspendoverTt, rR forms us thet about 200 tons of ore has from its present site to one more conbeen extracted within the past fortvenient, its capacity will be increased “and much new machinery will be putin it. It is estimated that. these improvements will cost in the neighhood of $50,000, and that hoisting through the new incline will begin before next Fall. Superintendent Schuyler has had many disadvantages to labor under since taking charge of the property. The ignominious failure of the Smith process on which $8,000 or more has bcen wasted in experimenting, bad wagon roads that prevented for a time getting fuel to night, the mil) has been overhauled, and a large amount of other work done. He is going below to. procure some more machinery, aud expects by June lst to begin crushing. A Truchee Dector’s Mishap. The Bee o. Tuesday must answer for the following: ‘‘Oue of the passengers on the train from NevadaCity to Colfax recently, which wassun intofom behind, was.a certain Truckee doctor, swe are told. Ewerybody was in a hurry to gét off, when the mine, aud the present set-back . they saw themonster but a short on account of flooded workings, were all misfortunes that human foresight could not have enabled the prevention of. He has, however, opened up the property in a shape tat it ought to have assumed long ago. * ReUnion Association Meeting.A meeting of the Nevada County Re-Union Association was held at the editorial rooms of. the Transcrtrr yesterday afternoon. Present—R. M. Hunt, President; N, P. Brown, Secret:ry; ‘I. W. Sigourney, I, J. -Rofe, Chas. McKlvy, (the latter was proxy for A. B, Brady, Wr. McCormick, Wm. ‘Loutzenheiser, KE. W. Roberta, 8. P. . Dorsey). It was moved that the Re-union be held on the 10th of June. Carried. A. motion was made and carried that.a meeting be held at the TranscrteT editorial rooms on Thursday, May 13th, at 2:30 o'clock Pp. M., for the purpose of electing new officers and completing all arrangements for the coming -picnic, at which every member is urgently requested to be. present, > Assessment Levied. ___At the last meeting of the Board of Council of the Miners’ Association, assessment No. 5 was levied, being. at the rate of three-quarters of ene per cent. on the assessed value of the property of its members for State and county tuxationgfor the year 1879. Owing to the passage of the ‘Debris Bill” by the Legislature, it is believed that the very vex~. atious and costly litigation which the members have been conducting wil soon be finally ended. It ie believed that the present assessment will fully defray all legal and other costs, and that it will not again be necessary to tax members, except for such small sums as may be required to keep the Association alive, Internal Revenue. ——— I. J. Rolfe,.Internal Revenue Collector, visited during his late official trip the towns of Boca, Truckee, Sapramento and Marysville, In the last named place he collected apecial taxes to the amount of about $2,500. He will remain at his office here until next month, then take ‘a strip through Colusa and Sutter counties and other pertions of his District which comprises twelve counties. é the platform, but a peculiarly slow ly nervous, and near distance , behind. Some jurmped through windows, others from the . platform. The disciple of Escutapius waited patiently his turn to get off woman im front of him so exasperated him that he gave one framtic bound, endeavoring to clear her shoulders. In place of that, howevér, he struck her a terrific welt with his doubjed-up kneesin the small of the back, and over they both tumbled into the sand. There was @ vision of flying coat-tais indiseviminately mixed with a gorgeous view of striped stockings, an expansive cutse ortwo from the doctor aud g-oans fromm the woman, and all wes still. ‘The docter will not be able to doany more vaulting for some time.” ipa pata _ So As Seeu by a Strapvcre The Virginia Enterprise regales its readers with th.s: ‘‘A gentleman recently arrived from California, where he has been . looking about among the mining towns, speaks of several places where the snow now lies to a depth of over 100 feet. ‘These places are generally at the heads of large canyons, At.the head of Fall creek, Nevada county, pines ouried in snow that only a few feet ot their tops are to be seen. Where a dark forcst lies in Summer there is now only to be seen a white expanse of snow with here “and there what appear to be clumps of bushes; but which are really the tops of the sallest pines.” : Marriage Licenses fer ‘April. The County Clerk during last month ixsued marriage licenses to the following named persons :—Robert Quick and Fanny Fry, C. P. Whiting and Mary L, Griffiths, C. H. Crandall and Annie G. Bohannon, Orin J. Bracket and Miss Ida Canfield, L. M. Highet aad Susan I. Woodfield, Francis Jones and Susan Biglebole, John C, Knapp and Mary J. Donavan. Total ages of men, 201 years. ; of women, 147.— Youngest man, 21 ; youngest woof couple, 19 years ; least difference, 2 years. Average aye of men, 29; of women, 21. : se — Tue Queenof Italy is excessivefaints when the King dred weight for food. Lgayes, 5 mortgages, . homestead, 1 ‘. tachments, 1 lease, 1 certificate <of and firs over 1.¥ feet in hight are so Ee : . . Suppose ous covemporary refers to Valley journalist. who/. y Oldest.man, 44; oldest woman, 25. . inan, 19. Greatest diflerence in ages” steps necessary for starting them up who have made an examiration retion of the property. A Heavy Welsht. os as he is in voice, for corporosity, Hotel proprietors Recorder's Office Business. The following documents were filed in the County Recorder's Office forthe week ending -yesterday: 5 marriage certificates, 12 deeds, 2 Sheriff deeds, 6 satisfactions of mortprobate order, 1 agreement, 1 tuunel location, 5 mining notices, 4 abt-. . sale, 2 patents, 2 notices of action, 1 release of attasian etVerily, Me Can De it. Tsing: Slam, a Chinaman, beat “Oid Persimmons,” a Digger Luatan, out of #32 at draw poker, in Nevada City, aul now ‘Tsing Slain thinks he is capable of tackling with suctcss the best player of that interesting game that stops at’ the Traxore? olhce.—U niva, the Grass stopped here afew mimutes the other day to havea sorial chat, General News. The Whittaker inquivy was continued at West Point on Weduesday. An exceeding y rich harvest is almost a surety in Oregon this season. The President has vetwed the defi: cienty appropriation bill, but approved the army and fortification bills. Hat 1. a At the election in Stockton Matday the Republicans elected. every city officer except Police Judge and
The Long Pranch hotel at Alameda was destroyed by fire Wednesday, and oné of the female servants perished in the flames. State Mimeralegist. We understand that Governor Perkins will appoiit Henry G. Hanks to the position of State Mineralogist, under the law for the cveation of a State Mining Bureau. My. Hanks is eminently qualified for the position.—{S. F. Stoek Report. Childs for $50,000 the Osceola quarts . ’ . We'hawc cheap postage, and it is imperative that we should have cheap tclegmphy, but such consummation wll not be reached until there ix a} Uniou: Dhe“lan “Pe ‘R, Co., ave “testiniony taken a claim, situated at Rough & Ready, river, near Cloverdefe, rests at the this city, and will et omce make ar-. , 14 which has beem sh rangements with a view to recom-. +4, ‘the river for years past. . mencing workon it during the com-: has been stopping at the Half Way . S¢ ci on the claim abous four years House, on ac tials Lake mang ago, aftey the ground had been _pardecine-county,has killed since March but the evidence is vonclusive that it tial y prowpected by taumelaud shait-. 1.4 pear there, four panthers and . is true.—Stock Report, The hoisting works have im the mean-. ¢,.45 bears, and has scenaiverst Olle 5 time been well cared for, and the}.. School Superintendent. I The covered bridge across Russian owly slipping A. young man named. Snell, who Congress: wit h a majority capable of about eight miles east by south of . + saan A mas-of huge rocks and . esisting’thie influenoe ‘of: the: oorporations. As a matter of! fact,. the corporations in this:country are’more powerlul than ‘the Government: itIf, and Congress is -but their creature. This is‘a humilating admission, “We take pleasure in annonnctng to the public that we have opened our New. Boot. & Shoe Store, Opposite Citizens Bank, NORTH SIDE OF BROAD STREET, of lands in the sou land otire as min isclearly known . they wi l make n glassed as non-int =Grass Va The Carson Times says::This is by again will not incur mucie: expense. no’ ineans the severest winter known The former management had hard} jy themountains. In 1867 the snow lack, but qgime discoveries recently . between Cisco and Truckee was 150 made as tothe whereabouts of the fect deep, and the telegraph poles pay-chute and its extent are of 80! wore eovered along-the —-route—for satisfactory a character to parties . piles. Says the Colusa Sun: G. W. Ware scales at 330 pornds, and his propor. eral hundred. pelts were-saved. ‘Lhe tions are constautly increasing in. loss to Mr. Ware is: net far from spite of frequent doses of vinegar’and . ¢4 OC), Yarseni¢and ‘Other alleged antidotes See z Te Eee Se A bOsTON lawyer told. amether lawp A ®&linabel San Fra Z Méven San Francisco . ufacture. Also;. always take care to give him a sleep. yet, who asked him a question, that ing room on the ground floor, and he usually received pay for his adhave an understanding in advance . Vice. “Then,” said lawyer No, 2, . : that,he must pay'so much per hun. extending fifty cents, “tell me all you know and give me back the change.”—Albany Law Jousnal. GENEEAL SHEerMAN has a strong admiration for women whose physical endurance is great. with pride of the unusual strength and endurance of his tWird. daughter, He’ speaks When a good-looking Indiana girl has the measles, it always follows that from seven to fifteenof the young feilows in the neighborhood are soon taken down with the same disease, ai Jusrus Scuwas, the New York Commuiiist, is ‘adignant at Kearn-y's indae ra‘ivn, andthreateasthat tne 30,00) Communists of New York city will do desperate things. THE most noted athletes from Harard and Yale die within five years froin the time they reach perfection. Natuie never intended man for a monkey or a pile-driver. oe A Lonvon paper states that: ‘Vic Wovodhull’s life has been deveted to doing the work of an angel.” protest againsf the augels putting on “substitutes” in this way. We A Good Thing. German Syrup is the special . rescription of Dr. A. Boschee, a celebrated German Physician, and is acknowledged to be one of the most j fortunate discoveries in Medicine. 3 uickly cures Coughs, Colds and a ture, removing, a¢ it does, the cause of the atiection and leaving the parts in strong aud healthy condition. is not an éxpermental medicine, but has stood the teat for years, giving satisfaction, im every case, which its rapidly increasing sale every season annually. Bewage of medicines lat«introduced. Boschee’s German yrup was introduced in the United States in 1868, amd is now seld in every town and vi ng troublesof the severest naany ordinary cough. Price 75 ceats, ; Sample bettles 10 cents. ls in the civisotigeapdRN will relieve . admission 50 Cents; Children 25 Cts. Doors open7 o'clesk. Katestainment to : c@umence a Seviock. — Yesterday s NEVADA Jacob Naffziz W Iswin. Truckee J Moore = ~.do \@'F Byrne Truckee (E-hillips Vatiejo M-Behannay-Granita HB Murchie city HS Mar. sie do cently as to warrant the resuscita-. 154 some 2000 sheep on the Sparks bears ae ne place, in the trough, just above the grade, and the herder neglecting to watch. them, until surrounded by Dr. Sprirgsteen, solo-basse of the . water, some 1,5() head were drownCushiwan troupe, is as heavy in body . ed, Men were set to work skinning He tips the hay-. those that were drowned, and sev@ Ma>.well Oaklaad A Paippen SandJvan Arrivats at ' THE UNION HOTEL. CITY, CAL. er, Propricteor. . Lee Jones Truckee A Graham do « J Moran do —K-P €arter city JM Murchiecity WH Murchie city A Mrrcive do J F Carr city L Voss You Bet J M Traverse Quak H J Fredengurr Qua Hill J_Aus.in Spenceville J £ Macon San_t'ranci A\Sehnzbel San Frau E buniley Dloonitdéd Jd Judd Virginia City J Bielford Voss Mill W Hu uason Convect G.¥ Mart Coovecticut J Malone Rio Vv A Hipp San Francise Hi! Manuiny San trenc H Gilliw Mop iana O D’C.umpbell bhu-Te. Yesterduy A Homer hichi .an J Gatrum Bloomfield C Simmopsdo J Pierdcity . W Mooney tity W ‘Titamas *s Awvivals at s . THE NATIONAL HOTEL, NEVADA CITY, CAL. .~@hias. E. Pearson, Proprictor. . Miss Kelly Michigan Miss-Kolley Mic ‘)'2a5 Mics P Kelley Michica A Laers Crass Valley J M'Thoma: Grass Vas $-Ciidwell Moores FI B Hottinger Quak Hi. NGuilds San Fruacise . , R MG Eros New Yor @ Brow Gras Valley L Diekinson.city. EM sen: Lake City W Carterc: SP Kits cite D W Lord ci ctlyy city ‘Terran $.i1 Francis . Mrs Mobk 7 San Fra. W Joyce city : M Sac!s* Eunpir Punch W Adams Grars Valley my * Nrewada City,. —AND ARE NOW— Ready for business:} And hope to receive such support and patronage as fair dealing shall deserve. We cordially invite all to come and s#«¢ the styl and-kind of goods we keep: We have now, and our aim willbe, to best selected assortment ef _ MEN'S AND BOY'S BOOTS & SHOES, . Luis’ Misses. and Childrens ” . SHOES & SLIPPERS, . . _@f all hinds-and-styles_to be found in the market, of both California and Eastern man~ 4 ‘Men’s. aad: Boys’ Hats. A full supply of REA THER ANE SHOE FINDINGS. Our Prices are Low ‘And marked on oar goods in 427 PLAIN FIGURES “2 from which‘we will not ae viate, Our aim isto sell at SMALL days. ~The funeral will the Methodist Chusch this, Thursday, afternoon at 3-e’clock. Friends and acqpaintances are_res invited to attend. Bees _At Gold Fiat, near Nevada City, May 95, 1889, Frank Denvler, son ¢! Jaco and Fiaaers Demnler, aged 19 years, 3 mont 1s and 1¢ take place from . pectfully =. PROFITS and get Cash for our goods, thus suffering no losses from -F bad debts; we shall be able to divide with our patrons the large profits usually asked upon goods in our line. VOGEMAN & WEBBER. Nevada City, May Ist. Mrs, A. J, PHELPS Food for the Seri Elocution for the WiDoW NEVADA THEATRE. ONE. NIGHT ONLY! Thursday Evening, May 6th. THE. RENUWNED CUSHMAN TROUPE ! REORGANIZED FOR 18€). L. B. CUSHMAN, Soprano and: Elocutionist. Dr. SPRINGSTEEN........ Solo Basso Prof, A. J. PHELPS.. -Tenonand Organist Wit forthe People, NAS DANBURY NEWS, DETROIT FREE Pi ESS, BEDUIT, AND JOSIAH ALLEN’S WIFE. . garchoice selections from: beautiful new { ‘3 4 my & LIGK HOUSE J ky RELEGANTLY FURNISHED ROOMS ef this popular Hotel will be rented herea!ter without board—the Dining Room bells temporarily elosal. The House, as always, will be. strictly first-class. Special inducements to’ Families, Mer chants, Tourists and Commercial travelers. The LICK hae the most desirable and ee? tral location inthe city WM. F. HARRISON, Manager. _ San Francisco, Agril25—1m2dp ' THE BEST 295, : TO9600 a year, or $5 to F PARLOR ENFERTAINMENT $1500 maar in your own, cal, Ever offered to the citizens of Nevada. No risk. Women do a as men. Many make more thas the amount stated above. ucated, Kecitations, do the Ke Songs and Music. A di ‘selection. Be ey Aponte 4 $2 an hour by devot —_—— ing your evenings and spare oy 4 agent MR. CUSHMAN in his delineations has no . iness. It eoste nothing;to try HN Ts op, "equal upon the: American stage. Nothing like it for money making trict He resorts to no change of costume in his . fered bafore. Business pleasant Lae . personations. Selections from ho 5 r, if = einen MARK TWAIN, ARTEMUS WARD, . About the Mask Dayins ares and we Will send you. full. particulars and private ne ballads will be interspersed. To . cert, the Choicest Programme; and Gréatest aad Variety ever combined in ove entertainment. : JEWELS : ‘keep constantly on hand the Largestamd. [7 €.E. Clinch, . : stalled the follow officers of Sylvan T.,-No,. 12, Tues Miss Lucy Gober Werry; W. L. H a Wao Toyo Willis A. Clinch Carrie Gluyas; W Barker; W. D. Pratt: W.). G., W. 0. G., Miss: Rev, F. A. Perk Chas. Mosher. . Chas E. Cli morning to atter uucle, Henry G: day in San Fran Saper charged with ‘ab till Thursday mo Ferguson et The three ecses v poned from the . 22d. The closing ar; chie case was no Hupp, of the pros after three o’cloc room was crowds including a large Teted f Wm. Clemens day on a charge by John Mannix Witness alleged t with a couple night, when Cle a boisteroiis m that one of the their escort. T before Judge Ro ternoon, and res ing honorab'y di The Cash To-night the . give one of theis sical and elocut _ at the Theatre. Varied and comy lineations by M cal and insti um order. The me vorites in the Ez performed in th, will not be low lovers, Probat Estate of Wn ed, Monday, } for hearing app for issuance of l tion to them, Estate of A. . ed. Wm. H. -