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May 9, 1872 (4 pages)

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aes teen 28) is no excuge for jig, but sheer negtifa ea iv'at'the south, end of, the . : be of ay Beans \ Wie Roi! aA Te y= oo oR! PRESIDENT, GENERAL U,. 8. GRANT. gubjeot to the decision of the National Re Y of = publican Convention. -_ Letter Pronk Salt Lake. SatnTaxe Crry, May 4th. Ed, Transcript: Here we are, at “the ‘Townsend. House, Salt Lake. Our tribulations are partly over, and those of your office‘and-your readers. age about to begin.” "We are here in fair condition, considering that for two nights we slept in almost every imaginable shape, with numberless twists avd turns,trying in vain to find an easy position. dent, to which travelers are incident, we failed in getting a place in the ‘‘gleeper,”’ thought, intime. The first night, as fat as Truckee; the cars were a per: fect jam. ay I found a curiosity at Truckee, in the shape off a veuder of pics, hot coffee and cooked trout, which would. amuse any. one net, too sleepy or too nervous. I commend hisstyle to the attention of auctioneers—friend Davidson for instance. His sales would always draw, even-with little to sell. While at Truckee, warming, (not at bar, .a8, did some). several old Carson friends hove in sight. Daylight found.ug near the Sink*of the Humboldt, i no -water in our tanks, which had been-in that condition sints reaching Emigrant Gap, though promised water when we should reach Truckee, and thus it continued wiitil ” we ‘reached Humboldt station for: “breakfast! © There . ) Reivers neste yin get ‘Having’ never ‘been out on ‘the Humboldt, I was greatly surprised at the extent of valuable land. Another 1éw fact also became apparent, that.we wan soimuch of the way along the river, Portions of it are not only fertile, but some are beautiful, especially-where the North Fork enters, ;just; above. Elko; at. which point the valley opens out in a hand~ gomé sweep. aide closed in on us at the Wells, 218 miles ‘from Ogde which we made a little after 6 this morning. We'divived! Meted little. past 10 o'clock. The ride would have been gagye pieneant t “tired nature's”. best friend been better treated the . ae before. ‘There is a great, rebavbebee the region of Salt gee and that about Carson City, From Ogden to this city, the same resemblancevexidts in scenery’ as at . Tahoe. Itis one grand ride at this. weason. » Mountains capped: with . AMOW,OR the. ew often coming “down close to €: valley, This is specially “tra@ from Corinne te hla ity yan. bagond the wattle Fronr‘@oriine) thé Houses increase. Finely, cultiveted fields and. beeutiful orchards greet the eye, and from Ogden a succession of settlement. skirt “the! bade! of, "thi ‘stbdb. “Snow ‘clad’ Wasatoh.range.: Gait fishothebena-t The and best houses, b Ih UA Wiel $n Soabiad ae chiefly adobe, and are neat and of a ‘pleasing color, even e ‘their natural state. “¥eume' here Wot ‘atippostag td Ten bye Dkiiew, bat HA? ‘hot been on ‘street: fifteen -minutes before I ‘ound five ,aequeintances, I except Rev. Ur. Jamison, pastor.cf the M. BE. Chureh here! “I found him looking not. much older than twelve yoara iyo. Hé is 'iidw'67, aid doing: very acceptable service; a rebuke to Younger men,, who cling-to the old home ‘places; itistead’ of launching forth to try whether they have ele~ ments. of success, such as will/eause and C. H. Mead, depumien to say, as was said of “Mr. Sto ata will assess Rough & righ to-day, “he gets better and betr We were shown the i immense Taberhucls ‘this “afterndon. Tt is hage, . and will contain a vast compatiy, as an enthusiastic disciple said, whol: seemed desitous of impressing us. Said-he, **We had last Sunday, ie small congtogation ‘of only thousand!” Brigham’ Young su forth twice, and we hope.to hear him. to-morrow afternoon. We went in, and through, up in, ‘Tront’ of, ‘an _ around., the ,magnideont organ. t looks grandly out on: that Spatidus . o By an acci+} thengh ‘sent for, as we}: ™! Tothe Hon., the County” Court: and the Morton style of preaching. a portion ‘of which is completed.— ‘They are now éxpending their sécond million on the foundation,which is 200 by.100 feet. When will it be “finished ‘as. per design? Eeho an-, swers, when? Both are enclosed by’ high walls; the first by cobble stones, with circular buttresses; the latter by adobe walls plastered, resting on stone foundations, The city has a delightful out-look, and s¢ans a lovely stretch of thickty settled country south, As yet no provision has been , made against fire, though an enormions pressure is available, ‘If # fire shold start SOME . windy day, in. the Paste ep spat of the city, nothing could save it, + In my next, the rligiodia affaira of this-section will receive attention. © __Srump. ‘Board of Supervisors. In. yesterday's report. of bills allowed, the following was published: T, ©. Plunkett freight, ete., $41.90. ’ "The following are ‘the items of the bill; . Freight on stationery from Sacramento, ..6..-cseevns $8 550 Wells, Fargo & Co's. bill, cish. paid Secretary. of State for Transcript of Road Law, 80 20 Express charges on same, 110 ‘« Auditor's Roll, _ 60 Bok from: Bad ‘Francisco, 4 50 $41.90 Bills dink: i SPECIAL,“ FUND, N. P. Brown, 2 months county printing, $249 91, South Yuba Canal Co., water for Hospital, $22 75: Nevada City Water‘ Works, water for Court House, $52. ofE, W. “Avery, eonveying patients to-Hospital, $6. G. he Apr ne gt ta nmin stamps, tie fe Morgan, stationery for Assessor, $83 25, ae GENPRAL BUND. >< Chas. Dunn, Jr., prosecuting at torney's'fees, $45. 2 Murry & ‘Walker? prosecuting attorney’s fees, $5. Jolin Keiser, Justice’s fees, $39. Dy H. Rolfe, «7 BVM. J. B. Gray, Constable fees, $11. A.M. ‘Walker, on account, Jus7 Report of the Grand Jury, the Grand@ury, haye investiy,cases,, and found six inWe have also made exthe’ condition ‘of the ate not yet wit in reach matter isdn thé fre officers,” we deem it ‘Adianbioe . te fer this matter for the further considération bf thé next Grand Jury. ‘We, however, desire at this time to exprese out disapprobation of the: vio~ lation of the spiritand intent.of 4 law, on the part of officers and their { deputins -aeting 98 \/agerts. for the purchase of onnty warrants,and also in some cases baying for themselves county.. bedutities, “ ‘These things . have been done during the, time in which the.fraads .particularly in. We have.examined the county rec.’ ords, and‘find"them well ‘kept, ‘and we especially commend the system of keeping tho balance ledger, adopted. and commenced by the present Auditor, as by. it can be seen at a glance, the true condition of every: fund, and the exact ‘finaitcial ‘stand‘ing Of the bounty, A We have also examined into the ‘condition ‘of the County Hospital, and other, county, buildings. . The buildings are in gopd order, and the inmates of the hospital are well cared . for. A. B. Gregor Foreman, Tt ee Deputy Assessors, Jno. T. Morgan, County, ‘Ansesace, has appointed A. J. Huftman, H. F. ! dy township, Wilkinson,” Washington township, and Mead will be office clerk. The latter will be found at the Court House on and after Monday next. The assessment of ships haye been completed, and Ne vada township is nearly so. W. J,’ n. Organ will commence work in Grass Valley on Monday next. d{’ ‘Pie ladies Episcopal Sewing 80. . ety will aerate orekatthentinc en room, We will hear it KHOU In the same enclosure is the founda; . co tion of the Mormon Temple, . only ‘. Bogers.—The bill having been igties discharged. ‘. brought to this city. It is useless to County Court, May Sth. . The Grand ‘Jury report was submitted and filed. , The People vs. Francisco Hidalgo. Ridge appointed to defend and the time for pleading extended to Friday morning at 10 o’clock. The People.vs. George ‘Crandall and George Wiltiams, indijeted for horse stealing.—Arraignment _— for Thursday morning. The People vs. James Winters, burglary, two indictments,—Arraignment fixed for Thursday morning at 10 o'clock. The People vs. Ab. Loy, indieted for sluice rebbing.—-Arraignment for Thursday morning at10 o'clock. The People vs. Peter Daws— . 8% chatged ‘with the murder of Matthew nored by the Grand Jury the bond of defendant was released andthe sureCourt adjourned to: Thuraday, at 10 o'clock, a. M. 4 The New Goods. A. Goldsmith's goods have arrived, and, without exaggeration, they diseount anything.in_that—line— ever attempt té give even a partial déscription of the magnificent articles which are displayed in his establishment. They embrace everything inthe line of ladies apparel, ,and all appear to be of the finest ‘téxttite. We advise the ladies to~call and see to what high state of perfection goods in that line have reached. , No. store, ean’excel Goldsmith’s. Grand Exhibition, , We understand that Mr. of the skating rink, has engaged for two nights, May 17th and ‘ASth, ; those celebrated performers. , ot the: roller skates and; veloci ' Miss Oarrie A. Moore and Chas. E. ‘Dowett. They will go thretigh their great performance jx “double velocipede acts, and gue “wheel skate. A band of paugi¢ will be in attendance, and a large crowd, as a matter of course, will be there to witness the performance, ia ~~. Personal, Dr. Lucky, of-San Francisco, «and Prof. Bolander, State Superintendent of Public’ ‘Instruction,’ are in town attending the County Inatifute. ni al Swing From THE East.—Several ear loads of fat hogs passed. through town on Fridays’ They were from Illinois. These hogs are carried in what ate’ termed “‘dotible-decked cars,”” > are ofthe pheight . as other box. freight, cars, bai ’ “have two floors. © “On ‘top ‘of the a are placed. bags of corn sufficient:to: last the animuls through the journey. This carrying hogs 2,000 miles across the continent shows a toothseme interest on the part.of our people in favor $f<ipotk/.\Phié hogs above mentioned accompanied an emigrant train, OF rather the emigfint/train accompanied them, as the hogs pre-° ceded and oceupied the cars iy 7 a @ . ately in front of. the, emiigrant ¢ars ir . One of the emigrants: “switohéd off”? at this place, declaring that he. had ‘followed up them “ere' blasted swine 2,000 miles, ant had smell enough. to last a mana. lifetime.’’ He ‘said he’ used to like pork, ‘but this’ ‘chasing the critters from Chieago te :Califernia, and the animals always being 4 the windward, had pale. im of his admiration, for the, a says the Truckee y bate A vs RL OTs OE gm t “Tar Custom i Counttna: a A ease has been decided in the Court of Common, Piens in New York, before J R is of the greatest importance to both contractors and builders;‘inasmuch:asit yentilates sothe of the tricks of'the trade and condenins them as illegal. action was brought by Edward. Fitzgerald against W. & C. H. Barnah to foreclose a mechanic's lien. From the. facts in the case it would appear that Fitzgera’d ‘contracted to do’ the Mason work on seven houses . build‘ing by the defendants, and > lay the brick at $6 per thousand. ‘In domputing the (number -of, Toricke: she charged for all the openings, measuring solid, which gave him $2, more than he received, and for which he filed alien. On his behalf it was claimed that the measurement, ‘was { aecording to the while on the part of “defendants it was not only clainied that no such custom existed, buy that by mistake they had overpaid plaintiff over $120 18. The court decided in favor of defendants, canceling the lien and . giving judgment in ‘their favor for $120.21 and costs. Denver,” Colorado, is to have o ‘béet sugar factoty, to’ Lost $90,000, fox rall eternity? If youere you will a . home—that ‘s*home’’ which was Dow Bullard, ¢ ‘and quickest way to get rid of him; The . : 300] the County “Assessor .on the subject Grviye Away Her Huspanp. —Mrs. effect produced upon her by her husband taking unto: ‘himself a second wife: The time at length arrived for us up to the'{Endowment House,” ne there at the altar the first wife is expected to give proof-of _ faith in her religion by placi ‘ing the hand_of the uew wife in that of her husband. She f# asked the question by Brigham Young, ‘‘Are you willing to give this womat to your husband, to be his a and wedded wife, for time and nifest it by placing her right hand within the right hand.of your husband.’’ Tdi Ph. But what words can describe my_feelings?, The anStenhouse in her revelations respect. . ing Mormonism thus speaks of the . ent Bolancer. Lecture. " In addition ‘to the vegular exercises at the Teachers’ ‘Institute, Dr. Lucky, of the Staté Normal School, will deliver a lecture this evening: — Programme.
The following is the. programme of exercises for the Teachers’ Institate to-day: Morning.—Reading, under direction of Frank Power. Grammar, ate SuperistendRemarks on .the objects of the State Normal School. Afternoon,—-Geography, by M. B, B. Potter. Diacuasion, e Don't Buy Trash ! wHEN-vou CAN Get the Latest Styles “CHEAPER: ! gaish of a Whole into-that-ene single moment. I remémber.well that when I returned ad * to~become hateful-to me, for his young wife was to live there—my husband said-to me, ‘You have been very brave; but ib-ismot so hard to do, after all, is it?’* “He had: seen ‘me bear it so-well that he éven suposed I. was indifferent.. So.much for the penetration of men! The reminder of that day how I watched their. looks and noted their every word! .To metheir tender notes were like daggers piercing me tothe heart, One moment I yearned for my husband’s undivided love, the next. moment I hated even the very sight, of him,.and vowed that.he never again should have a place in my heart, Then I.would feel that there was no juswould not.come bo, me. ps gs, leg —Joe MeCresty of Lincoln, was poisoned by ‘strychnine being mixed withthe sugar he sweetened his tea? McCreery was out on the plaiiis, . tabining “and herding sheép, and.on, returning heme, getting and eating supper as usual, he was taken violently sick, and vomiting soon set in. An examination whs made, and in his sugar bowl was . found a large. proportion. of crystalized strychnine. Joe owes his life to the dose being too heavy. The belief is that somebody’s' range ‘was being damaged by the she , and that they salted Joe's sugar with’ strychnine ‘daring his absence’ hs the easiést or that thieves sought té Kill’ McCreery and get away with the ‘sheep before his death was‘ disvovered. Joseph, this was a close’ call. Bo says the Placer Herald. Inuxoar Desravcrion or Frsi.— The Truckee Republican says: . We learn -that-for-several days past a illegally from the Truckee. river at Boca. Large -net-baskets Bre. used Which ‘exténd " nearly. across the stream and prevent the fish from are taken by means of these baskets. ‘The attention-of the Fish Conimis. sioners is called to such illegal acts. Presetving fish fénr Wanton destruction in thes Truckee ‘river’ ‘andy its tributaries is. matter of importance not only to/the people of this: region, but alse to the State. Li lini “Bro Site-THe Gigs vilteyt Undon “ The Seal of the Jerry Lyons real and persona roperty, ted near the Anthony itil = intgell sold gnethe:2d»imstant by W. C. Shaffer, was largely attended; and resulted fayorably for the Proprietor. The real estate brought. $3,650, and $5,300: This sale dtew & large crowd of people, and continued for fre daysi >» Pele WG i. (ei a 2 Dvuntine the last three months ‘lds of Plamas county mining property— quartz and gravel—have been made to outside capitalists to the “amount of $1,235,000. Tue Protestant “Chunoh. Asbociation of Castroville, Montereycounty, has.a building fund of $800, with which to commence operatiuns. Tue proprietor of the Mendicino’ there is no support in that county for another, paper. * . ‘THR farmers of San es have ‘appointed a Committee’ to confer with of taxation, Land has been assessed at $15 an acre, which will not bring that sum in market. Ld daily” it “Matamoras, three-fourths are stolen from Texas. It costs the Texas cattle raisers $339,500 per annum to feed that one Mexican town. A Farycu squadron Was preparing on April 15th to bombard Tama. tave, on the east coast of residents by the natives, ~ q dent tice in Heaven, or this great sorrow + large Aumber Of fish have beén taken . coming up to spawn. .Tons of them . . the personal property realized about }' Democrat warns new spaper men that: Or the sixty beeves slaughtered . vedas Wy oan eee z r See penne et & SycaMon®, Towa, offers F100, 000 to have the Chicago and Pacific Ruilroad run through that city. Bisnor McQuade, of Rochester, N. Y., forbids the presence of more) than twelve carriages at a funeral. a ae Nor a single vote, was cast in an # Alabamia-town against the proposi< tion to "subscribe hte wis ton) ‘new . * railroad. Tum Iowa Baiorial Association . ¥ meets June41th; and about 200 are expected. to join‘in a trip to Ogden, in Pullman cers, at reduced rates. RN AA Tuesday Evening, May 14th RAND pens 8 nay sere G BENEFIT * —TO— Misses May & Ella Tendered by the Citizens of Nevada. On this interesting odgabion in addition to the members of-the— 2.. «. Blierton Dramatic Troupe, The:following citizens of Grass Valley have kinaly volunteered their valuable ‘services, D.F. DODGE; GALE COMPTON, NUMAR ROSE, LORENZO ADAMS, J, POLLARD. On this occasion ‘will be sented, by partiewlar ‘tettiest by “eitizens, the highly moral Drama, «2 Five Acts, entitled TEN NIGHTS IN A BAR ROOM! By the Full Company. The B. Buckstone’s sereaming farce, called pe te Tee eee . ea 60 vents. Grind Ooaaae and Characteristic Vocal and Instrumental Concert : Company Ss A T THE NEVADA THEATRE, ba: Friday and and Saturday Evenings, Y roth and 21th! Pilea CHILD AMERICUS! THR (BABY VIOLINIST. THE GREATEST MUSICAL PHENOMEy NON-IN THE WORLD. , Only 4 years of age ! Whd Hasibeen ‘with Aeblamations of delight by thousands in allthe principal cities of the United States, ne ; The Child ites will be supported the following Artists of celebrity; . . ~ LAURA AGNES SEEVEROCH. Prime Dom: and Piayi. The Fairy Queen of Song. a J. H) STOUT, . CHAS, CORIELL, ‘JAS. SPEIGHT. Aduti#sion $1. ° or SATURDAY. AFTERNOON—Matinee for Ladies and Children, TAM’S SALOON, PINE STREET, NBVADA\OITY, m7 (ae NTOINE TAM woiild inf AX chat ari people of Ni Gi aren gosta California Sys ee Bee. style.at his Salogon. Iced Fountain Soda, of every flavor. Tee Cream, PIES, OAKES, TEA AND OOFFEE AT ALL HOURS OF THE DAY OR EVENING. By endeavoring to please-gll Mr. Tam hopes to receive a liberal share of thé pub‘ormance will conclude with J, “Has the Largest? Prettiif oy yt est and the Cheapest Stock oe SUMMER Goovps Ever brought to Nevada. You can’t form any idea of the magnificence of the Goods unless YOU call and ste them ! “DRESS' GOODS ! The largest and prettiest stoce aver brought to this city, embra-reing”every kind known in the market, such as Silks of all colors, French and Irish Poplins, White House Goods, Gonna, , Alpaccas, Prints, a beautiful stock, . Doliy Varden, And every other Kind. CARPETSBody Brussels,” cha vgah Three Ply, =” ‘seo Oil Cloths, And other Kinds, ee S. sonal -MILLINERY GOODS ! Ladies’ Misses’ and Childrens’ "Latest Style Hats, . French and English Flowers, Sash and every other kinds of Cuffs and Colars, Trimmings, of all kinds. Handkerchiefs, HOUSE FURNISHING Bleached and Un-bleached _.. Sheetings, Towelings, Table Cloths, Nap kins, Spreads, Ticking, And every other article in this line required for Household "and general nse ! Ay Goldsmith : . Every article usually found in __. ment can be hud at ~ GOLDSMITH’S. , The T! to-day, ‘fc evening. the dress ing: the 4 see the . pecially It is seld tion is a excellent —_ erowded owners, . Fininger nings agi . struck ‘61 along nic have just den herri continues it don’t, : gentlema Alex, Ga: Virginia . make frie ~ Bob Mor made a fe lars in ste Wharten! holders 3 Company world eas his mone chap.wh fiume for & Co, ¢ aireets. just abou eawber li to turn max, wol in town j pic-nic 0} fiable in 1 ford has1 and it is convenie! country. ‘“Hydrau. extensive the State in order 1 Frank Fi: ~shepe he , the inven fault bec: “deeds tha Recorder adopted i If any on "can prev suppose . able bodi slaughter executed the Tra work aloi many va Sorry to truth; as tried. C order for tor of the Democtra will vote “Greeley. TQ Onney zens will ing a first for the b ‘The Gra of the e evening ‘one of tl audience years pas tion. the night. <“ was most Messrs. Tony W Adams ix ters play “A Kiss : entertain to the en audience ances by in merit, nesday € to specif; D. F. De one of tl kee cha Ellerton j in additic some of } manner ¥ Tesound ett rende