November 12, 1874 (4 pages)

Bi nang ae armen Ra, “ee arene seen em eo eee MEA A OO \ ® % hi ieRi ae an ~ and are made of’ gravel, “in the State. Jacobs, worked, The Daily Trinseript NEVADA ies cAL. Thursday November 12, 1874. Looks Well, Grass Valley bas every appearance to-day of being in full tide of progress, of two years ago, it has improved wonderfully. At that time. the streets were covered with worn out ‘planks, which were so rough that it ‘was almost impossible to pass over them faster than a walk. Now the main streets are in good condition, which * will last for alk time, and. continire to improve each: eas. Matiy new. buildings: have been erected and repairs and improvements: have been made on the old ones, so that the. appearance of the tow! at present is very fine. There has been one or two mines’shut down temporarily, but the same thing has been done before. There are other mining enterprises on fout now, which, if carried -dut, will tend to add much more to the prosperity of the place than those} ~ ~ that have been shut down injured it, If the Rocky Bar, Scadden Flat, New York Hill, and other places known to be rich are worked, as it is pretty sure they are to be, Grass Valley will in a year or two be ‘one ©! the most prosperous mining towns We remember in 1864 the town was as dull as: it is possible for a town to be. Every one was leaving that could, and about all the property in town was for sale. In two years from that time everything was changed. Mining excitement. was at fever heat. Every store in town was occupied at bigh rent, and new business places were started in every building that could be found in an available place. We anticipate the same change will again occur. When the railroad is completed, and some of the mines commenced to. be ‘be worked again, as at present contemplated, the same people who have left the town because they thought it was played out, wilt return, ‘acknowledging that at its worst it is .as good as other interior towns of the State. a OO Ten Thousand ‘People. There are more than ten thousand people in the United States who expect to be the happy) possessors of the first grand prize in the Kentucky Gift Concert of $250,000. All of them butone will be disappointed, One will get it, for Governor Bramlette, the manager, at Louisville, has announced that the Concert will positively take place on Noy. 30th, 1874; AY that there will be no further post' ponenient, and if our readers: want to know more about it, write to bie. Arrivals by the Colfax Wena. November 11, 1874. C. W. Cole: Ira Moore, Geo, F a Departures by the Colfax” Stage. November 11th, 1874, oe Wm, Smith, J. B. Watson, Ira Jewitt; NOW. Tully, E. L. Montgomery, G. D, Sewell, G. W. Littlefield, W. H. Treadway, C. Alleuberg, L. Allenberg, Alex Sloan. -Mr. Edwards. T. T. Davenport, Agent Guild Society. There will be\a meeting of ‘the Guild Society at, the residence of ‘Chas.Marsh Friday evening. A general invitation is ‘extended to all to attend. The meetings are very pleas_ ant, andanyone éannot fail enjoying themselves whoattend. It is desired that the house be full, as arrangements are made to accommodate all. Harper's Wrexury worked hard » with both pen and graver. for Dix, but it won not. In a late issue it ‘says that a vote for Tilden is a vote for the control of the general government by the party whose National Convention six years ago declared for virtual repudiation, and which has just marched to» victory at the Weat under the same standard. ~ * GenenaL Sherman's report sbows a total enlisted army force of 26,400 men, which by January lst may ‘be reduced to 25,000. The report prais* es the officers and men, and complains that the army is to much a Ay.agcident to the steamer City of ‘Peking broke one of ‘the wings of her, propeller. She put into Rio on the 7th, but will proceed ov» ber voyage to San Francisco. Compared with its condition . Local Brevities. . The new boarding house at Oolumbia Hill is cer A and yey Wood is the propriet The Eureka Lake Bocapday are busily engaged in working their claims at Columbia Hill. . The merry hum’. of ntmervus sausage machines could be heard in in the land. yesterday: Chas. Marsh left’on Tuesday for a visit to the Atlantic States. He will return sometime about Christmas, The day of. buckwheat .cakés has come, and our grocers have the materials.of which they sre made in . any quantity. . a The late rains have haa the effect to.softéh up the ground 80 as to make the roads very heavy in some places: The: Commercial pohdel is. lire a vacatiow’this week. Regular ses-. sions will be held next week how> ever.’ : 5 Another big blast will be fired in the Munzanita soon, We hope: the Superintendent will give notice a day in advance, because 4 large nuimber desire to witness it. When the sun‘appeared yesterday morning. “after ‘being hidden by clouds for a week,there was as mutch gratitude expressed by every ‘one as if a long Winter had just passed. On the principle of give the Devil his due, we feel cotistrained to admit that the toll road leading to Grass . Valley, is generally good in the Winter season, Jim, Faulkner, at the Halt-Way House, has some, fine turkeys which he proposes to haye in prime condition for Thanksgiving. Itis time ‘owners began toMatten their fowls, The running race which will come off at San Francisco on Saturday, will be witnessed by several parties from-this-city. They will bein San Francisco on business however, not on purpose to see the race. , The firm of Lester & Mulloy is run now by the former gentleman alone. He expects, however, that the other half.will arrive in this city . soon from his visit to the old. folks athome, George Jacobs and wife returned from their trip to the Hastern States yesterday noon. As we had no opportunity to interview ‘‘George,’’ we are vuable to give any account of his experience East. If the character of the food people eat affects their physical condition, we should judge that boarders at our principal hotels lived on the fat of the land. A sleeker lot of. in/ dividuals never was, seen, The Sacramento Record ‘eat ita . cotemporary, tH Unionthe Pope. We prestive, the title is-given be-. cause the Union issues so many Bulls, It is bull headed enough to issue anything. W. W. Jacobs has’ returned from Moore’s Flat, where he has been during the Fall with a stock of clothing. He will, during the Winter, be at.the popular establishment. of B. H. Miller, on Broad street. The carpentefs have nearly completed the basement of the Methodist Church, in which are located the Pastor’s study, and. ‘the Sabbath school room, ready for occupancy one week from Sunday next. In an item about the machine being built at the foundry of Thom & Allan in this city, we said V. G. Bell was the inventor of the same, butiwe since Jearn Mr, Hiscock is the fortunate individual, and Mr, Bell is assisting in having it brought to perfection. ol. Knowlton has been putting his inventive genius to accdunt by making a water metre. The machine when manufactured can’ be'sold at a price within the reach . of all, and coasumed, accurately. tion is novel and very simple, and . ' as we promised when allowed to see it, not to say anything about it, we shall only refer the curious to the machine itself, which is at the jewelry store of the inventor. Me Gryenat Sheridan, in his official annual report, charges that the r ervations shelter Indian ; from punishment and enco: the great plains, _ Be confirms the report that gold“was found by Cus& great military,-post im that country. It will be painted and The inven-. ° Truckee Irems.—The following is . froth the Truckee Republican: Large quantities of hay are being shipped to this place from Bactamento and other poifits ‘in the valleys. Jos. Marzen’s hay till is over fifty dollars per day, and sme of our lumber meu are out a still Jarger sum daily fur their stock. The early Winter is stock men. < Nearly two hundred passengers from Virginia city. and Gold: Hill, passed’ through Tuesday morning en route for San Francisco,, to witness the great trot on Wednesday, between Occident, Fallerton and the . -¢ Chicago horse feet. ‘The tiew boiler for Captain Lapham’s ‘steamer, “Goy. Stanford, arrived Tuesday night. It is twentytwo. feet long and weighs. 10,000 pounds. -If there is any such thing -as having the fastest steamer in America, Capt. L. pores to have it. White fish are bing potash . in the Truckee and ita branches:in considerable: numbers. They are a -small fish, averaging less than a! fourth of a pound each, but are fully equal to the silver trout in flavor. “One fisherman caught nearly 100 of these fish in Coldstream creek Monday. rs “Roll of Honor. “The following isthe Roll of Honor in the Second Intérmediate school for the month ending Nov. 6th, 1874; Migs Cynthia C. Gibbs teacher: Maggie Casbin, Mary. Seamour, Jennie Adair, Adda MeNally, Susie Bluett, Louisa Lobecker, Amelia Hook, Annie Driver, Nellie Woodward, Alice Smith; Belle Millhorn, Mary Driver, Lizzie Holbrook, Alice Youtig, Mary Keenan, Katie Eddy, Belle Jack, Mary Duffey, Annie Osborne, Frank Worthington, Frank Mortison, Josie Plunkett, Harry Lawrence, Eddie Parker, Theodore Wells, William Katie Hanley, Ida Hurrigan, Lillie Moore, Orrin Smith, John Canfield, Jamies Penhall, Willie Gray, John Nivens. Mn. oui Medill, formerly editor of the Chicago Tribune, afterward Mayor of Chicago, has returned from an extended trip in Europe, and has purchased 'a controliing interest in the ‘Tribune, of which he will become editor-in-chief. The paper has of late been ‘‘Independent,”’ As to its political status here4 tion is to put it back into the position it so lohg—and always while under his. managetient—oocupied, that ofan exponent of the principles of:the Republican party and a defender of all its measures based upon these principles, while at the same time refusing to. become the organ of any clique of of any man, no mutter how high his position. He expresses the firm belief that the Republican party should contiuue to trol the country, and that any errors or faults of. the party muy and should be rectified outside of the party. Tas Cenrennia, Buiepinc.—We all rejoice that preparations contiaue for the centennial eelebration and exposition to be held in Philadelphia in 1876. Whatever jealous cities in the East may say, itis regarded of great importance by all foreign governments, aod will: undoubtedly be the grandest affair of the kind ev-er undertaken in the world, A fine engraving of the building now in course of construction in Fairmount Park has been printed, 21x27 inches in size, by Mr. Thomas Hunter, 716 Filbert street, Philadelphia, for which he desires agents and canvassers. The building will be one of the finest of the class ever erected, costing $1,500,000. and the picture will be mailed, postage paid to any address for fifty cents in currency, ate > Views or Jia Nxx on THE Turrp Tena. —A New York special says ex-Senator Nye, . of Ne has been interviewed on the subject of the third term, and thé result of the late elections. He thinks ; that the Presid had not thought much began to talk so much of ; that he is now determined, and when he considers the proper time has come, will speak out against any jattempt to overstep a long seated custom, and establish’ as doubtful a precedent as this would be. He is guarded in talking of the result of i the elections. Too late for the Fair—an old dein elor, on expensive to-our} Hart, James Young, John O’ Hern,after, Mr. Medill declares his intenhold the balance of power and con-' ‘Onpxx Tores.=Who among our extravagant young ladies in these . times ever gave her lover, as Cleopatra did, a pearl dissolved’in vinegur (or undissolved) worth $400,000? Then*there was 4 Paulina, one of the els when she rétirned her visits, wotth $300,000. Ci¢ero, who was comparatively apoor man in those lishment on the. Palatine; ; witile Messala gave $2,000,000 for the hottse of Antony. Seneca; who wag just a plain philosopher, was worth $120,000,000. both owed -wondertul fortunes. Why, then.talk about a man’s failing in New York for $1,000,000 as if it were a bigthing. Cdesar, before he entered any office, when ‘he was a oung gentleman in private life, owed $1,000,000, “s he purchased the friendship of Quaesor for $2, 000,000, Marc Antony owed $1, 800, 000 on the ides of March, and paid before the kalends of March. This +was-nothing, he squandered $720,+, 000,000 of pudlic monty. Ant these . fellows lived well. Esopns, whd was a play actor, paid $400,900 for a single dish. Caligula spent $400,000 on asupper. Their wines wete often kept for two ages, atid sonie of them were sold for $20 an ounce. Dishes were made of gold and _ silver .set with pre¢ions-stones. The beds of Heliogabulus were of solid silver; his tables und plates were of pure gold, and his mattresses, covered with earpets of cloth of gold, were ‘staffed with. down from tnder, the wing ofa partridge. It took $80,000 a year to keep up the dignity of a Roman Senutor, and some of — spent $4,000,000 a yeur. And y they talk of the extfavagance” a modern times, Very Turtrry.—Ahaz Poxon isa thrifty soul. He lives. near Buffalo, andis rich. Lately he was drawh on Ped in tliat city, and. this is how he turned the event, ‘usually considered a misfortune, to actual profit. The pay was $150 aday for four lodgings at fifteen cents a night with oor and dirty. family, the total bin being $420. He bought a tin pail for twenty cents more, and there his expenditure ended, How did he eat? Every morning he went. toa free soup house, established for the feeding of newsboys and bootblacks and had his. tin pail filled. Clear profit for the month, $31 60; Sunpay night a policeman on Baker vtreet, passing a certain house about ten o’clock, saw a man drop from a window and heard smothered cries within. He seized the man for a.burgiar, but soon found that he clutches. “Well,” said the officer, ‘‘it looked suspicious to see you drop out of a window that way. “Well,” replied the nian, heaving a sigh, “when tbe-old woman gets her dander up,1 ain’t particular what road I take to get out of the house.— Detroit Press. Poor. young thing! She fainted away at the washtub, and her pretty nose went ker-slop into the soa suds. Some said it was overwork, others, however, whispered that her beau had peeped over the back fence and called out; ‘‘Hullo,. there, Bridget! is Miss Alice at home?’’— New York Commercial, -“Wuat has beeome of your mon-. key?’’ inquired a’ well-known. but slightly inebriated politician of an organ-gtiuder on Pennsylvania avenue. ‘‘He has gone to your State to run for Congress,’’ was the prompt reply.— Washington Capitol. Oxceno said: ‘The pursuit of all things should be calm and tranquil.” How about capturing fleas? Tue Danbury News says un artist painted a cannon so naturally, that when he was finishing the touch hole it went off—at a very good price AN artist painted a cannon so naturally that, when he was fiuishing the touchhole, it went off ata very good price. ~~Danbary News. WHEN & woman blushes and weeps can slie be said to raise a hue and ory? Two heavy failures are announced in London—erchants; aggregate liabilities £200,000 sterling. _ $1,000,000 a year by the fraudient use of ‘‘wasted” postage stampn. . Sma pox has scome an alarming epidemic in Montreal, $3 a-share for the month of October. Wrup dyeks are beginning to gather around Clear Lake. — Tare are nine tanneries in operation in Sonoma —: ' Tue mountains in Lake ‘alinioty were last week covered with snow. Ars o° ‘clock on Saturday morning there were five inches of snow at Trinity Centre. ©: , ‘ _ DECEMBER 15th is now named as the “time when the first train will traverse the full length of the Marin harrow-gauge road. Tue Coirt of Commissioners for Alabama claims has adjourned till December 3a. a ton in Réme, who used to wear jewtimes, gave $1,000,000 for his éstab‘Caesar and Mare Antony: weeks, aggregating $36. He found had the owner of the hotse in lis} Ir appears that the revenue loses Crowx Point pays a dividend of A Card to the Public. The management Have detertitied to have the: drawing of the fifth and last gift concert of the Public Libraty of Kentucky, on the 80th day of November next. ° We’ bellete ttow that all the tickets will be soll, ahd . that fhe. drawing wilt Pe'a fall. one, bat whether all are sold or not the. drawing will fevertheless cettainly, cen off on the day appointed. _ The special objéct of this ¢atdIs to call a meeting,of the ticket. helders at Public FAbrary Hall, on the 20th of November, to make arrangements in conne¢tion with the committee appointed by the Trustees to supetrintend,the counting of the tags representing: the number of tickets sold, ‘ While-there is. no actual neeessit} for the presetiee-of the ticket: holde#s, as under oir, arrangements the interest of alleare equally cared for, yet at the sate time I would greatly prefer that as many of those interested #3 can, would attend. this meeting, and see~ each~for himself how perfectly fair and’ impartial the distyibution must be, Every arrangement has beet made. % for the dtawing, but little more ‘than. a month remains for the sale. of . the remainder of the tickets, and whatever-is done must be done promptly. Tuos. EB. Brawietre; Agent and Manager. fieront says the Bonapattist Prince Jnyperial is to—marry the daughter of -the Russian Grand Dutchess Marie. i MARRIED. At Stokes’ som ser ag ¥eues, Noy, 8th, 1874, by H. Davi ew Mr: ISAAC N HITE to Miss SARAH BE. NUTTALL, all of Grass Valley. LOOK OUT ‘FOR THE LOCOMOTIVE! From. Colfax to Grass Valley ahd Nevada. --Bids will be opened November 21st, and everybody should get one of N.W. KNOWLTON’S THE BEST TIME. KBEPERS in { HE WORLD. }Call and See the Different Styles: He has alse for Sale, A Large and Beautiful Assortment of CLOCKS, JEWELRY OF ALL 8B, “t Grass Vattey, Nov, 6th, 1874, to JAMES R. DORSEY and Wife a Son. At Grass Valley, Nov. Sth, 3874, to GEO, HALES and Wife, a Son. a GRAND AUCTION SALE _<08— > Cenies. Nov. 14th. ” R tenninaieinby at 1 o’clock, P. M. ms the Auction Room on Broad Street, Consisting of Chairs, Tables, Bedsteads, Looxing Glasses, Baby Buggies, Book Cases, Sofas, Bed Room Sets, Sewing Machines Carpets, Glass Ware; Stoves, Pianc, 4c, Don't fail to avail yourselves of this op portunity to get bargains. J. 8. HOLBROOK, Atictioneer Look Here Everybody. os OMFTHING THAT IS USEFUL AND CHEAP. The DIAMOND STEEL SPRING Bay, Manufactured at 1212 Market St. San Francisco. This Bed surpasses al all other Beds in the “market for CLEANLINESS, DURABILITY and : CHEAPNESS, All we mek is a trial of the Bed. . A liberal discount to the trade on orders sent to DIAMOND STEEL SPRING BED CO, 1212 Market Street, San Francisco. eee: §.—There will be a Meeting of the Club heid at the Secre ° fos, of 3 wend 8 Of. Saturday, ? the 15th inst. At 2 o'clock, P, M. A full attendance is requested as business ¢ importance is to come before the ae A. R. President. . J. E, Brown Secretary. ‘ > J. M. WALLING, NOTARY PUBLIC, —AND— Justice of the a = Sixo conv RECORDS, K) AND CONVEYANCING promptly atten 1 bw Accounts collected. : >. Also Agent for: Agee me 5 PACIFIC FIRE INSURANOE AGENOY AND COMMERCIAL FIRE INSURANCE Parties desiring to SELL, PURCHASE OR RENT PROPERTY will find tte their ad vantage to call at my office, Office No 62 Broad Street. Nar NILES SEARLS, : Attorney end Counselor gt Pa A” BRICK OF¥ICE, In Fu atof the Court House . Nevada City, o SIL VERWARE, SPECTACLES, §¢. As Cheap as ean be Bought anywhere in the State. All kinds of Watch and Jewelry Repaiting Done and Warranted. Nevada City, September 15th, 1874" New Cigar and Tobacco Stand. > ARCHIE N. IVENS. AS opened a Cigar Stand, onthe corner of Broad and PineStreets, where can be found a splendid assortment of Imported and Domestic Cigars. Also the finest brands of CHEWING AND SMOKING 'rOBACCO, PIPES, ETC., ETC. The stock is of the chivicest kind, an¢ will be sold at the lowest market rates. The Telegraph Office has been removed to the new Cigar Store. a23 ARCHIE NIVENS. Lester & Mulloy “Wholesale and Retail Dealer —_—v— . GROCERIES. i HARDWARE, , CROCKER Fine Wines and Waisk:es. E KEEP ON HAND CONSTANTLY A LARGE and varied Stock of the aboy line of Goods, No, 52 Broad Street, NEVADA CITY. __ Nevada, July 15, 1874. oes SPECIAL NOTICH. INERS, MECHANICS, MERCHANTS AND OTHERS are respectfully invited to call at -IOHNNY JACE’S FINE. “VARIETY ' STORE, ON PINE’ ‘STREET, And see his New and.§) emeeA lot 4f goods, IMPORTED and DOMESTIC CIGARS AND TOBACCO, Candies, Nats, Fresh and Dried Fruits, Cutlery, Meerschaum “4 Pipes, ete,. ete. All articles in my line will be gold at the tenn market prices. Thankful for past patronage h licite a continuance of thé same, pense JOHN JACK, Next door to Blamenthal’s Dry Goods Store . DENTISTRY. sina DR. A. CHAPMAN, Transcript Builaing, CHAS, E. MULLOY @N COMMERCIAL STREET, yea test # The devel whek foot w be, 01 width, it ‘beos foot ¥ incke: ‘a back was '¢ ” . it alli We t mine a The on thi ~ Hiedis ing N port’t lan, I ry G Becki Kreis Emm Molli Netti Phyl Anni Moor enbui ry, P Iti comil danci first i Duio Nove will r of al expec succe and . other Furt) a day J. day’s aucti comn day ¢ parlo and .

Bi nang ae armen Ra, “ee arene seen em eo eee MEA A OO \ ® % hi ieRi ae an ~ and are made of’ gravel, “in the State. Jacobs, worked, The Daily Trinseript NEVADA ies cAL. Thursday November 12, 1874. Looks Well, Grass Valley bas every appearance to-day of being in full tide of progress, of two years ago, it has improved wonderfully. At that time. the streets were covered with worn out ‘planks, which were so rough that it ‘was almost impossible to pass over them faster than a walk. Now the main streets are in good condition, which * will last for alk time, and. continire to improve each: eas. Matiy new. buildings: have been erected and repairs and improvements: have been made on the old ones, so that the. appearance of the tow! at present is very fine. There has been one or two mines’shut down temporarily, but the same thing has been done before. There are other mining enterprises on fout now, which, if carried -dut, will tend to add much more to the prosperity of the place than those} ~ ~ that have been shut down injured it, If the Rocky Bar, Scadden Flat, New York Hill, and other places known to be rich are worked, as it is pretty sure they are to be, Grass Valley will in a year or two be ‘one ©! the most prosperous mining towns We remember in 1864 the town was as dull as: it is possible for a town to be. Every one was leaving that could, and about all the property in town was for sale. In two years from that time everything was changed. Mining excitement. was at fever heat. Every store in town was occupied at bigh rent, and new business places were started in every building that could be found in an available place. We anticipate the same change will again occur. When the railroad is completed, and some of the mines commenced to. be ‘be worked again, as at present contemplated, the same people who have left the town because they thought it was played out, wilt return, ‘acknowledging that at its worst it is .as good as other interior towns of the State. a OO Ten Thousand ‘People. There are more than ten thousand people in the United States who expect to be the happy) possessors of the first grand prize in the Kentucky Gift Concert of $250,000. All of them butone will be disappointed, One will get it, for Governor Bramlette, the manager, at Louisville, has announced that the Concert will positively take place on Noy. 30th, 1874; AY that there will be no further post' ponenient, and if our readers: want to know more about it, write to bie. Arrivals by the Colfax Wena. November 11, 1874. C. W. Cole: Ira Moore, Geo, F a Departures by the Colfax” Stage. November 11th, 1874, oe Wm, Smith, J. B. Watson, Ira Jewitt; NOW. Tully, E. L. Montgomery, G. D, Sewell, G. W. Littlefield, W. H. Treadway, C. Alleuberg, L. Allenberg, Alex Sloan. -Mr. Edwards. T. T. Davenport, Agent Guild Society. There will be\a meeting of ‘the Guild Society at, the residence of ‘Chas.Marsh Friday evening. A general invitation is ‘extended to all to attend. The meetings are very pleas_ ant, andanyone éannot fail enjoying themselves whoattend. It is desired that the house be full, as arrangements are made to accommodate all. Harper's Wrexury worked hard » with both pen and graver. for Dix, but it won not. In a late issue it ‘says that a vote for Tilden is a vote for the control of the general government by the party whose National Convention six years ago declared for virtual repudiation, and which has just marched to» victory at the Weat under the same standard. ~ * GenenaL Sherman's report sbows a total enlisted army force of 26,400 men, which by January lst may ‘be reduced to 25,000. The report prais* es the officers and men, and complains that the army is to much a Ay.agcident to the steamer City of ‘Peking broke one of ‘the wings of her, propeller. She put into Rio on the 7th, but will proceed ov» ber voyage to San Francisco. Compared with its condition . Local Brevities. . The new boarding house at Oolumbia Hill is cer A and yey Wood is the propriet The Eureka Lake Bocapday are busily engaged in working their claims at Columbia Hill. . The merry hum’. of ntmervus sausage machines could be heard in in the land. yesterday: Chas. Marsh left’on Tuesday for a visit to the Atlantic States. He will return sometime about Christmas, The day of. buckwheat .cakés has come, and our grocers have the materials.of which they sre made in . any quantity. . a The late rains have haa the effect to.softéh up the ground 80 as to make the roads very heavy in some places: The: Commercial pohdel is. lire a vacatiow’this week. Regular ses-. sions will be held next week how> ever.’ : 5 Another big blast will be fired in the Munzanita soon, We hope: the Superintendent will give notice a day in advance, because 4 large nuimber desire to witness it. When the sun‘appeared yesterday morning. “after ‘being hidden by clouds for a week,there was as mutch gratitude expressed by every ‘one as if a long Winter had just passed. On the principle of give the Devil his due, we feel cotistrained to admit that the toll road leading to Grass . Valley, is generally good in the Winter season, Jim, Faulkner, at the Halt-Way House, has some, fine turkeys which he proposes to haye in prime condition for Thanksgiving. Itis time ‘owners began toMatten their fowls, The running race which will come off at San Francisco on Saturday, will be witnessed by several parties from-this-city. They will bein San Francisco on business however, not on purpose to see the race. , The firm of Lester & Mulloy is run now by the former gentleman alone. He expects, however, that the other half.will arrive in this city . soon from his visit to the old. folks athome, George Jacobs and wife returned from their trip to the Hastern States yesterday noon. As we had no opportunity to interview ‘‘George,’’ we are vuable to give any account of his experience East. If the character of the food people eat affects their physical condition, we should judge that boarders at our principal hotels lived on the fat of the land. A sleeker lot of. in/ dividuals never was, seen, The Sacramento Record ‘eat ita . cotemporary, tH Unionthe Pope. We prestive, the title is-given be-. cause the Union issues so many Bulls, It is bull headed enough to issue anything. W. W. Jacobs has’ returned from Moore’s Flat, where he has been during the Fall with a stock of clothing. He will, during the Winter, be at.the popular establishment. of B. H. Miller, on Broad street. The carpentefs have nearly completed the basement of the Methodist Church, in which are located the Pastor’s study, and. ‘the Sabbath school room, ready for occupancy one week from Sunday next. In an item about the machine being built at the foundry of Thom & Allan in this city, we said V. G. Bell was the inventor of the same, butiwe since Jearn Mr, Hiscock is the fortunate individual, and Mr, Bell is assisting in having it brought to perfection. ol. Knowlton has been putting his inventive genius to accdunt by making a water metre. The machine when manufactured can’ be'sold at a price within the reach . of all, and coasumed, accurately. tion is novel and very simple, and . ' as we promised when allowed to see it, not to say anything about it, we shall only refer the curious to the machine itself, which is at the jewelry store of the inventor. Me Gryenat Sheridan, in his official annual report, charges that the r ervations shelter Indian ; from punishment and enco: the great plains, _ Be confirms the report that gold“was found by Cus& great military,-post im that country. It will be painted and The inven-. ° Truckee Irems.—The following is . froth the Truckee Republican: Large quantities of hay are being shipped to this place from Bactamento and other poifits ‘in the valleys. Jos. Marzen’s hay till is over fifty dollars per day, and sme of our lumber meu are out a still Jarger sum daily fur their stock. The early Winter is stock men. < Nearly two hundred passengers from Virginia city. and Gold: Hill, passed’ through Tuesday morning en route for San Francisco,, to witness the great trot on Wednesday, between Occident, Fallerton and the . -¢ Chicago horse feet. ‘The tiew boiler for Captain Lapham’s ‘steamer, “Goy. Stanford, arrived Tuesday night. It is twentytwo. feet long and weighs. 10,000 pounds. -If there is any such thing -as having the fastest steamer in America, Capt. L. pores to have it. White fish are bing potash . in the Truckee and ita branches:in considerable: numbers. They are a -small fish, averaging less than a! fourth of a pound each, but are fully equal to the silver trout in flavor. “One fisherman caught nearly 100 of these fish in Coldstream creek Monday. rs “Roll of Honor. “The following isthe Roll of Honor in the Second Intérmediate school for the month ending Nov. 6th, 1874; Migs Cynthia C. Gibbs teacher: Maggie Casbin, Mary. Seamour, Jennie Adair, Adda MeNally, Susie Bluett, Louisa Lobecker, Amelia Hook, Annie Driver, Nellie Woodward, Alice Smith; Belle Millhorn, Mary Driver, Lizzie Holbrook, Alice Youtig, Mary Keenan, Katie Eddy, Belle Jack, Mary Duffey, Annie Osborne, Frank Worthington, Frank Mortison, Josie Plunkett, Harry Lawrence, Eddie Parker, Theodore Wells, William Katie Hanley, Ida Hurrigan, Lillie Moore, Orrin Smith, John Canfield, Jamies Penhall, Willie Gray, John Nivens. Mn. oui Medill, formerly editor of the Chicago Tribune, afterward Mayor of Chicago, has returned from an extended trip in Europe, and has purchased 'a controliing interest in the ‘Tribune, of which he will become editor-in-chief. The paper has of late been ‘‘Independent,”’ As to its political status here4 tion is to put it back into the position it so lohg—and always while under his. managetient—oocupied, that ofan exponent of the principles of:the Republican party and a defender of all its measures based upon these principles, while at the same time refusing to. become the organ of any clique of of any man, no mutter how high his position. He expresses the firm belief that the Republican party should contiuue to trol the country, and that any errors or faults of. the party muy and should be rectified outside of the party. Tas Cenrennia, Buiepinc.—We all rejoice that preparations contiaue for the centennial eelebration and exposition to be held in Philadelphia in 1876. Whatever jealous cities in the East may say, itis regarded of great importance by all foreign governments, aod will: undoubtedly be the grandest affair of the kind ev-er undertaken in the world, A fine engraving of the building now in course of construction in Fairmount Park has been printed, 21x27 inches in size, by Mr. Thomas Hunter, 716 Filbert street, Philadelphia, for which he desires agents and canvassers. The building will be one of the finest of the class ever erected, costing $1,500,000. and the picture will be mailed, postage paid to any address for fifty cents in currency, ate > Views or Jia Nxx on THE Turrp Tena. —A New York special says ex-Senator Nye, . of Ne has been interviewed on the subject of the third term, and thé result of the late elections. He thinks ; that the Presid had not thought much began to talk so much of ; that he is now determined, and when he considers the proper time has come, will speak out against any jattempt to overstep a long seated custom, and establish’ as doubtful a precedent as this would be. He is guarded in talking of the result of i the elections. Too late for the Fair—an old dein elor, on expensive to-our} Hart, James Young, John O’ Hern,after, Mr. Medill declares his intenhold the balance of power and con-' ‘Onpxx Tores.=Who among our extravagant young ladies in these . times ever gave her lover, as Cleopatra did, a pearl dissolved’in vinegur (or undissolved) worth $400,000? Then*there was 4 Paulina, one of the els when she rétirned her visits, wotth $300,000. Ci¢ero, who was comparatively apoor man in those lishment on the. Palatine; ; witile Messala gave $2,000,000 for the hottse of Antony. Seneca; who wag just a plain philosopher, was worth $120,000,000. both owed -wondertul fortunes. Why, then.talk about a man’s failing in New York for $1,000,000 as if it were a bigthing. Cdesar, before he entered any office, when ‘he was a

oung gentleman in private life, owed $1,000,000, “s he purchased the friendship of Quaesor for $2, 000,000, Marc Antony owed $1, 800, 000 on the ides of March, and paid before the kalends of March. This +was-nothing, he squandered $720,+, 000,000 of pudlic monty. Ant these . fellows lived well. Esopns, whd was a play actor, paid $400,900 for a single dish. Caligula spent $400,000 on asupper. Their wines wete often kept for two ages, atid sonie of them were sold for $20 an ounce. Dishes were made of gold and _ silver .set with pre¢ions-stones. The beds of Heliogabulus were of solid silver; his tables und plates were of pure gold, and his mattresses, covered with earpets of cloth of gold, were ‘staffed with. down from tnder, the wing ofa partridge. It took $80,000 a year to keep up the dignity of a Roman Senutor, and some of — spent $4,000,000 a yeur. And y they talk of the extfavagance” a modern times, Very Turtrry.—Ahaz Poxon isa thrifty soul. He lives. near Buffalo, andis rich. Lately he was drawh on Ped in tliat city, and. this is how he turned the event, ‘usually considered a misfortune, to actual profit. The pay was $150 aday for four lodgings at fifteen cents a night with oor and dirty. family, the total bin being $420. He bought a tin pail for twenty cents more, and there his expenditure ended, How did he eat? Every morning he went. toa free soup house, established for the feeding of newsboys and bootblacks and had his. tin pail filled. Clear profit for the month, $31 60; Sunpay night a policeman on Baker vtreet, passing a certain house about ten o’clock, saw a man drop from a window and heard smothered cries within. He seized the man for a.burgiar, but soon found that he clutches. “Well,” said the officer, ‘‘it looked suspicious to see you drop out of a window that way. “Well,” replied the nian, heaving a sigh, “when tbe-old woman gets her dander up,1 ain’t particular what road I take to get out of the house.— Detroit Press. Poor. young thing! She fainted away at the washtub, and her pretty nose went ker-slop into the soa suds. Some said it was overwork, others, however, whispered that her beau had peeped over the back fence and called out; ‘‘Hullo,. there, Bridget! is Miss Alice at home?’’— New York Commercial, -“Wuat has beeome of your mon-. key?’’ inquired a’ well-known. but slightly inebriated politician of an organ-gtiuder on Pennsylvania avenue. ‘‘He has gone to your State to run for Congress,’’ was the prompt reply.— Washington Capitol. Oxceno said: ‘The pursuit of all things should be calm and tranquil.” How about capturing fleas? Tue Danbury News says un artist painted a cannon so naturally, that when he was finishing the touch hole it went off—at a very good price AN artist painted a cannon so naturally that, when he was fiuishing the touchhole, it went off ata very good price. ~~Danbary News. WHEN & woman blushes and weeps can slie be said to raise a hue and ory? Two heavy failures are announced in London—erchants; aggregate liabilities £200,000 sterling. _ $1,000,000 a year by the fraudient use of ‘‘wasted” postage stampn. . Sma pox has scome an alarming epidemic in Montreal, $3 a-share for the month of October. Wrup dyeks are beginning to gather around Clear Lake. — Tare are nine tanneries in operation in Sonoma —: ' Tue mountains in Lake ‘alinioty were last week covered with snow. Ars o° ‘clock on Saturday morning there were five inches of snow at Trinity Centre. ©: , ‘ _ DECEMBER 15th is now named as the “time when the first train will traverse the full length of the Marin harrow-gauge road. Tue Coirt of Commissioners for Alabama claims has adjourned till December 3a. a ton in Réme, who used to wear jewtimes, gave $1,000,000 for his éstab‘Caesar and Mare Antony: weeks, aggregating $36. He found had the owner of the hotse in lis} Ir appears that the revenue loses Crowx Point pays a dividend of A Card to the Public. The management Have detertitied to have the: drawing of the fifth and last gift concert of the Public Libraty of Kentucky, on the 80th day of November next. ° We’ bellete ttow that all the tickets will be soll, ahd . that fhe. drawing wilt Pe'a fall. one, bat whether all are sold or not the. drawing will fevertheless cettainly, cen off on the day appointed. _ The special objéct of this ¢atdIs to call a meeting,of the ticket. helders at Public FAbrary Hall, on the 20th of November, to make arrangements in conne¢tion with the committee appointed by the Trustees to supetrintend,the counting of the tags representing: the number of tickets sold, ‘ While-there is. no actual neeessit} for the presetiee-of the ticket: holde#s, as under oir, arrangements the interest of alleare equally cared for, yet at the sate time I would greatly prefer that as many of those interested #3 can, would attend. this meeting, and see~ each~for himself how perfectly fair and’ impartial the distyibution must be, Every arrangement has beet made. % for the dtawing, but little more ‘than. a month remains for the sale. of . the remainder of the tickets, and whatever-is done must be done promptly. Tuos. EB. Brawietre; Agent and Manager. fieront says the Bonapattist Prince Jnyperial is to—marry the daughter of -the Russian Grand Dutchess Marie. i MARRIED. At Stokes’ som ser ag ¥eues, Noy, 8th, 1874, by H. Davi ew Mr: ISAAC N HITE to Miss SARAH BE. NUTTALL, all of Grass Valley. LOOK OUT ‘FOR THE LOCOMOTIVE! From. Colfax to Grass Valley ahd Nevada. --Bids will be opened November 21st, and everybody should get one of N.W. KNOWLTON’S THE BEST TIME. KBEPERS in { HE WORLD. }Call and See the Different Styles: He has alse for Sale, A Large and Beautiful Assortment of CLOCKS, JEWELRY OF ALL 8B, “t Grass Vattey, Nov, 6th, 1874, to JAMES R. DORSEY and Wife a Son. At Grass Valley, Nov. Sth, 3874, to GEO, HALES and Wife, a Son. a GRAND AUCTION SALE _<08— > Cenies. Nov. 14th. ” R tenninaieinby at 1 o’clock, P. M. ms the Auction Room on Broad Street, Consisting of Chairs, Tables, Bedsteads, Looxing Glasses, Baby Buggies, Book Cases, Sofas, Bed Room Sets, Sewing Machines Carpets, Glass Ware; Stoves, Pianc, 4c, Don't fail to avail yourselves of this op portunity to get bargains. J. 8. HOLBROOK, Atictioneer Look Here Everybody. os OMFTHING THAT IS USEFUL AND CHEAP. The DIAMOND STEEL SPRING Bay, Manufactured at 1212 Market St. San Francisco. This Bed surpasses al all other Beds in the “market for CLEANLINESS, DURABILITY and : CHEAPNESS, All we mek is a trial of the Bed. . A liberal discount to the trade on orders sent to DIAMOND STEEL SPRING BED CO, 1212 Market Street, San Francisco. eee: §.—There will be a Meeting of the Club heid at the Secre ° fos, of 3 wend 8 Of. Saturday, ? the 15th inst. At 2 o'clock, P, M. A full attendance is requested as business ¢ importance is to come before the ae A. R. President. . J. E, Brown Secretary. ‘ > J. M. WALLING, NOTARY PUBLIC, —AND— Justice of the a = Sixo conv RECORDS, K) AND CONVEYANCING promptly atten 1 bw Accounts collected. : >. Also Agent for: Agee me 5 PACIFIC FIRE INSURANOE AGENOY AND COMMERCIAL FIRE INSURANCE Parties desiring to SELL, PURCHASE OR RENT PROPERTY will find tte their ad vantage to call at my office, Office No 62 Broad Street. Nar NILES SEARLS, : Attorney end Counselor gt Pa A” BRICK OF¥ICE, In Fu atof the Court House . Nevada City, o SIL VERWARE, SPECTACLES, §¢. As Cheap as ean be Bought anywhere in the State. All kinds of Watch and Jewelry Repaiting Done and Warranted. Nevada City, September 15th, 1874" New Cigar and Tobacco Stand. > ARCHIE N. IVENS. AS opened a Cigar Stand, onthe corner of Broad and PineStreets, where can be found a splendid assortment of Imported and Domestic Cigars. Also the finest brands of CHEWING AND SMOKING 'rOBACCO, PIPES, ETC., ETC. The stock is of the chivicest kind, an¢ will be sold at the lowest market rates. The Telegraph Office has been removed to the new Cigar Store. a23 ARCHIE NIVENS. Lester & Mulloy “Wholesale and Retail Dealer —_—v— . GROCERIES. i HARDWARE, , CROCKER Fine Wines and Waisk:es. E KEEP ON HAND CONSTANTLY A LARGE and varied Stock of the aboy line of Goods, No, 52 Broad Street, NEVADA CITY. __ Nevada, July 15, 1874. oes SPECIAL NOTICH. INERS, MECHANICS, MERCHANTS AND OTHERS are respectfully invited to call at -IOHNNY JACE’S FINE. “VARIETY ' STORE, ON PINE’ ‘STREET, And see his New and.§) emeeA lot 4f goods, IMPORTED and DOMESTIC CIGARS AND TOBACCO, Candies, Nats, Fresh and Dried Fruits, Cutlery, Meerschaum “4 Pipes, ete,. ete. All articles in my line will be gold at the tenn market prices. Thankful for past patronage h licite a continuance of thé same, pense JOHN JACK, Next door to Blamenthal’s Dry Goods Store . DENTISTRY. sina DR. A. CHAPMAN, Transcript Builaing, CHAS, E. MULLOY @N COMMERCIAL STREET, yea test # The devel whek foot w be, 01 width, it ‘beos foot ¥ incke: ‘a back was '¢ ” . it alli We t mine a The on thi ~ Hiedis ing N port’t lan, I ry G Becki Kreis Emm Molli Netti Phyl Anni Moor enbui ry, P Iti comil danci first i Duio Nove will r of al expec succe and . other Furt) a day J. day’s aucti comn day ¢ parlo and .