November 23, 1880 (4 pages)

The Duily Transcript. . NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA. ee ar » New Processes. “The Mining and Seientifie Press of last week contains a timely article based on an advertisement of the cammeaiiiammaaaial oma ————— Tuesday, November 23, 1880. The Smith Case. The promptness with which the finding in the case of Geo Ww. Smith was arrived at isa matter of much surprise to those persons who have watched the progress of the A confident feeling prevailtrial. ed throughout the county that the ’ jury would disagree, and thata new As trial would become necessary. $e the justness of the verdict, there is avariety Of expressdon, the great majority believing that nothing less than an infliction of the death penalty which is “calenlated to carry out the imfent of the law for . such cases provided. A few main_tain with equal vehemence that the provocation was such as to justify the killing, although the more sober-minded and disinterested of the populace will we believe fail to find anything in the testimony that leads to such a conclusion. The deceased and the defendant were. both well known throughout the county, having resided here for many years end held the positions of County ’ Treasurer and Sheriff respectively. Each had his circle of warm friends, and hundreds of our people held the two in equal esteem. Under such circumstances it is not strange that both the principals to the terrible tragedy should have their justifiers, and that the two factions should have exhibited more or less temporary bitterness towards each other. Pending the trial the Transcript has endeavored, to the best of its ability, to avoid engendering new complications of an alragdy complieated matter, by~ merely stating the facts regardiag the murder and its connecting circumstances. These facta were sufficiently plain of themselves tolead'‘an intelligent yeader to the correct conclusions, were his mind free from bias at jhe beginning. Itis not the province of a public journal to create public sentiment regarding topics of life and death, until higher authorities have passed upon them. In this instance, we knew full well that George W. Smith shot to death Thaddeus W. = Sigourney. We heard what purported to be the cause of the killing, but were posseesed of no machinery by which we could drift with certainty to the fountain-head of the alleged provocation. We knew the legal prospectors would in good time develop the ledge of truth. They have done. it. They have proven to ourmind that there waano provocation for the deed. Nothing less than a fair and impartial trial, such as has been had, could have placed this point beyond the line of doubt. We hope that the verdict im this case willnot. have a tendency to place in jeopardy the lives of other men, Passion or prejudice i is mo excuse for one one man killing another. Until men who are handy with deadly weapons universally come to a full understanding of this statement, horrors will follow fast on the heels of one another, Speaking of deadly weapons, there ia no earthly reason why a heavy tax should uot be laid upon them, the.same as upon whisky, or tobacco, #r opium, or anything else that is et! when not put to a limited num of uses, Too many walking arsenals haunt our streets. The smallest spark is likely as not to make them, go off, and the whistling bullet or the glittering knife : _then finds lodgment in the quivering vitals of some doomed human being. oe Tue Legislature will meet‘on the, d day of January. The following information is interesting : No pay “will be allowed to members after sixty days; no bill ean be introduced afver fifty days from the commencement of the session ; neither house as can adjourn for more than three days without the consent of the other; per diem of members $3 ; mileage ten cents ; contingent expenses of each member must not exceed $25. ‘After or-anization the Senate and Assembly are to meet in jciitt vonvention to elect a United States Senator. is ma @ If no choice is miade on the. fist ballot, one halldt is to be takeu cach succéssive diy watil a choics hydro-chlorine system of reducing ores, by which, it is claimed, silver, gold or lead ores are reduced at a} cost not to exceed $6 per ton; the complete plant for a smelter of five tons daily capacity,including license, costing $5,000. The Press says: The advertisement in the New York papers snmnounces that the process consumes but a small supply of fuel, either wood, coal or charcoal. The hydro-chlorine system is a radica'ly pew one. The company sa that’‘‘by this novel system the full assay value is obtained, and, with some classes of ore, ten to twenty per cent. more, it being a well-es-— tablished fact that quite a percentage sof the precious metals’ volatilities under the ordinary fire assay.” This beats most of the new processes. Very few of them claim to get over 98 or 99 -per cent. of assay value; but this one proposes to segure from ten to twenty per cent, more. It seems to us, that people with new processes, especially those involving chemical principles, as nearly all do, make a great mistake when they suppose the mining community to be entirely ignorant on such subjects, One man tells us that by adding a certain substance to a natural mineral water he can produce gold’ that he can, by a smelting process, Or one requiring a certain heat in some way, obtain more from the ore than a fire assay will show to be present, ‘‘because a percentage of the precious metals volatilizes under the ordinary fire assay.” Which leads us to infer that there will be no volatilization to his furnace. Such assertions are idle, They make any metallurgist smile quietly, any miner get his back up, and think ‘‘those fellows are gus taffy.” Aad it is pure “taffy.” They don’t go to work and give the publica description of their process which will be intelligible, and from which the public may draw its own conclusions. The conclusions only, manufactured toorder, are given publicity, and miners are supposed to swallow the statement, however absurd. It was not many months since, a process was originated in this city for working ores. In that case: we were told the ore yielded by ‘‘vapor assay,” certain numbers of dollars and cents, which ordinary fire assay failed to show. We were then told that tire assays were frauds, aud did process and those ‘‘mines” are thing® of the past, but the fire assays are still believed in. Now again comes & process which will beat fire assays, and when we see the assertion backed by the evidence of some compepetent and disinterested metallurgiat, we may take it into consideration for investigation. But we won't believe it them. Mining men know something about such matters, and are not so easily caught with chaff. When they hear of a process to get 99 per cent out of the ore, they do not believe it; and when they hear of one that is goidg to get more than the assay shows, they either think the projectors are fools, or that the projectors. think they are, That Testimony. One of the attorneys in the Smith case on Saturday based a portion of his argument on certain statements reported by the Transcript to have been made by a witness. The opposing counsel produced an official transcript of the evidence to show that no such testimony had-beea offered, The first lawyer still expressed his confidence in our repert, spite of the showing thus made, ‘ Subsequent developments show that he was right. The party engaged by Abe Court in transcribing from “the officialsho thand report was the person who made the mistake, The minutes of Mr. Fennessy, the stenographer, show that the Teanscatrr was right as to the witness’ testimony. ——— + ee _— Ganviaun eannot resign the Senatorship of Ohio until after he. qualifica, and he cannot qualify. uatil after March 4, 1881. Then Te will be imang urated President, and will be obliged to qualify as Senator in order to resign, oe Onraon has returned a creditable thajority for Garfield,and the Repub. lieans of that State desire due credit. . as vote has bren ers at Anether, as in this instance, tells us}— not show what was inthe ore. That . . jon the finding as given. A Superior Ce Ceouart. The following , business was transacted in the Superior Court yesterday, Judge John Caldwell presiding: The People vs. Geo. W. Smith. December 6th at. 10 4. m. fixed for sentence. The People vs. J. H. Byrne. for§Dec. 16, The People vs. E. Jewell. Ses for Dec. 17. . The People vs. Thos. Byrne and Jennie Lawrence. Dismissed om motion of the District Attorney. A. Je Ridge was entered as attorney of record for the defense.The People vs. Stephen Murphy: Set for Dec. 18th. In the matter of the estate ef Solomon Johnson, deceased, The administrator, C. A. Pare, haying filed his account of sales and final accuunt, the sales were confirmed, the account approved, ‘and the residue of the estate (being the undivided one-half of the extension of the Mount Auburs lode, known as the Knickerbocker) distributed among the heirs, \E. Oest vs. H. C. Ocest. Motion to strike out and demurrerto complaint taken under advisement. Yuba Tunnel Company vs. J. S. McBride. Argument set for Wednesday at 10 o’clock. A. Kisen & Co., vs. Their Creditors. Order made discharging the plaintiffs. © ; Mary L. Gage vs, Frederick Gage. Divoree granted. 3 _T. W. Sigourney vs. M. Zellerbach et als, W. W. Cross substituted as plaintiff. 3. Granger vs. Empire M. & M. Co. Court. Set for Dec. 23. Wm. Smith vs. Mitchell & George. Demurrer set for hearing Nov. 30 at 9,.A. M. L. Hirschman vs. T. Sterling. Demurrer overruled by consent, and 15 days given to answer. The People vs. Gim Pang. Set for Dee. 20. J. M. Smith vs. Nevada Reservoir Co. Set for Dec. 3. M. O’Hearn vs. J. M. Buffington, Set for Dee. 6th. Providence M. Co, vs. Merrifield M. Co. Set for Dec. Sth.N. ¥. M. Co. vs, Walrath et als. ot for Dec. 10, Yaleb Cooley va. Chas. Smith, Set os Dec. 13th, J. C. Locklin vs, M, Allen. for Dec. 14. O. Maltman vs, H. HL. Hartley Set for Dec, 15. P. Dillon vs, Surprise Con. M. Co. Set for Dec, 21, J. Lundy va. P. Dillon, Set for Dec. 21. Recess till Wednesday morning. sais The Smith Trial Ended. Set . Set Sunday morning at.4 o'clock the jury in the case of The People against Geo. W. Smith, after having been out five hours, returned a verdict of murder in the second degree, the penalty for which is imprisonment in the State Prison for from tenyearsto the remainder of the defendant's lifetime, a» the Judge may see fit to determine. Itis stated that on the first ballot the jury stood eight for . finding the defendant guilty of murder im the first degree and four for acquittal; oa the second, ten for conviction on the above charge and two for acquittal; and that finally they compromised ‘The defendant will be senteced the 6th proximo. Thus ehds one of the most important crMaiaal trials ever before the Court of this cougty. It has consumed nearly all the time of the Superier Court for the past nine Says; the testimony when written out embraces upwards of 1,500 pages of legal cap; six prominent attorneys, including the Superior Judge of Tulare county, have been engaged iu it, The arguments of the lawyers consumed the number of hours here given: District Attorney Gaylerd, 34; J. M. Walling, 35; A. B, Dibble, 4; C. W. Cross, 5. . Messrs, Gaylord: and Gross talked} “for the prosecution, Messrs. Walling and Dibble for the defense, Boy severely Hurt. Yesterday while Willie Wentworth was assisting im unloading some. hay at the barn om the Half Mile House property, he fell some distance from the loft and struck heavily on his head. He was coaveyed to the house in an insensible condition and Dr. Hunt was called ‘to attend him. “The injuries are . reported as not — of a ~dangerous , character _. The Debris Das coor in Right. ‘this, and the contractors have aof earth.” -The Marysville Appeal ‘current and. volume that more easily by filtering through the . brush. sacks are being placed upon the slope of the dam, but over the entire length of it simply as a weight), to the brush-tops. corntract, but after the lifting the ends of the brush besettle there, and thus weight it all securely. have to be started in with again, increased for the past few years. The Sacramento ato Bee of Saturday published the following startling item: “It is now learned on good authority that the dam recently constructed on the Yuba river for impounding the mining debris, is not working with the good results which were anticipated when ‘the water was turned in some two weeks ago. The current, instead of pass~ img through or ever the brush, has taken adownward ghoot through the sand and has cut out a large opening below the base of the dam, through which the water passes with as full a supply of slickens as it did before. An effort is being made to remedy . . large force of men employed in piling into the opening thousandsof sacks of Sunday morning copies the above, and after pronouncing it false in every partieular, says that the writer of it has little knowledge of the construction of the dam and the power of the river, or he would know that if the waterhad ceased torun through the brush and ‘‘cut eut a large opening below ‘the base of the dam, through which the* water passed, with as full a supply of slickens as before,” not all the men and sandbags in the country would have availed anything against the terrible would quickly have cut away the works and opened a river channel. The water is passing through the brush in numerous places just as was calculated upon, and it never has taken a downward shoot and cut out an opening, it being able to escape much It is true that thousands of The work of weighing or facing the water slope of . the brush was not provided for inthe dam was completed it wasthought best to have this done for fear of the water fore the slickens would have time to Truckee Republican Topics. We learn that Mr. Hayden, formerly one of the owners of this pa— per, is to buy+the Lassen Advocate. The Truckee Band has-a hard road to travel. The leader informs us that as soon as he gets his band well up in their parts some members leaves town, when the rudiments The price of lumber has steadily There was atime in Truckee when lumber men found it difficult to dispose oftheir lumber at any price; now, however, they find it mnpossible to fill orders even at the present rates, ‘There has been more lumber cut in this immediate vicinity for the season just closed than for the past three years. The demand for laths, shingles and wood has also been exeeedingly good. The cost of wood along the line of the railroad on the eastern and western slope of the Sierra has increased 10 per cent, the past Year, and the prospect isthit it will increase as much more the coming in this region that isaccessible, ia the hands of the government or railroad company, is werth all that is asked for it, and mast increase in value every year hereafter, as long as the timber remains uncut. There ie no safer or better investment than in timber lands. The people are avajling themselves of this opportunity and thousands ef acres are being taken up every year, Where is Steve Venard? For several days past large and small bears have been numerous on the —ridge—betweenAlpha—and the. — Big Tunnel, sixteen miles east of this city, The wagon roads are dotted with tracks of all ‘sizes where the animals have crossed and recroased. The largest print found shows that the *‘bar” which made it measures ten and a half inches across the ball of the foot. It is clearly established that this monster is not ‘‘Brin” of the club-foot, but that its perfect pedal extremities are equally as extensive as the old terror’s. Steve Venard and the rest of the boss shots year, Every acre of lumber land . Mexicans Discharged. " ‘The two Mexicans examined on a charge of committing grand, larceny by robbing Pete Brokinton’s sluices at Rush creek were discharged by Judge Robinson yesterday morning, there not being any evidence to warrant their being held. script understands through a reputable citizen of that neighborhood that for several years)\past Brekinton has pot worked in thet vicinity, and that the Mexicans above mentioned have the reputation of being lawabiding prospectors who are not likely to give any mine owner just cause for shooting them, a8 Brokinton did. If all this be bo, it might not be time spent in vain for the #athorities. to look farther inte this case, be.any way in which Stay. can sam sistently do it. The Traxif there thereunder. Mining Laws. S) From Henry N. Copp, Witkilea 1 ton, D. C., has been received a copy of the sixth and latest edition of “‘Copp’s Hand-book of Mining Laws,” a little work which to miners and lawyers must prove of much value as a reference work and as a comprehensive digest, as well as a directory . to patents issued for mining claims. It contains alse blank torms. and a copy of the United States mining laws and extracts from decisions Little Grass Valley. . San Juan Times % quibs. There is but little sickness on the ridge at thé present time, J.C. Broderick, Esq., has secured a patent to his mining land at A few cases of diptheria in a mild form have appeared in families down about Sweetland. ‘Tue recent report that Minister ‘ Atigell had completed a new treaty with China has though the anxious public are left in doubt as to its provisions, hear from headquarters at Washington is that it is ‘‘satisfactory.” been confirmed, All we Fresh Twenty-five cents a pound at Bowerman’s, next doer to Union Hotel, Nevada City, Nov. 17-lw . 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The Duily Transcript. . NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA. ee ar » New Processes. “The Mining and Seientifie Press of last week contains a timely article based on an advertisement of the cammeaiiiammaaaial oma ————— Tuesday, November 23, 1880. The Smith Case. The promptness with which the finding in the case of Geo Ww. Smith was arrived at isa matter of much surprise to those persons who have watched the progress of the A confident feeling prevailtrial. ed throughout the county that the ’ jury would disagree, and thata new As trial would become necessary. $e the justness of the verdict, there is avariety Of expressdon, the great majority believing that nothing less than an infliction of the death penalty which is “calenlated to carry out the imfent of the law for . such cases provided. A few main_tain with equal vehemence that the provocation was such as to justify the killing, although the more sober-minded and disinterested of the populace will we believe fail to find anything in the testimony that leads to such a conclusion. The deceased and the defendant were. both well known throughout the county, having resided here for many years end held the positions of County ’ Treasurer and Sheriff respectively. Each had his circle of warm friends, and hundreds of our people held the two in equal esteem. Under such circumstances it is not strange that both the principals to the terrible tragedy should have their justifiers, and that the two factions should have exhibited more or less temporary bitterness towards each other. Pending the trial the Transcript has endeavored, to the best of its ability, to avoid engendering new complications of an alragdy complieated matter, by~ merely stating the facts regardiag the murder and its connecting circumstances. These facta were sufficiently plain of themselves tolead'‘an intelligent yeader to the correct conclusions, were his mind free from bias at jhe beginning. Itis not the province of a public journal to create public sentiment regarding topics of life and death, until higher authorities have passed upon them. In this instance, we knew full well that George W. Smith shot to death Thaddeus W. = Sigourney. We heard what purported to be the cause of the killing, but were posseesed of no machinery by which we could drift with certainty to the fountain-head of the alleged provocation. We knew the legal prospectors would in good time develop the ledge of truth. They have done. it. They have proven to ourmind that there waano provocation for the deed. Nothing less than a fair and impartial trial, such as has been had, could have placed this point beyond the line of doubt. We hope that the verdict im this case willnot. have a tendency to place in jeopardy the lives of other men, Passion or prejudice i is mo excuse for one one man killing another. Until men who are handy with deadly weapons universally come to a full understanding of this statement, horrors will follow fast on the heels of one another, Speaking of deadly weapons, there ia no earthly reason why a heavy tax should uot be laid upon them, the.same as upon whisky, or tobacco, #r opium, or anything else that is et! when not put to a limited num of uses, Too many walking arsenals haunt our streets. The smallest spark is likely as not to make them, go off, and the whistling bullet or the glittering knife : _then finds lodgment in the quivering vitals of some doomed human being. oe Tue Legislature will meet‘on the, d day of January. The following information is interesting : No pay “will be allowed to members after sixty days; no bill ean be introduced afver fifty days from the commencement of the session ; neither house as can adjourn for more than three days without the consent of the other; per diem of members $3 ; mileage ten cents ; contingent expenses of each member must not exceed $25. ‘After or-anization the Senate and Assembly are to meet in jciitt vonvention to elect a United States Senator. is ma @ If no choice is miade on the. fist ballot, one halldt is to be takeu cach succéssive diy watil a choics hydro-chlorine system of reducing ores, by which, it is claimed, silver, gold or lead ores are reduced at a} cost not to exceed $6 per ton; the complete plant for a smelter of five tons daily capacity,including license, costing $5,000. The Press says: The advertisement in the New York papers snmnounces that the process consumes but a small supply of fuel, either wood, coal or charcoal. The hydro-chlorine system is a radica'ly pew one. The company sa that’‘‘by this novel system the full assay value is obtained, and, with some classes of ore, ten to twenty per cent. more, it being a well-es-— tablished fact that quite a percentage sof the precious metals’ volatilities under the ordinary fire assay.” This beats most of the new processes. Very few of them claim to get over 98 or 99 -per cent. of assay value; but this one proposes to segure from ten to twenty per cent, more. It seems to us, that people with new processes, especially those involving chemical principles, as nearly all do, make a great mistake when they suppose the mining community to be entirely ignorant on such subjects, One man tells us that by adding a certain substance to a natural mineral water he can produce gold’ that he can, by a smelting process, Or one requiring a certain heat in some way, obtain more from the ore than a fire assay will show to be present, ‘‘because a percentage of the precious metals volatilizes under the ordinary fire assay.” Which leads us to infer that there will be no volatilization to his furnace. Such assertions are idle, They make any metallurgist smile quietly, any miner get his back up, and think ‘‘those fellows are gus taffy.” Aad it is pure “taffy.” They don’t go to work and give the publica description of their process which will be intelligible, and from which the public may draw its own conclusions. The conclusions only, manufactured toorder, are given publicity, and miners are supposed to swallow the statement, however absurd. It was not many months since, a process was originated in this city for working ores. In that case: we were told the ore yielded by ‘‘vapor assay,” certain numbers of dollars and cents, which ordinary fire assay failed to show. We were then told that tire assays were frauds, aud did process and those ‘‘mines” are thing® of the past, but the fire assays are still believed in. Now again comes & process which will beat fire assays, and when we see the assertion backed by the evidence of some compepetent and disinterested metallurgiat, we may take it into consideration for investigation. But we won't believe it them. Mining men know something about such matters, and are not so easily caught with chaff. When they hear of a process to get 99 per cent out of the ore, they do not believe it; and when they hear of one that is goidg to get more than the assay shows, they either think the projectors are fools, or that the projectors. think they are, That Testimony. One of the attorneys in the Smith case on Saturday based a portion of his argument on certain statements reported by the Transcript to have been made by a witness. The opposing counsel produced an official transcript of the evidence to show that no such testimony had-beea offered, The first lawyer still expressed his confidence in our repert, spite of the showing thus made, ‘ Subsequent developments show that he was right. The party engaged by Abe Court in transcribing from “the officialsho thand report was the person who made the mistake, The minutes of Mr. Fennessy, the stenographer, show that the Teanscatrr was right as to the witness’ testimony. ——— + ee _— Ganviaun eannot resign the Senatorship of Ohio until after he. qualifica, and he cannot qualify. uatil after March 4, 1881. Then Te will be imang urated President, and will be obliged to qualify as Senator in order to resign, oe Onraon has returned a creditable thajority for Garfield,and the Repub. lieans of that State desire due credit. . as vote has bren ers at Anether, as in this instance, tells us}— not show what was inthe ore. That . . jon the finding as given. A Superior Ce Ceouart. The following , business was transacted in the Superior Court yesterday, Judge John Caldwell presiding: The People vs. Geo. W. Smith. December 6th at. 10 4. m. fixed for sentence. The People vs. J. H. Byrne. for§Dec. 16, The People vs. E. Jewell. Ses for Dec. 17. . The People vs. Thos. Byrne and Jennie Lawrence. Dismissed om motion of the District Attorney. A. Je Ridge was entered as attorney of record for the defense.The People vs. Stephen Murphy: Set for Dec. 18th. In the matter of the estate ef Solomon Johnson, deceased, The administrator, C. A. Pare, haying filed his account of sales and final accuunt, the sales were confirmed, the account approved, ‘and the residue of the estate (being the undivided one-half of the extension of the Mount Auburs lode, known as the Knickerbocker) distributed among the heirs, \E. Oest vs. H. C. Ocest. Motion to strike out and demurrerto complaint taken under advisement. Yuba Tunnel Company vs. J. S. McBride. Argument set for Wednesday at 10 o’clock. A. Kisen & Co., vs. Their Creditors. Order made discharging the plaintiffs. © ; Mary L. Gage vs, Frederick Gage. Divoree granted. 3 _T. W. Sigourney vs. M. Zellerbach et als, W. W. Cross substituted as plaintiff. 3. Granger vs. Empire M. & M. Co. Court. Set for Dec. 23. Wm. Smith vs. Mitchell & George. Demurrer set for hearing Nov. 30 at 9,.A. M. L. Hirschman vs. T. Sterling. Demurrer overruled by consent, and 15 days given to answer. The People vs. Gim Pang. Set for Dee. 20. J. M. Smith vs. Nevada Reservoir Co. Set for Dec. 3. M. O’Hearn vs. J. M. Buffington, Set for Dee. 6th. Providence M. Co, vs. Merrifield M. Co. Set for Dec. Sth.N. ¥. M. Co. vs, Walrath et als. ot for Dec. 10, Yaleb Cooley va. Chas. Smith, Set os Dec. 13th, J. C. Locklin vs, M, Allen. for Dec. 14. O. Maltman vs, H. HL. Hartley Set for Dec, 15. P. Dillon vs, Surprise Con. M. Co. Set for Dec, 21, J. Lundy va. P. Dillon, Set for Dec. 21. Recess till Wednesday morning. sais The Smith Trial Ended. Set . Set Sunday morning at.4 o'clock the jury in the case of The People against Geo. W. Smith, after having been out five hours, returned a verdict of murder in the second degree, the penalty for which is imprisonment in the State Prison for from tenyearsto the remainder of the defendant's lifetime, a» the Judge may see fit to determine. Itis stated that on the first ballot the jury stood eight for . finding the defendant guilty of murder im the first degree and four for acquittal; oa the second, ten for conviction on the above charge and two for acquittal; and that finally they compromised ‘The defendant will be senteced the 6th proximo. Thus ehds one of the most important crMaiaal trials ever before the Court of this cougty. It has consumed nearly all the time of the Superier Court for the past nine Says; the testimony when written out embraces upwards of 1,500 pages of legal cap; six prominent attorneys, including the Superior Judge of Tulare county, have been engaged iu it, The arguments of the lawyers consumed the number of hours here given: District Attorney Gaylerd, 34; J. M. Walling, 35; A. B, Dibble, 4; C. W. Cross, 5. . Messrs, Gaylord: and Gross talked} “for the prosecution, Messrs. Walling and Dibble for the defense, Boy severely Hurt. Yesterday while Willie Wentworth was assisting im unloading some. hay at the barn om the Half Mile House property, he fell some distance from the loft and struck heavily on his head. He was coaveyed to the house in an insensible condition and Dr. Hunt was called ‘to attend him. “The injuries are . reported as not — of a ~dangerous , character _. The Debris Das coor in Right. ‘this, and the contractors have aof earth.” -The Marysville Appeal ‘current and. volume that more easily by filtering through the . brush. sacks are being placed upon the slope of the dam, but over the entire length of it simply as a weight), to the brush-tops. corntract, but after the lifting the ends of the brush besettle there, and thus weight it all securely. have to be started in with again, increased for the past few years. The Sacramento ato Bee of Saturday published the following startling item: “It is now learned on good authority that the dam recently constructed on the Yuba river for impounding the mining debris, is not working with the good results which were anticipated when ‘the water was turned in some two weeks ago. The current, instead of pass~ img through or ever the brush, has taken adownward ghoot through the sand and has cut out a large opening below the base of the dam, through which the water passes with as full a supply of slickens as it did before. An effort is being made to remedy . . large force of men employed in piling into the opening thousandsof sacks of Sunday morning copies the above, and after pronouncing it false in every partieular, says that the writer of it has little knowledge of the construction of the dam and the power of the river, or he would know that if the waterhad ceased torun through the brush and ‘‘cut eut a large opening below ‘the base of the dam, through which the* water passed, with as full a supply of slickens as before,” not all the men and sandbags in the country would have availed anything against the terrible would quickly have cut away the works and opened a river channel. The water is passing through the brush in numerous places just as was calculated upon, and it never has taken a downward shoot and cut out an opening, it being able to escape much It is true that thousands of The work of weighing or facing the water slope of . the brush was not provided for inthe dam was completed it wasthought best to have this done for fear of the water fore the slickens would have time to Truckee Republican Topics. We learn that Mr. Hayden, formerly one of the owners of this pa—

per, is to buy+the Lassen Advocate. The Truckee Band has-a hard road to travel. The leader informs us that as soon as he gets his band well up in their parts some members leaves town, when the rudiments The price of lumber has steadily There was atime in Truckee when lumber men found it difficult to dispose oftheir lumber at any price; now, however, they find it mnpossible to fill orders even at the present rates, ‘There has been more lumber cut in this immediate vicinity for the season just closed than for the past three years. The demand for laths, shingles and wood has also been exeeedingly good. The cost of wood along the line of the railroad on the eastern and western slope of the Sierra has increased 10 per cent, the past Year, and the prospect isthit it will increase as much more the coming in this region that isaccessible, ia the hands of the government or railroad company, is werth all that is asked for it, and mast increase in value every year hereafter, as long as the timber remains uncut. There ie no safer or better investment than in timber lands. The people are avajling themselves of this opportunity and thousands ef acres are being taken up every year, Where is Steve Venard? For several days past large and small bears have been numerous on the —ridge—betweenAlpha—and the. — Big Tunnel, sixteen miles east of this city, The wagon roads are dotted with tracks of all ‘sizes where the animals have crossed and recroased. The largest print found shows that the *‘bar” which made it measures ten and a half inches across the ball of the foot. It is clearly established that this monster is not ‘‘Brin” of the club-foot, but that its perfect pedal extremities are equally as extensive as the old terror’s. Steve Venard and the rest of the boss shots year, Every acre of lumber land . Mexicans Discharged. " ‘The two Mexicans examined on a charge of committing grand, larceny by robbing Pete Brokinton’s sluices at Rush creek were discharged by Judge Robinson yesterday morning, there not being any evidence to warrant their being held. script understands through a reputable citizen of that neighborhood that for several years)\past Brekinton has pot worked in thet vicinity, and that the Mexicans above mentioned have the reputation of being lawabiding prospectors who are not likely to give any mine owner just cause for shooting them, a8 Brokinton did. If all this be bo, it might not be time spent in vain for the #athorities. to look farther inte this case, be.any way in which Stay. can sam sistently do it. The Traxif there thereunder. Mining Laws. S) From Henry N. Copp, Witkilea 1 ton, D. C., has been received a copy of the sixth and latest edition of “‘Copp’s Hand-book of Mining Laws,” a little work which to miners and lawyers must prove of much value as a reference work and as a comprehensive digest, as well as a directory . to patents issued for mining claims. It contains alse blank torms. and a copy of the United States mining laws and extracts from decisions Little Grass Valley. . San Juan Times % quibs. There is but little sickness on the ridge at thé present time, J.C. Broderick, Esq., has secured a patent to his mining land at A few cases of diptheria in a mild form have appeared in families down about Sweetland. ‘Tue recent report that Minister ‘ Atigell had completed a new treaty with China has though the anxious public are left in doubt as to its provisions, hear from headquarters at Washington is that it is ‘‘satisfactory.” been confirmed, All we Fresh Twenty-five cents a pound at Bowerman’s, next doer to Union Hotel, Nevada City, Nov. 17-lw . Candies 2 for the same, Block, Nevada City. Important Notice. Notice is hereby given that Dr. D. W. Beverton will on Thursday of edch week devote his services gratis to performing dental work for such persons as are unable to pay Office in TRaNscripr wl-ti im the Post O is a list of Advertised Letters. 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