November 5, 1870 (4 pages)

SATURDAY MORNING, . NOV. 5, Steam for Mountain Roads, Granseript. fons aga 5 evi : e 6 "‘WVinntisic, 2 sending of minutes, € mis¢éllancong bisiness, 4 election of President, 5 reading selection by Miss Aggie Farrell, 6 music, Miss Mattie Deal an The Grass Valley Union, after quot-. Mrs. M.S. Deal, ‘7 essay, Miss Sara ing from our article in favor of organizing a company to place one of ThomColfax to. Grass Valley and* Nevada, says: The difficulty about being satisfied on the’practicability of the machine can, we -think, be easily overcome: The Tide Land Reclamation‘Company, of San Francisco, have now, or soon will have one of the Thomson engines, which will be used for plowing on Twitchell’s Island. That company being composed of men who are always ready to assist in any advancement to the State, will no doubt allow thorough experiments to be made with their machine, over steep grades and in drawing heavy loads. Indeed, we understand that the machine is to be thoroughly tested by the company, .and that whoever desires to witness the test will be at perfect liberty to do so. We aresatisfied, for our own part, that the Thomson engine will rapidly haul heavy loads over the common roads of this county, and on any grade over which horse teams can take loaded wagons. We have from time to time, given the evidences on which we base this opinion. We may ‘be allowed to briefly recapitulate the facts on which our opinions ‘are based. In the first place, we have the téstimony of. two gentlemen of Grass Valley, who are ' competent judges of such things, who have seen the-engine work over conimon roads and in plowing flelds. Messrs. David Watt and William Watt agree ina strong endorsement of the capacity of the Thomsoa engine to haul heavy loads over the roads of this country. In the second place, the British War Department’s commission have recommended the Thomson engine to be adopted by the War Department for the purpose of transporting troops and supplies insuch parts of the kingdom as have no railroads. The report of this commission was made, The commission arrived ata conclusion after a most careful, investigation, and after a great many experiments, ~~ TRAGEDY ON OAKLAND STEAMER, The Appeat dispatch of Thursday gives the annexed particulars of the shooting of A. P, Crittendep on the Oakland steamer El Capitan: Crittenden had been over to Oakland to meet his wife and children, who were returning trom the East, where they had spent the summer, They were all on the steamer El Capitan, about half way back, when the notorious Mrs. Laura or Laurence Fair approached them, and saying. to him‘ “You son of a———, you have been the ruin of both me and my daughter,’ drew a Sharps’ four-shooter and shot him through the breast, inflicting what is supposed to bea mortal wound. She fired but one shot, and instantly passed the pistol toa friend, who attempted to throw it overboard, but was prevent. ed. She was arrested, and is in tle calaboose awaiting the result of tlie} wound, Crittenden was taken to his house in San Francisco. Mrs, Fair's first hasband committed suicide in San Francisco some years since, She shot aman at Virginia City during the war for raising an American flag over her hotel, and Crittenden defended her. Their friendship continued until recently. Crittenden had just been appointed Supreme Court Reporter, in place of Tod Robinson, deceased, Tne New Jersey Penitentiary con~ tains 575 prisoners. Two-thirds of the number are engaged in the manufac. ture of shves, and make 2,000 pairs weekly, F THE population of Iowa is 1,200,000, About twenty years ago it was a how! ieg wilderness. A PIECE of calico a mile long has _ been manufactured in New England. PLANO making is the third manufac. turing.interest in this country. ¥ ss Frazier, 8 recitation by Clement Isoard, 9 debate: Resolved, that a compulsory system of educatign ought to be estab~ lished either by National or State law. Affirmative, Jo, Craig, J. B. Johnson. J. B. Drummond. Negative, J. E. Brown, ‘J.C. Palmer, E. M. Preston. Tombola Entertainment. The programme of the Tombela for the benefit of the wounded and the families of the billed in France, will be found in to-day’s paper. The opening speech is to be made by A;.B. Dibble of Grass Valley., The Marspillaise, the national song, will be rendered by Mrs. 8. Bonnet, of the French-.Dramatic Troupe of San Francisco, duetts, choruses,and quartettes will be subg by Nevada. After the exercises are con. cluded the splendid prizes contributed will be distributed amoug the holders of tickets. The entertainment will take pluce on the 26th oi November. Rallroad Accident. Yesterday morning two freight trains on the Central Pacific ‘Railroad collided at Blue Canyon. In consequence of the accident the passenger train bound west was delayed and no Eastern mail reached this place yesterday. We have not learned the extent of the damage, but if either train was thrown offat Blue Canyon it must have been serious. That locality is a terrible place for an accident to occur, Roll of Honor. The following is the Roll of Honor of Miss Miller’s school, for the month of October: Addie Gray, Nellie Rolfe, Nellie Hughes, Lizzie Moore, Mollie Watson, Sarah Simmons, Augusta Wentworth, Jennie Monro,Ada Barker, Rovella Smelling, Anna Blasauf, Minnie Blasauf, Lizzie Barker, Fannie Bliven, Anna Bell, Nellie Bulacher, Bradford Wentworth, Walter Lawrence, Leroy Johnson, James Monro, Loring Knowlton, Social Party.) The ladies of the Episcopal Church will give a Social Party on next Tuesday evening, The best music will be store for all who attend, Horse Race, A saddle horse race of. one mile is atranged to come of at 2 o’clock, at Glenbrook today. Six horses have been entered by citizens of Nevada and Grass Valley, the winner to take the entrance money. Probate. : Letters of administration were yesterday granted to Sarah Jenkins in the estate of John Jenkins, deceased. The required bond was also filed, IN the case of the State of Nevada vs Rhodes, defaulting State Treasurer, revently tried, the Jury brought in a verdict of $100,000 against the bondsmen. CALIFORNIA Propucts ABROAD,— The New York. Tribune pays the subjoined tribute to the resources and prod‘ucts of California : It is pleasant to turn from the contemplation of the stony tarms ot New England to the rich fields of California. They tell of a grape vine in the” ‘fia diameter in the trunk and 1s six feet in hight before branching out. It contains a ton aod a balf of grapés of the finest Spanish: variety and of splendid flavor. At another place, on the Mesa Redonda, ig corn of a superior quality, the stocks of which are trom twelve to eighteen feet high, and there are pumpkins there in considerable quaatity averaging two feet in length. ‘Lhe width of the pampkin the jourvalist omits to mention, but a general idea of the surprising richness of the land is given by these tacts. ‘The at a Massachusews Fair, would carry away both people and prizes. Iv is so hilly ia some parts of New Hainpshire that the people look yp the chimneys to see when the cows come home. . the Choral Society and amateurs of’ engaged, and a pleasant evening is in . ; Juana Valléy which is six inches in . . advent of a few such products as these . : sig $id REMAINS oF Man In CaLIFoRNIA.— In the, “Transactions. of Foe Academy of Sciences, Dr. J. W, Foster claims for the humam’ skull digeovered last season in the gold drift of; California,@ greater antiqaity than that of any of the human remains which have hitherto come.to. light. inthe. drift of Abbeville and Amiens, in the valley of the Somme,or in the loess of the Rhine. It was found ina shaft 150 feet deep, 2 miles from Angelos, in Calaveras county, California; and is now. in the possession of the State Geological Survey. The shaft passes through five beds.of lava and volcanic tufa, and four deposits of auriferous gravel. The up-~ per bed of tufa was homogeneous, and without-any crack through which a skull c:uld have been introduced from above. The date of these gravels is referred to the Pliocene, i.e. the age before the’ volcanic eruptions took place which cover a great part of the State, an age. preceding the mastodon, the elephant, and other pachyderms. Since the appearance vf man, there fore, in that region, the physical fea tures have undergone mighty chapges. been lifted up, the, glaciers have .descended into the valleys, freighted with gravel, and the great canyons themselves have been excavated in the solid rock, PENSIONERS.—The pensioners of the United : States, on ,the rolls June 30, 1870; amounted in number to 198,686, of whom 87,521 were invalid army and ‘pavy pensioners, and 111,165 were widows, orphans and dependent relatives. The total amount paid during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1870, including the expenses of the revenue agencies, was $27,780,812, being $642,072 less than during the year ending} June 80, 1869, although there were 10,923. more pensioners on the rolls, There are now on the pension rolls 12,086 widows and children of soldiers, who were in the wars prior to 1861, a decrease of 12. On June 80, 1870, there were upon the army rolls 86,187 invalid pensioners, whose yearly pensions were $7,655,749, and 109,552 widows, orphans and dependents of soldiers, whose yearly pensions were $14,224,655, making a total aggregate of army pensioners of 195,789, receiving annual pepsions of $21,880,414, There were also 1344 inval‘d naval pensioners, and 1,613 naval widows, orphans and dependent relatives, WiLp Ducks.—The Lower Lake Bulletin, of October 29th, says: Borax Lake is covered with a multitude of wild ducks. The sportsmen in this neighborhood occasionally bag a lot of them. Wild geese are very scarce here this Fall for some reason. Possibly it is a sign of an open Winter and they delay leaving the North in consequence of the protracted mildness of the weather there. No swan at all have made their appearance. MALIcioUs.—The Marysville Appeal, indignant because that city invested $10,000 in lottery tickets, and only . drew $200, says, wickedly : In consideration of the fact that the Mercantile Library lottery opened with the reading of a chapter in the Bible, which gave the enterprise respectavility to thany of its patrons, the Marysville faro dealers contemplate opening games with prayer,and closing them with Doxology anda benediction. The dealers will wear white chokers and sanctimonious faces, and will announce the opening of the game with the golemn request, “Let us prey.” THE revenue bureau has decided that a widow may continue the business of her deceased husband without taking out a new license, provided she changes the bonds in her own name. A COMPANY has been formed at Manchester, N. H., called the “Brazilian Hair Company,” for the purpose of manufacturing chignons and swicches trom jute, eently sentenced to four months’ imprisonment at hard labor for diluting his wares with water. Tas Emperor of Brazil is expected to visit Europe at the end of the war . nigh and stay at Vienna. A MILK dealer in Baglaod was re-. Pt ome a3 turned for the last time ; when the éallers audierice ever sLuffle out in more woe-bebright anticipations all destroyed, its hopesall crushed—shufiling out-there, while the gas is being turned off, and emerging into the clear movblight—ite delusiun complete-_ ly exploded, chateauléess, hopeless, in debt, prosaic to the last degree.__We-wish-certainly never to have to record a similar scene in San Francisco again. Men of the world who had some familiarity with the laws of chance, and completely realized the fact of the difficulty of winning, of course bore themselves with equanimity. Failure cost them a momentary regret, but nothing more, Far different was it with the young and inexperienced, and especially with the female portion of the audience. It would be cruel to unveil the little schemes to -which they had resorted to insure success, or the grounds upon which they relied. Fortune tellers were consulted who, in the most magnanimous manner, revealed the lucky number for and in consideration of the sum of one dollar in hand paid. Teacups were tossed, and the combination of tha leaves in the bottom carefully scanned, for the purpose of discovering what chance there was, it being a well established rule that tea leaves will arrange themselves in such a manner as to indicate the future, if . one has address enough to read them. Perhaps other and more absurd superstitions were practiced. InstEaD of the old-fashioned method of using wax for polishing floors, soluble glass is now employed to great advantage. For this purpose the floor is well cleaned and then the cracks filled up with a cement of water-glass and a powder of chalk or gypsum; afterwards & water-glass of 60 to 65 degrees, of the thickness of syrup, is applied by means of a stiff brush. Any desired color is to be imparted to the floor in a second coat of the water-glass, and additional coats are to be given until the requisite polish is obtained. A still higher finish may be given by pumicing off the last layer and then putting on a coating of oil. Accrpent.—The Grass Valley Union says: Wednesday last, John McMahon, who works at Kate Hayes hill, was somewhat severely hurt, by having the hook on the end of the windlass rope catch him on the right side of the head just above the temple. The scalp was torn severely and some of the small arteries were separated. — PRESTON & FAIRCHILD DRUCCISTS, No. 43, Broad Street, Nevada city. AND DEALERS IN FAMILY MEDICINES, Of All Kinds. . Family Dies, Toilet Articles, &c. snahaen ACIDS. ASSAYERS’ SUPPLIES, PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES, KEROSENE, &c. Nevada, Nov, bth, 1870, i EPISCOPAL SOIREE! THE LADIES of the dh Episcopal Sewing Society, Will give a SOCIABLE, at TEMPERANCE HALL, Nevada City, On Tuesday Evening next, Nov, 8. Dancing from § te 12 o'clock. Tickets $2. A genera] fhvittation is extended. Farmers and Gardeners Attention i O you want to buy SEEDS and PLANTS that you may surely relyon? Go to SEVIN VINCENT & CO., the weil known Seed Dealers, G07 SANSOME STREKT.: between Washington and Jackson etrects, San Francisco, aud Brooklyn Alameda coumy. Mr. Sevin Vincent is the only Seed Grower of California. He guarantees the superior. quality of his seeds and all those imported he iests with eee care be! eviling. Be eure he will seli you the best cheapest. n5 NEW RESTAURANT. J W. JACKSON informe the people On Commercial Street, Adj. Hassel’s Barber Shop. Meals will be oot ved from 6 o'clock in the moraing till 12.at “Tar Lasr Tuax—The Alte, speaking of shouted Ot the: last prize; when the at-. . tendants displayed the last figures? Did} e that he bas opened a New Restaurant, . = _TOMBOLA. . ENTERTAINMENT! to ice save . 17 NEVADA CITY, 20 NOVEMBER 26th, 1870 4 en mater GIVEN BY THE — . FRENCH OF NEVADA COUNTY, FOR THE . Benefit of the Killedand Wound.d of the French army . © The Entertainment will consist of OPENING SPEECH, By A. B. DIBBLE, Esq. of Grass_Valley. Two Chorusses and Quartette, By the NEVADA. CHORAL . SOCIETY, A DUETT,__ By TWO YOUNG LADIES of Nevada, — THREE SELECTED SONGS, INCLUDING THE THRILLING — NaTIONAL SONG OF THE _ FRANCE OF 1792. THE MARCELLAISE, By MONS. 8S. BONNET, of the French Dramatic Troupe, of San Francisco. — The whole to conclude with the Drawing of several hundred of Beautiful Prizes, valued at over Two Thousard ~ Dollars. OS™ For full particulars see small bills and Lists of Prizes. TICKETS $1. For sale at nearly all the public places in the County. nd Why will you Suffer with the Tooth Ache? F YOU WOULD GET RID of a Toothache do not fail to try J. ©. HASSELL’S CELEBRATED Infallible Tooth Ache Cure! It will give a permanent cure, and contains nothing of a poisonous character. * It is so innocent that a child can use it with as much safety asa wn person. There is nothing in this Kemedy to harm the Teeth—it wil Fer phe them, Manutactured and sold only by Me J. C. HASSELL, « At his Barber Shop on Commercial Street. Will you give:it.a Trial ? Nevada City, Oct. 5th, 1870. CREAT BARCAINS ! SPLENDID FALL AND WINTER GOODS! OFFERED AT COST! —ATTHE— American Dry Goods Store, M®* Hi. C. MILLS, Proprictress,. Dress Goods, Hats, Gloves, Fine French Flowers and Kibbons, Perfumery, Domestic Goods, Table ‘Cutlery, Gents’ Furnishing Goods, Toys, Fancy and Teilet Articles, are offered to the public 25 r cent lower than ever suid in t city ! ta” The entire stock of the American Dry Goods Store to be closed out at cost, and all persons wishing GREAT BARGAINS will find it vo their advantage to call immediately, ; MRS. H. C. MILLS, © ' * 'Proprietress. Nevada, Oct. 8th, 1970. HUNNEFAUTHS SALOON, Next door to the U. 8. Bakery, Pine Street. TER HUNNEFAUTH, formerly of the Central House on the J road, viog become proprietor of this saloon ininde him. "Tuc BarwiSiwapete raped with the very best of = — LIQUURS, WiNES, BEER, ALE & CIGARS, None but the best: will be sold at the Bar. Meals 25 cents Give the New Place Sek pewerte. Nevada, Nov. lst, 1870. : ageven * 4 She Dai NE! LOCA whe Metropo The Metroy located near -© township. The feet’ w through. Roel a hand morta $13 75 per ton size of the ledlg ing, is excelle Messrs. Boody lease with L. 1 the mine, by t lessees“‘were t mill on. the cl: The owner is taken out six d ers, and the be the lease to co years and sev Rutherford ha mill, which thi the entire . ms this week. T! yesterday mor dred tons of . so large and ¢ working tha small working operation. T the mill owa making a goo rangements. Four Herse’ Last week a with hay, and Little York, — Dutch Flat to dent occurrec grade, in cons ing way unde: of the wagon with hay. T and driver, w. accom panied over the bank sixty feet tow brought up a; Jying parallel sustained son ready suflicic work. Cope injured, his t one of the be escaped alm wheelers wer of the other : hauled out. slightly inju next day, ani other injury ling pole. C laid up fer 11 Another D Nevada S In addition t by the Cos ciety, the s from A. B. G present of § over to the placed to t This little on the sale Messrs Greg Nevada. The Whee At the Library dra of the Com: stand that would be p vada, to b prizes of t) Society. T politan tick ets will, th portunity f The Box Captain Exchange $100,000, t the prize v leather ta; drew the souveniers brought to was preser Appealed , 4m app to the Su; in the cas Sacrament etal.

SATURDAY MORNING, . NOV. 5, Steam for Mountain Roads, Granseript. fons aga 5 evi : e 6 "‘WVinntisic, 2 sending of minutes, € mis¢éllancong bisiness, 4 election of President, 5 reading selection by Miss Aggie Farrell, 6 music, Miss Mattie Deal an The Grass Valley Union, after quot-. Mrs. M.S. Deal, ‘7 essay, Miss Sara ing from our article in favor of organizing a company to place one of ThomColfax to. Grass Valley and* Nevada, says: The difficulty about being satisfied on the’practicability of the machine can, we -think, be easily overcome: The Tide Land Reclamation‘Company, of San Francisco, have now, or soon will have one of the Thomson engines, which will be used for plowing on Twitchell’s Island. That company being composed of men who are always ready to assist in any advancement to the State, will no doubt allow thorough experiments to be made with their machine, over steep grades and in drawing heavy loads. Indeed, we understand that the machine is to be thoroughly tested by the company, .and that whoever desires to witness the test will be at perfect liberty to do so. We aresatisfied, for our own part, that the Thomson engine will rapidly haul heavy loads over the common roads of this county, and on any grade over which horse teams can take loaded wagons. We have from time to time, given the evidences on which we base this opinion. We may ‘be allowed to briefly recapitulate the facts on which our opinions ‘are based. In the first place, we have the téstimony of. two gentlemen of Grass Valley, who are ' competent judges of such things, who have seen the-engine work over conimon roads and in plowing flelds. Messrs. David Watt and William Watt agree ina strong endorsement of the capacity of the Thomsoa engine to haul heavy loads over the roads of this country. In the second place, the British War Department’s commission have recommended the Thomson engine to be adopted by the War Department for the purpose of transporting troops and supplies insuch parts of the kingdom as have no railroads. The report of this commission was made, The commission arrived ata conclusion after a most careful, investigation, and after a great many experiments, ~~ TRAGEDY ON OAKLAND STEAMER, The Appeat dispatch of Thursday gives the annexed particulars of the shooting of A. P, Crittendep on the Oakland steamer El Capitan: Crittenden had been over to Oakland to meet his wife and children, who were returning trom the East, where they had spent the summer, They were all on the steamer El Capitan, about half way back, when the notorious Mrs. Laura or Laurence Fair approached them, and saying. to him‘ “You son of a———, you have been the ruin of both me and my daughter,’ drew a Sharps’ four-shooter and shot him through the breast, inflicting what is supposed to bea mortal wound. She fired but one shot, and instantly passed the pistol toa friend, who attempted to throw it overboard, but was prevent. ed. She was arrested, and is in tle calaboose awaiting the result of tlie} wound, Crittenden was taken to his house in San Francisco. Mrs, Fair's first hasband committed suicide in San Francisco some years since, She shot aman at Virginia City during the war for raising an American flag over her hotel, and Crittenden defended her. Their friendship continued until recently. Crittenden had just been appointed Supreme Court Reporter, in place of Tod Robinson, deceased, Tne New Jersey Penitentiary con~ tains 575 prisoners. Two-thirds of the number are engaged in the manufac. ture of shves, and make 2,000 pairs weekly, F THE population of Iowa is 1,200,000, About twenty years ago it was a how! ieg wilderness. A PIECE of calico a mile long has _ been manufactured in New England. PLANO making is the third manufac. turing.interest in this country. ¥ ss Frazier, 8 recitation by Clement Isoard, 9 debate: Resolved, that a compulsory system of educatign ought to be estab~ lished either by National or State law. Affirmative, Jo, Craig, J. B. Johnson. J. B. Drummond. Negative, J. E. Brown, ‘J.C. Palmer, E. M. Preston. Tombola Entertainment. The programme of the Tombela for the benefit of the wounded and the families of the billed in France, will be found in to-day’s paper. The opening speech is to be made by A;.B. Dibble of Grass Valley., The Marspillaise, the national song, will be rendered by Mrs. 8. Bonnet, of the French-.Dramatic Troupe of San Francisco, duetts, choruses,and quartettes will be subg by Nevada. After the exercises are con. cluded the splendid prizes contributed will be distributed amoug the holders of tickets. The entertainment will take pluce on the 26th oi November. Rallroad Accident. Yesterday morning two freight trains on the Central Pacific ‘Railroad collided at Blue Canyon. In consequence of the accident the passenger train bound west was delayed and no Eastern mail reached this place yesterday. We have not learned the extent of the damage, but if either train was thrown offat Blue Canyon it must have been serious. That locality is a terrible place for an accident to occur, Roll of Honor. The following is the Roll of Honor of Miss Miller’s school, for the month of October: Addie Gray, Nellie Rolfe, Nellie Hughes, Lizzie Moore, Mollie Watson, Sarah Simmons, Augusta Wentworth, Jennie Monro,Ada Barker, Rovella Smelling, Anna Blasauf, Minnie Blasauf, Lizzie Barker, Fannie Bliven, Anna Bell, Nellie Bulacher, Bradford Wentworth, Walter Lawrence, Leroy Johnson, James Monro, Loring Knowlton, Social Party.) The ladies of the Episcopal Church will give a Social Party on next Tuesday evening, The best music will be store for all who attend, Horse Race, A saddle horse race of. one mile is atranged to come of at 2 o’clock, at Glenbrook today. Six horses have been entered by citizens of Nevada and Grass Valley, the winner to take the entrance money. Probate. : Letters of administration were yesterday granted to Sarah Jenkins in the estate of John Jenkins, deceased. The required bond was also filed, IN the case of the State of Nevada vs Rhodes, defaulting State Treasurer, revently tried, the Jury brought in a verdict of $100,000 against the bondsmen. CALIFORNIA Propucts ABROAD,— The New York. Tribune pays the subjoined tribute to the resources and prod‘ucts of California : It is pleasant to turn from the contemplation of the stony tarms ot New England to the rich fields of California. They tell of a grape vine in the” ‘fia diameter in the trunk and 1s six feet in hight before branching out. It contains a ton aod a balf of grapés of the finest Spanish: variety and of splendid flavor. At another place, on the Mesa Redonda, ig corn of a superior quality, the stocks of which are trom twelve to eighteen feet high, and there are pumpkins there in considerable quaatity averaging two feet in length. ‘Lhe width of the pampkin the jourvalist omits to mention, but a general idea of the surprising richness of the land is given by these tacts. ‘The at a Massachusews Fair, would carry away both people and prizes. Iv is so hilly ia some parts of New Hainpshire that the people look yp the chimneys to see when the cows come home. . the Choral Society and amateurs of’ engaged, and a pleasant evening is in . ; Juana Valléy which is six inches in . . advent of a few such products as these . : sig $id REMAINS oF Man In CaLIFoRNIA.— In the, “Transactions. of Foe Academy of Sciences, Dr. J. W, Foster claims for the humam’ skull digeovered last season in the gold drift of; California,@ greater antiqaity than that of any of the human remains which have hitherto come.to. light. inthe. drift of Abbeville and Amiens, in the valley of the Somme,or in the loess of the Rhine. It was found ina shaft 150 feet deep, 2 miles from Angelos, in Calaveras county, California; and is now. in the possession of the State Geological Survey. The shaft passes through five beds.of lava and volcanic tufa, and four deposits of auriferous gravel. The up-~ per bed of tufa was homogeneous, and without-any crack through which a skull c:uld have been introduced from above. The date of these gravels is referred to the Pliocene, i.e. the age before the’ volcanic eruptions took place which cover a great part of the State, an age. preceding the mastodon, the elephant, and other pachyderms. Since the appearance vf man, there fore, in that region, the physical fea tures have undergone mighty chapges. been lifted up, the, glaciers have .descended into the valleys, freighted with gravel, and the great canyons themselves have been excavated in the solid rock, PENSIONERS.—The pensioners of the United : States, on ,the rolls June 30, 1870; amounted in number to 198,686, of whom 87,521 were invalid army and ‘pavy pensioners, and 111,165 were widows, orphans and dependent relatives. The total amount paid during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1870, including the expenses of the revenue agencies, was $27,780,812, being $642,072 less than during the year ending} June 80, 1869, although there were 10,923. more pensioners on the rolls, There are now on the pension rolls 12,086 widows and children of soldiers, who were in the wars prior to 1861, a decrease of 12. On June 80, 1870, there were upon the army rolls 86,187 invalid pensioners, whose yearly pensions were $7,655,749, and 109,552 widows, orphans and dependents of soldiers, whose yearly pensions were $14,224,655, making a total aggregate of army pensioners of 195,789, receiving annual pepsions of $21,880,414, There were also 1344 inval‘d naval pensioners, and 1,613 naval widows, orphans and dependent relatives, WiLp Ducks.—The Lower Lake Bulletin, of October 29th, says: Borax Lake is covered with a multitude of wild ducks. The sportsmen in this neighborhood occasionally bag a lot of them. Wild geese are very scarce here this Fall for some reason. Possibly it is a sign of an open Winter and they delay leaving the North in consequence of the protracted mildness of the weather there. No swan at all have made their appearance. MALIcioUs.—The Marysville Appeal, indignant because that city invested $10,000 in lottery tickets, and only . drew $200, says, wickedly : In consideration of the fact that the Mercantile Library lottery opened with the reading of a chapter in the Bible, which gave the enterprise respectavility to thany of its patrons, the Marysville faro dealers contemplate opening games with prayer,and closing them with Doxology anda benediction. The dealers will wear white chokers and sanctimonious faces, and will announce the opening of the game with the golemn request, “Let us prey.” THE revenue bureau has decided that a widow may continue the business of her deceased husband without taking out a new license, provided she changes the bonds in her own name. A COMPANY has been formed at Manchester, N. H., called the “Brazilian Hair Company,” for the purpose of manufacturing chignons and swicches trom jute, eently sentenced to four months’ imprisonment at hard labor for diluting his wares with water. Tas Emperor of Brazil is expected to visit Europe at the end of the war . nigh and stay at Vienna. A MILK dealer in Baglaod was re-. Pt ome a3 turned for the last time ; when the éallers audierice ever sLuffle out in more woe-bebright anticipations all destroyed, its hopesall crushed—shufiling out-there, while the

gas is being turned off, and emerging into the clear movblight—ite delusiun complete-_ ly exploded, chateauléess, hopeless, in debt, prosaic to the last degree.__We-wish-certainly never to have to record a similar scene in San Francisco again. Men of the world who had some familiarity with the laws of chance, and completely realized the fact of the difficulty of winning, of course bore themselves with equanimity. Failure cost them a momentary regret, but nothing more, Far different was it with the young and inexperienced, and especially with the female portion of the audience. It would be cruel to unveil the little schemes to -which they had resorted to insure success, or the grounds upon which they relied. Fortune tellers were consulted who, in the most magnanimous manner, revealed the lucky number for and in consideration of the sum of one dollar in hand paid. Teacups were tossed, and the combination of tha leaves in the bottom carefully scanned, for the purpose of discovering what chance there was, it being a well established rule that tea leaves will arrange themselves in such a manner as to indicate the future, if . one has address enough to read them. Perhaps other and more absurd superstitions were practiced. InstEaD of the old-fashioned method of using wax for polishing floors, soluble glass is now employed to great advantage. For this purpose the floor is well cleaned and then the cracks filled up with a cement of water-glass and a powder of chalk or gypsum; afterwards & water-glass of 60 to 65 degrees, of the thickness of syrup, is applied by means of a stiff brush. Any desired color is to be imparted to the floor in a second coat of the water-glass, and additional coats are to be given until the requisite polish is obtained. A still higher finish may be given by pumicing off the last layer and then putting on a coating of oil. Accrpent.—The Grass Valley Union says: Wednesday last, John McMahon, who works at Kate Hayes hill, was somewhat severely hurt, by having the hook on the end of the windlass rope catch him on the right side of the head just above the temple. The scalp was torn severely and some of the small arteries were separated. — PRESTON & FAIRCHILD DRUCCISTS, No. 43, Broad Street, Nevada city. AND DEALERS IN FAMILY MEDICINES, Of All Kinds. . Family Dies, Toilet Articles, &c. snahaen ACIDS. ASSAYERS’ SUPPLIES, PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES, KEROSENE, &c. Nevada, Nov, bth, 1870, i EPISCOPAL SOIREE! THE LADIES of the dh Episcopal Sewing Society, Will give a SOCIABLE, at TEMPERANCE HALL, Nevada City, On Tuesday Evening next, Nov, 8. Dancing from § te 12 o'clock. Tickets $2. A genera] fhvittation is extended. Farmers and Gardeners Attention i O you want to buy SEEDS and PLANTS that you may surely relyon? Go to SEVIN VINCENT & CO., the weil known Seed Dealers, G07 SANSOME STREKT.: between Washington and Jackson etrects, San Francisco, aud Brooklyn Alameda coumy. Mr. Sevin Vincent is the only Seed Grower of California. He guarantees the superior. quality of his seeds and all those imported he iests with eee care be! eviling. Be eure he will seli you the best cheapest. n5 NEW RESTAURANT. J W. JACKSON informe the people On Commercial Street, Adj. Hassel’s Barber Shop. Meals will be oot ved from 6 o'clock in the moraing till 12.at “Tar Lasr Tuax—The Alte, speaking of shouted Ot the: last prize; when the at-. . tendants displayed the last figures? Did} e that he bas opened a New Restaurant, . = _TOMBOLA. . ENTERTAINMENT! to ice save . 17 NEVADA CITY, 20 NOVEMBER 26th, 1870 4 en mater GIVEN BY THE — . FRENCH OF NEVADA COUNTY, FOR THE . Benefit of the Killedand Wound.d of the French army . © The Entertainment will consist of OPENING SPEECH, By A. B. DIBBLE, Esq. of Grass_Valley. Two Chorusses and Quartette, By the NEVADA. CHORAL . SOCIETY, A DUETT,__ By TWO YOUNG LADIES of Nevada, — THREE SELECTED SONGS, INCLUDING THE THRILLING — NaTIONAL SONG OF THE _ FRANCE OF 1792. THE MARCELLAISE, By MONS. 8S. BONNET, of the French Dramatic Troupe, of San Francisco. — The whole to conclude with the Drawing of several hundred of Beautiful Prizes, valued at over Two Thousard ~ Dollars. OS™ For full particulars see small bills and Lists of Prizes. TICKETS $1. For sale at nearly all the public places in the County. nd Why will you Suffer with the Tooth Ache? F YOU WOULD GET RID of a Toothache do not fail to try J. ©. HASSELL’S CELEBRATED Infallible Tooth Ache Cure! It will give a permanent cure, and contains nothing of a poisonous character. * It is so innocent that a child can use it with as much safety asa wn person. There is nothing in this Kemedy to harm the Teeth—it wil Fer phe them, Manutactured and sold only by Me J. C. HASSELL, « At his Barber Shop on Commercial Street. Will you give:it.a Trial ? Nevada City, Oct. 5th, 1870. CREAT BARCAINS ! SPLENDID FALL AND WINTER GOODS! OFFERED AT COST! —ATTHE— American Dry Goods Store, M®* Hi. C. MILLS, Proprictress,. Dress Goods, Hats, Gloves, Fine French Flowers and Kibbons, Perfumery, Domestic Goods, Table ‘Cutlery, Gents’ Furnishing Goods, Toys, Fancy and Teilet Articles, are offered to the public 25 r cent lower than ever suid in t city ! ta” The entire stock of the American Dry Goods Store to be closed out at cost, and all persons wishing GREAT BARGAINS will find it vo their advantage to call immediately, ; MRS. H. C. MILLS, © ' * 'Proprietress. Nevada, Oct. 8th, 1970. HUNNEFAUTHS SALOON, Next door to the U. 8. Bakery, Pine Street. TER HUNNEFAUTH, formerly of the Central House on the J road, viog become proprietor of this saloon ininde him. "Tuc BarwiSiwapete raped with the very best of = — LIQUURS, WiNES, BEER, ALE & CIGARS, None but the best: will be sold at the Bar. Meals 25 cents Give the New Place Sek pewerte. Nevada, Nov. lst, 1870. : ageven * 4 She Dai NE! LOCA whe Metropo The Metroy located near -© township. The feet’ w through. Roel a hand morta $13 75 per ton size of the ledlg ing, is excelle Messrs. Boody lease with L. 1 the mine, by t lessees“‘were t mill on. the cl: The owner is taken out six d ers, and the be the lease to co years and sev Rutherford ha mill, which thi the entire . ms this week. T! yesterday mor dred tons of . so large and ¢ working tha small working operation. T the mill owa making a goo rangements. Four Herse’ Last week a with hay, and Little York, — Dutch Flat to dent occurrec grade, in cons ing way unde: of the wagon with hay. T and driver, w. accom panied over the bank sixty feet tow brought up a; Jying parallel sustained son ready suflicic work. Cope injured, his t one of the be escaped alm wheelers wer of the other : hauled out. slightly inju next day, ani other injury ling pole. C laid up fer 11 Another D Nevada S In addition t by the Cos ciety, the s from A. B. G present of § over to the placed to t This little on the sale Messrs Greg Nevada. The Whee At the Library dra of the Com: stand that would be p vada, to b prizes of t) Society. T politan tick ets will, th portunity f The Box Captain Exchange $100,000, t the prize v leather ta; drew the souveniers brought to was preser Appealed , 4m app to the Su; in the cas Sacrament etal.