September 17, 1878 (4 pages)

The Daily Transcript NEVADA CITY. CAL. ‘Tuesday September. 17, 1878. “\ KY ine a GEO. M. MOTT 4 our only author ized Agent in Sucramento. He will re csive Advertiserients and~Subscriptions tor the TRaxsonirT, and receipt for us in Our name, >, f A LIBEL ON OUR SCHOOLS. oe Some time since an article calcula* ted to throw light upon the workings} ofthe public school system of Nevada gouty was published in o cotemporary, and some paragrapher,who was uppareutly anable to’ get at its intended meaning, published a briefer ‘version-which was from beginuiug to end a misrepresentation of the. real facts, The second-hand bit of infor' mation, wherein it was stated that uur teachers were piid $35 and $40 per moath, went the rounds of. the ‘press of the State, and as we prophesied af the tithe, has given to the out side world's disgraceful opinion of our educational facilities: The following cowmunication clipped -from @ recent issue of the San Jose ‘Mercury,. is not a very paletable crit. icism for Gur people to read, bot we publish it in full so ‘that they may have an opportunity of seeing in just what an unfair light they stand: Ep. Mercory:—In yoar last issue I tind a stitement from the County Superintendent.of Pablic Schools in _ Nevada county to the effect that so numerous bave been the application for teachers’ positions in that county that salaries bave been reduced one~—halt-and-new-vary-from-$30--to-$45. per month), ; Every one who. reads this announcement will have a poor idea of Nevada county. We may be sure sbe-has the most inferiof teachers, these who would be refused employinent where the people have any. pride in the character of their public schools. Two years and half ago we visited a ares school in Gruse Vulley und its whole aspect ‘corres— ponded with the $30. or-$45 a mouth rort of selary._‘Fhere.-were--cighty children in one room (do not know how many in the other) and one ugly _jow room, with, thiee children squeez_.ed into eavh ugly seat,made for two. "Phe appearance of the ¢hildren; 507 untidy, so slipshod, so evidently wanting iu that ‘esprit de. corps’’ which characterizes ourowa schools, hud so depressing an effect upon us that we Politely declined visiting the other depaitment, We had supposed that the sumé school law eneured the sume . conditions ull over the State. This delusion was very thoroughly extinguisbed in Grass Valley. We advise wil parties visiting-Nevada county to muke themselves familiar with ber cheap schools. They will return to their own bome quite satisfied tu be tixed_ a trifle more avd have the best there ia in the market. It takes a person accustomed to society of cultivated and refined men and women to value charadter and the influence of good breeding in a teachey,, ‘Chere may be commonplace, illiterate youvg people of both sexes, who nave skimmed through an éxamination and obtained a third yrade certificate and are so inferior that no Trustev of a school, outside of Nevada county, would for a moment consider their clainis toa position, ‘Phis kind always emigrote;from the const counties as soon as, fledged. . The writer bas seen & an witn a second grade certificate wip would be glad to give his presence ip. any schvol room for $25 a Jnuuth. We have tie quality We pay fpF always. iw phe G. L, Krrpy, Who G. B. Kirby may be, is be-+ youd our ken; but that he is compe\ent to justly criticise the schools of Grass Valley or ahy other place, we do not believe, in view of the above correspondence. ‘rom all we can learn, te schools of Nevada county, in every district, were conducted as intelligently two years and a half ago ag they ure now. -That is saying much, for tolay no county in the State, not even excepting those *‘on the coast," can show a better record in the educational favilities afforded the young than this. Our school houses are models of neatness and convenience, and although * not properly ventilated, are as vear perfect in that respect as any we have seen in visiting many hundreds in the Eastern and Middle States. The teachers employed are the very best that salaries varying from $50 to $125 per month can-command, They represeat the very essence of practi ealand theoretical iatelligenee, social refinement, and extended experiencain their profession, Tbe public schools of Nevadg county are proverbial for the proficiency attained by the pupils who-attend them. We ure safe in challepging eny county _ia the State to a comparison of facts. und figures conceruing the workings und results of its and their eJuca. for a benevolent purpose whenever. DEATH OF AUGUST BRANDT. Augost ‘Brandt, who died at the resideuce of his mother, on, Main! buque, Iows, Pebrnary 28th, 1848, and came to Nevada Gity with his mother in 1852, being then about 3%" years of age, and was one of the ‘first. children in the town. Since that time he has made this place his home. Being of a good ‘disposition, Angust bécame a general favorite with all who knew him. ‘He attended-sc ool until he was 16 years old, and then commenced to learn the carpenter’s:trade; bat breaking bis arm on two -difierent occasions, be) was.compelled to give it ap. Sub seqnently be was engaged with bis mother,.in the U.S. Brewery, until about six years ago, when his health commenced failing, dry, hacking cough, giving indications-ofincipient consumption. After trying -verious remedies, he went.to the Bay, bere he staid for’ some time, and retursed home apparently much’improved in hedfth, He then. took cha:ge of the U. &. Brewery Saloon,. which he kept until about the first of January last, when bis health again failed, aud giving up business’ he returned hume, ,Jt was soon apparent that consumption was doing its work, and although everything . was done to arrest the disease,death ‘claimed. him as ite victim, and ou Sunday morning, at 10% o’clock he breathed his lust. Deceased was 86f a genial and kind-hearted disposition, ready to assist with his money called upon. The funeral will take -place tbis afternoon, at 2 o’clock, . from the Congregational church, and will be under the auspices of the Nevada Fire Department, .of which be was a member, enti =A ALMOST LOST HIS SHIRT. Among the boarders at the Union Hotel are two gentlemen rooming. together, ove of whom bas his soiled lined washed once in so often at a Heathen Chinee’s laundry across the street. The other does not patronize the establisument, A few days ago. the Mongolian, after his nsual_ custom, went to bis. patron’s room to get the clothes belonging to that individual. The other party missed three. shirts shortly ufter the visit, He went over to the laundry and inquired for them, but the proprivior said they were not the e. Yesterday morning be got out a search warrant, aud officer Scott found one of the missing shirts at the laundry. John was arrested and taken before Judge Garthe. . He plead guilty to the charge of petit larceny, puid a fine of $10, reimbursed the complainant for the two other shirts, and withdrew from the scené poorer but wiser than before. JOHN MULLEN’S INSANITY. os Sunday afternoon Constable Peters brougbt an insane man naméd John Mullen from Grass Valley, and turned him: over to the Jail authorities for safe keeping. Mallen’s sole desire is to roani. The other day. he was foand by his brother in the woods a considerable distance from Grass Valley, with the clothing néirly all torn from his lower limbs. He is a respectable, keen-looking man. .In reply to questions propounded him by the Examining Board yesterday afternoon, he said he was 38 yeurs old; bas four cbildren who are of the same age; had been in the country one week, aid worked at Graas Valley four weeks, et cetera, His conversation was similarly contradictory throughout, He was declared insane by the Board, and Sheriff Montgomery will take him to Napa to-day, oe foes Rive ee Gai aieas TO ORGANIZE&, Dr. A. Barrows, Deputy Grand Master Workman, will organize a subordiate lodge of the Ancient O:der of Unived Workmen in this city, to-night. We have no. information regarding the place where the meet. ing will be held. —_—_—--— -@ o> A NUISANCE.The Chinese wash-house on Broad street must go. A petition reques:ing the City Trustees toclose; it up signed. £ i leat all _ = AT His POST, . Mr, Bulfinch resumed his position as teacher of the High Beljoo! yesterday,’ The pwpils greeted hig street, Sunday last, was born in Da. , asa nuisance has been generally . : @UNDAY’S SPORTS. . "There was a general falling off re. ported: inthe atteudance of the inate sex at the charches in this part of the State Sunday. Even ‘two or three Sabbath Sobdol, classes ate. said te have been—withoat teachers. Tt was not that the weather was too warm oF tog cold fur people to turn out, but simply because the sporting seuson had set in, Every man who could ‘beare up a gun, and at the same time sit down upon bis conscientious scruples regarding the keeping: holy of the first day in the week, took a hand. ‘Our readLerswould be surprised, aye thunder. struck, if we were to publish the. list of prominent citizens who coulda’t-wait until Monday to shoot quail. Bat we have prom.sed not y drag them before a criticising public in case the would relate to us for publication the main points concernivug‘the luck they met with, the most telliug instance of which we in turn herewith submitte the intelligent reader, without comment: i -One well-known professional gentiemen had « sud experience in the pursuit of the feathery whistlers. He told several friends the night be— fere that he was going bunting, and promised to bring each one back enough quail for a.mess, . Here is what it cost him: : Hiring gunand buyingammunition. .$4 00 Spirits fermenti-{for-sun-bura).. 1 60 Hiring horse snd carriage..: Gere 5 00 Ruined boo s ($15) pants ($18).. 33 00 Lost ring ($6) pocket knife ($1 50). 7 50 $51 00 He killed three birde, which, as willbe seen, coat. him $17 apiece, — Perhaps the average luck of the prominent.citizens_wonld-_ not rate . quite so unfavorably as the case particalarized above. We venture to say, from reference to the statistics ‘before us, that a reasonable estimate . of the cost per head of the quails killed in this county Sunday would not exceed $4. . ~~» & ——ae A RE-UNION. H. W. Hyman, the popular clothing dealer of this city, bas four brothers connected with him in basiness in various paits of the world. One Hlives at Grass Valley, one at San Franciscv, and two more in Honolulu, One of the latter, who is just returning from a year’s trip around the world, stopped over here Sanday morbing. Theones from Grass Valley and the Bay also came up at the same time. The occasion of. their coming together was brought about by the demands of their extensive commercial transactions; but they mude ita time of fraternal enjoyment as well as business, which will long be ‘remembered by them, when separated by sea and land. ve AFFLICTED. E. G. Dawsén, who has been at San Francisco during several, weeks has returned somewhat improved ; but he is still so nearly blind as to render him utterly helpless, so far as earning a livelihood is concerned. “Doc” Dawson, as he is familiarly known, is a hardworking, industrious man, but, owing to his failing sight has been unable to work any during the-last year. His object in returning to Nevada at this time is to secure assistance from hie friends to enable him to return to the oculist to continue treatment, hoping eventually to regain his sight suaffi+ ciently to enable him to earn his own living. He wishes to raise fifty dollars. _The Benevolent Society offer to give him twenty dollars providing he can raise the balance. He will call upon the citizens of this city to-day soliciting aid. THE GUILD PARTY’ On Thursday evening next the members of Pheenix Guild will give an entertainment at Hunt’s Hal). A brilliant and varied programme of musical and literary exercises in which some of the leading talent of this city and Grass Valley will participate, is being prepared, and all who attend may rely npon spending the evening in a must enjoyable ‘manner, The Guild parties promise to be the leading public social events of the coming winter. ———— THE WEATHER., Cap . . "Phe following observations were taken yesterday at the office ef the South Yuba Canal Company, in this city: THERMOMETER—800A. MZ aun 54, shade53;2Pr.a, sud 74, shade 63. BaromMETER—8:00 a. a., 27.80; « > lains who ought to bave been in San ship in the household, and in fact keep up every outward semblance of . ~ TAE FRENCH BANK. ’ the ran madeJast. week on the bank of the French Savings and Loan Society at San Francisco was an extensive one. Thousands and thousands of dollars—proably over a quarte: of a willion,>wére drawn, out by the frightened depositors ; but all demands were-speelily met, and as ever that institution epjoys a reputation for soundness ‘and ‘reliebility that places it second to none, The well-known financial stability and reputation for personal honesty ahat the officers bear, should have -been-# sufficient guarantee to those who had money deposited in the bank thattheir treasure was in good keeping. The cause of apprehension on the part.of the depositors was owing to the fact ‘that the Bunk Commissioners bad peid an official visit to the institation, and finding everything io a highly sat" isfactory condition determined to prepare an exhaustive:report. They were delayed somewlrat in doing this, and some ef the depesitors suddenly took fright, and foolishly imagined there was something ‘“‘rotten in Denmark.” Their unfounded fears are entirely subdued, however, now they find the bank proved to be ‘jn an unusually prosperous condition. If the people of San it: bad at the head of all their banking instivations such a class ot -men as direct the affairs of the Freach Bank ‘ we should never have heard of the many robberies committed by vilQuentia instead of being castedians . of money belonging to honest peo. ‘Westerday’s Arrivais at the foo RD NBN AOR «IEE CLONES I ANOTHER OLD RESIDENT. eR “Many of ue will recolléet John J. upon the “Wonders of the Sierras,” at the ‘Congregational chufeh, this evening. He was for seven years a resident of Nevada county, being engaged in niining pursnits at ‘San’ Juan. Mr. Powell is thoroughly conversant with the topograpby of the Sierras, the subject upon. which . he will dwell during his, retharks to-night, and has sn apt way of desoribing what he has s¢en. hh ss MINISTERIAL CHANGE. —Aeceording to the rules of the M. . E. Chitreb, the term of Rev. W.-S. Urmy in Nevada City will end on Sunday next. At the morning service on that day he willpreach bis. farewell sermon. In the evening the children of the Sabbath Scliool ‘will give a grand sacred concert. ‘“WONDERS OF THE SIERRAS.” ' John J. Powell,author of the “Golden State and its Resources,” and “Nevada the Land of Silver,” will deliver his famous, letttire on the %-W onders of the Sierras,” this Tues day evening, Sept. 17th, in the Congregational Church, at 74 o’clock.= No admission will be ‘charged, and évety body is invited to ‘attend, —_*e itematrna oil € FOR SALE. 86 shares of Nevada ‘ad Moun tain Lake Ice Co.’s.stock for sale at ARCHIE NIVENS’, JR. 817-8 SNE CE TRIS IER ET 2 UIE VEE BLOT TEE SP, ; ‘ONION HOTEL, ple. 2 ee NO HEAVEN FOR HATERS. . Rev, J. J. Powell préached an interesting sermon at the Congregational Chureh Sunday evening, taking for the topic of_ his discourse the necessity for cultivating the principles of Jove.in_the -homan heart. He said that no church, village, city,state, or government could Jove pervaded it. Upon church members he apparently “desired to impress witb peculiar force the necessity for crushing out batred and malice from their hearts, A ‘person might attend church twice every Sunday, prayer meeting each Thursday evening, partake of the commu. nion regularly, institute divine worpossessing the religion of Christ, still 1f any hatred fora fellow creatare lurked in hie heart, he surely was lost. It was utterly impossible for any one to love God while be hated his brother. Loveand hatred never had and never would exist in the same beart. The man who hated any of his brethren could not get into Heayen under any circumstances, Mr. Powell thought that the various religious Genominations, Congrezational, Methodist, Roman Catholic, Baptist, Episcopal, and all, ought to do away with the petty human quarrels they have with each other, as well as those that exist among themselves, and strive to ennoble Christianity in the eyes of worldlings,and work their own redemption. When the people of the earth universally then, end not until then, will they find a home that is not. built with hands. The sermon was a practical one, and were its very reasonable precepts practiced by all those who profess Christianity, there would follow aimighty revolution of feeling’ in the minds of many who are now indifferent to their spiritual ‘condition. The wolves in lamb’s cloth-« ing (Mr. Powell dignified them with the appellation of people who join the church out of selfish motives—to advance their business and social interests) would no longer be ever present to afford the unreverentia) excuse for declaring religious institutions mere asylums for bypocriti. cal knaves. The pretenders would ‘ find it necessary to come out before the world under their true colors. A NEAT COMPLIMENT. . ~The Sacramento Bee pays this paperahappy compliment after the following neat style: », The Nevada Daily TRANSCRIPT has entered upon the nineteenth year of its orients. . It has pleased" t people w itis published, which be prosperous uojess the spirit of . bask in the bright sunebine of love, . an AR OPES OR JACOB ‘NAFFZIGER, ‘Prop’r J, Moore. Placer County. _ Mre, A. D. Wilsou Relief Hill J Saunters Omega._J. Mathews Blue Tent Harry Gray Quaker Hill J. M. Allunwood Union Ranch Ott. Baker Scotts Flat —G@ Shaw Ss J. D. Bickford V Flume D. M. Jones Dry Creek = “J. Huber Sweetland : Edward Dooby Pleasant Valley, eee os. eee Sey C,H. DanbrackJacksonville J, Spulard-G Valley C. H. Perkins N, bloomfield. Mrs. Hanly Huots Hill Mies E. F. Shields do _ E. M. Lauderland San Juan Sam Novitzky Grass Valley J. Haas . do . H., Pollach do Harry Cohn do James_E. Robinson. New York E. Creller G@. Valley ; M. B. B. Potter N. San Juan. J. E. Mayer San Francisco J. RB. Weeks Koizhts Landing « T. Barues 8,.F.M.-Mohler Cement Hill _Jobn Robinson Grass Valley A. Dooly Pleasant Vailey. —eo. ADVERTISED LETTERS. The following letters remain in the Post Office at Nevada City, Nevada County, Ca). for the week ending Sep. 19th, 1878, Per. sons calling for advertised letters wil please give the date of advertisement. J. 8. Honprooz, P M. Brown Wm. Cuslea Louis. Farquhar George. Gesecke Mrs. Kitz Fac. ; Jenkin Thomas. Johnson Mary. Mahar John. McFarland Gil, Meehan Delia, Parneby V. M. Sweit Senora Dona Angelita. Wilden Migs V, Wood Joh. W. : Varney ‘Tessa, HELD FoR POSTAGE Skelton Mrs. Jas, (RALARE oa Oa ei ear acea ciate aI RENO lle DIED. AJ ~~, At the residence of the parents, U. 8. Brewery. Nevada City, September ¥W, 1878, August Brandt,aged 29 years and 6 months, The funeral will take place this afternoon from the Congregational chureh, at 2 o'clock. Friends and acquaintances are invited to attend. ‘Episcopal services by Rev. G. R, Davi, +s ; MARRIED. ‘in Nevada City, 15, 1878, by Rev. W. R, Gober,Joseph H. Huber Wood, both of. . aceacuadioa NEW FISH MARKET. . . iy caesar he bes opened. at the JUNvMERCIAL STREETS, AND _OOMPowell, who-4g to-Gelivér his, lecture . « [DRUGS , Ce , $f = _ NEVADA THEATRE. ‘ONE NIGHT ONLY! IHAVERLY’S FAMOUS MINSTRELS' J. H. HAVERLY HARRY MANN..00W. H. STRICKLAND.. The Star Troupe of the World. NTIRE New and Greates* of all Min. stre] Compabies! hip oe fee hepntation,wLo piesent the new Socie tiie or Genial Minstrelsy. Towering t the Zenith of Kefined’ Minstrelsy! Com. pletely casting in the shade all former ef. forts; in fact, a New Depalture, and ‘, choice school of MinstreIsy., The ost ~ ‘stylish display of. ~ Athe P : Ailnusement, rendered in that clasgic inaii© ner peculfar to_thisreat Organization. To make assurance doubly’sure, and to put the stawp of pre-emir ence upon this Match. lesa Organizaticn, Mr. Haverly bas, with . his accustomed liberality spared neither cprietor sos es MaDager . General Agérit © eee eeer weeees wether a massive and costly. Company, which has no equalon the American stage, #nd has at a’great expense sécuired the ser. ‘viées of those renowned artists of werldWide celebrity: ; gacieeminn ties Gus Williams, & Frank Cushman; . Billy Rice, Welch & Rice, © Billy Carter, California Quartetteé, [Dixon, Roe, Rapier and Freeth.] _ W. W. BARBOUR’S SOLO ORCHESTRA, 10 in number, the whole forming the Monster Combination of the 19th Century1S oe ‘LARGEST MINSTREL COMPANY IN THE WORLD. Prices ds ushal. ~ Reserved seats pow on sale at W.D. Vin. ton’s Drug Store without extra charge, {Successor to E. M. Preston, ) DEALER IN MINING CHEMICALS, TOILET GOODE PRESOR'PTIONS accurstely comrtna . ed at all hours of. the day er wight (eee General Insurance Agency. INCLUDING LIVBuPOOL, LONDON and GLOBE.and IMPERIAL, NORTHERN and QUEEN INSURANCE COMPANIES. W. D. VINTON, Trop’r. CASH OR NO SALE. TO TBE PEOPLE OF NEVADA. ELIEVING that busiziess conducted on & furely : CASH BASIS, . Can be carrfed on in Nevada to the wenefit of both buyer and seller, I have boughtthe stock of the late firm ef WEBER & CHATY, and will carry on the basil.exs ax, the ola stand on Cowmercial street, aud will sell ail goods in the line of Groceries, Provisiens, Grain, Flour, Peed, re Bte., TEN PER CENT. LESS rHAN OLD RATES. Ipey cash . goods, and must have what i sell. NATIONAL EXCHANGE HOTEL, BROAD STREET..REVADA CITY. C. E. PEARSON, Proprietor. _ THTS WELL KNOWN HOTEL is always open for the accommodation of the Traveling. Public. Large additions have Deem made to it, and it has deen fitted ep im elegant style. The Skeping Booms are largeairy and poets em, > The Table will compare favorably with that of any Hote) in in State. The, Proprietor will spare no psins or.expense Ae render his guests comfortable. es leave shis howse daily for all towns North of this city. ‘ A Carriage will always be found at the Depot to convey passengers to this Billiard Tables and Bar connected With the Hotel. A share of Public Patronage is respectfully solicited. ™ €. EB, PEARSON, Proprietor. Nevada, Sept. 5, 3918, JAMES J. OTT. Gita AND ORES of every GesersptionRefined, Melted and Main Street, Nevada City. Established im 1862, LBOTRO PLA2.NG in GOLD or SILVEP W._D. LONG, —_ A'First Class Fish Market: is the best evidence» of ability and CPE; 2732— CASB or its equyalent on the counter fer W. H. SMITH. ‘J Agsayec. y request Gold Bars exchanged for Gein’ _ Attarnev and’ Counselor at Law Popular time,labor, nor puins in congregating to~~ She Bi NEWA! ‘wasf _ “Archie, N “George Davi ‘Vinton, s8et “away at V other morni ant Valley f “way there,-a “pill near In ‘proke, As crashed dow to drive ak Soka DeBat ‘him'to hau ‘Another tai the same ra ‘ed to their to be fooled ittle wectde jog their é _tgodd, Six ‘o1 ing what tl cost of pult ‘again will _ Another} ‘Hughsou, ‘brook, Mar! _antine, also ant Valley. s0 ‘tnany b ‘crowd, acc ‘and they “either. Three ty} direction t ~ their, retur tain the rey labor to pr or-70 grous carry; othe: A HC ‘Saturday ‘ton, ‘accom the: fine bl _ttable, and short distat tauce. A tion, the « the owner means the Tom’s hea was nothin off up the tance one ‘ing down pearance ¢: ly observe the gentle called gavi lively runt secured tk equine, N DIDN _ The bas have been the Btarg « pendents « to pass, ' failed to 1 cording ¢ not been . their brea! ‘Suppose it — KNIGH A. ©, ¢ ‘agent for Wheel,w! Water tha: Can be ; . Providenc promptly, “ —_— SPECIAL There , Nevada } M., held Sept, 18 work, ren will t themsely, JH. B WA Lost in & miviatg “Watch ch fer a fave Pay _ HORSES Two ge for sale TRANSCR ee: Value hig

The Daily Transcript NEVADA CITY. CAL. ‘Tuesday September. 17, 1878. “\ KY ine a GEO. M. MOTT 4 our only author ized Agent in Sucramento. He will re csive Advertiserients and~Subscriptions tor the TRaxsonirT, and receipt for us in Our name, >, f A LIBEL ON OUR SCHOOLS. oe Some time since an article calcula* ted to throw light upon the workings} ofthe public school system of Nevada gouty was published in o cotemporary, and some paragrapher,who was uppareutly anable to’ get at its intended meaning, published a briefer ‘version-which was from beginuiug to end a misrepresentation of the. real facts, The second-hand bit of infor' mation, wherein it was stated that uur teachers were piid $35 and $40 per moath, went the rounds of. the ‘press of the State, and as we prophesied af the tithe, has given to the out side world's disgraceful opinion of our educational facilities: The following cowmunication clipped -from @ recent issue of the San Jose ‘Mercury,. is not a very paletable crit. icism for Gur people to read, bot we publish it in full so ‘that they may have an opportunity of seeing in just what an unfair light they stand: Ep. Mercory:—In yoar last issue I tind a stitement from the County Superintendent.of Pablic Schools in _ Nevada county to the effect that so numerous bave been the application for teachers’ positions in that county that salaries bave been reduced one~—halt-and-new-vary-from-$30--to-$45. per month), ; Every one who. reads this announcement will have a poor idea of Nevada county. We may be sure sbe-has the most inferiof teachers, these who would be refused employinent where the people have any. pride in the character of their public schools. Two years and half ago we visited a ares school in Gruse Vulley und its whole aspect ‘corres— ponded with the $30. or-$45 a mouth rort of selary._‘Fhere.-were--cighty children in one room (do not know how many in the other) and one ugly _jow room, with, thiee children squeez_.ed into eavh ugly seat,made for two. "Phe appearance of the ¢hildren; 507 untidy, so slipshod, so evidently wanting iu that ‘esprit de. corps’’ which characterizes ourowa schools, hud so depressing an effect upon us that we Politely declined visiting the other depaitment, We had supposed that the sumé school law eneured the sume . conditions ull over the State. This delusion was very thoroughly extinguisbed in Grass Valley. We advise wil parties visiting-Nevada county to muke themselves familiar with ber cheap schools. They will return to their own bome quite satisfied tu be tixed_ a trifle more avd have the best there ia in the market. It takes a person accustomed to society of cultivated and refined men and women to value charadter and the influence of good breeding in a teachey,, ‘Chere may be commonplace, illiterate youvg people of both sexes, who nave skimmed through an éxamination and obtained a third yrade certificate and are so inferior that no Trustev of a school, outside of Nevada county, would for a moment consider their clainis toa position, ‘Phis kind always emigrote;from the const counties as soon as, fledged. . The writer bas seen & an witn a second grade certificate wip would be glad to give his presence ip. any schvol room for $25 a Jnuuth. We have tie quality We pay fpF always. iw phe G. L, Krrpy, Who G. B. Kirby may be, is be-+ youd our ken; but that he is compe\ent to justly criticise the schools of Grass Valley or ahy other place, we do not believe, in view of the above correspondence. ‘rom all we can learn, te schools of Nevada county, in every district, were conducted as intelligently two years and a half ago ag they ure now. -That is saying much, for tolay no county in the State, not even excepting those *‘on the coast," can show a better record in the educational favilities afforded the young than this. Our school houses are models of neatness and convenience, and although * not properly ventilated, are as vear perfect in that respect as any we have seen in visiting many hundreds in the Eastern and Middle States. The teachers employed are the very best that salaries varying from $50 to $125 per month can-command, They represeat the very essence of practi ealand theoretical iatelligenee, social refinement, and extended experiencain their profession, Tbe public schools of Nevadg county are proverbial for the proficiency attained by the pupils who-attend them. We ure safe in challepging eny county _ia the State to a comparison of facts. und figures conceruing the workings und results of its and their eJuca. for a benevolent purpose whenever. DEATH OF AUGUST BRANDT. Augost ‘Brandt, who died at the resideuce of his mother, on, Main! buque, Iows, Pebrnary 28th, 1848, and came to Nevada Gity with his mother in 1852, being then about 3%" years of age, and was one of the ‘first. children in the town. Since that time he has made this place his home. Being of a good ‘disposition, Angust bécame a general favorite with all who knew him. ‘He attended-sc ool until he was 16 years old, and then commenced to learn the carpenter’s:trade; bat breaking bis arm on two -difierent occasions, be) was.compelled to give it ap. Sub seqnently be was engaged with bis mother,.in the U.S. Brewery, until about six years ago, when his health commenced failing, dry, hacking cough, giving indications-ofincipient consumption. After trying -verious remedies, he went.to the Bay, bere he staid for’ some time, and retursed home apparently much’improved in hedfth, He then. took cha:ge of the U. &. Brewery Saloon,. which he kept until about the first of January last, when bis health again failed, aud giving up business’ he returned hume, ,Jt was soon apparent that consumption was doing its work, and although everything . was done to arrest the disease,death ‘claimed. him as ite victim, and ou Sunday morning, at 10% o’clock he breathed his lust. Deceased was 86f a genial and kind-hearted disposition, ready to assist with his money called upon. The funeral will take -place tbis afternoon, at 2 o’clock, . from the Congregational church, and will be under the auspices of the Nevada Fire Department, .of which be was a member, enti =A ALMOST LOST HIS SHIRT. Among the boarders at the Union Hotel are two gentlemen rooming. together, ove of whom bas his soiled lined washed once in so often at a Heathen Chinee’s laundry across the street. The other does not patronize the establisument, A few days ago. the Mongolian, after his nsual_ custom, went to bis. patron’s room to get the clothes belonging to that individual. The other party missed three. shirts shortly ufter the visit, He went over to the laundry and inquired for them, but the proprivior said they were not the e. Yesterday morning be got out a search warrant, aud officer Scott found one of the missing shirts at the laundry. John was arrested and taken before Judge Garthe. . He plead guilty to the charge of petit larceny, puid a fine of $10, reimbursed the complainant for the two other shirts, and withdrew from the scené poorer but wiser than before. JOHN MULLEN’S INSANITY. os Sunday afternoon Constable Peters brougbt an insane man naméd John Mullen from Grass Valley, and turned him: over to the Jail authorities for safe keeping. Mallen’s sole desire is to roani. The other day. he was foand by his brother in the woods a considerable distance from Grass Valley, with the clothing néirly all torn from his lower limbs. He is a respectable, keen-looking man. .In reply to questions propounded him by the Examining Board yesterday afternoon, he said he was 38 yeurs old; bas four cbildren who are of the same age; had been in the country one week, aid worked at Graas Valley four weeks, et cetera, His conversation was similarly contradictory throughout, He was declared insane by the Board, and Sheriff Montgomery will take him to Napa to-day, oe foes Rive ee Gai aieas TO ORGANIZE&, Dr. A. Barrows, Deputy Grand Master Workman, will organize a subordiate lodge of the Ancient O:der of Unived Workmen in this city, to-night. We have no. information regarding the place where the meet. ing will be held. —_—_—--— -@ o> A NUISANCE.The Chinese wash-house on Broad street must go. A petition reques:ing the City Trustees toclose; it up signed. £ i leat all _ = AT His POST, . Mr, Bulfinch resumed his position as teacher of the High Beljoo! yesterday,’ The pwpils greeted hig street, Sunday last, was born in Da. , asa nuisance has been generally . : @UNDAY’S SPORTS. . "There was a general falling off re. ported: inthe atteudance of the inate sex at the charches in this part of the State Sunday. Even ‘two or three Sabbath Sobdol, classes ate. said te have been—withoat teachers. Tt was not that the weather was too warm oF tog cold fur people to turn out, but simply because the sporting seuson had set in, Every man who could ‘beare up a gun, and at the same time sit down upon bis conscientious scruples regarding the keeping: holy of the first day in the week, took a hand. ‘Our readLerswould be surprised, aye thunder. struck, if we were to publish the. list of prominent citizens who coulda’t-wait until Monday to shoot quail. Bat we have prom.sed not y drag them before a criticising public in case the would relate to us for publication the main points concernivug‘the luck they met with, the most telliug instance of which we in turn herewith submitte the intelligent reader, without comment: i -One well-known professional gentiemen had « sud experience in the pursuit of the feathery whistlers. He told several friends the night be— fere that he was going bunting, and promised to bring each one back enough quail for a.mess, . Here is what it cost him: : Hiring gunand buyingammunition. .$4 00 Spirits fermenti-{for-sun-bura).... 1 60 Hiring horse snd carriage...: Gere 5 00 Ruined boo s ($15) pants ($18).... 33 00 Lost ring ($6) pocket knife ($1 50).. 7 50 $51 00 He killed three birde, which, as willbe seen, coat. him $17 apiece, — Perhaps the average luck of the prominent.citizens_wonld-_ not rate . quite so unfavorably as the case particalarized above. We venture to say, from reference to the statistics ‘before us, that a reasonable estimate . of the cost per head of the quails killed in this county Sunday would not exceed $4. . ~~» & ——ae A RE-UNION. H. W. Hyman, the popular clothing dealer of this city, bas four brothers connected with him in basiness in various paits of the world. One Hlives at Grass Valley, one at San Franciscv, and two more in Honolulu, One of the latter, who is just returning from a year’s trip around the world, stopped over here Sanday morbing. Theones from Grass Valley and the Bay also came up at the same time. The occasion of. their coming together was brought about by the demands of their extensive commercial transactions; but they mude ita time of fraternal enjoyment as well as business, which will long be ‘remembered by them, when separated by sea and land. ve AFFLICTED. E. G. Dawsén, who has been at San Francisco during several, weeks has returned somewhat improved ; but he is still so nearly blind as to render him utterly helpless, so far as earning a livelihood is concerned. “Doc” Dawson, as he is familiarly known, is a hardworking, industrious man, but, owing to his failing sight has been unable to work any during the-last year. His object in returning to Nevada at this time is to secure assistance from hie friends to enable him to return to the oculist to continue treatment, hoping eventually to regain his sight suaffi+ ciently to enable him to earn his own living. He wishes to raise fifty dollars. _The Benevolent Society offer to give him twenty dollars providing he can raise the balance. He will call upon the citizens of this city to-day soliciting aid. THE GUILD PARTY’ On Thursday evening next the members of Pheenix Guild will give an entertainment at Hunt’s Hal). A brilliant and varied programme of musical and literary exercises in which some of the leading talent of this city and Grass Valley will participate, is being prepared, and all who attend may rely npon spending the evening in a must enjoyable ‘manner, The Guild parties promise to be the leading public social events of the coming winter. ———— THE WEATHER., Cap . . "Phe following observations were taken yesterday at the office ef the South Yuba Canal Company, in this city: THERMOMETER—800A. MZ aun 54, shade53;2Pr.a, sud 74, shade 63. BaromMETER—8:00 a. a., 27.80; « > lains who ought to bave been in San ship in the household, and in fact keep up every outward semblance of . ~ TAE FRENCH BANK. ’ the ran madeJast. week on the bank of the French Savings and Loan Society at San Francisco was an extensive one. Thousands and thousands of dollars—proably over a quarte: of a willion,>wére drawn, out by the frightened depositors ; but all demands were-speelily met, and as ever that institution epjoys a reputation for soundness ‘and ‘reliebility that places it second to none, The well-known financial stability and reputation for personal honesty ahat the officers bear, should have -been-# sufficient guarantee to those who had money deposited in the bank thattheir treasure was in good keeping. The cause of apprehension on the part.of the depositors was owing to the fact ‘that the Bunk Commissioners bad peid an official visit to the institation, and finding everything io a highly sat" isfactory condition determined to prepare an exhaustive:report. They were delayed somewlrat in doing this, and some ef the depesitors suddenly took fright, and foolishly imagined there was something ‘“‘rotten in Denmark.” Their unfounded fears are entirely subdued, however, now they find the bank proved to be ‘jn an unusually prosperous condition. If the people of San it: bad at the head of all their banking instivations such a class ot -men as direct the affairs of the Freach Bank ‘ we should never have heard of the many robberies committed by vilQuentia instead of being castedians . of money belonging to honest peo. ‘Westerday’s Arrivais at the foo RD NBN AOR «IEE CLONES I ANOTHER OLD RESIDENT. eR “Many of ue will recolléet John J. upon the “Wonders of the Sierras,” at the ‘Congregational chufeh, this evening. He was for seven years a resident of Nevada county, being engaged in niining pursnits at ‘San’ Juan. Mr. Powell is thoroughly conversant with the topograpby of the Sierras, the subject upon. which . he will dwell during his, retharks to-night, and has sn apt way of desoribing what he has s¢en. hh ss MINISTERIAL CHANGE. —Aeceording to the rules of the M. . E. Chitreb, the term of Rev. W.-S. Urmy in Nevada City will end on Sunday next. At the morning service on that day he willpreach bis. farewell sermon. In the evening the

children of the Sabbath Scliool ‘will give a grand sacred concert. ‘“WONDERS OF THE SIERRAS.” ' John J. Powell,author of the “Golden State and its Resources,” and “Nevada the Land of Silver,” will deliver his famous, letttire on the %-W onders of the Sierras,” this Tues day evening, Sept. 17th, in the Congregational Church, at 74 o’clock.= No admission will be ‘charged, and évety body is invited to ‘attend, —_*e itematrna oil € FOR SALE. 86 shares of Nevada ‘ad Moun tain Lake Ice Co.’s.stock for sale at ARCHIE NIVENS’, JR. 817-8 SNE CE TRIS IER ET 2 UIE VEE BLOT TEE SP, ; ‘ONION HOTEL, ple. 2 ee NO HEAVEN FOR HATERS. . Rev, J. J. Powell préached an interesting sermon at the Congregational Chureh Sunday evening, taking for the topic of_ his discourse the necessity for cultivating the principles of Jove.in_the -homan heart. He said that no church, village, city,state, or government could Jove pervaded it. Upon church members he apparently “desired to impress witb peculiar force the necessity for crushing out batred and malice from their hearts, A ‘person might attend church twice every Sunday, prayer meeting each Thursday evening, partake of the commu. nion regularly, institute divine worpossessing the religion of Christ, still 1f any hatred fora fellow creatare lurked in hie heart, he surely was lost. It was utterly impossible for any one to love God while be hated his brother. Loveand hatred never had and never would exist in the same beart. The man who hated any of his brethren could not get into Heayen under any circumstances, Mr. Powell thought that the various religious Genominations, Congrezational, Methodist, Roman Catholic, Baptist, Episcopal, and all, ought to do away with the petty human quarrels they have with each other, as well as those that exist among themselves, and strive to ennoble Christianity in the eyes of worldlings,and work their own redemption. When the people of the earth universally then, end not until then, will they find a home that is not. built with hands. The sermon was a practical one, and were its very reasonable precepts practiced by all those who profess Christianity, there would follow aimighty revolution of feeling’ in the minds of many who are now indifferent to their spiritual ‘condition. The wolves in lamb’s cloth-« ing (Mr. Powell dignified them with the appellation of people who join the church out of selfish motives—to advance their business and social interests) would no longer be ever present to afford the unreverentia) excuse for declaring religious institutions mere asylums for bypocriti. cal knaves. The pretenders would ‘ find it necessary to come out before the world under their true colors. A NEAT COMPLIMENT. . ~The Sacramento Bee pays this paperahappy compliment after the following neat style: », The Nevada Daily TRANSCRIPT has entered upon the nineteenth year of its orients. . It has pleased" t people w itis published, which be prosperous uojess the spirit of . bask in the bright sunebine of love, . an AR OPES OR JACOB ‘NAFFZIGER, ‘Prop’r J, Moore. Placer County. _ Mre, A. D. Wilsou Relief Hill J Saunters Omega._J. Mathews Blue Tent Harry Gray Quaker Hill J. M. Allunwood Union Ranch Ott. Baker Scotts Flat —G@ Shaw Ss J. D. Bickford V Flume D. M. Jones Dry Creek = “J. Huber Sweetland : Edward Dooby Pleasant Valley, eee os. eee Sey C,H. DanbrackJacksonville J, Spulard-G Valley C. H. Perkins N, bloomfield. Mrs. Hanly Huots Hill Mies E. F. Shields do _ E. M. Lauderland San Juan Sam Novitzky Grass Valley J. Haas . do . H., Pollach do Harry Cohn do James_E. Robinson. New York E. Creller G@. Valley ; M. B. B. Potter N. San Juan. J. E. Mayer San Francisco J. RB. Weeks Koizhts Landing « T. Barues 8,.F.M.-Mohler Cement Hill _Jobn Robinson Grass Valley A. Dooly Pleasant Vailey. —eo. ADVERTISED LETTERS. The following letters remain in the Post Office at Nevada City, Nevada County, Ca). for the week ending Sep. 19th, 1878, Per. sons calling for advertised letters wil please give the date of advertisement. J. 8. Honprooz, P M. Brown Wm. Cuslea Louis. Farquhar George. Gesecke Mrs. Kitz Fac. ; Jenkin Thomas. Johnson Mary. Mahar John. McFarland Gil, Meehan Delia, Parneby V. M. Sweit Senora Dona Angelita. Wilden Migs V, Wood Joh. W. : Varney ‘Tessa, HELD FoR POSTAGE Skelton Mrs. Jas, (RALARE oa Oa ei ear acea ciate aI RENO lle DIED. AJ ~~, At the residence of the parents, U. 8. Brewery. Nevada City, September ¥W, 1878, August Brandt,aged 29 years and 6 months, The funeral will take place this afternoon from the Congregational chureh, at 2 o'clock. Friends and acquaintances are invited to attend. ‘Episcopal services by Rev. G. R, Davi, +s ; MARRIED. ‘in Nevada City, 15, 1878, by Rev. W. R, Gober,Joseph H. Huber Wood, both of. . aceacuadioa NEW FISH MARKET. . . iy caesar he bes opened. at the JUNvMERCIAL STREETS, AND _OOMPowell, who-4g to-Gelivér his, lecture . « [DRUGS , Ce , $f = _ NEVADA THEATRE. ‘ONE NIGHT ONLY! IHAVERLY’S FAMOUS MINSTRELS' J. H. HAVERLY HARRY MANN....00W. H. STRICKLAND... The Star Troupe of the World. NTIRE New and Greates* of all Min. stre] Compabies! hip oe fee hepntation,wLo piesent the new Socie tiie or Genial Minstrelsy. Towering t the Zenith of Kefined’ Minstrelsy! Com. pletely casting in the shade all former ef. forts; in fact, a New Depalture, and ‘, choice school of MinstreIsy., The ost ~ ‘stylish display of. ~ Athe P : Ailnusement, rendered in that clasgic inaii© ner peculfar to_thisreat Organization. To make assurance doubly’sure, and to put the stawp of pre-emir ence upon this Match. lesa Organizaticn, Mr. Haverly bas, with . his accustomed liberality spared neither cprietor sos es MaDager . General Agérit © eee eeer weeees wether a massive and costly. Company, which has no equalon the American stage, #nd has at a’great expense sécuired the ser. ‘viées of those renowned artists of werldWide celebrity: ; gacieeminn ties Gus Williams, & Frank Cushman; . Billy Rice, Welch & Rice, © Billy Carter, California Quartetteé, [Dixon, Roe, Rapier and Freeth.] _ W. W. BARBOUR’S SOLO ORCHESTRA, 10 in number, the whole forming the Monster Combination of the 19th Century1S oe ‘LARGEST MINSTREL COMPANY IN THE WORLD. Prices ds ushal. ~ Reserved seats pow on sale at W.D. Vin. ton’s Drug Store without extra charge, {Successor to E. M. Preston, ) DEALER IN MINING CHEMICALS, TOILET GOODE PRESOR'PTIONS accurstely comrtna . ed at all hours of. the day er wight (eee General Insurance Agency. INCLUDING LIVBuPOOL, LONDON and GLOBE.and IMPERIAL, NORTHERN and QUEEN INSURANCE COMPANIES. W. D. VINTON, Trop’r. CASH OR NO SALE. TO TBE PEOPLE OF NEVADA. ELIEVING that busiziess conducted on & furely : CASH BASIS, . Can be carrfed on in Nevada to the wenefit of both buyer and seller, I have boughtthe stock of the late firm ef WEBER & CHATY, and will carry on the basil.exs ax, the ola stand on Cowmercial street, aud will sell ail goods in the line of Groceries, Provisiens, Grain, Flour, Peed, re Bte., TEN PER CENT. LESS rHAN OLD RATES. Ipey cash . goods, and must have what i sell. NATIONAL EXCHANGE HOTEL, BROAD STREET....REVADA CITY. C. E. PEARSON, Proprietor. _ THTS WELL KNOWN HOTEL is always open for the accommodation of the Traveling. Public. Large additions have Deem made to it, and it has deen fitted ep im elegant style. The Skeping Booms are largeairy and poets em, > The Table will compare favorably with that of any Hote) in in State. The, Proprietor will spare no psins or.expense Ae render his guests comfortable. es leave shis howse daily for all towns North of this city. ‘ A Carriage will always be found at the Depot to convey passengers to this Billiard Tables and Bar connected With the Hotel. A share of Public Patronage is respectfully solicited. ™ €. EB, PEARSON, Proprietor. Nevada, Sept. 5, 3918, JAMES J. OTT. Gita AND ORES of every GesersptionRefined, Melted and Main Street, Nevada City. Established im 1862, LBOTRO PLA2.NG in GOLD or SILVEP W._D. LONG, —_ A'First Class Fish Market: is the best evidence» of ability and CPE; 2732— CASB or its equyalent on the counter fer W. H. SMITH. ‘J Agsayec. y request Gold Bars exchanged for Gein’ _ Attarnev and’ Counselor at Law Popular time,labor, nor puins in congregating to~~ She Bi NEWA! ‘wasf _ “Archie, N “George Davi ‘Vinton, s8et “away at V other morni ant Valley f “way there,-a “pill near In ‘proke, As crashed dow to drive ak Soka DeBat ‘him'to hau ‘Another tai the same ra ‘ed to their to be fooled ittle wectde jog their é _tgodd, Six ‘o1 ing what tl cost of pult ‘again will _ Another} ‘Hughsou, ‘brook, Mar! _antine, also ant Valley. s0 ‘tnany b ‘crowd, acc ‘and they “either. Three ty} direction t ~ their, retur tain the rey labor to pr or-70 grous carry; othe: A HC ‘Saturday ‘ton, ‘accom the: fine bl _ttable, and short distat tauce. A tion, the « the owner means the Tom’s hea was nothin off up the tance one ‘ing down pearance ¢: ly observe the gentle called gavi lively runt secured tk equine, N DIDN _ The bas have been the Btarg « pendents « to pass, ' failed to 1 cording ¢ not been . their brea! ‘Suppose it — KNIGH A. ©, ¢ ‘agent for Wheel,w! Water tha: Can be ; . Providenc promptly, “ —_— SPECIAL There , Nevada } M., held Sept, 18 work, ren will t themsely, JH. B WA Lost in & miviatg “Watch ch fer a fave Pay _ HORSES Two ge for sale TRANSCR ee: Value hig