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August 4, 1892 (4 pages)

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THE DAILY TRANSCRIPT. BROWN & CALKINS. Proprietors. a THURSDAY EV’NG AUG. 4, °92. SS Prehistoric Giants. Wear the Mediterranean coast, not far from Nice. are some grottoes which are remarkable for the prehistoric reinains found in them. The value of these grottoes as:a.field of prehistoric researcn was recognized twenty years ago They were at that time purchased by Mr Emile Riviere, who, iowever. neglected to work them, and sold them again toa quarry master. who, on removing some of the rock. unearthed some of the re mains. Since then the grottoes have been in litigation mnch of the time ‘and no one has been able properly to investi gate them. At present three skeletons found there are figuring in the iaw courts One 18 of a man whose estimated height is7 feet 9inches. The head of the skeleton is missing. Another is the skeletoti of a woman 6 feet 3 inches tall, and the third is the remains of a youth to previous discoveries make seven skel These added etons of prehistoric men unearthed up . to the present time in these Caves The Italian government has not aftempped . to exercise any rights 1u the matter Cp to 1875 Mr. Riviere had discovered . + the skeletons of one man and two chil dren, which were some twenty-nine feet . below the level of the caves and were . surrounded by undoubted paleolithic implements. The bed is a compact oue of limestone. —Chicago News. Wedded Over Her Mother’s Grave. The most unique marriage ever performed in Baltimore took place Mon day within the boundaries of Green Mount cemetery over the graves of the parents of the bride. Colonel Hendrick von Stamp, ex-minis ter of Denmark to the United States. a knight of the Order of Dannebrog and the bride was Miss Mildred Hammond daughter of the late Genera! Hanunond Six carriages were occupied by the wed ding party, but the vehicles were suyy posed to be a funeral cortege ax they 3 slowly moved through thecemetery When the Hammoud lot was reached the graves were strewn with flowers and the wedding was. quickly per formed, the bride standing upon the grave of her mother and the groom, upon the grave of the bride's father The bride is of one of Maryland's oldest : families, being a remote desceudaut ot President George Washington. She t forty and the groom forty-four years old.—Baltimore Letter The Human Journey of a Lathing Nail _ About fifty-four years ayo Washing ton Mesahan, contractor and builder of this place, was working at his trade that of a plasterer,in Blair county, when he accidentally swallowed a lathing nail. He was very much alarmed abont the accident at the time, but as he fell no evil results from the extraordinary diet. in the course of two or three weeks he had forgotten all about it. Revently however. Mr. Megahan has felt a peco Har sensation in the palm of his left hand, and one day last week he waxable to feel the outline of a small nail. and then it was that he remembered having swallowed the lathing nail fifty-four years before. Thé nail is rapidly work ing its way through the flesh of his hand, and when it has worked up ander the skin Mr. Megahan will havea physi cian remove it.—Somerset Herald. One Year's Work. At the twentieth anniversary festival of the Provident Surgical Appliance so ciety in London, Dr. Bond in the course of his speech said that he knew of only one case dealt with by the society iu which any dissatisfaction was given. A young woman was fitted with a Roman nose, but the boys of the college, noticing the change, made her life unbear able. She besought the society to help her, and wassupplied with a pretty little retrousse nose «so attractive that all her coinpanions were made envions, and several offers of marriage were insured. Dr. Bond's society last year_distributed no fewer than 6,228 artificial armns, legs, teeth and noses.—London Letter. Stopping.« Customer En Route. A Maryland farmer who was waiting for the train to leave for New York was accosted by Detective McDevitt who finally learned that the gentleman from the rnra! districts was going to New York with $400 in his pocket to buy “green goads." The farmer said that the agent of the green goods mau world meet him at Summerville. Me Devitt sent the farmer back to his fam ily and saved him the loss of his money and the expenses of his trip. He says tha: men may be seen at the depots every day on their way to deal in green goods. — Washington Star. : Ap Electric Launch. An electric launch on exhibition at the crystal palace, London, is thus deThe groom was . . . hh era ‘BEOPLE can take Simmons Liver Regulator without loss of time or danger from exposure. It takes the place of a doctor and costly prescriptions and is therefore the medicine to be kept in the household to be given upon any indication of approaching sickness. It contains no dangerous ingredients but is purely vegetable, gentle yet thorough in its action, and can be given --with safety and the most satisfactory résults to any pes regardless of age. thasnoequal. Try it. ’ POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS. —— All Notices under this head MUST be paid for in advance. ee ARTHUR POWELL ( Present ‘Incumbent. ) Is hereby announced as a candidate for PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR. Subject to the action of the Republican : Nominating Convention. “PRANK T. NILON Is hereby announced as a candidate for DISTRICT ATTORNEY Subject to the decision of the Republican County Convention. EDWARD ¢. MORGAN Is hereby announced as a candidate for COUNTY RECORDER Subject to the decision of the Democratic County Convention. WM. G. HUDSON Of Grass Valley is hereby announced as a rvandidate for SHERIFF. ubject to the decision of the Republica Nominating Convention: J. J. GREANY Is hereby announced as a candidate for COUNTY CLERK. Snbject to the decision of the Democratic County Nominating Convention. B. F. SNELL Is hereby anounced as a candidate for COUNTY TREASURER Subject to the decision of the Republican County Nomiuating Convention. JOUN WERRY Is hereby announced as a candidate for COUNTY RECORDER Subject to the decision of the Republican . County Nominating Convention. WM. L. COLE Is hereby announced as a candidate for SHERIFF. Subject to the decision of the Republican County Nominating Convention. Mt. Oro Lumber Co. COOPER BKOS.....-Préprietors. Manufacturers of all kinds of LUMBER, Matched Flooring, Fencing, LATHS AND DRESSED SIDING. A Large quantity of SEA SONED LUMBER on hand which will be sold at the Lowest Market Rates. “T stick me heal ot of a cor window, and they sty to me LOOK GUT, when all the'tifne they mean for me to look in,” said the French.nan. We ask you to LOOK OL T for bargains, and in so doing you s!.ould not fail to LOOK IN our store. LOOK OUT. And not get cheated everywhere else. LOOK IN” Every chance you get into our stwre. . Pids will be received at the ST. GOT. fARD MINE UP TO AUGUST 6th, 11892, for Sinking the Shaft 100 feet. Size of Shaft to be 5x10 inside of timbers. The tools, timvers, power, and sharpening of tools will be furnished by ‘the Company. All other supplies requisite for said work tohe furnished by the contractor. US Also, for running 100 feet of tunnel on the Helvetia side, size 6 feet high, above track not less than 4 feet wide, 4 inch . grade to the rail of 15 feet long. The company to furnish all tools, track and air pipe. The contractor to sharpen his own tools, and _all other supplies requisite for said work. The company reserves the :ight to reject any or all bids. Both Shaft and Tunnel to be worked by three shifts of eight hours. LOOK OUT eee: __ For further particulars apply at the 3 mine. E. D. BEX DLE, Superintendent. Compound Sulphur POWDER ! The Best Medicine Ever Introduced! TRY IT! For our frequent announcements. At our ton of pure Maple Sugar and our 100 gallons of pure Maple Syrnp just received direct from the groves of Stanstead county, Canada East. LOOK OUT . And get some of our delicivus Dried Beef, chipped by machinery while you LOOK A fair trial . will convince the most skeptical that it is the wonder of the age. The Great’ Remedy for Habitual Constipation, Indigestion, Piles, Diseased -river—Biltioustess;—Gout, Rheumatism, Sciatica, LumVegetables and Frun EVERY WEDNESDAY. GROCERIES and PROVISIONS FEED, HAY, ETC, bago, Gravel, Etc. Thousands’of bottles are sold monthly, and every. body thatfJhas used it lajm it to a won derfuljmedi procine. “REDUCTION IN PAINTING. Thos, Shurtleff & Son, Pldza Store. G. E, WITHINGTON + IVES notice that he is prepared to paint Signs, Carts, buggies and Wag: ons, ete., in the highest style of the art. FOR AN OUTING MT. SHASTA, the crowning glory o1 the Northern Sierra, reached in about 14 hours from San Francisco. Railroad station of Sisson within 12 miles of the summit. Hotel accommodations at and near Sisson. THE TAVERN OF CASTLE CRAGS, in the most picturesque portion of the Saeramento Canyon, under Hotel del Monte management. LAKE TAHOE, in a vast glacier trough of the Sierra Nevada, 620) eet above sea, reaclied by C. P. Ry. (209 miles) to Truckee; thence, via stage 12 miles. The famous Glen Alpine country lies a few miles to the southwest of Tahoe. SUMMIT. SODA SPRINGS, on the crest of the Sierra Nevada, 190 miles from San Francisco, YOSEMITE, the unparalleled, distance 150 miles in air line from San Francisco. Rail travel to Raymond, 199 miles } staging 60 miles. Reached in 40 hours from San Francisco. HOTEL DEL MONTE with its bundred-acre garden and PACIFIC GROVE, the cool camping retreat of the interior recreation seekers. SANTA CRUZ, with its fine beaches and bathing establishments. THE GREAT CALIFORNIA GEYSERS situated in the heart of the hot _ From and after date I will pamt Carts from $5 to $10. Buggies trom $15 to $22.50. Sign Painting a specialty. SHOP ON BROAD STREET, OPPO SITE YORK STREET, O@ Give me acall before placing your work elsewhere. CIGARS AND TOBACCO. Gus, J, & Ed, W. Schmidt AVING purchased the stoc trade of L. Hirschman, on PINE STREET, Hereby notify their friends and the public generally that they will keep on hand all grades of CIGARS, TOBACCO, PIPES, Etc., which they will sell at the lowest rates. an Whitehead Cook me ae comin HELLA, ’ * Read This Knock-Out in Prices! Buy ‘Em Up.
Boy's Shirts, 35 cents up to 75 cents. Men’s. Shirts, 40 cents up to $1.50. “Men’s Silk Shirts, nice patterns, $1.25. Men's Coats and Vests, $1. Men's Single Coats, 50 cents. Men’s Pants, $1.25 up to $4,50. . Men's White Shirts, all Linen Pleated Bésoms, $r. Men’s Plain Bosom, White Shirts, $1 to $1.25. Suits at any price you wish. : Also, a Fine Stock of Boy's Suits, gin long and knee pants, AT COST. Straw Hats at Cost. Boy's Knee Pants, in fancy patterns, for 40, 50, 60 and 75 cents. ~ Boy's Long Pants, 75 cents, $1 and $1.25—gocd goods. We would call your uttentio: to our fine stock of ss Ex © ES S$ which we are selling at REDUCED PRICES. All full stack ;. no sp'it leather about ther. Money will-be returned on all goods bought at this store that are not as represented to be.” Special attention t Couatry Orders ° enema one ° ~ Call before purchasing anywher2 else, it you want to save money. K., Casper. H. J. Carter, Manager. You Know the Place—Corner ot Pine and Commercial Streets, CREEK SAWMILL and LOMBER cf, M. L & D. MARSH, Proprietors. ee ee Atk j Mill on Rock Creek. Office and Yards—Boulder St., Nevada City, Cal. acciaes Manufacturnrs and Dealers in Flooring, Rustic, Siding, Laths, Shakes, Shi:.gles DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, BOXES, Ete. remmee (J Kept constantly on hand or made to order, BRIDCE AND MININC LUMBER--a specialty. Oak Wood, in any quantity, ‘for sale. re meas Want Goods Cheap ? jp mmaemreente OF THE 17th Agricultural HERE StH Annual Fair y DISTRICT ASSOCIATION Bor i1iSs92, NEVADA COUNTY, COMMENCING Tuesday, siugust 29d, AND CONTINUING 5 DAYS. ieee obi ncasss PAVILION BXHIBITS AT NEWADA CITY. peieast eer, Sree ~ RACING: AND : STOCK : EXHIBIES — AT GLENBROOK PARK. ————-O— — $10,000 — IN PURSES AND PREMIUMS, ——-C—-~ Liberal Furses for State and County Horses. Liberal Premiums for Live Stock, . Farming, Orchard and LTairy Froducts, And Mineral, Mechanical and Art F xhibits. ROSH, Wr aeen FIVE DAYS RACING. ——— SPEED PROGRAM : TUESDAY, AUGUST 234. Ranning. PEABODY MINE STAKE. District. and raised in the District. added. Second horse #z5. Trotting. 2:50 class. Purse $300. ‘trotting. Dirtrict. 3 year olds and under. I For all hor b Halt mile. $15 entrance, $10 forfeit, bps Purse $200. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24th. Running. NEVADA COUNTY N. G. R, R. 8T mile and repeat. 430 entrance, $15 forfeit, io ae paws Running. OMAHA MINE StAKK. Free for all, for 2 year old mile. 426 entrance, $10 forteit, $175 added. decond horse $00 Wi of any 2 year olu stake race after August Ist to carry 5 Ibs pel Maidens that have sta ace 2C nei fa vave started and not placed second, after August Ist alj.Running. CHAMPION MINE STAKE. Free for all. trance, $10 forfeit, $175 added, 450 to second ; Trotting. 2:27 class. Furse $500. a ee THURSDAY, AUGUST 25th. Grand Stock Parade at 11 a. M. 8 “Running. NATIONAL HOTIFLSTAKE. Free fo i [ONAL HO STAKE. ee for all. 11-16 . $2 entrance, $10 forteit, $17a added, $50 to secon.i horse. W Fotos ped races at any distance after August 1st to carry 5 lbs. extra; three or m 10 ibs. extra. Horses that have started twice or more times ata mi spe over, and not won, allowed 3 Ibs. for each defeat. “ conus 9. Pacing. 2:27 class. Purse $400. 2 10. ‘Trotting. 2:35 class. One 92 14 mile. $25 enPurse 4400. FRIDAY, AUGUST 26th. Ladies Tournament at 11 4. mM. 11. Runcing. NEVADA CITY STAKE. F for a i 450 entrance, $25 forfeit, 1300 added, sabe gaa oo ane Ee: _ Running. HOLBRUGKE HOTEL STAKE. Di.trict. @ of a mile and repeat. $20 entrance, $10 forfeit, $150 ‘ since August Ist to carcy 7 Ibs. roy ee Fee any Tame rege Trotting. District. For named horses. Purse $25 ; saben . 250. Kunning. . District. Saddle Horse Stake. © he i i entrance, $50 added. Four moueys—50, 25, 15, sath ane SATURDAY, AUGUST 27th, Grand Stock Parade at 10 4. mM. 15. Ruoning, GRASS VALLEYSTAKE, 2 i $10 forfeit, $175 added. $50 to second ites Wine sr ederen 12, 13. 14, $5 scribed: The Lily, as she is named, is 2 feet long aud las a beam of 5 feet 6 indies, a depth of 2 feet 10 inchesand a draft of 2 feet. The electrical equip ment consists of 4 two horse power motof, supplied with a current from thirty “Epstein” cells. Her weight complete is 2,500 pounds, she will hold from twelve to fifteen ers, and witb one charging will run at her full speed of seven miles an hour for five hours. stake race alter August Ist to carry 5 1b ‘ Pa August lst aliowed 6 Ibs. . > Sn Mae OCR Dike eee 16, unning. Novelty Race. 1} wiles, Free fo 8, rall. N $200. Winners at any distance, at this meeting, to carry 5 “gpg $40 pei first at half mile; $50 to first at three-qu t 1 ; -quarters; $6 i i and 460 to first at the tinish, at 0 to flees 98 ane amides 17. 2:25 class. Purse $790. All orders, Large or Small, are given_immediate{and personal attention. Books, . LEAD ‘THE WORLD. springs resorts of Lake and Sonoma counties, reached via the Napa Valley route. THESE, and scores of hot and cold mineral water establishments of camping grounds, of fishing streams and hunting grounds, should give every one an opporunity (i{Lomber ofall kinds for Building and Mining purposes, always ou hand or Sawed 0 order. Orders leftat the Saw Mill, near Quaker Hill, or the OFFICE, PIETY HILL on the Grase Valley Road, will be prom; tly attended to. ER THE GREAT STATE FAIR OF 1892 AT SACRAMENTO Two Weeks: Sept. 5th to 17th Ne 1, The American Pastry Cook. Hotel Meat Cooking} PRICK 62. ident a cabo CONDITIONS. No. 1. All trotting races are the best 3 in ‘5 (ex : : a cept t : lings) 5 to enter and three to start, but the Board — rg Due “a ge number than 5 to fill, by the deduction of a propo: tionate smmtiae f the oe caper ry ple pret Association rules tu govern, but the Dad wane the right to trot hez tw. e y i right a tar any w« classes alternately, or to trot a special race between No. 3. A horse making a walkover shill be enti No. ntitled paid in, When less than the required number of prnneaaan Ache aig = wien tor the entrance mouey paid in, to be divided as follows: two-third, ro nies to the second. . : ee a o. 4, The State Agricultural Society rules of : except when conditions named are rts A —— No. 5. In all of the above races the entrance will be 10 to accompany nominations, Purses will be divided into 60, 30 and No, 6. In all raves en-ries not declared out by 6 e, Mm ‘ of re 18 per -_,, the race will le required to start, . Susy @ Gay preomting No, 7. When there is more than one entry . i the particular horse they are to start mu t niet ie en ox is ig a ing the race, ets emer 7a} eit eg : No. 8. In races designated as ‘‘District,” igi wned in beg ied oe Nader prior to June 1, rene anne wa het wena o, 9, In all runniag races three starters will b i . No. 10. Raciug colors to be named n pat hoy sh igen No. 11, In trotting races drivers are i requi inti which must be name«t in the + ntrance. Guired 10 weer cape: of detinus colors, No, 12. Hay and feed will not be furnished b FOR AN OUTING. : You will find the place you want is reached by the Southern Pacific Company. RICH’D GRAY, T. H. GOODMAN, =s(en. Traffic Mgr. Gen. Pass. Agt. "New. Bakery, Junction of Main and Commercial Streets. ani A carwoap of Buffalo Reer just received, $1.50 per dozen, at the Nevada City Soda Works. a GO Run Down by an Island. Captain George W. Torrey, of the fis}ing schooner Alice, reports that his ort was almost ran down by # floating island in the Pacific ocean off Cape Flattery. The captain and crew went on it aud made partial exploration. There wesa hut and a syiall farm on the is laud and other signs of habitation, altiongh there were no signs of life. — Extraordinary Capture of » Hawk. On one of the cold mornings during the cold spell alarge hawk pounced upov one of Benjamin Haller’s tame ducl. Ahat at the time were in a pool of fresh. _vafrozen water in the canal bed a short ~ ‘!\@istance beyond the ‘third lock” at Mace «conia. The hawk fastened its clawt @ ound the neck of the fowl close to it: bo ly, but the duck was in deep water an. true toitsnature it ducked and drew A cerTatIn cure for malaria fevers ‘is found in Simmons Liver Regulator. WILL BE OF nei ee “a Iw all derangements of the liver a cure is certain if you take Simmons Live Regulator. Unusual Extent and Grandeur overn al i ‘ iets g 1 running races, Chicago Herald. Cook ing School. # fr per cent. of purse, and — M. C. CAMPBELL HS opened a New Bakery at the above place, and intends to keep the best ot everything in his line. Having had long experience in the bakery business he is contident of giving the best of satisfaction and making it a real : Tue AcriccLrvraL Section will em-traction of gold and silver. A fall elec. brace an extensive exhibit of products trival plant, showing the application of destined for the World’s Fair. ‘electricity, will here be shown, as well ‘Tue M ecHaNIcaL Sgcrion will embrace as a full collection of valuable specimens a manufacturing exhibit showing the of quartz, building stone, ete. progress made in all classes of manufacture. , ‘Sue Huisrortcat Secrtoy will contain (For Families,* PRICE 81.50. No. 4, Cooking For Prorit. PRICE 835 —— Tux Live Srocg Secrioy will present ‘a fall complement of improve.i breeds, {He Speeo Secrioy will consume nine the hawk with it under the water. Again the duck dove, which was ti mi ch for his hawkship. The hawk rv leaged its hold on the duck and with diff FOR SALE AT THE OFFICE OF fHE HOME BAKERY. . HOTEL GAZETTE. Bread will be sold at FIVE CENTS all hi-torical data obtiinable relating to California’s early history. Tue Mintna Secrion will contain a most realistic display-of the mining inafternoons of unexcelled trotting, pacing and running events, being the most promising racing meeting held in the State. the society, 1 ; on the grounds at reasonable rates. Str ink y¥> but will, be for s:le Entries close with the Secretary on dane 0 ee gratuitously, All purses are free to all unless otherwise designated. M. L. MARSH, President. per loaf. For nice Home Made Bread give me & trial, All Potato Bread. , F ‘or Fine Cakes call at the HOME BAKERY. Give me « trial. PBRALVA HALL, BERKELEY, CAL, N important respects the most elegantly equipped School for Girls 'in Amer. fea. Term begins August 9th, Send for circular to Dk. HOMER B, SPRAGUE, » 22-1m President, I, J. ROLFF, Secratary. . Postoffice address, Nevada City, Oal. Postoffice address, Nevada City, Cal. culty flopped its way to theshore, Th weather was cold and froze the feather of 1 he hawk together so that it could no fly. William Haller was a witness © th» capture and escape game betwee: the hawk and duck, and when it was a! . over he took a hand at the game by cap turing the hawk. The bird measure: 8 f. ot 6 inches frum the tip of one wing fo the tip si. ghe other wing uniate dustry, from the taking of the crude: Tae AMUSEMENT Secrion will cater to rock from its natural bed, and passage:the fun-loving public in ‘such “events as through all machinery used in the ex-iwill be attractive and entertaining. In.all there will be a Gala Holiday of Tustruction and Amusement fo All! enjoys drink of Hires’ Root Beer. Bo dces every other member of the family. AD cont of this delicious drink, Sines tha ae parse, yan A PRICES OF ADMISSION. To Fair Grounds 5) cents; childre ' : : u under 12 To Pavilion 25 cents; children under 8 years, ha Bt ott, Kound trip tickets, including admission to the Fai € gc ond Sip Nekste, inant n to the Fair Grounds, will be sold at the eae oe alley and Nevada nit at 50 cents children under 12 \ Secieees : The Southern Pacific Railroad offers FREE trans ortation for all Exhibi liberal excursion Passenger Rates, ‘a ddves the prcloret ryt ~ EDWIN F. SMITH, Secretary. » FRED'’K COX, President. Tn a eaaaaneenlalsi > De nla RR a a emt ciicieannanasel eepnaprresitenrarer surement ree ena ens eet