April 29, 1899 (4 pages)

use of our ) BEEF 8,. because there ion as toits qualverdict is one of ‘use them freely reshness, richness of every article. satisfaction too, IN DDEN, lercial St. sent to you CORSETS Journals of ; stretch in re stretched 1 to a pressore stretchow Today. id lots of them. & CO. rd inery lace Il kinds ture at st prices. s, Etc. shed notice. Hee i THE TRANSCRIPT, SATURDAY. ..APRIL 29; 1899.) 7 Doyle of Birchville is visiting Sacramento.—Miss Mamie Skesahan of Birchville iis visiting her sister at Auburn.— Next Friday the French Corral: school, Arthur © O’Oonnor, teacher, will close, and there will be an entertainment at the schoolhouse. — ‘the Slide Mining Co, who are operatirgo1the South Yuba river, about a while and a bulf east, of French Corral, are preparing to erect a ten-stamp mill). © on their property, It will be operated by electricity, power to be obtained from the Excelsior ditch. Geo. A. Nihell of ‘Nevada vity is making plans for the} mill._— Bert Holman, Ed Cook and James Fisher have left French Corral: to work for the Yuba Power Co. at their plant on the North Yuba river. ——Next Friday the public school at Birchville “will close for the summer. vacation. Appropriate exercises will be held, followed by a dance in the evening. ‘Miss . Murchie of Nevada City is the teacher. ARRESTED FOR MURDER.» Hall’s Preliminary Examination will Result in His Discharge. In his. statement tothe Coroner's . . jury at French Corral yesterday, Thos. Hall, who shot and killed Ah Lum, a Chinese sluice robber, Thursday night, said that their diggings had been ‘robbed on two previous occasions and . he arranged with his partner to watch the sluices. It was Hall’s turn Tharsday night. He took up-a position at the head of the sluices and at about 10 o'clock he heard footsteps approaching. Presently he saw the form of a mai and when sixty feet from him the fellow stopped and began to rob the slaices. Hall raised his shotgun and} fired once. Soon after he heard a. groaning sound and was satisfied that he had bit him, but did not know then whether it was a white man or a Chinaman. After reloading his gun Halt Jooked arvuud to see if there was another robber in the diggings. walked up to where ihe robber fell and found a dead Chinaman, ° Hall said he vousidered bis life and property was in danger and that he did the shooting for those reasons. : The Chinaman had some sort of dark lantern and used a silver spoon to dip out the amslgam. Ah Lum was 39 years of-age and was known all along the Ridge. For the past three months he had lived in French Corral but did no work. ‘Lhe post mortem examination made by Dr. Miller of North San Juan showed that buckshot had penetrated the skull in several places. The coroner’s jury was composed of PD: Miller, Eli Kirkwood, W.G. Fenton, W. H. Allen, M. B. Dumford, W.-S. Kirkwood, George H. Alpers, J. Kirkwood, M. J. O'Connor. Their verdict was that Ah Lum came to. his death from gunshot wounds inflicted by Thomas Hall while in defense ot his life and property. Mr. Hall’s action is endorsed by all the people of French Corral. There is no truth in the statement that he did not report the case to the proper authorities. “He reported it immediately ‘to his partner. ‘ Coroner Daniels, Sheriff Getchell, Deputy Sheriff Waters and District Attorney Power, who went over to investigate the case, did riot retura till noon today. They say that on thedead Chinaman’s person were found a 38ealiber revolver fully loaded, a watch and chain, a purse containing some money, three packages of gold dust, two gunny sacks and a flour sack, a gold pan, a hook for scraping gravel from between the rocks, an 18-inch cbisel like a burgiar’s jimmy, a can made into a dark lantern and-a “silver spoon” for taking amalgam from between the blocks: : Hall was arrested yesterday after the coroner’s inquest on complaint of Deputy. Sheriff Sam McCullough, who made a formal charge of murder. He was released on his own recognizance. WORTH SAN JUAN RIDGE: Dan He then . . *t He Will Probably eae Plead Self-Defense and Not Insanity. ce He Came Near Being Caught Once By Sheriff Get3 chell and His Posse. to Prisoner Moore is rapidly recuperating from the demoralizing effects of the hardships he endured during the _ three weeke and four days that intervened between the morning he shot . down Policeman Kilroy and the day that he surrendered to Sheriff. Veale. A+ good ‘bed: and. plenty of food, us coarse as the Ja is, are filling out his formand bracing up his nerves. — The Transoniet has a “pointer” that Moore’s defense will not be insanity, as is generally anticipated, but that he will endeayor to show that his life was in jeopardy when he fired the fatal shots. He will try to produce testi‘mony to the effect that Kilroy threatened to kill him ahd then made an unprovoked and violent assault upon him. In view of what Bob Gates says he saw, this may prove a difficult task, for Gates declares that Kilroy seemed to simply have ~ placed his hands on Moore’s shoulders when the fusilade began. Moore’s father is expected here hortly from Oakland to look after his son’s ‘mining claim on Little Deer fects he may have. Tne old man has been otified that the preliminary hearing is set for next Tuesday, and will endeavor to have a lawyer of promimence and bility from around the Bay on hand o conduct the defense of his son who ays that everybody up this way. “has it. in” for him. ES Ce ~] — ms Moore tells how he had a narrow. escape one day from capture by Sheriff Getchell and Lis posse, He says the officers passed very close to his hiding place and he could see them all plainly. He did not want to have a gun-fight ie and of course desired to evade capture. He fled silently and in great haste, and in bis rush and excitement plunged . the Providence slimes plant, has reG. H. Levee. and rolled down a bank or precipice the hight and steepness of which he underestimated. As a result of the fall he says he was painfally hurt. He refuses to tell when and where th‘s incident occurred. The question now is: Did Moore eat his dog? He says: that on the pecond or third day after he startéd it died of starvation and be buried it in a grave ‘. been visiting his brother in Colorado, David Muir bas gouie to Sierra City. Francisco Mrs. E. M. Scadden of Park Avenue has returned from a trip below. 8, B. Fowler of Grass Valley went to. Maybert today on mining business, . Miss Madge Orawford went to North . Bloomfield today to visit Mrs, A. M. . “Mise Mabel Harry of Grass Valley is the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Vivian Stevens of this city. ee L. L. Orafts of Alleghany, who has Argintes was here yesferday en route home. E. J. Hampson, one of the owners of ‘moved with bis tamily to Tejluride, with his family. ey Mrs. A. F, Aird retarned today from San. Francisco much improved in health. Her mother, Mrs. H.* Fowler Sr., came up with her. : ee William G. Doane, who used to work at this city for Frank Golden, the jew: eler, was married at Reno Wednesda; evening to Miss Bertha Schultz, ‘Mrs. J. McLaughlin and son, whr “A Splendid List: 4 . }in thie eity Monday to elect, L. Hynian has returned from San serve during the ensuing year. The Sot 5. = . polis will be open from sunrise till five Rector got home last night from .o’clock’p. m. at the following places: . 7 Se Sere © . Precinct No. 1—Clutter’s carriage fac-. that he dug with 4 sharp stick. It is. have been visiting’the lady’s parents, altogether improbable that the animal! . Mr. and-Mrs. J. Campbell of Piety Hili, would have succumbed so quickly to. for the past seven months, will leave the pangs of hunger. It is known that} for their home in Coulterville in the the fugitive took but little food with . morning. They are very mach imbim when he started. It is not unlikely that after he had been out for a week or 80 he was rendered desperate by the demands of his' stomach and. sacrificed his faithful companion. Stranger things bave been done by less strange men than Moore. He says he did not buy, beg ‘or steal food, nor did he shoot any game. He has not yet denied point-blank that he ate thé dog, or at least a part of it. me ; : creek and whatever other personal ef This is from the San Francisco Post: “Murderer Moore, a few days ago, was represented to be a picturesque and typical desperado who would certainly mever be captured alive, but would ‘die with his boots on,’ working a pistol trigger up to his last gasp. The truth abont the capture is not calculated to inspire impressionable youths with a desire to go forth upon the highways in quest of human. prey. Moore ‘put up his hands’ promptly when covered by a rifle and whined like a cur when told that he would be taken back to the scene o®his murderous act.” HE LATE GRORGE H. COLBY. Pioneer Resident of Nevada County ~ > Joins the Majority. George H. Colby, who died a week ago in Dutch Flat of Bright’s disease, was a native of Vermont, born in 1829. He received an academic education and like thousands of others hastened o California on the receipt of the news f the gold discocery. ~ He arrived in Dutch Flat in 1852, when the town was simply a cluster of tents along the banks of Bear river from the point of the present dam own to the foot of Dutch Fiat ravine. That portion of Bear river was then mong the richest in California. Most of his life in California was spent in Placer and Nevada counties. He was in turn miner, stage driver, merchant, civil engineer and lawyer. In all these he was ‘methodical, careful and safe., The toll road from Colfax to. Forest Hill wag surveyed by Colby as was also he road from Nevada Oity to Lake "City. He was a chum of ex-Senator George Hearst. in early days in this county. Hearst met Colby one day and urged him to. accompany him to Virginia City and engage in mining with him. Colby bad juet been ansuccessfal in a mining venture and concluded o stay in Nevada City. Hearst went o the State of Nevada and became a millionaire. : About fifteen years ago he was admitted to practice law, locating at Dutch Flat. : He at’once took rank as one of the soundest and safest legal counselors in Placer county. During the campaign of 1884 he was elected Assemblyman on the Repubii= oj ost Q oct and his preliminary examination will). ticket. He refused a renomination, ‘take.place at French Corral next Wed-. vat afterwards was urged by his friends nesday morning, when he will doubt-) +> stand for the nomination of County less be fully exonerated. Recorder and latter for District AttorSuccessful Thinkers. they have common sense enough to. ’ Postum Cereal Food Coffee, a delicious . 1 i gois, ‘morning cup when properly boiled, to : cae bring out the principles which it conMineral Land Decision, =. tains for rebuilding the nerve centers . and bodily structare. ‘. J. &. Isaae, who is the only candidate . section of timber ‘George ‘satisfactory adm istration, —_—_—_—_—_—_—_—_—_— ‘The vacant store room in the Tranney, it both of which he was unsaccess-. : egeree ix ful. In 1896 he was nominated by the Study the cause of their own bodily Fusiénists for. Su isor. and though troubles, and when they find the subing agai rp rong Jidate in. . _ tle drug of coffee is acting badly onthe a district overwhelmingly Republican, “ gurions and delicate nervous system,. . 4+ ne was defeated by only ten chia: He leaves a brother and sister, also stop. Many famons brain workers Us¢. news and nieces in Vermont and} / Judge Morrow of the U.S. Circait ; Court, decided last Monday the case of Furnished by grocers, 15and 25 Cents. . the United State aguinst the wees ge ssessor ific Railroad Company, George W. yes Beirne . ae pies Allen Towle, Edwin Towle and : ' At Monday’s election the people of. others, to cancel a grant by the Uuited this city will take pleasuré in electing. state to the Railroad company of 6 Jand in Nevada for the office of Assessor. Mr. Isaaci8. Qounty. It appeared from the evidence an independent, straightforward man . thatsome mining had been done on the and bas the ability to make a worthy . jand before the Government granted it to Coughlan, the . to the railroad company, but that the t Assessor, who has given # m0 . mining bad been discontinued, and after the Towles brought the section from Write to our Occtore. ie i aantity "ok loaves broad for 260 at Homant’s. O° Ulbls ator off the tract. ‘Tbo. Seduran feet etre Government failed to prove that the! estve land was more valuable for its mineral Lupia Owners Mean Business. The owners of the Lupin gravel mine on the Washinton ridgeten miles above this city met last evening at Grass Valley, when an assessment of $60 per share was levied. The company is running a new tunnel now, and it is expected that the pay channel will be struck within the next two months. Workmen Going to San Juan. The drill team of Nevada City Lodge of Workmen and other members are arranging to visit the Lodge at North San Juan on Friday evening, May 26th. Seniors Going to Grass Valley. “Next Monday. evening the seniors of the Grass Valley high school will give an invitation hop. The Nevada City seniors are going down. And is it not due to nervous exhaustion? Things always look so much brighter when we. are in good health. How can you have: courage when suffering with headache, nervous prostration and great physical weakness? Would you not like to be rid of this depression of spirits? How? By removing the a ; It gives activity to parts that carry away useless and. materials from your -body. It removes the cause of your suffering, because it removes all impurities from your blood. Send for our book on Nervousness. ; To keep in health--you must have action of the’ bowels. Ayer’s Pills cure constipation and biliousness. ‘ ou would’ like to consult eset pase about Poy in cane & prompt ‘ cost. Address; YER. ; Biock is offered for rent. In. d¢ Guire of Fred E. Brown. it lost the case, . ts than for its timber, etc., hence : 8 tom) BOARD _OF TRUSTEES OF THE CITY proved in health as a result of their stay here. Innocents Abroad. “A young lady has arrived in Nevada City, Cal., from San Juan Ridge in Nevada county, who, although 18 years of age, had never seen a door bell, telegraph instrument or locomotive.’ The above item.has beén going the rounds of the coast press for some time. As usual, our little State can discount it. Harry Epstine, conductor on the C. & O., tells of a young lady of the some age who used to livin Columbus, Esmeralda county, ard when she went to school at the seminary in Reno she didn’t know how to go up stairs, having never seen a staircase in her life —Virginia Report. A.D. Amliar, the well known rancher of Sky Valley, tells of a young lady visitor from Virginia City who, while admiring his fine Holstein male bovine inquired if it was a good milker, and afterwards expressed the desire to be shown a field of pearl barley anda patch of rice tomsatoes.—Reno Journal. Gving to Relief Hill. A number of county seat yourg men went to Relief Hill today wherea dance will be given in their honor topight and the Relief Hill baseball club will cross bats with them tomorrow. The Nevada boys will line up as follows: W. P. Sigourney, p; ©. O’Connell, c; Sherman Costello, Ib; Archie Rowe, 2 b; Lester Gregory, 3 b; William Penrose,ss; Ed Harbor,1f; Wm Grimes, ef; William QOhase, r f; substitates— W.Spargo, S Hooper, F. Hickman. maaan —— Young Mothers. Croup is the terror of thousands of young mothers because its outbreak is so agonizing and frequently fatal. Shiloh’s Cough and Oonsumption Cure acts like magic in cases of Croup. It has never been known to fail. The worst. cases .relieved immediately. Price 25 cts., 50 cts.and $1 00. For sale by.H. Dickerman, the drugegist..tf. Rooms For Rent. House-keeping rooms, also rooms for single men, in my houses on Main and Sacramento streets. Mrs, H.C. Mills. a29-lw ORDINANCE NO. 147, An Ordinance Amending Section of Ordinance No. 21. of Nc vada do orduin as follows : SECTION 1, Section One of Ordinanee No. 21 (Old No. 59) is hereby amended by adding Block No, 6 to the Blocks enumerated therein. SECTION 2, The act shall take effect and be in force from and after the 15th day of May, 1899, a April 2th, 18%by the following votes : Ayes~— Trustees Carr, Gault, Jackson, Rector, Rieh. Noes-— None, : J, J. JACKSON, ; President Board of City Trustees. F Attest-*T, H. Carr, Clerk. tetas i officers. to Precinct No. 2—City Hall, diel i pany’s hall, Main street. : ‘Precinct No. 4—Pennsylvania Engine Company’s hall, Broad street. — Following are the announced. candi-. dates :. . ones Me rE A Trustees {two to elect)—J. J. JackMarshal—E. A. Tompkias (present incumbent), J.G. Neagle, James Wills, John Evane, H. M, Plage, Frank Vaughn, . Assessor—J. E Isaac. cumbent.) . Eee “No,” said the Embalming Fluid, “there are some things I have assisted n undertaking, bat I would not enter ‘he army, no matter how much Mr. Alger coaxed me.” 2 —— “Let Him Who Wins I Bear the Palm.”’ Praise unstinted is accorded to all honorable victors, whether in the din of war or in the quiet paths of peace. 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use of our ) BEEF 8,. because there ion as toits qualverdict is one of ‘use them freely reshness, richness of every article. satisfaction too, IN DDEN, lercial St. sent to you CORSETS Journals of ; stretch in re stretched 1 to a pressore stretchow Today. id lots of them. & CO. rd inery lace Il kinds ture at st prices. s, Etc. shed notice. Hee i THE TRANSCRIPT, SATURDAY. ...APRIL 29; 1899.) 7 Doyle of Birchville is visiting Sacramento.—Miss Mamie Skesahan of Birchville iis visiting her sister at Auburn.— Next Friday the French Corral: school, Arthur © O’Oonnor, teacher, will close, and there will be an entertainment at the schoolhouse. — ‘the Slide Mining Co, who are operatirgo1the South Yuba river, about a while and a bulf east, of French Corral, are preparing to erect a ten-stamp mill). © on their property, It will be operated by electricity, power to be obtained from the Excelsior ditch. Geo. A. Nihell of ‘Nevada vity is making plans for the} mill._— Bert Holman, Ed Cook and James Fisher have left French Corral: to work for the Yuba Power Co. at their plant on the North Yuba river. ——Next Friday the public school at Birchville “will close for the summer. vacation. Appropriate exercises will be held, followed by a dance in the evening. ‘Miss . Murchie of Nevada City is the teacher. ARRESTED FOR MURDER.» Hall’s Preliminary Examination will Result in His Discharge. In his. statement tothe Coroner's . . jury at French Corral yesterday, Thos. Hall, who shot and killed Ah Lum, a Chinese sluice robber, Thursday night, said that their diggings had been ‘robbed on two previous occasions and . he arranged with his partner to watch the sluices. It was Hall’s turn Tharsday night. He took up-a position at the head of the sluices and at about 10 o'clock he heard footsteps approaching. Presently he saw the form of a mai and when sixty feet from him the fellow stopped and began to rob the slaices. Hall raised his shotgun and} fired once. Soon after he heard a. groaning sound and was satisfied that he had bit him, but did not know then whether it was a white man or a Chinaman. After reloading his gun Halt Jooked arvuud to see if there was another robber in the diggings. walked up to where ihe robber fell and found a dead Chinaman, ° Hall said he vousidered bis life and property was in danger and that he did the shooting for those reasons. : The Chinaman had some sort of dark lantern and used a silver spoon to dip out the amslgam. Ah Lum was 39 years of-age and was known all along the Ridge. For the past three months he had lived in French Corral but did no work. ‘Lhe post mortem examination made by Dr. Miller of North San Juan showed that buckshot had penetrated the skull in several places. The coroner’s jury was composed of PD: Miller, Eli Kirkwood, W.G. Fenton, W. H. Allen, M. B. Dumford, W.-S. Kirkwood, George H. Alpers, J. Kirkwood, M. J. O'Connor. Their verdict was that Ah Lum came to. his death from gunshot wounds inflicted by Thomas Hall while in defense ot his life and property. Mr. Hall’s action is endorsed by all the people of French Corral. There is no truth in the statement that he did not report the case to the proper authorities. “He reported it immediately ‘to his partner. ‘ Coroner Daniels, Sheriff Getchell, Deputy Sheriff Waters and District Attorney Power, who went over to investigate the case, did riot retura till noon today. They say that on thedead Chinaman’s person were found a 38ealiber revolver fully loaded, a watch and chain, a purse containing some money, three packages of gold dust, two gunny sacks and a flour sack, a gold pan, a hook for scraping gravel from between the rocks, an 18-inch cbisel like a burgiar’s jimmy, a can made into a dark lantern and-a “silver spoon” for taking amalgam from between the blocks: : Hall was arrested yesterday after the coroner’s inquest on complaint of Deputy. Sheriff Sam McCullough, who made a formal charge of murder. He was released on his own recognizance. WORTH SAN JUAN RIDGE: Dan He then . . *t He Will Probably eae Plead Self-Defense and Not Insanity. ce He Came Near Being Caught Once By Sheriff Get3 chell and His Posse. to Prisoner Moore is rapidly recuperating from the demoralizing effects of the hardships he endured during the _ three weeke and four days that intervened between the morning he shot . down Policeman Kilroy and the day that he surrendered to Sheriff. Veale. A+ good ‘bed: and. plenty of food, us coarse as the Ja is, are filling out his formand bracing up his nerves. — The Transoniet has a “pointer” that Moore’s defense will not be insanity, as is generally anticipated, but that he will endeayor to show that his life was in jeopardy when he fired the fatal shots. He will try to produce testi‘mony to the effect that Kilroy threatened to kill him ahd then made an unprovoked and violent assault upon him. In view of what Bob Gates says he saw, this may prove a difficult task, for Gates declares that Kilroy seemed to simply have ~ placed his hands on Moore’s shoulders when the fusilade began. Moore’s father is expected here hortly from Oakland to look after his son’s ‘mining claim on Little Deer fects he may have. Tne old man has been otified that the preliminary hearing is set for next Tuesday, and will endeavor to have a lawyer of promimence and bility from around the Bay on hand o conduct the defense of his son who ays that everybody up this way. “has it. in” for him. ES Ce ~] — ms Moore tells how he had a narrow. escape one day from capture by Sheriff Getchell and Lis posse, He says the officers passed very close to his hiding place and he could see them all plainly. He did not want to have a gun-fight ie and of course desired to evade capture. He fled silently and in great haste, and in bis rush and excitement plunged . the Providence slimes plant, has reG. H. Levee. and rolled down a bank or precipice the hight and steepness of which he underestimated. As a result of the fall he says he was painfally hurt. He refuses to tell when and where th‘s incident occurred. The question now is: Did Moore eat his dog? He says: that on the pecond or third day after he startéd it died of starvation and be buried it in a grave ‘. been visiting his brother in Colorado, David Muir bas gouie to Sierra City. Francisco Mrs. E. M. Scadden of Park Avenue has returned from a trip below. 8, B. Fowler of Grass Valley went to. Maybert today on mining business, . Miss Madge Orawford went to North . Bloomfield today to visit Mrs, A. M. . “Mise Mabel Harry of Grass Valley is the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Vivian Stevens of this city. ee L. L. Orafts of Alleghany, who has Argintes was here yesferday en route home. E. J. Hampson, one of the owners of ‘moved with bis tamily to Tejluride, with his family. ey Mrs. A. F, Aird retarned today from San. Francisco much improved in health. Her mother, Mrs. H.* Fowler Sr., came up with her. : ee William G. Doane, who used to work at this city for Frank Golden, the jew: eler, was married at Reno Wednesda; evening to Miss Bertha Schultz, ‘Mrs. J. McLaughlin and son, whr “A Splendid List: 4 . }in thie eity Monday to elect, L. Hynian has returned from San serve during the ensuing year. The Sot 5. = . polis will be open from sunrise till five Rector got home last night from .o’clock’p. m. at the following places: . 7 Se Sere © . Precinct No. 1—Clutter’s carriage fac-. that he dug with 4 sharp stick. It is. have been visiting’the lady’s parents, altogether improbable that the animal! . Mr. and-Mrs. J. Campbell of Piety Hili, would have succumbed so quickly to. for the past seven months, will leave the pangs of hunger. It is known that} for their home in Coulterville in the the fugitive took but little food with . morning. They are very mach imbim when he started. It is not unlikely that after he had been out for a week or 80 he was rendered desperate by the demands of his' stomach and. sacrificed his faithful companion. Stranger things bave been done by less strange men than Moore. He says he did not buy, beg ‘or steal food, nor did he shoot any game. He has not yet denied point-blank that he ate thé dog, or at least a part of it. me ; : creek and whatever other personal ef This is from the San Francisco Post: “Murderer Moore, a few days ago, was represented to be a picturesque and typical desperado who would certainly mever be captured alive, but would ‘die with his boots on,’ working a pistol trigger up to his last gasp. The truth abont the capture is not calculated to inspire impressionable youths with a desire to go forth upon the highways in quest of human. prey. Moore ‘put up his hands’ promptly when covered by a rifle and whined like a cur when told that he would be taken back to the scene o®his murderous act.” HE LATE GRORGE H. COLBY. Pioneer Resident of Nevada County ~ > Joins the Majority. George H. Colby, who died a week ago in Dutch Flat of Bright’s disease, was a native of Vermont, born in 1829. He received an academic education and like thousands of others hastened o California on the receipt of the news f the gold discocery. ~ He arrived in Dutch Flat in 1852, when the town was simply a cluster of tents along the banks of Bear river from the point of the present dam own to the foot of Dutch Fiat ravine. That portion of Bear river was then mong the richest in California. Most of his life in California was spent in Placer and Nevada counties. He was in turn miner, stage driver, merchant, civil engineer and lawyer. In all these he was ‘methodical, careful and safe., The toll road from Colfax to. Forest Hill wag surveyed by Colby as was also he road from Nevada Oity to Lake "City. He was a chum of ex-Senator George Hearst. in early days in this county. Hearst met Colby one day and urged him to. accompany him to Virginia City and engage in mining with him. Colby bad juet been ansuccessfal in a mining venture and concluded o stay in Nevada City. Hearst went o the State of Nevada and became a millionaire. : About fifteen years ago he was admitted to practice law, locating at Dutch Flat. : He at’once took rank as one of the soundest and safest legal counselors in Placer county. During the campaign of 1884 he was elected Assemblyman on the Repubii= oj ost Q oct and his preliminary examination will).. ticket. He refused a renomination, ‘take.place at French Corral next Wed-. vat afterwards was urged by his friends nesday morning, when he will doubt-) +> stand for the nomination of County less be fully exonerated. Recorder and latter for District AttorSuccessful Thinkers. they have common sense enough to. ’ Postum Cereal Food Coffee, a delicious . 1 i gois, ‘morning cup when properly boiled, to : cae bring out the principles which it conMineral Land Decision, =. tains for rebuilding the nerve centers . and bodily structare. ‘. J. &. Isaae, who is the only candidate . section of timber ‘George ‘satisfactory adm istration, —_—_—_—_—_—_—_—_—_— ‘The vacant store room in the Tranney, it both of which he was unsaccess-. : egeree ix ful. In 1896 he was nominated by the Study the cause of their own bodily Fusiénists for. Su isor. and though troubles, and when they find the subing agai rp rong Jidate in. . _ tle drug of coffee is acting badly onthe a district overwhelmingly Republican, “ gurions and delicate nervous system,. . 4+ ne was defeated by only ten chia: He leaves a brother and sister, also stop. Many famons brain workers Us¢. news and nieces in Vermont and} / Judge Morrow of the U.S. Circait ; Court, decided last Monday the case of Furnished by grocers, 15and 25 Cents. . the United State aguinst the wees ge ssessor ific Railroad Company, George W. yes Beirne . ae pies Allen Towle, Edwin Towle and : ' At Monday’s election the people of. others, to cancel a grant by the Uuited this city will take pleasuré in electing. state to the Railroad company of 6 Jand in Nevada for the office of Assessor. Mr. Isaaci8. Qounty. It appeared from the evidence an independent, straightforward man . thatsome mining had been done on the and bas the ability to make a worthy . jand before the Government granted it to Coughlan, the . to the railroad company, but that the t Assessor, who has given # m0 . mining bad been discontinued, and after the Towles brought the section from Write to our Occtore. ie i aantity "ok loaves broad for 260 at Homant’s. O° Ulbls ator off the tract. ‘Tbo. Seduran feet etre Government failed to prove that the! estve land was more valuable for its mineral Lupia Owners Mean Business. The owners of the Lupin gravel mine on the Washinton ridgeten miles above this city met last evening at Grass Valley, when an assessment of $60 per share was levied. The company is running a new tunnel now, and it is expected that the pay channel will be struck within the next two months.

Workmen Going to San Juan. The drill team of Nevada City Lodge of Workmen and other members are arranging to visit the Lodge at North San Juan on Friday evening, May 26th. Seniors Going to Grass Valley. “Next Monday. evening the seniors of the Grass Valley high school will give an invitation hop. The Nevada City seniors are going down. And is it not due to nervous exhaustion? Things always look so much brighter when we. are in good health. How can you have: courage when suffering with headache, nervous prostration and great physical weakness? Would you not like to be rid of this depression of spirits? How? By removing the a ; It gives activity to parts that carry away useless and. materials from your -body. It removes the cause of your suffering, because it removes all impurities from your blood. Send for our book on Nervousness. ; To keep in health--you must have action of the’ bowels. Ayer’s Pills cure constipation and biliousness. ‘ ou would’ like to consult eset pase about Poy in cane & prompt ‘ cost. Address; YER. ; Biock is offered for rent. In. d¢ Guire of Fred E. Brown. it lost the case, . ts than for its timber, etc., hence : 8 tom) BOARD _OF TRUSTEES OF THE CITY proved in health as a result of their stay here. Innocents Abroad. “A young lady has arrived in Nevada City, Cal., from San Juan Ridge in Nevada county, who, although 18 years of age, had never seen a door bell, telegraph instrument or locomotive.’ The above item.has beén going the rounds of the coast press for some time. As usual, our little State can discount it. Harry Epstine, conductor on the C. & O., tells of a young lady of the some age who used to livin Columbus, Esmeralda county, ard when she went to school at the seminary in Reno she didn’t know how to go up stairs, having never seen a staircase in her life —Virginia Report. A.D. Amliar, the well known rancher of Sky Valley, tells of a young lady visitor from Virginia City who, while admiring his fine Holstein male bovine inquired if it was a good milker, and afterwards expressed the desire to be shown a field of pearl barley anda patch of rice tomsatoes.—Reno Journal. Gving to Relief Hill. A number of county seat yourg men went to Relief Hill today wherea dance will be given in their honor topight and the Relief Hill baseball club will cross bats with them tomorrow. The Nevada boys will line up as follows: W. P. Sigourney, p; ©. O’Connell, c; Sherman Costello, Ib; Archie Rowe, 2 b; Lester Gregory, 3 b; William Penrose,ss; Ed Harbor,1f; Wm Grimes, ef; William QOhase, r f; substitates— W.Spargo, S Hooper, F. Hickman. maaan —— Young Mothers. Croup is the terror of thousands of young mothers because its outbreak is so agonizing and frequently fatal. Shiloh’s Cough and Oonsumption Cure acts like magic in cases of Croup. It has never been known to fail. The worst. cases .relieved immediately. Price 25 cts., 50 cts.and $1 00. For sale by.H. Dickerman, the drugegist....tf. Rooms For Rent. House-keeping rooms, also rooms for single men, in my houses on Main and Sacramento streets. Mrs, H.C. Mills. a29-lw ORDINANCE NO. 147, An Ordinance Amending Section of Ordinance No. 21. of Nc vada do orduin as follows : SECTION 1, Section One of Ordinanee No. 21 (Old No. 59) is hereby amended by adding Block No, 6 to the Blocks enumerated therein. SECTION 2, The act shall take effect and be in force from and after the 15th day of May, 1899, a April 2th, 18%by the following votes : Ayes~— Trustees Carr, Gault, Jackson, Rector, Rieh. Noes-— None, : J, J. JACKSON, ; President Board of City Trustees. F Attest-*T, H. Carr, Clerk. tetas i officers. to Precinct No. 2—City Hall, diel i pany’s hall, Main street. : ‘Precinct No. 4—Pennsylvania Engine Company’s hall, Broad street. — Following are the announced. candi-. dates :. . ones Me rE A Trustees {two to elect)—J. J. JackMarshal—E. A. Tompkias (present incumbent), J.G. Neagle, James Wills, John Evane, H. M, Plage, Frank Vaughn, . Assessor—J. E Isaac. cumbent.) . Eee “No,” said the Embalming Fluid, “there are some things I have assisted n undertaking, bat I would not enter ‘he army, no matter how much Mr. Alger coaxed me.” 2 —— “Let Him Who Wins I Bear the Palm.”’ Praise unstinted is accorded to all honorable victors, whether in the din of war or in the quiet paths of peace. Hood’s Sarsaparilla' has won thousands of victories over all sorts of troubles of the blood, and it is cAmerica’s Greatest Medicine, the best that money can buy. It possesses the exact combination which purifies the blood and brings the color of health to every cheek. Jé Catarrh —“TI suffered over six years with catarrh. Spent over $100 in advertised cures, inhalers etc., without benefit. Finally tried Hood’s Sarsaparilla and it accomplished cbc yo and lasting cure:” M, A. ABBEY, Victc~ Ave., Worcester, Mass. Bad Stomach — “ Headaches and tired feeling, \.:h bad condition of. stomach caused me to take Hood’s Sarsaparilla, (It stopped all pain and trouble.” Cuas Boveg, Glens Falls, N. Y. _Hives—“ Sleep was im ible on ac count of the hives; Took two bottles Hood’s Sarsaparilla and am entirely cured.” CHARLES S. Lozrer, Hackensack, N. J. The —“ After the grip I was run down, appetite poor and health bad. Hood’s Sarsaparilla purified my blood, restored my appetite, pains entirely I am a surveyor.” A. W. Jupson, dusky, O. Scrofula Bunches—“ My baby -was weak and delicate after sonia levee Skin was transparent and blue. _Scrofula bunches came on his neck. Three bottles of Hood’s Sarsaparilla removed them comletely and he is now strong.” Mrs. Gzo. RK, 522 Chestnut Street, Mass. After Fever—“ Typhoid fever left my little girl very weak and thin and with no appetite. She is now fat and. well and Hood 8 Sarsaparilla made her so. It cured” my husband’s rheumatism.” Mrs. Clinton B. Copz, Buckingham Valley, Fa. Catarrh. ‘I suffered twelve years with Eczema catarrh, fifteen years with eczema. Tried different medicines and physicians with only temporary relief. Finally took Hood’s Sarsaparilla and Hood’s Pills Lumina = ae ba am entirely rae ae ‘ ension Offi Indianapolis, In ni Never Disappoints Hood's Pille cure liver {lls; non-irritating and only cathartic to take with Hood’s Sarsaparilia. ICE CREAM and ICECREAI SODA AT FOLEY’S, © W. H. Dunlap, Robt. Steinegger, Manager. Assayer. < The Hevada City Assay Office, ‘Broad St., Nevada City Practical Mill Tests a specialty. Assaying of all metals. seal} First publication April 27, 1899. Gold Bought. . ee ae (eee “a ¢ i [28% “ae (i fats] eae") . S&-2t ¥ (aus?) YAMA.) [.t94,) (Sew Fe ° € al ~SE+8 a age e. Ln ane oie eles Breakfast Goods. 3s op $0 i Al Fresh from the Mitis. >to iv] H-O-Oat Meal, and Self-Rising Buckwheat. ‘. Twin Bros. Mush, Our Mother's Mush. = Wheatine, Phoenix Flakes. 1 Germea, Rolled Oats, Oat Meal in bulk. eos) Aunt Jemima’s Pan Cake Meal. ty] Morning Meal, and Flaked Rice. DA) For a Quick Lunch»-already vooked--Ury 2 4, French Red Kidney Beans, 2 cans 25 cts. } Kapp & Streets Canned Tomales, 2 cans 25 cts, Heintz’s Baked Beans, Tomato Sauce, 20c per can [PA] [AP 4,] (8884) ¢-35-38-3 IMA) (RMB, (AO! [AM] fe. gt -a &s a Mae ©: 2 (eae?) (ous?) Mou’) Precinot-No. 8—Nevada . Hose Comor (present-incumbente.) . os A Spring Arrival ofthe . os And Best Values ge oe _MEN’S and BOY’S > OLOTHING. ¥ Our New Line of Silk Shirts , and Gent’s Furnishing Goods S . CAN’T BE BEAT. 7, ~~ Yaw Prices conpled-with Big Yalues is the combination that wins your trade in our Elegant Assortment of ye > SPRING AND SUMMER NOVELTIES. Our New Stock Affords Great Attraction to the Buyer who ‘appreciates SUPERIOR QUALITIES. Grimes’ Clothing Emporium, Cor Broad snd Pine Sts. revevavennreenneennennneennentn Telephone 301. The Latest IN Wall Paper. Is called the “Ladies’ Wall Paper.” It.comes principally in stripes with blended borders and ceiling to match. It is wonderfully rich in its effects and the style is bound to be-lasting. Then it is reasonable in price. SEE THOSE RANGPUR CARPETS We have just received. Closely woven, Beautiful Patterns Off Cents d Vard Just think of it—only J Scwed and Laid. We have a full line of Ready-made Insid d 0 de Ski es cade, etc. All this season’s m pecs ooh aio a ee Sea ee Snell & Fleming, ; _ . (Up-to-date Merchan‘s.) Broad Street, corner Pine. MAUMAAAAAAGAA ALANA LAdAAdLANAAAAAA LANA BEEHIVE . GROCERY . . J.J.JACKSON, = Proprietor Agency For--llonogram Whiskey Blue Label Catsup Shasta Water, Shasta Ginger Alc Depot for. Fancy Groceries a PATE FOILS. DEVILED AND POTTED '. 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All signs point toa large demand this spring for these articles of JEWELRY and we have mide it a point to secure a line which is unique, beautiful and of excellent quality. The choosing. of a pretty Ring will not be hampered by high prices. oe Yevada City Souvenir, J. BRAND, ate i nn Manufacturing Jeweler. — yi it 14. MANY TIMES . Has our line of Gold : and : Silver : Watches been worthy of praise but we . the present assortment as alee one ially meritorious. The are new and elegant, and the : Ladies’ Watches are particularly’ beautiful. also i carry the —STANDARD ELECTRIC CLOCKS which require no winding ; they ff 4 more accurate than any an BP cleok on the market ; have no springs to break no weizhts to’fall, = roan F mY ~ ~aesiatinneesig! <9 yeasts ’ b]