December 10, 1896 (4 pages)

bie WP REA NL A Tee AA ah Sie nacie Pathetic n pot IP A: “THE TRANSCRIPT _ iting this city. * Mont., on a visit to his folks, : i 7 + = Established Sept. oe by Nat. P. eten & Oo. NEVADA CITY, NEVADA CO., CALIFORNIA idianath BROWN & CALKINS. Proprietors Murdered His Daughter. Oswrao, (Kas.) Dec. 9.—Rudolph ES Brockman, a wealthy farmer, living in THURSDAY. .. DEC. 10,1896. . Oswego has been held in the sum of — $10,000 to answer for the murder of his : 17-year old daughter. Four weeks ago PERSONAL POINTERS, . Brockman gave the girl « terrible beat g ing, because she did ‘not work to. suit : _ . him in the cornfield. He then tied a A Concise Chronicle of Yarious Folks rope round one of her ankles, fastencd Doings and Intentions. the other end of the rope to his wagon, and drove to his barn, a quarter of a H. A. Robbins is down from Gran-. mile off, dragging the girl behind. iteville. ‘ Arriving there, he locked her up in the H. H. Brinkman has returned from . parn without sufficient clothing and Sacramento. *-. without food. The girl was found by R. E. Sandinger of San Juan was in. her uncle who carried her away but town yesterday. Jher injuries were so serious that she M. M, Kant of San Francisco is vis-. gied on November 22d. Brockman has long been an outcast among the farmW. T. Harker is down from Relief ers. His ranch joins the notorious Hill. Bender farm, and he was the nearest Mrs. W: H. Smith Jr. is visiting her rieighbor of the}j Bender — butchers. mother at Lake City. After the horrifying crimes of the BenJames O’Brien of Smartsville was. a . ger family had become known, and they visitor here yesterday. had fled the country, Brockman was Paul Schoen, the Oakland piano} jicited one night by a mob of masked tuner, is in town. men who demanded. to know where the M. L. Davis came down from Moore’s. ponders had gone. Brockman insisted Fiat today. that he knew nothing of the Benders or Mrs. J. Driscoll of Columbia Hill their deeds, but he was strung up to the came down today. limb of a tree and held there until alJ. Archer came down from Moore’s. (ost dead. Finally, he was cut down Flat today. and allowed to go his way, but since he Thomas Peterson is down from. hos been shunned. ~ North Bloomfield. S. Holbub of San Francisco is in town. : fee . E Purschand ana B. ‘T, Armetrong,. Gracie Plaisted’s Bx-Husband. of San Francisco, are in town. today Frans. _WAtLEIO, Dec. 9.—William J. Tobin ae Say spa ahs ". died this morning from a complication of diseases. Tobin married twice. From the first union two children strvive who will inherit considerable money by the father’s death. He also married Gracie Plaisted and after a year or two she obtained a divorce from him. Thos. Peterson and wife were over from North Bloomfield yesterday. H. §. Spalding, formerly of the Tidings, has returned to Grass Valley. J.S. McBride and Henry German came over from North San Juan yesterday. Max Isoard and‘Chas. Stuckert have gone to the mountains on a business trip She Had Money. John H. Richards arrived here on. wow 4 aveN, Conn., Dec. 9.—The the train last evening from Butte City, . ,.culiar circumstances which attended the death of Miss Nancy E. Batch in — Be pagent doe! on came down this.city a month ago appear less odd yg an nig in the light of discoveries which the John Dierssen of Sacramento F-. .orch for the dead woman's will has rived here last evening on his way tO. vealed. An examination of her afNorth Ben saat. fairs proved that she was worth about Frank Barton left this morning for . 10,000, but atthe time of her death no Volcano, Amador county, to take 4 po-. one knew anything about her, and the sition under Superintendent Dillon a8} yndertaker who took charge of the blacksmith. funeral as a creditor applied to the Col. Will E. Fisher returned to San/ court for letters of administration and Francisco today, after having perpe-. was appointed executor. trated more practical jokes on his unsuspecting friends than during any one of his previous visits. a THE ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT on Has = a. vz {A Foree of Men Rushing Its. Construe e case of the People vs. 1. d. tion at Vallejo. Wagoner the Superior Court this morning sustained the defendant’s demurChronicle : K. Casper has been prorer to the indictment, ordered the . secuting the work of getting up his sys bondsmen released and the defendant . tem for the electric lighting of our city discharged. Wagoner was charged with . with such vim that we may at this obtaining $3300 from A. Matteson by . time look upon the lighting of our FANCY WORK MATERIAL false pretenses, but the Court held . streets asa matter of only a few days’ thet even if all the things charged in. wait. the indictment were true they would Latest News: . . THRY THOUGHT IT HAD COME. lation of late regarding the airship reOn Saturday morning the ground of constitute no criminal offense. District Attorney Riley and C. W. Kitts appeared for the prosecution, and A. D. Mason and Judge Walling for. the defendant. This evidently ends the prosecution of Mr. Wagoner, as the ruling of the Court demonstrates that he has not ' been guilty of any offense known to rt the law. Local Briefs. Batters et wales Miss Annie Clemo and Miss L. Davey will shortly open dressmaking parlors over Tam’s restaurant, on Pine street The hoisting machinery on the Milliken ranch mine was started up today and works very smoothly. . Today the Catholic Church bell at Grass Valley could be heard very distinctly in this city. A sure sign of another storm soon, say the weather sharps. The Reno baseball club will not be in Grass Valley next Sunday, owing to the sickness of the catcher. An effort is being made to have the Gilt Edge Club from Sacramento. Grass Valley. Justice’ Court. county jail. A Fact Worth Knowing. erman & Co. Opal.and Diamond Riugs. Karl’s Clover Koot Tea . Is a sure cure for vous diseases. Nothing relieves quickly. Sold by Dickerman & Co. They Can Please You: } Mart Ryan has resigned as agent of Wood, Curtis & Co. of Sacramento. He will be succeeded by Willis Clinch cf] Rocklin Gold Mining Company (Kent.) Jack Jacobs, arrested for disturbing. ings. The machinery consists ofa the peace, was sentenced by Justice double compartment cylinder engine Holbrook today. to ten days in the. and a steel boiler. It i8 in first. class Wilfred Hoskins was arrested by . Maryland. % Marshal Levee last evening on a charge of having stolen a gold ring from the Dnion fruit store. Today he was released on $50 bail by Justice Holbrook: Consumption, La Grippe, Pneumonia . We know readers who are awfully put and all Throat and Lung diséases are . out at times because we made no note! cured by Shiloh’s Cure. Sold by Dick-. of their friends visiting them, or of Take oe: t those beautiful The average’ newspaperman isn’t a paps rienne Boch Aare call medium nor a mind reader, but he gets aX the lots at the foot of Kentucky street, which have been enclosed by fences, power house, and today there is a force of a dozen men or more leveling off the ground on which the foundations will be built. Last evening seven huge pieces of machinery, including a condensor, pump and heater ofthe Babcock & Wilcox boilers, were received at Georgia street wharf by Agent McCudden. Mr. Casper has two teams at work hauling the heavy lumber for the building from Walker’s wharf, and as the work of setting poles and stringing the insulated wires is now about completed the lighting depends mainly on the time required for the construction of the power house and setting up of the dynamos, boilers and engines. The people of Vallejo are praising highly Mr. Casper’s enterprise and the gibstantialand handsome manner in which he is putting in his sys tem. Risast th . Machinery Arrived. Telegraph: The machinery for the has arrived at the depat, and we understand that Mr. L. P. Goldstone has already ordered the lumber for buildcondition. The mine is opposite the Get It By Pumping. Never growl because a newspaper fails to give eyery scrap of mews, so long as-you take no trouble to give the editor or reporter any information. their arrival ordeparture, or of their social affairs, or.note that. heaven sent babies that visit them over night. most of his news the same as the milkman gets most of his milk—by pumppve +o “Fine Potatoes. © vas broken for the erection of the. Santa Claus Department Se EaEeaReEEna Some of Our People Were Sure the Airship Had Arrived Here, There has been much talk and specuported to have been seen at different places. Nevada City is one of the towns that have not claimed the honor of a visit from the strange aerial craft. There was some conjecture this morning, however, that the inventor of the wonderful vessel had arrived in this eity and was preparing to make a trip» with Nevada City as the starting point. A small structure that resembles a pigeon house of large dimensions was being erected on Wyoming street, near the residence of Mrs. James Monro. The little house surmounts one of the electric light poles, and is up in the air twenty-five or thirty feet. Some of those who saw it surmised that the airship man was here and was putting up a station from which to take a flight after having obtained a charge of électricity with which to'run his flying} . gear. Later on it developed that the Electric Power Company had the house built over the top of the pole for the purpose of protecting the lightning arresters from the rain, The purpose of the arresters is to conduct the lightning from the main wires to the ground, and thus prevent it from coming into do not always give the results expected, as was demonstrated not long ago during a rainstorm. Holiday Story and Picture Books. IT am offering special bargains in this class of goods. See my 25 cent line. H. DIcKERMAN, tf Druggist and Stationer. J RosentHaw’s is the only place in town where can be found a full and complete stock of toys, etc. it Are you aware that you can buy & town, Wham to arvectare are wet hey . [AGi@0-Men's, Misses’ and Children's SHORS, Wool Suit of Clothes, for $4, Equal to any sold in town for $7.50 At the BRANCH WONDER. ‘Wy 811 are saotid sno pue apis ISI ay}-Wo are am yng : dn st [e00] SIH oe eee Ry, A complete line of ~~ Rubber Clothing; Rubber Boots and Shoes, at the BRANCH WONDER, OY, Se Manager eh Goods ! We today inaugurate a sale in which we challenge dealers anywhere on the coast to meet our prices for first-class. We have bought more Fall and Wint condition of trade warrants, and are determi all before next Spring. To accomplish this ust mak sacrifices, and as a beginning have ee gest ee a CUT PRICES IN TWO, We are offering Men’s Holiday Black Olay Worsted Suits, ht and round cut sacks, also in three-button cutaways, siles 35 to 44, retailed elsewhere for from $18 to $22. 'e will make a three-days’ sale at TEN DOLLARS per suit. ‘ 80 Young Men’s Suits, ages 15 to 19, Black Cheviot, straight ou: full value $7, must goat THREE AND A HALF . 50 *s Chinchilla Ree: fer Coats, ages 4 to 15, full value ; TE sone thao oat in next three days at ONE DOLLAR AND A HALF. Much in Little cine ever contained so great curative power in. go small space. They are @ whole medicine Hoods chest, always ready, al-a ways efficient, always sat-. an morn: Pills or fever, cure all liver ills, : sick headache, jaundice, constipation, etc. 25¢e. The only Pills to take with Hood’s Sarsaparilla. Christmas ‘Bargains. ZEPHYRS Reduced to 5 cents. SOFA PILLOW COVERS Reduced to 2 cents each. KID GLOVES Worth $1.50, reduced to $1. FELT HATS (Last year’s) original price $1 and $1.50, reduced to 2 cents, All kinds reduced from 2 to 50 per cent. . SLIPPER SOLES And Knitting Yarns reduced 20 per ct. Grand Opening Next Week of And Japanese Department. MRS. Lester: & Crawford, MAIN STREET, NEVADA C ITY Get Your CHRISTMAS SUPPLIES AT THE UNION FRUIT STORE, AND GET A Ticket For Their Christmas Tree With Every Dollar Purchase. A full line of VEGETA FRUITS, NUTS wl line of ES ED FRITS. CANDIES, DELICACIES, FROZEN OYSTERS, gat Bice RTC. A Quantity of Toys to be Closed Out at 25 Cents on the Dollar. Nevada City Transfer Company, DRAYING AND HAULING. Particular attention paid to the transporieee eee eS Ere Holiday Delicacies ! A fine assortment ——AT-— THE NATIONAL FRUIT STORE, Bread St., opp. Citizens Bank. e Headquarters for Fine Fruits and Candies. WM. F. LIEBEN, Proprietor. . . Notice to Miners. : and including the 14th day of December, 1896, at Sp.m Bids must be for per linear feet, and which can be seen at J. J. Jackson’s at the mine, where bids cam be left or handed to the und ue The own» A earload of. fine Nevada potatoes If you want to make a nice Xmas have just been received at Jackson’s _. will surely please you. 0 . present go to Leutje& Brand’s. They . Be Hive Grocery Store. Better spuds ‘WILL BE RECEIVED IN A FBW DAYS cline on the Milliken Gravel mine will} " Nowadays most people endeavor to select them wifh a view to their utility as well as theit beauty. It is the right thing todo, for in these hard times very few folks have “money to burn.” And then the récipient of what you bestow is., pretty sure to be better. pleased: with a ptesent that is for practical use as well as pleasing to look at. GRIMES CLOTHING EMPORIUM This Winter Offers Many : ATTRACTIVE HOLIDAY NOVELTIES, Such as the very latest in . Rich and Tasty Neckwear, Silk Handkerchiefs and Mufflers, Dress and Driving Gloves,Fine Shoes and Pumps, Best «Grades of Underwear, : Fancy Suspenders, Silk Umbrellas, Etc. WE LEAD IN FINE-OVERCOATS = POR OLD AND YOUNG. CORNER BROADANDPINE, NEVADACITY 20 ee Cassimere Knee-Pants Suits, ages 5 to 15, full value They go for ONE DOLLAR. } In every department of our three stores we will make a reduction. ; This is not a sale to make money. We are really overstocked, hence start in before the Holidays to cut prices. We employ seven salesmen. Everybody waited upon promptly. Ali invited, whether wishing to purchase or not. Wotice. When we offer a special sale, it is only for the number of days advertised. Watch the advertisements. We cannot guarantee to fill orders at special sale prices are sold out. We give these sales weekly and fill orders according to the ad~ _. vertisement. pape We are sole agents for the AM Marysville Woolen Mill Goods And we sell them at prices charged at the Mills. These oods: are known to all. The Marysville Blankets are the BEST. The Tweeds and Flannels cannot be beat. If yon need any-When You Buy Job Printing You naturally want to get the best for your money. The quality of Paper, Type and In all cut a figure in determining the merit of the production. “We use only the best of these, But no matter how superior they may be, still the Printing may prove inferior if proper regard is not paid to the Composition and the ‘Preaswork. We claim to excel intiese respects also, STYLES CHANGE IN. PRINTING _ Bashiou tu the Art Preservative. We have the newest and most complete judges admit the work we are now turning out to be the best. a al a eek ad wis desk 4c ta Aas ak tad Hecigoucrt tien ss Wik ihe bihesin of Dame Our Prices Are Fully as Low as Anybody’s. "BROWN @ CALKINS, Job Printers, agent for Nevada county. pied We especially invite GRASS VALLEY PEOPLE to: call and see us. They know what we have done for them: before, but they don’t. realize what we can do now. Fare: paid both ways till January rst for regular Grass Valley customers. 2. We buy for spot cash and can meet all competition. residence. Call us up at any hour (day or night), and we will try to accommodate you with anything in our line of goods you may desire. Goes ages tae cs Country orders promptly filled. One price to all, for spot cash only. Ao Job ve REGULATORS OF LOW t ay Biggest establishment in the county. ‘Thre oes one, with 72 feet front. =~ ei oe a af ie e 4 Overstocked With Fall and Winter : thing in this line, get it from us at Mill prices. We are sole:Telephone—No. 63, 1 bell, at store. -No.53, 3 bells, at: : . By Avex Doasm, Superintendent. : Commercial street, NEVADA CITY, CAL. aaa Street, near Main. Nevada City, Cal. geo? THE ——enet THURS —= NEVAD Bastern .-. Western. *Except Grass Val Park, Grass Va sierra Cit N, Bloom! Maybert. “You Bet *Mondé. 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bie WP REA NL A Tee AA ah Sie nacie Pathetic n pot IP A: “THE TRANSCRIPT _ iting this city. * Mont., on a visit to his folks, : i 7 + = Established Sept. oe by Nat. P. eten & Oo. NEVADA CITY, NEVADA CO., CALIFORNIA idianath BROWN & CALKINS. Proprietors Murdered His Daughter. Oswrao, (Kas.) Dec. 9.—Rudolph ES Brockman, a wealthy farmer, living in THURSDAY.. ... DEC. 10,1896. . Oswego has been held in the sum of — $10,000 to answer for the murder of his : 17-year old daughter. Four weeks ago PERSONAL POINTERS, . Brockman gave the girl « terrible beat g ing, because she did ‘not work to. suit : _ . him in the cornfield. He then tied a A Concise Chronicle of Yarious Folks rope round one of her ankles, fastencd Doings and Intentions. the other end of the rope to his wagon, and drove to his barn, a quarter of a H. A. Robbins is down from Gran-. mile off, dragging the girl behind. iteville. ‘ Arriving there, he locked her up in the H. H. Brinkman has returned from . parn without sufficient clothing and Sacramento. *-. without food. The girl was found by R. E. Sandinger of San Juan was in. her uncle who carried her away but town yesterday. Jher injuries were so serious that she M. M, Kant of San Francisco is vis-. gied on November 22d. Brockman has long been an outcast among the farmW. T. Harker is down from Relief ers. His ranch joins the notorious Hill. Bender farm, and he was the nearest Mrs. W: H. Smith Jr. is visiting her rieighbor of the}j Bender — butchers. mother at Lake City. After the horrifying crimes of the BenJames O’Brien of Smartsville was. a . ger family had become known, and they visitor here yesterday. had fled the country, Brockman was Paul Schoen, the Oakland piano} jicited one night by a mob of masked tuner, is in town. men who demanded. to know where the M. L. Davis came down from Moore’s. ponders had gone. Brockman insisted Fiat today. that he knew nothing of the Benders or Mrs. J. Driscoll of Columbia Hill their deeds, but he was strung up to the came down today. limb of a tree and held there until alJ. Archer came down from Moore’s. (ost dead. Finally, he was cut down Flat today. and allowed to go his way, but since he Thomas Peterson is down from. hos been shunned. ~ North Bloomfield. S. Holbub of San Francisco is in town. : fee . E Purschand ana B. ‘T, Armetrong,. Gracie Plaisted’s Bx-Husband. of San Francisco, are in town. today Frans. _WAtLEIO, Dec. 9.—William J. Tobin ae Say spa ahs ". died this morning from a complication of diseases. Tobin married twice. From the first union two children strvive who will inherit considerable money by the father’s death. He also married Gracie Plaisted and after a year or two she obtained a divorce from him. Thos. Peterson and wife were over from North Bloomfield yesterday. H. §. Spalding, formerly of the Tidings, has returned to Grass Valley. J.S. McBride and Henry German came over from North San Juan yesterday. Max Isoard and‘Chas. Stuckert have gone to the mountains on a business trip She Had Money. John H. Richards arrived here on. wow 4 aveN, Conn., Dec. 9.—The the train last evening from Butte City, . ,.culiar circumstances which attended the death of Miss Nancy E. Batch in — Be pagent doe! on came down this.city a month ago appear less odd yg an nig in the light of discoveries which the John Dierssen of Sacramento F-. .orch for the dead woman's will has rived here last evening on his way tO. vealed. An examination of her afNorth Ben saat. fairs proved that she was worth about Frank Barton left this morning for . 10,000, but atthe time of her death no Volcano, Amador county, to take 4 po-. one knew anything about her, and the sition under Superintendent Dillon a8} yndertaker who took charge of the blacksmith. funeral as a creditor applied to the Col. Will E. Fisher returned to San/ court for letters of administration and Francisco today, after having perpe-. was appointed executor. trated more practical jokes on his unsuspecting friends than during any one of his previous visits. a THE ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT on Has = a. vz {A Foree of Men Rushing Its. Construe e case of the People vs. 1. d. tion at Vallejo. Wagoner the Superior Court this morning sustained the defendant’s demurChronicle : K. Casper has been prorer to the indictment, ordered the . secuting the work of getting up his sys bondsmen released and the defendant . tem for the electric lighting of our city discharged. Wagoner was charged with . with such vim that we may at this obtaining $3300 from A. Matteson by . time look upon the lighting of our FANCY WORK MATERIAL false pretenses, but the Court held . streets asa matter of only a few days’ thet even if all the things charged in. wait. the indictment were true they would Latest News: . . THRY THOUGHT IT HAD COME. lation of late regarding the airship reOn Saturday morning the ground of constitute no criminal offense. District Attorney Riley and C. W. Kitts appeared for the prosecution, and A. D. Mason and Judge Walling for. the defendant. This evidently ends the prosecution of Mr. Wagoner, as the ruling of the Court demonstrates that he has not ' been guilty of any offense known to rt the law. Local Briefs. Batters et wales Miss Annie Clemo and Miss L. Davey will shortly open dressmaking parlors over Tam’s restaurant, on Pine street The hoisting machinery on the Milliken ranch mine was started up today and works very smoothly. . Today the Catholic Church bell at Grass Valley could be heard very distinctly in this city. A sure sign of another storm soon, say the weather sharps. The Reno baseball club will not be in Grass Valley next Sunday, owing to the sickness of the catcher. An effort is being made to have the Gilt Edge Club from Sacramento. Grass Valley. Justice’ Court. county jail. A Fact Worth Knowing. erman & Co. Opal.and Diamond Riugs. Karl’s Clover Koot Tea . Is a sure cure for vous diseases. Nothing relieves quickly. Sold by Dickerman & Co. They Can Please You: } Mart Ryan has resigned as agent of Wood, Curtis & Co. of Sacramento. He will be succeeded by Willis Clinch cf] Rocklin Gold Mining Company (Kent.) Jack Jacobs, arrested for disturbing. ings. The machinery consists ofa the peace, was sentenced by Justice double compartment cylinder engine Holbrook today. to ten days in the. and a steel boiler. It i8 in first. class Wilfred Hoskins was arrested by . Maryland. % Marshal Levee last evening on a charge of having stolen a gold ring from the Dnion fruit store. Today he was released on $50 bail by Justice Holbrook: Consumption, La Grippe, Pneumonia . We know readers who are awfully put and all Throat and Lung diséases are . out at times because we made no note! cured by Shiloh’s Cure. Sold by Dick-. of their friends visiting them, or of Take oe: t those beautiful The average’ newspaperman isn’t a paps rienne Boch Aare call medium nor a mind reader, but he gets aX the lots at the foot of Kentucky street, which have been enclosed by fences, power house, and today there is a force of a dozen men or more leveling off the ground on which the foundations will be built. Last evening seven huge pieces of machinery, including a condensor, pump and heater ofthe Babcock & Wilcox boilers, were received at Georgia street wharf by Agent McCudden. Mr. Casper has two teams at work hauling the heavy lumber for the building from Walker’s wharf, and as the work of setting poles and stringing the insulated wires is now about completed the lighting depends mainly on the time required for the construction of the power house and setting up of the dynamos, boilers and engines. The people of Vallejo are praising highly Mr. Casper’s enterprise and the gibstantialand handsome manner in which he is putting in his sys tem. Risast th . Machinery Arrived. Telegraph: The machinery for the has arrived at the depat, and we understand that Mr. L. P. Goldstone has already ordered the lumber for buildcondition. The mine is opposite the Get It By Pumping. Never growl because a newspaper fails to give eyery scrap of mews, so long as-you take no trouble to give the editor or reporter any information. their arrival ordeparture, or of their social affairs, or.note that. heaven sent babies that visit them over night. most of his news the same as the milkman gets most of his milk—by pumppve +o “Fine Potatoes. © vas broken for the erection of the. Santa Claus Department Se EaEeaReEEna Some of Our People Were Sure the Airship Had Arrived Here, There has been much talk and specuported to have been seen at different places. Nevada City is one of the towns that have not claimed the honor of a visit from the strange aerial craft. There was some conjecture this morning, however, that the inventor of the wonderful vessel had arrived in this eity and was preparing to make a trip» with Nevada City as the starting point. A small structure that resembles a pigeon house of large dimensions was being erected on Wyoming street, near the residence of Mrs. James Monro. The little house surmounts one of the electric light poles, and is up in the air twenty-five or thirty feet. Some of those who saw it surmised that the airship man was here and was putting up a station from which to take a flight after having obtained a charge of électricity with which to'run his flying} . gear. Later on it developed that the Electric Power Company had the house built over the top of the pole for the purpose of protecting the lightning arresters from the rain, The purpose of the arresters is to conduct the lightning from the main wires to the ground, and thus prevent it from coming into do not always give the results expected, as was demonstrated not long ago during a rainstorm. Holiday Story and Picture Books. IT am offering special bargains in this class of goods. See my 25 cent line. H. DIcKERMAN, tf Druggist and Stationer. J RosentHaw’s is the only place in town where can be found a full and complete stock of toys, etc. it Are you aware that you can buy & town, Wham to arvectare are wet hey . [AGi@0-Men's, Misses’ and Children's SHORS, Wool Suit of Clothes, for $4, Equal to any sold in town for $7.50 At the BRANCH WONDER. ‘Wy 811 are saotid sno pue apis ISI ay}-Wo are am yng : dn st [e00] SIH oe eee Ry, A complete line of ~~ Rubber Clothing; Rubber Boots and Shoes, at the BRANCH WONDER, OY, Se Manager eh Goods ! We today inaugurate a sale in which we challenge dealers anywhere on the coast to meet our prices for first-class. We have bought more Fall and Wint condition of trade warrants, and are determi all before next Spring. To accomplish this ust mak sacrifices, and as a beginning have ee gest ee a CUT PRICES IN TWO, We are offering Men’s Holiday Black Olay Worsted Suits, ht and round cut sacks, also in three-button cutaways, siles 35 to 44, retailed elsewhere for from $18 to $22. 'e will make a three-days’ sale at TEN DOLLARS per suit. ‘ 80 Young Men’s Suits, ages 15 to 19, Black Cheviot, straight ou: full value $7, must goat THREE AND A HALF . 50 *s Chinchilla Ree: fer Coats, ages 4 to 15, full value ; TE sone thao oat in next three days at ONE DOLLAR AND A HALF.

Much in Little cine ever contained so great curative power in. go small space. They are @ whole medicine Hoods chest, always ready, al-a ways efficient, always sat-. an morn: Pills or fever, cure all liver ills, : sick headache, jaundice, constipation, etc. 25¢e. The only Pills to take with Hood’s Sarsaparilla. Christmas ‘Bargains.. ZEPHYRS Reduced to 5 cents. SOFA PILLOW COVERS Reduced to 2 cents each. KID GLOVES Worth $1.50, reduced to $1. FELT HATS (Last year’s) original price $1 and $1.50, reduced to 2 cents, All kinds reduced from 2 to 50 per cent. . SLIPPER SOLES And Knitting Yarns reduced 20 per ct. Grand Opening Next Week of And Japanese Department. MRS. Lester: & Crawford, MAIN STREET, NEVADA C ITY Get Your CHRISTMAS SUPPLIES AT THE UNION FRUIT STORE, AND GET A Ticket For Their Christmas Tree With Every Dollar Purchase. A full line of VEGETA FRUITS, NUTS wl line of ES ED FRITS. CANDIES, DELICACIES, FROZEN OYSTERS, gat Bice RTC. A Quantity of Toys to be Closed Out at 25 Cents on the Dollar. Nevada City Transfer Company, DRAYING AND HAULING. Particular attention paid to the transporieee eee eS Ere Holiday Delicacies ! A fine assortment ——AT-— THE NATIONAL FRUIT STORE, Bread St., opp. Citizens Bank. e Headquarters for Fine Fruits and Candies. WM. F. LIEBEN, Proprietor. . . Notice to Miners. : and including the 14th day of December, 1896, at Sp.m Bids must be for per linear feet, and which can be seen at J. J. Jackson’s at the mine, where bids cam be left or handed to the und ue The own» A earload of. fine Nevada potatoes If you want to make a nice Xmas have just been received at Jackson’s _.. will surely please you. 0 . present go to Leutje& Brand’s. They . Be Hive Grocery Store. Better spuds ‘WILL BE RECEIVED IN A FBW DAYS cline on the Milliken Gravel mine will} " Nowadays most people endeavor to select them wifh a view to their utility as well as theit beauty. It is the right thing todo, for in these hard times very few folks have “money to burn.” And then the récipient of what you bestow is., pretty sure to be better. pleased: with a ptesent that is for practical use as well as pleasing to look at. GRIMES CLOTHING EMPORIUM This Winter Offers Many : ATTRACTIVE HOLIDAY NOVELTIES, Such as the very latest in . Rich and Tasty Neckwear, Silk Handkerchiefs and Mufflers, Dress and Driving Gloves,Fine Shoes and Pumps, Best «Grades of Underwear, : Fancy Suspenders, Silk Umbrellas, Etc. WE LEAD IN FINE-OVERCOATS = POR OLD AND YOUNG. CORNER BROADANDPINE, NEVADACITY 20 ee Cassimere Knee-Pants Suits, ages 5 to 15, full value They go for ONE DOLLAR. } In every department of our three stores we will make a reduction. ; This is not a sale to make money. We are really overstocked, hence start in before the Holidays to cut prices. We employ seven salesmen. Everybody waited upon promptly. Ali invited, whether wishing to purchase or not. Wotice. When we offer a special sale, it is only for the number of days advertised. Watch the advertisements. We cannot guarantee to fill orders at special sale prices are sold out. We give these sales weekly and fill orders according to the ad~ _. vertisement. pape We are sole agents for the AM Marysville Woolen Mill Goods And we sell them at prices charged at the Mills. These oods: are known to all. The Marysville Blankets are the BEST. The Tweeds and Flannels cannot be beat. If yon need any-When You Buy Job Printing You naturally want to get the best for your money. The quality of Paper, Type and In all cut a figure in determining the merit of the production. “We use only the best of these, But no matter how superior they may be, still the Printing may prove inferior if proper regard is not paid to the Composition and the ‘Preaswork. We claim to excel intiese respects also, STYLES CHANGE IN. PRINTING _ Bashiou tu the Art Preservative. We have the newest and most complete judges admit the work we are now turning out to be the best. a al a eek ad wis desk 4c ta Aas ak tad Hecigoucrt tien ss Wik ihe bihesin of Dame Our Prices Are Fully as Low as Anybody’s. "BROWN @ CALKINS, Job Printers, agent for Nevada county. pied We especially invite GRASS VALLEY PEOPLE to: call and see us. They know what we have done for them: before, but they don’t. realize what we can do now. Fare: paid both ways till January rst for regular Grass Valley customers. 2. We buy for spot cash and can meet all competition. residence. Call us up at any hour (day or night), and we will try to accommodate you with anything in our line of goods you may desire. Goes ages tae cs Country orders promptly filled. One price to all, for spot cash only. Ao Job ve REGULATORS OF LOW t ay Biggest establishment in the county. ‘Thre oes one, with 72 feet front. =~ ei oe a af ie e 4 Overstocked With Fall and Winter : thing in this line, get it from us at Mill prices. 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