December 16, 1893 (4 pages)

tkhe re, se a giits 18 on ck ic. id . . . . . sentenced by Justice Mulloy this afternoon #r A Nevada City Daily Tr VOL. LXVI--NO. 10203 NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER. 16, 1893. Established Sept. 6, 1860, by N. P. Brown & Co. ~ THE DAILY TRANSCRIPT . eee COLLECTING STAMPS, —_— Published Every Evening, except Sunday. BROWN & CALKINS, = Proprietors SERVED BY CARRIERS AT 15 Cts. per Week or 60 Cts. per Month 5 WHEN PAID IN ADVANCE : SIX DOLLARS PER YEAR. AND NOW The fond and loving wife Is thinking day by day Of Christmas gifts to her liege lord For wich he'll have to pay. AND SO She scans her paper o’er Ard studies all the ads. Of what to buy and where to buy And how to save.the scads.’ AND THUS The sapient merchant finds That if he would feel glad He must within the TRANscRIPT put A great big, well-writ ad. EE A NE Fruit Growers Convention. A call for a mass meeting of fruit-growers of California has been issued by the State Horticultural Society, for the purpose of establishing a. State Fruit Exchange. ‘The meeting will be held at Pioneer Hall on Friday, December 29th, beginning at 10 o’clock in the morning. The railroads will sell re" turn tickets to those desiring to attend the convention at one-third the regular fare, A Valuable Quartz. Specimen. James Burke of Steamboat Springs, Nevada, has given to Secretary Stoddard of the State Agricultural. Association, the third sample of gold-bearing quartz discovered by Marshal.in Coloma on the 19th of January, 1848. Marshal presented it to Mrs. Burke while on her wedding trip early in the’60’s. Mr. Stoddard will place : the specimen on exhibition at the Midwinter Fair. Go and Get A half-dozen of those handsome Gentlemen’s Initial Handkerchiefs for $1.35 at I. Reich & Co.’s, opposite the Union Hotel. tf —_————_++@e-—Not so Many Since ’50. Next week two more barber shops will be opened in this city, making eight in all. A gentleman informs the TRANscRIPT reporter that he has resided here since 1850, and at no time has there been so many shops of that kind at any cne time since 50. In that year there wére eight. . The New Ditch. ere Sentinel: Wm. F. Enplebright of Nevada City who has charge of the construction of the South Yuba ditch, was in Colfax thisweek. As soon as the few rights of way that are yet to be granted are secured, the work on the ditch will be pushed as rapidly as possible. Mr. Englebright estimates that at Cape Horn there will be 900 horse power in ene fall of the ditch. Went to Sacramento. “+H. Staples, who was injured by a. giant powder blasting accident at the Eagle Bird mine on Wednesday atterhoon, was taken to Sacramento today, where he will be treated by Dr. Briggs. There is very little hope of his ever being able to see again, _ 0-2 Fine Groceries. Thomas Kidd, the grocer, announces ‘to the readers.of the Transcript that he is in the race for public patronage, and is prepared to offer the finest goods at the lowest Prices. Read what he has to say. ———~+-0@e o-Cannot Be Beat s The Holiday Goods at the White House, opposite Union Hotel, excels anything of the kind ever shown in this city. San Francisco prices will rule at this establishment, tf e Finest in the World. The You Bet mine of Nevada. county has already sent in a specimen of crystalized gold for the Midwinter Fair, which Dr. Boyesen declares to be the finest in. the world, e a. The Festive Hobo. “Thomas Ryan had no visible’ means’ of support, and failing to make Justice Paynter believe that he bad, he was yesterday sentenced to thirty days in the county jail. A sad lecking man witha tinker’s' kit was brought before Justice Davis yesterday to show, cause why he should not visit Nevada City and board with the county for awhile. He convinced his Honor that he was trying to make an honest living, and he was ordered discharged.—Union, Fined Sixty Dollars. J. 0. Feldkirchner, who was convicted of violating the city ordinance by keeping his saloon open after 12 o'clock at night, was to pay a fine of $60. A motion for a new trial was denied. -The case will be appealed to the Superior Court. No Better in the State. You can not find a better selection of Ties in any store in San Francisco than there is in our window display. came from her, cago Record. some wife, and laid herself regret the step. HOW HE WAS CURED. down. todie. A Philatelist Who Is Working to Obtain For Himself a Cork Leg. Fred Ullrich, a young lad of Sycamore, lls,, is collecting 1,000,000 canceled postage stamps. Some time ago Fred, while returning home oneevening, was attacked by a fierce thastiff. The animal came near killing the boy, but it was finally driven off by some citizens who came up. The dog had bitten the boy so badly that one leg had to be amputated, and an arm was, rendered useless. The Ullrichs are not rich, so the boy adopted a plan by which he is to secure for himself a cork leg. The. leg has-been promised him if he succeeds in collecting 1,000,000 canceled postage stamps. The other day young Ullrich received by express a bag weighing 100 pounds, filled with canceled postage stamps and bits of paper torn ro envelopes, They had been sent by Mi a clerk in the employ of Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co. Miss Smith had seen an advertisement of the boy’s purpose in a@ newspaper, and she wrote him to inquire as tothe truth in the case. The reply she received was satisfactory, and she began collecting stamps. The bag received the other day by the boy Miss Smith gets all the envelopes from the heavy mail received by the firm. Yesterday afternoon she was tearing stamrps off of envelopes, of which she had a large number. doing this work she _explamed how she had become interested in the boy’s case and had resolved to help him. “It’s not so much work, and it will benefit him,” she said. very long to collect those’ that I sent him, and I may send some more.”—ChiAlice’Smith, While “It didn’t take A Highly Dramatic Episode That Led a Drunkard to Swear Off. Not long ago a prominent Main street merchant was a° confirmed drunkard. He loved liquor so madly that he was a misery to himself and every one about him, especially to his young and handOne night. recently he decided to commit suicide. wife about it, and she was so miserable that she said if he was to énd his existence she wanted to die too. The man proceeded to a drugstore in the western ‘part of the city, near his residence, and purchased 20 cents’ worth of chloral, He returned home and divided the poison equally, and while they were in the notion each swallowed the drug. The young wife walked to the bed like a brave woman or coward, as you please, It was different with the husband. As soon as the poison had been taken he began to In a few minutes he became frantic and rushed off to the drug store where he had procured the chloral and told the druggist the situation. was relieved, with some trouble, of the poison, but they had a hard time in saving the wife. She finally recovered, howHe told his He ever, and they get along happily together now, as the experience caused the man to.stop drinking. ‘Bhis is a true story. Only three persons in Louisville know the details, and all were sworn to secrecy the night it all happened.—Louisville Courier-Journal. Will Pullman Follow Suit? All the trains on the District railway will soon be provided with electric reading lamps, to be worked upon the “‘penny-in-the-slot” principle. , Preparations are so far advanced that the wiring of the carriages isqearly completed. About 2,500 lamps will be required. They are very ingeniously constructed. A penny dropped .into the box will set a small clock in motion for half an hour, during which time the current will be switched on, and the lamp will throw its concentrated rays direct upon the book or newspaper of the. passenger who pays for it and nobody else. Should any mischievous person tamper with the apparat us an electric warning will be sounded in the guard’s van, Each lamp will bé of 20 candle power, and there will be four in each compartment. The current is derived from'a battery, which will supply four lamps. No date can be assigned for the commencement of this special sys8tem of illumination, but it is probable that it will be inaugurated some time this month.—London Telegraph. A Ninety-nine Years’ Sentence. Frank Moore, a notorious burglar, was last month sentenced in St. Louis to 99 years’ imprisonment in the Missouri penitentiary at Jefferson City. He is otherwise known as Bart McGuite and has given much trouble to the police in all the large cities of the west. His present sentence, which is unprecedented in St? Louis, was bestowed under the habitual criminal law, an old act which had been allowed to grow rusty upon the statute books and had been almost forgotten. It provides for a sentence, upon a second conviction, of not less than 10 years nor more than 99. Moore is 46 years old and says he was born in England.—St. Louis Correspondent. Laughed Herself to Death. Bertha Pruett, aged 20 years, laughed herself to death the. other night. She was entertaining a number of friends, one of whom, a young man, is noted as a wit. One of his remarks threw Miss Pruett into a violent fit of laughing, which lasted some minutes, when it suddenly changed to acry of pain, and she fell.to the floor. Blood gushed from her nose and mouth, and medical assistance was summoned, but before anything could be doné to relieve the young girl she was deat, The young man who cracked the fatal joke is prostrated with grief.—Philadelphia Dispatch. Burned to Doar. ws 110, Old Aunt Venus Watters was burned to death this morning a few miles from Rome, She was alone in the house, and when the others living there returned ‘from work they found the house and all. burned. She was said to be the oldtf Carter & JoHNston. est woman in this part of the country, PERSONAL POINTERS. Doings and Intentions. E. J. Rector is on the sick list. here on the train last evening. ton yesterday on his way below. town. ‘ : Geo. W. King and C. E. Ludlow, of Sacramento, arrived here on the morking train. E. L. Smith and W. G. Blatt, \ traveling men from Detroit, were in town last even— ing. , a , 8. Furth and E. H. Furth, of North San Juan, arrived here last evening on their way to the Bay. Miss Aggie Fletcher and Miss Lena Hanson, of Grass Valley, were visiting friends. at the county seat yesterday. to: his mother, left this morning for San Francisco, graph office at Colfax, paid this city a visit today. Dr. E. F. Holbrook of San Francisco, who has been to Washington on business, arrived here today from the latter place on his way home. Miss Carrie Livingstone of San Francisco, who has been here for some time on a visit to the family of B. H. Miller, returned to her home this morning. 45 Cents Will Buy A half-dezen Children’s Initial Handkerchiefs at I. Reich & Co.’s, opposite Union Hotel, tf + Se Lucky Days. The lucky days for December are the Ist, 28th and 31st ; unlucky ones the 2d, 4th, 5th, 8th, 14th, 16th, 19th, 20th, °26th and 29th. The merchant who puts a legitimate advertisement in the TRANSCRIPT has no unlucky days, but peace and prosperity follow him throughout the year. ‘A word to the wise is sufficient. Stamped Mufflers. : Black Surah Silk Hemstitched Mufllers, stamped for embroidering, only $1.75, at Mrs. Lester & Crawford's. d16 3t —-+-2@ eo —— For Ni¢e Fruits Go to Mrs. Hocking’s on Broad street. tf Are You of the Number ? The man who spends his_ money liberally for Christinas presents is doubly philanthropist; he makes the. receivers of presents happy and adds his money to that in active circulation, thus benefitting everybody, himself included. —— ——+-2@ Will Lecture Tomorrow.’ Prof. E. Ciceri, ex-Director of the journal known as the Emancipator, published at Rome, organ of the labor organizatidns, is in this city. Tomorrow afterneon at two o'clock he will deliver an address to the Italiais at A. Tam’s place on Broad street. He is a very able man, and his address will be entirely in the Italian language. 2Oeo— --— Evening Gloves. > Twenty-button length Kid Gloves for evening wear, only $2, at Mrs. Lester & Crawford's. . d16 3t Oe ELEGANT Toilet Cases, Albums, Odor Stands, Perfumes and Toilet Articles of al kinds, at Vinton’s. Call and see them. t SEES roe eee For Nice Toys 3 am Go to Mrs. Hocking’s on Broad street. tf If Not There, Nowhere. ~ “' If you cannot get suited. at Carrer & JouNsron’s ‘in Ties, then you cannot get suited in this city. tf GROCERIES Staple And Fancy At KIDD’S_~ FRESH GooDs LIBERAL MEASURE FAIR PRICES choice family groceries, pcg Teas, bee eee pices, Sugars, Canne Goods, Etc., Ete., Ete. ‘i “A trial order will conPinger you er it pays mu every we patronize Kiop. the most popular Family Grover, ’ THOS. KIDD, Commercial Street, Junction of Main. Fine Candies, Oysters, Etc. S A. TAM H’3,.28, RECEIVED A LARGE AND Candies, Honey Cake Cows, Horses, Babies, Etc., Etc. Fresh Eastern Oysters served in any style, Broad Street, opposite Citizens Bank. A Concise Chronicle of Various Folks’ H. Jacobaon of San Francisco arrived L. H. Newton came down from WashingFrank J. Carter of San Francisco is in Chas. Kent, who has been here on a visit . ’ Bent Dorsey, who has charge of the tele-. ‘ 2nd, 10th, 12th, 15th, 17th, 25th, 27th, . . Everything in the line of fh Fine Watch an first-class workmen. ’ EVERYTHING GUARANTEED, FRANK The best of meals served at all hours. 8 Congregational Church. There will be services tomorrow, as follows: In the morning Mrs. H. Skelton, the distinguished Christian Reformer and organizer in connection with the W, C. T. U., will preach. In the evening the pastor, Rev. J. Sims, will deliver a discourse on ‘*Three. Flaming Beacons.” There will be Sabbath School at the close of the merning service. Everybody is invited to attend. ME verybody Read. It is astonishing, the variety of Christmas gifts which may be had at 25 cents each Ten Pins, Harmonicas, Kid-body Dolls, Work Boxes, Work Baskets, Dishes, Building Blocks, Perfumery, Purses, Games, Picture Books, two dozen’ Wax Candles, Tree Ornaments, Woolly Animals, &c., &c. Call and see the novelties, Mrs. Lester & CRawrorD, _ tf Nevada City. Sc eeeMethodist Church. ee Services in this. church tomorrow,: as usual. In the morning the pastor, Rev. J. T. Murrish, will preach. Subject: ‘‘There Shall Be No More Sea.” At night @ gospel temperance sermon by Mrs. Henrietta Skelton. Subject: ‘Sowing and Reaping.” Sunday School at the close of the morning service. Epworth League meeting at 6 P. M, All, especially the young, are cordially inVited to these services, Will Be Taken Below. Roy Thomas, who was sent to the County Hospital from Tracker, will be taken by Sheriff Douglass on Monday next te Glen Ellen, where he will be placed in the Home for the Weak Minded. eesti Best in Town. —— Among the many may be found cigar nd (F were out hunting for the missing man, LOST IN THE WOODs. A Resident of Floriston Goes Hunting and Fails to Return. Two brothers named Simonds, living> at Floriston on the Central Pacific, went out hunting yesterday afternoon, leaving hoine about 3 o'clock. The snow was about a foot deep. After going some distance the men separated. Towards night one of the brothers returned home, but the other did not put in an appearance and. finally his folks became anxious regarding his safety, A searching party was formed and started out to look for Simonds. In all nearly 200 but up to.6 o'clock this morning he had not been found. It is feared that he met with some accident or else lost his way and wandered further and further away from home. Two shots supposed to have been tired by him were heard after he separated; from his brother. The night was intensely cold, the thermometer registering several degrees below zero, and it is feared that he perished from the celd or fell in the river and was drowned. Simonds has a wife and two children at Floriston, —o ——_—+2 @e-+ — THERK are entire apartment houses in New York monopolized by self-supporting bachelor girls. = Ot Get a Nice Parlor Set. ‘There is no establishment in the county that carries such a fine stock of Parlor Sets as James Kinkeap. They are of the latest styles and will be sold at San Francisco prices. = tf 6 9O0e Fine Presents. ae Call at Gotpen’s and select your Christand at prices that defy competition, d2-tf Carter & JOHNSTON have a larger and ———-++@e-+ finer stock of Neckwear, Silk HandkerLatest Style Hats chiefs, Muflers and Reafs to. select from Can bé found at Chinkien Crisias!. AN deat than any other house in this city. dl4-tf and colors. Go and look at sheen, fe Coming Events Cast Their Shadows Before : Them ! + Soithas Be Been. ~ » Baia! And very often they do, Nothing in Nevada City casts so large a shadow as Foley’s Home-made Candies, Shadow which bespeaks their wide and rapidly increasing popularity. them ; everybody prizes them and it’s good as a prize to secure a box Confections for the nominal sum at which they are sold. FOLEY, Leading Candy Maker. Everybody’ buys of those Choice —T—R—Y T—H—E—M.— plolcEsr You make a mistake if:you do not visit my Factory before buying your HOLIDAY . her age being given at 110 years. -AY-2>° . Orders from thé country solicited, EpuH. Coun’s SGeor CaN Dw Cemimercial 8t., Opp. Daily SS, Transcript Printing Office. ONFECTIONS ~sfp— % COUNTRY ORDERS PROMPTLY ATTENDED To, GRAND DISPLAY — OF = Watches, Diamonds, Fine Jewelry, Solid Silver and Plated Ware, Optical Goods, Etc. FRANK GOLDEN of Virginia City and Carson has opened, in the National Exchange Hotel Building, Broad Street, with the Largest and most Elegant Stock of Goods ever brought to Nevada City. A call from the most sceptical will please us, We offer these Goods at closer any house on the Coast. Our Moliday Goods__—_! YOU WILL HAVE TO SEE TO APPRECIATE THEM. i a a Jewelry Repairing by One trial will convince you that I not only keep the best, but that I sell at the lowest prices, SWEETS. Corner Pine and Commercial Streets tiie Imported Music. The Native Daughters of Grass Valley have engaged Jones & Beebe's orchestra of Sacramento to furnish mtsid’ for their Christmas arty. We should thiuk that tras of Grass Valley and Nevada City that good music could have been secured nearer home. It is poor. encouragement to local musicians to have outsiders receive the paying jobs, when they do a great deal of complimentary playing at different times and occasions. ieee ateuca ce Ordered Away. Pat McNulty, who is one of tho widest known characters in Nevada county, was arrested in Truckee last week for being drunk and disorderly. On Monday Pat was the Judge turned him-loose with the understanding that he would leave for Grass Valley inside of two days, + +e +. % Fine Art Productions. — W. D. Vinton’s stock of fine holiday Gift Books, Booklets, Christmas Cards, ete., is the finest in this city. tf nape Hanging Mirrors. Now if you want something nice in that line go to James Kinxean’s furniture rooms brought before the Justive of the Peace, and . * * hitbeiation Wanted. : % 0. D, Audrews was discharged from the City and County Hospital at San Francisco on the 20th of last June. At the hespital he gavethe name of John Jordan, age 42 years ; height 5 feet 8 inches ; weight abeut 150 pounds ; dark complexion ; dark brown hair, mixed with gray ; heavy dark browii mustache; gray eyes, staring expression. He has.a scar between the eyes reaching to the bridge of the nose about two inches in length, and also scar on back of head about one inch in length, showing plainly when hair is cut close. Any information concerning his present whereabouts will be thankfully received by the Chief of Police, or his brother, Theodore Andrews, at the American Exchange Hotel, San Francisco. Coming By Hundreds. ¢ Already hundreds of people are ‘ ooming to this coast te attend the Midwinter Fair. fax daily are crowded with passengers, ° — +1804Elegant Suspenders. Fancy Embroidered Suspenders, suitable fora Xmas present, at Carrer & JounSTON’s. : tf “a 2 2 : For Nice Christmas Presents Of all kinds, go to Mrs, Hocking's on and he will give you a bargain. tf Broad street. tf mas presents, All new and stylish goods‘ . via Stockton This is Our Proposition: Every man, woman or child making $25, is entitled to one Suess for every pur The one guessin ». The guessing contest starts in NOVE Lat, 1894, at 0 o’clock P. M. ing until the Ist of February, at which t 4 show them that we can and do WE HAVE A BEAU good values, Sizes from 35 to Come and guess at the Beans and go t One-Price A Free Tre —-TO THE : MIDWINTER FaIROne First-class Ticket to San Francisco and Return, the nearest to the number of beans will have his or her fare paid to San Francisco and return board and lodging at any first-class hotel in San Francisco, The Jar of Beans can be seen in our Show Window ever v or Benicia, Including One Week’s Board and Lodging at any First-Class Hotel in San Francisco. ee & purchase at our Store, be it 25 cents or chase he or she makes, contained in a giass ie + Including one week's MBER 16th and ands 96 FEBRUARY y day and evenime the seal will be broken and the Beans counted by a committee of any three gentlemen in this city. eee aeeeeaRe eT Our object in doing this is to get better acquainted with the people and Nell Cloth’ng, Furnishing Goods, Boos, Shoes, Ete, As cheap as if-not chearper than at any other house in this city. llseteiamemmmemnead T(FUL LINE OF That we are offering for $6, $8, $10 and $12.50, that are 44: 0 the Midwinter Fair at our expense, CARTER & JOHNSTON, Clothiers, Gentlemen’s silver tie prices than Nickel alarm clocks 8-Day walnut alarm and strike clocks. ry me ial a 1-Day “ “ Ladies’ silver hat pins Ladies’ solid gold rings, from -. . Watches cleaned Main springs Stay » tH te eraser ceacecs oT th On. Ee Fe ‘* stick “ single cha ns,from..__ l. H. HE TRANSCRIPT BLOCK, ©. 2 ; ° And all other goods and work in proportion, Everything guaranteed first-class, se ALL KINDS OF JEWELRY MADE TO ORDER. ee ‘ ‘ ta ba ROLD, COMMERCIAL STREE The trains from the Kast going through Col. “¢ anscript. — « e y : * > = e % * 3 $ % % EG r r % w4 é. e OFAN. He . * + @ # te . <= a ae + r = j Be ry e975 Fy ‘ # “ > * . : * . “a % oe 4

tkhe re, se a giits 18 on ck ic. id . . . . . sentenced by Justice Mulloy this afternoon #r A Nevada City Daily Tr VOL. LXVI--NO. 10203 NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER. 16, 1893. Established Sept. 6, 1860, by N. P. Brown & Co. ~ THE DAILY TRANSCRIPT . eee COLLECTING STAMPS, —_— Published Every Evening, except Sunday. BROWN & CALKINS, = Proprietors SERVED BY CARRIERS AT 15 Cts. per Week or 60 Cts. per Month 5 WHEN PAID IN ADVANCE : SIX DOLLARS PER YEAR. AND NOW The fond and loving wife Is thinking day by day Of Christmas gifts to her liege lord For wich he'll have to pay. AND SO She scans her paper o’er Ard studies all the ads. Of what to buy and where to buy And how to save.the scads.’ AND THUS The sapient merchant finds That if he would feel glad He must within the TRANscRIPT put A great big, well-writ ad. EE A NE Fruit Growers Convention. A call for a mass meeting of fruit-growers of California has been issued by the State Horticultural Society, for the purpose of establishing a. State Fruit Exchange. ‘The meeting will be held at Pioneer Hall on Friday, December 29th, beginning at 10 o’clock in the morning. The railroads will sell re" turn tickets to those desiring to attend the convention at one-third the regular fare, A Valuable Quartz. Specimen. James Burke of Steamboat Springs, Nevada, has given to Secretary Stoddard of the State Agricultural. Association, the third sample of gold-bearing quartz discovered by Marshal.in Coloma on the 19th of January, 1848. Marshal presented it to Mrs. Burke while on her wedding trip early in the’60’s. Mr. Stoddard will place : the specimen on exhibition at the Midwinter Fair. Go and Get A half-dozen of those handsome Gentlemen’s Initial Handkerchiefs for $1.35 at I. Reich & Co.’s, opposite the Union Hotel. tf —_————_++@e-—Not so Many Since ’50. Next week two more barber shops will be opened in this city, making eight in all. A gentleman informs the TRANscRIPT reporter that he has resided here since 1850, and at no time has there been so many shops of that kind at any cne time since 50. In that year there wére eight. . The New Ditch. ere Sentinel: Wm. F. Enplebright of Nevada City who has charge of the construction of the South Yuba ditch, was in Colfax thisweek. As soon as the few rights of way that are yet to be granted are secured, the work on the ditch will be pushed as rapidly as possible. Mr. Englebright estimates that at Cape Horn there will be 900 horse power in ene fall of the ditch. Went to Sacramento. “+H. Staples, who was injured by a. giant powder blasting accident at the Eagle Bird mine on Wednesday atterhoon, was taken to Sacramento today, where he will be treated by Dr. Briggs. There is very little hope of his ever being able to see again, _ 0-2 Fine Groceries. Thomas Kidd, the grocer, announces ‘to the readers.of the Transcript that he is in the race for public patronage, and is prepared to offer the finest goods at the lowest Prices. Read what he has to say. ———~+-0@e o-Cannot Be Beat s The Holiday Goods at the White House, opposite Union Hotel, excels anything of the kind ever shown in this city. San Francisco prices will rule at this establishment, tf e Finest in the World. The You Bet mine of Nevada. county has already sent in a specimen of crystalized gold for the Midwinter Fair, which Dr. Boyesen declares to be the finest in. the world, e a. The Festive Hobo. “Thomas Ryan had no visible’ means’ of support, and failing to make Justice Paynter believe that he bad, he was yesterday sentenced to thirty days in the county jail. A sad lecking man witha tinker’s' kit was brought before Justice Davis yesterday to show, cause why he should not visit Nevada City and board with the county for awhile. He convinced his Honor that he was trying to make an honest living, and he was ordered discharged.—Union, Fined Sixty Dollars. J. 0. Feldkirchner, who was convicted of violating the city ordinance by keeping his saloon open after 12 o'clock at night, was to pay a fine of $60. A motion for a new trial was denied. -The case will be appealed to the Superior Court. No Better in the State. You can not find a better selection of Ties in any store in San Francisco than there is in our window display. came from her, cago Record. some wife, and laid herself regret the step. HOW HE WAS CURED. down. todie. A Philatelist Who Is Working to Obtain For Himself a Cork Leg. Fred Ullrich, a young lad of Sycamore, lls,, is collecting 1,000,000 canceled postage stamps. Some time ago Fred, while returning home oneevening, was attacked by a fierce thastiff. The animal came near killing the boy, but it was finally driven off by some citizens who came up. The dog had bitten the boy so badly that one leg had to be amputated, and an arm was, rendered useless. The Ullrichs are not rich, so the boy adopted a plan by which he is to secure for himself a cork leg. The. leg has-been promised him if he succeeds in collecting 1,000,000 canceled postage stamps. The other day young Ullrich received by express a bag weighing 100 pounds, filled with canceled postage stamps and bits of paper torn ro envelopes, They had been sent by Mi a clerk in the employ of Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co. Miss Smith had seen an advertisement of the boy’s purpose in a@ newspaper, and she wrote him to inquire as tothe truth in the case. The reply she received was satisfactory, and she began collecting stamps. The bag received the other day by the boy Miss Smith gets all the envelopes from the heavy mail received by the firm. Yesterday afternoon she was tearing stamrps off of envelopes, of which she had a large number. doing this work she _explamed how she had become interested in the boy’s case and had resolved to help him. “It’s not so much work, and it will benefit him,” she said. very long to collect those’ that I sent him, and I may send some more.”—ChiAlice’Smith, While “It didn’t take A Highly Dramatic Episode That Led a Drunkard to Swear Off. Not long ago a prominent Main street merchant was a° confirmed drunkard. He loved liquor so madly that he was a misery to himself and every one about him, especially to his young and handOne night. recently he decided to commit suicide. wife about it, and she was so miserable that she said if he was to énd his existence she wanted to die too. The man proceeded to a drugstore in the western ‘part of the city, near his residence, and purchased 20 cents’ worth of chloral, He returned home and divided the poison equally, and while they were in the notion each swallowed the drug. The young wife walked to the bed like a brave woman or coward, as you please, It was different with the husband. As soon as the poison had been taken he began to In a few minutes he became frantic and rushed off to the drug store where he had procured the chloral and told the druggist the situation. was relieved, with some trouble, of the poison, but they had a hard time in saving the wife. She finally recovered, howHe told his He ever, and they get along happily together now, as the experience caused the man to.stop drinking. ‘Bhis is a true story. Only three persons in Louisville know the details, and all were sworn to secrecy the night it all happened.—Louisville Courier-Journal. Will Pullman Follow Suit? All the trains on the District railway will soon be provided with electric reading lamps, to be worked upon the “‘penny-in-the-slot” principle. , Preparations are so far advanced that the wiring of the carriages isqearly completed. About 2,500 lamps will be required. They are very ingeniously constructed. A penny dropped .into the box will set a small clock in motion for half an hour, during which time the current will be switched on, and the lamp will throw its concentrated rays direct upon the book or newspaper of the. passenger who pays for it and nobody else. Should any mischievous person tamper with the apparat us an electric warning will be sounded in the guard’s van, Each lamp will bé of 20 candle power, and there will be four in each compartment. The current is derived from'a battery, which will supply four lamps. No date can be assigned for the commencement of this special sys8tem of illumination, but it is probable that it will be inaugurated some time this month.—London Telegraph. A Ninety-nine Years’ Sentence. Frank Moore, a notorious burglar, was last month sentenced in St. Louis to 99 years’ imprisonment in the Missouri penitentiary at Jefferson City. He is otherwise known as Bart McGuite and has given much trouble to the police in all the large cities of the west. His present sentence, which is unprecedented in St? Louis, was bestowed under the habitual criminal law, an old act which had been allowed to grow rusty upon the statute books and had been almost forgotten. It provides for a sentence, upon a second conviction, of not less than 10 years nor more than 99. Moore is 46 years old and says he was born in England.—St. Louis Correspondent. Laughed Herself to Death. Bertha Pruett, aged 20 years, laughed herself to death the. other night. She was entertaining a number of friends, one of whom, a young man, is noted as a wit. One of his remarks threw Miss Pruett into a violent fit of laughing, which lasted some minutes, when it suddenly changed to acry of pain, and she fell.to the floor. Blood gushed from her nose and mouth, and medical assistance was summoned, but before anything could be doné to relieve the young girl she was deat, The young man who cracked the fatal joke is prostrated with grief.—Philadelphia Dispatch. Burned to Doar. ws 110, Old Aunt Venus Watters was burned to death this morning a few miles from Rome, She was alone in the house, and when the others living there returned ‘from work they found the house and all. burned. She was said to be the oldtf Carter & JoHNston. est woman in this part of the country, PERSONAL POINTERS. Doings and Intentions. E. J. Rector is on the sick list. here on the train last evening. ton yesterday on his way below. town. ‘ : Geo. W. King and C. E. Ludlow, of Sacramento, arrived here on the morking train. E. L. Smith and W. G. Blatt, \ traveling men from Detroit, were in town last even— ing. , a , 8. Furth and E. H. Furth, of North San Juan, arrived here last evening on their way to the Bay. Miss Aggie Fletcher and Miss Lena Hanson, of Grass Valley, were visiting friends. at the county seat yesterday. to: his mother, left this morning for San Francisco, graph office at Colfax, paid this city a visit today. Dr. E. F. Holbrook of San Francisco, who has been to Washington on business, arrived here today from the latter place on his way home. Miss Carrie Livingstone of San Francisco, who has been here for some time on a visit to the family of B. H. Miller, returned to her home this morning. 45 Cents Will Buy A half-dezen Children’s Initial Handkerchiefs at I. Reich & Co.’s, opposite Union Hotel, tf + Se Lucky Days. The lucky days for December are the Ist, 28th and 31st ; unlucky ones the 2d, 4th, 5th, 8th, 14th, 16th, 19th, 20th, °26th and 29th. The merchant who puts a legitimate advertisement in the TRANSCRIPT has no unlucky days, but peace and prosperity follow him throughout the year. ‘A word to the wise is sufficient. Stamped Mufflers. : Black Surah Silk Hemstitched Mufllers, stamped for embroidering, only $1.75, at Mrs. Lester & Crawford's. d16 3t —-+-2@ eo —— For Ni¢e Fruits Go to Mrs. Hocking’s on Broad street. tf Are You of the Number ? The man who spends his_ money liberally for Christinas presents is doubly philanthropist; he makes the. receivers of presents happy and adds his money to that in active circulation, thus benefitting everybody, himself included. —— ——+-2@ Will Lecture Tomorrow.’ Prof. E. Ciceri, ex-Director of the journal known as the Emancipator, published at Rome, organ of the labor organizatidns, is in this city. Tomorrow afterneon at two o'clock he will deliver an address to the Italiais at A. Tam’s place on Broad street. He is a very able man, and his address will be entirely in the Italian language. 2Oeo— --— Evening Gloves. > Twenty-button length Kid Gloves for evening wear, only $2, at Mrs. Lester & Crawford's. . d16 3t Oe ELEGANT Toilet Cases, Albums, Odor Stands, Perfumes and Toilet Articles of al kinds, at Vinton’s. Call and see them. t SEES roe eee For Nice Toys 3 am Go to Mrs. Hocking’s on Broad street. tf If Not There, Nowhere. ~ “' If you cannot get suited. at Carrer & JouNsron’s ‘in Ties, then you cannot get suited in this city. tf GROCERIES

Staple And Fancy At KIDD’S_~ FRESH GooDs LIBERAL MEASURE FAIR PRICES choice family groceries, pcg Teas, bee eee pices, Sugars, Canne Goods, Etc., Ete., Ete. ‘i “A trial order will conPinger you er it pays mu every we patronize Kiop. the most popular Family Grover, ’ THOS. KIDD, Commercial Street, Junction of Main. Fine Candies, Oysters, Etc. S A. TAM H’3,.28, RECEIVED A LARGE AND Candies, Honey Cake Cows, Horses, Babies, Etc., Etc. Fresh Eastern Oysters served in any style, Broad Street, opposite Citizens Bank. A Concise Chronicle of Various Folks’ H. Jacobaon of San Francisco arrived L. H. Newton came down from WashingFrank J. Carter of San Francisco is in Chas. Kent, who has been here on a visit . ’ Bent Dorsey, who has charge of the tele-. ‘ 2nd, 10th, 12th, 15th, 17th, 25th, 27th, . . Everything in the line of fh Fine Watch an first-class workmen. ’ EVERYTHING GUARANTEED, FRANK The best of meals served at all hours. 8 Congregational Church. There will be services tomorrow, as follows: In the morning Mrs. H. Skelton, the distinguished Christian Reformer and organizer in connection with the W, C. T. U., will preach. In the evening the pastor, Rev. J. Sims, will deliver a discourse on ‘*Three. Flaming Beacons.” There will be Sabbath School at the close of the merning service. Everybody is invited to attend. ME verybody Read. It is astonishing, the variety of Christmas gifts which may be had at 25 cents each Ten Pins, Harmonicas, Kid-body Dolls, Work Boxes, Work Baskets, Dishes, Building Blocks, Perfumery, Purses, Games, Picture Books, two dozen’ Wax Candles, Tree Ornaments, Woolly Animals, &c., &c. Call and see the novelties, Mrs. Lester & CRawrorD, _ tf Nevada City. Sc eeeMethodist Church. ee Services in this. church tomorrow,: as usual. In the morning the pastor, Rev. J. T. Murrish, will preach. Subject: ‘‘There Shall Be No More Sea.” At night @ gospel temperance sermon by Mrs. Henrietta Skelton. Subject: ‘Sowing and Reaping.” Sunday School at the close of the morning service. Epworth League meeting at 6 P. M, All, especially the young, are cordially inVited to these services, Will Be Taken Below. Roy Thomas, who was sent to the County Hospital from Tracker, will be taken by Sheriff Douglass on Monday next te Glen Ellen, where he will be placed in the Home for the Weak Minded. eesti Best in Town. —— Among the many may be found cigar nd (F were out hunting for the missing man, LOST IN THE WOODs. A Resident of Floriston Goes Hunting and Fails to Return. Two brothers named Simonds, living> at Floriston on the Central Pacific, went out hunting yesterday afternoon, leaving hoine about 3 o'clock. The snow was about a foot deep. After going some distance the men separated. Towards night one of the brothers returned home, but the other did not put in an appearance and. finally his folks became anxious regarding his safety, A searching party was formed and started out to look for Simonds. In all nearly 200 but up to.6 o'clock this morning he had not been found. It is feared that he met with some accident or else lost his way and wandered further and further away from home. Two shots supposed to have been tired by him were heard after he separated; from his brother. The night was intensely cold, the thermometer registering several degrees below zero, and it is feared that he perished from the celd or fell in the river and was drowned. Simonds has a wife and two children at Floriston, —o ——_—+2 @e-+ — THERK are entire apartment houses in New York monopolized by self-supporting bachelor girls. = Ot Get a Nice Parlor Set. ‘There is no establishment in the county that carries such a fine stock of Parlor Sets as James Kinkeap. They are of the latest styles and will be sold at San Francisco prices. = tf 6 9O0e Fine Presents. ae Call at Gotpen’s and select your Christand at prices that defy competition, d2-tf Carter & JOHNSTON have a larger and ———-++@e-+ finer stock of Neckwear, Silk HandkerLatest Style Hats chiefs, Muflers and Reafs to. select from Can bé found at Chinkien Crisias!. AN deat than any other house in this city. dl4-tf and colors. Go and look at sheen, fe Coming Events Cast Their Shadows Before : Them ! + Soithas Be Been. ~ » Baia! And very often they do, Nothing in Nevada City casts so large a shadow as Foley’s Home-made Candies, Shadow which bespeaks their wide and rapidly increasing popularity. them ; everybody prizes them and it’s good as a prize to secure a box Confections for the nominal sum at which they are sold. FOLEY, Leading Candy Maker. Everybody’ buys of those Choice —T—R—Y T—H—E—M.— plolcEsr You make a mistake if:you do not visit my Factory before buying your HOLIDAY . her age being given at 110 years. -AY-2>° . Orders from thé country solicited, EpuH. Coun’s SGeor CaN Dw Cemimercial 8t., Opp. Daily SS, Transcript Printing Office. ONFECTIONS ~sfp— % COUNTRY ORDERS PROMPTLY ATTENDED To, GRAND DISPLAY — OF = Watches, Diamonds, Fine Jewelry, Solid Silver and Plated Ware, Optical Goods, Etc. FRANK GOLDEN of Virginia City and Carson has opened, in the National Exchange Hotel Building, Broad Street, with the Largest and most Elegant Stock of Goods ever brought to Nevada City. A call from the most sceptical will please us, We offer these Goods at closer any house on the Coast. Our Moliday Goods__—_! YOU WILL HAVE TO SEE TO APPRECIATE THEM. i a a Jewelry Repairing by One trial will convince you that I not only keep the best, but that I sell at the lowest prices, SWEETS. Corner Pine and Commercial Streets tiie Imported Music. The Native Daughters of Grass Valley have engaged Jones & Beebe's orchestra of Sacramento to furnish mtsid’ for their Christmas arty. We should thiuk that tras of Grass Valley and Nevada City that good music could have been secured nearer home. It is poor. encouragement to local musicians to have outsiders receive the paying jobs, when they do a great deal of complimentary playing at different times and occasions. ieee ateuca ce Ordered Away. Pat McNulty, who is one of tho widest known characters in Nevada county, was arrested in Truckee last week for being drunk and disorderly. On Monday Pat was the Judge turned him-loose with the understanding that he would leave for Grass Valley inside of two days, + +e +. % Fine Art Productions. — W. D. Vinton’s stock of fine holiday Gift Books, Booklets, Christmas Cards, ete., is the finest in this city. tf nape Hanging Mirrors. Now if you want something nice in that line go to James Kinxean’s furniture rooms brought before the Justive of the Peace, and . * * hitbeiation Wanted. : % 0. D, Audrews was discharged from the City and County Hospital at San Francisco on the 20th of last June. At the hespital he gavethe name of John Jordan, age 42 years ; height 5 feet 8 inches ; weight abeut 150 pounds ; dark complexion ; dark brown hair, mixed with gray ; heavy dark browii mustache; gray eyes, staring expression. He has.a scar between the eyes reaching to the bridge of the nose about two inches in length, and also scar on back of head about one inch in length, showing plainly when hair is cut close. Any information concerning his present whereabouts will be thankfully received by the Chief of Police, or his brother, Theodore Andrews, at the American Exchange Hotel, San Francisco. Coming By Hundreds. ¢ Already hundreds of people are ‘ ooming to this coast te attend the Midwinter Fair. fax daily are crowded with passengers, ° — +1804Elegant Suspenders. Fancy Embroidered Suspenders, suitable fora Xmas present, at Carrer & JounSTON’s. : tf “a 2 2 : For Nice Christmas Presents Of all kinds, go to Mrs, Hocking's on and he will give you a bargain. tf Broad street. tf mas presents, All new and stylish goods‘ . via Stockton This is Our Proposition: Every man, woman or child making $25, is entitled to one Suess for every pur The one guessin ». The guessing contest starts in NOVE Lat, 1894, at 0 o’clock P. M. ing until the Ist of February, at which t 4 show them that we can and do WE HAVE A BEAU good values, Sizes from 35 to Come and guess at the Beans and go t One-Price A Free Tre —-TO THE : MIDWINTER FaIROne First-class Ticket to San Francisco and Return, the nearest to the number of beans will have his or her fare paid to San Francisco and return board and lodging at any first-class hotel in San Francisco, The Jar of Beans can be seen in our Show Window ever v or Benicia, Including One Week’s Board and Lodging at any First-Class Hotel in San Francisco. ee & purchase at our Store, be it 25 cents or chase he or she makes, contained in a giass ie + Including one week's MBER 16th and ands 96 FEBRUARY y day and evenime the seal will be broken and the Beans counted by a committee of any three gentlemen in this city. eee aeeeeaRe eT Our object in doing this is to get better acquainted with the people and Nell Cloth’ng, Furnishing Goods, Boos, Shoes, Ete, As cheap as if-not chearper than at any other house in this city. llseteiamemmmemnead T(FUL LINE OF That we are offering for $6, $8, $10 and $12.50, that are 44: 0 the Midwinter Fair at our expense, CARTER & JOHNSTON, Clothiers, Gentlemen’s silver tie prices than Nickel alarm clocks 8-Day walnut alarm and strike clocks. ry me ial a 1-Day “ “ Ladies’ silver hat pins Ladies’ solid gold rings, from -. . Watches cleaned Main springs Stay » tH te eraser ceacecs oT th On. Ee Fe ‘* stick “ single cha ns,from...__ l. H. HE TRANSCRIPT BLOCK, ©. 2 ; ° And all other goods and work in proportion, Everything guaranteed first-class, se ALL KINDS OF JEWELRY MADE TO ORDER. ee ‘ ‘ ta ba ROLD, COMMERCIAL STREE The trains from the Kast going through Col. “¢ anscript. — « e y : * > = e % * 3 $ % % EG r r % w4 é. e OFAN. He . * + @ # te . <= a ae + r = j Be ry e975 Fy ‘ # “ > * . : * . “a % oe 4