February 27, 1900 (4 pages)

SS ee . = oon ae THD TRANSCRIPT. GENERAL CRONJE San eae ee BROWN & CALKINS. blished every evening except Sundays and Legal Holidays by . . TUESDAY ..++++Feb. 27, 1900, Telegraphic News. Lonvon, Feb. 26—-The reports that . Lord Saffsbury had closed the Sabine . ! incident with a frank expression of ,re. gret to the United States Ambassador, . with a promise that more caution would be displayed in stopping Ameri. can vessels in the future and that he . bad handed Mr. Choate formal papers . gurren onthe subject, are vigorously denied . at the Foreign Office and at the United States Embassy. PorTLAND, Me., Feb. 26—The Allan . line Californian, which went on the rocks off Ram Island Ledge S tnday, . was found to have twenty-five feet of . water in her hold today, and it was . considered unlikely that the vessel . could be saved. The passengers who, owing to the rough sea, had remained Forest Queen today. Norro.k, Va., Feb. 26—A storm of unexampled severity has raged at sea . i for three days past. Incoming vessels are sheathed in ice. CuicaGo, Feb. 26.—The will of the . UNCONDIT IONALLY SURRENDERS. . SPECIAL TO THE DAILY TRANSCRIPT. ] Lonpon, Feb. 27.—General nost under his command, the number of which is variotisly estimated as being from three to six thousand, the former number :being probably nearer to the correct figure. der took place shortly before daylighi. ‘competent generals, capitualted with the entire army % Cronje, one of the Boers’ The FOUR THOUSAND [SPECIAL TO THE DAILY TRANSCRIPT.]} . Lonpon,, Feb. 27.—Lord Roberts notified the War Office that the estimated on board, were saved by the steamer, number of prisoners captured in the capitulation of General Cronje amounted . to 4000. Other estimates from neutral sources place this amount at 3000, which 3 probably the more correct statement. Of the number of men captured fifteen hundred are from the Orange Free . State, while the balance are citizens of the Transvaal. Twenty-nine Transvaal officers and eigh late Philip D. Armour Jr. was filed for . the prisoners. probate here today. The instrument . disposes of property valued at $8,000,. 000. $6,800,000 in .personal property . and the remainder in real estate. One. third of the estate is left to the widow, . May E. Armour, and two-thirds is . given in trust to three executors for the two surviving sons of the testator, . Leslie and Philip D. UL. Philip D. . came over from Grass Valley today. teen Free State officers were among Valuable Ammunition Captu . Lonpon, Feb. 27—By the capitulation of General Cronje the British obtained 375 Centimeter Krup guns and one Maxim gun. The loss of this am. munition will weaken toa great extent the hold the Boers have thus far mainArmour Jr. died recently in Pasadena, . tained against the British forces. Cal. Osweao, N. Y., Feb. 26—The extensive works of the Minetto Shade Cloth . Company, four miles south of this city, . . . eral hundred hands. WasHinaTon, Feb. 26—The United . States Court of Claims today rendered . a decision on the claim of Admiral . Dewey for prize money on account of . the destruction of the Spanish fleet in . Manila harbor. ‘The court decided . against the Admiral’s contention that . the enemy’s force was superior to his . and awarded him $9570. Pexiy, Feb. 26—Jobhn Fowler, Unit. moralized since the’capitulation, and a general dissatisfaction is spreading ed States Consul at Che Foo, province . of Shan Tung, announces that 4000 na. tive troops have gathered on the border . route of the New German railway to. await the arrival of the German troops. . ‘ne natives are determined to resist . the construction of the railroad. . Brock, Neb. Feb. 26—Wilson. Wakelin, a prominent farmer, murdered his’ wife last night by cutting her throat with a razor. Hetnen went to the grave yard, where his first wife was buried and, standing on ber grave, cut Mrs. Wakelin at one timee of the W.C. T. U. of Nebraska. f } FIXING WATER RATES,/ . Board of Trustees Decided to Ran Pipes to Grove Cemetery. At the meeting of the Board of City Trustees, held last evening, the fixing of water rates came up for discussion. With the exception of a few changes relative to irrigation privileges the same rates of last year were adopted. The new schedule decided upon is to} take effect from July Ist next. It is shown that since the city assumed control of the water works, the . change bad proven @ matual benefit, ! both to the consamer and the city— secured iower rates while the. S8tautly in each other’s company, each; answer for, and at best would deserve the former had than theretofore enjoyed, latter was netting a snug monthly sur plus for the benefit of its treasury. . Several fraternal societies having pe. tioned the Board to extend the water . mains running along Boulder street to SoBe ce Scat aa arrived here.on the afternoon train from San Francisco. General Cronje Is Lonpon, Feb. 27—-Orders have been red by the British. d Kept a Prisoner. issued by the Secretary of State for Depression in the Boer Ranks Roberts to the Home Office. From infor . Department, it has become clearly apparent that the Boer army is greatly de among the Boer population. Since the Capitulation. who was caved on and bad both of his . legs broken is, we are glad to state, getFrenpesury, Feb. 27—The following statement has been issued by Lord . t mation reported to the Intelligence f SUDDEN DEATH Of Mrs Robert Holland at Columbia Hill , Young Men Indulge in Making Bon-Fires Last Evening. A dispatch was received this morning . by David Holland of this city, informserious experience to this city and ing him of the sudden death of his against which protective measures are ' mother, Mrs. Robert Holland, at Oolumgonstantly being adop*ed by the city authorities was selected i ; a . "These meager details were-wired here morning by afew ae his own throat, falling forward dead . ¢,5m North San Juan, further than fy) frolic. bia Hill, last evening. president j i . that Mr ‘Holland is unable to give any , ter to do these young men busied theminformation as to the cause of the sud. selves at about 2:30 a. m., at the corner den takiug off of his mother. It is only about two weeks ago since . husband, Robert Holland, attending to . purchases to be made here, and she was ithen, barring ber advanced age, ap. parently as well as ever. . Mrs. Holland was a native of Ireland, . but came to Columbia Hill as early as 1857, where she has resided until ber . Ce wth, reaching the age of 68 years. Very . few residents there are at Columbia Hill . who have not at some time met the de. caased during her-life and ever after remained firm-friends. The suddeu blow of the death of his wife leaves Mr. Holland almost heart . proken. This aged couple having, since . their children became grown, been con. igstriving to please and comfort the . other, Five children are left to mourn the loss of their aged mother: Mrs. Mary . Jane Bogan of Columbie Hil; Mrs. E. Merroitt of Baker’s City, Oregon; Mrs. . of Pine and Broad streets, in the accumulation of a quantity of ‘iif: ou y of ‘itpflammabl . Mrs. Holland visited this city with her material, set it on fire and then rae Pine Grove Cemetery, the expenditure . of $100 was autborized toward defraying the expenses of the improvement; have the privilege of selling water from . this main to property owners along its pense be borne by the petitioners and } property owners whose holdings will . be enhanced in value by the extensivn . Hood’s Pills. of the main. . . J. H. Riley of Grass Vulley; David Holland of this city and Joseph Holland provided, however, that the city shall . of North San Juan. The . city for interment. route, and also that the balance of ex-! funeral has not yet been decided up. n Indi remains are to be Lrought tothis Tiuje and place of gestion, nausea, are cured by DANGEROUS FROLICS. in the Early Morning. What may some day prove a dire and young men asa play” Fo. want of something betit with a dry goods box, the whole beiug left to burn, without regard for consequent results. Fortunately the blazing heap was dis. covered in time by Officer Fowler, who assisted by J. Graham of the Nationa} Hotel, succeeded in extinguishing the flames of the burning rubbish before any damage was done. It it not supposed for a moment that these youug men, who instead of being in bed were roaming the streets committing incendiary acts, intended to do anything criminal. Nevertheless, if disaster followed their frolic they certainly would have something +erious to @ sojourn at the castle in Marin county. “FORTUNE Favors the brave.” It” is also favorable to those who purify their blood in the spring by taking America’s Greatest Spring Medicine, Hood’s Sarsaparilla. A clear head and a healthy body are given by its use. —— -22--—___— You Try It. If Shilob’s Cough and Consumption Care, which is sold for the small price of .25 ets., 50 cts. and $1.00, does not cure take the bottle back and we will refund your money. Sold for over fifty years on this guarantee. Price 25 cts. and 50 cts. For sale by H Dickerman, the druggist. Ee tt $ Dally Chronicle of the Doings of Both Old town. Francisco. Park today. Corral today. to be critically ill. Sunday on a visit. from Truckee today. Jamestown this morning. : : San Franéisco this morning. . Ee this morning for San Francisco. PRI SON E R S CAPT U R E D. Bac from French Corral today. from North San Juan yesterday. ing’s train to Gold Hill, Nevada. over from Truckee this afternoon. returned home on the morning train. over from North San Juan last -evening. istered at the Grand hotel in Sen Francisco. ‘ i {\Chas. Jauin,a mining expert of San mines. went to Auburn today to’ visit ‘his Odin mine, came up from San Franare burning. Assistance has been sent . War, the Marquis of Landbury, that General Cronje shonid be at-once taken to . cisco last evening and returned home from here. The works employed sev-/ (gnetown and there be imprisioned and kept under close guard. This order today. {to stand until further orders are issued which is altogether likely. who canis here Bunda té visit Me. aad Mrs. Fred Zeitler, went. to San Francisco today. Sheridan where he went to attend the killed at Cottouwood. Valley who has lived there for forty years, will leave next Monday for a visit to his old home in the East. M. R. Sayers of San Francisco, who have been spending a few days here, returned on the morning train to their home. and who was called here PERSONAL POINTERS. and Young. : D: Douglas of San Francisco is in Mrs. 1. E. Phelps left today tor pa Assessor Schroeder went to Chicago Mrs. J. Dauis came over from French Sam Peck, of Sailor Flat continues Mrs. R. 8. Ogden went to Auburn Hon. C. F. McGlashan came’ over Chas. E. Fish came down from Geo. Coffey and T. Coffey went to R. D. McCools of Riceville, Ia., left Henry Davis and Dorsey Hines came Supervisor A. J. Wood came over W.S. James returned on last evenQ@. W. Curless and P. Cozalio came John Glasson and Richard Dunston Miss May Kleinsorge of Sacramento Wm. Dunning and T. Harver were Louis Conrath of Smartsville is regrancisco, is -here examining some . John German of North San Juan aughter. Mr. and Mrs. Bert L. Wertheimer Julius Haas, who is interested in the Daniel W. Voltz and wife of Chicago, Anton Miller, the unfortunate miner ing along nicely. Walter Lewis. has returned from uneral of his brother, who was recently S. A. Weeks, an old resident of Grass N.N. Chapin, E: M. Gooy Jr. and Farmers’ Bulletins Can Be-Had For. . the Transonirt as follows: Bulletins, printed bythe Secretary of Agricniture. from the Second District of California, I have several hundred of these to my credit, which I am desirous of distributing in. a practicable way. occurred to me that if the newspapers of the District will print these lists or bulletins, the farmers can see what is available, and it will afford me pleasure to supply the same, if any of them will drop me a postal indicating the bulletin desired. I will state that tho e publications are of great. value to the farmer, as they are calculated to give full and complete information upon . the subject treated by each. WHO WANTS THEM? the Asking, Congressman Marion De Vries writes Enclosed please find list of Farmers’ As the representative It has The following isa partial list of the bulletins. Barnyard manure. = The feeding of farm animals. Foods: Nutritive value and cost. “Hog cholera and swine plague. Peanuts: Culture and tses. Sweet potatoes: Culture and uses, Flax for seed and fiber. Weeds: And how to kill them. Souring of milk, and other changes in milk products. Grape diseases on Pacific Coast. Alfalfa; or Lucern. Silos and Silage. Peach growing for market. Potato eulture, Cotton seed and its products. Kafir corn: Characteristics, culture, and uses. Spraying for fruit diseases. Onion culture, Farm drainage. ‘ ‘Sewage disposal on the farm, and protection for drinking water. Commercial fertilizers: Composition SPRING ~ 1900 AVE you jeoti the. new SPRING _ PERCALES for this: Spring as yet. We have our large window full of them, and we think they are by far the most handsome Percales that we have ever -seen,. We are selling lots of them-and » you ought to buy, now while the assortment is need them. 12% and 15 cents. You will also find some of the new SPRING GINGHAMS dow—they. speak for themselves: Respectfully, good, for it will not be long till you will They are full 36 inches wide, and sell for. in the same win-. MAMER & CO. and Use. Some grain. Irrigation in humid climates. ’ The manuring of cotton. Sheep feeding. Sorghum as a forage crop. Standard varieties of chickens. The sugar beet. How to grow mushrooms. Some common birds in their relation to agriculture. The dairy herd: Its formation and management. Experiment station work. Butter making on the farm. Bee keeping. insects injurious to stored ~~ +e ——— GRASS VALLEY NBWS. ‘The Doings of Our Neighbors as Told Over the Telephone. g The erection of the new Auditorium : will be delayed for a few days on account of pressure of other business Moses O’Con: or has taken a posi ion who J.W. Locklin, formerly of this city last week by the death of his father, J. C. Locklin, returned today to Virginia City, Nevada, where his home now is. Mr. Locklia was accompanied by his wife and they met many old friends while they were here. — ee Brief Mention. 12 o’clock, a few uights ago. will be made very soon. down with small pox. fine improvements in their property. Superior Court. ed in the Superior Court today : Estate of James A. Weeks. been set for Saturday, March 10th. G. W. Curless. Constipation Pills. 25c. Judge Coughlan today fined Rector Bros., of the National Hotel, $30 for keeping their barroom open till after There are rumors of a. sensational character floating aroind the town, and its said that startling developments Charles Walstrups, the well-known conductor on the Southern Pacific, is sick in ruckee, having been taken The Mountaineer is making some The following business was transactFinal account and petition for distribution has Pietro Cozzalio was naturalized on the testimony of C. F. McGlashan and is cured by Hood’s A dividend of ten cents per share in W. H. Smith’s grocery store on has been declared and made payable at . Broad street. The position was for: the Citizens’ bank by the Pennsylvania merly filled by Richard Eddy, was appointed deputy Sewer Superiatendent. : Mining Company. . The Miners’ Union will elect officers . on next Saturday, and spirited friendly contest. is being waged for supremacy. . ‘The polls will be open from 1 to 8 p. m. . On telegraphic communication it is announced that the attaghment on the! . Wonder Store has been released, and . {that on next Thursday a reduced-price sale will be inaugurated. ‘Dr. W. C. Jones tapped the left knee of a young man named Kruse a couple} of days ago and the knee bone was badly fractured. Young Kruse was recently injured at Taylor Bros.’ foundry. . On next Monday night Sutter Camp ; No. of the Argonauts will give a ban-; quet. This is arranged for to celebrate the reaching of the 200-mark in membership by Quartz Parlor of Native Sons. Hydraulic Parlor bas been invited to participate. Restores VITALITY NERVITA SEE AND MANHOOD Cures Impotency, Night Emissions and wasting e diseases, all effects of, selfabuse, Or excess and indiscretion. Anervetonicand blood builder. Brings the pink glow to pale checks and restores the fire of youth. . ) By mail 5O0c per box; G boxes for 82.50; with a written guarantee to cure or refund the money. NERVITA MEDICAL CO. Clinton & Jackson Sts., CHICAGO, ILL. For sale by H. Dickerman, Nevada City, Cal. . The Board confirmed the appoint. ment of Richard Eddy as Depu:y . Sewer Inspector, who had been selected . last week by Sewer Inspector Marchie . for the position. The new official as-. sumed his duties this morning. 2 ome Going to Auburn. The trial of Thomas Grimes, who is charged with murder will be’ commenced in the Superior Court at Aubare tomorrow morning. The follow . ing Nevada City people have been summoned as witnesses, and will leave on the 8:45 train tomorrow morning: Dep uty Sheriff Thos. H. Waters, Deputy Sheriff John H. Pascoe, Constable R Dillon, J. G. Neagle, John C. Nilon, . Robert Simmons, City Marshal E. A } Tompkins, E. C. Baldridge and Justice . J.8. Holbrook. Consumption is preventable? Science bes proven that, aud also that neglec: is.suicidal. The worst cold or ,cougli ean be cured with Shiloh’s Cough and Consumption Cure. Sold on positive guarantee for over fifty years. or sale . wy H. Dickerman, the d & . Do You nnow i = se ia suimagaaaases 2 making sweeping reductions. benefit of the sacrifice we are compelled to make. None of the advantages heretofore enjoyed by our patrons are curtailed by the Low selling at. All alterations necessary to give perfect fit are made FREE OF CHARGE. You Can’t Afford to Miss This Chance: Carter & Johnston = come rise an commarcm a a ie . Prices Still Being Slaughtered!! — Here's Your Chance to Save Money by Buying Clothing and Furnishing Goods at thisTi me > = te BUY NOW _eonraae DON’T DELAY Approaching SeasonsZcompel us to make room for our incoming Spring Goods, and we ate ierefore ‘Our Stock must be disposed-of, and we give our customers the Prices we are of the architects. . ¥ WAXEL The TAILOR Stock has arrived, and the rest will arrive . very soon, SUITS = $7.00 and up Trousers $2.50 and up KINKEAD’S Furniture Store Swing Chairs, « Chiffoniers Bed Lounges IS THE PLACE TO BUY Fancy Rockers Rugs Couches I am closing out my winter goods at a sacrifice. My Spring and Summer { ™ Yes, . am at the Same Old Place —— But the stock is new and the prices are as low as lew can be. bargains]? C. J. BRAND, Manufacturing Jeweler ' Phone W. 14, Broad St., Nevada City. © * bd 7 o ° ° ° DO YOU KNOW That I exchange up-to-date foal for old gold of any kind, and Were ad good Ps THE HOME MARKET Is always with you; stay with it. We have been in the lu i . mber business here 49 years, and expect to be here many years more, as we have an almost inexhaustible supply of timber’in tbis neighborhood. . We have made a success of . Building Houses ME Tg hie And we are still at it. Call your coutract. — -' and learn our terms before letting +. M. L. & D, MARSH. op * +A THE TR. TUBSDAY,.. *PORTY-FI That Is the Sentenc Wy As telegraphed Judge Hart senter to the Folsom P years, Gordon ro! on the street in . time since. Mills ! five cents, and for amount Gordan bei The robber was ar guilty, and waived whereupon Judge . ing scorching word The offense of wh ed guilty, as I have oceasion to say, is tbe most serious of law. It is. so se this State that the vested courts of co with the discretion much. punishment from a year up to li it is so fixed is that into considerati which would eithe gate the punishme consideriug that. t! be some instances . of this crime, an would not be deser penalty which the to inflict. -“In your case i have already been lar offense, from w in inferring that ‘ acquired or an ins to robbery, and a such disposition a displayed through naturally innate, i much consideratio court in passing s “I would be per! jent than I expect this record ‘again determined--and ¢ upon thie bench— are here, itis our ple of your kind f community and p This is a civilized ized laws and a cl they have a right shomes to their pla hours of the day ‘assurance that the being molested by sires to deprive th often at the expen _ “And, while I . consideration the pleaded guilty av county the expe incurred in the t propose to inflict perhaps, be regarc one, yet it is one . the effect of dem who have the sam self that this is a engage in that so “Tt is, therefor this court that yc State Prison at F forty-five years.” eee ae The Rub The rubber ju the densest and r the Gulf Coast. marks the year’ grow 100 to 150 fe ‘undergrowth. 1 largest quantity year—upwards o of rubber was trees. On accov death of the tree: constantly dimi grow wild in M from 6 to 8 ye produce two po When cultivated ‘tures in five ye few years rubbe going on in Me matien boundary pan on the Gulf as Colina on tl turity of the tre are measured by form distributio perature is an ir ever. When th and the rainfal eleven months . mature in four > cost of living v -end caring for » would be an I live cheaply -. must needs pay necessities. Le of rubber can t one dollar to fi ‘The land is pro _ ‘Government. ¢ pe employed. * gubber plantati during the sap = Of Shiloh’s Cor 4 ‘antee: “ UR. E Gs _C, BH. Haren

SS ee . = oon ae THD TRANSCRIPT. GENERAL CRONJE San eae ee BROWN & CALKINS. blished every evening except Sundays and Legal Holidays by . . TUESDAY ....++++Feb. 27, 1900, Telegraphic News. Lonvon, Feb. 26—-The reports that . Lord Saffsbury had closed the Sabine . ! incident with a frank expression of ,re. gret to the United States Ambassador, . with a promise that more caution would be displayed in stopping Ameri. can vessels in the future and that he . bad handed Mr. Choate formal papers . gurren onthe subject, are vigorously denied . at the Foreign Office and at the United States Embassy. PorTLAND, Me., Feb. 26—The Allan . line Californian, which went on the rocks off Ram Island Ledge S tnday, . was found to have twenty-five feet of . water in her hold today, and it was . considered unlikely that the vessel . could be saved. The passengers who, owing to the rough sea, had remained Forest Queen today. Norro.k, Va., Feb. 26—A storm of unexampled severity has raged at sea . i for three days past. Incoming vessels are sheathed in ice. CuicaGo, Feb. 26.—The will of the . UNCONDIT IONALLY SURRENDERS. . SPECIAL TO THE DAILY TRANSCRIPT. ] Lonpon, Feb. 27.—General nost under his command, the number of which is variotisly estimated as being from three to six thousand, the former number :being probably nearer to the correct figure. der took place shortly before daylighi. ‘competent generals, capitualted with the entire army % Cronje, one of the Boers’ The FOUR THOUSAND [SPECIAL TO THE DAILY TRANSCRIPT.]} . Lonpon,, Feb. 27.—Lord Roberts notified the War Office that the estimated on board, were saved by the steamer, number of prisoners captured in the capitulation of General Cronje amounted . to 4000. Other estimates from neutral sources place this amount at 3000, which 3 probably the more correct statement. Of the number of men captured fifteen hundred are from the Orange Free . State, while the balance are citizens of the Transvaal. Twenty-nine Transvaal officers and eigh late Philip D. Armour Jr. was filed for . the prisoners. probate here today. The instrument . disposes of property valued at $8,000,. 000. $6,800,000 in .personal property . and the remainder in real estate. One. third of the estate is left to the widow, . May E. Armour, and two-thirds is . given in trust to three executors for the two surviving sons of the testator, . Leslie and Philip D. UL. Philip D. . came over from Grass Valley today. teen Free State officers were among Valuable Ammunition Captu . Lonpon, Feb. 27—By the capitulation of General Cronje the British obtained 375 Centimeter Krup guns and one Maxim gun. The loss of this am. munition will weaken toa great extent the hold the Boers have thus far mainArmour Jr. died recently in Pasadena, . tained against the British forces. Cal. Osweao, N. Y., Feb. 26—The extensive works of the Minetto Shade Cloth . Company, four miles south of this city, . . . eral hundred hands. WasHinaTon, Feb. 26—The United . States Court of Claims today rendered . a decision on the claim of Admiral . Dewey for prize money on account of . the destruction of the Spanish fleet in . Manila harbor. ‘The court decided . against the Admiral’s contention that . the enemy’s force was superior to his . and awarded him $9570. Pexiy, Feb. 26—Jobhn Fowler, Unit. moralized since the’capitulation, and a general dissatisfaction is spreading ed States Consul at Che Foo, province . of Shan Tung, announces that 4000 na. tive troops have gathered on the border . route of the New German railway to. await the arrival of the German troops. . ‘ne natives are determined to resist . the construction of the railroad. . Brock, Neb. Feb. 26—Wilson. Wakelin, a prominent farmer, murdered his’ wife last night by cutting her throat with a razor. Hetnen went to the grave yard, where his first wife was buried and, standing on ber grave, cut Mrs. Wakelin at one timee of the W.C. T. U. of Nebraska. f } FIXING WATER RATES,/ . Board of Trustees Decided to Ran Pipes to Grove Cemetery. At the meeting of the Board of City Trustees, held last evening, the fixing of water rates came up for discussion. With the exception of a few changes relative to irrigation privileges the same rates of last year were adopted. The new schedule decided upon is to} take effect from July Ist next. It is shown that since the city assumed control of the water works, the . change bad proven @ matual benefit, ! both to the consamer and the city— secured iower rates while the. S8tautly in each other’s company, each; answer for, and at best would deserve the former had than theretofore enjoyed, latter was netting a snug monthly sur plus for the benefit of its treasury. . Several fraternal societies having pe. tioned the Board to extend the water . mains running along Boulder street to SoBe ce Scat aa arrived here.on the afternoon train from San Francisco. General Cronje Is Lonpon, Feb. 27—-Orders have been red by the British. d Kept a Prisoner. issued by the Secretary of State for Depression in the Boer Ranks Roberts to the Home Office. From infor . Department, it has become clearly apparent that the Boer army is greatly de among the Boer population. Since the Capitulation. who was caved on and bad both of his . legs broken is, we are glad to state, getFrenpesury, Feb. 27—The following statement has been issued by Lord . t mation reported to the Intelligence f SUDDEN DEATH Of Mrs Robert Holland at Columbia Hill , Young Men Indulge in Making Bon-Fires Last Evening. A dispatch was received this morning . by David Holland of this city, informserious experience to this city and ing him of the sudden death of his against which protective measures are ' mother, Mrs. Robert Holland, at Oolumgonstantly being adop*ed by the city authorities was selected i ; a . "These meager details were-wired here morning by afew ae his own throat, falling forward dead . ¢,5m North San Juan, further than fy) frolic. bia Hill, last evening. president j i . that Mr ‘Holland is unable to give any , ter to do these young men busied theminformation as to the cause of the sud. selves at about 2:30 a. m., at the corner den takiug off of his mother. It is only about two weeks ago since . husband, Robert Holland, attending to . purchases to be made here, and she was ithen, barring ber advanced age, ap. parently as well as ever. . Mrs. Holland was a native of Ireland, . but came to Columbia Hill as early as 1857, where she has resided until ber . Ce wth, reaching the age of 68 years. Very . few residents there are at Columbia Hill . who have not at some time met the de. caased during her-life and ever after remained firm-friends. The suddeu blow of the death of his wife leaves Mr. Holland almost heart . proken. This aged couple having, since . their children became grown, been con. igstriving to please and comfort the . other, Five children are left to mourn the loss of their aged mother: Mrs. Mary . Jane Bogan of Columbie Hil; Mrs. E. Merroitt of Baker’s City, Oregon; Mrs. . of Pine and Broad streets, in the accumulation of a quantity of ‘iif: ou y of ‘itpflammabl . Mrs. Holland visited this city with her material, set it on fire and then rae Pine Grove Cemetery, the expenditure . of $100 was autborized toward defraying the expenses of the improvement; have the privilege of selling water from . this main to property owners along its pense be borne by the petitioners and } property owners whose holdings will . be enhanced in value by the extensivn . Hood’s Pills. of the main. . . J. H. Riley of Grass Vulley; David Holland of this city and Joseph Holland provided, however, that the city shall . of North San Juan. The . city for interment. route, and also that the balance of ex-! funeral has not yet been decided up. n Indi remains are to be Lrought tothis Tiuje and place of gestion, nausea, are cured by DANGEROUS FROLICS. in the Early Morning. What may some day prove a dire and young men asa play” Fo. want of something betit with a dry goods box, the whole beiug left to burn, without regard for consequent results. Fortunately the blazing heap was dis. covered in time by Officer Fowler, who assisted by J. Graham of the Nationa} Hotel, succeeded in extinguishing the flames of the burning rubbish before any damage was done. It it not supposed for a moment that these youug men, who instead of being in bed were roaming the streets committing incendiary acts, intended to do anything criminal. Nevertheless, if disaster followed their frolic they certainly would have something +erious to @ sojourn at the castle in Marin county. “FORTUNE Favors the brave.” It” is also favorable to those who purify their blood in the spring by taking America’s Greatest Spring Medicine, Hood’s Sarsaparilla. A clear head and a healthy body are given by its use. —— -22--—___— You Try It. If Shilob’s Cough and Consumption Care, which is sold for the small price of .25 ets., 50 cts. and $1.00, does not cure take the bottle back and we will refund your money. Sold for over fifty years on this guarantee. Price 25 cts. and 50 cts. For sale by H Dickerman, the druggist. Ee tt $ Dally Chronicle of the Doings of Both Old town. Francisco. Park today. Corral today. to be critically ill. Sunday on a visit. from Truckee today. Jamestown this morning. : : San Franéisco this morning. . Ee this morning for San Francisco. PRI SON E R S CAPT U R E D. Bac from French Corral today. from North San Juan yesterday. ing’s train to Gold Hill, Nevada. over from Truckee this afternoon. returned home on the morning train. over from North San Juan last -evening. istered at the Grand hotel in Sen Francisco. ‘ i {\Chas. Jauin,a mining expert of San mines. went to Auburn today to’ visit ‘his Odin mine, came up from San Franare burning. Assistance has been sent . War, the Marquis of Landbury, that General Cronje shonid be at-once taken to . cisco last evening and returned home from here. The works employed sev-/ (gnetown and there be imprisioned and kept under close guard. This order today. {to stand until further orders are issued which is altogether likely. who canis here Bunda té visit Me. aad Mrs. Fred Zeitler, went. to San Francisco today. Sheridan where he went to attend the killed at Cottouwood. Valley who has lived there for forty years, will leave next Monday for a visit to his old home in the East. M. R. Sayers of San Francisco, who have been spending a few days here, returned on the morning train to their home. and who was called here PERSONAL POINTERS. and Young. : D: Douglas of San Francisco is in Mrs. 1. E. Phelps left today tor pa Assessor Schroeder went to Chicago Mrs. J. Dauis came over from French Sam Peck, of Sailor Flat continues Mrs. R. 8. Ogden went to Auburn Hon. C. F. McGlashan came’ over Chas. E. Fish came down from Geo. Coffey and T. Coffey went to R. D. McCools of Riceville, Ia., left Henry Davis and Dorsey Hines came Supervisor A. J. Wood came over W.S. James returned on last evenQ@. W. Curless and P. Cozalio came John Glasson and Richard Dunston Miss May Kleinsorge of Sacramento Wm. Dunning and T. Harver were Louis Conrath of Smartsville is regrancisco, is -here examining some . John German of North San Juan aughter. Mr. and Mrs. Bert L. Wertheimer Julius Haas, who is interested in the Daniel W. Voltz and wife of Chicago, Anton Miller, the unfortunate miner ing along nicely. Walter Lewis. has returned from uneral of his brother, who was recently S. A. Weeks, an old resident of Grass N.N. Chapin, E: M. Gooy Jr. and Farmers’ Bulletins Can Be-Had For. . the Transonirt as follows: Bulletins, printed bythe Secretary of Agricniture. from the Second District of California, I have several hundred of these to my credit, which I am desirous of distributing in. a practicable way. occurred to me that if the newspapers of the District will print these lists or bulletins, the farmers can see what is available, and it will afford me pleasure to supply the same, if any of them will drop me a postal indicating the bulletin desired. I will state that tho e publications are of great. value to the farmer, as they are calculated to give full and complete information upon . the subject treated by each. WHO WANTS THEM? the Asking, Congressman Marion De Vries writes Enclosed please find list of Farmers’ As the representative It has The following isa partial list of the bulletins. Barnyard manure. = The feeding of farm animals. Foods: Nutritive value and cost. “Hog cholera and swine plague. Peanuts: Culture and tses. Sweet potatoes: Culture and uses, Flax for seed and fiber. Weeds: And how to kill them. Souring of milk, and other changes in milk products. Grape diseases on Pacific Coast. Alfalfa; or Lucern. Silos and Silage. Peach growing for market. Potato eulture, Cotton seed and its products. Kafir corn: Characteristics, culture, and uses. Spraying for fruit diseases. Onion culture, Farm drainage. ‘

‘Sewage disposal on the farm, and protection for drinking water. Commercial fertilizers: Composition SPRING ~ 1900 AVE you jeoti the. new SPRING _ PERCALES for this: Spring as yet. We have our large window full of them, and we think they are by far the most handsome Percales that we have ever -seen,. We are selling lots of them-and » you ought to buy, now while the assortment is need them. 12% and 15 cents. You will also find some of the new SPRING GINGHAMS dow—they. speak for themselves: Respectfully, good, for it will not be long till you will They are full 36 inches wide, and sell for. in the same win-. MAMER & CO. and Use. Some grain. Irrigation in humid climates. ’ The manuring of cotton. Sheep feeding. Sorghum as a forage crop. Standard varieties of chickens. The sugar beet. How to grow mushrooms. Some common birds in their relation to agriculture. The dairy herd: Its formation and management. Experiment station work. Butter making on the farm. Bee keeping. insects injurious to stored ~~ +e ——— GRASS VALLEY NBWS. ‘The Doings of Our Neighbors as Told Over the Telephone. g The erection of the new Auditorium : will be delayed for a few days on account of pressure of other business Moses O’Con: or has taken a posi ion who J.W. Locklin, formerly of this city last week by the death of his father, J. C. Locklin, returned today to Virginia City, Nevada, where his home now is. Mr. Locklia was accompanied by his wife and they met many old friends while they were here. — ee Brief Mention. 12 o’clock, a few uights ago. will be made very soon. down with small pox. fine improvements in their property. Superior Court. ed in the Superior Court today : Estate of James A. Weeks. been set for Saturday, March 10th. G. W. Curless. Constipation Pills. 25c. Judge Coughlan today fined Rector Bros., of the National Hotel, $30 for keeping their barroom open till after There are rumors of a. sensational character floating aroind the town, and its said that startling developments Charles Walstrups, the well-known conductor on the Southern Pacific, is sick in ruckee, having been taken The Mountaineer is making some The following business was transactFinal account and petition for distribution has Pietro Cozzalio was naturalized on the testimony of C. F. McGlashan and is cured by Hood’s A dividend of ten cents per share in W. H. Smith’s grocery store on has been declared and made payable at . Broad street. The position was for: the Citizens’ bank by the Pennsylvania merly filled by Richard Eddy, was appointed deputy Sewer Superiatendent. : Mining Company. . The Miners’ Union will elect officers . on next Saturday, and spirited friendly contest. is being waged for supremacy. . ‘The polls will be open from 1 to 8 p. m. . On telegraphic communication it is announced that the attaghment on the! . Wonder Store has been released, and . {that on next Thursday a reduced-price sale will be inaugurated. ‘Dr. W. C. Jones tapped the left knee of a young man named Kruse a couple} of days ago and the knee bone was badly fractured. Young Kruse was recently injured at Taylor Bros.’ foundry. . On next Monday night Sutter Camp ; No. of the Argonauts will give a ban-; quet. This is arranged for to celebrate the reaching of the 200-mark in membership by Quartz Parlor of Native Sons. Hydraulic Parlor bas been invited to participate. Restores VITALITY NERVITA SEE AND MANHOOD Cures Impotency, Night Emissions and wasting e diseases, all effects of, selfabuse, Or excess and indiscretion. Anervetonicand blood builder. Brings the pink glow to pale checks and restores the fire of youth. . ) By mail 5O0c per box; G boxes for 82.50; with a written guarantee to cure or refund the money. NERVITA MEDICAL CO. Clinton & Jackson Sts., CHICAGO, ILL. For sale by H. Dickerman, Nevada City, Cal. . The Board confirmed the appoint. ment of Richard Eddy as Depu:y . Sewer Inspector, who had been selected . last week by Sewer Inspector Marchie . for the position. The new official as-. sumed his duties this morning. 2 ome Going to Auburn. The trial of Thomas Grimes, who is charged with murder will be’ commenced in the Superior Court at Aubare tomorrow morning. The follow . ing Nevada City people have been summoned as witnesses, and will leave on the 8:45 train tomorrow morning: Dep uty Sheriff Thos. H. Waters, Deputy Sheriff John H. Pascoe, Constable R Dillon, J. G. Neagle, John C. Nilon, . Robert Simmons, City Marshal E. A } Tompkins, E. C. Baldridge and Justice . J.8. Holbrook. Consumption is preventable? Science bes proven that, aud also that neglec: is.suicidal. The worst cold or ,cougli ean be cured with Shiloh’s Cough and Consumption Cure. Sold on positive guarantee for over fifty years. or sale . wy H. Dickerman, the d & . Do You nnow i = se ia suimagaaaases 2 making sweeping reductions. benefit of the sacrifice we are compelled to make. None of the advantages heretofore enjoyed by our patrons are curtailed by the Low selling at. All alterations necessary to give perfect fit are made FREE OF CHARGE. You Can’t Afford to Miss This Chance: Carter & Johnston = come rise an commarcm a a ie . Prices Still Being Slaughtered!! — Here's Your Chance to Save Money by Buying Clothing and Furnishing Goods at thisTi me > = te BUY NOW _eonraae DON’T DELAY Approaching SeasonsZcompel us to make room for our incoming Spring Goods, and we ate ierefore ‘Our Stock must be disposed-of, and we give our customers the Prices we are of the architects. . ¥ WAXEL The TAILOR Stock has arrived, and the rest will arrive . very soon, SUITS = $7.00 and up Trousers $2.50 and up KINKEAD’S Furniture Store Swing Chairs, « Chiffoniers Bed Lounges IS THE PLACE TO BUY Fancy Rockers Rugs Couches I am closing out my winter goods at a sacrifice. My Spring and Summer { ™ Yes, . am at the Same Old Place —— But the stock is new and the prices are as low as lew can be. bargains]? C. J. BRAND, Manufacturing Jeweler ' Phone W. 14, Broad St., Nevada City. © * bd 7 o ° ° ° DO YOU KNOW That I exchange up-to-date foal for old gold of any kind, and Were ad good Ps THE HOME MARKET Is always with you; stay with it. We have been in the lu i . mber business here 49 years, and expect to be here many years more, as we have an almost inexhaustible supply of timber’in tbis neighborhood. . We have made a success of . Building Houses ME Tg hie And we are still at it. Call your coutract. — -' and learn our terms before letting +. M. L. & D, MARSH. op * +A THE TR. TUBSDAY,.... *PORTY-FI That Is the Sentenc Wy As telegraphed Judge Hart senter to the Folsom P years, Gordon ro! on the street in . time since. Mills ! five cents, and for amount Gordan bei The robber was ar guilty, and waived whereupon Judge . ing scorching word The offense of wh ed guilty, as I have oceasion to say, is tbe most serious of law. It is. so se this State that the vested courts of co with the discretion much. punishment from a year up to li it is so fixed is that into considerati which would eithe gate the punishme consideriug that. t! be some instances . of this crime, an would not be deser penalty which the to inflict. -“In your case i have already been lar offense, from w in inferring that ‘ acquired or an ins to robbery, and a such disposition a displayed through naturally innate, i much consideratio court in passing s “I would be per! jent than I expect this record ‘again determined--and ¢ upon thie bench— are here, itis our ple of your kind f community and p This is a civilized ized laws and a cl they have a right shomes to their pla hours of the day ‘assurance that the being molested by sires to deprive th often at the expen _ “And, while I . consideration the pleaded guilty av county the expe incurred in the t propose to inflict perhaps, be regarc one, yet it is one . the effect of dem who have the sam self that this is a engage in that so “Tt is, therefor this court that yc State Prison at F forty-five years.” eee ae The Rub The rubber ju the densest and r the Gulf Coast. marks the year’ grow 100 to 150 fe ‘undergrowth. 1 largest quantity year—upwards o of rubber was trees. On accov death of the tree: constantly dimi grow wild in M from 6 to 8 ye produce two po When cultivated ‘tures in five ye few years rubbe going on in Me matien boundary pan on the Gulf as Colina on tl turity of the tre are measured by form distributio perature is an ir ever. When th and the rainfal eleven months . mature in four > cost of living v -end caring for » would be an I live cheaply -. must needs pay necessities. Le of rubber can t one dollar to fi ‘The land is pro _ ‘Government. ¢ pe employed. * gubber plantati during the sap = Of Shiloh’s Cor 4 ‘antee: “ UR. E Gs _C, BH. Haren