January 13, 1894 (4 pages)

VOL. LXVI--NO, 10225 NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 13, 1894,. THE DAILY TRANSCRIPT . Published Bvery Evening, except Bunday. BROWN & CALKINS, Proprietors. SERVED BY CARRIERS AT 1S Cts. per Week or 60 Cts. per Month — =e . WHEN PAID IN ADVANOR 1 SIX DOLLARS PER YEAR. Has Mining Interests Here. Pt a Mrs, Hayes~Chenoweth of San Jose, who da, interested in the Rocky Bar mine at. . Washington, this county, bas lately con___weyed by deed of trust all of} her magnificent estate in Santa Clara county to some one in New York. The depreciation in the value of her ‘Spirit Iron Mine” in Michigan is said to be one cause of the transfer, A son of Mrs. Chenoweth is said to have incurred the displeasure of his mother on account of his second marriage, and this is also given as“a reason why the deed was executed. A rather lengthy account of the} transactions and a deacription of ‘the estate at Eden Vale, together with a picture of the gtand. mansion, appeared in yesterday's Chronicle. Don’t Growl. The macadamized streets are rather muddy in aome places; but even with that they are so much better in, all: other respects than the cld planked streets that no one should ‘‘ kick” on account of a Tittle mud, aia ‘Situation Wanted. Who wants.a good girl to do general . housework ? Inquire at this office, jid Provipenct has appropriated $300,000 for parks, tie Oo PENNSYLVANIA considers herself ‘‘practically out of debt.’ oe. Frtorrpa resorts are reported to be ‘well patronized this winter, “Pur Kentucky Legislature has elected a woman ‘for enrolling clerk, THERE were 124 Philadelphia policemen off duty on account of sickness one day last week. . Tun business depression this year is said “tobe larder “on tlie theatrical protemicn & than any other, Wirn the pianadaetice of cars prop ellea by electricity in Chicago passenger titaffic has largely increased. Tug Santa Fe is making a vigorous protest-against the taxes levied against it in varions Kansas counties. A BARBER was voted the most pojiular man in Topeka, in a recent ballot to sottle thathonor. He is deaf. and dumb, Timm inmates of the House of Correction . in Philadelphia, have increased 40 per vent in the last eight months. THE LONDON CABBY, —Pramatic-Tittle Incidents Connected_VWlith . the Reception of His Exact Fare. Ieverybody who has lived in London has witnessed the dramatic little incidents connected with cabby'’s-reception of his exact fare, His hirer, having hted; stands on the pavement and feels for his purse, Cabby meanwhile leans over the railing of his seat with a benignant and ingratiating smile, That sinile, it may be stated. at once, fe a fraud. It is not a genuine beam of good _ nature, but is one of cabby’s business “props.” It is asmile of much meaning, and cabby throws his whole soul into it, It is trusting and confident, It} insinuates that cabby feels that he has met in you a man in whom he recogniges a pees generous nature. It means that cabby has no anxiety, He lmows that you are going to give him something for himself, . , But asa Matter of fact, if you watch cabby closely, you will see the hollowness of its professions. Oabby’s eyes.are -very wide open, and he is scanning a great deal more carefully than his fare the little pile of silver that gentleman is turning over in his hand, Then ‘he stretches down his hand, broad and fat, but trustingly, assured that he is about to-be treated.as a man should be, The fat palm ascends again, but as his fare]: turris to depart, the smile dies away. For a moment, as if dazed, he gases blankly into his hand; then a look of mingled contempt and indignation passes over his expressive face, He turns fiercely on his prey. ‘Bre, wot's this?” “Your fare,” floats back to him, “My fare!” in a tone of scathing scorn --'my fare!” . Then rapidly and with a manner,.as if the time for emotion were now?:. Be cao ‘old "abd E ‘wants another tanwey this time bis fare, if he knows any. === wong oo ane cabmen, is alan il up, dashes be wetting on oan wikt offending geatare ineffable loathing, as at some Gane thing. et vow His fare is erg Anes unconcerned, and cabby, ‘the is up, but loath to rélinquish his , slowly unswathes himself from the folds of his eee rere anes: still more PERSONAL POINTERS. — A Concise Chronicle of Various Folks _ Doings and Intentions. © P. P. Theis.of Medford, Or., is in town. ‘J. Mahan of Sierra City isin town, John Carter of Colfax is in town, P. W. Brown of San Francisco is in town. J. E. Haskell of Sacramento i ia in town on business. . B. F. Snell went over .to ‘You Bet this . morning. Mrs: George Lawrence and children have returned from Virginia City. Rev. J. J. Claire of Downieville arrived here last evening. ‘ \ _P. MoQuire.of San. Fransisco. arrived here. on last evening’s train. — Mrs. A, Preidy came down from Washington yesterday. L. Walsh of San Francisco is in town. © John Spaulding came up from if tt Springs last evening. Mark Levi of San Franciaco is with us for a few days. Gerson Goldamith of San Francisco arrived here on the train last evening. ~~ Superintendent Begbie of the Spanish Francisco last evening. A. Charonnat goes to San Francisco to~ morrow to settle up: the estate of his brother, Ernest Charonnat, deceased. Miss M. Brock of Derbec Mine arrived here last evening from San Francisco on her way home. . Capt. ©. ©, @akland of Oakland, and Capt. Chas, N. Erlingsen of Denmark, who estate of Mr.Oakland’s brother, arrived: here last evening on a way to Oakland. “Superior Court. mine retnrned from a business trip to” San . have been at Downieville settling up the}. The Barlow Minstrels. The Denver. journal publishés the following notice of the Barlow a during a recent engagement in that Fhe ‘first part” was the ever seen here in point of costumes and draperies, and presented a acene of original magnificence. Silke, satins, plushes and diamends were there in elegant profusion, and the familiar opera house scénery was_ completely hidden’ from view, "©The inusic waa first-class, and the vocalists would rank among the. best ever heard anywhere, The marvelous Bethers Kennard were indeed wonderful, and Zella substantiated his title, ‘King of at any rate there is an abundance of ‘raw . Novelty Wondérs.” But Barlow Brothers para Wi abeelh a hor esrat tab theriiselves made the hit ofthe evening and worship, the number of people who go to They-have: lost none. -of their old-time church is ridiculously amall in comparison sprightliness, and are justly entitled to the to the number who hardly ever pase within . high reputation which they have'for years the portals of a sacred edifice, except at] enjoyed. funerals. Possibly Brother Smith could awaken interest in the sinners-andconvert some of them, besides getting others into the habit of attending: church regularly. New attractions draw here, and the Evangoliat can count on getting good sudiences. t A GOOD FIELD. Evangelist Smith Should Visit Our Town For Awhile. Revival meetings are being held at Grass Valley every night and considerable interest is being aroused there among the churchgoing people and those who are religiously Evangelist Smith is making a strong e to arouse the people of oar sister city. te ‘pay more. attention to their spiritual welfare, and we trust that he-will sucosell, Nevada City may reosive a visit from him when he quite Grass Valley, There is a good field here for an evangelist, An Old Horse. . The old horse “ Dick,” which has been in Lane’s livery stable a. number of years, died last night. Dick bad been™’s faithful servant and was one of the best pieces of horse flesh that was ever brought to the town. LOCALS IN BRIEF, — delivery wagon. over twenty years ago. Later he became the property of. Mark Shaver, who used him for q-long time. Finally Dick was sold to the livery stable, . Summarized Mention of Minor Home Happenings. The way the snow from the late storm remains on the ridges leads many persons to. believe that we will get more snow before long. A stranger who looks like the published picture of Morell, Chris. Evans’ partner, arrived here last night. The fact. of this resemblance leads us to believe that he is not the man the officers are looking for. let out to ladies te drive,” have been thirty-four years old. Lots of Virginia. City Miners. Virgiuia City arrived here yesterday, He waa used. by Lester & Mulloy. in their} where, on account of his gentleness, he was He is gaid to A gentleman who Tived for many years at He ‘The Rat Settied It. ’ A Michigan paper publishes the following, which will be. read with interest by local secret society men: A woman in Bay City,Michigan, disguised herself as a man and clerked: in a store for a year, and then applied for.membership in the Knights of Pythias and was initiated, During the) work of the third rank they have an i rubber rat and celluloid snake, which an by clock work inside, ‘and which very natural in‘o&ndidate to see if he will flinch. When the anake ran at the girl she kept her nerve all right, but when the rat ‘tried to run up her trousers legs she grabbed imaginary fekir i botti hands and jamped into eres . . frigerator that-was standing near (which is used.in the work of the fourth degree), and screamed bloody murder, The girl is a member of the lodge and there is no help for it. This may open the eyes of secret societies and cause them to investigate. One lodge here, we understand, takes precaution against the admission of women by carefully examining the . feet of an applicant. . If the feet are cold enough to freeze ice cream then the candidate is blackballed. Sea REREEAiat ace On @ Tour of Inspection. W. H. H. Benyuard and W. H. Heuer, Debris Commissidiiérs, arrived here last fevening. This morning, in company. with Debris Commissioner John I. Kidder, they left for Cherokee, where they will examine the hydraulic mine of Hustler & Sons and inspect their plans for building a restrain~ ing dam, They will then visit the Kate Mays mine at French Corral and examine the property. The object of these visits is to enable the Commissioners to act intelligently upon the applications made by deed, The idea is to let them run at the. 3 . free of charge. take $40 in gold coin, of our-beautiful county have open to, them. given by L. HYMAN & CO,, and it. is” notnine but a fair opening -for-everybody. : it with their hands, weight, and every guess will be reccrded in-a ledger. customer gets one ticket for himself, showing his guess, and a duplicate ticket. will be OU NEED NOT GO BY }. ayofS ockton-+-via Beinicia is the quickést, route. The people of Revida county ‘now stand a show to-go to the . ‘Midwinter Fair.” Two can go . either man and wife, or any pense ; can get a round-trip” iticket for two, and a week's ‘board at_ any first-class. hotel, Or, if you want to” “stay at home you cat That is the chance that the people This chance is PLEASE GUESS MY WEIGHT. In the first slice, we have a live sheep in our window, at. which everybody , stands the same show-—butchers or blacksmiths, experts of novices, stand the same show. No one has the best of it—all The sheep is in a cage and locked up, and no one‘can touch Everybody has a right to guess at its Every pet. in-a box, The offer is ‘ebruary 1sth, at 8 o'clock P. od until M., at which time a committee of four will weigh the sheep. They will then shake the ballot-box and will draw the ticksa out one by one, and the same will be duly recorded on a ist. wins the prize. When all are drawn, the first correct guess on the, list In case of a ‘‘ tie,” the first on the list is the winner, The following ivasinees was. transacted in the Superior Court today, Hon. John Caldwell presiding : Work is going right ahead on the new hoisting works that the Champion Mining Company propose putting up at the old 4 Merrifield mine, . 64 to 68, 25 conta, at Miller's, © Estate of Seymour W, Piper, “deceased: . Order appointing August Lademan, E. 0. ‘Tompkins and D, E. Morgan appraisers. Episcopal Church. . Sunday morning, January 14th, services will be held at Trinity Episcopal Church at 11 o'clock. All are cordially invited. W. M, Remiy, Rector. _—_ Oo Pay Day. The Harmony, West Harmony, Federal Loan, Nevada City and Providenge mines . paid off today. Many thousands of dollars . were dishursed to the employes. A Bargain, Boy’s Black and Gray Wool Hats, sizes ji2 ‘ Ss anne Tune is no exonse for any man to. appear in society with a grizzly beard since the introduction of Buckingham’s Dye, which colors a natural brown or black, “Atrention to the daily habits of the young prevents suffering, Take Simmons Regulator, Donino the last six mouths of 1899 there were sixty-five snohnquahes in Mexico, ~ AGYNDICATE of ‘Chicago ‘capitalists will work a number of old mines near the City of Mexico, Another Bargain,Boy's Peroale! Shirts, with extra collars, sizes 114 to 134, 25 cents, at B. H. Miller’a. jlz Ture is a great scarcity of domestic servants in New York city. whole a. i" Pmepherted of MORRIAON, caasollll Ge _ Renna, ty _jaway the debris caused by the recent fire at 7 sams invited. VERY LITTLE MONB . ‘Will bay's Pound of my F'renoh Misxred Candy. That is a mall investment, but-you will realize from it a great deal more pleasure than bigger investments you, It is not easy to you how delightful this es Candy is, Some words are nasive, but there is more pereuasion in one tate of thi Candy than thre is in o : Get on to the Jasper 1" streets. Now you don't live ine wr aahirt om s benn-pole, people ainsi Gets Fits The ice rep in Nevada county this win~ ter has already been very large, and the deep snow which fell in the mountains before the hard. fi g@ weather set-in isa guarantee of a good water season next summer and fall. The Chosen Friends will have an-installa~ tion of efficers Monday. night, followed by a donation banquet. About forty men are employed clearing the Idaho mine. When this is done arrangements will be-made for putting up new. Work haa been stepped on the new road from Washington to the California mine, owing to & lack of funde, The road has been cut through the entire distance so that @ one~horse sled can be dragged over it; In the spring the road will be widened “and completed the entire distance, > 7 Congregational Church. There will be ‘preachiug tomorrow as usual both morning and evening by the pas~ tor, Rev. J. Sims. Subject of discsurse in the evening: ‘‘Foot Men and Horses or a Race for Life,” Sabbath school at the-close of the morning service. Everybody cor“Planting Feult Trees. Tidings: Dr. W. O, Jones is engaged this week is setting out 600 assorted fruit trees on his place at Newtown,.The doctor has one of the finest orchards in the county and being planted are a number of fine French walnate which have been pronounced the beat variety known. etienmary. Leading Candy Maker, opposite L, Hyman’ & . : One ¢ ere on ‘Conmerelat Br ‘Meveta beads ytd halaeein sorbose town, but if your clothes fit y — thinking is obarea improving it. Among the trees} Cash Grovery Store stopped at Grass Valley one day and was the mine ewners to be permitted to build dams and to hydraulic, From the Cradle to the. Tomb. Rev. J. Sims of the Congregational Church officiated yesterday at the funeral of Thomas Pascoe, Over thirty years ago, soon after Mr, Sims was ordained as a min= ister of the gospel, in England, he baptised ‘Thomas Pascoe, (the deceased), who was by . then a little babe, The reverend gentleman did not think then that— he would—be called upon many years later, in a foreign land 6,000 miles away, to perform the burial service over the same perdon. had formerly known en the Comstock. At this city he also met many persons whe have come here lately from Virginia City, He says by actual count of the Minera Union there are only 196 men employed in the mines of Virginia City, and that people aré leaving there as fast as they can, Disturbing T The Peace Peter Herman was —e Marshal Getchell and Constable Scott for disturbing the peace. He was taken before Juatice Carr tried, convicted and sentenced to 20 days in the county jail. We have placed on our bargain counters seven different lots of Men’s Boys’ Overcoats, which we are determined to close out at cost, for we don’t believe in the old custom of hoiding goods over for another season, To give you an idea of what we mean, we present a partial Price List : Men’s Chinchilla Overcoats, all sizes, $4. -Men’s Chinchilla Ulsters, all sizes, $6. Men’s Kerseys Ulsters, i. $5. "Men’s Worsted Ulsters, ‘ $4. Boys’ Overcoats, sizes 13 to 19 years, $4. Boys’ Cape Overcoats, sizes 13 to 19 years, $4 50. Boys’ Cape Overcoats, sizes 13 to.19 years, $2 75. a A Free Trip to the Midwinter Fair. One firstclass ticket to San Francisco and return via Stockton or Benicia, including one week's board at any hotel in San, Francisco, to the one guessing the nearest to the amount of beans contained in our glass jar. Remember, you get a guess with every purchase you make. Call in and see our Bargains in OVERCOATS, Every Overcoat in the house is reduced in price! CARTER & JOHNSTON, One-Price Clothiers, Corner Pine and Commercial Streets... ee Nevada City ~ Quick Sales and Si Small Profits. — ARTHUR WOLF e a 1. Would respectfully inform the people of this vicinity that he has Opened a New Grocery Store, on Main Street, next to Legg & Shaw's, where will be kept at all times the most complete stock of Fancy Groceries, Provisions, CASE GOODS, ETC. my, deny . TO BE FOUND’ rete +i doy sapinog COUNTY. be Saekaee ace eae fee SE THE SHEEP “GOES: WITH . aFS. Every guesser is required to buy &%& worth of goods, Vas need not take the full amount at once, but every purchase you make between now and February 15th will be credited to you, and when the amount reaches $5 you: can make your guess. ~ You get a ticket for every guess you make. Eve ticket must bear ¢ our signature, written in Ses, or it is no goo IT! OOP" Weare oi now,-unpacking-goods,eanen We price list. “But look out for our new ad. in a f If any Goods come to you y witheai this check, the don't come from our store. Dating the last eight months we have _ urated anew system of hte business— oe buy and sell strictly for CASH. Thisis the great secret in business, ia the enlyin which we oan offer genuine bar, au, In thia way everybody ia bgt alike, we have but ONE PRICK: TO: In order to raise money. we will have a Great Glearing Sale! © For Every One to Save Money. © In order to take advantage of the lower rates of freight from the East, we have concluded to buy our DRY GOODS AND MILLIN ERY for the coming season in the East. READ OUR PRICE LIST : Velveteens, 25 cents per yard. Kider-Down Flannel, 20 cents per yard, 20 yards Calico, $1. 12 ' Dress Gingham, $1, 15 ‘* Muslin (36 in, wide) $1. Ladies’ Ribbed Hose, 124-cente # pair, 20 * Toweling, $1. Misses’ Ribbed Hose, 10 cents a pair, 12°" Qanton Flannel, $1. Misses’ Rubbers, 25 cents a pair. 10-quarter Sheetings at 20 and 26 cents per yard, Large-sized towels, 5 and ten cents each, Heavy Tennis Flannel, 10 cents per yard: One lot of Boys’ Olothing and Gents’ Furnishing Goods to be closed out at any price, Ladies’, Misses’ and Children's Coats at half price. Blankets and Quilts at coat, Ladies’ shoes from $1 up. Misses’ shoes from 76 cents up. «. . Men's and Boys’ riveted shoes, $1 and $1.26 per pair, The balance of our Winter Millinery you can buy ot your own price, These goods are-all, warranted, and if not satisfactory, your money will be roland: Remember that this sale is strictly cash. Country orders will be promptly filled 0. 0. D. L. LUBECK, Commercial adabied next door to te Colley’ s Meat Marker} Movers whine Cal. The White Hotise. Our Firat Saturday Evening Special Sale. We Invite our patrons to call at our Establishment on This Saturday Evening, Jan. 13th, To inspect the GREAT BARGAINS we will offer in CHOICE ABW AND DESIRABLE GOODS. REI CH Se oo. I. Re i te hes AS other two—can-yo at ourex2 { ‘ t ae uirsrine Woolen Mill Goods we eatry a full line of { Flannels and d Blankets un L. HYMAN & GO. Cor. Main bene Commercial Sts., Nevada City, Cal, of ss f } i .

VOL. LXVI--NO, 10225 NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 13, 1894,. THE DAILY TRANSCRIPT . Published Bvery Evening, except Bunday. BROWN & CALKINS, Proprietors. SERVED BY CARRIERS AT 1S Cts. per Week or 60 Cts. per Month — =e . WHEN PAID IN ADVANOR 1 SIX DOLLARS PER YEAR. Has Mining Interests Here. Pt a Mrs, Hayes~Chenoweth of San Jose, who da, interested in the Rocky Bar mine at. . Washington, this county, bas lately con___weyed by deed of trust all of} her magnificent estate in Santa Clara county to some one in New York. The depreciation in the value of her ‘Spirit Iron Mine” in Michigan is said to be one cause of the transfer, A son of Mrs. Chenoweth is said to have incurred the displeasure of his mother on account of his second marriage, and this is also given as“a reason why the deed was executed. A rather lengthy account of the} transactions and a deacription of ‘the estate at Eden Vale, together with a picture of the gtand. mansion, appeared in yesterday's Chronicle. Don’t Growl. The macadamized streets are rather muddy in aome places; but even with that they are so much better in, all: other respects than the cld planked streets that no one should ‘‘ kick” on account of a Tittle mud, aia ‘Situation Wanted. Who wants.a good girl to do general . housework ? Inquire at this office, jid Provipenct has appropriated $300,000 for parks, tie Oo PENNSYLVANIA considers herself ‘‘practically out of debt.’ oe. Frtorrpa resorts are reported to be ‘well patronized this winter, “Pur Kentucky Legislature has elected a woman ‘for enrolling clerk, THERE were 124 Philadelphia policemen off duty on account of sickness one day last week. . Tun business depression this year is said “tobe larder “on tlie theatrical protemicn & than any other, Wirn the pianadaetice of cars prop ellea by electricity in Chicago passenger titaffic has largely increased. Tug Santa Fe is making a vigorous protest-against the taxes levied against it in varions Kansas counties. A BARBER was voted the most pojiular man in Topeka, in a recent ballot to sottle thathonor. He is deaf. and dumb, Timm inmates of the House of Correction . in Philadelphia, have increased 40 per vent in the last eight months. THE LONDON CABBY, —Pramatic-Tittle Incidents Connected_VWlith . the Reception of His Exact Fare. Ieverybody who has lived in London has witnessed the dramatic little incidents connected with cabby'’s-reception of his exact fare, His hirer, having hted; stands on the pavement and feels for his purse, Cabby meanwhile leans over the railing of his seat with a benignant and ingratiating smile, That sinile, it may be stated. at once, fe a fraud. It is not a genuine beam of good _ nature, but is one of cabby’s business “props.” It is asmile of much meaning, and cabby throws his whole soul into it, It is trusting and confident, It} insinuates that cabby feels that he has met in you a man in whom he recogniges a pees generous nature. It means that cabby has no anxiety, He lmows that you are going to give him something for himself, . , But asa Matter of fact, if you watch cabby closely, you will see the hollowness of its professions. Oabby’s eyes.are -very wide open, and he is scanning a great deal more carefully than his fare the little pile of silver that gentleman is turning over in his hand, Then ‘he stretches down his hand, broad and fat, but trustingly, assured that he is about to-be treated.as a man should be, The fat palm ascends again, but as his fare]: turris to depart, the smile dies away. For a moment, as if dazed, he gases blankly into his hand; then a look of mingled contempt and indignation passes over his expressive face, He turns fiercely on his prey. ‘Bre, wot's this?” “Your fare,” floats back to him, “My fare!” in a tone of scathing scorn --'my fare!” . Then rapidly and with a manner,.as if the time for emotion were now?:. Be cao ‘old "abd E ‘wants another tanwey this time bis fare, if he knows any. === wong oo ane cabmen, is alan il up, dashes be wetting on oan wikt offending geatare ineffable loathing, as at some Gane thing. et vow His fare is erg Anes unconcerned, and cabby, ‘the is up, but loath to rélinquish his , slowly unswathes himself from the folds of his eee rere anes: still more PERSONAL POINTERS. — A Concise Chronicle of Various Folks _ Doings and Intentions. © P. P. Theis.of Medford, Or., is in town. ‘J. Mahan of Sierra City isin town, John Carter of Colfax is in town, P. W. Brown of San Francisco is in town. J. E. Haskell of Sacramento i ia in town on business. . B. F. Snell went over .to ‘You Bet this . morning. Mrs: George Lawrence and children have returned from Virginia City. Rev. J. J. Claire of Downieville arrived here last evening. ‘ \ _P. MoQuire.of San. Fransisco. arrived here. on last evening’s train. — Mrs. A, Preidy came down from Washington yesterday. L. Walsh of San Francisco is in town. © John Spaulding came up from if tt Springs last evening. Mark Levi of San Franciaco is with us for a few days. Gerson Goldamith of San Francisco arrived here on the train last evening. ~~ Superintendent Begbie of the Spanish Francisco last evening. A. Charonnat goes to San Francisco to~ morrow to settle up: the estate of his brother, Ernest Charonnat, deceased. Miss M. Brock of Derbec Mine arrived here last evening from San Francisco on her way home. . Capt. ©. ©, @akland of Oakland, and Capt. Chas, N. Erlingsen of Denmark, who estate of Mr.Oakland’s brother, arrived: here last evening on a way to Oakland. “Superior Court. mine retnrned from a business trip to” San . have been at Downieville settling up the}. The Barlow Minstrels. The Denver. journal publishés the following notice of the Barlow a during a recent engagement in that Fhe ‘first part” was the ever seen here in point of costumes and draperies, and presented a acene of original magnificence. Silke, satins, plushes and diamends were there in elegant profusion, and the familiar opera house scénery was_ completely hidden’ from view, "©The inusic waa first-class, and the vocalists would rank among the. best ever heard anywhere, The marvelous Bethers Kennard were indeed wonderful, and Zella substantiated his title, ‘King of at any rate there is an abundance of ‘raw . Novelty Wondérs.” But Barlow Brothers para Wi abeelh a hor esrat tab theriiselves made the hit ofthe evening and worship, the number of people who go to They-have: lost none. -of their old-time church is ridiculously amall in comparison sprightliness, and are justly entitled to the to the number who hardly ever pase within . high reputation which they have'for years the portals of a sacred edifice, except at] enjoyed. funerals. Possibly Brother Smith could awaken interest in the sinners-andconvert some of them, besides getting others into the habit of attending: church regularly. New attractions draw here, and the Evangoliat can count on getting good sudiences. t A GOOD FIELD. Evangelist Smith Should Visit Our Town For Awhile. Revival meetings are being held at Grass Valley every night and considerable interest is being aroused there among the churchgoing people and those who are religiously Evangelist Smith is making a strong e to arouse the people of oar sister city. te ‘pay more. attention to their spiritual welfare, and we trust that he-will sucosell, Nevada City may reosive a visit from him when he quite Grass Valley, There is a good field here for an evangelist, An Old Horse. . The old horse “ Dick,” which has been in Lane’s livery stable a. number of years, died last night. Dick bad been™’s faithful servant and was one of the best pieces of horse flesh that was ever brought to the town. LOCALS IN BRIEF, — delivery wagon. over twenty years ago. Later he became the property of. Mark Shaver, who used him for q-long time. Finally Dick was sold to the livery stable, . Summarized Mention of Minor Home Happenings. The way the snow from the late storm remains on the ridges leads many persons to. believe that we will get more snow before long. A stranger who looks like the published picture of Morell, Chris. Evans’ partner, arrived here last night. The fact. of this resemblance leads us to believe that he is not the man the officers are looking for. let out to ladies te drive,” have been thirty-four years old. Lots of Virginia. City Miners. Virgiuia City arrived here yesterday, He waa used. by Lester & Mulloy. in their} where, on account of his gentleness, he was He is gaid to A gentleman who Tived for many years at He ‘The Rat Settied It. ’ A Michigan paper publishes the following, which will be. read with interest by local secret society men: A woman in Bay City,Michigan, disguised herself as a man and clerked: in a store for a year, and then applied for.membership in the Knights of Pythias and was initiated, During the) work of the third rank they have an i rubber rat and celluloid snake, which an by clock work inside, ‘and which very natural in‘o&ndidate to see if he will flinch. When the anake ran at the girl she kept her nerve all right, but when the rat ‘tried to run up her trousers legs she grabbed imaginary fekir i botti hands and jamped into eres . . frigerator that-was standing near (which is used.in the work of the fourth degree), and screamed bloody murder, The girl is a member of the lodge and there is no help for it. This may open the eyes of secret societies and cause them to investigate. One lodge here, we understand, takes precaution against the admission of women by carefully examining the . feet of an applicant. . If the feet are cold enough to freeze ice cream then the candidate is blackballed. Sea REREEAiat ace On @ Tour of Inspection. W. H. H. Benyuard and W. H. Heuer, Debris Commissidiiérs, arrived here last fevening. This morning, in company. with Debris Commissioner John I. Kidder, they left for Cherokee, where they will examine the hydraulic mine of Hustler & Sons and inspect their plans for building a restrain~ ing dam, They will then visit the Kate Mays mine at French Corral and examine the property. The object of these visits is to enable the Commissioners to act intelligently upon the applications made by deed, The idea is to let them run at the. 3 . free of charge. take $40 in gold coin,

of our-beautiful county have open to, them. given by L. HYMAN & CO,, and it. is” notnine but a fair opening -for-everybody. : it with their hands, weight, and every guess will be reccrded in-a ledger. customer gets one ticket for himself, showing his guess, and a duplicate ticket. will be OU NEED NOT GO BY }. ayofS ockton-+-via Beinicia is the quickést, route. The people of Revida county ‘now stand a show to-go to the . ‘Midwinter Fair.” Two can go . either man and wife, or any pense ; can get a round-trip” iticket for two, and a week's ‘board at_ any first-class. hotel, Or, if you want to” “stay at home you cat That is the chance that the people This chance is PLEASE GUESS MY WEIGHT. In the first slice, we have a live sheep in our window, at. which everybody , stands the same show-—butchers or blacksmiths, experts of novices, stand the same show. No one has the best of it—all The sheep is in a cage and locked up, and no one‘can touch Everybody has a right to guess at its Every pet. in-a box, The offer is ‘ebruary 1sth, at 8 o'clock P. od until M., at which time a committee of four will weigh the sheep. They will then shake the ballot-box and will draw the ticksa out one by one, and the same will be duly recorded on a ist. wins the prize. When all are drawn, the first correct guess on the, list In case of a ‘‘ tie,” the first on the list is the winner, The following ivasinees was. transacted in the Superior Court today, Hon. John Caldwell presiding : Work is going right ahead on the new hoisting works that the Champion Mining Company propose putting up at the old 4 Merrifield mine, . 64 to 68, 25 conta, at Miller's, © Estate of Seymour W, Piper, “deceased: . Order appointing August Lademan, E. 0. ‘Tompkins and D, E. Morgan appraisers. Episcopal Church. . Sunday morning, January 14th, services will be held at Trinity Episcopal Church at 11 o'clock. All are cordially invited. W. M, Remiy, Rector. _—_ Oo Pay Day. The Harmony, West Harmony, Federal Loan, Nevada City and Providenge mines . paid off today. Many thousands of dollars . were dishursed to the employes. A Bargain, Boy’s Black and Gray Wool Hats, sizes ji2 ‘ Ss anne Tune is no exonse for any man to. appear in society with a grizzly beard since the introduction of Buckingham’s Dye, which colors a natural brown or black, “Atrention to the daily habits of the young prevents suffering, Take Simmons Regulator, Donino the last six mouths of 1899 there were sixty-five snohnquahes in Mexico, ~ AGYNDICATE of ‘Chicago ‘capitalists will work a number of old mines near the City of Mexico, Another Bargain,Boy's Peroale! Shirts, with extra collars, sizes 114 to 134, 25 cents, at B. H. Miller’a. jlz Ture is a great scarcity of domestic servants in New York city. whole a. i" Pmepherted of MORRIAON, caasollll Ge _ Renna, ty _jaway the debris caused by the recent fire at 7 sams invited. VERY LITTLE MONB . ‘Will bay's Pound of my F'renoh Misxred Candy. That is a mall investment, but-you will realize from it a great deal more pleasure than bigger investments you, It is not easy to you how delightful this es Candy is, Some words are nasive, but there is more pereuasion in one tate of thi Candy than thre is in o : Get on to the Jasper 1" streets. Now you don't live ine wr aahirt om s benn-pole, people ainsi Gets Fits The ice rep in Nevada county this win~ ter has already been very large, and the deep snow which fell in the mountains before the hard. fi g@ weather set-in isa guarantee of a good water season next summer and fall. The Chosen Friends will have an-installa~ tion of efficers Monday. night, followed by a donation banquet. About forty men are employed clearing the Idaho mine. When this is done arrangements will be-made for putting up new. Work haa been stepped on the new road from Washington to the California mine, owing to & lack of funde, The road has been cut through the entire distance so that @ one~horse sled can be dragged over it; In the spring the road will be widened “and completed the entire distance, > 7 Congregational Church. There will be ‘preachiug tomorrow as usual both morning and evening by the pas~ tor, Rev. J. Sims. Subject of discsurse in the evening: ‘‘Foot Men and Horses or a Race for Life,” Sabbath school at the-close of the morning service. Everybody cor“Planting Feult Trees. Tidings: Dr. W. O, Jones is engaged this week is setting out 600 assorted fruit trees on his place at Newtown,.The doctor has one of the finest orchards in the county and being planted are a number of fine French walnate which have been pronounced the beat variety known. etienmary. Leading Candy Maker, opposite L, Hyman’ & . : One ¢ ere on ‘Conmerelat Br ‘Meveta beads ytd halaeein sorbose town, but if your clothes fit y — thinking is obarea improving it. Among the trees} Cash Grovery Store stopped at Grass Valley one day and was the mine ewners to be permitted to build dams and to hydraulic, From the Cradle to the. Tomb. Rev. J. Sims of the Congregational Church officiated yesterday at the funeral of Thomas Pascoe, Over thirty years ago, soon after Mr, Sims was ordained as a min= ister of the gospel, in England, he baptised ‘Thomas Pascoe, (the deceased), who was by . then a little babe, The reverend gentleman did not think then that— he would—be called upon many years later, in a foreign land 6,000 miles away, to perform the burial service over the same perdon. had formerly known en the Comstock. At this city he also met many persons whe have come here lately from Virginia City, He says by actual count of the Minera Union there are only 196 men employed in the mines of Virginia City, and that people aré leaving there as fast as they can, Disturbing T The Peace Peter Herman was —e Marshal Getchell and Constable Scott for disturbing the peace. He was taken before Juatice Carr tried, convicted and sentenced to 20 days in the county jail. We have placed on our bargain counters seven different lots of Men’s Boys’ Overcoats, which we are determined to close out at cost, for we don’t believe in the old custom of hoiding goods over for another season, To give you an idea of what we mean, we present a partial Price List : Men’s Chinchilla Overcoats, all sizes, $4. -Men’s Chinchilla Ulsters, all sizes, $6. Men’s Kerseys Ulsters, i. $5. "Men’s Worsted Ulsters, ‘ $4. Boys’ Overcoats, sizes 13 to 19 years, $4. Boys’ Cape Overcoats, sizes 13 to 19 years, $4 50. Boys’ Cape Overcoats, sizes 13 to.19 years, $2 75. a A Free Trip to the Midwinter Fair. One firstclass ticket to San Francisco and return via Stockton or Benicia, including one week's board at any hotel in San, Francisco, to the one guessing the nearest to the amount of beans contained in our glass jar. Remember, you get a guess with every purchase you make. Call in and see our Bargains in OVERCOATS, Every Overcoat in the house is reduced in price! CARTER & JOHNSTON, One-Price Clothiers, Corner Pine and Commercial Streets..... ee Nevada City ~ Quick Sales and Si Small Profits. — ARTHUR WOLF e a 1. Would respectfully inform the people of this vicinity that he has Opened a New Grocery Store, on Main Street, next to Legg & Shaw's, where will be kept at all times the most complete stock of Fancy Groceries, Provisions, CASE GOODS, ETC. my, deny . TO BE FOUND’ rete +i doy sapinog COUNTY. be Saekaee ace eae fee SE THE SHEEP “GOES: WITH . aFS. Every guesser is required to buy &%& worth of goods, Vas need not take the full amount at once, but every purchase you make between now and February 15th will be credited to you, and when the amount reaches $5 you: can make your guess. ~ You get a ticket for every guess you make. Eve ticket must bear ¢ our signature, written in Ses, or it is no goo IT! OOP" Weare oi now,-unpacking-goods,eanen We price list. “But look out for our new ad. in a f If any Goods come to you y witheai this check, the don't come from our store. Dating the last eight months we have _ urated anew system of hte business— oe buy and sell strictly for CASH. Thisis the great secret in business, ia the enlyin which we oan offer genuine bar, au, In thia way everybody ia bgt alike, we have but ONE PRICK: TO: In order to raise money. we will have a Great Glearing Sale! © For Every One to Save Money. © In order to take advantage of the lower rates of freight from the East, we have concluded to buy our DRY GOODS AND MILLIN ERY for the coming season in the East. READ OUR PRICE LIST : Velveteens, 25 cents per yard. Kider-Down Flannel, 20 cents per yard, 20 yards Calico, $1. 12 ' Dress Gingham, $1, 15 ‘* Muslin (36 in, wide) $1. Ladies’ Ribbed Hose, 124-cente # pair, 20 * Toweling, $1. Misses’ Ribbed Hose, 10 cents a pair, 12°" Qanton Flannel, $1. Misses’ Rubbers, 25 cents a pair. 10-quarter Sheetings at 20 and 26 cents per yard, Large-sized towels, 5 and ten cents each, Heavy Tennis Flannel, 10 cents per yard: One lot of Boys’ Olothing and Gents’ Furnishing Goods to be closed out at any price, Ladies’, Misses’ and Children's Coats at half price. Blankets and Quilts at coat, Ladies’ shoes from $1 up. Misses’ shoes from 76 cents up. «. . Men's and Boys’ riveted shoes, $1 and $1.26 per pair, The balance of our Winter Millinery you can buy ot your own price, These goods are-all, warranted, and if not satisfactory, your money will be roland: Remember that this sale is strictly cash. Country orders will be promptly filled 0. 0. D. L. LUBECK, Commercial adabied next door to te Colley’ s Meat Marker} Movers whine Cal. The White Hotise. Our Firat Saturday Evening Special Sale. We Invite our patrons to call at our Establishment on This Saturday Evening, Jan. 13th, To inspect the GREAT BARGAINS we will offer in CHOICE ABW AND DESIRABLE GOODS. REI CH Se oo. I. Re i te hes AS other two—can-yo at ourex2 { ‘ t ae uirsrine Woolen Mill Goods we eatry a full line of { Flannels and d Blankets un L. HYMAN & GO. Cor. Main bene Commercial Sts., Nevada City, Cal, of ss f } i .