January 19, 1895 (4 pages)

ues é \~ ee ae =e ASG been in the’ mining camps, suffering al] -, aad honest nature, toget, " acchmulated quite a fortune, and now he Pao ial THE DAILY TRANSCRIPT ‘(Established Sept. 6. 1860.) ‘and valleys in quest of the ‘precious metal.” Hé first located at Placerville, El Dorado county, . Findirig his efforts to accumulate a fortune‘there were somewhat barren, Nae decided to try his luck elsewhere. Abvout this time gold quartz was discovered in Grass Valley. Without hesitation he jomeil the mighty throng of prospectors who were: i then-wending their way_to the scene of the wonderful discovery. During bis. journey thither the vision of ‘‘Aladdin’s cave” was Nevada Citv, Nevada. County, Calif. a Published Kveuings Daily Except undays and Legal Holidays. : SunscripTion TeRMs—Fifteen Cents a Week, ‘@ixty Cents a Mouth; Six Dollarsa Year When Paid in Advance fer a Full Year. tL ReaDING NotTices—Ten Cents a Line ; : : ne : bee outet Insertion, Five Cents a Line Each Sub. ever and anon in his mind, He was think 7 sequent Time, One Dolla a Line a Month. Rates. ing of the multifarious riches in store for ; ther Advertising Made Kno vn on Appli. , as! how many of these brave and For O 1 é him, A y cation. come { sturdy pioneers travelled hundreds of mile’, —— an ag . opening up the pathway of civilization, over SATURDAY... JAN. si chbise rugged hills and sandy deserts, through CORR TSS eg % iy . Valley and ravine, to be doomed to dis“BILL MARION, THE WIZARD.” . ,,pointment and sometimes despair ! ‘Such was the fate of poor Bill Marion, for after The Story of a Pioneer Who WAS ,pending several months in. Grass Valley Printer, Miner, Wizard-and . vainly prospecting for gold, he found that Journalist. his efforts had been no more successful there than they had been at Placerville. So he resolved to migrate to pastures new. For ‘Bill Marion, the Wizard,” as he ee Give fnaek four SG na Ue a A woo familiarly known =to the pioneers—of — aie lite; He-tieandered trom camp to State, wasa printer by trade anda eee camp and from town to town securing a ist by profession or adoption, He had com. pletely mastered the ‘‘art preservative ofr of iesiielata . arts” in the Eastern States prior.to his addered tate Nevada Cry in vent on the Pacific Coast. He was” faith1853. : eo sae eng : his trade, {ceded him, so that when he reached this + ey See Breese soaderneas He eee . embryotic city the people were impressed and enabled him to complete his apprentice . s a ig . fact, many regarded hin as being an almost ing the whole of his carreer the same dili. \ "i ny supernatural being and winced under his ee ee ee legerdemain (slight-vot-hand When the discovery of gold in California tricks) ard mesmeriem he has few equals was first announced in the East, Bill Marion . 3g yo superiors, ‘The sobriquet, ‘Bill, one was still a young man working at his trade. . the. Wizard,’ was a most— peoBy Samet BurLer. In thig manner he wanwith his superior ability and. powers. gaz, In He, like many another yoing man of his’ jy this in-tance. LHe often amused th calibre, caught the ‘told fever” and joined . ple of mining towns who were, it should be a party of ambitious emigrants who were . refiembered, very: credulous and unsusthen making preparations to go to Cali-. pecting in those pioneer days, by accomfornia in search of the ‘new “‘El Dorado.” . slishing some wonderful mental feats, It They. left the East in the autumn of 1849, . is deubtinl shatter, Pick, Tyndall, the and reached the Golden West in the early Vetent mind-readerof the present day, ever part of 1600." The journey. sorose the con. ent Rited more astonishing powers’ of mestinent, which in those days was a perilous merisin than did Bill Marion and mgst hazardous one, especially if made , : during the winter months, often leading . through trackless deserts and exposing the defenceless emigrants to the assaults Sar . quest of a number of thie Jaading “citinenn of warlike Indians and,the attacks of wild and . this sity. ferocious animals, often resulting in the loss . of life, to which the mounds which to this! Ge ine day stand will testify, had innured Bill! Marion to the hardships of pioneer life which he subsequently suffered. But Marion was a determined man. He possessed an 00's. One night in August, 1853, he. pave a . performance in Dramatic Hall at the reHe gently and gradually ipnured his audience into the mysteries of the mysThey took kindly to his feats of . legerdemain.” trivial . plishments. But the greatest surprise was and. . other accom— . yet to come, At the conclusion of the per} a ; formance he touk’a hundred of the most took fire and caused’ the woodwork near it to ¢ateh on fire ~ hard fi-e ext'ng door, was use’, to put out tie fire. .side and beneath the right shoulder blade, . subsaatenee-by mind reading-and-other-feats+} the summer “of . His fame as a mesmerist. had—pre=7 A Small F ire. . Congregational Charch, There wil] he se: vices in the above church tomorrow, as“usual. Preaching by the pastor, Rev. J. Sims. Sabbath school at the close of the morning services. body cordially invited, a4 This morning a chiv ney at the City Hotel “andblaze. Oue of the a'shers at the City Hall,next Everya Wrist Badly Cut. ee $B ee Me Episcopal Church. There will be services ‘tomorrow as usual at Trinity Episcopal Church. Rev. Mr. ° . Richt.rd Harrie had his wrist Badly cut at the Osborne Hill mine, near Grass Valley, last night, by a ‘piece of sharp rock. An artery va severed and he lost considerable bloud. Dr. Brown attended him, a Ei Very Much off Color tapi gmc = Are people who are troubled with chronic liver complaint. Bile in the blood tinges the cuticle and even the eyeballs, and also manifests its presence by uneasiness in the right at the usual hour, — America Leads the World. Just so with the Great American Importing Tea t's TEAS, COFFEES, SPICES, furred tongue, nausea, siek headache and an unpleasant breath. It is usually a¢companied by costiveness and dyspepsia, Bor the ailment itself, and its various manifesta tiens, Hostetter’s ‘Stomach . Bitters’ is a speedy and complete remedy, This standard medicine also prevents and’ cures chills and fever, rheumatism, nervousness aud the infirmities incident to declining years, “It builds up an enfeebled phys'que and fortifies it“ against disease. Appetite and nightly slumber are promoted by it, avd it is a pru. tector against the effects of a wetting, of overwork, exposure ‘and unwholesome food or water, CROCKERY, CHINA? GLASSWARE. They. Lead All Others-for Superior Quality, Lowest Prices tree to All Commercial Street. Nevada City. ' Handsome Presents ~ Given Away 4 NN RRR HH 4 RR NNN NNN RNY YR RD Christmas Suitings and Overeoats, ; FOR. MEN’S WEAR.<d__ I have an extensive line of imported and domestic cloths for Dress Suits, Business Suits, and your “Sunday Best” Suit. _ A PERFECT; FIT Iam making OVERCOA1S of the Latest . } i _. Fashion, with satin linings and silks facings, at prices § GUARANTEED. that compare favorably with ‘‘store” overcoats, Coie . : * . and see them, = : 1§} E. E. DULAC, Merchant Tailor. MMR REY HH HH 4» 4% ee ee eae J. E. CARR. , H. CARR. dig es gees ational ie vad areg made . select residents, men and women, and seup his mind to accomplish a purpose all: the eee orang late control of them by exercispowers of his Batanic majesty could not diThey did whatvert hin frem it, : ever he commanded them to do without the »ger than ayoided it. ; ‘ : . . slightest resistenée. Some of them he comever cower him; no wild. anima] ever fright: . : ; ; ;manded to go and get drunk, and these ened him or diverted his steps, His cour. age was proof against attacks from every . . ing his mesmeric.powerse He rather courted dan: No desperado could imen, some of whom never drank before, . went on a terrible bacchanalian spree which sence f . . lasted-all through the night and, resulted in oS ee ee es . bloedshed and death. O:hers be command_ either. Ou the>-contrary, he was rather’ : Tot atat Hi eury mic” to disgorge the treasures they had lasmal] of stature. ig was a vé arc form, his limbs were wiry and ill-shaped, . his features gave the appearance of having yoné through a ‘‘wine-press,”’ and his hair bored so assiduously to accumulate and in the ground, and they obeyed the edict without ‘a murmer. The remaining few men and al = ‘> semmanded to denart te their ,. homes, but not in the customary manner, . This last act of his caused Bill tu evacuate . the city sooner than he otherwise would which they had ciched “sémewhere a : ens nia a Saeed Ul. sb s, ureearAa was uncouth and no damsel in search. o husband would be likely to enter the matrimonial arena with him, But what he lacked in physical avovir‘ Li have done, ~He caused John Doe to go dupois, good looks and shapely limbs he . : : es ; . home with Mrs, Roe, and Mr. Roe accommade up in his indefatigable energy and} P eT ee ee © : -., . , panied Mrs, Doé to her domicile, etc. Imindomitable courage. He was the first ini?.: 5 : ; 4 : i jagine the surprise and chagrin of these peace and first in war. No greater friend . iy paiole when thei farain than he existed—he possessed the heart of . pe cl P — ales ddded ost. essere a Jonathan—and no’ stronger or more im. pene t senate Ley the basa their placable enemy could be found in the crude . oe ge ee wath Was, unbounded and hastily constructed mining camps of . °° ey yey ee —S aes a eo vie the then youthful State. Leen ° . ris . amaus Jie But, “as Mentally he was above’ the (have already-stated, Bill Marion possessed average cf . f i he'k : . . grea owe ¢ "CSCICNCE ¢ 2 “] men. He had acquired a shrewd ary Rowsra ®) Dieesiencs gad he kine x5 into te aftsims Of then and ey would be unwise and dangerous to remain made him conspicuous wherever he went, . longer within the confines ef the city, so he He had the faculty of being acquisitive for) ennderes a Pe Shere Oh one at thet a degree not often discovered in the humian ane aiehideg : Php people had requested ee -cerebrum, He. possessed a bright, keen exhibition of his power of mesmerism intellect; and his experience in a printing office whilst learning his trade, coupled with the education he had. previously received, had developed. his, intellectual powers to au abnormal degree, vada City from off his feet, and they got it, too, but not in the manner they had anticiing there were twelve divorce cases and seven homicides, which occupied the attention of the Judge for some time and which greatly strained the social relations ‘of the people, He had an exceptionally retentive memory, a fact which materially assisted in his mental development. In debate he was witty, logical and sarcastic, He was quick at repartee, and many a debater writhed under‘bis biting sarcasm and became confused at his witty similitudes. He accumulated a snug forHe was fond of the mystic arts, aud gave . tune in that little camp. One of his strange deep study to legerdemain and mesmuerisin . ets while at that pl-ce was to dig a cave. when a very young man. He had few) ito the bill and fill it with ferocious aniequals, in this respect, when he landed on! ™als—lions, bears, wolves, panthers, lynx, California-sail. Old” residents of Downieville have informed the writer that the ‘Taming of the Shrew” was a tame affair compared to the manner in which Bill Marion tamed these beasts of the for“Bill, the Wizard,” went from here to Downieville. raccoons and kangaroos, Such a conglomerate mass of humanity was Bill Marion whenthe writer firet met him in the city of Maryaville ~in the sum-: mer of 1856, At that time Maryaville was one of the most pro:perous cities in the} ¢3t. Unlike Daniel of old, he did not have State. It was the metropulis of Northern bo. pray while in the lions’ den, His, masCalifornia, and few towns could boast of an . ry oVer these ‘bests of prey” was so comequal amount of business or a similar popu. . plete that acverding .to legendary history lation, It was the distributing point for] ‘hey are still in the-cave, although Bill left scores of bustling, prosperous mining towns there thirty-nine years ago, in the interior and in the mountains above, It was the great business mart of the north, and men of shrewd business” and literary instincts naturally drifted thither. Vessels were continually plying between that point and Sau Francisco laden with merchandise. Hundreds of wagons laden with supplies lett “daily for interior points. It is not strange, then, that a man of Bill Marion’s accom. plishments should find himself in such a rf populous and intellectual center. He had In 1864, when the Territory of Arizona was thrown open to settlement, ‘Bill the Wizard” was the first to enter, travel without fear of molestation, because he mesmerized white men and In¢ ians alike. He once s topped a severe war by mes~ mérizing the whole of the =combatants. Ino 1876 he was elected to’ the Legislature. During his term of office he’ won a medal] offered by the Governor for the “bomeliest man in Arizona,” He was af. terwards known as “Homely Bill Marion.’ . Having relinquished his “yoanner of hardships, for six years and -ha® thought Bill, as he shook the dust of Ne-?f pated. Asa result of that strange proceed. _ He could} 3% PROPRIETORS OF THE— Pr, Bad Sty Sti, Masonic Building, Cor. Pine and Commercial Streets, Nevada City KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HANO A 1 ‘fomplotp Cock of Nrngs, Patent Modicinas, fils, Varnishes, Fir. School Books, * Blank Books, Miscellaneous Books, Periodicals, Pictorials, Magazines. Finest Brands of Cigars in Nevada City. 5. ae The Largest Hanes Establishment, in Nevada Cty. Nevada Gity Opinion. “James Cairns, the saddler, here for each, the finest goods ever in our reacH , Completa his stock known far and near, to do good work is his ideA All harnaps male ~with skill and care, and suld at prices just and faik is soon, inade _Plain, the best of value here we gaiNRobes and whips in all would seem, that Cairns of Broad street is supremE None for repairs can him surpass, in “workmanship that is first-clasS Such the : In saddles it legislative duties he re-entered the journalistic arena, In 1890 he died, There was another miind-reader in’ Afizona and he had ¢o to Marysville and had established a newspaper bearing thie euphonious name of #‘Ouraug Outang;” “He: was very successful in his terprise, but his frank r with his efforts was anxious to operate on ‘Bill the, Wizard,” He did.sb and poor Bill fell into a “sleep which knows no waking” from the practice Buln next wv Homss’s Sui opinion all express, Cairms’ mérits commands gsuecesS aa Van Deirlein will officiate. Sunday ‘school . . JUST RECEIVED, . FRESH STOCK OF a Mince leat, Seedless Raisins, © = Citron, Lemon ‘Peel, Cranberries, — : Brandy, Boiled Cider, Plum Pudding, : Fine Canned Shrimps and Lobsters _ 2 BOR SALADS. Maple Sugar and Maple Syrup DIRECT ROM deo bet J. oJ. eJ ACKSON, © Nevada City, Cal. Pa Commercial Street, near Pine,’ ~° The Daily Transcript<3 “The Daily S. F: Call il i Only NINE DOLLARS A YEAR for the two by Mail When paid,for in: advance, The TRANSCRIPT is the oldest and most newsy paper in“Nevada county—bright, progressive, fearless, clean. The CALL is one of Anitrica’s greatest newspapers— nti gives full foreign, domestic and State dispatches, fights corporate greed and organized attempts of all kinds to rob the people, exposes rascality wherever fonnd and in fact is the breeziest, newsiest and most dependable paper printed in San Francisco, The regular subscription price of each of these papers in $6 a year in advance, Sd Hundreds of neople have THE TWO for only $9. Are you among the number why not. tt is a business offer to thinking, reading, saving people. a * The sworn certifi te of a San Francisco chemist gives the following x sult of an analysis of several brands of tea purchas sd in the oper market: No. 1. (Black.) Colored with plumbago and indigo, No. 2, (Black.) Colored with indigo, plambago and um, o. 8. (Green,) Colored with ‘Prussian blue and yellow ochre, No. 4. (Green.) Ex: essive colorin in 4ndigo and aluminous earth, a * No. 5. (Uncolored? alleged. Col and clay. . 8 ). Colored with plum. Does not this condition call-loudly for a brand of Pure Japan Tea Beech’s Tos is the pure unadulterated undyed gun: ©ured Japan Tea, There is no headache in it. & child oan drink it. D:awsa canary color of delightful fragrance and twice the strength of common tea,. You use only half as much per cup. Sixty cents per AW) { NS 7 ». to expose the corruption which was then . of his own art by another hand: prevalent in social aud official }circles, pti brought him into contempt among: the vice : spree : é Masa blesishhdemewreth, . Nobu) Nehiade SHILOH’S CU RE is sold on a guarantee, ing all this “Bill, the Wizard," prospered, . 1¢ ““¢* Incipient Consumption, It is the When Bill Marion first paw he es the best Cough Cure. Only: one cent a dose. East he joined the great band of coldhina 25 cts., 50 cts,, and $1 00, Sold by Cafr “ere-who were at that time scouring the hills F a wo ¢ ‘Nephantmenernens a \ .' -~2ON BROAD s” SBT. pew pound, Never sold in bulk. Sold only in sealed packages bearing this trade-mark,Se vs e < $ s _Shurtlerr & Son., : ARK AGENTS FOR THIS FINE;TEA ~ = , ‘ ere ee soe Ql Fh ade at7:15 P. M., and Overla LASt. / ; 3 9.25 P 3:n Francisco tnd for the Bast, \ LEAVING FDR GRA88 VALLEY ONLY 7-00 6:35 Semi-Annual Report —OF THE yr CITIZENS KANK NEVADA vi LY, : An lis Agency at Grass Valley, CALIFORNIA, Showing Its Financial Condition on ‘the First Day of January, 1895. = ‘ RESOURCES. Monae on es is oS $50,456.02 Miscellaneous bonds..,.2.. 65,845 00 County clainrs ~ >. °. AAS Ke 1 244 36 Checks and cash itcms aa 620 00 Gold bullion ; Regine , 8,308 85 Items in course of.collection gia ane 1,667.14 Loans on real estate RUS mone Cait 29 839 65 Loans on stocks aud bonds.. -.. 6,345 00 Loans on personal security... 100,517 18 Loans on other securities eee 4 735 00 Bank premises, Nevada City, ... 6,000 00 Furniture and fixtures .... 4,000 00 Other res eaten. os yc 2,800 60 Due from Banks First National Bank, San branciseo. The Bank of California, So eae Nat. Bank of D. O. Mills & Co., Sacra2,618 25 * 2,955 32 mento ie ‘ . 3,273 26 Nat'l Bank of North—America, New WORMS rauial Canurnaen Vere wae cee 21,976 68 Total es peas. $806,L01 21 LIABILITIES.§ Capital paid in coin. 8 80-000 00 Undivided profits.~. Due depositors Dividends unpaid fi @ ns Total uCeve nei We tal wreege OOdeOL Ob Asiie from the amouut due from Banks as set foith above, the money .na other securities and personal property are Jl in the cug.ody of the Citizens Bank at its «flices nthe’ towns of -Nivada City an! Grass Valley, county of Nevat a, except $7,000 worth of bonds on deposit. inthe First National Bank at Sa; Francisco, and $20,000 of Londs on depos t in tie"Watiohal Bank. of North America inthe city of New. York. The real estate securities are all located in the county of Nevada, except$4,500, located in. the county of Placer. ( The. real estate is all situate in the county of Nevada, State of California, E.M. PRESTON, Pres d@it. °D. E. MORGAN, Secrétary. Sworn and subscribed before me,. a °§ ary Public, im and for the, county vf Neva ® this 7th day of January, 1895. ; (PEAL) FRED SEARLS, : Notury Publf:. The capital stock and paid-up capital o. the Citizens Ba k is as foliows: 22,149 44 282,623 79 1,427 98 Whole number of shares ._..,,.,. 2,000 Number of shares subscribed 2,000 Capital paidineoin . . , Gees $50,000. ,. Undivided ppefits oe seee. «$22,149 44 Amount paigin coin per share $25 00 E. M. PRESTON, President. D, E. MORGAN, Secretary. : Sworn and subscribed before me this seveuth day of January, 1899, [SEAL] FRED. SEARLS, Notary Public, Nevada Co., Cal W. D. Lewis. A, C, Henry. LEWIS & HENRY, * (Successors to Thomas Moran’) ——PROPRIETORS Olam “THE HUB.” Choicest Wines, Liquors and Cigars. . Cor, Pine and Commercial Streets. W. E.'F. DEAL, Attorney-at-Law Rooms 51, 52 and 53 Nevada Block . SAN FRANCISCO. REDUCTION IN PAINTING. a G E. WITHINGTON IVES notice that he is prepared to aint J Signs, Carts, Buggies and Wagons, ies in the highest style of the art. : From and after date I will paint Carts from $5 to $10. Buggies trom $15 to $22.50, Sign Painting a specialty. SHOP ON BROAD STREET, OPPOSITE YORK STREE1, Si {(F Give—me-a-call your work -elsewhere, o The : Transcript AS AN Avdertising Medium NIT IS THE Pe Nevada County Narrow Gauge BB. THE TABLE NO. 49, Crains will leave and arrive at Nevada City on and after Tuesday, Jan'y 1, 1895, as follows: te poe LEAVING FOR COLFAX, 9.00 A Tf Dally, connecting with LoTrain i tg . at San a for theP. M., Daily; connecting: i Overland trains atsiving ce ' 6:45 and 9:45 A, M,, and overA.M! D Y ? pa AILY. Fare on this train, 25 ARRIVING FROM COLFAX. A. M. Datly connectin iland train from East ‘aia “Orenina eaving San Francise@o at 6:00 P, M. =o . : : au Francisco at 7:00A, M. Geo. C Gaylord, <7 Daily, Connecting ~ with dad train “leaving % ND ; TARE VING FROM GRASS VALLEY. % ; —AND— : ey Daily. . F ; 9.00 Pr oy are on this tain I . gt at ey aa ‘ P ‘. ags,.& Tick EDW'D. H. BROWN, Superiutendent eon 7 before placingin. tHE DA Published BROWN & = ‘ Plow 15 Cts. per WHE . SIX DEC SATURDA\ Ba The banqu HS draulic Pa day evening, Gesford, has Mr. Gesford i and “s-Very Ti up that day it be here. He company with time the bang stallation.wil as already ann Mr. Gesfor evening and pa Parlor of that * parties here thi Tuesday. The snow pil ing and many . shovel the sno conseqence the! at. work all ove The snow tod eighteen inches At W. G, Rich: two miley anda three feet dee] Yesterday it Bloomfield. ‘T sleigh, with six shortly after dit till half-past 6 « The snow is . Blue Tent. Oak and P Shurtleff & . Store, have on] Pine and Oak V will be sold in 1 delivered. Ser diately. Of Int Something n at Gaylord’s, Unifo: ‘ All members ' Division, are he Armory Hall ev drill practice. jl2te Any lady can for us quietly at “Sand if you can o don’t fail to stamped envelo tit Co., Box~.2, LOC \ Summarized weet, Chiéken luncl The snowstor bly with the ele sag and ground lights last nigh! tonight, althou; day overhauling “grounds, ” ‘The mail frox from Colfax t There was no ti the reason tha there ,to conn train \went out been kept clea last night. Buck! Se N { { a » C) ” ¢ a Pancntra vie The best Sal ‘Bruises, Sores, Sores, Tetter, . ‘Corns, .andalls -cures Piles, or} vteed to give p refunded. ~ Pri sale at Carr Bri F Fine Burba pound, at Gay’ buy a hundred. KARL'S CL purifier gives f ows > omplexian, an 50 cts., $1.00. MOST A pure. Grape from Ammoni 40 YI

ues é \~ ee ae =e ASG been in the’ mining camps, suffering al] -, aad honest nature, toget, " acchmulated quite a fortune, and now he Pao ial THE DAILY TRANSCRIPT ‘(Established Sept. 6. 1860.) ‘and valleys in quest of the ‘precious metal.” Hé first located at Placerville, El Dorado county, . Findirig his efforts to accumulate a fortune‘there were somewhat barren, Nae decided to try his luck elsewhere. Abvout this time gold quartz was discovered in Grass Valley. Without hesitation he jomeil the mighty throng of prospectors who were: i then-wending their way_to the scene of the wonderful discovery. During bis. journey thither the vision of ‘‘Aladdin’s cave” was Nevada Citv, Nevada. County, Calif. a Published Kveuings Daily Except undays and Legal Holidays. : SunscripTion TeRMs—Fifteen Cents a Week, ‘@ixty Cents a Mouth; Six Dollarsa Year When Paid in Advance fer a Full Year. tL ReaDING NotTices—Ten Cents a Line ; : : ne : bee outet Insertion, Five Cents a Line Each Sub. ever and anon in his mind, He was think 7 sequent Time, One Dolla a Line a Month. Rates. ing of the multifarious riches in store for ; ther Advertising Made Kno vn on Appli. , as! how many of these brave and For O 1 é him, A y cation. come { sturdy pioneers travelled hundreds of mile’, —— an ag . opening up the pathway of civilization, over SATURDAY..... JAN. si chbise rugged hills and sandy deserts, through CORR TSS eg % iy . Valley and ravine, to be doomed to dis“BILL MARION, THE WIZARD.” . ,,pointment and sometimes despair ! ‘Such was the fate of poor Bill Marion, for after The Story of a Pioneer Who WAS ,pending several months in. Grass Valley Printer, Miner, Wizard-and . vainly prospecting for gold, he found that Journalist. his efforts had been no more successful there than they had been at Placerville. So he resolved to migrate to pastures new. For ‘Bill Marion, the Wizard,” as he ee Give fnaek four SG na Ue a A woo familiarly known =to the pioneers—of — aie lite; He-tieandered trom camp to State, wasa printer by trade anda eee camp and from town to town securing a ist by profession or adoption, He had com. pletely mastered the ‘‘art preservative ofr of iesiielata . arts” in the Eastern States prior.to his addered tate Nevada Cry in vent on the Pacific Coast. He was” faith1853. : eo sae eng : his trade, {ceded him, so that when he reached this + ey See Breese soaderneas He eee . embryotic city the people were impressed and enabled him to complete his apprentice . s a ig . fact, many regarded hin as being an almost ing the whole of his carreer the same dili. \ "i ny supernatural being and winced under his ee ee ee legerdemain (slight-vot-hand When the discovery of gold in California tricks) ard mesmeriem he has few equals was first announced in the East, Bill Marion . 3g yo superiors, ‘The sobriquet, ‘Bill, one was still a young man working at his trade. . the. Wizard,’ was a most— peoBy Samet BurLer. In thig manner he wanwith his superior ability and. powers. gaz, In He, like many another yoing man of his’ jy this in-tance. LHe often amused th calibre, caught the ‘told fever” and joined . ple of mining towns who were, it should be a party of ambitious emigrants who were . refiembered, very: credulous and unsusthen making preparations to go to Cali-. pecting in those pioneer days, by accomfornia in search of the ‘new “‘El Dorado.” . slishing some wonderful mental feats, It They. left the East in the autumn of 1849, . is deubtinl shatter, Pick, Tyndall, the and reached the Golden West in the early Vetent mind-readerof the present day, ever part of 1600." The journey. sorose the con. ent Rited more astonishing powers’ of mestinent, which in those days was a perilous merisin than did Bill Marion and mgst hazardous one, especially if made , : during the winter months, often leading . through trackless deserts and exposing the defenceless emigrants to the assaults Sar . quest of a number of thie Jaading “citinenn of warlike Indians and,the attacks of wild and . this sity. ferocious animals, often resulting in the loss . of life, to which the mounds which to this! Ge ine day stand will testify, had innured Bill! Marion to the hardships of pioneer life which he subsequently suffered. But Marion was a determined man. He possessed an 00's. One night in August, 1853, he. pave a . performance in Dramatic Hall at the reHe gently and gradually ipnured his audience into the mysteries of the mysThey took kindly to his feats of . legerdemain.” trivial . plishments. But the greatest surprise was and. . other accom— . yet to come, At the conclusion of the per} a ; formance he touk’a hundred of the most took fire and caused’ the woodwork near it to ¢ateh on fire ~ hard fi-e ext'ng door, was use’, to put out tie fire. .side and beneath the right shoulder blade, . subsaatenee-by mind reading-and-other-feats+} the summer “of . His fame as a mesmerist. had—pre=7 A Small F ire. . Congregational Charch, There wil] he se: vices in the above church tomorrow, as“usual. Preaching by the pastor, Rev. J. Sims. Sabbath school at the close of the morning services. body cordially invited, a4 This morning a chiv ney at the City Hotel “andblaze. Oue of the a'shers at the City Hall,next Everya Wrist Badly Cut. ee $B ee Me Episcopal Church. There will be services ‘tomorrow as usual at Trinity Episcopal Church. Rev. Mr. ° . Richt.rd Harrie had his wrist Badly cut at the Osborne Hill mine, near Grass Valley, last night, by a ‘piece of sharp rock. An artery va severed and he lost considerable bloud. Dr. Brown attended him, a Ei Very Much off Color tapi gmc = Are people who are troubled with chronic liver complaint. Bile in the blood tinges the cuticle and even the eyeballs, and also manifests its presence by uneasiness in the right at the usual hour, — America Leads the World. Just so with the Great American Importing Tea t's TEAS, COFFEES, SPICES, furred tongue, nausea, siek headache and an unpleasant breath. It is usually a¢companied by costiveness and dyspepsia, Bor the ailment itself, and its various manifesta tiens, Hostetter’s ‘Stomach . Bitters’ is a speedy and complete remedy, This standard medicine also prevents and’ cures chills and fever, rheumatism, nervousness aud the infirmities incident to declining years, “It builds up an enfeebled phys'que and fortifies it“ against disease. Appetite and nightly slumber are promoted by it, avd it is a pru. tector against the effects of a wetting, of overwork, exposure ‘and unwholesome food or water, CROCKERY, CHINA? GLASSWARE. They. Lead All Others-for Superior Quality, Lowest Prices tree to All Commercial Street. Nevada City. ' Handsome Presents ~ Given Away 4 NN RRR HH 4 RR NNN NNN RNY YR RD Christmas Suitings and Overeoats, ; FOR. MEN’S WEAR.<d__ I have an extensive line of imported and domestic cloths for Dress Suits, Business Suits, and your “Sunday Best” Suit. _ A PERFECT; FIT Iam making OVERCOA1S of the Latest . } i _. Fashion, with satin linings and silks facings, at prices § GUARANTEED. that compare favorably with ‘‘store” overcoats, Coie . : * . and see them, = : 1§} E. E. DULAC, Merchant Tailor. MMR REY HH HH 4» 4% ee ee eae J. E. CARR. , H. CARR. dig es gees ational ie vad areg made . select residents, men and women, and seup his mind to accomplish a purpose all: the eee orang late control of them by exercispowers of his Batanic majesty could not diThey did whatvert hin frem it, : ever he commanded them to do without the »ger than ayoided it. ; ‘ : . . slightest resistenée. Some of them he comever cower him; no wild. anima] ever fright: . : ; ; ;manded to go and get drunk, and these ened him or diverted his steps, His cour. age was proof against attacks from every . . ing his mesmeric.powerse He rather courted dan: No desperado could imen, some of whom never drank before, . went on a terrible bacchanalian spree which sence f . . lasted-all through the night and, resulted in oS ee ee es . bloedshed and death. O:hers be command_ either. Ou the>-contrary, he was rather’ : Tot atat Hi eury mic” to disgorge the treasures they had lasmal] of stature. ig was a vé arc form, his limbs were wiry and ill-shaped, . his features gave the appearance of having yoné through a ‘‘wine-press,”’ and his hair bored so assiduously to accumulate and in the ground, and they obeyed the edict without ‘a murmer. The remaining few men and al = ‘> semmanded to denart te their ,. homes, but not in the customary manner, . This last act of his caused Bill tu evacuate . the city sooner than he otherwise would which they had ciched “sémewhere a : ens nia a Saeed Ul. sb s, ureearAa was uncouth and no damsel in search. o husband would be likely to enter the matrimonial arena with him, But what he lacked in physical avovir‘ Li have done, ~He caused John Doe to go dupois, good looks and shapely limbs he . : : es ; . home with Mrs, Roe, and Mr. Roe accommade up in his indefatigable energy and} P eT ee ee © : -., . , panied Mrs, Doé to her domicile, etc. Imindomitable courage. He was the first ini?.: 5 : ; 4 : i jagine the surprise and chagrin of these peace and first in war. No greater friend . iy paiole when thei farain than he existed—he possessed the heart of . pe cl P — ales ddded ost. essere a Jonathan—and no’ stronger or more im. pene t senate Ley the basa their placable enemy could be found in the crude . oe ge ee wath Was, unbounded and hastily constructed mining camps of . °° ey yey ee —S aes a eo vie the then youthful State. Leen ° . ris . amaus Jie But, “as Mentally he was above’ the (have already-stated, Bill Marion possessed average cf . f i he'k : . . grea owe ¢ "CSCICNCE ¢ 2 “] men. He had acquired a shrewd ary Rowsra ®) Dieesiencs gad he kine x5 into te aftsims Of then and ey would be unwise and dangerous to remain made him conspicuous wherever he went, . longer within the confines ef the city, so he He had the faculty of being acquisitive for) ennderes a Pe Shere Oh one at thet a degree not often discovered in the humian ane aiehideg : Php people had requested ee -cerebrum, He. possessed a bright, keen exhibition of his power of mesmerism intellect; and his experience in a printing office whilst learning his trade, coupled with the education he had. previously received, had developed. his, intellectual powers to au abnormal degree, vada City from off his feet, and they got it, too, but not in the manner they had anticiing there were twelve divorce cases and seven homicides, which occupied the attention of the Judge for some time and which greatly strained the social relations ‘of the people, He had an exceptionally retentive memory, a fact which materially assisted in his mental development. In debate he was witty, logical and sarcastic, He was quick at repartee, and many a debater writhed under‘bis biting sarcasm and became confused at his witty similitudes. He accumulated a snug forHe was fond of the mystic arts, aud gave . tune in that little camp. One of his strange deep study to legerdemain and mesmuerisin . ets while at that pl-ce was to dig a cave. when a very young man. He had few) ito the bill and fill it with ferocious aniequals, in this respect, when he landed on! ™als—lions, bears, wolves, panthers, lynx, California-sail. Old” residents of Downieville have informed the writer that the ‘Taming of the Shrew” was a tame affair compared to the manner in which Bill Marion tamed these beasts of the for“Bill, the Wizard,” went from here to Downieville. raccoons and kangaroos, Such a conglomerate mass of humanity was Bill Marion whenthe writer firet met him in the city of Maryaville ~in the sum-: mer of 1856, At that time Maryaville was one of the most pro:perous cities in the} ¢3t. Unlike Daniel of old, he did not have State. It was the metropulis of Northern bo. pray while in the lions’ den, His, masCalifornia, and few towns could boast of an . ry oVer these ‘bests of prey” was so comequal amount of business or a similar popu. . plete that acverding .to legendary history lation, It was the distributing point for] ‘hey are still in the-cave, although Bill left scores of bustling, prosperous mining towns there thirty-nine years ago, in the interior and in the mountains above, It was the great business mart of the north, and men of shrewd business” and literary instincts naturally drifted thither. Vessels were continually plying between that point and Sau Francisco laden with merchandise. Hundreds of wagons laden with supplies lett “daily for interior points. It is not strange, then, that a man of Bill Marion’s accom. plishments should find himself in such a rf populous and intellectual center. He had In 1864, when the Territory of Arizona was thrown open to settlement, ‘Bill the Wizard” was the first to enter, travel without fear of molestation, because he mesmerized white men and In¢ ians alike. He once s topped a severe war by mes~ mérizing the whole of the =combatants. Ino 1876 he was elected to’ the Legislature. During his term of office he’ won a medal] offered by the Governor for the “bomeliest man in Arizona,” He was af. terwards known as “Homely Bill Marion.’ . Having relinquished his “yoanner of hardships, for six years and -ha® thought Bill, as he shook the dust of Ne-?f pated. Asa result of that strange proceed. _ He could} 3% PROPRIETORS OF THE— Pr, Bad Sty Sti, Masonic Building, Cor. Pine and Commercial Streets, Nevada City KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HANO A 1 ‘fomplotp Cock of Nrngs, Patent Modicinas, fils, Varnishes, Fir. School Books, * Blank Books, Miscellaneous Books, Periodicals, Pictorials, Magazines. Finest Brands of Cigars in Nevada City. 5. ae The Largest Hanes Establishment, in Nevada Cty. Nevada Gity Opinion.. “James Cairns, the saddler, here for each, the finest goods ever in our reacH , Completa his stock known far and near, to do good work is his ideA All harnaps male ~with skill and care, and suld at prices just and faik is soon, inade _Plain, the best of value here we gaiNRobes and whips in all would seem, that Cairns of Broad street is supremE None for repairs can him surpass, in “workmanship that is first-clasS Such the : In saddles it legislative duties he re-entered the journalistic arena, In 1890 he died, There was another miind-reader in’ Afizona and he had ¢o to Marysville and had established a newspaper bearing thie euphonious name of #‘Ouraug Outang;” “He: was very successful in his terprise, but his frank r with his efforts was anxious to operate on ‘Bill the, Wizard,” He did.sb and poor Bill fell into a “sleep which knows no waking” from the practice Buln next wv Homss’s Sui opinion all express, Cairms’ mérits commands gsuecesS aa Van Deirlein will officiate. Sunday ‘school . . JUST RECEIVED, . FRESH STOCK OF a Mince leat, Seedless Raisins, © = Citron, Lemon ‘Peel, Cranberries, — : Brandy, Boiled Cider, Plum Pudding, : Fine Canned Shrimps and Lobsters _ 2 BOR SALADS. Maple Sugar and Maple Syrup DIRECT ROM deo bet J. oJ. eJ ACKSON, ©

Nevada City, Cal. Pa Commercial Street, near Pine,’ ~° The Daily Transcript<3 “The Daily S. F: Call il i Only NINE DOLLARS A YEAR for the two by Mail When paid,for in: advance, The TRANSCRIPT is the oldest and most newsy paper in“Nevada county—bright, progressive, fearless, clean. The CALL is one of Anitrica’s greatest newspapers— nti gives full foreign, domestic and State dispatches, fights corporate greed and organized attempts of all kinds to rob the people, exposes rascality wherever fonnd and in fact is the breeziest, newsiest and most dependable paper printed in San Francisco, The regular subscription price of each of these papers in $6 a year in advance, Sd Hundreds of neople have THE TWO for only $9. Are you among the number why not. tt is a business offer to thinking, reading, saving people. a * The sworn certifi te of a San Francisco chemist gives the following x sult of an analysis of several brands of tea purchas sd in the oper market: No. 1. (Black.) Colored with plumbago and indigo, No. 2, (Black.) Colored with indigo, plambago and um, o. 8. (Green,) Colored with ‘Prussian blue and yellow ochre, No. 4. (Green.) Ex: essive colorin in 4ndigo and aluminous earth, a * No. 5. (Uncolored? alleged. Col and clay. . 8 ). Colored with plum. Does not this condition call-loudly for a brand of Pure Japan Tea Beech’s Tos is the pure unadulterated undyed gun: ©ured Japan Tea, There is no headache in it. & child oan drink it. D:awsa canary color of delightful fragrance and twice the strength of common tea,. You use only half as much per cup. Sixty cents per AW) { NS 7 ». to expose the corruption which was then . of his own art by another hand: prevalent in social aud official }circles, pti brought him into contempt among: the vice : spree : é Masa blesishhdemewreth, . Nobu) Nehiade SHILOH’S CU RE is sold on a guarantee, ing all this “Bill, the Wizard," prospered, . 1¢ ““¢* Incipient Consumption, It is the When Bill Marion first paw he es the best Cough Cure. Only: one cent a dose. East he joined the great band of coldhina 25 cts., 50 cts,, and $1 00, Sold by Cafr “ere-who were at that time scouring the hills F a wo ¢ ‘Nephantmenernens a \ .' -~2ON BROAD s” SBT. pew pound, Never sold in bulk. Sold only in sealed packages bearing this trade-mark,Se vs e < $ s _Shurtlerr & Son., : ARK AGENTS FOR THIS FINE;TEA ~ = , ‘ ere ee soe Ql Fh ade at7:15 P. M., and Overla LASt. / ; 3 9.25 P 3:n Francisco tnd for the Bast, \ LEAVING FDR GRA88 VALLEY ONLY 7-00 6:35 Semi-Annual Report —OF THE yr CITIZENS KANK NEVADA vi LY, : An lis Agency at Grass Valley, CALIFORNIA, Showing Its Financial Condition on ‘the First Day of January, 1895. = ‘ RESOURCES. Monae on es is oS $50,456.02 Miscellaneous bonds....,.2.... 65,845 00 County clainrs ~ >. °. AAS Ke 1 244 36 Checks and cash itcms aa 620 00 Gold bullion ; Regine , 8,308 85 Items in course of.collection gia ane 1,667.14 Loans on real estate RUS mone Cait 29 839 65 Loans on stocks aud bonds... -... 6,345 00 Loans on personal security...... 100,517 18 Loans on other securities eee 4 735 00 Bank premises, Nevada City, ..... 6,000 00 Furniture and fixtures ........ 4,000 00 Other res eaten. os yc 2,800 60 Due from Banks First National Bank, San branciseo.. The Bank of California, So eae Nat. Bank of D. O. Mills & Co., Sacra2,618 25 * 2,955 32 mento ie ‘ . 3,273 26 Nat'l Bank of North—America, New WORMS rauial Canurnaen Vere wae cee 21,976 68 Total es peas. $806,L01 21 LIABILITIES.§ Capital paid in coin.. 8 80-000 00 Undivided profits.~. Due depositors Dividends unpaid fi @ ns Total uCeve nei We tal wreege OOdeOL Ob Asiie from the amouut due from Banks as set foith above, the money .na other securities and personal property are Jl in the cug.ody of the Citizens Bank at its «flices nthe’ towns of -Nivada City an! Grass Valley, county of Nevat a, except $7,000 worth of bonds on deposit. inthe First National Bank at Sa; Francisco, and $20,000 of Londs on depos t in tie"Watiohal Bank. of North America inthe city of New. York. The real estate securities are all located in the county of Nevada, except$4,500, located in. the county of Placer. ( The. real estate is all situate in the county of Nevada, State of California, E.M. PRESTON, Pres d@it. °D. E. MORGAN, Secrétary. Sworn and subscribed before me,. a °§ ary Public, im and for the, county vf Neva ® this 7th day of January, 1895. ; (PEAL) FRED SEARLS, : Notury Publf:. The capital stock and paid-up capital o. the Citizens Ba k is as foliows: 22,149 44 282,623 79 1,427 98 Whole number of shares ._...,,.,. 2,000 Number of shares subscribed 2,000 Capital paidineoin . . , Gees $50,000. ,. Undivided ppefits oe seee. «$22,149 44 Amount paigin coin per share $25 00 E. M. PRESTON, President. D, E. MORGAN, Secretary. : Sworn and subscribed before me this seveuth day of January, 1899, [SEAL] FRED. SEARLS, Notary Public, Nevada Co., Cal W. D. Lewis. A, C, Henry. LEWIS & HENRY, * (Successors to Thomas Moran’) ——PROPRIETORS Olam “THE HUB.” Choicest Wines, Liquors and Cigars. . Cor, Pine and Commercial Streets. W. E.'F. DEAL, Attorney-at-Law Rooms 51, 52 and 53 Nevada Block . SAN FRANCISCO. REDUCTION IN PAINTING. a G E. WITHINGTON IVES notice that he is prepared to aint J Signs, Carts, Buggies and Wagons, ies in the highest style of the art. : From and after date I will paint Carts from $5 to $10. Buggies trom $15 to $22.50, Sign Painting a specialty. SHOP ON BROAD STREET, OPPOSITE YORK STREE1, Si {(F Give—me-a-call your work -elsewhere, o The : Transcript AS AN Avdertising Medium NIT IS THE Pe Nevada County Narrow Gauge BB. THE TABLE NO. 49, Crains will leave and arrive at Nevada City on and after Tuesday, Jan'y 1, 1895, as follows: te poe LEAVING FOR COLFAX, 9.00 A Tf Dally, connecting with LoTrain i tg . at San a for theP. M., Daily; connecting: i Overland trains atsiving ce ' 6:45 and 9:45 A, M,, and overA.M! D Y ? pa AILY. Fare on this train, 25 ARRIVING FROM COLFAX. A. M. Datly connectin iland train from East ‘aia “Orenina eaving San Francise@o at 6:00 P, M. =o . : : au Francisco at 7:00A, M. Geo. C Gaylord, <7 Daily, Connecting ~ with dad train “leaving % ND ; TARE VING FROM GRASS VALLEY. % ; —AND— : ey Daily. . F ; 9.00 Pr oy are on this tain I . gt at ey aa ‘ P ‘. ags,.& Tick EDW'D. H. BROWN, Superiutendent eon 7 before placingin. tHE DA Published BROWN & = ‘ Plow 15 Cts. per WHE . SIX DEC SATURDA\ Ba The banqu HS draulic Pa day evening, Gesford, has Mr. Gesford i and “s-Very Ti up that day it be here. He company with time the bang stallation..wil as already ann Mr. Gesfor evening and pa Parlor of that * parties here thi Tuesday. The snow pil ing and many . shovel the sno conseqence the! at. work all ove The snow tod eighteen inches At W. G, Rich: two miley anda three feet dee] Yesterday it Bloomfield. ‘T sleigh, with six shortly after dit till half-past 6 « The snow is . Blue Tent. Oak and P Shurtleff & . Store, have on] Pine and Oak V will be sold in 1 delivered. Ser diately. Of Int Something n at Gaylord’s, Unifo: ‘ All members ' Division, are he Armory Hall ev drill practice. jl2te Any lady can for us quietly at “Sand if you can o don’t fail to stamped envelo tit Co., Box~.2, LOC \ Summarized weet, Chiéken luncl The snowstor bly with the ele sag and ground lights last nigh! tonight, althou; day overhauling “grounds, ” ‘The mail frox from Colfax t There was no ti the reason tha there ,to conn train \went out been kept clea last night. Buck! Se N { { a » C) ” ¢ a Pancntra vie The best Sal ‘Bruises, Sores, Sores, Tetter, . ‘Corns, .andalls -cures Piles, or} vteed to give p refunded. ~ Pri sale at Carr Bri F Fine Burba pound, at Gay’ buy a hundred. KARL'S CL purifier gives f ows > omplexian, an 50 cts., $1.00. MOST A pure. Grape from Ammoni 40 YI