January 7, 1896 (4 pages)

is A (Established Sept. 6. 1860., Nevada Clty, Nevada County, en Published Evenings Sine Sundays and Calif. Sixty Cents a Mouth; Six Dollarsa Year When Paid in Advance fer a Full Year. LocA. Reaping Notices—Ten Cents a Line for First Insertion, Five Cents a Line Each Subsequent Time, One Dollar a Line a Month. Rates For Other Advertising Made Known on Application SounscrPTion Tanus—Fifteen Cents a Week? TUESDAY....JAN. 7, 1896. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. ~ Business ‘Transacted at the Session “Commencing January 6, 1896. . The following bills were allowed on the General Fund: Carter & Jobneton, merchandise, $12.50, Nevada City Electric Light Company, cae light, $62.50. ie . ‘J.J. Greany, expressage, $8;40, oD SBaker,-hauling, $13.50. Nevada Daity TRaNscrirr, ‘advertising’ aad ‘printing, $102.25. Henry Myers, conveying sick to hospital, 2 South Yuba Water Company, water for J _fospital, $23, ET. Worthley, conveying sick to hospital, $5, E. Jamieson, autopsy, $10. Thomas Stanley, assisting Coroner, $10. G, W. Gauthier, hauling and merchandise, $22.45, Towle Bros, Co,, lumber, $47.04. George Wanamake, removing nuisance, $2.50, j G. B, Millikin, transcribing, $13. t W. J. Rogers, services, $45. Watson & Nevins, labor, $3. D. F. Douglass, boarding county prisoners, $180.12, James Kinkead; upholatering, $5. H. Dickerinan, rent of room, $37.50. L. S. Calkins, stamps and envelopes, $48 52, D. F. Douglass, Sheriff's expenses“ outside connty, $69.70. W. J. Rogers, expenses visiting schools, $87.50, P. T. Fogarty, money advanced indigent, $20.25. Frank Smith, guarding jail, $2 75, Ed. Teeter, guarding jail, $2.75. H."N. Chapman, labor at jail, $4. H. S. Moody, contingent expenses District Attorney’s office, $195. John Hocking, Coroner’s inquest, $29.50. Charles Grimes, merchandise, $20. James Hackley, janitor’s services, $5. Peter Purcell, livery hire and conveying sick to hospital, $16, Charles 8, Paine, registration affidavits, $3.25. S. McKay, boarding sick, $10.50. W. I. Wilkie, merchandise, $12. William Curless, salary as Health Officer, $60. { Herald, advertising and printing, $39. M. L. & D. Marsh, lumber, $30.60. George W. Shearer, conveying sick to hospital, $4. George C. Gaylord, merchandise, $3.30. Emmet Costello, posting tax notices, $2, W. 4H. Arnhart, plastering at hospital, $10. W. F, Prisk, printing, $102.90. W. D. Vinton, drugs, $28.85; stationery, $271.75; telephoning, $58.95; total, $359.55, Irwin Hobson & Co., receipts for County Treasurer, $7.50, Henry Waters, Bug Commissioner, $50. Joseph Johnson, conveying sick to ‘hos pital, $4. Nevada Gas Compsny, gas for county, $24. Dr. C. W. Jones, snioiad and inquisition, $20. ; James Hennessey, livery hire, $78. W. H. Martin, rubber stamp, $3.77. Henry Lane, conveying sick to hospital, $8.50. Scadden & Cleveland, conveying sick to hospital, $1.50. Legg &. Shaw, merchandise, $83.30, A. Blumenthal, merchandise, ‘$1.50. A. C. Cook, burying paupers, $15. B. F. Snell; jury scrip, $321.10. B. F. Snell, expenses collecting taxer, $48.45, W.H. Hill, Justice fees and inqueste, $61.45. A. ©. Cook, Justice. fees and ingueate, $12. C, E. “Malloy, Justice fees and inquests, $24, W. B. Duncan, boarding indigent, $7.75. Nevada City Water Works, for water, , P. Dempster & Co., California Decisions, $54. C, E. Mulloy, criminal dockets, $4.50, oe. ~ ‘Notice to A. ALO, U. W. All members, of rane City Lodge, A. O. U. W., are requested to be present at the meeting to be held January 8th, Installation of cfficers will take place, following which there will be a banquet, brothers in good standing are cordially invited to be present. By order. T. H. Carr, M. Ww. ©, E, Asuzurn, Recorder, j6-2¢ Attention ! 4” Attention ! The Branch: Wonder bi has received from the _ E,st samples of Men’s Black Cheviot Suite, which Mr. Levy fiers for $9.00 a suit. Equal to any other suits sold in town fcr $16.00. In Transcetpt Block, Commercial Street. j4-tf ana 2 ES ia Hood's Reseeperilis is ue «puritier minently in public today. It ra a disease when PERSONAL GOSSIP. H. B. Peck of Ansonia, Conn., has an orange which adorned the banquet table on his wedding day, 21 years ago. Max O’Rell says that John Bull’ is‘a compound of “‘lion, mule and octopus.’ He is dangerous pesos and behind and all around. Speaker Reed’s fondness for amateur photography is. said to have grown on him to such an extentas to roams his raling hobby. Dr. Luella Cool, an American woman, is one of the most prominent dentists in Guatemala and one-of the few foreigners permitted to remain in that country. friend in America contradicting the report lately circulated that she was an Danudet. Billy Birch, the. veteran altace, who was known all-over the country when. negro minstrels were the fashion, was stricken with paralysis of both Yege recently-at-New York. Mr. Jacob Kremier of Madison, Wis., 4wedding. He was buried on the fiftieth anniversary of his marriage. The king of Korea is a short, pale faced, nervous man, who wears a mastache and goatee. He has a restless eye and an apprehensive manner. He bears all the outward marks of a degenerate. Portland, Me., believes it has two of the oldest ex-mayors in the country. The age of one of them, W. W. Thomas, is 91 years and 7 months, and the other, Neal Dow, is just four months younger. William F. Foster, the noted maker of women’s gloves, recently died in New York. He lived in Chicago at the time of the great fire. He invented a fastening for gloves that made him worth $1,000,000. The popular notion of Henri Rochefort as a bohemian of bohemians is erroneous. He never drinks wine, liquor gr coffee and does not smoke or gamble. He has a striking head, with an enormous crown of white hair and a powerful foréhead. ‘*London ought to take a long breath, ”’ says The Figaro, ‘‘Lady: Henry Somerset, accompanied by that other ‘wild woman,’ Miss Frances Willard, has left us for Bombay. It is to be regretted that Miss Jane Cakebread could not make one of the party.’’ The Duke of Atho) may claim to have the greatest number of titles. Besides his dukedom he holds two marquiasates, five earldoms, three viscounties, eight baronies and is also.a Knight of “the Thistle—20. distinct titles in all. He is, moreover, coheig of five other baronies. Mile. About, daughter of the late Edmond About, was married recently in Trinity church, Paris, to M. Pierre de Courcelles, a son of the dramatist of that name. The late Alexandre Dumas was to have giveu her away; but, owing to his illness, his place was taken by M. Henner, the artist. “MUSICAL NOTES. Mascagni is about to start a musical newspaper in Milan. Adele Aus der Ohe, the Pianiste, is accredited with a great -success in Berlin. Sigrid Arnoldson will sing in opera at Moscow-and St. Petersburg in January aud February. The New York Tribune characterizes Massenet’s ‘‘a WNavarraise’’ as ‘a gunpowder opera.’’ « Tamagno dislikes America so greatly $2,000 a performance. Reginald De Koven_ estimates that ‘*Robia Hood’? was worth $100,000 for hinise'f and Harry B. Smith. It is rumored that Emma. Calye, ‘the great dramatic prima donna, will be marricd to Henri Cain next spring. When Kaiser Wilhelm deigns to pattonize the Berlin opera, no one dares to appland till he sets the example. ~ The Grand Opera House in Paris bas 4 government subvention of $160,000 a year, und the Opera Comigue half the amount. Edward Jakobowski is: to compose the music for ‘‘The Pretender,’’ a comic opera, the book of which Was written by Octavus Cohen. It is promised that Josef Hoffman, the erstwhile famous boy pianist, will soon issne some recent compositions which Mme. Daudet writes from Paris toa actress before her marriage to aig! died not long-ago while-completing-arrangements for celebrating his. golden . s that he will not return for less thany~ Summarized Mention of Minor Home Happenings; tomorrow evening. After the regular business is over a collation will be served. More big poles are being erected on upper Broad street for the Electric Power Com‘pany’s wirés, . Last Saturday night the five-year-old son ot D, Harmon, fell against.a hot stove at his home on Broad street, and burned his right cheek quite severely. A physician was called in and attended: the boy, whois. now doing as well-as could be expected, Your Own Fault. Iti is‘yo rownfault if you continue to suffér with any paintul disease of a rheumatic nature, for it is guaranteed and has ‘been proven beyond doubt that the O:l_ot Eden will remove all impurities from* the bone and flesh, the seeds of all painful diseases of the external systetn. The Oil ot Eden has been sold by Joun P. Zipr of Grass Valley, only on a full guarantee, and can be obtained.through , other first-class dealers in medicines, Manulactured only by-Johan-L,Kellett—Oil of Eden Medicine Coinpany, Oakland, Cal. For saleby W. D. Vinton, “te ‘Hint_to_the Reader. At a certain English church a pair of spectacles were recently put on .the offertory plate. Thé church warden courteously handed them back, supposing them to have been put there in absence of mind, but the donor again deposited them on the plate, cial finished his collection and the spectacles were duly presented with the. oth alms, However, after the close of the vice he. tookthem down to the donor, was astranger to the place, and) feared they were given by mistake, of hig surprise on being assured that it was intentional, and no mistake; that the reader of the prayers had made so phany blunders in reading thatthe donor presumed he could not see, and so presénted him with a pair of spectacles, : Superigr Court. The following Dusiness was transacted in the Superior’ Court today, Hon, John Caldwell, présiding : D. P. Stewart vs. D, 8. Donahue. Order cig case, om. Be Foresters of America Installation. Court Garfield, No. 7, F. of A., held, installation last night. The newly elected officers were installed by Ben. A, Bost, District Deputy High Chief Ranger, as follows: P, C, R. Wm. M, Avery; C. R., Wm. Browning ; Sub, C. R.,.A. N. Delbridge ; Fin, Sec, N. J. Monk; Treas., John W., John Kendrick ; Jr, W., Frank May ; Sr. B., Eph Cohn ; Jr. B., T. J. Sandow ; Trustees, Wm. J. Monk, R. J. Tremaine, Sunday Laws. ‘The Watchman of Boston says the notion ‘‘that Sunday Jaws are’of Puritan origin betrays a disposition to make a point rather than accurate historical knowledge. The Huguenots frém France enacted them in South Carolina, and the cavaliers from.the court of Charles I in Virginia. The very first statue passed by the cavaliers of Virginia provided that he who did not attend church on Sunday should pay a fine of two pounds of tobacco, This was the first law ever enacted in the United States and was passed in 1617, three years before the pilgrims landed at Plymouth. Not as Rough as It Seemed, A writer on football says the game is not as rough as it seems. The same was true of the battle of Chickamauga, in. which two-thirds of the men escaped without a scratch, the killed, wounded and missing numbering only about 80,000.—St. Lonis G!loke-Democrat. . Hope, and Joy. Hope, of a1] passions, most befriends as here. Joy bag her tears, and transport bas her death. Hope, like a cordial, inuocent, though strong, man’s heart at nee imspirits and sorenes, nor makeg hi m pay his wisdom for his joys.—Young. ; ~ It may: indeed be said tt nat sympathy *xists in all minds, as Faraday has dissovered that magnetism exists in all metals, but a certain temperature is required to develop. the hidden prdperty, whether in the metal or the mind.— " Pennsylvania Engine Company will meet: =. cisco. 5 W. H. Robie is up from Lincolm on a]; and not wishing to make a scene, the offi-. / Stevens; Rec. Sec’y., D. H. Dailey; Sr. . / PERSONAL POINTERS, A Concise Chronicle of Varivns Folks ‘Doings and Intentions. John Dixon of San Francisco is: in town. J, F. Jones of Yuba City is in town. 8. J. Haugh of Marysville is in town. W. T. Hawley of San: Francisco is in town. E, M. Huntley, the Bloomfield butcher is in town. Mrs, William Giffin is very National Hotel. Mrs. A. J. Ross of Bloomfield is said. to be Very. sick. Samuel Poorman is up from San Franill at the visit, “ASW. Lewis -and-J—-W. Lewis, of —Lincoln, are in town. H. Dundon came dowa from Graniteville yesterday, j Ed. K. Preston of Fresno is here on a visit to Hon, E.M. Preston, Sst T. Fucker of San Francisco is hereon j sed M. Buffington, . W.C. Gray went to San_ Francisco praiecad Constable Dillon is able to be around again after his recent illness. } from’San Francisco, W. Richardson and_J.F. Moody came over from Truckee last evening. Grayt Skidmore came down from North Bloomfield today. . E. Withington, the.pioneer painter, is very sick, . J, Cunningham, division superintendent of the Sunset Telephone Co., arrived here last evening. Norval Douglass, Jr., is confined to: his home with illmess, being troubled with rheumatism of the shoulder in a severe form, James Rose,is down from Emigrant Gap, At the regular meeting of Laurel Parlor, Thursday evening, there will be installation of officers, followed by a 10 cent social. Native-Daughters, Attention. full attendance is desired, j7-2t Mr, J. Levy has been appointed agent for the Clarke’s O. N. T. Spcol Cotton and yall we-have to say is this, that tor the past twenty years experience with the cotton Mrs. ExuA Fioyp, Pres. Appointed Agent. A 1ssc. Buy Your Silverware, Optical and other Beantifal From the.Old and Reliable Firm of Tnwnetije we-found it to be equal to any manufac: i = gi, tured. Sold at 6’ spools for.26*tents, atl 2» > the New Store on Commercial street. : Ail Geéds d27:f J, Levy. Sold at __A. Blumestthal and—wife—have—retarned. — grows the most powerfully curative ar« ticle of the vegetable kingdom—Peruvian Bark. It forms the most active ingredient in the famous Peruvian Bitters @ pleasant, palatable remedy unequalled in the world torestore the appetite, stimulate sluggish digestive functions, dispel malarial poisons, promote quiet nerves and sound sleep, replace wasted tissues— in short to make the weak strong and shield the well from disease. MACK & CO., San Francisco. All drug: gists and dealers. Miss Alice Collins of Grass Valley, accompanied ly her friend, Miss Mabel Shoo of Oakland, spent yesterday in this city. Prof. F. L. King returned to San Jose yesterday, after a brief visit with the family of Myers Allen, Miss Gertrude Largis, who has been visiting Mrs, Charles Tegler of this city, has rejurned to her home at Colfax, Major Thomas Callinan is down from God's country, He reports having had good success this last summer with his gold prospect near the California mine, Court Banner Installation. The newly elected officers of Court Ban-}-ner, No 8255, A. O. F., were installed by P.C.R., T. H. Carr, as follows, last night : James Foley, Jr., F. C, K.; Ed. Chambers, C. Rv; BE. Cleveland, Sub, °C, R:;-C.-E, Ashburn, , Rec, Sec’y, J. E. Isaac, Fin. Sec’y ; James G. Neagle, Treasurer; L. J. Trautman, Sr, W.; W. C. Jeffrey, Jr. W.; I. Beardsley, Sr. B.; J. H. Lawrence, Jr. B.; A. H. Tickell, Physician; Thomas H. Corcoran, D, J. Coughlan and Charles Grimes, Trustees, After the installation a program of exercises was rendered, as follows: Address by the Chief Ranger, Ed Chambers. \VOULD YOU RELISH A RELISH . Pecor's Oyster Cocktails ARE THE THING. Charley Compounds nen Drinks rep Private Lunch. tank eee _Nicely Furnished ¥ -— AT THE— Milwaukee Brewery Saloon. Recitation by T. A. Carr, Song by C. E, Ashburn, Reading by J. E, Carr, Seng by John Hill, The lxtest story, by James G. Neagle. The debate-that was.to have taken Place . 5 was postponed until next Monday evening. ( { . Avorw Pneumonia, diphtheria and ty-15 phoid fever, by keeping the blood pare, the appetite good and the bodily health vigorous by the use of Hood's seeeperiis. Hoon’s Pitts have: won high prais2 for their prompt and efficient yet easy action. Bridge « ‘Closed. VAAN Notice is hereby given that I have this day closed Suspension Bridge for travel, until further notice, and forbid any one removing the barricades. D. B, Gevoaet1, City Marshal, Nevada City, January 4, 1896. Easy to Earn .Money, But Hard to Save. Such is not the case with Mr. Levy of the Branch Wonder, for he can easily save you from $1.00 to $1.50 on each pair-of blankets you purchase from him. -This is not talk, and yeu will find it to be a fact, when you will surprise the critics. Bulwer. call and price his stock of blankets, j4-tf Visiting . . And we still have a few ai tbe bs tsps me) nee es Le Embroidered Susp Plush Slippers from Si to $1.75. . Silk Mufflers and Reefers in all Grades -Overcoats: at. CARTER A as BS VZN\ VA se athe New Drugstore & as iS beWW x SI WV iF AS AS AS VARNA AN ANN SAS AS ST Si Sic) : NL The new owners have converted the o'd establishment at the corner of Pine and Commercial streets into one of the handsomest and most completely stocked drug and stationery stores in the interior, The lat“est and best of everything in their line at Fair Prices. Come in and look around, even though you . may not wish to buy. Dickerman & Co. Up to-date Prugzists and Stationers, ( iertenenreterennenneennenennennenen tnt ‘"? instmas and Kew Year Presents You should call on Carter & Johnston. They Have one of the Finest Stocks of NEOKWEaA and the Prices are down low. We hsve Ties from 25 baste to S$1.50. enders from 50 cents to $1.50 ; . Silk Initial Handkerchiefs at anc Splascad more of those Pinca Sie ARI cn? eS & JOHNSTON, Semel . Street, Nevada a 5 R ever shown in the Pini all Prices. eles . = Bottom Figures And Warranted Strictly First-class. Repairing of Fine Watkhes and Jewelry ae By Skillful and Experienced Wérkamen: oe tise: from Ws engrave free of charge, cacti SEES: . titan “. Broad-Street, above Piiié,” See ee Nevada City. — $4 — ——F. J. BRAND’ GOODS 1 ELEGANT The Finest Line of Dress Goods, Novelties, Rte, Etc, ever displajpd in Nevada City. ~ Full line-of elbow Gloves in kid and silk. ~ Hosiery to match all evening shades, in silk and lisle thread. . Call and Examine Goods befor making your purchases els@yhere, We can please you in Style, Qu ity and. Prices, .B. NEWMAN & CO., The White. House. oad Street, Nevada City. Nevada City. . Japanese-Goods are more beautiful this"season tham ever before, and are quite the mee throughout this country. Mss. Lester ~ & Crawford are offering a nice line of both useful and ‘ tal articles from the Mi kado’s domain. These goods make just as nice Holiday Gifts as can be found. _ They are reas— onable i in price, too, This is How it Is Done! When we go to market we take the cash with us, and we bay in. large enough quan—" tities to get the . bottom prices. We know where, and what, and how to buy to get the ef best Groceries for the least money. That's =i} the reason we can give it to you. We offer you absolute certainty in quality. nis . , Store everything i is called by its real : There is no masquerading. If. you: Tike oc “have prise just _ oe Orders tom the country” promptly attended to. a = —— “. Publis! BROW! 15 Cts. . SIX TUESD ——— oe * Reading T A wellmany gra io ‘yeare 5 process, « less and better mining, ar and worki niines thro situated tl dams for pravticable othe The bal ‘Champion: atamp mil being haul syet the fra only part! framed ant the work o work of pl: soon, Wh be one of t! thirty star give a larg Fat During t Colfax to T from here making the Nevada Cit of people © ““$ heir inten It is under: will havea a demonstr madé to 1 Commande will also gc . Wer Captain C Jeft this mo by private take charge the Americs his chief asi ot this city, A q ~The Lord at the Thea 15th of this aud Lady . Francisco p are member learn has b the compan: doubt be far ' Hoop’s] sick headac Ex Mr, and entertained Whist Club street. Thy the whist p! ing was pa it was one o club has he

is A (Established Sept. 6. 1860., Nevada Clty, Nevada County, en Published Evenings Sine Sundays and Calif. Sixty Cents a Mouth; Six Dollarsa Year When Paid in Advance fer a Full Year. LocA. Reaping Notices—Ten Cents a Line for First Insertion, Five Cents a Line Each Subsequent Time, One Dollar a Line a Month. Rates For Other Advertising Made Known on Application SounscrPTion Tanus—Fifteen Cents a Week? TUESDAY.......JAN. 7, 1896. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. ~ Business ‘Transacted at the Session “Commencing January 6, 1896. . The following bills were allowed on the General Fund: Carter & Jobneton, merchandise, $12.50, Nevada City Electric Light Company, cae light, $62.50. ie . ‘J.J. Greany, expressage, $8;40, oD SBaker,-hauling, $13.50. Nevada Daity TRaNscrirr, ‘advertising’ aad ‘printing, $102.25. Henry Myers, conveying sick to hospital, 2 South Yuba Water Company, water for J _fospital, $23, ET. Worthley, conveying sick to hospital, $5, E. Jamieson, autopsy, $10. Thomas Stanley, assisting Coroner, $10. G, W. Gauthier, hauling and merchandise, $22.45, Towle Bros, Co,, lumber, $47.04. George Wanamake, removing nuisance, $2.50, j G. B, Millikin, transcribing, $13. t W. J. Rogers, services, $45. Watson & Nevins, labor, $3. D. F. Douglass, boarding county prisoners, $180.12, James Kinkead; upholatering, $5. H. Dickerinan, rent of room, $37.50. L. S. Calkins, stamps and envelopes, $48 52, D. F. Douglass, Sheriff's expenses“ outside connty, $69.70. W. J. Rogers, expenses visiting schools, $87.50, P. T. Fogarty, money advanced indigent, $20.25. Frank Smith, guarding jail, $2 75, Ed. Teeter, guarding jail, $2.75. H."N. Chapman, labor at jail, $4. H. S. Moody, contingent expenses District Attorney’s office, $195. John Hocking, Coroner’s inquest, $29.50. Charles Grimes, merchandise, $20. James Hackley, janitor’s services, $5. Peter Purcell, livery hire and conveying sick to hospital, $16, Charles 8, Paine, registration affidavits, $3.25. S. McKay, boarding sick, $10.50. W. I. Wilkie, merchandise, $12. William Curless, salary as Health Officer, $60. { Herald, advertising and printing, $39. M. L. & D. Marsh, lumber, $30.60. George W. Shearer, conveying sick to hospital, $4. George C. Gaylord, merchandise, $3.30. Emmet Costello, posting tax notices, $2, W. 4H. Arnhart, plastering at hospital, $10. W. F, Prisk, printing, $102.90. W. D. Vinton, drugs, $28.85; stationery, $271.75; telephoning, $58.95; total, $359.55, Irwin Hobson & Co., receipts for County Treasurer, $7.50, Henry Waters, Bug Commissioner, $50. Joseph Johnson, conveying sick to ‘hos pital, $4. Nevada Gas Compsny, gas for county, $24. Dr. C. W. Jones, snioiad and inquisition, $20. ; James Hennessey, livery hire, $78. W. H. Martin, rubber stamp, $3.77. Henry Lane, conveying sick to hospital, $8.50. Scadden & Cleveland, conveying sick to hospital, $1.50. Legg &. Shaw, merchandise, $83.30, A. Blumenthal, merchandise, ‘$1.50. A. C. Cook, burying paupers, $15. B. F. Snell; jury scrip, $321.10. B. F. Snell, expenses collecting taxer, $48.45, W.H. Hill, Justice fees and inqueste, $61.45. A. ©. Cook, Justice. fees and ingueate, $12. C, E. “Malloy, Justice fees and inquests, $24, W. B. Duncan, boarding indigent, $7.75. Nevada City Water Works, for water, , P. Dempster & Co., California Decisions, $54. C, E. Mulloy, criminal dockets, $4.50, oe. ~ ‘Notice to A. ALO, U. W. All members, of rane City Lodge, A. O. U. W., are requested to be present at the meeting to be held January 8th, Installation of cfficers will take place, following which there will be a banquet, brothers in good standing are cordially invited to be present. By order. T. H. Carr, M. Ww. ©, E, Asuzurn, Recorder, j6-2¢ Attention ! 4” Attention ! The Branch: Wonder bi has received from the _ E,st samples of Men’s Black Cheviot Suite, which Mr. Levy fiers for $9.00 a suit. Equal to any other suits sold in town fcr $16.00. In Transcetpt Block, Commercial Street. j4-tf ana 2 ES ia Hood's Reseeperilis is ue «puritier minently in public today. It ra a disease when PERSONAL GOSSIP. H. B. Peck of Ansonia, Conn., has an orange which adorned the banquet table on his wedding day, 21 years ago. Max O’Rell says that John Bull’ is‘a compound of “‘lion, mule and octopus.’ He is dangerous pesos and behind and all around. Speaker Reed’s fondness for amateur photography is. said to have grown on him to such an extentas to roams his raling hobby. Dr. Luella Cool, an American woman, is one of the most prominent dentists in Guatemala and one-of the few foreigners permitted to remain in that country. friend in America contradicting the report lately circulated that she was an Danudet. Billy Birch, the. veteran altace, who was known all-over the country when. negro minstrels were the fashion, was stricken with paralysis of both Yege recently-at-New York. Mr. Jacob Kremier of Madison, Wis., 4wedding. He was buried on the fiftieth anniversary of his marriage. The king of Korea is a short, pale faced, nervous man, who wears a mastache and goatee. He has a restless eye and an apprehensive manner. He bears all the outward marks of a degenerate. Portland, Me., believes it has two of the oldest ex-mayors in the country. The age of one of them, W. W. Thomas, is 91 years and 7 months, and the other, Neal Dow, is just four months younger. William F. Foster, the noted maker of women’s gloves, recently died in New York. He lived in Chicago at the time of the great fire. He invented a fastening for gloves that made him worth $1,000,000. The popular notion of Henri Rochefort as a bohemian of bohemians is erroneous. He never drinks wine, liquor gr coffee and does not smoke or gamble. He has a striking head, with an enormous crown of white hair and a powerful foréhead. ‘*London ought to take a long breath, ”’ says The Figaro, ‘‘Lady: Henry Somerset, accompanied by that other ‘wild woman,’ Miss Frances Willard, has left us for Bombay. It is to be regretted that Miss Jane Cakebread could not make one of the party.’’ The Duke of Atho) may claim to have the greatest number of titles. Besides his dukedom he holds two marquiasates, five earldoms, three viscounties, eight baronies and is also.a Knight of “the Thistle—20. distinct titles in all. He is, moreover, coheig of five other baronies. Mile. About, daughter of the late Edmond About, was married recently in Trinity church, Paris, to M. Pierre de Courcelles, a son of the dramatist of that name. The late Alexandre Dumas was to have giveu her away; but, owing to his illness, his place was taken by M. Henner, the artist. “MUSICAL NOTES. Mascagni is about to start a musical newspaper in Milan. Adele Aus der Ohe, the Pianiste, is accredited with a great -success in Berlin. Sigrid Arnoldson will sing in opera at Moscow-and St. Petersburg in January aud February. The New York Tribune characterizes Massenet’s ‘‘a WNavarraise’’ as ‘a gunpowder opera.’’ « Tamagno dislikes America so greatly $2,000 a performance. Reginald De Koven_ estimates that ‘*Robia Hood’? was worth $100,000 for hinise'f and Harry B. Smith. It is rumored that Emma. Calye, ‘the great dramatic prima donna, will be marricd to Henri Cain next spring. When Kaiser Wilhelm deigns to pattonize the Berlin opera, no one dares to appland till he sets the example. ~ The Grand Opera House in Paris bas 4 government subvention of $160,000 a year, und the Opera Comigue half the amount. Edward Jakobowski is: to compose the music for ‘‘The Pretender,’’ a comic opera, the book of which Was written by Octavus Cohen. It is promised that Josef Hoffman, the erstwhile famous boy pianist, will soon issne some recent compositions which Mme. Daudet writes from Paris toa actress before her marriage to aig! died not long-ago while-completing-arrangements for celebrating his. golden . s that he will not return for less thany~ Summarized Mention of Minor Home Happenings; tomorrow evening. After the regular business is over a collation will be served. More big poles are being erected on upper Broad street for the Electric Power Com‘pany’s wirés, . Last Saturday night the five-year-old son ot D, Harmon, fell against.a hot stove at his home on Broad street, and burned his right cheek quite severely. A physician was called in and attended: the boy, whois. now doing as well-as could be expected, Your Own Fault. Iti is‘yo rownfault if you continue to suffér with any paintul disease of a rheumatic nature, for it is guaranteed and has ‘been proven beyond doubt that the O:l_ot Eden will remove all impurities from* the bone and flesh, the seeds of all painful diseases of the external systetn. The Oil ot Eden has been sold by Joun P. Zipr of Grass Valley, only on a full guarantee, and can be obtained.through , other first-class dealers in medicines, Manulactured only by-Johan-L,Kellett—Oil of Eden Medicine Coinpany, Oakland, Cal. For saleby W. D. Vinton, “te ‘Hint_to_the Reader. At a certain English church a pair of spectacles were recently put on .the offertory plate. Thé church warden courteously handed them back, supposing them to have been put there in absence of mind, but the donor again deposited them on the plate, cial finished his collection and the spectacles were duly presented with the. oth alms, However, after the close of the vice he. tookthem down to the donor, was astranger to the place, and) feared they were given by mistake, of hig surprise on being assured that it was intentional, and no mistake; that the reader of the prayers had made so phany blunders in reading thatthe donor presumed he could not see, and so presénted him with a pair of spectacles, : Superigr Court. The following Dusiness was transacted in the Superior’ Court today, Hon, John Caldwell, présiding : D. P. Stewart vs. D, 8. Donahue. Order cig case, om. Be Foresters of America Installation. Court Garfield, No. 7, F. of A., held, installation last night. The newly elected officers were installed by Ben. A, Bost, District Deputy High Chief Ranger, as follows: P, C, R. Wm. M, Avery; C. R., Wm. Browning ; Sub, C. R.,.A. N. Delbridge ; Fin, Sec, N. J. Monk; Treas., John W., John Kendrick ; Jr, W., Frank May ; Sr. B., Eph Cohn ; Jr. B., T. J. Sandow ; Trustees, Wm. J. Monk, R. J. Tremaine, Sunday Laws. ‘The Watchman of Boston says the notion ‘‘that Sunday Jaws are’of Puritan origin betrays a disposition to make a point rather than accurate historical knowledge. The Huguenots frém France enacted them in South Carolina, and the cavaliers from.the court of Charles I in Virginia. The very first statue passed by the cavaliers of Virginia provided that he who did not attend church on Sunday should pay a fine of two pounds of tobacco, This was the first law ever enacted in the United States and was passed in 1617, three years before the pilgrims landed at Plymouth. Not as Rough as It Seemed, A writer on football says the game is not as rough as it seems. The same was true of the battle of Chickamauga, in. which two-thirds of the men escaped without a scratch, the killed, wounded and missing numbering only about 80,000.—St. Lonis G!loke-Democrat. . Hope, and Joy. Hope, of a1] passions, most befriends as here. Joy bag her tears, and transport bas her death. Hope, like a cordial, inuocent, though strong, man’s heart at nee imspirits and sorenes, nor makeg hi m pay his wisdom for his joys.—Young. ; ~ It may: indeed be said tt nat sympathy *xists in all minds, as Faraday has dissovered that magnetism exists in all metals, but a certain temperature is required to develop. the hidden prdperty, whether in the metal or the mind.— " Pennsylvania Engine Company will meet: =. cisco. 5 W. H. Robie is up from Lincolm on a]; and not wishing to make a scene, the offi-. / Stevens; Rec. Sec’y., D. H. Dailey; Sr. . / PERSONAL POINTERS, A Concise Chronicle of Varivns Folks ‘Doings and Intentions. John Dixon of San Francisco is: in town. J, F. Jones of Yuba City is in town. 8. J. Haugh of Marysville is in town. W. T. Hawley of San: Francisco is in town. E, M. Huntley, the Bloomfield butcher

is in town. Mrs, William Giffin is very National Hotel. Mrs. A. J. Ross of Bloomfield is said. to be Very. sick. Samuel Poorman is up from San Franill at the visit, “ASW. Lewis -and-J—-W. Lewis, of —Lincoln, are in town. H. Dundon came dowa from Graniteville yesterday, j Ed. K. Preston of Fresno is here on a visit to Hon, E.M. Preston, Sst T. Fucker of San Francisco is hereon j sed M. Buffington, . W.C. Gray went to San_ Francisco praiecad Constable Dillon is able to be around again after his recent illness. } from’San Francisco, W. Richardson and_J.F. Moody came over from Truckee last evening. Grayt Skidmore came down from North Bloomfield today. . E. Withington, the.pioneer painter, is very sick, . J, Cunningham, division superintendent of the Sunset Telephone Co., arrived here last evening. Norval Douglass, Jr., is confined to: his home with illmess, being troubled with rheumatism of the shoulder in a severe form, James Rose,is down from Emigrant Gap, At the regular meeting of Laurel Parlor, Thursday evening, there will be installation of officers, followed by a 10 cent social. Native-Daughters, Attention. full attendance is desired, j7-2t Mr, J. Levy has been appointed agent for the Clarke’s O. N. T. Spcol Cotton and yall we-have to say is this, that tor the past twenty years experience with the cotton Mrs. ExuA Fioyp, Pres. Appointed Agent. A 1ssc. Buy Your Silverware, Optical and other Beantifal From the.Old and Reliable Firm of Tnwnetije we-found it to be equal to any manufac: i = gi, tured. Sold at 6’ spools for..26*tents, atl 2» > the New Store on Commercial street. : Ail Geéds d27:f J, Levy. Sold at __A. Blumestthal and—wife—have—retarned. — grows the most powerfully curative ar« ticle of the vegetable kingdom—Peruvian Bark. It forms the most active ingredient in the famous Peruvian Bitters @ pleasant, palatable remedy unequalled in the world torestore the appetite, stimulate sluggish digestive functions, dispel malarial poisons, promote quiet nerves and sound sleep, replace wasted tissues— in short to make the weak strong and shield the well from disease. MACK & CO., San Francisco. All drug: gists and dealers. Miss Alice Collins of Grass Valley, accompanied ly her friend, Miss Mabel Shoo of Oakland, spent yesterday in this city. Prof. F. L. King returned to San Jose yesterday, after a brief visit with the family of Myers Allen, Miss Gertrude Largis, who has been visiting Mrs, Charles Tegler of this city, has rejurned to her home at Colfax, Major Thomas Callinan is down from God's country, He reports having had good success this last summer with his gold prospect near the California mine, Court Banner Installation. The newly elected officers of Court Ban-}-ner, No 8255, A. O. F., were installed by P.C.R., T. H. Carr, as follows, last night : James Foley, Jr., F. C, K.; Ed. Chambers, C. Rv; BE. Cleveland, Sub, °C, R:;-C.-E, Ashburn, , Rec, Sec’y, J. E. Isaac, Fin. Sec’y ; James G. Neagle, Treasurer; L. J. Trautman, Sr, W.; W. C. Jeffrey, Jr. W.; I. Beardsley, Sr. B.; J. H. Lawrence, Jr. B.; A. H. Tickell, Physician; Thomas H. Corcoran, D, J. Coughlan and Charles Grimes, Trustees, After the installation a program of exercises was rendered, as follows: Address by the Chief Ranger, Ed Chambers. \VOULD YOU RELISH A RELISH . Pecor's Oyster Cocktails ARE THE THING. Charley Compounds nen Drinks rep Private Lunch. tank eee _Nicely Furnished ¥ -— AT THE— Milwaukee Brewery Saloon. Recitation by T. A. Carr, Song by C. E, Ashburn, Reading by J. E, Carr, Seng by John Hill, The lxtest story, by James G. Neagle. The debate-that was.to have taken Place . 5 was postponed until next Monday evening. ( { . Avorw Pneumonia, diphtheria and ty-15 phoid fever, by keeping the blood pare, the appetite good and the bodily health vigorous by the use of Hood's seeeperiis. Hoon’s Pitts have: won high prais2 for their prompt and efficient yet easy action. Bridge « ‘Closed. VAAN Notice is hereby given that I have this day closed Suspension Bridge for travel, until further notice, and forbid any one removing the barricades. D. B, Gevoaet1, City Marshal, Nevada City, January 4, 1896. Easy to Earn .Money, But Hard to Save. Such is not the case with Mr. Levy of the Branch Wonder, for he can easily save you from $1.00 to $1.50 on each pair-of blankets you purchase from him. -This is not talk, and yeu will find it to be a fact, when you will surprise the critics. Bulwer. call and price his stock of blankets, j4-tf Visiting . . And we still have a few ai tbe bs tsps me) nee es Le Embroidered Susp Plush Slippers from Si to $1.75. . Silk Mufflers and Reefers in all Grades -Overcoats: at. CARTER A as BS VZN\ VA se athe New Drugstore & as iS beWW x SI WV iF AS AS AS VARNA AN ANN SAS AS ST Si Sic) : NL The new owners have converted the o'd establishment at the corner of Pine and Commercial streets into one of the handsomest and most completely stocked drug and stationery stores in the interior, The lat“est and best of everything in their line at Fair Prices. Come in and look around, even though you . may not wish to buy. Dickerman & Co. Up to-date Prugzists and Stationers, ( iertenenreterennenneennenennennenen tnt ‘"? instmas and Kew Year Presents You should call on Carter & Johnston. They Have one of the Finest Stocks of NEOKWEaA and the Prices are down low. We hsve Ties from 25 baste to S$1.50. enders from 50 cents to $1.50 ; . Silk Initial Handkerchiefs at anc Splascad more of those Pinca Sie ARI cn? eS & JOHNSTON, Semel . Street, Nevada a 5 R ever shown in the Pini all Prices. eles . = Bottom Figures And Warranted Strictly First-class. Repairing of Fine Watkhes and Jewelry ae By Skillful and Experienced Wérkamen: oe tise: from Ws engrave free of charge, cacti SEES: . titan “. Broad-Street, above Piiié,” See ee Nevada City. — $4 — ——F. J. BRAND’ GOODS 1 ELEGANT The Finest Line of Dress Goods, Novelties, Rte, Etc, ever displajpd in Nevada City. ~ Full line-of elbow Gloves in kid and silk. ~ Hosiery to match all evening shades, in silk and lisle thread. . Call and Examine Goods befor making your purchases els@yhere, We can please you in Style, Qu ity and. Prices, .B. NEWMAN & CO., The White. House. oad Street, Nevada City. Nevada City. . Japanese-Goods are more beautiful this"season tham ever before, and are quite the mee throughout this country. Mss. Lester ~ & Crawford are offering a nice line of both useful and ‘ tal articles from the Mi kado’s domain. These goods make just as nice Holiday Gifts as can be found. _ They are reas— onable i in price, too, This is How it Is Done! When we go to market we take the cash with us, and we bay in. large enough quan—" tities to get the . bottom prices. We know where, and what, and how to buy to get the ef best Groceries for the least money. That's =i} the reason we can give it to you. We offer you absolute certainty in quality. nis . , Store everything i is called by its real : There is no masquerading. If. you: Tike oc “have prise just _ oe Orders tom the country” promptly attended to. a = —— “. Publis! BROW! 15 Cts. . SIX TUESD ——— oe * Reading T A wellmany gra io ‘yeare 5 process, « less and better mining, ar and worki niines thro situated tl dams for pravticable othe The bal ‘Champion: atamp mil being haul syet the fra only part! framed ant the work o work of pl: soon, Wh be one of t! thirty star give a larg Fat During t Colfax to T from here making the Nevada Cit of people © ““$ heir inten It is under: will havea a demonstr madé to 1 Commande will also gc . Wer Captain C Jeft this mo by private take charge the Americs his chief asi ot this city, A q ~The Lord at the Thea 15th of this aud Lady . Francisco p are member learn has b the compan: doubt be far ' Hoop’s] sick headac Ex Mr, and entertained Whist Club street.. Thy the whist p! ing was pa it was one o club has he