Search Nevada County Historical Archive
Enter a name, company, place or keywords to search across this item. Then click "Search" (or hit Enter).
To search for an exact phrase, use "double quotes", but only after trying without quotes. To exclude results with a specific word, add dash before the word. Example: -Word.

Collection: Newspapers > Nevada City Daily Transcript

March 1, 1898 (4 pages)

Go to the Archive Home
Go to Thumbnail View of this Item
Go to Single Page View of this Item
Download the Page Image
Copy the Page Text to the Clipboard
Don't highlight the search terms on the Image
Show the Page Image
Show the Image Page Text
Share this Page - Copy to the Clipboard
Reset View and Center Image
Zoom Out
Zoom In
Rotate Left
Rotate Right
Toggle Full Page View
Flip Image Horizontally
More Information About this Image
Get a Citation for Page or Image - Copy to the Clipboard
Go to the Next Page (or Right Arrow key)
Page: of 4  
Loading...
print BROWN &@ CALKINS, «+ “SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Fifty Cents Per Month. . a "hovertisina RATES. ‘ ade known on application. MINING FAIR PLANS. = > © 5 Jackson t Program OntTined for th for the Remalnder reer 56 Beg iiss Cos elasen nd saa ts sored pote ~ a the Transcript have been _giving-the oe ‘Loughr Ny managers of the Jubilee Fair for their 0 pomaycemu te pbs — parsimonious policy in providing en-. , his” tertainments seems to have had a good es Se ee Hae Fran effect. Tonight the League of, oa pate Cadets, under the coma ee. 2-0. m fing ot Se Ona Ty. Sallivan Jr, y be” “on Fair, and some of the prize drill pecnapenint will give a few evolutions on the floor. Tomorrow night the Ancient Order of United Workmen will have a drilling contest, between some of the crack éompanies of the uniform. A banner is to be presented to the winning team. On Thursday afternoon it is proposed to have a Ohinese baby show, when 200 Chinese youngters will be grouped around the band stand. On T ,ureday hight the Olympic Club will present an interesting. athletic .prog am. The sensationat day of the week will} b: ' Friday, both, in the afternoon . and the The entire troupé of the’ Washihgton street Chinese-theater will give a picture of life in China. Forty actors will patticipate and the affair will end with a Chinese wedding ceremony, in which Princess Gam Gee will be married’ to the fifth son of Quock Jee Yee. The costumes to be worn on this oceasion, including the duty ‘paid at this port, cost over $20,000. A special. stage is to be erected for the performance. _SIBRRA COUNTY. ITEMS. Fred Maier, whe has been wekin at the Providence mine, left yesterday for the Klondike. . Jobn McCarty of Washington returned last night from Sacramento and san Miss Nellie Walsh of Washington was in town last night’ on her wa) home from San Francisco. George McCullough of North Sau Juan left here today for Corea to tuke position with a mining company. Lucille, the ten year old daughter oi Mr. and Mrs.’B. N. Shoecraft, is suffering from a severe attack of la grippe. G. M. Sayles,a prominent business }man of Forest City, passed through home * sy oo ont. AT THE THEATER, The Hockey-Whesler Company Successfu Its Week's Engagement. A genuine treat was afforded the amusement, loving publie of Nevada Uity last night in the presentation of “The Woven Web”, by the HockeyWheeler Dramatic Company. The play itself is’ a strong one and was handled as only a company of exCleaned Up From the Downieville Mesperienced players could handle it. ‘The leading part, that of Bertha Dansenger of Last Saturday. One of the most severe wind storms eo heiress and victim to man’s Since ‘tans snow Bia boati falling heavily. George Barton claims to be the oldest inhabitant of Downieville. There are many old timers yet living in our saidst but none who arrived in Down' feville before Mr. Barton. “Nick” Steiner, an old timer® ‘died at San Francisco on the 16th instant. He was in early days a resident of this eounty, and lived for a while in Down--ieville.-_He was an intimate friend of * the late N. H. Meany. . John B, Irish brought in the family W.H. Hubbard by private convey» Wednesday evening. A mishap curred to the party a short distance s side of Bernhardt’s. As they were , piving along, from some unaccounta@euse the buggy tipped over. The to of the vehicle was‘somewhat dam» One of Mr. Irish’s kuees was hart. A PROMISING OUTLOOK. te Locel Postofice Wi Will Probably be Second-Class Next Year. Postmaster Carr says that if the sale unps daring March is as large as cape it will be the Nevada City Mice will be in the second-class the next fiscal year beginning Ist. This will entitle the office to ed allowanées for help, etc., and t ble the efficiency of the service ibe greatly increased. -Jt will: also peace the Postmaster’s salary to $2,rv. Our citizens should stand the present month and give . mp business a good boost by. @ liberal Teens. chincna samuetiank that at once attracts and sustains the interest of the audience. : As Louise, the dashing southern girl, Miss Marion Hockey both looked and acted the part, ber chic /and sparkle proving ‘a refreshing contrast to the clouds lowering over the pathway of the afflicted Bertha. ‘Mr. Russell as Walter Hastings ‘and Mr. De Vilbiss as Harry Falconer were both good, while Harry Hockey can be credited with introducing the_ blackface part of Mose, a negro so quaint and original as to lift:it entirely out. of the stereotyped class of African characterizations. The rest of the cast was ably sustained, Tonight the thrilling drama, “Ten Mile Crossing,” will be the bill and another crowded honse can safely be pre80 cents, BRIBE MENTION. Minor Notes and Comments of Local Interest. The Ourly Bears will growl tonight. The Royal Dancing club have a hop tomorrow evening. The total rainfall for the season at this city is 9.89 inches up to this time. As March came in like a lamb there is Hable tu be some lion-like’ weather towards the close of the month. Much interest is taken in the concert to be given at the Methodist church tonight, and there will doubtless be a large attendance, It has been pretty definitely decided that the ten stamp mill on the Federal Loan mine will be removed to the Bellefontaine as soon as the roads get good, Dana Harmon, superintendent of the ornia mine, says the orders * on which Frank Gaynor presented to L, Hyman are valueless. The officers ate looking for Gaynor. Did Not Draw the Money, Billy Williams, who has been serving forty days in the county. jail for baton Peter Brunstetter, was released tony He says the published reports after hie arrest he gave one of his an order on the Providence Company for wages due him, Bought An Interest. a )Barah, formerly of this city, Bre hased an interest in the Los ies branvh of M. Zellerbach & ors in paper. He has been . rents and will then go to to enter the employ of ‘ gp ane ee ‘an error. . Me Sars Wont O March 1.—Great.anxiety is era to the Maine ‘afa Saar ccmaeinear i = Ts Guna Ha Aig Sexson oil" town today on his way to visit his old‘. dicted. Prices will remain 10, 20 and . Mining and then went and drew the money . State of Ne About the. ‘sea ee present. The government is still without any information as to the facts de‘veloped by the court of inquiry investigating the wrecking of the Maine. -+There is nothing to even indicate the trend of the inguiry. The President and cabinet are as much in the dark relative tothe cause of the explosion as they were the day after it occurred. Senators Thurston of Nebraska, Gallinger of New Hampshire, Money of Mississippi, Gray of Delaware, Burrows of Michigan and Congressmen Smith of Michigan and Cummings of New York will leave here tomorrow for Fortress Monroe from whence they will sail for Cuba to unofficially enquire into the causes of the disaster, 7 will also visit the Island. Todays’s News From Havana. Havana, March 1.—The Viscaya is surely expected today, and the preparations for its reception are completed, Senator Proctor after visiting Gen. Blanco will make a tour of the provinces. : The steamer Monte Video sailed for Barcelona last evening taking 500 soldiers; some of whom are-invalids and the rest whose terms have expired. No word of importance bas been received from the divers working on the Maine. Owens Hanging Set. Mopssto, March 1.—George 0. Owens, .the wife murderer who was sentenced to death yesterday was bronght. into court today and Friday, March 25th, Sheriff Purvis took him to San Quentin this afternoon. A Court. Vacation. San Francisco, March 1.—Today the U. 8. Circuit Court adjourned to the first Monday in April. Judges Ross, Hawley and Gilbert at once returned to their respective districts. A Tough Coon. San Francrsco,March 1.—James Hall, the juvenile negro thief who escaped School, was today sentenced by Judge Wallace to ten years at Folsom. BORN, —— In Nevada City, February 27, 1898 to md wife of W. 8. Coughlan, a daughThe Royal is the highest grade baking powder kaewn. Actual tests show it goes oneROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK. To Whom It May Concern. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will not pay any bills that are not contracted for by them personally or on their written order. Joun PgaRp, ae Sipyey PEARD. Nevada City, March 1-Iw Co-ePartnership Notice. of our tive y ‘here relative te the resale of . Year" Sag ie March 1.—At today’s _. Cabinet meeing all the members. _were four times from the Whittier Reform . ~ i Unele Alexan ¢ EST. IN 1860 BY N. P. BROWN & CO,
“ n A PENNIES THAEPS P Pana —— Srooxrow, meas 1 —The San’ Franrisco train due here at. 1:08 this afternoon rau into and killed a man’ near the depot -at-French ‘Camp. He was sitting on the cattle guard as the cars approached, and getting up started across the track. The pilot of the engine hurled him into the air causing instant death. On his person’ was found a note giving hismame as John Thompson, It said he was born at Sblesville, Ind., Jan. 18, 1821, and left Frankfort, O., onthe. first of January without a nickel, Figel on the Stand. San Franoisco, March 1.—Theodore Figel was on the witness stand today at his trial for the murder of Hoffman, He testified that when he left the store on the day of the killing Hoffman stood in the front entrance alive and well, Relief Expedition Abandoned. ‘Wastinaron, March 1—The War Department has decided to abandon the proposed expedition for the. relief of the Kiondike miners, the conclusion being reached that there is no necessity for it. Secretary. Alger has requested that.a joint resolution be introduced in Congress authorizing the disposing of the snpplies and the reindeer purchased es the peti, TSS. aT NEWS. ays Hea ‘af the Doings Oar vi 6. w. Kitis bs reterped trom Berkeley. eas ea . Southern Qgilifornia.~ Miss Josie Withelm, the violinist, has returned from San Francisco. =~ George ‘Webster, who came up to ‘attend his mother’s funeral rétarned today to Sacramento.At the Athletic. Clab Saturday night Lomein Pokaan WAS ore 88 round go for a decision, ‘The Choral ‘Union. organized last night with forty: members and the following officers: dent; Mrs. Renfro, Vice President; Thos. Marshall; Secretary; Jas. Watt, ‘Treasurer. i dia Some important improvements are to be made to the Episcopal church, including a guild room 14 feet square on the south side. Ou the front eéater of the church is to bé constructed a porch 7x8 feet, with a cement walk leading from it to the front walk. Ithas been discovered that George M. Beard, who was recently married in Reno to Miss. Lizzie V. Rickard: was granted’a divorce in the Superior Court ‘on the 80th of last December. Many believed at Grass Valley that the divorce had not been obtained yet, but the court record shows they were in error. 7ee Probably Never Bathe At All.The newspapers published in Carson are seemingly “pulling” for the town, and they freely advertise the fact ‘that they have buried all their differexices, and all smoke out of the same pipe, turn about, and they are calling upon the merchants of the town to emulate their Christian example. The Courier says : While we hope this will all come about, we predict that some of them “wouldn't bathe in the same ocean with the other fellow,” and that fact. will crop out. mestic Woolens, <ARTISTIC. TAILORING. AOR AIBBITT, Artist oo MERCHANT . TAILOR, Pine Street, near Broad Street, Nevada City. {Successor to Frank 7. Smith.) My stock is the largest in the city. I carry full lines of the latest designs in Imported and DoWw. H. HIBBITT, -Wedding Suits a Specialty. ; Perfect Fit Guaranteed. Workmanship and a Merchant Tailor. NEVADA THEATER. Friday Evening, March 18, 1898. Laurel Parlor, No. For the Benefit of DRAMATIC AND MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT Under the Auspices of 6%. D. 8. UW, the Funds of the G. A. R. ENCAMPMENT —AND THE— N. S. G. W. GRAND PARLOR. A DELIGHTFUL ‘DOUBLE BILL. X GRAND PART FIRST. CONCERT By some of the Best Local Talent. Che Series PART SECOND. Griffith’s Brilliant New Society Comedy, BETWEEN JHE ACTS, aha In a Snicker, a Snort and a Paroxysm. George Merrigal ion unfriendly friend. eander, ** . Dennis, a broth of a boy.: blamed but blameless Aunt Clementine Meander, blameless but biamed Edith Comfort, (Dick’s wife) “unknown, unhonored and eas * Sally, French in all but her accent.. .. AOT I—The Snicker—The storm approaches, ACT Il—The Snort—The lightning strikes. ACT II—The Paroxysm—Nobody hurt. THE CAST. *¢ . Dick Comfort, marriped yet single Leonard DeVilbiss George E. Dunster L. 8. Calkins Charles Teg!er Miss . Mary BK. Hook i es ies eese+-.Miss Mae Martin iakivesy i,.3.++. Miss Belle Douglass ADM ISSION, 50 Cents. Reserved Seats 10 cents extra, at Foley’ s. John Glasson, Presi-' “COLTS YS. MONARCHS, A Great Game at + Cashin Field Next Sunday Afternoon. The Colts of this city and the MonJarchs of Grass Valley will play ball at > Mrevcd. Fy ‘Kiader ts: ‘sojourning in Cashin Field Sunday afternoon. The Grass Valleyans will bring Overmyer and the rest of their crackajacks, and will pat up @ game of the Lard-to-beat variety. For the Colts Rockenfleld will pitch and Silva will play first, base. Their new catcher,’De Ballestero, is here-and will be behind the bat. He played in the same position with the Napas last year, and is vouched, for as being one of the best catchers in the State. ; A Great Entertainment. The advertisement of the entertainment to be given at the Theatre on Wednesday evening, the 18th instant, under the direction of Laurel Parlor of Native Daughters appears today. The proceeds are to be equally divided between the G. A. R. and the N. 8. G. W. for the benefit. of the approaching grand meetings of those orders at this city. There will be a first part consisting of a musical and other specialities, followed by the production of Griffith’s refined but hilariously funny comedy, “Between the Acts,” Allof the parts in the play will be personated by Na‘tive Daughters and Native Sons, who are being thoroughly rehearsed with the hope of giving one of the smoothest and brightest amateur performances possible. To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All Druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. 25c. 4-6m HELLO, NORTH BLOOMFIELD! The Telephone Line From Here to be Working Tuesday. Word received from the upper. part of the county is to the effect that the stringing of telephone wires from Washington to North Bloomfield will be completed by Satarday night. The instruments will be put in at Relief Hill and North Bloomfield by Tuesday night, and then the line will be in operation for its full length. Spring Millinery. MISS ELEANOR £. HOEFT Wit RETURN TO NEVADA CITY INA few days with a fine assortment of exqusite designs in Parisian and New York MILLINERY, Which she will offer to the Ladi Clty and vicinity at a ee Extremely Low Prices. ad this space for adveizisement Grand Easter Opening. Furniture For Sale. A quantity of good household furniture will be sold cheap in quantities to suit. Enquire of IskRAEL Hosken, Nevada City, March 1-2w, Hose for 1898. CE oe See Not Garden Hose, But Ladies’ Rose, MAH ER.&.CO. Ladies, just take a look at el very latest in Ladies’ Hose. See Window. STRIPE, PLAID, and HALF -AND HALF. Price 25 and 50 cents. Latest Novelties Ladies, do not fail to see this IN THE MARKET, Exhibit. We bought them to sell, not to keep. We want you to come and see them. Respectfully, MAHER & CO., Nevada City, Cal. ° NEW HOSIERY DISPLAY. (ee See Window. Sa FURNITURE. LEGG & SHAW CO. Will duplicate the prices of any catalogue house on Furniture, after the freight to Nevada City is taken into consideration. BETTER. STILL We will sell many articles here at the city prices and you will save the freight.