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March 31, 1894 (4 pages)

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s ___ father, and Vater will be employed in one ~. the-mines there. eee ~-@¢-Grass-Valley;and-L. Gilson of San Francisco, arrived here teday on mining business. . " gentleman. J. E. Isaac and Hugh Murchie leave to-. a fertilityof resource in making himself _unorrow for San Jose to attend the Grand » brought to town, and cheap as dirt. en eesetshsistnentiheeenienennneseseeees 2% STS THE DAILY TRANSCRIPT Brown & Calkins, Publishers, THE BUILDERS ee sATURDAY eee MARCH 31, 1894, pany of This County. [Written for the Datty TRansorirr. . 100,991 Votes Couted Up to Last Night for Nevada. —This morning we received the follewing special dispatch : + Baar} Francisco, March 31st. To the Nevada City Daily Transcript: The vete on the mineral cup this morning was as follows: .-100,991 EL Dorado. eee 76,354 A very large vote is being polled today,_. There are_nearly one hundred thousand children at the Fair today. Cuas. H. Mrrougrtt,. eee A Concise Chronicle of Various Folk s Sam Gillman of Downieville is ‘in town. Curtis H. Lindley of San Franéisco is ir town. ; E. Trittenbach of San Francisco is in town. , ® John Templer came down from Omega yesterday. [At any rate she wasso slow coming round By E, L. Ricg. No. 4. ‘Dantet A. Ricu. resident of Nevada City, but a new county was made. Isthmus, when it took as long to get from Chagres to Panama—and there was much more danger—as now from Chicago to San Francisco. Before the steamship lines got regularly agoing, and when the connection at Panama were very uncertain. Rather when ‘it. was so certain there would be no connection there that, by the advice of the New York ship officials—rather than turn back home and wai‘ a ship or two, for the ‘tickets had been purchased some weeks in advance for certain ships on “both seas—he and party laid in a three-moath’s supply oi provisions, freighted free, to tide over an anticipated quarter-year encampment on the .-Isthmus waiting for the old ‘Sara Sands,” I think it was. But he didn’t wait didn’t, for she poked her nose in every port from New York to San Francisco, for repairs, provisions, or to rest, I forget which. the Horn that she didn’t crawl or drift through the Golden Gate till September, when by trading off his tickets for passage on the old whaling bark, the ‘Anna,” of 300 tons, and getting some ‘boot”—think of that—he stepped ashore at San Francisco June 5, 1850, three months from home to Of the Famous South Yuba Canal ComThe one of the builders I know best of them all, in this year of grace, 1894, yet a Formerly of Kennousburg, in‘ Guernsey, now Noble county, Ohio; not that the town was moved He arrived in Californ‘a by way of the months when the twenty to forty feet in depth of snow is melting, the water comes down into it not only in rivulets and rivers but asadeluge. This artificial lake or res— ervoir ranks in hight of embankment and body of water held with the largest in the State. Work was begun on the first of these in 1857, before the cause was fully completed, and their construction and supervision kept him in the high mountains most of the thirty years thereafter, and not one of the more than half-a dozen great embankments has failed to withstand the pressure, sudden and great at times; the best possible testi-: mony to the excellence of the engineering and workmanship in their construction. The work of exploration took Rich even beyond the summit of the Sierra, Capt. Kidd, I think it was, got the notion that Donner Lake—so little was the lay of the land known at that early day—vould be brought through some pass to feed the canal. His exploration demonstrated its. error, but the day devoted to it was so far spent that, his-horse owing to a misstep rolling and sliding into the valley at thehead of a remnant of his lunch, and without bed or fire. Fortunately, the horse brought up all Specialty entertainment-by members of the lake, he was compelled to spend the_night . lodge after the regular meeting ———___ in-that historic locality, doubtless with but. the residence ef Dr. Chapman, on. Sacramento street. LOCALS IN BRIEF. Summarized Mention of Minor Home Happenings. Oranges are selling at fifty cents per 100 in Marysville. on upper Nimrod street tonight. A. Tam has had his restaurant repainted and fixed up for the spring and summer. The Supreme Court has affirmed the decision of the Superior Court in the casé of Ellen E. Holbrooke vs, Caleb Harrington. The Saturday night soirees given by Messrs. Heyer, Brinkman and Sigourney are very popular parties. A delegation from Nevada Commandery will attend the Knights Templar Conclave at the Midwinter Fair on April 21st. Tomorrow will be All Fools Day. It’s not a good day ef the week for playing jokes, but we presume this will not prevent the customary foolishness, About fifty members of Milo Lodge, K. of -P., were Present at the meeting last evening, the-attraction being a minstrel and The Choral Society met last evening at Willis Silva will open his new dance hal! for Sara, the old hulk, and it -was; well he . edly lunched on the tender twigs. (Fo be continued.)Ix cases where dandruff, scalp diseases, ‘not-neglect them, but apply a proper remedy and tonic like Hall’s Hair Renewer. CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION. os F. M. Rutherford to Succeed H. S. Martin_as Teacher. The City Board of Education held their Chas. Pisdser of Fresno arrived here last. day. A few days over two of the months regular monthly meeting this afternoon at evening on his way to Washington. L. Gilson of San Franvisco-came in on the morning train. : ; Hon, J. H. Neff of Colfax was in town toA. Delbridge was brought home sick this afternoon from the Nevada City mine: ~ Miss Annie Kelly of Downieville arrived there fast evening from San Francisco on her way home, Mrs. U. Chaney, who has been spending the winter at Marysville, returned to this city yesterday. was voyaging on the Pacific. Ifthe date, 1807, with name, Anna, on her bell didn’t belie her, she was on the shady side of forty. At any rate she never left port again, but went to join Bret Harte’s “Ship of 49.” And San Francisco ‘citizens are tramping above her, or maybe some great building rests upen or above her, well up toward Montgomery street, for she was not far behind the first dragged in there and scuttled. a : Tn physique D, A. Rich comes between Marsh and the diminutive five. “About five Washington Schoglhouse, the follow ing members being present: Clarke, Morgan, Hartung, Walling, Mulloy and Calkins. The following bills were found due and allowed: W. D. Vinton, supplies, $10.70. Nevada City Water Works, water for three months, $42. M. L. & D. Marsh, lumber, $19. Carr Bros., supplies, $44.10. J. H. Rodgers, geometric forms, $10.40. Geo, E. Turner, merchandise, $24.57, The Principal’s report for March showed James D. Hague of New York, Con Rilley . feet ten inches in hight, and planned for a. four cases of corporal punishment. District Attorney Ff. H. Wehe and family of Downieville from San Francisco on their way home. _ Dr. C. A. Meek and wife came up on the Marysville stage yesterday on a visit to the “former's mother and sister. Charley Ninnis left yesterday morning for Forbestown, where he will join his W. W. Van Emah,_ representing Wilmerding & Co. of San Francisco, will arrive here tomorrow or next day. Ne porting on the Mountain mine, an extensive property. Mr. Wild is a very pleasant Lodge, A. O. U. W. Mr. Isaac will be ‘accompanied. by his wife, and upon the adjjournment of the Grand Lodge they will go tto San Francisco to spend a fortnight in viewing the wonders of the Midwinter Fair. Jehn E. Sexton of Oakland, manufacturer and dealer in steel rails and mining rails, is here interviewing our mining men, He hepes to establish a trade among the mines on this line of goods, and will make regular trips to this city and Grass Valley. New Firm. Today Av W. Morris of Virginia City, brother-in-law of Frank Golden, purchased @ half interest with Jas. A. Northway in the Union Hotel. Mr: Morris has been engaged ‘in the grocery business at Virginia City for amany years. Native Sons, Attention. ‘Tuesday evening, April 3d, a joint entertainment will be given by Hydraulic Parlor and Laurel Parlor. Every member of Hydraulic Parlor is requested to be present, By order. J. M. Foxey, Pres, Snerman W. Marsu, Sec’y. td Going to the Midwinter Fair? If you are, you'll need something in the line of Trunks, Valises, Club Bags, Telescopes, Shawl Straps, etc. We have ’em in all qualities and styles, Finest line ever B. H. Mrz, The Old Reliable. Piano Tuning. ¢ W. D. Travers, the well-known pianotuner, will be in Nevada City in a few days, a £23 ae _ Awarded Honors—World’s Fair. Highest A pure Grape Cream of Tartar Powder. F-ee not wonder at the result of long life, ‘uniHenry F. Wild, a mining expert, is in. formly good health, anda strength of wil town on his way to Sierra county, where he . and power of endurance tireless as the grey-. goes for the purpose of examining and hound. . . struction of the restraining banks and gates, [area of one hundred square miles at least of weight proportioned to that-high%, with never an ounce of superfious flesh. straight hair and beard partially from young manhood, with four children, his two sons with him. Of q nm and speech, marvelous self-control, of few not. buttressed but weakened rather by profane additions, Gules “With @ perfect. physical constitution, a by a strictly temperate course of life, we do . Knowledge of woodcraft equal to an Indian’s; with skill asa hunter that would make &-professiona] look to his spurs; and comfortable in the wilderness, and sustaining life through his knowledge of edible roots and barks and buds when food is out and game cannot be had that Was truly marvelous. An ideal man for an enterprise where it was necessay to cut loose from the base of supplies, and where there was not ~only no enemy upon whom to forage, but—no, nothing. ‘ He knows more about the South Yuba Canal—was one of the projectors of the Bear river and Auburn canal—than any other man. as he perhaps had more to do with its projection and construction, including its adjuncts and appendages, from first to last, from Alpha te Omega, than any other man. He mainly did the pioneer work of the enterprise; was Caleb and Joshua combined, spying out the land, much of itso familiar now but little known at that early day; bringing back the goodly report, with specimens of the grapes of Eshool, and belittling the sons of Anak. Locating, and making legal claim to, valuable water rights by posting notices. _ And when deemed especially valuable even chiseling the notices into the face of the living rock, where the enduring lettering may be read to this day. And making running eye surveys of proposed canal routes, with estimates of probable cost. And most if not all of this hard preliminary work done at some risk of life and limb, of his own motion and at his own charges. The information thus hardly gained’ laid before the Company; the scheme made to look not only feasible but surely profitable, and absolutely essential to the developement of the mining industry between the South Yuba and Bear rivers, and even including tothe North Fork of the American river— though the Dutch Flat and Gold Run branch was @ seven-year-Jatter enterprise if not afterthought—and the project persistently urged till the members of the Company were inspired with the like abounding faith—this was the origin of the South Yuba Canal, which, as I once heard him say, will be of untold benefit to that part of California as leng as ‘‘grass grows and water flows.” __ And not only did he du the pioneer. work made claim to all the many storage lakes at Devil's Peak and Meadow Lake, and the other lakes draining into the forks of the South Yuba— feeders of the canal when the snows are gone— and superintended the donincluding that last and greatest of them all, Fordyce, or Black Rock Dam. This is built across the-bed of the North Fork of the South Yuba, and has draining into it an mountain surface above 6,000 feet elevation sbove the sea, chiefly of very steeply sloping vare granite rock. And when the prolong: d in which he never in-. age be sent to the Prine The avérage daily atténdance for the Black . month of February was 473.3, the per censhaven, . age of attendance being 92.9; for March, arrived here last evening . but worn full-in-latter—years.__A—widower . atteudance 519.7, per centage 94 5. It was ordered that the report of ‘the:
Of quiet manner . teacher of the 8th grade on corporal punishment during March be referred back to its w ‘. words and thinking his simple statement . author for further and specific particulars. A motion that no pupil under 12 years of . It was ordered hereafter no pupils be kept “sound mind in a sound body,” preserved . in school later than 4:30 o’clock P. a. The committee on supplies was authorized to provide necessary materials for teaching modeling in the 2d, 3rd and 4th grades, Ordered that the 8th grade pupils take the County Gramn a Grace examination in May next. . The resignation of H. S, Martin as teacher of the seventh grade, to take effect at the April vacation, was received. Applications for the pagition were received from W. OC. Gray, Mrs. Cornelia Haile and F.M.Rutherford. Mr; Rutherford received four votes and Mr, Gray twe. Mr. Rutherford was declared elected to serve during the Board’s pleasure. Mrs. L. M. Sukeforth was elected Census Marshal at a compensation of $6 per diem not to exceed 12 days. It was ordered that an election for three ietens 46 ucceed “Messrs. Clark, Mulloy and Morgan held-on Saturday, April 28th, at Washington school building; that O’Neill and J. M, Hussey-as judges. The Same hae. A letter received here from Sacrament today corroborates the report that Clarence Hill, the colored bootblack, was drowned there several days ago. It seems tHat he was intoxicated and fell into a shallow pond or puddle. When found a dog was eating off an ear-from the dead man. Hill will be remembered by many of our citizens. He was a very polite and accommodating darkey, but loved strong drink. Some years ago he was a servant for one of the ex-Governors of Nevada. When here he blacked boots at Duncan’s barber shop and at other shops, going from here to Sacramento about four years ago. Os *‘Union”’ Items, An assessment, No. 5, of twocents per share has been levied by the Granite Hill Mining Company. Sixty thousand coupons or over will be voted fer Nevada county in the Chronicle’s vase contest today. M. C. Hogan, who was defeated by Geo. W. Dunster for the office of Sheriff four years ago, will go before the Republican Convention this year for nomination to the same office, if reports be true.. Midwinter Fair Souvenirs. Large size Aluminum Souvenirs of the Midwinter Fair, only 10 cents; smaller size, 5 cents. For sale by ©. J. Brand, Broad street. ‘ m24 Grand Opening. “ academy on upper Nimrod street, on Saturday evening, March 31st. Dancing from 9 till 12° o'clock. “Admission, fifty cents bfmmediately: in Unites ‘Stren wank Ean Tue ZARLIER symptone of dyspepsia, such as distress after eating, heartburn, and occasional headaches, should not be neglected. Take Hood's Sarsaparilla if you wish to be cured. per couple. Single lady, twenty-five cents. Hoop’s Pruts cure“ll Liver Ills, Biliou 40 YEARS THE STANDARD, ness, Jaundice, Indigestion, Sick Headache. Broad right, and, finding himself unhurt, contentfalling and grayness of the hair appear, do ipal_for—corporal the hydraulic process. The dam is ina —-_} savine-end-it is thought the properties cant — J.C. Rich act as ‘inspector and J. G. ” Following their exercises a piano recital was given by pupils of Prof. J Davis, which is-said to have been very fine. eo Judge Saunders Says that For Rheumatism Hood's Sarsaparilia is the Best. } Judge T. Of Oscéola, Neb., senior vice-commander ‘and_present commander of J. F. Reynolds Post, No. 26, G. A. R., voluntarily writes: “I was in the army four years, was wounded and contracted sciatica and rheumatism, peitestmeemmeneen vana Cuba. Merit. <— Host theuse ot my left leg and side, and have tried almost ort medicine known, and I think I have >; EVe Was flat on my back, and must say that Hood’s Sarsaparilla is the Best medicine _have-ever taken, —It has done me the most good. It was recommended to me for rheumatism, and I am satisfied Parachute Drop. We received the following notice this morning: Prof." Ap. Rilondfgain, the . renowned aeronaut and parachute jumper, arrived in our city today for the purpose of giving a balloon ascension and parachute exhibition. lized’ globe giving exhibitions, and though he has dropped -from the greatest heights and performed in midair on the trapeze, -he has never met with a single accident, Tomorrow at 12 o’clock he will hoist his para— chute and jump from the suspension bridge on Pine street and gently descend to the creek. This will be merely a preliminary exhibition, and no fee will be charged. In a few days he will ascend in his mammoth The Professor has traveled all over the civi. ~ Everybody 15. Going and know.that.it will do all that you claim Hood’s s: Cures for it. I do not want-to Say that it will taise a fellow from the dead; but it will come the nearest to Mae a ef any medicine Ihave ever known,” T. H. SAUNDERS, Osceola, Nebraska. 2 ; Hood’s Pills are the best after-dinner pills, assist digestion, cure headache. 25c, -—TO THE— balloon, when an admission of twenty-five cents will be asked. To people who have never seen a parachute sail off in the air, we would advise them to be on hand temorrow and see the Professor act. ——_-+—_—-+ +@e-+ — To Make an Inspection. Grass Valley Union: Colonel Mendell of the United States Debris Commission arrived from San Francisco yesterday, and todar, together with State Debris Commissioner Kidder and~ Surveyctr Samual” Alderman ill go to Rough and Ready to inspect the} restraining dams erected by James Hackett to mine the Oriental and Tahoe claims by . be so mined as to injure nobody, —————-+ ee Coming Here. Auburn Argus: Percy Eaton, manager of the” El Dorado Stock Company, paid us a call this morning. He proposes ‘to play a circuit embracing Nevada City, Marysville, Auburn and Grass Valley, and is now on the road preparing for his first dates. They will appear in Auburn April 13th, in the drama ‘‘Forgiven.”’ ~— Furnished Rooms to Rent.On Pine street, Bridge. &m24near the Suspension Apply on the premises, Mrs, Joy. A cream of tartar baking powder) Highest of all in leavening strength.—Latest United States Government F Report. ANNUAL ._ MEETING. — HE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCKholders of Odd Fellows Hall Association will be held in Library Hail, Odd Fellows Building, on Monday Evening, May 7th, 1894, at 7:30 o’clock, for the Larhoce of electing a Board of Virectors for the ensuing year, and 1 READY AT ALL TIMES TO ATTEND TO all orders for DRAYING AND HAULING. CUBS J. M. Foley, F. ¥. Brown, ©. H. Woerner, R. T. Morrisou, Marcus Baruh, R. H. Webber, W H. Smith, F. T. Nilon, M. Phil. Richards, Carl Brand. o'clock sharp! GRAND BALL !} TO BE GiVEN BY THE Gurly Bears OF CAVE NO. 1, Nevada City, oN Friday Evening, Apri th AT ARMORY HALL, Nevada City, Cal. Committee of Arrangements. Cubs J. M. Foley, F. KF. Brown, J. ¢ Nilon, € H. Woerner and KR, Morrison. Floor Director : C. NILON, Grand Curly— Bear. — Floor Managers: ‘4 Reception Committee : Royal Baking Powder Co., aeikiah & Hartung, E.' W. Schmidt, A. 106 Wall St. N. Y, Culver, L. P. Schwariz, Fred Ellerman. . Grand Walk = Music by Goyne’s #alh.OrAdmitting One Male and One Female, $1 00 Gallery—Female, 25 cents ; Male, 50 cents Particular attention paid to the of baggage for theatrical! parties. Assessment Notice. ANZANITA CO, ORAVEL MINING Location’ o mn ; ace M*: io Pr Call torin, transportation Nevada City. Loa tion of we, Bereta ity Cal. Notice is bh ay * vel ata merti {the Board f — held on Sen sand “Gey of ° . pos wy 1844, an assessment (No. 8) of One t {a0 coat) Der share was levied upon the Nevada City Undertaking ompany. GEORGE A, GRAY, Manager. Funeral Director and Embalmer. 18 BRoap Starner, Nevada City. Resideticé on Coyote Street. NOTICE. . > 0 After the most persistent exertion IT have succeeded in securing the finest Tobacco «raised in the Island of Cuba. ‘The “Woodpecker” Cigars ie ae made of this Tobacco and I unhesitatingly recommend \_ ᴀ — them as being equal if not superior to those of the most celebrated: Factories of the City of ETa\ By giving these Cigars a fair trial the Smo) kers will be convinoed of thir True / . J had the best. physicians in the country, but . failed to get any retiet; Every sprlig IT <a H. Isoard, J, B, Miller,. pier, James. Grahem, KE. E. Dulac, L. er round at 9 New Millinery, : New Dry Goods,New Trimmings, , here ina few days with an ele-. gant line of a @i4 ocabecna Now. Being Received Daily. . — 9“ f a Thoses, Dr. ©. L. Muller, John & Mrs. Lester & Grawford. : _Of Her Own Selection. GIVE YOUR ORDERS FOR JOB PRIN TI NG TO THE DAILY TRANSCRIPT. TAX-PAYERS Township vicinity are hereby notified at for their ing Sundays) until further notice LAGER Secretary, at t do to © Treasurer's Ofice, Broad sizest, Neveds cae . Any stock which this assessment stall” remata, "Rapala the 264 day of 1844, w es ent and ady * w nth day th ow Bn aseessmment together ak "eoats of advert of sale. By order of the F = next ‘door ’s Office, Office oo . * inch at ‘BROAD ST. MARKET, Near the City Hal'. / cos . JAMIES MONRO, / Prop’r. & . et, Pork, Ma 5) ‘ustomers :Brplied Beet, eh tton, lowest the verybestof Lamb, Saus From 9 o’clock A. [. till’s — @elock P. M. All assessments on personal property yey there is no a real estate) are due and paya~ ble at the time of assessment. . geseras Ageat, CAL. R. CLARLE, . County Assessor. . e ee BREWING CO., lianas 2015-2023 Folsom Street, San Francisco. the transaction of such other business ag may chestra ! ENT ERPRISE be b-ought before the meetin , , NY Jas. Kinuuad, Ponte eet _ Transcendent OrnamentaATTENTION. Nevada City, March 31, 1804. tions . ! 7 D. S. BAKER TICKETS: The <payers of Nevada convenience and to facilitate ae the labor of receiving Rerne-ot thi Coebeisea—— ments I will be at the EXTRA PALE, Fat County Assessor’s Office. yCULMBACHER, In the Court House (exceptFRANZISKANDER, and STANDARD And Porter. A. ISOARD, NEVADA CITY, CAL,