November 20, 1897 (4 pages)

Te No, 47,1. 0. Fellows Ho ii ~A of each month ag CLEVELAs cp hian Castle ing at 7:30 o'clock. sonic Hall <A of each month, at PRANK AVER, Com, ». 6, N. DG. w, Seca 3 hian Castle redays of each month, enemas LLER’S « iE” BEER ily Use. ras Valley, Agents, re with '» Nevada City. ' BROS., R DEALERS, ++e-Nevada City Cal “ey 5 Cent Cigar SUMBOLDT IMPT'D 3OHEMIAN CLUB TARMONIA LEY, aselor at Law. BUILDING, COR. nts. Up Stairs,Largest Stock Lowest Prices logue Free. ' for merchants. 1 and Plant Co., BAKERY levada City, , Cakes, Etc., rder a Specialty RLS, selor at Law. ALL THE COURTS nina blication. RYSVILLE, CAL., tober 25th, 1897, iVEN THAT B er has filed notice nal proof in sup. said proof will r and Receiver, U. ile, Cala., on the iz: piper Jayne, oe or the vitnesses to prove spon and cultivai. ets Goan es nty, f Bullards Bar E 2e3 Allen,o mp-. Br Gas Feter 3. . 4, LOWERY.” Register. Notice. LECTRIC POW! &-. rine! lace .f lifornta. Lomasie Pd California, at at a meeting of on the 18th day of » (No, 2 ) of twenty levied upon the ition, able imFold in, to the © company, cd x, San Franc } jay of November, dvertised for sale } payment is made ey the20th day of elinquent assesj advertising, and rs. pu See: , Mills Building, Oct. 21 37TH YEAR—No, I1469 THE TRANSORIPT,)_ Sundaysandiogetmatioet . BROWN & CALKINS, . Hilcat a ity Cents Per [onth. Francisoo, being en route to Smarteyille to take final observations of the places in that section under consideration ag sites for the proposed debris = = . dams, The Commissioners have virtuADVERTISING "RATES, Made known on application. Entered at the Postoffice at Nevada City as . it to the Secretary of War, through . ‘cond-class matter. es rr ‘at -Po:icies made in each other’s favor, A BABE'S FEARFUL PALL cei. AY tenitnw . . Commissioners’ contains cau only be. A Schoo! Janitor at Dowaleville Becomes sarmisea, basing an opinion. upon the. Heir to $2,000. os former reports and infurmation. unofThe following items are from the . ficially obtained. It is claimed that Downieville Enterprise of Wednesday: . they will in commencing the work be Rev. O. F. Withrow is holding revival . fuided by former reports and the law meetings in Forest City. . Making the appropriation. William York and sons are erecting} Executive Document No. 267, the reau arastra on their mine at the foot . Port of the Biggs Commission, provides of Slug Canyon. as follows: Dam at Deguerre Point, Joseph Pires; while helping to move . $150,000; restriction works below ‘the one of the large pulleys at’ the Sietra . dam, $100,000. Buttes mine, had one of his ribs broken t : and -was otherwise: injured about the{ bris Commissioners dated November “chest. : 5; 15, 1894, they refer to the recommendaWhile working-at the Hilda mine last . tions above mentioned, and ‘then add: week Jesse O’Conna was caved on and. “This Commission accepts and inbadly bruised up. O’Conna is one of . dorses this recommendation.” the principal witnesses in the case of . , AS Major Heuer was at that time u the People vs. Phelan. _.} Member of the Commission, there is Theré Will be mass at the Catholic . reason to believe he still holds to that Church on the first, third and fifth . opinion. ‘Sunday in each nionth, ‘in Downieville,. Section 25 of the Caminetti law prowhen five Sundays occur. In Sierra] Vides that the recommendations conCity there will be mass on: the second . tained in Executive Document No; 267 Sunday of each month, arid on the . Shall be the basis of operations in said whereby at the death of one the aniount «of the policy therein was to go to.the ‘other. Mr. Scott died in San Francisco ilast Monday leaving Mr. Crooks heir tto the amount of the policy. : : -Mr.and Mrs. James Webster came near losing their little baby, through the care‘essness of a couple of little girls who had it in charge. The girls had been wheeling the baby about in a carriage. They left.the carriage standfing on some sloping ground at the end . : of Hansen’s bridge and walked away a short distance when the carriage took a start toward the river. One of the girls ran to save the child, but too late. The carriage.rolledover the bank, down to. the. river.bed.The accident was seer by some ladies who picked up the baby, which was badly bruised about the head and body. It had a miraculdus escape from death, as the place where the éarriage went over is perpendi¢nlar and fully twenty feet high, with a gravelly bottom. The Pees — rapidly oe from steamer trip up the coast, John Séott, a former resident of Downieville and at one time County Treasurerof Sierra county, died in San AT THE CHURCHES SUNDAY, Francisco” Monday afternoon at four ; o'clock. John Scott was born in Divine. Ya hen om in Nevada TrumbuaH “county, Obio, in 1829, He came = speeder Ae = het a METHODIST CHURCH. pany with Jim* Croo! a ther they logged at the Craycroft sawmill: ae oe Pr beet re Shiropieee Later on he mined at’ Downieville ana . * : tha oe si enwes Owitiid ta'the Eureka. ‘At the time of his death he as paged . us bate = owned mining property at Wahoo, . i°EMes © ase sg Sierra county. “While employed in ring. ; wining at the Monntain house years CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. ago he was caved on and asa result his Thanksgiving services will be held right leg was amputated above the knee, morning and evening in the above leaving bim a cripple for life. Ha was . church, and wil) be of a most interestelected to the office of County Treas-. ing character. The Christian Endeavor wrerin 1864 and twige reelected on the . will meet at the usual hour led by E. J. Bepablican \fieket; He was defeated . McKiilay. Subject : “Gratitude” Sab. for the officé seven years ago, and he . bath school at the close of the moruing then removed to San Francisco, where} service. All are Cordially invited. he has since been employed as assist-. TRINITY CHURCH. ant store keeper: at the Mint, iwhich] poy rb J. H Van Deerlin, Rector. position he ocenpied up to the time of Ibe Sunday next before Advent. Sunhis death, Jobn Scott was a man of school 12:30 p.m. Seats.fres. All very strong prejudices and. very senatin 4 sitive as to his honor. He was a popular man, whose upright honesty and integrity won for him & large circle of . friends. ¥ fourth Sunday at Forest City. work, and the Act appropriating $250,Last “Thursday afternoon Arthur. 000 says it shall be expended in accordan older one about two miles below . Debris Commissions, There is every town. The wounded bear managed to . reason to believe two barriers will be and a while later when the stage came . with the U. 8. appropriation and one along thie bear was seen leisurely saun-. with the State appropriation, $250,000 distance ahead of thestage. The driver . early in 1898, immediately. stopped his team and’ p SONAL POINTERS ascended the hill’ and: disappeared ‘ER ee ae, through the brash. nieville.and the janitor of: the ‘schodland Young. house there, falls heir to a small forPaul Schoen is in town. ° and John Scott, decessed, eaclt hat 8G Valley, retarned today to her policy of $2,000 in-the Chosen Friends paid at wether Plat. . Miss Lizzie Curnow and Miss Peard of Columbia Hiil went to-San Francisco P. H. Rearden ofSan Francisco, a stockholder in the.Texas mine, is here nied by his wife. ‘Mrs. 8. M. Hoel, who has been ill for Slight chance for recovery. She is over eighty years of age. Doss killed a cub bear and wounded . 3ncé with recommendations of the U.S. make hisesegpe through the brush,. Coustracted in the Yuba river, one tering along the stage roud just a short . ¢ach,and that work will be commenced shouted, when the bear took fright and Jim Crooks, an old resident of Dow-. 4 Dally Chronicle of the Doings of Old Bee ee Te EERO a ae Seese, ees has been. at lodge "of Dowaleviligi and hed their . “ai. 1 oamow, Mie A. 6. Bigelow, today. ‘from San Francisco. He is accompaseveral days with pneumonia, has but Thomas Powell of the firm of Daniels for England. His mother is ill in that country and it is thought she cannot get well. ; W. L. Wallace, who has been Spending a few days in Grass Valley, return‘ed today to the Netharlands mine near Graniteville where he has charge of the mill. oe Mrs. E. J. Rector and Miss Vivie Rector will return home on this evan. ing’s train. Mrs. Rector has been visiting at the Bay and Miss Rector accompanied Mrs. Walker ©. Graves on a nes An Ounce a Day to the Pan. Wednesday’s Quincy Independent says: Angus Cameron is reported to nee have done well in his drift mine on the Investigating the Accident. : . worn Fork this season, having taken County Coroner Hocking went ont} outan average of an ounce a day to to the Champion mine this afternoon jeach man employed in the mine. Mr. ‘0 investigate the circumstances of the . Cameron’ well deserves this good foreccilental killing of William Oliver tune, having with the courage inspired yesterday. He stated before starting . by tlie belief that a bonanza was io ‘own there that he deemed it advisable . store for him, spent ten years of his to hold an inquest, as the statements of} life in laborious efforts to strike it. the affair were so conflicting. . The Cameron mine joins that of Fred = a8 Scott and is situated between Big Flat 2h Work Will be Com-. tinor ot Col. Hubert Visscher, Engineer of . . B -, [the United States Debris. Commission, . ball, ever, was expected as soon as possible . Men after the arrival-of Heuer from . . In the annual report of the U. 8, De-. ' _. eoncluded that it was not advisable & Powell took his departure today . For bargains in jewelry of any kina _If-you want to keep warm these cold agp abso mpg e ow. The funeral of the late Charles Pott Brown & Morgan; the real estate dealers, offer @ six-room house on Luetje & Brand are now offering for silverware at a lower rate than ‘the same quality of goods.can be purchabed any where élse in the State. Bee The.County Treasurer’s office will be open frogi:6:30 to 8 o’clock this evenpayers. The first installment on State and county taxes will. become delinquent on Monday, the 29th instant. W.-H. ‘Tattle of the Owl bas just received an invoice of W. H. McBrayer’s “Cedar Brook”, whisky bottled in bond the first ever brought “to Nevada county. It-is guaranteed by the U. 8. Government to-be absolutely pure and’ 100 proof. A-typographical error in the report of Thursday evening’s meeting of the City Trustees made it appear that Thos. S. Ford had been allowed $200 for legal services. The amount should have been $10, and it was paid for ‘preparing papers in the transaction that the Trustees had with Mrs. Huntington concerning the water works. THE SEWERAGE QUESTION. Tho City Trustees Will Submit It to the At their last meeting the City ‘Trustees discussed the sewerage question at length and inan informal way. They to call an election to vote on the question of issuing bonds until the new Water works are completed and in operation, when they are confident it will be demonstrated that the profits }from the works will not only. pay the interest on the water bonds, but will be sufficient to meet the annual payments on the principal as they fall ‘due. : It would cost from $700 to $800 to prepare plans, hold an election and meet the incidental expenses of giving the people an opportunity to express themselves at the polls, and the city fathers are satisfied that the proposition would be much more likely to re ceive indorsement at the polls -after the ability.of the water ‘works to take care of themselves had been disposed Ofc? : requires would probably cost from $25,000 to $30,000, and the Trustees Strongly favor having it as soon as practicable: With the general system once in and the city divided into districts as the law contemplates, the matter of making Nevada City a model community from a Sanitary point of view would be quickly settled. GRASS VALLEY NEWS, A Day’s Record of the Doings of Our Neighbors, Joseph Dunstan, aged 78 and a ‘native of Cornwall, died today. : There was an insurance of $5000 on the life of the late James Bennallack The Monarch-Pioneer ball garfle has been postponed to the first clear Sunday. Nicholas Morcom is reported to be seriously ill with fattty degeneration of the heart, : Grand Junior Woodward Bevan of the Forest of America will visit Court Pride next Wednesday evening. — A voting contest has been dinaugurated at the Orphan’s Fair for the most popular baseball club in the county. : At last night’s meeting of the Miners Union Past President J: J, Ryan was present with a valuable watch chain and charm. At the Salvation Army Hall tonight . and Sunday, Lieut. Colonel Evans will lead the meetings. He has just come to takecharge of the Salvation Army on the Pacific Coast, having arrived in San Francisco a few weeks ago. He will be accompanied by Staff Captain Reed. ae Severe Frost Coming. Today's weather forecast for this section is as follows : Clearing this afternoon or tonight. Sunday, fair and colder. Danger of severe frost Sunday night. =, Turkey Raffle at the Grotto, ~ There will be raffle at the Grotto saloon tonight for a lot of fine young tar. Grr your Sweet Cider of B. Ballard. and Marion Fist. ; i 4 # : a oe see cee . , ing for the. accommodation of tax-. -. body was seen to enter or leave the Sach a seweruge system as this city . * ae “ 5 APPEL 3 _ Gaveav, Ont. November -20.—Mrs. murder of her husband, has ‘been. sen'‘tenéed fo be: hung in the courtyard here on the 20th of next January. Sternaman, whose life was-insured for '$2.000, died suddenly in 1896 with all the symptoms of arsenical poisoning. The woman's Sret-husbend died’ few years ago under'siaiilar eircumstances, although there was no proof of his having been’poisoned. ~~ Convicted of Bribery. 4 Minnearoum, Nov; 20.—The jury in the trial of Alderman Durham, -charged with soliciting a bribe of $10,000 from @ contracting firm, found a verdict of guilty. Thisis the first conviction in the aldermanic boodling‘cases,. © ~ A Mysterious Marder. CLEVELAND, O., Nov. 20—Mrs. Mattie Winkler of 1501 St. Clair street was found dead in her house, her head hav-. ing been broken with a. hammer, Notery. THE CHAVANNE ESTATE, praisers Appolnted. ite Andre Chavanne d°t6 ‘probate. An order was made appothting. D.Fricot, B. E. Auger and Chas. Brown appraisto Mrs.’ Emilie A. Chavanne, the widow, allowance of $600: The character and approximate value of the estate is'as follows: Pérsonal property, $1,000; real estate, $200,000. The annual rents received from the rents of the real estate amount to about. $9,000. . Mrs. Snell Wilt Build, Mrs. E. Snell has: purchased from Mrs. Tippett of Grass Valley the lot on Pine street in this city lying between the dwelling houses recently erected by Wm. Hoskins and Richard Piummer, Mrs. Snell proposes to soon build a neat modern cottage. ; Corcoran & WIttiaMs, contractors house and the case is bhrquded in mysThe Wil Admited to Probafe and Ap-. and she was granted a monthly family . RST. IN 1860 BY N. P. BROWN & CO, ait 2 aba Sere Mrppterown, N. Y., November 20:— Erie Division was derailed this morning at Sloatsbury, where an attempt was made Inst Sunday to wreck a freight train. It is believed both crimes were the work of the same misereants. Nobody was hurt today, although the wreck was a bad one. A rail'was turned and the engine toppled over. Two cars went on top of it before the train came to a stop. do Smith's Salvation Plan. Omomnati, Nov. 20.—Rev. Willard J. Smith of Detroit, Michigan, a missionary of the ‘Reorganization Church of the Latter-Day Saints, is in ‘Cincinnati fér the purpose of organizing a congregation of that faith, if enough converts can be made. This branch {of the Latter-Day Saints adhere to the original faith proclaimed by Joseph Smith and reject all pew doctrines put Willard J, Smith antagonizes the Utah Ohurch, which a few days ago established several missionary mormon elders here. A MINING SALE. A New York Company Buys a Selby Flat Property. quartz mines on Selby Flat two miles from town, formerly belonging to Joseph F.oyd, and which were purchased some time ago by Sidney Smith . of San Francisco, have been sold by ‘thé latter gentleman to a New York company. — ; In the early spring the new owners will erect machinery and: proceedto develop the roperty, which is spoken of very favorably by all familiar with its history. May Yet Play Ball. The captains of the clubs scheduled to play at Cashin Field tomorrow afternoon say the game will come off if the weather clears tonight. The field is high and dry, and a few hours rainfall on it does not soften the ground. soaaebaeueneini The Very Latest. Call at the Council Chamber saloon and see the Klondyke Turkey Table, and builders, do first-class work cheap. Turkey raffle every night. nig bringers at.the. chances in an elegant latest styles. of FINE. CLOTHING, B. MILLER,EVERY CUSTOMER * HAS A CHANCE. EE ) a 9 00 <aeee 0 High-class goods at lowest prices are not the only tradeMILLER CLOTHING EMPORIUM. From now until January 8th every cash purchaser at this store is entitled to one or more Ak Sofa Cushion that-is now being displayed in the show window. Always Bear in Minds . That we continue to be the leading dealers in GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODs, ' RUBBER GOODs, sroad St., Nevada City. . & Od &* vad UMBRELLAS, ETC. luck, Boece . CLOSING OUT Fall Willinery / Preparatory to Winter Importations, at the e LEADER MILLINERY, Broad Street. ea The sew prices will astonish you. ee eee ne or Engine and Cars Smashed But} The Situation at the Smuggler. {The --weet-bound-mixed-train-onthe }at the Smuggler mine is mach improv. Serious. Damage inthe faith by Brigham Young. » Rev. . : The Bismark and the Gladstone . a eee _ {6 Improved Today, Asrmn, Col. Nov. 20.—The’ situation Today's Football Games, _ New Haven, Conn., Nov. 20.—An im: mense crowd of people assembled here. today to witness. the football games. ed today. The amonnt of smoke and gas being generated is decreasing. The forcing of-steam into the stope where the fireis appears to be having good effect, and the plan of running a sucpumps is giving favorable results. SPOILED BY THE RAIN, } to Goods Stored in Richards’: Warehouse, The fire of last Tuesday morning burned the wooden roof from W. G. Richards’ fireproof warehouse — on Spring street. Last night rain leaked ‘through on the goods stored in it damaging the sugar, flour, feed, beans, etc. It is estimated that'the loss will amount to $1,000. The goods were moved out of the building today. ‘ a BaKiné POWDER ROVAL BAKING PIWDER ©O., NEW YORK. + 3 sae Crezolene Whooping Cough, Croup Asthma, Catarrh, Colds. CRESOLENE being administered by inhalation, gives the } Safest and Most Effectual. : Means Of treating the throat and ‘bronchial tubes Its efficiency in Whoopi Cough and Crou : wonderful, Its antiseptic qualities renter invatuable In Contagious Diseases, As Diphtheria, Scarlet Fever, eto. Sold by ‘tion pipe through the bulkhead to the . 6to0. In the match between the Philadelphia and Hartford teams the former won by 15 to 6. ———— Quit Cutting Today. Marsh Brothers’ sawmill was shut down today for the winter after a very successful run, Over one million feet of lumber of excellent quality has been cut since last spring and a ready mar‘ket has been found for it. : The Executors Discharged. Elam Biggs and Alexander Sims; executors of the late Mrs. Hannah Biggs, mother of the first-named gentleman, having settled up the affairs of the estate were today granted their final discharge. Keno for Turkeys At. the Ow, tonight. Fine hot. lunch. Try the popular place. 1t BORN. At this city, Nov. 19, to the wife of Michael Bennetts, a son. In Nevada City, November 19. to the wife of N. J. Webbor, a daughter. k= HEALTH AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE, Fidelity Mutual Aid Association San Francisco, Cat, For Five Cents Per Day WILL PAY, according to the hazard of occupation, from $8.00 to a week, when una to work through being hurt accident iLL PAY, if you are accidentally. killed. 208.00 to 00, WILL PAY $10.00 a week, when you are sick and unable. to work.,: eis WILL PAY $100.00 for funeral expenses. WILL PAY, if deen lose a hand and foot or both feet and hands, $188.00 to $434.00. Absolute Protection to the. members upon aying $5.00 life membership fee and dues of Bio per month. “ LIFE INSURANCE, Also issues policies of Life Insurance = ing from $1000 to $5000 in case of death, and $5.00 vey song gs week nd pgs rp and sick; also a year paid up cy, pay $2000 at death oF $1000 at ond ob 15 veater $10.00 per week for accident or sickness, IF INSURED, You cannot lose all your income when you are sick or disabled by accident. The Fidelity Mutual Aid Association is Pre. eminently the Largest and Stron, Accias Health Kesoctation in the United It has $6,000.00 cash deposits with the States of California and_ Missouri which, together with an ampfe Reserve Fund and assets, make its certificate an absolute guarantee of the solidity of its protection to its members. Reliable Agents Wanted. Write J. M, SHETTERLEY, Secretary and General Manager, ent an States. N, Druggist and Stationer, ‘ Nevada City San Francisco, Cal. saaeiuenened ~MAHER ae Once again we ask you to Ladies of Nevada County ‘ take a look at our DRESS GOODS. DISPLAY while contained in Window No. r. Grand Suits at $2. Grand Suits at $4. Grand Suits at $4.50. Grand Suits at $5. DO NOT FAIL TO SEE THEM. the only comforters in the wor They weigh almost nothing an them perfectly Sanitary, and in forters that are fit for use. MFTINDOW NO, 2. This window contains a lot of Laminated Comforters, ld that afford real comfort. d are the warmest comforters made. They go through a peculiar process which makes short they are the only comry Respectfully, MAHER & CO . kerchiefs for Ladies and Men. ing shades. [g" Holiday Goods arriving daily. See our HandSee our $1 Gloves, all leac-M. & W.

Te No, 47,1. 0. Fellows Ho ii ~A of each month ag CLEVELAs cp hian Castle ing at 7:30 o'clock. sonic Hall <A of each month, at PRANK AVER, Com, ». 6, N. DG. w, Seca 3 hian Castle redays of each month, enemas LLER’S « iE” BEER ily Use. ras Valley, Agents, re with '» Nevada City. ' BROS., R DEALERS, ++e-Nevada City Cal “ey 5 Cent Cigar SUMBOLDT IMPT'D 3OHEMIAN CLUB TARMONIA LEY, aselor at Law. BUILDING, COR. nts. Up Stairs,Largest Stock Lowest Prices logue Free. ' for merchants. 1 and Plant Co., BAKERY levada City, , Cakes, Etc., rder a Specialty RLS, selor at Law. ALL THE COURTS nina blication. RYSVILLE, CAL., tober 25th, 1897, iVEN THAT B er has filed notice nal proof in sup. said proof will r and Receiver, U. ile, Cala., on the iz: piper Jayne, oe or the vitnesses to prove spon and cultivai. ets Goan es nty, f Bullards Bar E 2e3 Allen,o mp-. Br Gas Feter 3. . 4, LOWERY.” Register. Notice. LECTRIC POW! &-. rine! lace .f lifornta. Lomasie Pd California, at at a meeting of on the 18th day of » (No, 2 ) of twenty levied upon the ition, able imFold in, to the © company, cd x, San Franc } jay of November, dvertised for sale } payment is made ey the20th day of elinquent assesj advertising, and rs. pu See: , Mills Building, Oct. 21 37TH YEAR—No, I1469 THE TRANSORIPT,)_ Sundaysandiogetmatioet . BROWN & CALKINS, . Hilcat a ity Cents Per [onth. Francisoo, being en route to Smarteyille to take final observations of the places in that section under consideration ag sites for the proposed debris = = . dams, The Commissioners have virtuADVERTISING "RATES, Made known on application. Entered at the Postoffice at Nevada City as . it to the Secretary of War, through . ‘cond-class matter. es rr ‘at -Po:icies made in each other’s favor, A BABE'S FEARFUL PALL cei. AY tenitnw . . Commissioners’ contains cau only be. A Schoo! Janitor at Dowaleville Becomes sarmisea, basing an opinion. upon the. Heir to $2,000. os former reports and infurmation. unofThe following items are from the . ficially obtained. It is claimed that Downieville Enterprise of Wednesday: . they will in commencing the work be Rev. O. F. Withrow is holding revival . fuided by former reports and the law meetings in Forest City. . Making the appropriation. William York and sons are erecting} Executive Document No. 267, the reau arastra on their mine at the foot . Port of the Biggs Commission, provides of Slug Canyon. as follows: Dam at Deguerre Point, Joseph Pires; while helping to move . $150,000; restriction works below ‘the one of the large pulleys at’ the Sietra . dam, $100,000. Buttes mine, had one of his ribs broken t : and -was otherwise: injured about the{ bris Commissioners dated November “chest. : 5; 15, 1894, they refer to the recommendaWhile working-at the Hilda mine last . tions above mentioned, and ‘then add: week Jesse O’Conna was caved on and. “This Commission accepts and inbadly bruised up. O’Conna is one of . dorses this recommendation.” the principal witnesses in the case of . , AS Major Heuer was at that time u the People vs. Phelan. _.} Member of the Commission, there is Theré Will be mass at the Catholic . reason to believe he still holds to that Church on the first, third and fifth . opinion. ‘Sunday in each nionth, ‘in Downieville,. Section 25 of the Caminetti law prowhen five Sundays occur. In Sierra] Vides that the recommendations conCity there will be mass on: the second . tained in Executive Document No; 267 Sunday of each month, arid on the . Shall be the basis of operations in said whereby at the death of one the aniount «of the policy therein was to go to.the ‘other. Mr. Scott died in San Francisco ilast Monday leaving Mr. Crooks heir tto the amount of the policy. : : -Mr.and Mrs. James Webster came near losing their little baby, through the care‘essness of a couple of little girls who had it in charge. The girls had been wheeling the baby about in a carriage. They left.the carriage standfing on some sloping ground at the end . : of Hansen’s bridge and walked away a short distance when the carriage took a start toward the river. One of the girls ran to save the child, but too late. The carriage.rolledover the bank, down to. the. river.bed.The accident was seer by some ladies who picked up the baby, which was badly bruised about the head and body. It had a miraculdus escape from death, as the place where the éarriage went over is perpendi¢nlar and fully twenty feet high, with a gravelly bottom. The Pees — rapidly oe from steamer trip up the coast, John Séott, a former resident of Downieville and at one time County Treasurerof Sierra county, died in San AT THE CHURCHES SUNDAY, Francisco” Monday afternoon at four ; o'clock. John Scott was born in Divine. Ya hen om in Nevada TrumbuaH “county, Obio, in 1829, He came = speeder Ae = het a METHODIST CHURCH. pany with Jim* Croo! a ther they logged at the Craycroft sawmill: ae oe Pr beet re Shiropieee Later on he mined at’ Downieville ana . * : tha oe si enwes Owitiid ta'the Eureka. ‘At the time of his death he as paged . us bate = owned mining property at Wahoo, . i°EMes © ase sg Sierra county. “While employed in ring. ; wining at the Monntain house years CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. ago he was caved on and asa result his Thanksgiving services will be held right leg was amputated above the knee, morning and evening in the above leaving bim a cripple for life. Ha was . church, and wil) be of a most interestelected to the office of County Treas-. ing character. The Christian Endeavor wrerin 1864 and twige reelected on the . will meet at the usual hour led by E. J. Bepablican \fieket; He was defeated . McKiilay. Subject : “Gratitude” Sab. for the officé seven years ago, and he . bath school at the close of the moruing then removed to San Francisco, where} service. All are Cordially invited. he has since been employed as assist-. TRINITY CHURCH. ant store keeper: at the Mint, iwhich] poy rb J. H Van Deerlin, Rector. position he ocenpied up to the time of Ibe Sunday next before Advent. Sunhis death, Jobn Scott was a man of school 12:30 p.m. Seats.fres. All very strong prejudices and. very senatin 4 sitive as to his honor. He was a popular man, whose upright honesty and integrity won for him & large circle of . friends. ¥ fourth Sunday at Forest City. work, and the Act appropriating $250,Last “Thursday afternoon Arthur. 000 says it shall be expended in accordan older one about two miles below . Debris Commissions, There is every town. The wounded bear managed to . reason to believe two barriers will be and a while later when the stage came . with the U. 8. appropriation and one along thie bear was seen leisurely saun-. with the State appropriation, $250,000 distance ahead of thestage. The driver . early in 1898, immediately. stopped his team and’ p SONAL POINTERS ascended the hill’ and: disappeared ‘ER ee ae, through the brash. nieville.and the janitor of: the ‘schodland Young. house there, falls heir to a small forPaul Schoen is in town. ° and John Scott, decessed, eaclt hat 8G Valley, retarned today to her policy of $2,000 in-the Chosen Friends paid at wether Plat. . Miss Lizzie Curnow and Miss Peard of Columbia Hiil went to-San Francisco P. H. Rearden ofSan Francisco, a stockholder in the.Texas mine, is here nied by his wife. ‘Mrs. 8. M. Hoel, who has been ill for Slight chance for recovery. She is over eighty years of age. Doss killed a cub bear and wounded . 3ncé with recommendations of the U.S. make hisesegpe through the brush,. Coustracted in the Yuba river, one tering along the stage roud just a short . ¢ach,and that work will be commenced shouted, when the bear took fright and Jim Crooks, an old resident of Dow-. 4 Dally Chronicle of the Doings of Old Bee ee Te EERO a ae Seese, ees has been. at lodge "of Dowaleviligi and hed their . “ai. 1 oamow, Mie A. 6. Bigelow, today. ‘from San Francisco. He is accompaseveral days with pneumonia, has but Thomas Powell of the firm of Daniels for England. His mother is ill in that country and it is thought she cannot get well. ; W. L. Wallace, who has been Spending a few days in Grass Valley, return‘ed today to the Netharlands mine near Graniteville where he has charge of the mill. oe Mrs. E. J. Rector and Miss Vivie Rector will return home on this evan. ing’s train. Mrs. Rector has been visiting at the Bay and Miss Rector accompanied Mrs. Walker ©. Graves on a nes An Ounce a Day to the Pan. Wednesday’s Quincy Independent says: Angus Cameron is reported to nee have done well in his drift mine on the Investigating the Accident. : . worn Fork this season, having taken County Coroner Hocking went ont} outan average of an ounce a day to to the Champion mine this afternoon jeach man employed in the mine. Mr. ‘0 investigate the circumstances of the . Cameron’ well deserves this good foreccilental killing of William Oliver tune, having with the courage inspired yesterday. He stated before starting . by tlie belief that a bonanza was io ‘own there that he deemed it advisable . store for him, spent ten years of his to hold an inquest, as the statements of} life in laborious efforts to strike it. the affair were so conflicting. . The Cameron mine joins that of Fred = a8 Scott and is situated between Big Flat 2h Work Will be Com-. tinor ot Col. Hubert Visscher, Engineer of . . B -, [the United States Debris. Commission, . ball, ever, was expected as soon as possible . Men after the arrival-of Heuer from . . In the annual report of the U. 8, De-. ' _. eoncluded that it was not advisable & Powell took his departure today . For bargains in jewelry of any kina _If-you want to keep warm these cold agp abso mpg e ow. The funeral of the late Charles Pott Brown & Morgan; the real estate dealers, offer @ six-room house on Luetje & Brand are now offering for silverware at a lower rate than ‘the same quality of goods.can be purchabed any where élse in the State. Bee The.County Treasurer’s office will be open frogi:6:30 to 8 o’clock this evenpayers. The first installment on State and county taxes will. become delinquent on Monday, the 29th instant. W.-H. ‘Tattle of the Owl bas just received an invoice of W. H. McBrayer’s “Cedar Brook”, whisky bottled in bond the first ever brought “to Nevada county. It-is guaranteed by the U. 8. Government to-be absolutely pure and’ 100 proof. A-typographical error in the report of Thursday evening’s meeting of the City Trustees made it appear that Thos. S. Ford had been allowed $200 for legal services. The amount should have been $10, and it was paid for ‘preparing papers in the transaction that the Trustees had with Mrs. Huntington concerning the water works. THE SEWERAGE QUESTION. Tho City Trustees Will Submit It to the At their last meeting the City ‘Trustees discussed the sewerage question at length and inan informal way. They to call an election to vote on the question of issuing bonds until the new Water works are completed and in operation, when they are confident it will be demonstrated that the profits }from the works will not only. pay the interest on the water bonds, but will be sufficient to meet the annual payments on the principal as they fall ‘due. : It would cost from $700 to $800 to prepare plans, hold an election and meet the incidental expenses of giving the people an opportunity to express themselves at the polls, and the city fathers are satisfied that the proposition would be much more likely to re ceive indorsement at the polls -after the ability.of the water ‘works to take care of themselves had been disposed Ofc? : requires would probably cost from $25,000 to $30,000, and the Trustees Strongly favor having it as soon as practicable: With the general system once in and the city divided into districts as the law contemplates, the matter of making Nevada City a model community from a Sanitary point of view would be quickly settled. GRASS VALLEY NEWS, A Day’s Record of the Doings of Our Neighbors, Joseph Dunstan, aged 78 and a ‘native of Cornwall, died today. : There was an insurance of $5000 on

the life of the late James Bennallack The Monarch-Pioneer ball garfle has been postponed to the first clear Sunday. Nicholas Morcom is reported to be seriously ill with fattty degeneration of the heart, : Grand Junior Woodward Bevan of the Forest of America will visit Court Pride next Wednesday evening. — A voting contest has been dinaugurated at the Orphan’s Fair for the most popular baseball club in the county. : At last night’s meeting of the Miners Union Past President J: J, Ryan was present with a valuable watch chain and charm. At the Salvation Army Hall tonight . and Sunday, Lieut. Colonel Evans will lead the meetings. He has just come to takecharge of the Salvation Army on the Pacific Coast, having arrived in San Francisco a few weeks ago. He will be accompanied by Staff Captain Reed. ae Severe Frost Coming. Today's weather forecast for this section is as follows : Clearing this afternoon or tonight. Sunday, fair and colder. Danger of severe frost Sunday night. =, Turkey Raffle at the Grotto, ~ There will be raffle at the Grotto saloon tonight for a lot of fine young tar. Grr your Sweet Cider of B. Ballard. and Marion Fist. ; i 4 # : a oe see cee . , ing for the. accommodation of tax-. -. body was seen to enter or leave the Sach a seweruge system as this city . * ae “ 5 APPEL 3 _ Gaveav, Ont.. November -20.—Mrs. murder of her husband, has ‘been. sen'‘tenéed fo be: hung in the courtyard here on the 20th of next January. Sternaman, whose life was-insured for '$2.000, died suddenly in 1896 with all the symptoms of arsenical poisoning. The woman's Sret-husbend died’ few years ago under'siaiilar eircumstances, although there was no proof of his having been’poisoned. ~~ Convicted of Bribery. 4 Minnearoum, Nov; 20.—The jury in the trial of Alderman Durham, -charged with soliciting a bribe of $10,000 from @ contracting firm, found a verdict of guilty. Thisis the first conviction in the aldermanic boodling‘cases,. © ~ A Mysterious Marder. CLEVELAND, O., Nov. 20—Mrs. Mattie Winkler of 1501 St. Clair street was found dead in her house, her head hav-. ing been broken with a. hammer, Notery. THE CHAVANNE ESTATE, praisers Appolnted. ite Andre Chavanne d°t6 ‘probate. An order was made appothting. D.Fricot, B. E. Auger and Chas. Brown appraisto Mrs.’ Emilie A. Chavanne, the widow, allowance of $600: The character and approximate value of the estate is'as follows: Pérsonal property, $1,000; real estate, $200,000. The annual rents received from the rents of the real estate amount to about. $9,000. . Mrs. Snell Wilt Build, Mrs. E. Snell has: purchased from Mrs. Tippett of Grass Valley the lot on Pine street in this city lying between the dwelling houses recently erected by Wm. Hoskins and Richard Piummer, Mrs. Snell proposes to soon build a neat modern cottage. ; Corcoran & WIttiaMs, contractors house and the case is bhrquded in mysThe Wil Admited to Probafe and Ap-. and she was granted a monthly family . RST. IN 1860 BY N. P. BROWN & CO, ait 2 aba Sere Mrppterown, N. Y., November 20:— Erie Division was derailed this morning at Sloatsbury, where an attempt was made Inst Sunday to wreck a freight train. It is believed both crimes were the work of the same misereants. Nobody was hurt today, although the wreck was a bad one. A rail'was turned and the engine toppled over. Two cars went on top of it before the train came to a stop. do Smith's Salvation Plan. Omomnati, Nov. 20.—Rev. Willard J. Smith of Detroit, Michigan, a missionary of the ‘Reorganization Church of the Latter-Day Saints, is in ‘Cincinnati fér the purpose of organizing a congregation of that faith, if enough converts can be made. This branch {of the Latter-Day Saints adhere to the original faith proclaimed by Joseph Smith and reject all pew doctrines put Willard J, Smith antagonizes the Utah Ohurch, which a few days ago established several missionary mormon elders here. A MINING SALE. A New York Company Buys a Selby Flat Property. quartz mines on Selby Flat two miles from town, formerly belonging to Joseph F.oyd, and which were purchased some time ago by Sidney Smith . of San Francisco, have been sold by ‘thé latter gentleman to a New York company. — ; In the early spring the new owners will erect machinery and: proceedto develop the roperty, which is spoken of very favorably by all familiar with its history. May Yet Play Ball. The captains of the clubs scheduled to play at Cashin Field tomorrow afternoon say the game will come off if the weather clears tonight. The field is high and dry, and a few hours rainfall on it does not soften the ground. soaaebaeueneini The Very Latest. Call at the Council Chamber saloon and see the Klondyke Turkey Table, and builders, do first-class work cheap. Turkey raffle every night. nig bringers at.the.. chances in an elegant latest styles. of FINE. CLOTHING, B. MILLER,EVERY CUSTOMER * HAS A CHANCE. EE ) a 9 00 <aeee 0 High-class goods at lowest prices are not the only tradeMILLER CLOTHING EMPORIUM. From now until January 8th every cash purchaser at this store is entitled to one or more Ak Sofa Cushion that-is now being displayed in the show window. Always Bear in Minds . That we continue to be the leading dealers in GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODs, ' RUBBER GOODs, sroad St., Nevada City. . & Od &* vad UMBRELLAS, ETC. luck, Boece . CLOSING OUT Fall Willinery / Preparatory to Winter Importations, at the e LEADER MILLINERY, Broad Street. ea The sew prices will astonish you. ee eee ne or Engine and Cars Smashed But} The Situation at the Smuggler. {The --weet-bound-mixed-train-onthe }at the Smuggler mine is mach improv. Serious. Damage inthe faith by Brigham Young. » Rev. . : The Bismark and the Gladstone . a eee _ {6 Improved Today, Asrmn, Col. Nov. 20.—The’ situation Today's Football Games, _ New Haven, Conn., Nov. 20.—An im: mense crowd of people assembled here. today to witness. the football games. ed today. The amonnt of smoke and gas being generated is decreasing. The forcing of-steam into the stope where the fireis appears to be having good effect, and the plan of running a sucpumps is giving favorable results. SPOILED BY THE RAIN, } to Goods Stored in Richards’: Warehouse, The fire of last Tuesday morning burned the wooden roof from W. G. Richards’ fireproof warehouse — on Spring street. Last night rain leaked ‘through on the goods stored in it damaging the sugar, flour, feed, beans, etc. It is estimated that'the loss will amount to $1,000. The goods were moved out of the building today. ‘ a BaKiné POWDER ROVAL BAKING PIWDER ©O., NEW YORK. + 3 sae Crezolene Whooping Cough, Croup Asthma, Catarrh, Colds. CRESOLENE being administered by inhalation, gives the } Safest and Most Effectual. : Means Of treating the throat and ‘bronchial tubes Its efficiency in Whoopi Cough and Crou : wonderful, Its antiseptic qualities renter invatuable In Contagious Diseases, As Diphtheria, Scarlet Fever, eto. Sold by ‘tion pipe through the bulkhead to the . 6to0. In the match between the Philadelphia and Hartford teams the former won by 15 to 6. ———— Quit Cutting Today. Marsh Brothers’ sawmill was shut down today for the winter after a very successful run, Over one million feet of lumber of excellent quality has been cut since last spring and a ready mar‘ket has been found for it. : The Executors Discharged. Elam Biggs and Alexander Sims; executors of the late Mrs. Hannah Biggs, mother of the first-named gentleman, having settled up the affairs of the estate were today granted their final discharge. Keno for Turkeys At. the Ow, tonight. Fine hot. lunch. Try the popular place. 1t BORN. At this city, Nov. 19, to the wife of Michael Bennetts, a son. In Nevada City, November 19. to the wife of N. J. Webbor, a daughter. k= HEALTH AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE, Fidelity Mutual Aid Association San Francisco, Cat, For Five Cents Per Day WILL PAY, according to the hazard of occupation, from $8.00 to a week, when una to work through being hurt accident iLL PAY, if you are accidentally. killed. 208.00 to 00, WILL PAY $10.00 a week, when you are sick and unable. to work.,: eis WILL PAY $100.00 for funeral expenses. WILL PAY, if deen lose a hand and foot or both feet and hands, $188.00 to $434.00. Absolute Protection to the. members upon aying $5.00 life membership fee and dues of Bio per month. “ LIFE INSURANCE, Also issues policies of Life Insurance = ing from $1000 to $5000 in case of death, and $5.00 vey song gs week nd pgs rp and sick; also a year paid up cy, pay $2000 at death oF $1000 at ond ob 15 veater $10.00 per week for accident or sickness, IF INSURED, You cannot lose all your income when you are sick or disabled by accident. The Fidelity Mutual Aid Association is Pre. eminently the Largest and Stron, Accias Health Kesoctation in the United It has $6,000.00 cash deposits with the States of California and_ Missouri which, together with an ampfe Reserve Fund and assets, make its certificate an absolute guarantee of the solidity of its protection to its members. Reliable Agents Wanted. Write J.. M, SHETTERLEY, Secretary and General Manager, ent an States. N, Druggist and Stationer, ‘ Nevada City San Francisco, Cal. saaeiuenened ~MAHER ae Once again we ask you to Ladies of Nevada County ‘ take a look at our DRESS GOODS. DISPLAY while contained in Window No. r. Grand Suits at $2. Grand Suits at $4. Grand Suits at $4.50. Grand Suits at $5. DO NOT FAIL TO SEE THEM. the only comforters in the wor They weigh almost nothing an them perfectly Sanitary, and in forters that are fit for use. MFTINDOW NO, 2. This window contains a lot of Laminated Comforters, ld that afford real comfort. d are the warmest comforters made. They go through a peculiar process which makes short they are the only comry Respectfully, MAHER & CO . kerchiefs for Ladies and Men. ing shades. [g" Holiday Goods arriving daily. See our HandSee our $1 Gloves, all leac-M. & W.