Volume 031-1 - January 1977 (8 pages)

South Yuba Canal Company, water for County Hospital ....... $21.00 C.R. Clark, tobacco for PHIGONELS soci eee es ih diee $16.50 Dunnicliff and Organ, building addition'tojaile AeA ee: $2895.39 E.W. Bigelow, ice for Court HOUS@ ee c esse Sao se seisinisn sie $13.35 February A United States Senator will be elected by the next legislature to succeed the Honorable A.A. Sargent. Our first Senatoral aspirant from this city is Charley Kent. March he equipment of the Nevada City fire .epartment is not excelled by that of any similar organization in any town of the same size on the Pacific Slope. The town is well supplied with hydrants, and the water pressure is strong enough to throw a stream over the highest building. The department consists of two companies, Pennsylvania Engine company Number 2, and Nevada Hose Company Number 1. Nevada Hose Company Number 1 The ensuing officers were elected: President:. sets cs es tess John F. Hook SECrElArY (O00. ck. cuss ects J.J. Ott TPPGASUPER (10.0.5. wei eee bee ane W.R. Coe FOrGMan® 2550350 aes eee C.J. Naffziger Ast. Foreman..... James Kinkead April Much complaint is being made about the sanitary condition of this town. The sewerage is very imperfect and much filth is allowed to accumulate. A board of health is needed here. Now is the time for authorities to have the back alleys cleared and get the city in good condition before the blazing sun shall evolve noxious vapors from the numberless cess-pools and sinks of iniquity found in back yards and passage ways. May City Election At Nevada City on Monday 421 votes were polled. The new officials are: DRUSCEC isc. sis sc0s seo Jocob Naffziger PVCASUREGI I. 66 feeu secon James Colley Marshal irs. «02's s.0 2.07013 R.B. Morrison ASSOBGOR Ss 55:ccre nee ee oso ties W.S. Long June The Assessor and his deputies are annoying the people of this township at this time. B.J. Watson, editor of the Nevada Transcript, is a candidate for the Senate. July Democratic Ticket For Joint Senator24th District (Sierra and Nevada Counties) Niles Searls of Nevada Cty Sheriff W. Montgomery For Senator 24th District Nevada County John C. Colman of Grass Valley Republican Ticket For Joint Senator H.K. Turner J.M. Walling Sheriff John Colman Frank Eilerman was elected Chief Engineer of the fire department of Nevada City. Frank is an old time fireman and also one who knows how to get up a fine breakfast for a customer. September Election Results Joint Senator Niles Searls Senator John Colman Sheriff W. Montgomery October George E. Marshall, of Truckee, proposed to bea candidate of Egrossing Clerk of the State Senate, at the next session of the Legislature. He was one of the secretaries of the last Democratic County Convention. November The Nevada City Trustees have levied an assessment of seventy cents on the one hundred dollars worth of assessable property. Twenty cents of it goes to fire and the rest to general purpose. Grass Valley cannot go beyond fifty cents on the hundred dollars. December Judge Searls will be a member of the Judicial Committee of the Senate, and Mr. Colman on the committee on Mines and Mining Interest. Entertainment 1877 January Scott and Parks will have a dance at Temperance Hall Thursday evening of each week. Citizens invited to attend. $1. Professor Halleck informs us that he will give a vocal and instrumental concert at the Theatre, on Saturday evening. Full programs will be published in a few days. February Necktie Social Every purchaser of a ticket will be presented with a Calico necktie at the door. After he enters he will proceed to inspect the dresses of the ladies, and when he finds one that matches his tie, he will regard her as his partner. Married ladies will by this means stand a chance of getting an agreeable partner. March The English Opera Troupe will appear at the theatre tomorrow night. They will present Offenbach’s comic opera, “The Grand Dutchess.” Mrs. Carrie F. Young will deliver a free lecture at the Court House, on Sunday evening, upon the subject “Death and After Life.” April Camilla Urso, celebrated violinist, will perform at the Nevada Theatre on Friday evening. Miss Urso will be assisted by Miss Ivy Wandesforde, soprano, Mr. Fred Pflueger, tenor, and Auguste Sauret, pianist. Reserved seats may be secured at Belden’s drug store. Yesterday was a lovely day for the Odd Fellow’s picnic. A special train of four cars came up from Grass Valley and every one of them was filled when they left here. We understand double that number went from Grass Valley, and the engine had all it could do to haul them to Storm’s ranch. May The Chicago Minstrels will give their first performance in this city this evening. The company came from the east a few months ago and have played to crowded houses in San Francisco. Moonlight Excursion on the N.C.N.G. R.R. and Ball at Colfax Thursday evening, 24th of May, 1877. The anniversary of the opening of the railroad from Colfax to Nevada City. June CIRCUS Queen’s managerie and circus. The large tent was crowded, the number of Too much cannot be said for the gold mining industry, it was the backbone and the life of the town in 1877. Mining activity was always exciting and the results of ore find came from the Assay Office to excite the mine owners. The Champion and Providence mines on Deer Creek were big producers of gold. Grass Valley had its Golden Center right in town and the Allison Ranch Mine just south of the present Mining Museum. Ms

South Yuba Canal Company, water for County Hospital ............. $21.00 C.R. Clark, tobacco for PHIGONELS soci eee es ih diee $16.50 Dunnicliff and Organ, building addition'tojaile AeA ee: $2895.39 E.W. Bigelow, ice for Court HOUS@ ee c esse Sao se seisinisn sie $13.35 February A United States Senator will be elected by the next legislature to succeed the Honorable A.A. Sargent. Our first Senatoral aspirant from this city is Charley Kent. March he equipment of the Nevada City fire .epartment is not excelled by that of any similar organization in any town of the same size on the Pacific Slope. The town is well supplied with hydrants, and the water pressure is strong enough to throw a stream over the highest building. The department consists of two companies, Pennsylvania Engine company Number 2, and Nevada Hose Company Number 1. Nevada Hose Company Number 1 The ensuing officers were elected: President:. sets cs es tess John F. Hook SECrElArY (O00. ck. cuss ects J.J. Ott TPPGASUPER (10.0.5. wei eee bee ane W.R. Coe FOrGMan® 2550350 aes eee C.J. Naffziger Ast. Foreman.......... James Kinkead April Much complaint is being made about the sanitary condition of this town. The sewerage is very imperfect and much filth is allowed to accumulate. A board of health is needed here. Now is the time for authorities to have the back alleys cleared and get the city in good condition before the blazing sun shall evolve noxious vapors from the numberless cess-pools and sinks of iniquity found in back yards and passage ways. May City Election At Nevada City on Monday 421 votes were polled. The new officials are: DRUSCEC isc. sis sc0s seo Jocob Naffziger PVCASUREGI I. 66 feeu secon James Colley Marshal irs. «02's s.0 2.07013 R.B. Morrison ASSOBGOR Ss 55:ccre nee ee oso ties W.S. Long June The Assessor and his deputies are annoying the people of this township at this time. B.J. Watson, editor of the Nevada Transcript, is a candidate for the Senate. July Democratic Ticket For Joint Senator24th District (Sierra and Nevada Counties) Niles Searls of Nevada Cty Sheriff W. Montgomery For Senator 24th District Nevada County John C. Colman of Grass Valley Republican Ticket For Joint Senator H.K. Turner J.M. Walling Sheriff John Colman Frank Eilerman was elected Chief Engineer of the fire department of Nevada City. Frank is an old time fireman and also one who knows how to get up a fine breakfast for a customer. September Election Results Joint Senator Niles Searls Senator John Colman Sheriff W. Montgomery October George E. Marshall, of Truckee, proposed to bea candidate of Egrossing Clerk of the State Senate, at the next session of the Legislature. He was one of the secretaries of the last Democratic County Convention. November

The Nevada City Trustees have levied an assessment of seventy cents on the one hundred dollars worth of assessable property. Twenty cents of it goes to fire and the rest to general purpose. Grass Valley cannot go beyond fifty cents on the hundred dollars. December Judge Searls will be a member of the Judicial Committee of the Senate, and Mr. Colman on the committee on Mines and Mining Interest. Entertainment 1877 January Scott and Parks will have a dance at Temperance Hall Thursday evening of each week. Citizens invited to attend. $1. Professor Halleck informs us that he will give a vocal and instrumental concert at the Theatre, on Saturday evening. Full programs will be published in a few days. February Necktie Social Every purchaser of a ticket will be presented with a Calico necktie at the door. After he enters he will proceed to inspect the dresses of the ladies, and when he finds one that matches his tie, he will regard her as his partner. Married ladies will by this means stand a chance of getting an agreeable partner. March The English Opera Troupe will appear at the theatre tomorrow night. They will present Offenbach’s comic opera, “The Grand Dutchess.” Mrs. Carrie F. Young will deliver a free lecture at the Court House, on Sunday evening, upon the subject “Death and After Life.” April Camilla Urso, celebrated violinist, will perform at the Nevada Theatre on Friday evening. Miss Urso will be assisted by Miss Ivy Wandesforde, soprano, Mr. Fred Pflueger, tenor, and Auguste Sauret, pianist. Reserved seats may be secured at Belden’s drug store. Yesterday was a lovely day for the Odd Fellow’s picnic. A special train of four cars came up from Grass Valley and every one of them was filled when they left here. We understand double that number went from Grass Valley, and the engine had all it could do to haul them to Storm’s ranch. May The Chicago Minstrels will give their first performance in this city this evening. The company came from the east a few months ago and have played to crowded houses in San Francisco. Moonlight Excursion on the N.C.N.G. R.R. and Ball at Colfax Thursday evening, 24th of May, 1877. The anniversary of the opening of the railroad from Colfax to Nevada City. June CIRCUS Queen’s managerie and circus. The large tent was crowded, the number of Too much cannot be said for the gold mining industry, it was the backbone and the life of the town in 1877. Mining activity was always exciting and the results of ore find came from the Assay Office to excite the mine owners. The Champion and Providence mines on Deer Creek were big producers of gold. Grass Valley had its Golden Center right in town and the Allison Ranch Mine just south of the present Mining Museum. Ms