January 25, 1888 (4 pages)

pe a Che Drily Transcript. ~~¥uba mine was in town Monday he a pesiyee? ‘ + fa are _ Adiadinsiciaiinlil » mane " WEDNESDAY, JAN, 26, 1888, ee A Remarkable Case. While Superintendent Hare of the had occasion to visit a number of stores to make purchases. of supplies. When he started out on the shopping ‘expedition it was raining hard and he carried with him an umbrella of the vintage of 1885 and showing unmistakable signs of service, but to which he had become strongly attached because of the long time it hid been in his possession. e was pressed for time in making the rounds and it was not till he had finished and returned to > ae AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION. . Wise Measures to Prevent the Spread of Smallpox. ___.'. Nortn Buoomriep, Jan. 22. _ Epiror Transcraret—Much has been said pro and con in reference to smallpox at this place. Let me endeavor to give you a succinct statement how things have been and are here: About December 10th we learned that the dreaded ‘disease had broken out at Sierra City. A few days subsequent, W. Blain, a young man who was born here and whose parents are stillamong us, and one A. P. Clark, came here from that place. Both __‘So you want a reminiscence of the THE FIRST MURDER. Nevada City’s Maiden Killing Scrape— An Aileged Ghost. — olden times in this town, do you?’ remarked Charles McElvy of Ormonde when the Transcript scribe asked him for an item during his recent visit here. “That’s about the size of it.” “Well, what shall it be. Something ghostly and ghastly, or real and horrible ?’’ asked the old pioneer. “Bither.”’ “Pll give you one that is both rea and ghostly then.” Zs PERSONAL MENTION. = Social and Other Notes About People Old and Young. _G. H. Sternes, anti-mining spy, is in town. = = Miss Luvia Ott has been ill for some ten days past. Harry Seymour is ag-in so ill as to be confined to his bed. : J. Doychert, commercial agent from San Francisco, was in town yesterday. J. R. Paimer returned yesterday to Poorman’s creek where he is superintending a mine. Wm. Rooney, of Dubuque, Iowa, is visiting his brother-in-law, Patrick ABriet Record of Various Minor Local HERE AND THERE. Happenings. ——Deer.creek still rising. Light frost night before last. Some of the street crossings about town are held down by more mud than shouldbe the case. For the 24 hours ending at 9 o’¢lock yesterday. morning .75 of an inch of rain fell at this city, making 22 inches for the season. Robert B. Tremaine, a native of England, was naturalized yesterday on the testimony of Hugh McCauley and Charles Grimes. ; AT THE HEAD. Pupils of the City Schools Who-Have Won; Distinction. % soe Following are the rolls of honor of the several classes of the Nevada City public schools: . Senior Class, T. B. Gray, teacher.— Minnie Lester, Maggie Hutchison, Nettie Hackley, Jénnie White, Mollie Rosenthal, May Ashburn, Lonie Woodruff, Flora Miller, Nettie. Breed, “Minnie MecNeeley,, Rachel Morgan, Bert bickerman, George Legg. Middly Class, B. F. Hedden, teacher.—Julia Hook, Lillie O’Connell, Bertha Webber, Lizzie Richards, May TELL IT TO MARINES. An Alléged Gold Mine in the Shadow of the National Capital, Washington district along the hiead. waters of the South Yuba river in this county is one of the richest gold miring sections in the world. Its gravel deposits which have been. worked since 1850 or thereabout have yielded hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of the royal metal, and its complicated network of quartz ledges, only a few of which have been but partially developed, have returned incredible quantities of the same desideratum. Heretofore that locality has enjoyed Te AFTER MANY DAYS. ve The Residents of Mooney Flat Perfecting the Title to Their Homes. _ Mooney Fiat, in the western part ofRough & Ready township and just south of the South Yuba river, is one of the most venerable towns of this county. In early times it was a thriving mining camp, and-a worthy rival. of the neighboring town of Timbuctoo which has been immortalized in poetry by t.e very precocious school boy who went hunting down ‘hat. wa with his friend Tim. , : Of late years the people of Mooney Flat, who are located in the -ame were apparently in good health, but} Mr. McElvy settled back into his . Riley, of Grass Valley. The charter of Manzanita Encamp . Goyne, Adele Dunnicliff,Jennie White, . the distiaction of deing the only onimmnon-fomnof histheart with a man who had __by a frown of suspicion. Legg & 7 dared them to dislodge her. the hotel that he suddenly realized he and his faithful weather protector had in some mysterious manner become . Beparated. He sat down and tried to remember where they were last together, but it was no use. Every other incident of the afternoon came back to him with the greatest distinct . 509 yar: ness, but on this most important point . his mind was a bewildering blank. He resolved to retrace his steps and make a desperate effort to recover the treasure. He first went to the last store he had visited and said to the clerk he thought he had left his umbrella there. The clerk looked at him as though he sympathised to the botfrom any cause been siezed with such an hallucination. He ‘whirled and went away without.waiting for further answer. He went to stoie after store, making a similar remark; but every° where he met with no response unless it was to be laughed at as the funniest joker of the season or else be crushed Shaw’s was the first store he had made.a purchase at'in the afternoon, and now it was the only one he had not visited. He registered an inward_ vow that if he did not find his property there he would never again trust himself or his in the hands of the Modern Athenians. Setting his teeth firmly « “‘her, and with his mind made up to stand without a murmur the loss which he was now sure was irretriévable, he strode through the _ door with a calm exterior but tempestuous emotions. The first thing that his vision fell upon was. hissambrella Jeaning against ‘the counter -It had stood there four hours waiting for somebody to borrow it; but it had waited in vain for the owner’s name was carved on the handle. Mrs. Fitzimmons Wins. Mrs. Fitzimmons-Smith, whose ex perience during her residence at this city was not of the pleavantest kind because of the combativeness of her dispositivh and the consequent frequency with which she became entangled inthe meshes of the law, has been} Judge Walling has re. P088! heard from, ceived a letter from her. It is but fair to the Judge to explain that. it is nothing more than a business letter. Among other things, she writes that . #8¢ in’ her legal controversy: with the county of Kern she knocked out her opponent in one round. As before stated in this paper, she bought a lot in the new town of Delano. Alter she got it the-authorities erected a branch “jail on the lot.” She waited till they had it completed, then one night mov-d into it and taking possession They made two or three bluffs at her, but she continued to hold the fort. Then the dispute got into court and the result is that she is declared the owner of both lot and jail. Nevada county people generally manage to take vare of their own interests wherever they go. Even the landsharks of Southern California fight shy of them after one or two encounters. a Superior Court. The following business was transacted inthe Superior Court yesterEstate of L. Hyman, insolvent debtor. Motion to settle fees of attorneys for creditors denied. Account of assignee ‘settled and allowed. Cornelius Sullivan vs. Grass Valley Quartz M. and M. Co, Judgment for plaintiff for $56, $1 allowed for recording lien and $30 for plaintiff's attorney fees. : : Estate of Harriett N. Robinson, deedased. . February 13th fixed as date to hear petition for probate of will. Institute Notes. E. E. Leake, Grand Lecturer, will visit the Young Men’s Institute at: Grass Valley Saturday night and at this city Sunday night. Thete will be at the meeting here some literary and musical exercises by. the members in addition to the address by him. “ Mrs. Sweeney, President of Young Ladies’ Institute No. 1 at San Francisco, will on Saturday evening organize the Young Ladies’ Institute at Grass Valley and on Sunday evening will perform the same duty for the Nevada City branch. Suit to Quiet Title. Robert Berriman by his attorney, A. Burrows, yesterday began a suit in the Superior Court against Patrick Hawkins to quiet title toa tract of agricultural land situated near the old Colfax road three miles below Grass ; Valley. = Notice. There is i. ordinance prohibiting the emptying of ashes on the planked }J. Ostrom, of our town, hastened. to ‘” Healta were looked upon with aneye of suspicion. After the lapse of some ten or fifteen days, Mr. Blain was. taken down sick and five or six days therealter his disease was declared to be Smallpox. He was then ‘at his own home. The building is situated about is from, and at an elevation of about 100 feet above this town, and about one-third the distance to and on the road to the Derbec. When the disease was made known; the entire family consisting of Mr. and Mrs. Blaine, Sr., their daughter Matilda and Mr. and Mrs. Morrison (nee Delphine Blaine) immediately and voluntarily quarantined themselves, and none had intercourse with them except Dr. Manson who attended the case. Every precautionary measure was.at once adopted.to prevent the disease spreading, and the scare. was rapidly subsiding when the news, came of Blain’s death. Immediately thereafter came word that Mr. Galavoiti of the Derbec mine was taken down withthe same-disease. The publicmind was electrified and the scare intensified to a greater degree than ever. At the suggestion of many, Nevada City to ascertain from the Board of Supervisors, then in session, what action could be taken to suppress, if possible, the further spread of the disease. Our townsman, Owen Penrose, _-was--appointed Deputy Health Officer (a better one than whom could not have been chosen.) He celled a meeting of the citizens of North Bloomfield for the exchange of views and ideas on the subject. A desire was manifest that our Health Officer take every precautionary measure in the premises. He therefore posted the following notice : Notice to the Public generally and tothe residents of North Bloomfield and Derbec in. particular.—I have been appointed Health Otticer of this section, for the purpose of preventing as far as possible the spreading of that dread disease, snaallpox, and other contagious diseases and in furtherance thereof [I cali on all to aid and assist me and earnestly request your compliance with the following rules: That all persons avoid as much as ble commingling together or visiting the sick, That no meetings of secret societies be held. That no person, regardless of sex or , now resident at Derbec, come to North Bloomfield, except those leaving the county, and those seeking medical aid, unless in answer by process of any Court duly served, or seeking relief and protection therefrom, and in these cases to return to their home immediately on conclusion of their business. That all persons not ‘Yésidents of Derbec will refrain from . v.siting said place until such restriction is removed by the Health Officer, herein stated: The team: and driver of Crandall & McKillican, of O’Connor & Morriaon, of Helwig & Co., and then only once a day, for the purpose of deliverin and taking orders; all nedlont practitioners attending patients, spiritual advisers if called to attend the sick, peac® officers in actual discharge of their duties, and such others only, as havea permit signed or countersigned by ine. That‘all boys under sixtéen years of age be prohibited from entering any saloon at either place under any pretext whatever; that all children ander fourteen years of age be net allowed on the streets of North Bloomfield after the hour of 7:30 P. M., except on actual “These rules-are subject to be amended as occasicn may require. Due notice will be given. I trust these rules ‘will meet with a ready compliance by all and if such is the case, it will I hope preventthe adoption of more stringent measures; but of this rest assured I shall do my whole duty in the premises without fear or favor of any. : ‘ Respectfully, Owen Penrose, fficer for North Bloomfield District. Everybody seemed to acquiesce thereto. Mr. Galavotti has had a very light grade of the disease, so reported, and is now up and about, but confines himself strictly to his own premises. Ed. Cummings; Jr., has been sick several days, but hi: vase is declared to be measles, a disease which has been quite prevalent here among the children for quite a while before this other scare came upon us. The Blain family have destroyed a large amount of clothing, are fumigating the premises thoroughly gnd doing everything necessary to eradicate all germ of the disease as faras in their power lies; and as all others here are apparently well at this writing, and a gentle and steady rain has taken the place of severe frost, it is to be hoped that our trouble, as far as infectious diseases are concerned, are at an.end. ‘Our Health Officer ie, however, keenly on the tookout, and should occasion require it, will, I feel assured, do bis whole duty to protect us within and‘all without the boundaries of his district. Yours truly, ; James Marniorr. rae a eR! . For many years I have been a suf-torn-down-to-the—-waist;-exposing-a (due notice will be posted) except asf} chair and commenced to talk. He spoke in a quiet, matter-of-fact way at first, but as the tale was unfolded link by link he became intense in the sty'e of his delivery and at times dramatic in action. “T do not desire to try to secure or terrify any persons, especially women or children, living in Nevada City; but the story that I am about to relate possibly may have the effect of causing some of the more timid residents now living on the west side of lower Broad street, immediatuly below the National Hotel, to quake in their bovts-and imagine that they. can both see and hear ghosts and goblins prowling around their back yards and kitchens during dark nights. Perhaps it would have been just as well or even-the better policy not. to have aid anything on the subject of graveyards, ghosts or dead’ men’s bones at this late day. Yet not to have done so. would be like leaving a blank page in the future history of the Queen City: of the northern Bartlett_pear_—belt._ But back to the thread of my story. Not a great distance below the National Hotel there is at present .anold graveyard used for that purpose till the fall of 1850, when it was abandoned as a burial place. The marks of the graves are now all obliterate and Ido not believe that tipre a any persons yet living who locate the exact place. It is not however far from a point back and south of John I. Caldwell’s law office. The‘ last person buried at that place was the victim of the first foul ‘murder that was committed in Nevada City up to that time from:its first settlement. A short account of the murder and the cause that led to it is substantially as follows: Cn the 5th day of September, 1850, at about 6 o’clock in the evening, as I was wending my way up Main street for the first time, and when I had reached a point just about opposite the center of the Union Hotel as it now stands, I heard a couple of pistol shots go pop, pop, in quick succession, when almost at the same instant there came rushing out of a gambling house two or three hundred men like a terrified flock of sheep, get out first. After all had escaped from the building where the shooting tock place, I asked one of the men what caused the stampede. His reply was, ‘There is a dead man in there.’ I went into the building to see. for myself, and found a dead man there sure enough. The body was resting on its left side with the shirt front large bullet, hole in the right breast close to the nipple. Such a wound must have caused death almost instantaneously. No attempt -was made to arrest the murderer. He quietly walked out at the front door through a large crowd standing on the outside, across Big Deer creek and down towards the mouth of Gold Run, where he waited till after dark. Si. Brown then took a horse to him and he went to Sacramento. About a year later he was murdered there in a manner similar to that in which he had killed the man here. His name was McAllister. The name of the murdered man was Fennéssee. The over a game at cards. McAllister was running a big faro game. Fennessee was ‘bucking’ at: it. Luck went against him and he got broke. He became incensed at the refusfl and spoke roughly. McAllister retorted, After some tighting language on both sides McAllister drew a pistol and fired two shots. The first went~-wide of its mark. The second reached a vital place. Next day the body of Fennessee was buried in the old graveyard just below the National. Of course wé know there is nothing in such yarns, but I have heard superstitious old-timers who knew the murdered man in his lifetime say they were portion of Broad street near the old burying ground seen a mist-liLe form and face that looked mightily like him hovering around that locality.’*Distinguished Divines Coming. co, and Rev. J. H. Warren, D. D., Superintendent of Home Mi California and Nevada, wi morning and evening services at the ley, on Sunday, February 5th. Grass Valley ‘Society Note. ly.” : ———E—EEE J.©. Donnelly: arrived here night Addie , Sale liquor firm he travels for. every one-tryingto-see“whieh-could4 shooting was the result of a quarrel. sure they had in passing along that: Rev. C. Barrows, D. D., of the First Congregational Church, San Francisions for old Congregational Church in Grass ValSays the Tidings of Wednesday. evening: ‘‘A married couple who do not live together made a circus of themselves‘yesterday on the streets. Charges and counter-charges, choice billingsgate, etc., were bandied freebefore last in the interest*of the wholeMrs. W. F. Englebright, who has been suffering from a very long and severe illness, is regaining her health. ’ Sree Gus. Naffziger, a Nevada City young gentleman who has many friends here, is book-keeping in a hotel at Denver. : E. K. Smart, connected with the business department of Towle Brothers lumber enterprise, was in town yesterday. John <Aninch, proprietor of the Auburn and Forest Hill stage line, arrived here Monday evening and leit yesterday. G.’E. Brand, T. 8S. Stevens and Henry Ruth were on Monday evening installed as Trustees of Court Garfield, A. O. F. Mrs. R. H. Sink, wife of the Congregational pastor at Grass Valley, who has been quite ill for some days; . is now recevering. c J. J. Ott, the assayer, has been Iaid up for two or three days with a rheumatic attack in the feet, but was able to be at his place of business yesteay. A. P. Clark-was down from QuakerHill yesterday He says the snow has pn ag igpaeas from his locality, only a few patches remaining Lheré and there. Mrs. W.8H. Pond will tomorrow return to her home at San Francisco, being accompanied by her daughter, Mrs. Fred Searls, who will remain awhile at the Bay as her guest. Miss Nettie Schmiedell, of San Francisco, who in the summer of 1886 visited Mrs. F. G. Beatty at this city and made many friends here, is to be married soon to George Howard, also of San Francisco. J. E. Leopold, who has Marge of the Quaker Hill séction of the main South Yuba ditch, was in town yest rday. The Company’s ditches and flumes are in-fiirst-class condition, having suffered but little damage from the unfavorable weather. Hon. C. W. Cross and James K. Byrne, heretofore associatedtogether in the law business at San Francisco, of the ill health of Mr. Byrne who will go to Europe in hope of regaining’ his strength. Mr. Cross will continue to conduct the business at the Bay. Lou Foote and Tom Grimes, who have been spending their midwinter vacation at the county seat, return todayj to the California mine near Graniteville to resume their positions mill and Mr. Grimes, feeder. The cold weather and scarcity of wood caused the mill to be temporarily shut down, but now the stamps are to begin dropping again. Thomas G. Farrer, the watchmaker and jewler who has for a number of years been engaged in business at this city, takes his departure next Sunday for Fresno City where he has been tendered a remunerative position in one of the leading establishments of that place. “Mr. Farrer is not only a first-class workman of long experience, but he is socially much liked by the people of Nevada City who will be very serry to learn that he is going away. His wife wi in here for the present. ~ Deadwood Mine Leased. Allen Jones, J. W. Harrison, Jesse Lyons, Thomas. Curtis ~ and L. 8. Austin yesterday leased Dead wood quartz mine in Willow Valley for a term of fifteen months and will begin work today. They propose to raise an incline from the drain tunnel to the surface, a distance of ninety feet perpendicularly, and-to-erect hoisting and pumping works. They will also sunk below the tunnel. They will work a newly discovered chute that gives much promise, Frompt Payment. — J. W. Robinson of this city yesterday received from the Supreme Treasurer of the American Legion of Honor a certified check for $3,000,that being the amount in which the life. of his recently deceased wife was insured by the organization. The American Legion of Honor is noted for the promptness with which it pays losses by the death of its members. Good For the Fruit. . B. F. Thomas,~ the fruit dealer, gays that. the cold weather of last week and week before has prevented fruit trees from getting any start in budding, and that if the atmosphere will keep a little cool for three or .four weeks longer big crops can reasonably be expected in the Bartlett pear belt next summer. ; eae Suivon’s cure will immediately renday night resumed work. ° The sno hot melted percepti. doors and tle business streets looked -have.dissolyed_partnership.on-account. whese-present-address-isCarlsbad in there; Mr.-Foote-being-engineer-in the} . that they are meeting with encourag-. lieve Croup, Whooping Cotgh and ment, Champions of the-Red Cross, is now closed, The organization has seventy-five members. The employes of the variouS mines at Grass Valley which had been shut down a little more than two weeks, on bly dbove Mt. Oro which is in Little York township and twelve miles in an easterly direction from this city. The new postmaster and his deputy have got the hang of the business, and the: postoflice maachinery is running as smoothly as a well regulated watch. The salvationists had a slim audience at their outdoor meeting Monday evening. The rain kept most. people inlonely. ; The citizens of Smartsville and vicinnity are regaining their old-time confidence. in the quartz ledges down that way and will do censiderable prospecting this year. The Nevada County Academy has quite an increase in its numbers this term. The pupils say they are well pleased with the scheol and the work they are doing. in the. ~ various branches. sented the Odd Fellows Hall Associas tion with three dozen handsome globes which: greatly improve the appearance of the two -beautiful chandeliers that ornament the Hall. : George Terhune left here this week with a six-horse wagon load of China goods. for Moore’s Flat expecting to get through in three days. He will be the first freighter making the trip for three or four weeks. : John and Henry Horatio Alexander are putting the planked portions of Commercial and Main streets in firstclass condition by removing from them the thick coating of debris that has accumulated during the storm. _ Grass Valley Union: ‘‘Quite a number of Eastern people are in the State who have it incontemplation to visit this county with the view of purchasing lands for improvement, and only await the coming of good weather to make their visits.” J. H. Richards of Chicago, UL, this State, is seeking information as to the Rose brothers, viz: Walter, Norman and John. He thinks they were Nevada countyans some twelve years ago. Their parents in Wisconsin want to hear from them. When the sun rose yesterday morning it shone warm and bright, but there were all day ominous clouds along the> horizon andthe heavens above were flecked with fleecy storm indicators. The clearing up had occurred at about two o'clock in the morning, and the clearing of a storm during the night means that the bad weather is only taking a temporary rest. ee A Worthy Object For Charity. Henry Hurst was for many years an industrious and respected resident of this city, but long continued ill health reduced him to poverty and when he died a few months ago his worthy wife and two children were left penniless. It is to relieve the wants of Mrs. Hurst and her little ones that the ball advertised —in-ancther-celumn_iste be given.on the third of next month, The ladies of Rebekah . Degree report ing success in disposing of tickets, and everything indicates that the party will be largely attended. 5 — eae sees Diplomas Received. {. County. Superintendent Tiffany yesterday received from the State Superintendent educational d plomas granted by. the State Board at its last meeting toMisses Sadie O’Donnell and Bell Millhone of. this city. The diplomas recommend the holder to receive without examination a — grammar grade certificate-from any county in the State of California. ve A Wild Goose Chase. One of the anti-mining spies left this city bright and early y-sterday morning to go to Quaker Hill. As there is no mining going on over there, and no preparations are being made to work the claims, he will have his trip for nothing. : A Chance for Miners. ‘The 600 and 1250 levels at the Providence mine are to each be extended 100 feet.further. Bids are advertised for in another column and will be received up to rext Saturday. From Childhood Upward, +Far beyond middle age, the teeth wil. remain strong and white if standard Sozodont be daily used. The breath ‘. also, often unpleasant in life’s decline}; will continue pure, if this delightfully odorous tooth preservative is persistStenger, > Fannie Holland, Frankie Power. Junior Class, JOM. ‘Hussey, teacher.—Francis Conlan, Aggie O’Connell, Mary Russell, Jos. McGibbons, FlorGodair, Francis O'Neill, Gertie Goyne, John Kistle. Millie Nickless, Haviland Turner, ence Simmons, Ernest Towle, Bertha First Grade, J. G. O’ Neil, teacher.— “Washington district”’ having pretentions to possessing rich gold mines. But now comes a would-be rival. A New York dispatch of Monday thus deséribes it: ‘The Sun has a story of the discovery of gold fifteen miles north of Washington, near the old Mofitgomery mine, which never paid. The new discovery is a very distinct gold vein, running transversely .to the Mr, Pierce of the Gasworks has pre. : Herbert Murchie, Maggie Organ, Mabel Bradley, Ada Rich, Kitty Goyne, Arthur Wolf, Ed. Morgan, Gerald O’Connor. Third Grade, Miss Belle Millhone, teacher.—Lizzie Avery, Carroll Crawrord, Pollie Waters, Alice O’Neil, Bertha Graham, Katie Jones, Thomas Clemo, Lee Garthe, Bessie Hothersall, Nellie Whiting, Beckie Baruh, Clifford McCutchan, Lulu Asiiburn, Kat.e Mooney, Willie Eddy, Lilly Ska-haen,; : Fourth Grade, Miss Mary Hook, teacher.—Jessie Organ, Minnie Kinkead; Mattie Dreyfuss, Katie Kinkead, Bessie Stevens, Bethel Robbins, Nellie Hambleton, Susie Barron; Lelia Murchie, Nellie Hanley, Henry Harris, Elsie. Arbogast, Bertie Belden, Willie Kistle, Philip Scadden. Fifth Grade, W. C. Gray, teacher.— Arnold Angwin, Seraphine Cook, Edna Church, Mamie Daniel, Katie Flewellen, Annie Harding, Joseph Heather, Jessie Hothersall, Helena Kornhammer, Lulu Marsh, James Martin, Eva Murchie,Johnnie O’ Neill, Laura Power, Selina Stephens. Sixth Grade, R. McKeon, teacher.— Maggie Nickless, Fred Hooper, Annie Hocking, Lovell Wells, Carrie Hoskins, Stanley Murehie,— Reuben Tellam, Ida Dyer, Earl Gray, May Tiffany, Lance Mulloy, Willie Grimes. Seventh Grade, Miss Cora Clark, es, Potomac river. Senator Sawyer of Wisconsin and a Philadelphia capitalist have bought 800 aeres of land and intend going into mining on a large scale. One of the investors is authority for the statement that the ore is not only of a high grade, but is reniarkably even In value and as _reliable in this+tatterrespect as. the -famous ores of the Homestake Mine in the Black Hills. The average yicld of gold per ton in the operations thus. far made. with a little stamp mill is about $23 aton. The ore in sight is practically inexhaustible. Of course, there will be some, doubt about the matter in view. of all that has been said-by_ old miners and expert geologists and savants, but men who. have decided to invest in the property have the courage of a good many millions and can afford the experiment. No one on the United States Geological Survey isa believer in the discovery.”’ Washington district in Nevada county, California, need not fear that. its laurels be snatched away by Washington district in the District of Columbia. Culifornia miners generally will smile audibly when they read of the alleged strike on the Potomac. One of them yesterday told the Transoripr that when a young man he had_ lived in the locality of the old Montgomery property mentioned in the dispatch and was very well acquainted with teacher.—Janie Nickless, Mabel Hanley, Mabel Freeman, Joe Kistle, Hattie Vail, Charity Granville, K tie Badger, Moses Dreyfuss, Annie Stevens, Ladis Walling, Jessie Marsh, Lillie Hart, Richard Lutey, Maud Snell, Archie Rowe, Ida Avery, Albert Beckman. Mixed Grade, Mrs. L. A. White, teuacher.—Marion McCrandle, Katie Barron, Annie Seibert, Elva Thomas, Folin Norton, Magyie—feibert, GerFindley, Maggie Allen, ne How a Chinaman Swears. , The latest oath formulated for Chinese witnesses in American courts is as follows: “I swear by the Chinese gods, the foreigners’ god, and the God of heaven and earth, that if Iam a liar in this case my head will be cut off the same as this chicken’s head is cut off, and that I wll be drowned in theocean and never get back to China, While repeating the outh the Chinaman holds a cleaver in his band, with which he s@vers a chieken’s head from the body when he has finished the words, + 2@e+ — A Well Constructed Line. The South Yuba Canal Company’s telephone line which is about twentyfive miles in length and connects the head office at this city with the various stations along the ditches, has not been out of working order during the long spell of severe weather which extends for some distance through a rugged and heavily timbered country where much snows falls, but owing to its substantial construction but little trouble is experienced with it at any time. Oe Birthday Party. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Moyle, who reside near the Narrow Gauge Railroad Depot, on Monday evening gave a birthday party in celebration of their daughter Annie, About thirty guests were present,a nice supper was served, and there was singing, games and other entertainment. Electric Lights Shut Off. The electric street lights at Grass Valley became extinguished -Monday evening after burning half or three quarters of an hour, on accoufit.of the bursting of a pipe’ which cohveyed water to the wheel attached to the dynamo: Notice to Creditors. All persons indebted tome for supgiice purchased at the Plaza Feed tore are requested to call at the Postoffics-and settle their accounts before the same are put intothe bands of a collector. ~j 19 Cau. R. Ciarkg, o~ Wury will you cough when Shiloh’s Cure will give immediate relief. Price 10 cts., 50 cts., and $1, Ask Carr Bros. for it. : , _ Wut you suffer with Dyepepsia and Liver Cumplaint? Shiloh’s Vitalizer is guaranteed to cure you. For sale trude Hampton, Daisy. Collins, Eva has prevailed this month. The line. the ledges of rock there. In his opinjon grindstone making there would pay better than mining. ‘I'll bet a salter has been fooling around there this wir.ter,’’ he remarked, ‘and he has spread a net for suckers.” Growling About the Weather. It is rather hard in most countries to find the weather giving the fullest satisfaction, and Nevada county is no exception to the rule. The perfect weather before Christmas was -objected to, because to get gold, rain is wanted, and fine gold is generally preferred to fine weather. When a really glorious rain commenced satisfaction was expressed on all sides, with considerable confidence in its continuation after so long an abstinence, and although the storin has not abated the glor.ous rain has got mixed up with a . glorious uncertainty. -Perplexing alternations havé setin. It rains, then it sunshines. It hails, then it moonshines. It snows, then it starshines and freezes everything up tight, then what to do. Such an inconstant and inconsistent’ course on the part of the weather, does not meet the approval of the refined and intelligent portion of the people of the county. Even alter all allowances are made to award any great degroe of praise to such proceedings. Andrew Jackson Arrested. — who arrived here a few days ago. from Brandy City, Sierra county, and last week ijserted in tie Datty Transcripr an advertisement warning: the public against letting his wife, Annie L. Jackson, have any goods or money on his account as she had ‘‘left ‘his board and bed’ was. arreste I Monday by constable Dillon on a warrant churging him with threatening her life and asking that he be bound over to keep the peace. The examination has not been set, as the complainant is too ill to attend court. Justice Wadsworth let the accused go on his own recognizance. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. The best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Utcers, Salt Kheum, Fever Sores, fetter, Chapped Hands, . Chilblains, Corns, andall Skin Erupions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. — Lt is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by Carr Bros. tf SEES Suiton’s cough and Consumption cure is sold by us on a guarantee. It Cures consumption. For sale at Carr Bros. 4 eee oe -— Tue Kev. Geo. H. Thayer, of Bourbon, Ind., says: ‘‘Both myself and wife owe our lives to Shiloh’s Consumption Cure.”” For sale at Carr Bros. : ° Lost. Part of a gentleman’s gold watch chain with a locket attached. Please return to this office. : tf \ oa For lame back, side or chest, use ‘Shiloh’s Porous Plaster. ‘relics of the long ago are vavant. the sixty inhabitants who have stayed think as much of the place as ever, and-see in the signs of the times returning prosperity for it. ago they thought they would look into the titles under which they held their homes, and upon doing so found that — they were not firmly established as land owners. So the twenty-seven heads of families there madé applicacation to the Goverment for a townsite patent to about 184 acres, doing this through Superior Judge Walling as: Trustee. granted and a survey ordered. J. G. Hartwell, the—civil_engineer, _went——_down yesterday to begin the survey. When he has it complete. and the boundaries of the various citizens’ land settled, Judge Walling will redeed to-each one his portion. it breaks short off and don’t Anow+ for allow.ible caprice, it is not possible . : —fndrew Jackson, @ colored teansier . -———— == seam. of the foothill citrus belt that the orange groves of Oroville and Thermalito are, have turned their” hydraulic mining machines into ploughshares and their prospecting pans into praning shears. They have gone into the raising of fruits and vegetables, and as a rule vote the Democratic ticket straight. Their town isnot so populous as it was, and many of the buildings that still stand there as But Some time The application has been Aliens as Mine Owners. ‘Senator Stewart, formerly of this city, on Monday reported from the Committee-on Mines and Mining, as a substitute for the bill previously in. troduced by him, the following: “Be it enacted, ete., that the act entitled ‘An act to restrict the ownership of real estate in the Territories; to American citizens, and so forth,’ approved March 3, 1887, be and the same is hereby amended by inserting after Section 4 of the said act the following: “Provided, however, that this Act shall not relate to or in any manner affect the title to mineral lands or the United States, which have been acquired or held under the Mineral Land laws of the United States, nor to mills or other reduction works or property used in the production of metals from said mineral lands or claims, but as to all such mineral lands, mining claims, mills, redaction . works and other praperty, the laws of the United States and of the Territories shall be and remain-the same as though this Act had“ not been passed.’’ Total Eclipse of the Sun. sun next Sunday, the tail end of which will be visible in Eastern. Nevada; California, however, will get left, the moon rising in Sdn Francisco about three minutes after the last phase of the phenomenon, The following time of the phases is given in Pacific standard time, or eight hours from -Greenwich: Moon entera penumbra Ob. 27m. 428.; moon enters shadow lh. 30m. 28s.; total eclipse begins 2h. 30m. 54s, ; middle of eclipse, 3h. 20m. 6s.; total eclipse ends 4h. 9m, 12s. ; moon leaves shadow 5h, 9m. 30s. ; mvon leaves penumbra 6h. 11m. 54s. The magnitude of -the eclipse (the moon’s diumeter equaling 1) equals 1.647. No Damage Near Colfax. Sacramento Bee_of Monday: ‘‘General J.G. Martine returned on yesterday from a tour of investigation of the region about. Colfax, He — declares that the recent cold snap has done little or no damage in that section, and that orange trees trees, young or old, have suffered no material injury. He also reports that the Chicago Colony scheme is thriving, and that before one Justice at Colfax during the past month over 200 filings on land in the colony were certified. It is proposed to’ erect a $25,000 hotel there in the Spring, and it is said that there are mearly eighty men engaged in clearing land.” ~ TueRe are four great accumulated masses of gold in the world—$282,000, 000 in the United States Treasury, 237,000,000 in the National Bank of France, $107,000,000 in the National Bank of Germany, and $100,000,000 in the Bank of England. An old 49er would-be content to sluice outeventhe _ smnallest of these deposits. For the lives of the Miller family, lost in the disaster. at Koutz, the Atlantic Railway ‘Company agrees to pay as follows: For the father, $1,2C0; $100 each, and for the injuries to the surviving boy, Herman, $4,000.¢ = ' Their Business Booming. Probably no one thing has caused such a general revival of trade at Carr Bros.’ Drugstore as their giving away mining claims) in the Territories offor the mother, $500; three children, — vo See ~yiie For sale at . totheir customers of somany free : . Pegg A Aver’s Sarsaparilla is prescribed = ently applied: by. Core Peas, CarrBros, bottles of Dr. King’s N streets of this city: ‘Notice is hereby ferer from catarrh, trying every knows cer os : =? _ . Bronchitis. For sale by Carr Bros. o Tua hacking cough canbe so quick. oo eee for Comtiearlen, eT bap ag tr given that it isthe duty of the under-. remedy without success. With Ely’s recommended by eminent physi ore : ; i u Big given { yor ¢ Y wicnor ‘ ci ate oil aa I 5 Croup, whooping couzh and bron-. ly cured by Shiloh’s Cure. We guar-. A Nasa injector free with each’bot. ply enormous in this very val ar: “+ : signed to enforce it. : Cream Balm I have overcome a disa-. ©!4N8, an taken with perfect safety nave been afflicted with catarrh . ;hjtis immediately relieved by Shiloh’s . antee it. For sale at Carr Pros. tle of Shiloh’s Catarrh Remedy. Price . ticle from the fact that it always curea j25-4t Wx. Eppy, Marshal. . yreeable discharge from the nostrils . by old and young.” Its cleansing and . for two years. Have used two bottles . Cure. At Carr Bros. +00 60 cents. For sale at Carr Bros. and never disappoints. Coughs; ('ol ” : : and am free from pain in my eyes and vitalizing effects are sure and speedy, . of Ely’s Cream Balm and it ‘has com-. wiamkaat ae wcaaes For Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint : ~o Asthma, Bronchitis, om and SueePiess nights, made miorsble head. Ithas given mach satisfaction. . "4 it is universally conceded to be. pletely cured.me of catarrh.—E. G. ot ee — oink re ee Se ee) ie Sai and eveat . tasee) ne ne eenens cbiy owes.2 a the << for you. For sale by . —Wm. A. Booth, Sergeant Troop F . the most effective of a Mond park: . Colebute, Fort Bowls, “Arisone Terr-/¥ er-cocking, £0 conte-a 7) “ot J. J) never faila‘to cure. Ask Carr Bros. Remedy. Price 50 cents. Nasal in. ting a trial bottle free, large sise. §l. Bros. as ‘2nd Cavalry, Fort Custer, M. Fe fiers. tory. 5 Jackson’s. tf . or it. 4000ffree. At Carr Bros. f£very bottle warranted. — : ns i °° < i 5) aoa

pe a Che Drily Transcript. ~~¥uba mine was in town Monday he a pesiyee? ‘ + fa are _ Adiadinsiciaiinlil » mane " WEDNESDAY, JAN, 26, 1888, ee A Remarkable Case. While Superintendent Hare of the had occasion to visit a number of stores to make purchases. of supplies. When he started out on the shopping ‘expedition it was raining hard and he carried with him an umbrella of the vintage of 1885 and showing unmistakable signs of service, but to which he had become strongly attached because of the long time it hid been in his possession. e was pressed for time in making the rounds and it was not till he had finished and returned to > ae AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION. . Wise Measures to Prevent the Spread of Smallpox. ___.'. Nortn Buoomriep, Jan. 22. _ Epiror Transcraret—Much has been said pro and con in reference to smallpox at this place. Let me endeavor to give you a succinct statement how things have been and are here: About December 10th we learned that the dreaded ‘disease had broken out at Sierra City. A few days subsequent, W. Blain, a young man who was born here and whose parents are stillamong us, and one A. P. Clark, came here from that place. Both __‘So you want a reminiscence of the THE FIRST MURDER. Nevada City’s Maiden Killing Scrape— An Aileged Ghost. — olden times in this town, do you?’ remarked Charles McElvy of Ormonde when the Transcript scribe asked him for an item during his recent visit here. “That’s about the size of it.” “Well, what shall it be. Something ghostly and ghastly, or real and horrible ?’’ asked the old pioneer. “Bither.”’ “Pll give you one that is both rea and ghostly then.” Zs PERSONAL MENTION. = Social and Other Notes About People Old and Young. _G. H. Sternes, anti-mining spy, is in town. = = Miss Luvia Ott has been ill for some ten days past. Harry Seymour is ag-in so ill as to be confined to his bed. : J. Doychert, commercial agent from San Francisco, was in town yesterday. J. R. Paimer returned yesterday to Poorman’s creek where he is superintending a mine. Wm. Rooney, of Dubuque, Iowa, is visiting his brother-in-law, Patrick ABriet Record of Various Minor Local HERE AND THERE. Happenings. ——Deer.creek still rising. Light frost night before last. Some of the street crossings about town are held down by more mud than shouldbe the case. For the 24 hours ending at 9 o’¢lock yesterday. morning .75 of an inch of rain fell at this city, making 22 inches for the season. Robert B. Tremaine, a native of England, was naturalized yesterday on the testimony of Hugh McCauley and Charles Grimes. ; AT THE HEAD. Pupils of the City Schools Who-Have Won; Distinction. % soe Following are the rolls of honor of the several classes of the Nevada City public schools: . Senior Class, T. B. Gray, teacher.— Minnie Lester, Maggie Hutchison, Nettie Hackley, Jénnie White, Mollie Rosenthal, May Ashburn, Lonie Woodruff, Flora Miller, Nettie. Breed, “Minnie MecNeeley,, Rachel Morgan, Bert bickerman, George Legg. Middly Class, B. F. Hedden, teacher.—Julia Hook, Lillie O’Connell, Bertha Webber, Lizzie Richards, May TELL IT TO MARINES. An Alléged Gold Mine in the Shadow of the National Capital, Washington district along the hiead. waters of the South Yuba river in this county is one of the richest gold miring sections in the world. Its gravel deposits which have been. worked since 1850 or thereabout have yielded hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of the royal metal, and its complicated network of quartz ledges, only a few of which have been but partially developed, have returned incredible quantities of the same desideratum. Heretofore that locality has enjoyed Te AFTER MANY DAYS. ve The Residents of Mooney Flat Perfecting the Title to Their Homes. _ Mooney Fiat, in the western part ofRough & Ready township and just south of the South Yuba river, is one of the most venerable towns of this county. In early times it was a thriving mining camp, and-a worthy rival. of the neighboring town of Timbuctoo which has been immortalized in poetry by t.e very precocious school boy who went hunting down ‘hat. wa with his friend Tim. , : Of late years the people of Mooney Flat, who are located in the -ame were apparently in good health, but} Mr. McElvy settled back into his . Riley, of Grass Valley. The charter of Manzanita Encamp . Goyne, Adele Dunnicliff,Jennie White, . the distiaction of deing the only onimmnon-fomnof histheart with a man who had __by a frown of suspicion. Legg & 7 dared them to dislodge her. the hotel that he suddenly realized he and his faithful weather protector had in some mysterious manner become . Beparated. He sat down and tried to remember where they were last together, but it was no use. Every other incident of the afternoon came back to him with the greatest distinct . 509 yar: ness, but on this most important point . his mind was a bewildering blank. He resolved to retrace his steps and make a desperate effort to recover the treasure. He first went to the last store he had visited and said to the clerk he thought he had left his umbrella there. The clerk looked at him as though he sympathised to the botfrom any cause been siezed with such an hallucination. He ‘whirled and went away without.waiting for further answer. He went to stoie after store, making a similar remark; but every° where he met with no response unless it was to be laughed at as the funniest joker of the season or else be crushed Shaw’s was the first store he had made.a purchase at'in the afternoon, and now it was the only one he had not visited. He registered an inward_ vow that if he did not find his property there he would never again trust himself or his in the hands of the Modern Athenians. Setting his teeth firmly « “‘her, and with his mind made up to stand without a murmur the loss which he was now sure was irretriévable, he strode through the _ door with a calm exterior but tempestuous emotions. The first thing that his vision fell upon was. hissambrella Jeaning against ‘the counter -It had stood there four hours waiting for somebody to borrow it; but it had waited in vain for the owner’s name was carved on the handle. Mrs. Fitzimmons Wins. Mrs. Fitzimmons-Smith, whose ex perience during her residence at this city was not of the pleavantest kind because of the combativeness of her dispositivh and the consequent frequency with which she became entangled inthe meshes of the law, has been} Judge Walling has re. P088! heard from, ceived a letter from her. It is but fair to the Judge to explain that. it is nothing more than a business letter. Among other things, she writes that . #8¢ in’ her legal controversy: with the county of Kern she knocked out her opponent in one round. As before stated in this paper, she bought a lot in the new town of Delano. Alter she got it the-authorities erected a branch “jail on the lot.” She waited till they had it completed, then one night mov-d into it and taking possession They made two or three bluffs at her, but she continued to hold the fort. Then the dispute got into court and the result is that she is declared the owner of both lot and jail. Nevada county people generally manage to take vare of their own interests wherever they go. Even the landsharks of Southern California fight shy of them after one or two encounters. a Superior Court. The following business was transacted inthe Superior Court yesterEstate of L. Hyman, insolvent debtor. Motion to settle fees of attorneys for creditors denied. Account of assignee ‘settled and allowed. Cornelius Sullivan vs. Grass Valley Quartz M. and M. Co, Judgment for plaintiff for $56, $1 allowed for recording lien and $30 for plaintiff's attorney fees. : : Estate of Harriett N. Robinson, deedased. . February 13th fixed as date to hear petition for probate of will. Institute Notes. E. E. Leake, Grand Lecturer, will visit the Young Men’s Institute at: Grass Valley Saturday night and at this city Sunday night. Thete will be at the meeting here some literary and musical exercises by. the members in addition to the address by him. “ Mrs. Sweeney, President of Young Ladies’ Institute No. 1 at San Francisco, will on Saturday evening organize the Young Ladies’ Institute at Grass Valley and on Sunday evening will perform the same duty for the Nevada City branch. Suit to Quiet Title. Robert Berriman by his attorney, A. Burrows, yesterday began a suit in the Superior Court against Patrick Hawkins to quiet title toa tract of agricultural land situated near the old Colfax road three miles below Grass ; Valley. = Notice. There is i. ordinance prohibiting the emptying of ashes on the planked }J. Ostrom, of our town, hastened. to ‘” Healta were looked upon with aneye of suspicion. After the lapse of some ten or fifteen days, Mr. Blain was. taken down sick and five or six days therealter his disease was declared to be Smallpox. He was then ‘at his own home. The building is situated about is from, and at an elevation of about 100 feet above this town, and about one-third the distance to and on the road to the Derbec. When the disease was made known; the entire family consisting of Mr. and Mrs. Blaine, Sr., their daughter Matilda and Mr. and Mrs. Morrison (nee Delphine Blaine) immediately and voluntarily quarantined themselves, and none had intercourse with them except Dr. Manson who attended the case. Every precautionary measure was.at once adopted.to prevent the disease spreading, and the scare. was rapidly subsiding when the news, came of Blain’s death. Immediately thereafter came word that Mr. Galavoiti of the Derbec mine was taken down withthe same-disease. The publicmind was electrified and the scare intensified to a greater degree than ever. At the suggestion of many, Nevada City to ascertain from the Board of Supervisors, then in session, what action could be taken to suppress, if possible, the further spread of the disease. Our townsman, Owen Penrose, _-was--appointed Deputy Health Officer (a better one than whom could not have been chosen.) He celled a meeting of the citizens of North Bloomfield for the exchange of views and ideas on the subject. A desire was manifest that our Health Officer take every precautionary measure in the premises. He therefore posted the following notice : Notice to the Public generally and tothe residents of North Bloomfield and Derbec in. particular.—I have been appointed Health Otticer of this section, for the purpose of preventing as far as possible the spreading of that dread disease, snaallpox, and other contagious diseases and in furtherance thereof [I cali on all to aid and assist me and earnestly request your compliance with the following rules: That all persons avoid as much as ble commingling together or visiting the sick, That no meetings of secret societies be held. That no person, regardless of sex or , now resident at Derbec, come to North Bloomfield, except those leaving the county, and those seeking medical aid, unless in answer by process of any Court duly served, or seeking relief and protection therefrom, and in these cases to return to their home immediately on conclusion of their business. That all persons not ‘Yésidents of Derbec will refrain from . v.siting said place until such restriction is removed by the Health Officer, herein stated: The team: and driver of Crandall & McKillican, of O’Connor & Morriaon, of Helwig & Co., and then only once a day, for the purpose of deliverin and taking orders; all nedlont practitioners attending patients, spiritual advisers if called to attend the sick, peac® officers in actual discharge of their duties, and such others only, as havea permit signed or countersigned by ine. That‘all boys under sixtéen years of age be prohibited from entering any saloon at either place under any pretext whatever; that all children ander fourteen years of age be net allowed on the streets of North Bloomfield after the hour of 7:30 P. M., except on actual “These rules-are subject to be amended as occasicn may require. Due notice will be given. I trust these rules ‘will meet with a ready compliance by all and if such is the case, it will I hope preventthe adoption of more stringent measures; but of this rest assured I shall do my whole duty in the premises without fear or favor of any. : ‘ Respectfully, Owen Penrose, fficer for North Bloomfield District. Everybody seemed to acquiesce thereto. Mr. Galavotti has had a very light grade of the disease, so reported, and is now up and about, but confines himself strictly to his own premises. Ed. Cummings; Jr., has been sick several days, but hi: vase is declared to be measles, a disease which has been quite prevalent here among the children for quite a while before this other scare came upon us. The Blain family have destroyed a large amount of clothing, are fumigating the premises thoroughly gnd doing everything necessary to eradicate all germ of the disease as faras in their power lies; and as all others here are apparently well at this writing, and a gentle and steady rain has taken the place of severe frost, it is to be hoped that our trouble, as far as infectious diseases are concerned, are at an.end. ‘Our Health Officer ie, however, keenly on the tookout, and should occasion require it, will, I feel assured, do bis whole duty to protect us within and‘all without the boundaries of his district. Yours truly, ; James Marniorr. rae a eR! . For many years I have been a suf-torn-down-to-the—-waist;-exposing-a (due notice will be posted) except asf} chair and commenced to talk. He spoke in a quiet, matter-of-fact way at first, but as the tale was unfolded link by link he became intense in the sty'e of his delivery and at times dramatic in action. “T do not desire to try to secure or terrify any persons, especially women or children, living in Nevada City; but the story that I am about to relate possibly may have the effect of causing some of the more timid residents now living on the west side of lower Broad street, immediatuly below the National Hotel, to quake in their bovts-and imagine that they. can both see and hear ghosts and goblins prowling around their back yards and kitchens during dark nights. Perhaps it would have been just as well or even-the better policy not. to have aid anything on the subject of graveyards, ghosts or dead’ men’s bones at this late day. Yet not to have done so. would be like leaving a blank page in the future history of the Queen City: of the northern Bartlett_pear_—belt._ But back to the thread of my story. Not a great distance below the National Hotel there is at present .anold graveyard used for that purpose till the fall of 1850, when it was abandoned as a burial place. The marks of the graves are now all obliterate and Ido not believe that tipre a any persons yet living who locate the exact place. It is not however far from a point back and south of John I. Caldwell’s law office. The‘ last person buried at that place was the victim of the first foul ‘murder that was committed in Nevada City up to that time from:its first settlement. A short account of the murder and the cause that led to it is substantially as follows: Cn the 5th day of September, 1850, at about 6 o’clock in the evening, as I was wending my way up Main street for the first time, and when I had reached a point just about opposite the center of the Union Hotel as it now stands, I heard a couple of pistol shots go pop, pop, in quick succession, when almost at the same instant there came rushing out of a gambling house two or three hundred men like a terrified flock of sheep, get out first. After all had escaped from the building where the shooting tock place, I asked one of the men what caused the stampede. His reply was, ‘There is a dead man in there.’ I went into the building to see. for myself, and found a dead man there sure enough. The body was resting on its left side with the shirt front large bullet, hole in the right breast close to the nipple. Such a wound must have caused death almost instantaneously. No attempt -was made to arrest the murderer. He quietly walked out at the front door through a large crowd standing on the outside, across Big Deer creek and down towards the mouth of Gold Run, where he waited till after dark. Si. Brown then took a horse to him and he went to Sacramento. About a year later he was murdered there in a manner similar to that in which he had killed the man here. His name was McAllister. The name of the murdered man was Fennéssee. The over a game at cards. McAllister was running a big faro game. Fennessee was ‘bucking’ at: it. Luck went against him and he got broke. He became incensed at the refusfl and spoke roughly. McAllister retorted, After some tighting language on both sides McAllister drew a pistol and fired two shots. The first went~-wide of its mark. The second reached a vital place. Next day the body of Fennessee was buried in the old graveyard just below the National. Of course wé know there is nothing in such yarns, but I have heard superstitious old-timers who knew the murdered man in his lifetime say they were portion of Broad street near the old burying ground seen a mist-liLe form and face that looked mightily like him hovering around that locality.’*Distinguished Divines Coming. co, and Rev. J. H. Warren, D. D., Superintendent of Home Mi California and Nevada, wi morning and evening services at the ley, on Sunday, February 5th. Grass Valley ‘Society Note. ly.” : ———E—EEE J.©. Donnelly: arrived here night Addie , Sale liquor firm he travels for. every one-tryingto-see“whieh-could4 shooting was the result of a quarrel. sure they had in passing along that: Rev. C. Barrows, D. D., of the First Congregational Church, San Francisions for old Congregational Church in Grass ValSays the Tidings of Wednesday. evening: ‘‘A married couple who do not live together made a circus of themselves‘yesterday on the streets. Charges and counter-charges, choice billingsgate, etc., were bandied freebefore last in the interest*of the wholeMrs. W. F. Englebright, who has been suffering from a very long and severe illness, is regaining her health. ’ Sree Gus. Naffziger, a Nevada City young gentleman who has many friends here, is book-keeping in a hotel at Denver. : E. K. Smart, connected with the business department of Towle Brothers lumber enterprise, was in town yesterday. John <Aninch, proprietor of the Auburn and Forest Hill stage line, arrived here Monday evening and leit yesterday. G.’E. Brand, T. 8S. Stevens and Henry Ruth were on Monday evening installed as Trustees of Court Garfield, A. O. F. Mrs. R. H. Sink, wife of the Congregational pastor at Grass Valley, who has been quite ill for some days; . is now recevering. c J. J. Ott, the assayer, has been Iaid up for two or three days with a rheumatic attack in the feet, but was able to be at his place of business yesteay. A. P. Clark-was down from QuakerHill yesterday He says the snow has pn ag igpaeas from his locality, only a few patches remaining Lheré and there. Mrs. W.8H. Pond will tomorrow return to her home at San Francisco, being accompanied by her daughter, Mrs. Fred Searls, who will remain awhile at the Bay as her guest. Miss Nettie Schmiedell, of San Francisco, who in the summer of 1886 visited Mrs. F. G. Beatty at this city and made many friends here, is to be married soon to George Howard, also of San Francisco.

J. E. Leopold, who has Marge of the Quaker Hill séction of the main South Yuba ditch, was in town yest rday. The Company’s ditches and flumes are in-fiirst-class condition, having suffered but little damage from the unfavorable weather. Hon. C. W. Cross and James K. Byrne, heretofore associatedtogether in the law business at San Francisco, of the ill health of Mr. Byrne who will go to Europe in hope of regaining’ his strength. Mr. Cross will continue to conduct the business at the Bay. Lou Foote and Tom Grimes, who have been spending their midwinter vacation at the county seat, return todayj to the California mine near Graniteville to resume their positions mill and Mr. Grimes, feeder. The cold weather and scarcity of wood caused the mill to be temporarily shut down, but now the stamps are to begin dropping again. Thomas G. Farrer, the watchmaker and jewler who has for a number of years been engaged in business at this city, takes his departure next Sunday for Fresno City where he has been tendered a remunerative position in one of the leading establishments of that place. “Mr. Farrer is not only a first-class workman of long experience, but he is socially much liked by the people of Nevada City who will be very serry to learn that he is going away. His wife wi in here for the present. ~ Deadwood Mine Leased. Allen Jones, J. W. Harrison, Jesse Lyons, Thomas. Curtis ~ and L. 8. Austin yesterday leased Dead wood quartz mine in Willow Valley for a term of fifteen months and will begin work today. They propose to raise an incline from the drain tunnel to the surface, a distance of ninety feet perpendicularly, and-to-erect hoisting and pumping works. They will also sunk below the tunnel. They will work a newly discovered chute that gives much promise, Frompt Payment. — J. W. Robinson of this city yesterday received from the Supreme Treasurer of the American Legion of Honor a certified check for $3,000,that being the amount in which the life. of his recently deceased wife was insured by the organization. The American Legion of Honor is noted for the promptness with which it pays losses by the death of its members. Good For the Fruit. . B. F. Thomas,~ the fruit dealer, gays that. the cold weather of last week and week before has prevented fruit trees from getting any start in budding, and that if the atmosphere will keep a little cool for three or .four weeks longer big crops can reasonably be expected in the Bartlett pear belt next summer. ; eae Suivon’s cure will immediately renday night resumed work. ° The sno hot melted percepti. doors and tle business streets looked -have.dissolyed_partnership.on-account. whese-present-address-isCarlsbad in there; Mr.-Foote-being-engineer-in the} . that they are meeting with encourag-. lieve Croup, Whooping Cotgh and ment, Champions of the-Red Cross, is now closed, The organization has seventy-five members. The employes of the variouS mines at Grass Valley which had been shut down a little more than two weeks, on bly dbove Mt. Oro which is in Little York township and twelve miles in an easterly direction from this city. The new postmaster and his deputy have got the hang of the business, and the: postoflice maachinery is running as smoothly as a well regulated watch. The salvationists had a slim audience at their outdoor meeting Monday evening. The rain kept most. people inlonely. ; The citizens of Smartsville and vicinnity are regaining their old-time confidence. in the quartz ledges down that way and will do censiderable prospecting this year. The Nevada County Academy has quite an increase in its numbers this term. The pupils say they are well pleased with the scheol and the work they are doing. in the. ~ various branches.. sented the Odd Fellows Hall Associas tion with three dozen handsome globes which: greatly improve the appearance of the two -beautiful chandeliers that ornament the Hall. : George Terhune left here this week with a six-horse wagon load of China goods. for Moore’s Flat expecting to get through in three days. He will be the first freighter making the trip for three or four weeks. : John and Henry Horatio Alexander are putting the planked portions of Commercial and Main streets in firstclass condition by removing from them the thick coating of debris that has accumulated during the storm. _ Grass Valley Union: ‘‘Quite a number of Eastern people are in the State who have it incontemplation to visit this county with the view of purchasing lands for improvement, and only await the coming of good weather to make their visits.” J. H. Richards of Chicago, UL, this State, is seeking information as to the Rose brothers, viz: Walter, Norman and John. He thinks they were Nevada countyans some twelve years ago. Their parents in Wisconsin want to hear from them. When the sun rose yesterday morning it shone warm and bright, but there were all day ominous clouds along the> horizon andthe heavens above were flecked with fleecy storm indicators. The clearing up had occurred at about two o'clock in the morning, and the clearing of a storm during the night means that the bad weather is only taking a temporary rest. ee A Worthy Object For Charity. Henry Hurst was for many years an industrious and respected resident of this city, but long continued ill health reduced him to poverty and when he died a few months ago his worthy wife and two children were left penniless. It is to relieve the wants of Mrs. Hurst and her little ones that the ball advertised —in-ancther-celumn_iste be given.on the third of next month, The ladies of Rebekah . Degree report ing success in disposing of tickets, and everything indicates that the party will be largely attended. 5 — eae sees Diplomas Received. {. County. Superintendent Tiffany yesterday received from the State Superintendent educational d plomas granted by. the State Board at its last meeting toMisses Sadie O’Donnell and Bell Millhone of. this city. The diplomas recommend the holder to receive without examination a — grammar grade certificate-from any county in the State of California. ve A Wild Goose Chase. One of the anti-mining spies left this city bright and early y-sterday morning to go to Quaker Hill. As there is no mining going on over there, and no preparations are being made to work the claims, he will have his trip for nothing. : A Chance for Miners. ‘The 600 and 1250 levels at the Providence mine are to each be extended 100 feet.further. Bids are advertised for in another column and will be received up to rext Saturday. From Childhood Upward, +Far beyond middle age, the teeth wil. remain strong and white if standard Sozodont be daily used. The breath ‘. also, often unpleasant in life’s decline}; will continue pure, if this delightfully odorous tooth preservative is persistStenger, > Fannie Holland, Frankie Power. Junior Class, JOM. ‘Hussey, teacher.—Francis Conlan, Aggie O’Connell, Mary Russell, Jos. McGibbons, FlorGodair, Francis O'Neill, Gertie Goyne, John Kistle. Millie Nickless, Haviland Turner, ence Simmons, Ernest Towle, Bertha First Grade, J. G. O’ Neil, teacher.— “Washington district”’ having pretentions to possessing rich gold mines. But now comes a would-be rival. A New York dispatch of Monday thus deséribes it: ‘The Sun has a story of the discovery of gold fifteen miles north of Washington, near the old Mofitgomery mine, which never paid. The new discovery is a very distinct gold vein, running transversely .to the Mr, Pierce of the Gasworks has pre. : Herbert Murchie, Maggie Organ, Mabel Bradley, Ada Rich, Kitty Goyne, Arthur Wolf, Ed. Morgan, Gerald O’Connor. Third Grade, Miss Belle Millhone, teacher.—Lizzie Avery, Carroll Crawrord, Pollie Waters, Alice O’Neil, Bertha Graham, Katie Jones, Thomas Clemo, Lee Garthe, Bessie Hothersall, Nellie Whiting, Beckie Baruh, Clifford McCutchan, Lulu Asiiburn, Kat.e Mooney, Willie Eddy, Lilly Ska-haen,; : Fourth Grade, Miss Mary Hook, teacher.—Jessie Organ, Minnie Kinkead; Mattie Dreyfuss, Katie Kinkead, Bessie Stevens, Bethel Robbins, Nellie Hambleton, Susie Barron; Lelia Murchie, Nellie Hanley, Henry Harris, Elsie. Arbogast, Bertie Belden, Willie Kistle, Philip Scadden. Fifth Grade, W. C. Gray, teacher.— Arnold Angwin, Seraphine Cook, Edna Church, Mamie Daniel, Katie Flewellen, Annie Harding, Joseph Heather, Jessie Hothersall, Helena Kornhammer, Lulu Marsh, James Martin, Eva Murchie,Johnnie O’ Neill, Laura Power, Selina Stephens. Sixth Grade, R. McKeon, teacher.— Maggie Nickless, Fred Hooper, Annie Hocking, Lovell Wells, Carrie Hoskins, Stanley Murehie,— Reuben Tellam, Ida Dyer, Earl Gray, May Tiffany, Lance Mulloy, Willie Grimes. Seventh Grade, Miss Cora Clark, es, Potomac river. Senator Sawyer of Wisconsin and a Philadelphia capitalist have bought 800 aeres of land and intend going into mining on a large scale. One of the investors is authority for the statement that the ore is not only of a high grade, but is reniarkably even In value and as _reliable in this+tatterrespect as. the -famous ores of the Homestake Mine in the Black Hills. The average yicld of gold per ton in the operations thus. far made. with a little stamp mill is about $23 aton. The ore in sight is practically inexhaustible. Of course, there will be some, doubt about the matter in view. of all that has been said-by_ old miners and expert geologists and savants, but men who. have decided to invest in the property have the courage of a good many millions and can afford the experiment. No one on the United States Geological Survey isa believer in the discovery.”’ Washington district in Nevada county, California, need not fear that. its laurels be snatched away by Washington district in the District of Columbia. Culifornia miners generally will smile audibly when they read of the alleged strike on the Potomac. One of them yesterday told the Transoripr that when a young man he had_ lived in the locality of the old Montgomery property mentioned in the dispatch and was very well acquainted with teacher.—Janie Nickless, Mabel Hanley, Mabel Freeman, Joe Kistle, Hattie Vail, Charity Granville, K tie Badger, Moses Dreyfuss, Annie Stevens, Ladis Walling, Jessie Marsh, Lillie Hart, Richard Lutey, Maud Snell, Archie Rowe, Ida Avery, Albert Beckman. Mixed Grade, Mrs. L. A. White, teuacher.—Marion McCrandle, Katie Barron, Annie Seibert, Elva Thomas, Folin Norton, Magyie—feibert, GerFindley, Maggie Allen, ne How a Chinaman Swears. , The latest oath formulated for Chinese witnesses in American courts is as follows: “I swear by the Chinese gods, the foreigners’ god, and the God of heaven and earth, that if Iam a liar in this case my head will be cut off the same as this chicken’s head is cut off, and that I wll be drowned in theocean and never get back to China, While repeating the outh the Chinaman holds a cleaver in his band, with which he s@vers a chieken’s head from the body when he has finished the words, + 2@e+ — A Well Constructed Line. The South Yuba Canal Company’s telephone line which is about twentyfive miles in length and connects the head office at this city with the various stations along the ditches, has not been out of working order during the long spell of severe weather which extends for some distance through a rugged and heavily timbered country where much snows falls, but owing to its substantial construction but little trouble is experienced with it at any time. Oe Birthday Party. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Moyle, who reside near the Narrow Gauge Railroad Depot, on Monday evening gave a birthday party in celebration of their daughter Annie, About thirty guests were present,a nice supper was served, and there was singing, games and other entertainment. Electric Lights Shut Off. The electric street lights at Grass Valley became extinguished -Monday evening after burning half or three quarters of an hour, on accoufit.of the bursting of a pipe’ which cohveyed water to the wheel attached to the dynamo: Notice to Creditors. All persons indebted tome for supgiice purchased at the Plaza Feed tore are requested to call at the Postoffics-and settle their accounts before the same are put intothe bands of a collector. ~j 19 Cau. R. Ciarkg, o~ Wury will you cough when Shiloh’s Cure will give immediate relief. Price 10 cts., 50 cts., and $1, Ask Carr Bros. for it. : , _ Wut you suffer with Dyepepsia and Liver Cumplaint? Shiloh’s Vitalizer is guaranteed to cure you. For sale trude Hampton, Daisy. Collins, Eva has prevailed this month. The line. the ledges of rock there. In his opinjon grindstone making there would pay better than mining. ‘I'll bet a salter has been fooling around there this wir.ter,’’ he remarked, ‘and he has spread a net for suckers.” Growling About the Weather. It is rather hard in most countries to find the weather giving the fullest satisfaction, and Nevada county is no exception to the rule. The perfect weather before Christmas was -objected to, because to get gold, rain is wanted, and fine gold is generally preferred to fine weather. When a really glorious rain commenced satisfaction was expressed on all sides, with considerable confidence in its continuation after so long an abstinence, and although the storin has not abated the glor.ous rain has got mixed up with a . glorious uncertainty. -Perplexing alternations havé setin. It rains, then it sunshines. It hails, then it moonshines. It snows, then it starshines and freezes everything up tight, then what to do. Such an inconstant and inconsistent’ course on the part of the weather, does not meet the approval of the refined and intelligent portion of the people of the county. Even alter all allowances are made to award any great degroe of praise to such proceedings. Andrew Jackson Arrested. — who arrived here a few days ago. from Brandy City, Sierra county, and last week ijserted in tie Datty Transcripr an advertisement warning: the public against letting his wife, Annie L. Jackson, have any goods or money on his account as she had ‘‘left ‘his board and bed’ was. arreste I Monday by constable Dillon on a warrant churging him with threatening her life and asking that he be bound over to keep the peace. The examination has not been set, as the complainant is too ill to attend court. Justice Wadsworth let the accused go on his own recognizance. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. The best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Utcers, Salt Kheum, Fever Sores, fetter, Chapped Hands, . Chilblains, Corns, andall Skin Erupions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. — Lt is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by Carr Bros. tf SEES Suiton’s cough and Consumption cure is sold by us on a guarantee. It Cures consumption. For sale at Carr Bros. 4 eee oe -— Tue Kev. Geo. H. Thayer, of Bourbon, Ind., says: ‘‘Both myself and wife owe our lives to Shiloh’s Consumption Cure.”” For sale at Carr Bros. : ° Lost. Part of a gentleman’s gold watch chain with a locket attached. Please return to this office. : tf \ oa For lame back, side or chest, use ‘Shiloh’s Porous Plaster. ‘relics of the long ago are vavant. the sixty inhabitants who have stayed think as much of the place as ever, and-see in the signs of the times returning prosperity for it. ago they thought they would look into the titles under which they held their homes, and upon doing so found that — they were not firmly established as land owners. So the twenty-seven heads of families there madé applicacation to the Goverment for a townsite patent to about 184 acres, doing this through Superior Judge Walling as: Trustee. granted and a survey ordered. J. G. Hartwell, the—civil_engineer, _went——_down yesterday to begin the survey. When he has it complete. and the boundaries of the various citizens’ land settled, Judge Walling will redeed to-each one his portion. it breaks short off and don’t Anow+ for allow.ible caprice, it is not possible . : —fndrew Jackson, @ colored teansier . -———— == seam. of the foothill citrus belt that the orange groves of Oroville and Thermalito are, have turned their” hydraulic mining machines into ploughshares and their prospecting pans into praning shears. They have gone into the raising of fruits and vegetables, and as a rule vote the Democratic ticket straight. Their town isnot so populous as it was, and many of the buildings that still stand there as But Some time The application has been Aliens as Mine Owners. ‘Senator Stewart, formerly of this city, on Monday reported from the Committee-on Mines and Mining, as a substitute for the bill previously in. troduced by him, the following: “Be it enacted, ete., that the act entitled ‘An act to restrict the ownership of real estate in the Territories; to American citizens, and so forth,’ approved March 3, 1887, be and the same is hereby amended by inserting after Section 4 of the said act the following: “Provided, however, that this Act shall not relate to or in any manner affect the title to mineral lands or the United States, which have been acquired or held under the Mineral Land laws of the United States, nor to mills or other reduction works or property used in the production of metals from said mineral lands or claims, but as to all such mineral lands, mining claims, mills, redaction . works and other praperty, the laws of the United States and of the Territories shall be and remain-the same as though this Act had“ not been passed.’’ Total Eclipse of the Sun. sun next Sunday, the tail end of which will be visible in Eastern. Nevada; California, however, will get left, the moon rising in Sdn Francisco about three minutes after the last phase of the phenomenon, The following time of the phases is given in Pacific standard time, or eight hours from -Greenwich: Moon entera penumbra Ob. 27m. 428.; moon enters shadow lh. 30m. 28s.; total eclipse begins 2h. 30m. 54s, ; middle of eclipse, 3h. 20m. 6s.; total eclipse ends 4h. 9m, 12s. ; moon leaves shadow 5h, 9m. 30s. ; mvon leaves penumbra 6h. 11m. 54s. The magnitude of -the eclipse (the moon’s diumeter equaling 1) equals 1.647. No Damage Near Colfax. Sacramento Bee_of Monday: ‘‘General J.G. Martine returned on yesterday from a tour of investigation of the region about. Colfax, He — declares that the recent cold snap has done little or no damage in that section, and that orange trees trees, young or old, have suffered no material injury. He also reports that the Chicago Colony scheme is thriving, and that before one Justice at Colfax during the past month over 200 filings on land in the colony were certified. It is proposed to’ erect a $25,000 hotel there in the Spring, and it is said that there are mearly eighty men engaged in clearing land.” ~ TueRe are four great accumulated masses of gold in the world—$282,000, 000 in the United States Treasury, 237,000,000 in the National Bank of France, $107,000,000 in the National Bank of Germany, and $100,000,000 in the Bank of England. An old 49er would-be content to sluice outeventhe _ smnallest of these deposits. For the lives of the Miller family, lost in the disaster. at Koutz, the Atlantic Railway ‘Company agrees to pay as follows: For the father, $1,2C0; $100 each, and for the injuries to the surviving boy, Herman, $4,000.¢ = ' Their Business Booming. Probably no one thing has caused such a general revival of trade at Carr Bros.’ Drugstore as their giving away mining claims) in the Territories offor the mother, $500; three children, — vo See ~yiie For sale at . totheir customers of somany free : . Pegg A Aver’s Sarsaparilla is prescribed = ently applied: by. Core Peas, CarrBros, bottles of Dr. King’s N streets of this city: ‘Notice is hereby ferer from catarrh, trying every knows cer os : =? _ . Bronchitis. For sale by Carr Bros. o Tua hacking cough canbe so quick. oo eee for Comtiearlen, eT bap ag tr given that it isthe duty of the under-. remedy without success. With Ely’s recommended by eminent physi ore : ; i u Big given { yor ¢ Y wicnor ‘ ci ate oil aa I 5 Croup, whooping couzh and bron-. ly cured by Shiloh’s Cure. We guar-. A Nasa injector free with each’bot. ply enormous in this very val ar: “+ : signed to enforce it. : Cream Balm I have overcome a disa-. ©!4N8, an taken with perfect safety nave been afflicted with catarrh . ;hjtis immediately relieved by Shiloh’s . antee it. For sale at Carr Pros. tle of Shiloh’s Catarrh Remedy. Price . ticle from the fact that it always curea j25-4t Wx. Eppy, Marshal. . yreeable discharge from the nostrils . by old and young.” Its cleansing and . for two years. Have used two bottles . Cure. At Carr Bros. +00 60 cents. For sale at Carr Bros. and never disappoints. Coughs; ('ol ” : : and am free from pain in my eyes and vitalizing effects are sure and speedy, . of Ely’s Cream Balm and it ‘has com-. wiamkaat ae wcaaes For Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint : ~o Asthma, Bronchitis, om and SueePiess nights, made miorsble head. Ithas given mach satisfaction. . "4 it is universally conceded to be. pletely cured.me of catarrh.—E. G. ot ee — oink re ee Se ee) ie Sai and eveat . tasee) ne ne eenens cbiy owes.2 a the << for you. For sale by . —Wm. A. Booth, Sergeant Troop F . the most effective of a Mond park: . Colebute, Fort Bowls, “Arisone Terr-/¥ er-cocking, £0 conte-a 7) “ot J. J) never faila‘to cure. Ask Carr Bros. Remedy. Price 50 cents. Nasal in. ting a trial bottle free, large sise. §l. Bros. as ‘2nd Cavalry, Fort Custer, M. Fe fiers. tory. 5 Jackson’s. tf . or it. 4000ffree. At Carr Bros. f£very bottle warranted. — : ns i °° < i 5) aoa