January 26, 1889 (4 pages)

PTET a elses pater, pe Bir Daily Bexnserpt. SATURD. AY; JAN, 26, 1889. Home Seekers Heading This Way A Tax-Payer Speake. 4 Nevdna Orry, Jan. 25th, 1889. torney Long has given a string of advice and opinijns to the Hon. Board of Supervisors in the matter of Sheriff Lord and foreign fees. He might have “ gone a little further and shown up other derelictions, Subdivision 5 of {among other things) to collect debts, fines, penalties, etc.,occurring in his county. Why did not Mr. Long collect a fine of. $30 imposed upon him (Long) for contempt in Justice Wadsopinion would be worth a great deal more if he would clear his own skirts of some of the charges made against him. , Some of the tax-payers would ever paid into the county treasury during his four years of office, under Subdivision 5 of Section 4256, Political due this county, the District Attorney should take prompt measures to collectthe same, In the same spirit and with the same justice to all, if Mr. ‘Long owes the county anything the District Attorney should also collect it. I hope the District Attorney will eall on Judge Wadsworth and see if there is not a judgment entered against the ex-District Attorney, and if 89, proceed at once to collect it. Yours Truly, The Hotel de Neagle, in tf base-. night for the reception of lodgers, Mied at North Bloomficida. twenty years and a daughter of Mrs. er's home, of consumption., The fuo’clock. Miss Turner had for several years been an invalid, and until .a year ago resided with an aunt at San Francisco. and some are becoming convalescent. the Golden State, and who died a few Hill. hoisting and pumpieg works broke . Friday, It will take several. days to: replace it, and in the meantime all of the men employed in sinking ‘ the shaft will be out of employment. the Superior Court against the Nevada How often do we hear of the sudden and fatal termination of a case of croup, when a young life might have been saved by the prompt use of Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral. Almanac for the new year is out. Get one. vate school and ties for ‘Will receive children of four years u » Houré from past ni half pust two. Terms 50 cents per we ee Tha best Belvo ta Pao pall on Cita, CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. In conversation with a Sacramento Record-Union reporter, George E. __ Horton Transcaret—Ex District At-. po0g. formerly of this city, who has just returned froin the East, Bays: “I was gone ‘three months and a half, traveled through New England and the Northwest, riding in railroad cars over 40,000 miles, oh ; Section 4256, Political Code, mak . . “In the New England States there ‘ ig @ general desire on the part of althe duty of the District Attorney most every one you meet to come to California, Even the wealthy people who date their ancestry back to the landing of the Pilgrim fathers at Plymouth Rock, have heard so much s of our balmy summers, our mild and worth’s court? His advice and legal sunny weather, that they are willing ta.exchange théir homes from where old Sol ig pried up with a crowbar, to the’ country where he is seen to sink out of sight in the bosom of the old like to, enquire how much Mr. Long Pacific. “They are not talking Southern California, Many of the Bostonians lost, on climatic speculations at Los Code? If Mr, Lord retains any money Angeles and Sun Diego. It was all right.as long as-the boom lasted, -but when thie inflated bubble was pricked and their values went down a hundred -per_cent, they. found-as-much—fault a8 anyone, Inevery family there seemed to be some one who had lost on the Southern California craze. “I found it difficult to make them understand the difference between Central California and Southern California. It is a remarkablé fact that you hardly met anyone who ‘knew +» Tax-Payer, anything of the great and boundless A Bid for,Boarders. > _. . Valley of the Sacramento and its conpu ©. . tributing foothills. “TI could get an interested audience ment of the City Hall, has recently. wherever I went. The people are been refurnished throughout with new . anxious for news. bedding, and guests of that establish-} them that: nine-tenths of the —fruit ment will hereafler bave no cause for} shipped from this State came from a complaint. The management recog-. radius of 100° miles of the Capitol-of. nizing the stringency of the times.and . the State they could hardly believe it, realizing that it is necessary to hold. but I was armed with authenticated out special inducements in order to. figures of the railroad company to secure a fair sharé of the public _pat-. prove it: When I-told them: of our ronage, proposes to ‘spare neither. large rivers, our numerous mountain pains nor expense’’ in: adding to the. streams, of our extensive forests, out already numerous attractions of this. vineyards, unparalleled in size inthe popular resort. A new hose has been. world, our orchards, which Are un obtained so that boardeys who require . equated anywhere, our fine <itics, opr a bath upon registering can be offered . educational facilities, ete, they were thatluxury before; being put to bed. . astonished. They already knew from Policeman Scott-and the.constables of . statistics that Sacramento was one o! the township are. authorized to assiat . the leading comiriercial cities of the landlord Neagle in canvassing for . West. . What‘they want is to engage guests. The hotel is open day and . in practical, successful farming, ’ dd Sraveled through New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Vermont anc Maine, through a portion of Maryland, : . New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Miss Jennie Turner, aged about Obio, Indiana and Illinois, and spent F, Bandamar of North Blooffield, . * 1°” wp oleorlb plait ansahy i : i people of Pennsy died ‘Thiireday afternoon at“her méthvania, Ohio and Michigan were more ; ; ; easily influenced than those of other neral will take place Saturday at 2 séctions, and they were also better. posted rega what I could When I showed ing this State. ar, I judge that there wiil be a large immigration from those oa States during the coming spring and An Epidemic. ag : summer months. woe Aes -}undesirable class, but a people who At Scott’s Bar, Siskiyou county, to} come here with meats to purchase and which point several old-time residents . till the soil, and they are coming diof Blue Tent in this county have re-. rectly to Sacramento. The Washingmoved during the past year to engage} ton Yerritory. and Oregon booms and in hydraulic miniiig, has been’ visited . the exploded booms of Southern Caliby typhoid fever, which prostrated . fornia are all thoroughly known, and whole families at a ‘time, during the the eastern people are not past month; many are still very low any of those places, ‘So far, they have had a mild and ser open winter, and are more reconciled peel! soit ite te to the rigor of their climate than Aleck Gody, who is known to fame} 8¥4l, and.on account of that we shali as the guide of General Fremontewhen . !°se many winter tourists that we the “Pathfinder” made his way into otherwise.should have had, “From what I can learn, at least two-thirds of the excursionists of the carter AEH ae ay ‘ coming year will be booked to Central fra : California, and we must follow up the t ’ on ee wr aks q ts : roc -ad vantages thus gained by a judicious It will not he of an Nngs and instincts. He had no ade— distribution of truthful ‘advertising Mine Shut Down. . . matter. ae “I have ‘secured rebates on The spur wheel of the Mountaineer through tickets to Sacramento, which will insure largely increased travel to this section, and already they are-urriving here daily. Several called at our offies today who had received their rebate, and were influenced to come ; a here through the information furnishSuits Dismissed. a id ibomgho tbe heat aiteag win. 1 “The suits recently commenced in . liad created. 7 4 “In Kansas and Nebraska and porty Mining Com by P. F. tions of Missouri nearly the entire Pais Ay re eetorad Pi been . Population is disgusted with their dismissed on motion of the plaintiffs . Climate, and are eking out a handwe to-mouth existence. EE i “Excursion trains for Sacramento will leave Chicago every two weeks for this city, the passengers coming direct to Sacramento without a change of cars.” -‘Lo the Bee reporter Mr. Brand said: : “Everywhere people seem to regard ps California as but one locality, and do beng <2 phi not appear to be capable of distinMrs. Logan will, reo her pri-. guishing between the Central and inderg iy a Southern portions of it. Several colostreet, Monday, January 28h. The} nization schemes in Central Cal rooms are warm and sunny, while the . mia, which have been. mismanaged at naw’ grony give-the} home and exercise. . have also frota hale past bine] anise of the A. O. U. W., and $2,000-in—an. Beans Wednesdays accident company. He was one of the . Holbrook’s Restaurant. prevented in the East, Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. the facta and statistics are shown, and . —all there modify and ultimately disfs true” reports of Central California made, it is comparatively a‘new revelation, Everywhere large numbers ‘Skin Erup-. bad decided to come direct to this lo» Piles, or . cality as soon as they can dispose of their property and ® . of these distressing complaints? Uf you . r ~ A REMINISCENCE. . — Memories of 01d-Timers Revived by Fred Jones’? Death. Speaking of the death of Fred Jones, occurred on the 19th instant at San Francisco where he held the position of éngineer in the United States Mint, these facts: Jones was a member nership affair that owned, at one time, and the Empire Mill. est worked quartz mine on the Pacific tion to Woodbury, Park and others the Ophir, and the ledge did its part, auction and John R. Rush purchased ing Company, said company consisting H. Wilcox, Thomas Barnstead, W. W. The names of the Empire Boys” They made the old times pleasant in themselves to want for anything, Montez, when the Ophir, was doing Wright were killed. B. B. Laton (who was more of a partner of Rush than a member of the Empire company) lives in the town of Alameda, where his mine, He hunted for mines all ever the mining region for years and then came: back to Nevada county a few mines which sent it in for coinage, Fred Jones Was a iman of fine feelvantages of early education, but that river to come back no more, and we 05,000 Imemrance, Soldgby all druggists» Try it. _ The life of the late Louis Seibert was insured for $2,000 in the A. O. U. W. order, $1,000 in the Guaranty Fund pioneer members of Nevada Lodge, A. $300 in assessments. es Pears’ is the purest and best Soap ever made, Underservedly Laughed At. The unthinking are prone to make game of nervousness. Yet this is a rendered all the more poignant by aches, tretyors in quiet sleep, abnor appear asthe system gains strength Secial and Other Notes About an old-time Nevada countyan, which . to Scott's Flat. of the old Empire Company—a part-. dangerously ill with pneumonia. The Original Empire mine, the old-. arrived Friday morning from the Bay. Coast, was located in 1850 by George . North Bloomfield were in town Friday D. Roberts, who in 1851,sold the locanight. who owned a stamp mill not far from visiting friends at the county seat an the mine. These purchasers: worked . Grass Valley. ". cal Code in relation to the duties of. for professional duties, He was a D, E. Alexander of Sacramento and . the State Treasurer. but the owners mismanaged and fail-. F. Dawe of San Francisco arrived here ed. In 1852 the mine was sold at Friday morning. & half, the other half interest. from Arizona a week ago, is ill at being taken by the Empire Min-. Grass Valley with pleurisy. Wright, James Beauchamp, Richard . young attorney of Oakland, is visiting Groat and: John E: Southwick. friends at this city and Grass Valley. Grass Valley to all who made their. Placer county Thursday night to atacquaintance. -The Ophir, or Empire, . tend‘ the funeral of the infant child of mine supplied its owners moet liberal-. Mr. and Mrs, Wm. Hoskins of Grass ly with money and they never allowed] Valley. Jobn E. Southwick, when last heard . has been. appointed Janitress of the from, was in an asylum if Néw York . Assembly is not a resident of this city State, with his mind nearly gone but} and is not related to Assemblyman with seemingly good physical health. Sims. She is a resident of Santa “arent pachy nat eng a : Hewasthe friend and“ protector of Lola . Clara county. Vitwinis soles and 186 thers the Galt . fornia. The aggregate weight wae 82,. 818 pounds, valued at $1,099,099.71, The total combined yield of the Con. Virginia and California mines in 1887 was $32,658,869. The total bullion yield of the State in that year was $51,580,290. The total combined bullion yield. of the Con, Virginia and California mines to July, 1878, was $100,011,285. At the close of the year 1878, the two inines paid out of this yield a total Returned Fron Australia, of $76,731,000 in dividends. to share eae ‘Holders. Since‘the consolidation of the two mines under the present title, Athe' total sum disbursed in dividends was $2,440,800, footing up a total of nearly $80,000,000 paid in dividends out of that ground, now known as the Con. Cal. & Va. Not a Failure. Ex-Deputy Sheriff Carter arrived well. W. W. Wright (generally known . here Friday morning from San Fran‘8 Boss Wright) was killed on the. cisco where he has obtained a situnight of November 3d, 1856, on Gold . ation on the California street railway. Plat. . ‘le was Sheriff of the county at . He comes to testify before the Grand the time and. was watching for some. Jury on the Boston Ravine matter. #risoners who had broken jail the. Mr. Carter wants it distinctly unnight before. Other parties besides . derstood that the item in Thursday’s he Sheriff’s.posse were on the watch, . Grass Valley Tidings, saying it was unknown to the Sheriff's party. The. reported he had become involved ina two parties camé in contact and Dep-. difficulty of some kind atSan Francisuty Sheriff David Johnson and Sheriff . co, has no foundation in fact. The Grass Valley Union says: vine and fig tree are and where he. George Campbell has returned from enjoys serenity and happiness. # five months trip to Australia during Fred Jones drifted about after the which he visited the principal mining Empire Company quit, and he was. “istricts, in which were situated the ways @ prospector and mine huiiter. . 8at Mount Morgan and the Brokeh Mr. Jones was formerly an owner in. Hill mines, which are now the moat ‘he Live Yankee (Fortuna) and Dead-. Celebrated mining properties of that wood mines at Nevada City. He had . Pertion of the globe. Mr. Campbell much faith in the fature of both these . brought home with him samples of the properties. He had some successes, . OF¢* of those mines, which are unlike vat he never found ‘ahother Ophir . those found on this coast, yeurs ago. But here the ledges that . ally engaged in pushing prospecting Fred knew of and wanted to locate on operations at the Cleveland quartz were “taken up’’ and he could not get} claim on the South Yuba river near in where'there was a real fair chance. Edwards’ Crossing. Some highly And after a time he got a subordinate encouraging developments have been position in the United States Branch] made within the past few days, J. Mint in San Francisco, and while. M, Chehoweth, who has a bond on there he took the greatest interest in . the. property, is daily expected from knowing about the bullion and the. San Francisco. George B. Katzenstein of Sacra. i mento, Grand Secretary of the Good irs waaulatenes veerones: to Templars. of Qalifornia, is in town, ines of mines and mining was woninv connie A ted a GA mY Lal vedas Watine the Great Goce a eee He neato Templar of the State. The Lodge gave atannoh friend and no mga vera dF pleasant entertainment in honor of either in word or deed. H@-was genits distinguished guests .erous with the gold he loyed tésfind. be ahcaities Mi 4 4 . . ASD . Our pioneer friend has gone across the Be sure to get Hood's Sarsaparilla have a faith that he will find rest and. i£¥ou wantan honest, reliable medicine. “Donot take any other which is gst there that he never had time Srequaty “about ‘he same” or “just better, fast, continued its use and is to enjoy in this world. we £”” Theiat upot having Hood's Sarsaparilla, which is peculiar to itself . Weighing 140 pounds. For fuller partid culars send stamp to W. H. Cole, on Druggist, Fort Smith: Trial Bottles Everybody Likes Them. —_[ of this wonderful Discovery Free at pane RSS, Carr Bros. Drugstore. “Boston Brown Bread and Baked Paanal + and Saturdays at . 7 sans’ Soap: nur Voilet adjunct. Iv you.want the beat 1000 packaGes choice garden seeds seeds, go O. U. W., and had paid in only about . just received at the Plaza Feedstore. not one ean be poloter ook ah atwnive Bottles were sold the past year. It as Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters. In . relieves Croup and Whooping. Cough . renewing vigorous digestion, it strikes . at once, Mothers do not be without the key note of recovery of strength . it. ior Lame Back, Side or Chest,'nse Arrivals at National Exchanve Hot, und quietude by the nerves. Headnea tg omer, NO by, Sc perce ee . ot he hed you blade ad mm. the great tonic. H é bors talking about it. You may , d. yourself be ove of the many who know kidney complaints are subdued by the. from personal expe ea rere it is, a have ever Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint, ig wonderful ya aig Is it not worth the small price of 76 King’s New Discovery b ‘PERSONAL MENTION. ee People Old and Young. —_—— * Wm. and Levi Hammell have gone J. Wetzil arrived here Friday after-. py very creditable. noon from San Francisco: ~ John Pengelly of the Delhi mine is 5 cents at thé Senate. Nightly 8 Rufus Shoemaker of the Tidings recalls . seriously_ill with pneumonia. J.-M. Smith of the Lime Kiln is Jay Ostrom and 8. Hieronimous of Tt seems that the Mary. Sims who Good Templar Reception. oo’ Oh, Whate Cough. 6m mt, just how HERE AND THERE. DEATH OF J. B. JOHNSON, Another Pioneer Citizen Goes to His Long Home. A Brief Record ef Various Mattere of Leécal Interest. Judge J. B. Johnson, a pioneer resthe band of the Georgia Minstrels was . ident of Nevada county, died of old age at his home in this city Friday A glase of r ate of soup, . afternoon at four o’clock. The funeral banged im au ; will take place at 2:30 o'clock Monday afternoon” under the auspices of the Auburn Republican: W. B. Hayford . Odd Fellows’ order to which he bewas down from Colfax this week to. longed. Wm. T. Thomas, who has been bebuy several hundred pear trees’ for the Ophir (now Original Empire) mine . low, returned Friday to San Juan. The street parade Friday afternoon Harry Daniels, Manager. He came to California during the Chicago Park. There. are just now. early fifties and settled in Plumas Henry Blakesley and James Wells improvements being madé on sixteen} county. Five years later he came to North San Juan-—in this-county; and for a number of years remained there. He then removed to this city which has ever since been his home. He was engaged in the practice of law until advancing age incapacitated: him of the tracts, _ : Senator Preston has introduced an Act fo amend Section 1211 of an Act to establish a uniform system of county Miss Pauline Rogers of Oakland is. and township governmentr. Also an Act to amend Section 552 of the Politiman of the strictest integrity and had It is rumored that within the next. the esteem of all who knew kim. He leaves a widow, two daughters (Mra. Matteson of this city and Mrs. Saxby of San Buenaventura) and one son (L. B, Johnaon of this city). three weeks the Contral Pacific will Mr. Stgart,‘a mining man who came resume running two overland passenger trains, and that there will be a radical change in the present time taChet. Chapmanand Charles Meek} blo on that road and the Nevada of C. K. Hotaling, James O'Neil, B, B. . are about to take their departure for Laton, Fred Jones, Silas Lent, Janes . San Francisco to study dentistry, a The Count ‘Su i é County Narrow Gange. y Supervisors The Virginia City Enterprise says: W. W. B. Stevens, a prominent] The bullion taken out of the Comstock lode_sinveits. discovery would pave every business streét in Virginia .with Miss__Leila A. Neal, of -Madera, pure silver to a depth of two inches; will recall'to the’memory of old Grass} Fresno county, atrived hereFriday Valleyans a set of fine looking, intelli. } morning on a ¥isit to her aunt, Mrs. gent, polite.energetic and liberal men, . C. Z. Boardnian. : : high and would then place a bigger Henry “Hoskins came ‘over from] tower over the summit of Mount Davidson than the great_iron tower $5 . now building at Paris, Famay, January 25, 1889. The Board met, all the members M. Brophy, chairman, presided, The minutes of Thursday were read and approved, The following demand was ordered paid from the General Fund: F. R. Waggoner, examining insane, would have built a silver over one hu ijamphant arch of red and fifty feet In compliance with,the recommendation of the Grand Jury, the Sheriff of Nevada county is hereby dirrected to keep an itemized account of all monies received by him as Sheriff and collector in all cases inwhat are known as ‘foreign casea,’”’ It is further ordered that the District Attorney ascertain as near as possible the amount of fees in what are known as ‘‘foreign cases,” collected by Sheriff Lord, and report the same to the Board at the next April session thereYiela of Two Comsteck Mines. According. to -the Virginia City Chronicle, the largest single bullionshipment ever made from from the On motion it was ordered . that Sheriff George Lord be requdsted to pay into the county treasury. within ten days of Jun, 25, 1889, the sum of. — . $671 allowed him by. the St.te Board of Examiners as per diem for transporting insane and crimtnals,or give a bond for the amount thereof to await the final determination of the’case in the, Supreme Court, provided there is The following bills for per diew and mileage as Supervisors were ordered paid from the GENERAL-FUND J. M. Buffington $136.40, R. Noet $136.80, F. M. Pridgeon $138.40, M. Biephy $138.60,D. McPhetres $153.60, rd adjourned sine die, M. Sropny, Chairman. James 1. Moraan, Clerk. By W. D. Hanns, Deputy. i iecenteheteeihemmtmenttiediamnaetaeemnneied Am Elegant Substitute The report that the Sprague electric transmission of power at Big Bend, Butte county, proved a failure is officially denied. The process of power r transmission whereby motors twelve Bea, cu ssid staan miles distant from the point of genera~ Captain Richards is still energetic. ion Was successfal, but the ore in the mine becoming exhausted operations were suspended and the plant removed. For vils, salts, pills, and all kinds of bitter, nauseous medicines, is the very agreeuble liquid fruit remedy, Syrup of Recommended by. leading PhyManufactured only by the California Fig Syrup Company, San For sale by all leadCarr Bros., Nevada tf i cceuiaitiensmeianaiaammieraacam tor cater troubled with an eruption on mv face, which was a soure of constant annoyance when I! wished to appear in company. After using ten bottles of Ayer’s Sarsaparilla, the humor entirely disappeared,.’’—Mary M. Wood, 40 Adams st., Lowell, Mass. A Scrap of Paper Saves Mer Life. Francisco,Cal. ing druggists. Shiloh’s Consumption Cure. This is beyond question the most -successful-Cough Medicine we have ever sold. A few doses invariably cure the worst cases of Cough, Croup, and Bronchitis, while its wonderful success in the cure of Consumption is without & parallel in the history of medicine. Since its first dievovery it has been sold on a gnarantee, a test which no other medicine can stand, If you have a Cough we earnestly ask you to try it. Price 10 cents, 60 cents, and $1.00, If your Lungs are sore, Chest or Back lame,use Shiloh’s Porous Plaster. Sold’ by Carr Bros. 6-6 nen ccm rn a AAS Tt was just-an ordinary scrap -of wapping paper, but it saved her life. She was in the lust stages of consumption, told by physicians that she was incurable and could live only. a short time ; she weighed less than seventy pounds. On apiece of wrapping paper she read of Dr, King’s New Discovery, and got a sample bottle ; it helped her, she bought a large bottle, it helped her more, brought another and grew now. strong, healthy, rosy, plump, At Boston Ravine, January ati%to the wife of Joel Andrew, a Is an fie a 7 aa ase Sil Res eee Fowraenule ata SET SOUT teks ile, disk laos ial ohn: ‘ ~ {s0n, a native of New York, ag muntths and 2 days, (The funeral will take place from the Methodist Church Monday ut 2 o'clock F, AachitEcts & BUILDERE ; ‘ e can. and cheapest tothe Plaza Feedstore, oe Wehave a speedy and positive Cure Diphtheria, -—Canker Mouth,and Head-Ache, in SHITOH’S joa CATARRH REMEDY. A-Wasal InWill you heed the warning, Jector free with each bottle. very real and serious affliction, th. the ‘signal perhaps of the sure 0 2p cgries sg a: harassing symptoms of which are approach of that more terri60. conte. etree & ie. disease, Consumption? Ask ridicule. The stomach is usually re. yourselves if you can afford” for the sponsible for ~these symptoms—its . Sake of saving 50 cents, to run the risk weakness and disorder find a reflex in. and do nothing for it. e know from the brain, which is the headquarters . experience. that Shiloh’s Cure will of the nervous system, As a nerye. Cure your Cough. It never falls, This tonic and tranquilizer, we believe that . exp'ains why more than a Million January 24th, 1889, Ida, ont ENzabeth Dyer, age 10 years, 2 months and lu.days. , ]The funeral will take place from the family residence on the Ked Dog road, Sunday at 2:30 o'clock . oy At Grass Valley, January c4th, 186), Ethel Elizabeth, daughter of Wm, H wud ida May ken, aged t year and “7 dure; a mative ox Grnag Valley, " : for Caterrh, “oe When Baby was sick, We gave her Castoria When she was a Child, ; She cried for Castoria When she became Miss, She clung to Castoria, mathe ‘ Why Olives Pay. less elevated portions of the foothills, {as for instance in the lower portions of Nevada county : ripens in winter, the crop can be gathered at a time when labor is plenty. Nor is there any hurry aa in other fruit crops, such as apricots for instance, where a whole orchard sometimes ripens in three or four days and has. tobe gathered at once. Picking begins in December and continues for two’ months, or during the whole winter perhaps. The gieen olives are picked and putin one receptacle for pivkling, and the ripe ones into another for oil, There is no. rush and nothing is wasted, This is a great advantage, and keenly appreciated by fruit-growera.” EEE Tourists Whether on pleasure bent or business, should take on évery trip a bottle of Syrup of Figs, as it acts most pleasantly-and-— effectually on the kidneys, liver and bowels, preventing fevers, headaches and other forms of sickness. For sale in 50c and $1.00 bottles by all leading druggists. to Henry Lane’s livery and feed stable. ; r €: FOWDER Mts POWDERINEVER VAHCE ~—A Marvel of purity, strength.an wholesomeness. More econdinical than ordinary kinds, and cannot be sold in cont petition with the multitude of low test, shor weight, alum or phosphate powders, old aun sh AMG. ROYAL BAKING POWDER cO., 106 Wall street, New Yor JONSON-LOCKE MERCANTILE gents, San Fra “inen. A Pleasing Sense of He: rt and Strength Renewed, ai’ of Ease and Comfori Follows the use of Syrup of Figs, aacta gently on the Krpneys, Liver @ Bow «: Effectually Cleansing the Systen ~v'.e Costive or Bilious, Dispelling Colds, Headaches and Fey = and permanently curing HABITUAL CONSTIPATION without weakening or irritating the 0 gans on which it acta, Tor Sale in 500 and @1.00 Bottles 6. all Leading Druggists. MANUFACTURED ONLY BY THR . CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP 00" & Saw Franc Ola yaar yee Couwvaam, Ky, Sti Naw Youn N. y SCIENTIFICAMERICA Edition of Scientific Amer areat h issue contains colored oi Cay and city resi 4 dings. ero ea ages TRADE MARKS. a hue rogeereaa the Pat Ce a ea their duty as the means of “raising the wind,’ which William ILL. so often stood in need of. MUN® @ 0O., Patent Solicitors, GENERAL Orricn: 91 BaoaDway, M "” When she had Childrea, Recrox Baorugns, Proprietors. FRAPURNED et ATION . 7 Chicago Cottage Organ. as fears dard of excellence which mits o: hae rior, : : ) pot every improvement that inus, ad “money can pro2 nt Organs Celebrated for ity o is . mee, ¥act constru pare + 80) chure! ALLED WORKME PMATEGIALS COMBINND, MAKE TRIB cos g. TH Popular Organ. “AND PIANO BrooLs CHICAGO ILLINOIS, ~ An experienced horticulturist:gives the following reasons why he would advise the planting of olives in the “The certainty of the crop and the profits derived from it. The crop is as near asurety as anything earthly can be. The trees not only yield abundantly, but as the fruit} Ty. you want a fine turn-out, go of those habits which, when once contracted, stick closer. than a million brothers, Miss Blank began it when a child, and no one ever took the trouble to break her of it, eecieee we it mortifies her terribly to be about. it, though, of course, she is anxious to cure herself. But then every one has some curious little habit which he would be very glad to break ifhe could; some trick, more or less unleasant caused in the first place y nervousness. We all know thé man who is perpetually pulling up his collar. Then there is the girlwho is always rubbing one eye as if in search of astray eye-lash, and the man who can't be without a more rebar gan why tet t and bend and turn about in-his fingers. Any thing and e thing from your finest lace handkerchief to your new and extrenfely delicate paper cutter is sacrificed to the demon of nervousness which possesses him, and yet 8D ng. He iaq y ease 80 long as he is allowed to twirl and twist as much as_he wants to, but bereft of the temporary object of his affection he as a key-board, Ihave noticed that musicians usually indulge this habit, and itis a very trying one, though I-don’t know that ~ it is worse than ‘twiddle your thumbs." There are lots of other @urious little ways peculiar to individuals, I know a man who, when embarrassed, always taps tie side of his nose with his-little finger, and a-girl who is so given to pushing her hair behind her left ear that she has worn a bald spot there.” HAS AN EAGLE EYE. An Eccentric Detroit Millionaire His Own “There goes a man," said a passenger on a Fort street’ car to a Detroit Tribune reporter, as he pointed tthe occupant of a handsome car along riage rolling rapidly . behind two noble-looking steeds, “wham a good many people, if they knew his pe. ; culiuritios, would call @ crank,’ “How sot” asked one who had often no. ticed the gentleman riding by with folded arms and impassive face. ‘Well, you know he is the proprietor of @ large factory in the western of the city; and resides in a palatial residence about a half-mile distant. Every night, exaqtly at nine o'clock, rain or snow, winter or summer, he visits the factory with a lantern and scours the huge building from basement to top floor to see that avery thing is properly placed. In the moat frees ing cold of winter and the moat suffocating heat of summer this same journey and examination are accomplished, Should any workman be careless or unfortunate enough to mislay his tools or put any thing pawn ir in Lov gee La danger, he speodily repriman and often summa: discharged, This odd task he has conceal nightly for nearly fifteen years, “He pursues a similar course with regard to his home, Generally he site reading in his library until midnight, and immediately before retiring he niakes a thorough inspection of the house, Every nook and corner is faithfully scrutinized, and woe unto the servants, to whom he is ordinarily very kind and indulgent, if they have been remiss in their duties. “But his peculiarities do not cease here. Although he is very wealthy—the rumor circulates that he has so much cash that he is at a loss to know ‘what to do with it— he has not and will not invest one cent in He owns and is hy gm . handsome and substantial buildings in of the city; he is adding improvements to them continually; he is joair. a able and central sites, and all for pur 80 of decreasing his large bank account. ut railroad stock is severely shunned. Yea, he goes further than that I have -heard.some. of his-triends say that he has: : never ridden on a railroad train in his life, a and very, very seldom does he board atreet-car,”THE BIRTH TAX,’ A Remarkable Burden That Was Oncd Englishmen. Many strange methods of taxation have been adopted in this country. The first tax: ever imposed was the one levied by Julius Cesar, who ordered the chiefs of the various clans to send paps ogi Rome a given number of men and animals. The former, he said, would be retained as hostages and the latter would be used for the great fights in the Coliseum. But very often the men and the wild animals were put on an equal footing and forced to fight rpm alr bear dasa Ebony ode with each other in sight of the bloodthirsty and applauding Romans. But of all the . taxes ever imposed on a people, says Cham. -bere’ Journal, the “ birth * was the moat odious, It lasted thirteen years, datin iets “from 1605; Every person not in receipt alms was required to pay two shillings for every “little stranger” that came into exStisuxns, sO) Be way, N.¥, istence. The tax was a great burden to the ‘lower orders; but. tho nobility and gentry were subjected to still heavier payments than their poorér neighbors. Thirty pounds had to be on the birth of the child of a Duke, sum gradually, 8% diminished, according to a certain fixed scale, until it reached 10 shillings, the amount levied on real estate of £50,000, personal estate of 2600 and upward. Reasonable excuse can be given : saree secure 7 ENTS: to Stevi in most cases why itis that certain things fave over are taxed; byt where the imposers of the 0! ont Fagg lef Yor “birth tax” can tind.an excuse seems to our BP ele ie eo modern minds imposdibie, Contemporane; i . fously with thie “birth tax’ there existed : another called the “bachelor’s tax.’ It was not a very ery Lays apres and was probably intended to as much a remin of. As soon as a man reached the age of twenty-five fe was liable to the tax, which was 1 shilling yearly till he took to himself.a spotise. But it did not stop with bachelors: and here we think it was unjust, for it taxed widowers without children. the. shilling-every man had to pay an amount according to his rank for the luxury (or otherwise) of single-blessedness; thus Duke or an Latter ae ee _ yearly sum Os.; an esquire, £1 ; a gentleman, Ss. Social distinctions were nicely drawn them . --y with a Moral. ae The story has reached us of an Italian

PTET a elses pater, pe Bir Daily Bexnserpt. SATURD. AY; JAN, 26, 1889. Home Seekers Heading This Way A Tax-Payer Speake. 4 Nevdna Orry, Jan. 25th, 1889. torney Long has given a string of advice and opinijns to the Hon. Board of Supervisors in the matter of Sheriff Lord and foreign fees. He might have “ gone a little further and shown up other derelictions, Subdivision 5 of {among other things) to collect debts, fines, penalties, etc.,occurring in his county. Why did not Mr. Long collect a fine of. $30 imposed upon him (Long) for contempt in Justice Wadsopinion would be worth a great deal more if he would clear his own skirts of some of the charges made against him. , Some of the tax-payers would ever paid into the county treasury during his four years of office, under Subdivision 5 of Section 4256, Political due this county, the District Attorney should take prompt measures to collectthe same, In the same spirit and with the same justice to all, if Mr. ‘Long owes the county anything the District Attorney should also collect it. I hope the District Attorney will eall on Judge Wadsworth and see if there is not a judgment entered against the ex-District Attorney, and if 89, proceed at once to collect it. Yours Truly, The Hotel de Neagle, in tf base-. night for the reception of lodgers, Mied at North Bloomficida. twenty years and a daughter of Mrs. er's home, of consumption., The fuo’clock. Miss Turner had for several years been an invalid, and until .a year ago resided with an aunt at San Francisco. and some are becoming convalescent. the Golden State, and who died a few Hill. hoisting and pumpieg works broke . Friday, It will take several. days to: replace it, and in the meantime all of the men employed in sinking ‘ the shaft will be out of employment. the Superior Court against the Nevada How often do we hear of the sudden and fatal termination of a case of croup, when a young life might have been saved by the prompt use of Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral. Almanac for the new year is out. Get one. vate school and ties for ‘Will receive children of four years u » Houré from past ni half pust two. Terms 50 cents per we ee Tha best Belvo ta Pao pall on Cita, CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. In conversation with a Sacramento Record-Union reporter, George E. __ Horton Transcaret—Ex District At-. po0g. formerly of this city, who has just returned froin the East, Bays: “I was gone ‘three months and a half, traveled through New England and the Northwest, riding in railroad cars over 40,000 miles, oh ; Section 4256, Political Code, mak . . “In the New England States there ‘ ig @ general desire on the part of althe duty of the District Attorney most every one you meet to come to California, Even the wealthy people who date their ancestry back to the landing of the Pilgrim fathers at Plymouth Rock, have heard so much s of our balmy summers, our mild and worth’s court? His advice and legal sunny weather, that they are willing ta.exchange théir homes from where old Sol ig pried up with a crowbar, to the’ country where he is seen to sink out of sight in the bosom of the old like to, enquire how much Mr. Long Pacific. “They are not talking Southern California, Many of the Bostonians lost, on climatic speculations at Los Code? If Mr, Lord retains any money Angeles and Sun Diego. It was all right.as long as-the boom lasted, -but when thie inflated bubble was pricked and their values went down a hundred -per_cent, they. found-as-much—fault a8 anyone, Inevery family there seemed to be some one who had lost on the Southern California craze. “I found it difficult to make them understand the difference between Central California and Southern California. It is a remarkablé fact that you hardly met anyone who ‘knew +» Tax-Payer, anything of the great and boundless A Bid for,Boarders. > _. . Valley of the Sacramento and its conpu ©. . tributing foothills. “TI could get an interested audience ment of the City Hall, has recently. wherever I went. The people are been refurnished throughout with new . anxious for news. bedding, and guests of that establish-} them that: nine-tenths of the —fruit ment will hereafler bave no cause for} shipped from this State came from a complaint. The management recog-. radius of 100° miles of the Capitol-of. nizing the stringency of the times.and . the State they could hardly believe it, realizing that it is necessary to hold. but I was armed with authenticated out special inducements in order to. figures of the railroad company to secure a fair sharé of the public _pat-. prove it: When I-told them: of our ronage, proposes to ‘spare neither. large rivers, our numerous mountain pains nor expense’’ in: adding to the. streams, of our extensive forests, out already numerous attractions of this. vineyards, unparalleled in size inthe popular resort. A new hose has been. world, our orchards, which Are un obtained so that boardeys who require . equated anywhere, our fine <itics, opr a bath upon registering can be offered . educational facilities, ete, they were thatluxury before; being put to bed. . astonished. They already knew from Policeman Scott-and the.constables of . statistics that Sacramento was one o! the township are. authorized to assiat . the leading comiriercial cities of the landlord Neagle in canvassing for . West. . What‘they want is to engage guests. The hotel is open day and . in practical, successful farming, ’ dd Sraveled through New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Vermont anc Maine, through a portion of Maryland, : . New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Miss Jennie Turner, aged about Obio, Indiana and Illinois, and spent F, Bandamar of North Blooffield, . * 1°” wp oleorlb plait ansahy i : i people of Pennsy died ‘Thiireday afternoon at“her méthvania, Ohio and Michigan were more ; ; ; easily influenced than those of other neral will take place Saturday at 2 séctions, and they were also better. posted rega what I could When I showed ing this State. ar, I judge that there wiil be a large immigration from those oa States during the coming spring and An Epidemic. ag : summer months. woe Aes -}undesirable class, but a people who At Scott’s Bar, Siskiyou county, to} come here with meats to purchase and which point several old-time residents . till the soil, and they are coming diof Blue Tent in this county have re-. rectly to Sacramento. The Washingmoved during the past year to engage} ton Yerritory. and Oregon booms and in hydraulic miniiig, has been’ visited . the exploded booms of Southern Caliby typhoid fever, which prostrated . fornia are all thoroughly known, and whole families at a ‘time, during the the eastern people are not past month; many are still very low any of those places, ‘So far, they have had a mild and ser open winter, and are more reconciled peel! soit ite te to the rigor of their climate than Aleck Gody, who is known to fame} 8¥4l, and.on account of that we shali as the guide of General Fremontewhen . !°se many winter tourists that we the “Pathfinder” made his way into otherwise.should have had, “From what I can learn, at least two-thirds of the excursionists of the carter AEH ae ay ‘ coming year will be booked to Central fra : California, and we must follow up the t ’ on ee wr aks q ts : roc -ad vantages thus gained by a judicious It will not he of an Nngs and instincts. He had no ade— distribution of truthful ‘advertising Mine Shut Down. . . matter. ae “I have ‘secured rebates on The spur wheel of the Mountaineer through tickets to Sacramento, which will insure largely increased travel to this section, and already they are-urriving here daily. Several called at our offies today who had received their rebate, and were influenced to come ; a here through the information furnishSuits Dismissed. a id ibomgho tbe heat aiteag win. 1 “The suits recently commenced in . liad created. 7 4 “In Kansas and Nebraska and porty Mining Com by P. F. tions of Missouri nearly the entire Pais Ay re eetorad Pi been . Population is disgusted with their dismissed on motion of the plaintiffs . Climate, and are eking out a handwe to-mouth existence. EE i “Excursion trains for Sacramento will leave Chicago every two weeks for this city, the passengers coming direct to Sacramento without a change of cars.” -‘Lo the Bee reporter Mr. Brand said: : “Everywhere people seem to regard ps California as but one locality, and do beng <2 phi not appear to be capable of distinMrs. Logan will, reo her pri-. guishing between the Central and inderg iy a Southern portions of it. Several colostreet, Monday, January 28h. The} nization schemes in Central Cal rooms are warm and sunny, while the . mia, which have been. mismanaged at naw’ grony give-the} home and exercise. . have also frota hale past bine] anise of the A. O. U. W., and $2,000-in—an. Beans Wednesdays accident company. He was one of the . Holbrook’s Restaurant. prevented in the East, Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. the facta and statistics are shown, and . —all there modify and ultimately disfs true” reports of Central California made, it is comparatively a‘new revelation, Everywhere large numbers ‘Skin Erup-. bad decided to come direct to this lo» Piles, or . cality as soon as they can dispose of their property and ® . of these distressing complaints? Uf you . r ~ A REMINISCENCE. . — Memories of 01d-Timers Revived by Fred Jones’? Death. Speaking of the death of Fred Jones, occurred on the 19th instant at San Francisco where he held the position of éngineer in the United States Mint, these facts: Jones was a member nership affair that owned, at one time, and the Empire Mill. est worked quartz mine on the Pacific tion to Woodbury, Park and others the Ophir, and the ledge did its part, auction and John R. Rush purchased ing Company, said company consisting H. Wilcox, Thomas Barnstead, W. W. The names of the Empire Boys” They made the old times pleasant in themselves to want for anything, Montez, when the Ophir, was doing Wright were killed. B. B. Laton (who was more of a partner of Rush than a member of the Empire company) lives in the town of Alameda, where his mine, He hunted for mines all ever the mining region for years and then came: back to Nevada county a few mines which sent it in for coinage, Fred Jones Was a iman of fine feelvantages of early education, but that river to come back no more, and we 05,000 Imemrance, Soldgby all druggists» Try it. _ The life of the late Louis Seibert was insured for $2,000 in the A. O. U. W. order, $1,000 in the Guaranty Fund pioneer members of Nevada Lodge, A. $300 in assessments. es Pears’ is the purest and best Soap ever made, Underservedly Laughed At. The unthinking are prone to make game of nervousness. Yet this is a rendered all the more poignant by aches, tretyors in quiet sleep, abnor appear asthe system gains strength Secial and Other Notes About an old-time Nevada countyan, which . to Scott's Flat. of the old Empire Company—a part-. dangerously ill with pneumonia. The Original Empire mine, the old-. arrived Friday morning from the Bay. Coast, was located in 1850 by George . North Bloomfield were in town Friday D. Roberts, who in 1851,sold the locanight. who owned a stamp mill not far from visiting friends at the county seat an the mine. These purchasers: worked . Grass Valley. ". cal Code in relation to the duties of. for professional duties, He was a D, E. Alexander of Sacramento and . the State Treasurer. but the owners mismanaged and fail-. F. Dawe of San Francisco arrived here ed. In 1852 the mine was sold at Friday morning. & half, the other half interest. from Arizona a week ago, is ill at being taken by the Empire Min-. Grass Valley with pleurisy. Wright, James Beauchamp, Richard . young attorney of Oakland, is visiting Groat and: John E: Southwick. friends at this city and Grass Valley. Grass Valley to all who made their. Placer county Thursday night to atacquaintance. -The Ophir, or Empire, . tend‘ the funeral of the infant child of mine supplied its owners moet liberal-. Mr. and Mrs, Wm. Hoskins of Grass ly with money and they never allowed] Valley. Jobn E. Southwick, when last heard . has been. appointed Janitress of the from, was in an asylum if Néw York . Assembly is not a resident of this city State, with his mind nearly gone but} and is not related to Assemblyman with seemingly good physical health. Sims. She is a resident of Santa “arent pachy nat eng a : Hewasthe friend and“ protector of Lola . Clara county. Vitwinis soles and 186 thers the Galt . fornia. The aggregate weight wae 82,. 818 pounds, valued at $1,099,099.71, The total combined yield of the Con. Virginia and California mines in 1887 was $32,658,869. The total bullion yield of the State in that year was $51,580,290. The total combined bullion yield. of the Con, Virginia and California mines to July, 1878, was $100,011,285. At the close of the year 1878, the two inines paid out of this yield a total Returned Fron Australia, of $76,731,000 in dividends. to share eae ‘Holders. Since‘the consolidation of the two mines under the present title, Athe' total sum disbursed in dividends was $2,440,800, footing up a total of nearly $80,000,000 paid in dividends out of that ground, now known as the Con. Cal. & Va. Not a Failure. Ex-Deputy Sheriff Carter arrived well. W. W. Wright (generally known . here Friday morning from San Fran‘8 Boss Wright) was killed on the. cisco where he has obtained a situnight of November 3d, 1856, on Gold . ation on the California street railway. Plat. . ‘le was Sheriff of the county at . He comes to testify before the Grand the time and. was watching for some. Jury on the Boston Ravine matter. #risoners who had broken jail the. Mr. Carter wants it distinctly unnight before. Other parties besides . derstood that the item in Thursday’s he Sheriff’s.posse were on the watch, . Grass Valley Tidings, saying it was unknown to the Sheriff's party. The. reported he had become involved ina two parties camé in contact and Dep-. difficulty of some kind atSan Francisuty Sheriff David Johnson and Sheriff . co, has no foundation in fact. The Grass Valley Union says: vine and fig tree are and where he. George Campbell has returned from enjoys serenity and happiness. # five months trip to Australia during Fred Jones drifted about after the which he visited the principal mining Empire Company quit, and he was. “istricts, in which were situated the ways @ prospector and mine huiiter. . 8at Mount Morgan and the Brokeh Mr. Jones was formerly an owner in. Hill mines, which are now the moat ‘he Live Yankee (Fortuna) and Dead-. Celebrated mining properties of that wood mines at Nevada City. He had . Pertion of the globe. Mr. Campbell much faith in the fature of both these . brought home with him samples of the properties. He had some successes, . OF¢* of those mines, which are unlike vat he never found ‘ahother Ophir . those found on this coast, yeurs ago. But here the ledges that . ally engaged in pushing prospecting Fred knew of and wanted to locate on operations at the Cleveland quartz were “taken up’’ and he could not get} claim on the South Yuba river near in where'there was a real fair chance. Edwards’ Crossing. Some highly And after a time he got a subordinate encouraging developments have been position in the United States Branch] made within the past few days, J. Mint in San Francisco, and while. M, Chehoweth, who has a bond on there he took the greatest interest in . the. property, is daily expected from knowing about the bullion and the. San Francisco. George B. Katzenstein of Sacra. i mento, Grand Secretary of the Good irs waaulatenes veerones: to Templars. of Qalifornia, is in town, ines of mines and mining was woninv connie A ted a GA mY Lal vedas Watine the Great Goce a eee He neato Templar of the State. The Lodge gave atannoh friend and no mga vera dF pleasant entertainment in honor of either in word or deed. H@-was genits distinguished guests .erous with the gold he loyed tésfind. be ahcaities Mi 4 4 . . ASD . Our pioneer friend has gone across the Be sure to get Hood's Sarsaparilla have a faith that he will find rest and. i£¥ou wantan honest, reliable medicine. “Donot take any other which is gst there that he never had time Srequaty “about ‘he same” or “just better, fast, continued its use and is to enjoy in this world. we £”” Theiat upot having Hood's Sarsaparilla, which is peculiar to itself . Weighing 140 pounds. For fuller partid culars send stamp to W. H. Cole, on Druggist, Fort Smith: Trial Bottles Everybody Likes Them. —_[ of this wonderful Discovery Free at pane RSS, Carr Bros. Drugstore. “Boston Brown Bread and Baked Paanal + and Saturdays at . 7 sans’ Soap: nur Voilet adjunct. Iv you.want the beat 1000 packaGes choice garden seeds seeds, go O. U. W., and had paid in only about . just received at the Plaza Feedstore. not one ean be poloter ook ah atwnive Bottles were sold the past year. It as Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters. In . relieves Croup and Whooping. Cough . renewing vigorous digestion, it strikes . at once, Mothers do not be without the key note of recovery of strength . it. ior Lame Back, Side or Chest,'nse Arrivals at National Exchanve Hot, und quietude by the nerves. Headnea tg omer, NO by, Sc perce ee . ot he hed you blade ad mm. the great tonic. H é bors talking about it. You may , d. yourself be ove of the many who know kidney complaints are subdued by the. from personal expe ea rere it is, a have ever Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint, ig wonderful ya aig Is it not worth the small price of 76 King’s New Discovery b ‘PERSONAL MENTION. ee People Old and Young. —_—— * Wm. and Levi Hammell have gone J. Wetzil arrived here Friday after-. py very creditable. noon from San Francisco: ~ John Pengelly of the Delhi mine is 5 cents at thé Senate. Nightly 8 Rufus Shoemaker of the Tidings recalls . seriously_ill with pneumonia. J.-M. Smith of the Lime Kiln is Jay Ostrom and 8. Hieronimous of Tt seems that the Mary. Sims who Good Templar Reception. oo’ Oh, Whate Cough. 6m mt, just how HERE AND THERE. DEATH OF J. B. JOHNSON, Another Pioneer Citizen Goes to His Long Home. A Brief Record ef Various Mattere of Leécal Interest. Judge J. B. Johnson, a pioneer resthe band of the Georgia Minstrels was . ident of Nevada county, died of old age at his home in this city Friday A glase of r ate of soup, . afternoon at four o’clock. The funeral banged im au ; will take place at 2:30 o'clock Monday afternoon” under the auspices of the Auburn Republican: W. B. Hayford . Odd Fellows’ order to which he bewas down from Colfax this week to. longed. Wm. T. Thomas, who has been bebuy several hundred pear trees’ for the Ophir (now Original Empire) mine . low, returned Friday to San Juan. The street parade Friday afternoon Harry Daniels, Manager. He came to California during the Chicago Park. There. are just now. early fifties and settled in Plumas Henry Blakesley and James Wells improvements being madé on sixteen} county. Five years later he came to North San Juan-—in this-county; and for a number of years remained there. He then removed to this city which has ever since been his home. He was engaged in the practice of law until advancing age incapacitated: him of the tracts, _ : Senator Preston has introduced an Act fo amend Section 1211 of an Act to establish a uniform system of county Miss Pauline Rogers of Oakland is. and township governmentr. Also an Act to amend Section 552 of the Politiman of the strictest integrity and had It is rumored that within the next. the esteem of all who knew kim. He leaves a widow, two daughters (Mra. Matteson of this city and Mrs. Saxby of San Buenaventura) and one son (L.

B, Johnaon of this city). three weeks the Contral Pacific will Mr. Stgart,‘a mining man who came resume running two overland passenger trains, and that there will be a radical change in the present time taChet. Chapmanand Charles Meek} blo on that road and the Nevada of C. K. Hotaling, James O'Neil, B, B. . are about to take their departure for Laton, Fred Jones, Silas Lent, Janes . San Francisco to study dentistry, a The Count ‘Su i é County Narrow Gange. y Supervisors The Virginia City Enterprise says: W. W. B. Stevens, a prominent] The bullion taken out of the Comstock lode_sinveits. discovery would pave every business streét in Virginia .with Miss__Leila A. Neal, of -Madera, pure silver to a depth of two inches; will recall'to the’memory of old Grass} Fresno county, atrived hereFriday Valleyans a set of fine looking, intelli. } morning on a ¥isit to her aunt, Mrs. gent, polite.energetic and liberal men, . C. Z. Boardnian. : : high and would then place a bigger Henry “Hoskins came ‘over from] tower over the summit of Mount Davidson than the great_iron tower $5 . now building at Paris, Famay, January 25, 1889. The Board met, all the members M. Brophy, chairman, presided, The minutes of Thursday were read and approved, The following demand was ordered paid from the General Fund: F. R. Waggoner, examining insane, would have built a silver over one hu ijamphant arch of red and fifty feet In compliance with,the recommendation of the Grand Jury, the Sheriff of Nevada county is hereby dirrected to keep an itemized account of all monies received by him as Sheriff and collector in all cases inwhat are known as ‘foreign casea,’”’ It is further ordered that the District Attorney ascertain as near as possible the amount of fees in what are known as ‘‘foreign cases,” collected by Sheriff Lord, and report the same to the Board at the next April session thereYiela of Two Comsteck Mines. According. to -the Virginia City Chronicle, the largest single bullionshipment ever made from from the On motion it was ordered . that Sheriff George Lord be requdsted to pay into the county treasury. within ten days of Jun, 25, 1889, the sum of. — . $671 allowed him by. the St.te Board of Examiners as per diem for transporting insane and crimtnals,or give a bond for the amount thereof to await the final determination of the’case in the, Supreme Court, provided there is The following bills for per diew and mileage as Supervisors were ordered paid from the GENERAL-FUND J. M. Buffington $136.40, R. Noet $136.80, F. M. Pridgeon $138.40, M. Biephy $138.60,D. McPhetres $153.60, rd adjourned sine die, M. Sropny, Chairman. James 1. Moraan, Clerk. By W. D. Hanns, Deputy. i iecenteheteeihemmtmenttiediamnaetaeemnneied Am Elegant Substitute The report that the Sprague electric transmission of power at Big Bend, Butte county, proved a failure is officially denied. The process of power r transmission whereby motors twelve Bea, cu ssid staan miles distant from the point of genera~ Captain Richards is still energetic. ion Was successfal, but the ore in the mine becoming exhausted operations were suspended and the plant removed. For vils, salts, pills, and all kinds of bitter, nauseous medicines, is the very agreeuble liquid fruit remedy, Syrup of Recommended by. leading PhyManufactured only by the California Fig Syrup Company, San For sale by all leadCarr Bros., Nevada tf i cceuiaitiensmeianaiaammieraacam tor cater troubled with an eruption on mv face, which was a soure of constant annoyance when I! wished to appear in company. After using ten bottles of Ayer’s Sarsaparilla, the humor entirely disappeared,.’’—Mary M. Wood, 40 Adams st., Lowell, Mass. A Scrap of Paper Saves Mer Life. Francisco,Cal. ing druggists. Shiloh’s Consumption Cure. This is beyond question the most -successful-Cough Medicine we have ever sold. A few doses invariably cure the worst cases of Cough, Croup, and Bronchitis, while its wonderful success in the cure of Consumption is without & parallel in the history of medicine. Since its first dievovery it has been sold on a gnarantee, a test which no other medicine can stand, If you have a Cough we earnestly ask you to try it. Price 10 cents, 60 cents, and $1.00, If your Lungs are sore, Chest or Back lame,use Shiloh’s Porous Plaster. Sold’ by Carr Bros. 6-6 nen ccm rn a AAS Tt was just-an ordinary scrap -of wapping paper, but it saved her life. She was in the lust stages of consumption, told by physicians that she was incurable and could live only. a short time ; she weighed less than seventy pounds. On apiece of wrapping paper she read of Dr, King’s New Discovery, and got a sample bottle ; it helped her, she bought a large bottle, it helped her more, brought another and grew now. strong, healthy, rosy, plump, At Boston Ravine, January ati%to the wife of Joel Andrew, a Is an fie a 7 aa ase Sil Res eee Fowraenule ata SET SOUT teks ile, disk laos ial ohn: ‘ ~ {s0n, a native of New York, ag muntths and 2 days, (The funeral will take place from the Methodist Church Monday ut 2 o'clock F, AachitEcts & BUILDERE ; ‘ e can. and cheapest tothe Plaza Feedstore, oe Wehave a speedy and positive Cure Diphtheria, -—Canker Mouth,and Head-Ache, in SHITOH’S joa CATARRH REMEDY. A-Wasal InWill you heed the warning, Jector free with each bottle. very real and serious affliction, th. the ‘signal perhaps of the sure 0 2p cgries sg a: harassing symptoms of which are approach of that more terri60. conte. etree & ie. disease, Consumption? Ask ridicule. The stomach is usually re. yourselves if you can afford” for the sponsible for ~these symptoms—its . Sake of saving 50 cents, to run the risk weakness and disorder find a reflex in. and do nothing for it. e know from the brain, which is the headquarters . experience. that Shiloh’s Cure will of the nervous system, As a nerye. Cure your Cough. It never falls, This tonic and tranquilizer, we believe that . exp'ains why more than a Million January 24th, 1889, Ida, ont ENzabeth Dyer, age 10 years, 2 months and lu.days. , ]The funeral will take place from the family residence on the Ked Dog road, Sunday at 2:30 o'clock . oy At Grass Valley, January c4th, 186), Ethel Elizabeth, daughter of Wm, H wud ida May ken, aged t year and “7 dure; a mative ox Grnag Valley, " : for Caterrh, “oe When Baby was sick, We gave her Castoria When she was a Child, ; She cried for Castoria When she became Miss, She clung to Castoria, mathe ‘ Why Olives Pay. less elevated portions of the foothills, {as for instance in the lower portions of Nevada county : ripens in winter, the crop can be gathered at a time when labor is plenty. Nor is there any hurry aa in other fruit crops, such as apricots for instance, where a whole orchard sometimes ripens in three or four days and has. tobe gathered at once. Picking begins in December and continues for two’ months, or during the whole winter perhaps. The gieen olives are picked and putin one receptacle for pivkling, and the ripe ones into another for oil, There is no. rush and nothing is wasted, This is a great advantage, and keenly appreciated by fruit-growera.” EEE Tourists Whether on pleasure bent or business, should take on évery trip a bottle of Syrup of Figs, as it acts most pleasantly-and-— effectually on the kidneys, liver and bowels, preventing fevers, headaches and other forms of sickness. For sale in 50c and $1.00 bottles by all leading druggists. to Henry Lane’s livery and feed stable. ; r €: FOWDER Mts POWDERINEVER VAHCE ~—A Marvel of purity, strength.an wholesomeness. More econdinical than ordinary kinds, and cannot be sold in cont petition with the multitude of low test, shor weight, alum or phosphate powders, old aun sh AMG. ROYAL BAKING POWDER cO., 106 Wall street, New Yor JONSON-LOCKE MERCANTILE gents, San Fra “inen. A Pleasing Sense of He: rt and Strength Renewed, ai’ of Ease and Comfori Follows the use of Syrup of Figs, aacta gently on the Krpneys, Liver @ Bow «: Effectually Cleansing the Systen ~v'.e Costive or Bilious, Dispelling Colds, Headaches and Fey = and permanently curing HABITUAL CONSTIPATION without weakening or irritating the 0 gans on which it acta, Tor Sale in 500 and @1.00 Bottles 6. all Leading Druggists. MANUFACTURED ONLY BY THR . CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP 00" & Saw Franc Ola yaar yee Couwvaam, Ky, Sti Naw Youn N. y SCIENTIFICAMERICA Edition of Scientific Amer areat h issue contains colored oi Cay and city resi 4 dings. ero ea ages TRADE MARKS. a hue rogeereaa the Pat Ce a ea their duty as the means of “raising the wind,’ which William ILL. so often stood in need of. MUN® @ 0O., Patent Solicitors, GENERAL Orricn: 91 BaoaDway, M "” When she had Childrea, Recrox Baorugns, Proprietors. FRAPURNED et ATION . 7 Chicago Cottage Organ. as fears dard of excellence which mits o: hae rior, : : ) pot every improvement that inus, ad “money can pro2 nt Organs Celebrated for ity o is . mee, ¥act constru pare + 80) chure! ALLED WORKME PMATEGIALS COMBINND, MAKE TRIB cos g. TH Popular Organ. “AND PIANO BrooLs CHICAGO ILLINOIS, ~ An experienced horticulturist:gives the following reasons why he would advise the planting of olives in the “The certainty of the crop and the profits derived from it. The crop is as near asurety as anything earthly can be. The trees not only yield abundantly, but as the fruit} Ty. you want a fine turn-out, go of those habits which, when once contracted, stick closer. than a million brothers, Miss Blank began it when a child, and no one ever took the trouble to break her of it, eecieee we it mortifies her terribly to be about. it, though, of course, she is anxious to cure herself. But then every one has some curious little habit which he would be very glad to break ifhe could; some trick, more or less unleasant caused in the first place y nervousness. We all know thé man who is perpetually pulling up his collar. Then there is the girlwho is always rubbing one eye as if in search of astray eye-lash, and the man who can't be without a more rebar gan why tet t and bend and turn about in-his fingers. Any thing and e thing from your finest lace handkerchief to your new and extrenfely delicate paper cutter is sacrificed to the demon of nervousness which possesses him, and yet 8D ng. He iaq y ease 80 long as he is allowed to twirl and twist as much as_he wants to, but bereft of the temporary object of his affection he as a key-board, Ihave noticed that musicians usually indulge this habit, and itis a very trying one, though I-don’t know that ~ it is worse than ‘twiddle your thumbs." There are lots of other @urious little ways peculiar to individuals, I know a man who, when embarrassed, always taps tie side of his nose with his-little finger, and a-girl who is so given to pushing her hair behind her left ear that she has worn a bald spot there.” HAS AN EAGLE EYE. An Eccentric Detroit Millionaire His Own “There goes a man," said a passenger on a Fort street’ car to a Detroit Tribune reporter, as he pointed tthe occupant of a handsome car along riage rolling rapidly . behind two noble-looking steeds, “wham a good many people, if they knew his pe. ; culiuritios, would call @ crank,’ “How sot” asked one who had often no. ticed the gentleman riding by with folded arms and impassive face. ‘Well, you know he is the proprietor of @ large factory in the western of the city; and resides in a palatial residence about a half-mile distant. Every night, exaqtly at nine o'clock, rain or snow, winter or summer, he visits the factory with a lantern and scours the huge building from basement to top floor to see that avery thing is properly placed. In the moat frees ing cold of winter and the moat suffocating heat of summer this same journey and examination are accomplished, Should any workman be careless or unfortunate enough to mislay his tools or put any thing pawn ir in Lov gee La danger, he speodily repriman and often summa: discharged, This odd task he has conceal nightly for nearly fifteen years, “He pursues a similar course with regard to his home, Generally he site reading in his library until midnight, and immediately before retiring he niakes a thorough inspection of the house, Every nook and corner is faithfully scrutinized, and woe unto the servants, to whom he is ordinarily very kind and indulgent, if they have been remiss in their duties. “But his peculiarities do not cease here. Although he is very wealthy—the rumor circulates that he has so much cash that he is at a loss to know ‘what to do with it— he has not and will not invest one cent in He owns and is hy gm . handsome and substantial buildings in of the city; he is adding improvements to them continually; he is joair. a able and central sites, and all for pur 80 of decreasing his large bank account. ut railroad stock is severely shunned. Yea, he goes further than that I have -heard.some. of his-triends say that he has: : never ridden on a railroad train in his life, a and very, very seldom does he board atreet-car,”THE BIRTH TAX,’ A Remarkable Burden That Was Oncd Englishmen. Many strange methods of taxation have been adopted in this country. The first tax: ever imposed was the one levied by Julius Cesar, who ordered the chiefs of the various clans to send paps ogi Rome a given number of men and animals. The former, he said, would be retained as hostages and the latter would be used for the great fights in the Coliseum. But very often the men and the wild animals were put on an equal footing and forced to fight rpm alr bear dasa Ebony ode with each other in sight of the bloodthirsty and applauding Romans. But of all the . taxes ever imposed on a people, says Cham. -bere’ Journal, the “ birth * was the moat odious, It lasted thirteen years, datin iets “from 1605; Every person not in receipt alms was required to pay two shillings for every “little stranger” that came into exStisuxns, sO) Be way, N.¥, istence. The tax was a great burden to the ‘lower orders; but. tho nobility and gentry were subjected to still heavier payments than their poorér neighbors. Thirty pounds had to be on the birth of the child of a Duke, sum gradually, 8% diminished, according to a certain fixed scale, until it reached 10 shillings, the amount levied on real estate of £50,000, personal estate of 2600 and upward. Reasonable excuse can be given : saree secure 7 ENTS: to Stevi in most cases why itis that certain things fave over are taxed; byt where the imposers of the 0! ont Fagg lef Yor “birth tax” can tind.an excuse seems to our BP ele ie eo modern minds imposdibie, Contemporane; i . fously with thie “birth tax’ there existed : another called the “bachelor’s tax.’ It was not a very ery Lays apres and was probably intended to as much a remin of. As soon as a man reached the age of twenty-five fe was liable to the tax, which was 1 shilling yearly till he took to himself.a spotise. But it did not stop with bachelors: and here we think it was unjust, for it taxed widowers without children. the. shilling-every man had to pay an amount according to his rank for the luxury (or otherwise) of single-blessedness; thus Duke or an Latter ae ee _ yearly sum Os.; an esquire, £1 ; a gentleman, Ss. Social distinctions were nicely drawn them . --y with a Moral. ae The story has reached us of an Italian