April 10, 1873 (4 pages)

acd 1 tata one “ ~ wo > go rs at fy ry 2 ~ ne + © \ ail ; * of the season. _ 800 troops at bay. _trom beginning. to end, looks likea ‘pockets, and shut The Daily Sranseript. NEVADA CITY, CAL. a Thursday, April 10,. 1873. or The Modoc War., ' ‘fhe Modoc war is the biggest farce Forty Indians, poorly armed and provisioned, for months bafiled thé ingenuity of Peace Commissioners and the valor of the troops,; which probably outnumber them seventeen times. Shack Nasty Jimn_and his little hand full 6f ragged savageshave had the best of the =Peace Comninissioners and the Government forces np to this time. The “have _-War in the first place was bronght about by a few men who wanted to make something out—of. furnishing supplies or getting the lands -ocen-. pied by the Indians, and hefere it is ended it will probably cost the Government a very large sum-—of. money. We will venture to say that 300 men. could be ‘obtained who-would take —_—the-contrart-to bring tht Modocs to . terms or whip them, atone-fourth the expense it has already cost the . Government; but still” the forty men, hold their place and keep the 700 ors The whole thing,huge farce, played for the benefit of ‘speculators and land grabbers, at the expense of the country. Assessments at Home and Abroad. Savage $10 per share,is announced by the Virginia Chronicle. The Grass ‘Valley Union thinks such an assessment on a mine in this localitywould . . scare the stockholders so badly that they would abandon work, This is about true. " Mean will fit out companies to go to Arizona in search of mines Or diamond, beds, pay assessnents on distant mines, but at home it is different. Let a company go to « work and take out a few hundred thousand dollars above expenses,and the owners are in high glee. They are willing to draw dividends as long as they can be paid, but let it become hecessary to put part of this money back to open the mine more thoroughly, or to work to better advantage, in most cases they close up their down the mine, ‘There are mines now wunworked in this county upon which an assessment never was. levied, which have yielded good pay, simply because it has become necessary to expend a few. thousand ecm before: more cun be taken out. : 4 ~<a ~— Short Terms. ; The new code provides.that the terms of office for county officers shall commence on the first of January, and also provides that the pro. vision shall. not in any way affect the tenure of office of any officers who held at the time of its ‘passage. The present officers will therefore hold until March, and their successors will hold only until January of the second year of their service. This will make the next terms two months shorter than two years. We suppose, however, this fact will not have a tendency to decrease.the numBe ber of candidates. Ne i ‘sa Raw. The Sacramento Union is still harp: ing-on thé inerease of salary by Congress of its members. The Union pretends thatthe bil.was considered on its merits, independent of the apptopriations in. which the. Pacific _ coast was so largely interested._ If _the -measure_was—considéred—and passed in this way, then it went to [» the President for his signature inj’ the same shape. But the Union hag nothivg to say on this point, its whole aim is to misrepresent the position of Members of Congress on the subject. The trick is too thin, ° —— oe Military Orders. 1 Orders have been received frem headquarters ef the Fourth Regiment, to Which the Nevada Light S given. The New Odd.Bellew,’ Hall. . Oustomah Lodge, I. 0.0. F., of this city, gecupied -the new hall on Broad street, for the first time, Tuesday'evening: The Grand Lecturer af ‘the State, Mr, Garriet, was pres. dit and exemplified the work. A. delegation of visiting members from Grass Valley were also in attendance, \ aud there was also avery large at-. tendance of members of the lodge. . The new hall is’ large and well fur. nished, and admirably adapted tor . the purpese-for whichiti¥ intended. . After the meeting was concluded the . 8 members atid their guests:partook of . a-aplendid lunch prepared by. Alex. . Gault at the armory. The lodge in. this city isin a most flourishing’ eons dition, having a very ‘large member=1 ship, and the meetings sre always well attended. The new hall will be dedicated on. the 25th inst., and_ the event willl be celebrated: in ‘grand style by the lodge ant me smbers of} the order from other sisigpeaes ieee 2 ay . Pomaenimnnosmer=t oe ; A Good One. ee L city, anid a-traveler,— wheis-post edt @énerally, started for Sx wy ‘Francisco . by the. Western Pacific from Sacra. He had not been over the . route, and having heard that the cars, atid boat terminated at Oakland . for San Francisco, when the “*brakes. tian .sung -out_ ‘Oakland!’ he got He looked around. Broadway saw .no boat, but made no inquiry, mento, out. discovered he was just about four miles from the station,’ and in the town of Oakland. His friends have a good;thing on him, and-they usually inquire whether on the next trip he designs taking a “‘lay over” -ticket-for Oakland. peeCommitted, Carrie Pryor, of Truckee; was yesterday lodged in the county jail, to await examination by the Grand Jury upon the charge of assault with intent to murder. —= ST eae on = The Brown Cases, The cases of the People ys. Jno. Brown, who, was ie in two hearing in the Supreme Court on the loth of Spell, eebte > o> Dividend Payable, The Odd Fe Hows’ Hall Associa: tidmhave declared a dividend of one per cent. per month for the quarter ending April Ist. . Stockholders can get their coin on application to A. H.Parker at the Bank of Nevada Co. a — —~ Yaar iATION ete Stockton Independent says: §,The~ dry weather of the last two weeks ‘is beginning to effect the growing crops, {and now we hear complaints from almost every portion of the: State that unless it rains shortly the late sown grain will fail to make a crop. All through ‘this valley there are immense fields of wheat which may be lost for want of Moisture, while the’ many streams flowingfrom the Sierra Nevadas* are now ‘Funning bank full to the ocean. The cost of leading this water out over the fields [> to afford the necessary’ moisture to secure the growing crop would be ‘comparatively smiall, to the area of land of the valley. It is of ‘the utmost importance that our people prepare for these seasons of drought, and the country cannot become truly prosperous until a system of irrigation canals are constructed to enable the farmers to guard against such losses as threatens them at the present time. ia am >. --— Drwwenv.—The Trustees of re Tdaho, held a regular monthly meeting last Monday night at the office of the banking. house of Thomas Findley & Cor Atividend (a regular monthly one) $2 to © the share of the capital stock erate This gives the shareholders tieneat little sum of $62,000. So mye Grass Valley Union. ESS SS oe ‘Guard belotigs; aniotineing the ap: pointment of E. F, Amsden Adjutant ~of the regiment, and” Lieutenant V, Ayers, Quarter Master. Twenty-oue men have been dishonorably discharged from service in the National ‘Guard, for non attendance upon monthly drills, and their names are After the next monthly drill thos¢ who are liable to discharge for such neglect will have to be sent ‘toheadquarters from the Light Guard. ae Joseph Lancaster was yesterday brought down from Columbia Hill, Constable, Hutchinson ,to be examinédupon the charge of insanity, A WELL attached to Cron’s slaughter house at Oakland, Alameda county, in which,there had been twenty feet of water in the morning, was found, after the slight earthquake on the 30th ult., to have become dry. ‘Tue Governor a dry nurse. Two million nine hundred and sixtyseven thousand dollars,to pay and no pitch hot,”’ is the despairing cry of a political editor in Georgia, AN ingenious Baltimorean has invented the name of Camdenline for an infant daughter unexpectedly pre-. sented to him a few days ago-on. the Comin Railroad. . moral, until the train had started when he cases for-grand—larceny,-are—set-for . . Temperance Alliance. "The State Temperance Convent tion which lately convened ip San Francisco, has concludéd’ to make tempefance a-political question, re. gardless of party” power. A new‘organization Kas been, created, ¢ntitled, “The~California and Netada Temperance Alliance, whose object. is the promotion of temperance prin-’; ciples by all suitable means, and to . this end Auxiliary Alliances shall be formed in every county. of these . ltwo States, which’ may send <elerates to the principal Alliance;in¢the . proportion ‘of one delegate’ for every . twenty members. And where such Alliance is not, any church, Sabbath school. tempérance.or other organization, sympathizing with the —ob-. jects-of the Alliance, may. send dele-: i gates in proportion of’ene for every Hen of its members. _ tion oftheir principles, and the baAsan exposi‘sis Tpon which this alliance stands, we here scopy article four of° their -Basis of: Organization, which. conis “Tala. the gist.of the entire moves Rec ently auold reside nt of this’ ment: —Section-IWe believe the liquor traffic and drinking custom of socie. ty to be the greatest obstaclé to the social ‘and financial welfare of the State; that so long—-as they are permitted to continue unchecked, all attempts at reform in any. and every direetton will be comparatively fuj tile; that. the. sale of intoxicating drinks should be regulated and restricted -by law to. medicinal .and mechanical purposes, in the same manner ag other poisons, Section 2. We believe the time has fully come when it is the duty of all men -who love morality, virtue and temperance to assert these principles at the ballot box for the purpose of electing men to our Legislature favorable “to the enactment of legislation in accordance with the principles herein announced. ' Section 3. We disclaim any intention of interference in politics, ex‘cept so far ag toselect rden of probity; sobriety and te niperunce principles, clare ourselves emphatically in éarnest_in_ this. respect, tobe swerved frond this principle by no seated aftillations.’ = a Oe An InconventeNt Memory.—Two years ago Thomas Start: broke into and robbed a house in Horncastle, England. ‘He evaded the police and escaped. In the list of passengers saved at the recent disaster in which of emigrants to Australia, appears the name of Start, which was noticed by a detective witha memory. ° After afew days Start appeared to claim his share of the subscriptions for relief of the Narthtleet sufferers, when he was recéived in the open arms of Justice, instead of those , of Mercy, and is now likely tobe boarded freo in a pénitentiary. eee tn citi cane EEEe Turnre were in, the libraries, public and private, of the United States, 1850, thirteen millions in 1860, and forty-five millions in 1870, a wonderful rapid increase, There are éleven hundred free municipal libraries, and, significant fact, more than half ef them are in New England, and more than a sil in Massachusetts alone. ~THE great boat race this year betweon the students of Oxford and ‘ambridge (England,) resulted in a the latter who won “4 three tengtba only, > Waren N they do manage td\get the people of Tempsonville, Ct., into church the sexton is obliged to lock therdvor to keep them there until the service is over. So says the local papers. 7 Tue’ Western press ayows its willingness to accept the theory of spontaneous generation if the potato the one just passed. For some-weeks passed there has been an immense raise in the price of wood in the north of Europe, _recalling that which occurréd ‘at the pend of the year If 1853. far without regard to party-;. but we de-_ the Northfleet was sunk with a load . four millions and a half of books in. hard fought struggle and victory for, bugs appear after such a winter as ‘A Dangerous Woman. Carrie Pryor, the woman who stabbed James Fagan on Friday night, was arrested soon after and ie. Justice Keiser’being absent at the Bay a the tine, her examination had to be deferred, and took place on Tuesflay . This woman Pryor, afternoon.’ is . . Chicken,” “but.her real name is Car} . rie Smith. She has acquired an unlenviable reputation. ip Truckee for . . her reckless acts, threats against the } ness, and unseemly conduct. on the . street and in. the~saloons. Some two yeags ago She was the cause of a ley and Pryor, in which the former was instantly killed and the latter was supposed to be mortally wounded. For.about.one hundred days‘, Pryor was a to his bed and . ‘eared for by His friends," when he recovered, although cripplee for life. On another occasion she commenced . kicking and—maltreating—a drunken man infront of Payne: & Dodge’ 8 suloan, when Mr. Payne—interfered. She drew a‘dagger and made a slasli at him, when he’ knocked her down and disarmed her. For this shé threatened Payne’s lifé, and tried to get a mansto kill’ ‘him. ‘She has ftequently, been arrested and brought before our Justice Courts, but ‘has hitherto managed to get off without any*serious punishment. Her conduct has réndered her notorious to tht citizens of this place, and further forbearance in her casé“would not-seem to bea virtue. She isa violent, dangéfous* woman, and. it is high time this community were rid of her présence. So says the Truckee Tepublican, ces TELEGcRaPHIC. Repucrion.—Cheap telegraphy is apparently not so distint as many people have supposed. The Jourtial of the Telegraph, whose statements on the subject may be resays: ‘‘The Western Union Telegraph Company have under consideration,: and the plans nearly matured, fora further reduction of tariffs, which is to be of the most radical and sweeping nature. The change contemplates the use of only ten different rates for the entire country, and willestablish a uniferm air-line distance rate between-all offices in each of the divisions. There is also some talk about this company buying up the Little Automatic system ef telegraphing, now in successful operation between New York and Washington, =: garded as” authorative, Duntna the past quarter'the gross exports of merchandise and produce from “California aggregated $9,002,686, of which $7,880,642 was for silver and other articles of California produce. . The wheat shipments amounted to 3,235,778 centals, valued at $6,374,627, nearly all to England. The flour shipments were 101,000 barrels, valued at $549,000, over half of which was for China. _—— THE new vineyard being made at Alger Creek by the Natoma Mining andWater Company, ~ will contain > The company have also planted out 1,600 pear trees vf .choice varieties, and next season they intend to plant 16,000 plum trees on a tract-of land now being prepared near Willow Creek. ‘ a A. Martinez date of the 5th inst. says that the Central Pacific Railroad . Company is gathering its forces preparatory ,to commencing — rdilroud work, at that place right away. _TueE cobble machine -is in running order at Alder creek, and is’heading rapidity. Larger quantities of cobbles are now being shipped than eyer before. Tue Lassen Advocate says the epizootic has visited nearly every stable . familiarly known as the “Spring . Biue Tent. lives of different persons, drunken. personal’ recoutre between one Whip. . LOPGGIOY Sosa tance ewmee ens 4 O00 . Grass Valley. Se se er 32. 00 Graniteville. AG BO. Indian Springs. See See Kentue BEC inG res ee 109; 50° Pattie Warts 70. 50 Limekiln ee 51 Wythes ie GUN Pe ercen 43. 50. ECS BO eure arareear ae Lie 40 50 Moorets Blaby 5 dss esi 126-00 Mooney.Flat.i.5. Sia OOLOU NeVAGH Go ee 1074 00 North: San Juan.o... 243 00 . North Bloomfield: 2.2. 100,50. North Stat: (co. be. .cees 166 50 : Oaklands oil FS. e heaces Tebde 09 Ometas re 103-804 Pleasant V. alley. aa aieyevg tt) 400 Quaker Hill. .: os acgtihabeure 2 OOe Rough & Ready . 5.5 ve sn: “421 50 Re Hel Wilco sves ices i 43 50, Sebastopol. ce ane ss “get ,08 50 MPENCEVIUG canes bis cow wlees 40 50 SWeCHUADG. cin cae acne ‘ces aed DTUGKEO., cok iawes dees pote Bae O00 Ger etos Onmel a Ud beeen ange arar et areata 201° 00 Washifigton cas fs)6 ¢ cudareurs 91 50 Willow Valley. i. cess 51-00 $6, 327 00 . wheat, flour, wine, wool, ores, quick-, 70,000 vines—all foreign varieties. . the Spring crop of cobbles with great. Quarterly Apportionment, The following is the regular, quarterly apportionment, of the County School’Furid, td°-the various districts’ being $150 for each child, t . between thdlages of five and. fifteen. years. Allison Rasrekh... oo ‘$285 00. BOCA wort sic t es cicters tc0 oon 00 Birchy Hi. eee ee 78: OU Ee iit = NOU GAT RIVE? o5.-occnsh ciate tors, shateuete 39-00 Challe: Bluff. spc neresenes 79 50 . Clear Creek. ceases Ee cerc OL OU . CHELORES i} gs oi tin seh 23's 91° 50 L€dlumbia Hill Reed cohe ase cure etacs 72 00 PUPEKA. 6a Ceci wereee teres 130. 50 Forest abo pagvuces 306 00 . French Corral. . “3 ot t-0a 3 bar fe Ww ATSON, Supt. JnowPattison, Dep’y. Nevada April, 8th 1873. eee W. Bz. grapes which he putin wheat chaff last Fall and kept dry in a cool place ‘all Winter, which are now as_ plump and-well. flavored as when. plucked from the vine. PENMANSHPP. ECOND TERM commences at the WASHi INGTON SCHOOL HOUSE, on Wednesday Afternoon, April 16, At 4 o’clock, Also, in the EVENING at i o’clock. a TERMS: ‘Thirteen Lessons for $4, Scholars have the privilege of atténding both classes for $4. Four,dolars given to the one making the greatest improvement, Private Lessons $5, anteed, tend. mi19 Satisfaction. guark Old and Young are invited to, atE. P; CONNOR, ‘Teacher. COUNTY WARRANTS : LL Warrants on General Fund registered prior to Feb. 15th, 1872; also, all Warrants on Road Fund registered prior to Aug. 13th, 1872, will be paid on presentation. “Interest ceases from this date. A. GOLDSMITH, Co, Treasurer, By A. H. PARKER, Deputy. Nevada, April 10th, 1873. .~ NEVADA THEATRE. ROBERT FULFORD... Manager. ELIAS LIPLIS.. . Business Manager, — Thursday Evening, April 10th, FIRST APPEARANCE —OF THE— DRAMATIC COMPANY ! Lr. Old Block’s Great Sensation Drama, . entitled A LIVE WOMAN IN THE © MINES, A grand Interlude by the Celebrated . PIXLEY SISTERS. To conclude with a Laughable Farce. For particulars see small bills. Nevada, April 9th, 1878. — WILL sell at’ public Auction. at my Auction Rooms, on Cummercial Street, on Saturday, April 12th; 1873, a yorSe way” "or" Bt Leis has just Sent a Europe an order for fifty yards of Bru Is carpet, twenty-five feet wide. §$ pair of slippers f local paper. editor of a A Derrorr butcher had hanging over his retail scales w reads: ‘‘A false balance i is an abom ination to the Lord, but a just esiak is his ‘delight.”"--Proverbs, Chap. XI, 1st verse. ign welcomed with three charges of’ bird shot. Heis now converted, and he spends his time in singing the hymn, “A charge to keep I have. “pi alta ct A Curgss thief at Placerville was least ene-half of allthe horses have mild type. Prospectors fromthe lately discovered borax deposits on the road (to Owens’ river report locations ‘for miles. eee SS ie T\Los Angeles, April 5th, the and” pastire in that county, and_atthe disease, °Itis, however, of avery Tdols, Also Prarr of Calistoga «has ROSEDALE YOU IMPOSToRs _ _—_— Flow are yeu now? df Competition against Us ta t Nowhere!~. ii ee _ OER MOTTO IS QUICK SALES AND SMALL PROFITS ! a BROS,, Ld [Adjoining the enon Nevada Co.] oo only OPPOSITION: STORE in Ne. vada. .We don’t use deception in our business, and try to décei¥e’ the public by hanging out red flags (Che wp John Btyle) to draw the weak minded—pubhe, and sel] them old fashion or shelf worn Dry Goodks nor.do we doa Chatam Street style of busi: ness. Rosenberg Bros, HAVE THE LARGEST STOCK mR DRY. GOODS In Neyada City. Which were selected with sp°cidl care ~ from all the European and Eastern Markets. It is a treat for the ladies to call at our ‘PALACE STORE To see the finest selection of Goods of all Shades and Colors, to be found this side of San Francisco, which we will sell at prices that wall Defy Competition, NO HUMBUGT _ ECONOMY Is RICHES ! As the Convention isdrawing near, ani & wrangling as fo who shall be County Treasurer, it is resolved, ‘Rosenberg Bros are not up for any office. We have coin enough to conduct our business, Let it therefore be known that ‘we cannot -and wil not be undersold. than any of the third grade dea ers can buy the goods. ° 7 Rosenberg Bros. ARE THE LEADING DRY GOODS DEALERS so IN ‘THE.TOWN. Our Stock consists of the ____LATEST NOVELTIES. 2,000 yds Japanese Silk. 2,000 yds Silks of all colors. and.shades 4,000 yds Irish Poplin, 6,000 yds Alpacca. 2,000 yds Fancy and ae Pique. 10,000 yds French and American Prints. 10,000 yds of all brands Muslin and Sheeting, A great variety of Ladies and Children's Straw Hats, . Latest Novelty Parasols. The.following. Goods. Wares, and Mes. chandise One Splendia Parlor suit of Furniture, Reps. Also, Bed Room Suits, Chairs, Tables, Mattrasses, Bureaus, Swinging Shelves and Racks, Crockery and Glassware of all de. scriptions. One splendid PIER GLASS Extension Table, Wardrobes, Closets, Bath Tub, Tubs, Cooking Stove, (Stuart’s) Sofas, Carpets, ~ Books, Pictures, — Bedding, etc. Mats and Matting, Lace Curtains, Cornices, Lamps. Tin and Wooden Ware, Garden bd » Qne Fine Concord Double Buggy and Harness, One Single Harne Sad lctathe. om dle and Will be sold f TertGs cid or cash withont reserve. W. HY DAVID: Nevada, April oh, it ga Auctioneer, And all the fineries in the way of ‘arens that can be found in a first-class Dry Goous CALL CONVINVE . YOURSELF OF OUR STATEMENT, And don’t be lea away by humbngs. We don’t throw out any bates, but we do & legitimate business. By calling st 0U7 PALACE STORE you willbe assured of the truth. . Nevada, March 27th, 1873. We sell cheaper ~s nt oe The“fruckee 1872, he Dail She Dai ' NEVABDA LOCAL Bi “E. P. Conu penmanship j School house, pupils, and the jmprovement, ‘eommence on D the 16th. The Encamp' have notified t rangements of ( they will attend dedication in~t on_borseback. of the day willt ~— who will furni: and. eveniiig: * be one of the 1 city As the figure: tricts of the Cc tionment;-pubhi yesterday were i it again this me of the DeputyCe Block” sold +t «Live Wornan : Eastern party Grass’ Valley ~ good price; “<e was-en his han All warrants registered prio and also ; Pund,registeres 1872, will be . at the Bank.of . Yesterday 1 were arrested . for violation of were found asle one on Comme! on Broad street A correspon¢ ley Union takes umn in comme: of a cat, which’ fifteen years ag A letter was on Tuesday la marked at Gale making the tr ~How is that for Th This evening, dale ‘Troupe, Theatre in thi (Old © Block’s) play, entitled, ‘ mines,” This duced at the M San Francisco, drew crowded other places wh produced. As { culiarly adapte California, it b. Delano, it can: crowded house bine some of th: State, including Mrs.’ R. Fulfor Fulford and* ot & grand interlué ters, andthe Pp elude ‘with . the -“Natare and Ph and secure your Mining The mining p ity of Colfax. g Rising Star mit mill,-running or arun of one mont , The mill is nov day, and they hi Which looks sple _ Starnever looke Present time. The Montana Vicinity, which . for some time, b again, Pos We have beet that the exhibiti eonnect pal Sunday scho the Theatre on commencing at the intention to ’ day evenin, it impossible tc time, ‘The Fed The Federal I at the head of “V * Deer cre & Heel large, in slate we Yell. We under ‘Ments are about Bi this mine

acd 1 tata one “ ~ wo > go rs at fy ry 2 ~ ne + © \ ail ; * of the season. _ 800 troops at bay. _trom beginning. to end, looks likea ‘pockets, and shut The Daily Sranseript. NEVADA CITY, CAL. a Thursday, April 10,. 1873. or The Modoc War., ' ‘fhe Modoc war is the biggest farce Forty Indians, poorly armed and provisioned, for months bafiled thé ingenuity of Peace Commissioners and the valor of the troops,; which probably outnumber them seventeen times. Shack Nasty Jimn_and his little hand full 6f ragged savageshave had the best of the =Peace Comninissioners and the Government forces np to this time. The “have _-War in the first place was bronght about by a few men who wanted to make something out—of. furnishing supplies or getting the lands -ocen-. pied by the Indians, and hefere it is ended it will probably cost the Government a very large sum-—of. money. We will venture to say that 300 men. could be ‘obtained who-would take —_—the-contrart-to bring tht Modocs to . terms or whip them, atone-fourth the expense it has already cost the . Government; but still” the forty men, hold their place and keep the 700 ors The whole thing,huge farce, played for the benefit of ‘speculators and land grabbers, at the expense of the country. Assessments at Home and Abroad. Savage $10 per share,is announced by the Virginia Chronicle. The Grass ‘Valley Union thinks such an assessment on a mine in this localitywould . . scare the stockholders so badly that they would abandon work, This is about true. " Mean will fit out companies to go to Arizona in search of mines Or diamond, beds, pay assessnents on distant mines, but at home it is different. Let a company go to « work and take out a few hundred thousand dollars above expenses,and the owners are in high glee. They are willing to draw dividends as long as they can be paid, but let it become hecessary to put part of this money back to open the mine more thoroughly, or to work to better advantage, in most cases they close up their down the mine, ‘There are mines now wunworked in this county upon which an assessment never was. levied, which have yielded good pay, simply because it has become necessary to expend a few. thousand ecm before: more cun be taken out. : 4 ~<a ~— Short Terms. ; The new code provides.that the terms of office for county officers shall commence on the first of January, and also provides that the pro. vision shall. not in any way affect the tenure of office of any officers who held at the time of its ‘passage. The present officers will therefore hold until March, and their successors will hold only until January of the second year of their service. This will make the next terms two months shorter than two years. We suppose, however, this fact will not have a tendency to decrease.the numBe ber of candidates. Ne i ‘sa Raw. The Sacramento Union is still harp: ing-on thé inerease of salary by Congress of its members. The Union pretends thatthe bil.was considered on its merits, independent of the apptopriations in. which the. Pacific _ coast was so largely interested._ If _the -measure_was—considéred—and passed in this way, then it went to [» the President for his signature inj’ the same shape. But the Union hag nothivg to say on this point, its whole aim is to misrepresent the position of Members of Congress on the subject. The trick is too thin, ° —— oe Military Orders. 1 Orders have been received frem headquarters ef the Fourth Regiment, to Which the Nevada Light S given. The New Odd.Bellew,’ Hall. . Oustomah Lodge, I. 0.0. F., of this city, gecupied -the new hall on Broad street, for the first time, Tuesday'evening: The Grand Lecturer af ‘the State, Mr, Garriet, was pres. dit and exemplified the work. A. delegation of visiting members from Grass Valley were also in attendance, \ aud there was also avery large at-. tendance of members of the lodge. . The new hall is’ large and well fur. nished, and admirably adapted tor . the purpese-for whichiti¥ intended. . After the meeting was concluded the . 8 members atid their guests:partook of . a-aplendid lunch prepared by. Alex. . Gault at the armory. The lodge in. this city isin a most flourishing’ eons dition, having a very ‘large member=1 ship, and the meetings sre always well attended. The new hall will be dedicated on. the 25th inst., and_ the event willl be celebrated: in ‘grand style by the lodge ant me smbers of} the order from other sisigpeaes ieee 2 ay . Pomaenimnnosmer=t oe ; A Good One. ee L city, anid a-traveler,— wheis-post edt @énerally, started for Sx wy ‘Francisco . by the. Western Pacific from Sacra. He had not been over the . route, and having heard that the cars, atid boat terminated at Oakland . for San Francisco, when the “*brakes. tian .sung -out_ ‘Oakland!’ he got He looked around. Broadway saw .no boat, but made no inquiry, mento, out. discovered he was just about four miles from the station,’ and in the town of Oakland. His friends have a good;thing on him, and-they usually inquire whether on the next trip he designs taking a “‘lay over” -ticket-for Oakland. peeCommitted, Carrie Pryor, of Truckee; was yesterday lodged in the county jail, to await examination by the Grand Jury upon the charge of assault with intent to murder. —= ST eae on = The Brown Cases, The cases of the People ys. Jno. Brown, who, was ie in two hearing in the Supreme Court on the loth of Spell, eebte > o> Dividend Payable, The Odd Fe Hows’ Hall Associa: tidmhave declared a dividend of one per cent. per month for the quarter ending April Ist. . Stockholders can get their coin on application to A. H.Parker at the Bank of Nevada Co. a — —~ Yaar iATION ete Stockton Independent says: §,The~ dry weather of the last two weeks ‘is beginning to effect the growing crops, {and now we hear complaints from almost every portion of the: State that unless it rains shortly the late sown grain will fail to make a crop. All through ‘this valley there are immense fields of wheat which may be lost for want of Moisture, while the’ many streams flowingfrom the Sierra Nevadas* are now ‘Funning bank full to the ocean. The cost of leading this water out over the fields [> to afford the necessary’ moisture to secure the growing crop would be ‘comparatively smiall, to the area of land of the valley. It is of ‘the utmost importance that our people prepare for these seasons of drought, and the country cannot become truly prosperous until a system of irrigation canals are constructed to enable the farmers to guard against such losses as threatens them at the present time. ia am >. --— Drwwenv.—The Trustees of re Tdaho, held a regular monthly meeting last Monday night at the office of the banking. house of Thomas Findley & Cor Atividend (a regular monthly one) $2 to © the share of the capital stock erate This gives the shareholders tieneat little sum of $62,000. So mye Grass Valley Union. ESS SS oe ‘Guard belotigs; aniotineing the ap: pointment of E. F, Amsden Adjutant ~of the regiment, and” Lieutenant V, Ayers, Quarter Master. Twenty-oue men have been dishonorably discharged from service in the National ‘Guard, for non attendance upon monthly drills, and their names are After the next monthly drill thos¢ who are liable to discharge for such neglect will have to be sent ‘toheadquarters from the Light Guard. ae Joseph Lancaster was yesterday brought down from Columbia Hill, Constable, Hutchinson ,to be examinédupon the charge of insanity, A WELL attached to Cron’s slaughter house at Oakland, Alameda county, in which,there had been twenty feet of water in the morning, was found, after the slight earthquake on the 30th ult., to have become dry. ‘Tue Governor a dry nurse. Two million nine hundred and sixtyseven thousand dollars,to pay and no pitch hot,”’ is the despairing cry of a political editor in Georgia, AN ingenious Baltimorean has invented the name of Camdenline for an infant daughter unexpectedly pre-. sented to him a few days ago-on. the Comin Railroad. . moral, until the train had started when he cases for-grand—larceny,-are—set-for . . Temperance Alliance. "The State Temperance Convent tion which lately convened ip San Francisco, has concludéd’ to make tempefance a-political question, re. gardless of party” power. A new‘organization Kas been, created, ¢ntitled, “The~California and Netada Temperance Alliance, whose object. is the promotion of temperance prin-’; ciples by all suitable means, and to . this end Auxiliary Alliances shall be formed in every county. of these . ltwo States, which’ may send <elerates to the principal Alliance;in¢the . proportion ‘of one delegate’ for every . twenty members. And where such Alliance is not, any church, Sabbath school. tempérance.or other organization, sympathizing with the —ob-. jects-of the Alliance, may. send dele-: i gates in proportion of’ene for every Hen of its members. _ tion oftheir principles, and the baAsan exposi‘sis Tpon which this alliance stands, we here scopy article four of° their -Basis of: Organization, which. conis “Tala. the gist.of the entire moves Rec ently auold reside nt of this’ ment: —Section-IWe believe the liquor traffic and drinking custom of socie. ty to be the greatest obstaclé to the social ‘and financial welfare of the State; that so long—-as they are permitted to continue unchecked, all attempts at reform in any. and every direetton will be comparatively fuj tile; that. the. sale of intoxicating drinks should be regulated and restricted -by law to. medicinal .and mechanical purposes, in the same manner ag other poisons, Section 2. We believe the time has fully come when it is the duty of all men -who love morality, virtue and temperance to assert these principles at the ballot box for the purpose of electing men to our Legislature favorable “to the enactment of legislation in accordance with the principles herein announced. ' Section 3.. We disclaim any intention of interference in politics, ex‘cept so far ag toselect rden of probity; sobriety and te niperunce principles, clare ourselves emphatically in éarnest_in_ this. respect, tobe swerved frond this principle by no seated aftillations.’ = a Oe An InconventeNt Memory.—Two years ago Thomas Start: broke into and robbed a house in Horncastle, England. ‘He evaded the police and escaped. In the list of passengers saved at the recent disaster in which of emigrants to Australia, appears the name of Start, which was noticed by a detective witha memory. ° After afew days Start appeared to claim his share of the subscriptions for relief of the Narthtleet sufferers, when he was recéived in the open arms of Justice, instead of those , of Mercy, and is now likely tobe boarded freo in a pénitentiary. eee tn citi cane EEEe Turnre were in, the libraries, public and private, of the United States, 1850, thirteen millions in 1860, and forty-five millions in 1870, a wonderful rapid increase, There are éleven hundred free municipal libraries, and, significant fact, more than half ef them are in New England, and more than a sil in Massachusetts alone. ~THE great boat race this year betweon the students of Oxford and ‘ambridge (England,) resulted in a the latter who won “4 three tengtba only, > Waren N they do manage td\get the people of Tempsonville, Ct., into church the sexton is obliged to lock therdvor to keep them there until the service is over. So says the local papers. 7 Tue’ Western press ayows its willingness to accept the theory of spontaneous generation if the potato the one just passed. For some-weeks passed there has been an immense raise in the price of wood in the north of Europe, _recalling that which occurréd ‘at the pend of the year If 1853. far without regard to party-;. but we de-_ the Northfleet was sunk with a load . four millions and a half of books in. hard fought struggle and victory for, bugs appear after such a winter as ‘A Dangerous Woman. Carrie Pryor, the woman who stabbed James Fagan on Friday night, was arrested soon after and ie. Justice Keiser’being absent at the Bay a the tine, her examination had to be deferred, and took place on Tuesflay . This woman Pryor, afternoon.’ is . . Chicken,” “but.her real name is Car} . rie Smith. She has acquired an unlenviable reputation. ip Truckee for . . her reckless acts, threats against the } ness, and unseemly conduct. on the . street and in. the~saloons. Some two yeags ago She was the cause of a ley and Pryor, in which the former was instantly killed and the latter was supposed to be mortally wounded. For.about.one hundred days‘, Pryor was a to his bed and . ‘eared for by His friends," when he recovered, although cripplee for life. On another occasion she commenced . kicking and—maltreating—a drunken man infront of Payne: & Dodge’ 8 suloan, when Mr. Payne—interfered. She drew a‘dagger and made a slasli at him, when he’ knocked her down and disarmed her. For this shé threatened Payne’s lifé, and tried to get a mansto kill’ ‘him. ‘She has ftequently, been arrested and brought before our Justice Courts, but ‘has hitherto managed to get off without any*serious punishment. Her conduct has réndered her notorious to tht citizens of this place, and further forbearance in her casé“would not-seem to bea virtue. She isa violent, dangéfous* woman, and. it is high time this community were rid of her présence. So says the Truckee Tepublican, ces TELEGcRaPHIC. Repucrion.—Cheap telegraphy is apparently not so distint as many people have supposed. The Jourtial of the Telegraph, whose statements on the subject may be resays: ‘‘The Western Union Telegraph Company have under consideration,: and the plans nearly matured, fora further reduction of tariffs, which is to be of the most radical and sweeping nature. The change contemplates the use of only ten different rates for the entire country, and willestablish a uniferm air-line distance rate between-all offices in each of the divisions. There is also some talk about this company buying up the Little Automatic system ef telegraphing, now in successful operation between New York and Washington, =: garded as” authorative,

Duntna the past quarter'the gross exports of merchandise and produce from “California aggregated $9,002,686, of which $7,880,642 was for silver and other articles of California produce. . The wheat shipments amounted to 3,235,778 centals, valued at $6,374,627, nearly all to England. The flour shipments were 101,000 barrels, valued at $549,000, over half of which was for China. _—— THE new vineyard being made at Alger Creek by the Natoma Mining andWater Company, ~ will contain > The company have also planted out 1,600 pear trees vf .choice varieties, and next season they intend to plant 16,000 plum trees on a tract-of land now being prepared near Willow Creek. ‘ a A. Martinez date of the 5th inst. says that the Central Pacific Railroad . Company is gathering its forces preparatory ,to commencing — rdilroud work, at that place right away. _TueE cobble machine -is in running order at Alder creek, and is’heading rapidity. Larger quantities of cobbles are now being shipped than eyer before. Tue Lassen Advocate says the epizootic has visited nearly every stable . familiarly known as the “Spring . Biue Tent. lives of different persons, drunken. personal’ recoutre between one Whip. . LOPGGIOY Sosa tance ewmee ens 4 O00 . Grass Valley.. Se se er 32. 00 Graniteville.. AG BO. Indian Springs. See See Kentue BEC inG res ee 109; 50° Pattie Warts 70. 50 Limekiln ee 51 Wythes ie GUN Pe ercen 43. 50. ECS BO eure arareear ae Lie 40 50 Moorets Blaby 5 dss esi 126-00 Mooney.Flat.i..5. Sia OOLOU NeVAGH Go ee 1074 00 North: San Juan.o..... 243 00 . North Bloomfield: 2.2.. 100,50. North Stat: (co. be. .cees 166 50 : Oaklands oil FS. e heaces Tebde 09 Ometas re 103-804 Pleasant V. alley. aa aieyevg tt) 400 Quaker Hill.. .: os acgtihabeure 2 OOe Rough & Ready . 5.5 ve sn: “421 50 Re Hel Wilco sves ices i 43 50, Sebastopol. ce ane ss “get ,08 50 MPENCEVIUG canes bis cow wlees 40 50 SWeCHUADG. cin cae acne ‘ces aed DTUGKEO., cok iawes dees pote Bae O00 Ger etos Onmel a Ud beeen ange arar et areata 201° 00 Washifigton cas fs)6 ¢ cudareurs 91 50 Willow Valley. i. cess 51-00 $6, 327 00 . wheat, flour, wine, wool, ores, quick-, 70,000 vines—all foreign varieties. . the Spring crop of cobbles with great. Quarterly Apportionment, The following is the regular, quarterly apportionment, of the County School’Furid, td°-the various districts’ being $150 for each child, t . between thdlages of five and. fifteen. years. Allison Rasrekh..... oo ‘$285 00. BOCA wort sic t es cicters tc0 oon 00 Birchy Hi. eee ee 78: OU Ee iit = NOU GAT RIVE? o5.-occnsh ciate tors, shateuete 39-00 Challe: Bluff.. spc neresenes 79 50 . Clear Creek. ceases Ee cerc OL OU . CHELORES i} gs oi tin seh 23's 91° 50 L€dlumbia Hill Reed cohe ase cure etacs 72 00 PUPEKA. 6a Ceci wereee teres 130. 50 Forest abo pagvuces 306 00 . French Corral. . “3 ot t-0a 3 bar fe Ww ATSON, Supt. JnowPattison, Dep’y. Nevada April, 8th 1873. eee W. Bz. grapes which he putin wheat chaff last Fall and kept dry in a cool place ‘all Winter, which are now as_ plump and-well. flavored as when. plucked from the vine. PENMANSHPP. ECOND TERM commences at the WASHi INGTON SCHOOL HOUSE, on Wednesday Afternoon, April 16, At 4 o’clock, Also, in the EVENING at i o’clock. a TERMS: ‘Thirteen Lessons for $4, Scholars have the privilege of atténding both classes for $4. Four,dolars given to the one making the greatest improvement, Private Lessons $5, anteed, tend. mi19 Satisfaction. guark Old and Young are invited to, atE. P; CONNOR, ‘Teacher. COUNTY WARRANTS : LL Warrants on General Fund registered prior to Feb. 15th, 1872; also, all Warrants on Road Fund registered prior to Aug. 13th, 1872, will be paid on presentation. “Interest ceases from this date. A. GOLDSMITH, Co, Treasurer, By A. H. PARKER, Deputy. Nevada, April 10th, 1873. .~ NEVADA THEATRE. ROBERT FULFORD...... Manager. ELIAS LIPLIS... .. Business Manager, — Thursday Evening, April 10th, FIRST APPEARANCE —OF THE— DRAMATIC COMPANY ! Lr. Old Block’s Great Sensation Drama, . entitled A LIVE WOMAN IN THE © MINES, A grand Interlude by the Celebrated . PIXLEY SISTERS. To conclude with a Laughable Farce. For particulars see small bills. Nevada, April 9th, 1878. — WILL sell at’ public Auction. at my Auction Rooms, on Cummercial Street, on Saturday, April 12th; 1873, a yorSe way” "or" Bt Leis has just Sent a Europe an order for fifty yards of Bru Is carpet, twenty-five feet wide. §$ pair of slippers f local paper. editor of a A Derrorr butcher had hanging over his retail scales w reads: ‘‘A false balance i is an abom ination to the Lord, but a just esiak is his ‘delight.”"--Proverbs, Chap. XI, 1st verse. ign welcomed with three charges of’ bird shot. Heis now converted, and he spends his time in singing the hymn, “A charge to keep I have. “pi alta ct A Curgss thief at Placerville was least ene-half of allthe horses have mild type. Prospectors fromthe lately discovered borax deposits on the road (to Owens’ river report locations ‘for miles. eee SS ie T\Los Angeles, April 5th, the and” pastire in that county, and_atthe disease, °Itis, however, of avery Tdols, Also Prarr of Calistoga «has ROSEDALE YOU IMPOSToRs _ _—_— Flow are yeu now? df Competition against Us ta t Nowhere!~. ii ee _ OER MOTTO IS QUICK SALES AND SMALL PROFITS ! a BROS,, Ld [Adjoining the enon Nevada Co.] oo only OPPOSITION: STORE in Ne. vada. .We don’t use deception in our business, and try to décei¥e’ the public by hanging out red flags (Che wp John Btyle) to draw the weak minded—pubhe, and sel] them old fashion or shelf worn Dry Goodks nor.do we doa Chatam Street style of busi: ness. Rosenberg Bros, HAVE THE LARGEST STOCK mR DRY. GOODS In Neyada City. Which were selected with sp°cidl care ~ from all the European and Eastern Markets.. It is a treat for the ladies to call at our ‘PALACE STORE To see the finest selection of Goods of all Shades and Colors, to be found this side of San Francisco, which we will sell at prices that wall Defy Competition, NO HUMBUGT _ ECONOMY Is RICHES ! As the Convention isdrawing near, ani & wrangling as fo who shall be County Treasurer, it is resolved, ‘Rosenberg Bros are not up for any office. We have coin enough to conduct our business, Let it therefore be known that ‘we cannot -and wil not be undersold. than any of the third grade dea ers can buy the goods. ° 7 Rosenberg Bros. ARE THE LEADING DRY GOODS DEALERS so IN ‘THE.TOWN. Our Stock consists of the ____LATEST NOVELTIES. 2,000 yds Japanese Silk. 2,000 yds Silks of all colors.. and.shades 4,000 yds Irish Poplin, 6,000 yds Alpacca. 2,000 yds Fancy and ae Pique. 10,000 yds French and American Prints. 10,000 yds of all brands Muslin and Sheeting, A great variety of Ladies and Children's Straw Hats, . Latest Novelty Parasols. The..following.. Goods.. Wares, and Mes. chandise One Splendia Parlor suit of Furniture, Reps. Also, Bed Room Suits, Chairs, Tables, Mattrasses, Bureaus, Swinging Shelves and Racks, Crockery and Glassware of all de. scriptions. One splendid PIER GLASS Extension Table, Wardrobes, Closets, Bath Tub, Tubs, Cooking Stove, (Stuart’s) Sofas, Carpets, ~ Books, Pictures, — Bedding, etc. Mats and Matting, Lace Curtains, Cornices, Lamps. Tin and Wooden Ware, Garden bd » Qne Fine Concord Double Buggy and Harness, One Single Harne Sad lctathe. om dle and Will be sold f TertGs cid or cash withont reserve. W. HY DAVID: Nevada, April oh, it ga Auctioneer, And all the fineries in the way of ‘arens that can be found in a first-class Dry Goous CALL CONVINVE . YOURSELF OF OUR STATEMENT, And don’t be lea away by humbngs. We don’t throw out any bates, but we do & legitimate business. By calling st 0U7 PALACE STORE you willbe assured of the truth. . Nevada, March 27th, 1873. We sell cheaper ~s nt oe The“fruckee 1872, he Dail She Dai ' NEVABDA LOCAL Bi “E. P. Conu penmanship j School house, pupils, and the jmprovement, ‘eommence on D the 16th. The Encamp' have notified t rangements of ( they will attend dedication in~t on_borseback. of the day willt ~— who will furni: and. eveniiig: * be one of the 1 city As the figure: tricts of the Cc tionment;-pubhi yesterday were i it again this me of the DeputyCe Block” sold +t «Live Wornan : Eastern party Grass’ Valley ~ good price; “<e was-en his han All warrants registered prio and also ; Pund,registeres 1872, will be . at the Bank.of . Yesterday 1 were arrested . for violation of were found asle one on Comme! on Broad street A correspon¢ ley Union takes umn in comme: of a cat, which’ fifteen years ag A letter was on Tuesday la marked at Gale making the tr ~How is that for Th This evening, dale ‘Troupe, Theatre in thi (Old © Block’s) play, entitled, ‘ mines,” This duced at the M San Francisco, drew crowded other places wh produced. As { culiarly adapte California, it b. Delano, it can: crowded house bine some of th: State, including Mrs.’ R. Fulfor Fulford and* ot & grand interlué ters, andthe Pp elude ‘with . the -“Natare and Ph and secure your Mining The mining p ity of Colfax. g Rising Star mit mill,-running or arun of one mont , The mill is nov day, and they hi Which looks sple _ Starnever looke Present time. The Montana Vicinity, which . for some time, b again, Pos We have beet that the exhibiti eonnect pal Sunday scho the Theatre on commencing at the intention to ’ day evenin, it impossible tc time, ‘The Fed The Federal I at the head of “V * Deer cre & Heel large, in slate we Yell. We under ‘Ments are about Bi this mine