April 14, 1881 (4 pages)

ities Seon that from eight inches to a foot is ses aS sae ail > we SIT i The Daily Transeript. _ NEVADA CITY,-CALIFORNIA. Thuseday,April 14, 1881. a : : ‘Nom-Asscessment Mines. “The New York Bullion -ithas in-, cocer “within she -Houndattes “bf the «dorses the Assessment plan as,*pur“*“Rhere. is no stinne, ~sued on this Coast: disguising the fact that mining companies organized in this State (New ‘York) are-hampered’ by the provisons regarding the:non-assessment of stockholders. Presumably fer the benefit of the stockholder, the law is really a sane to his interests. “The list is a long one of mines shut -down and the money previously invvestedabsolutely : lost, because of nthe inability-of the owners te assess: themselves to develop properties demonstrated to be -worthdevelop“without putting in anything -with which to pay for doing the necessary work:is all nonsense, It is just as af a lot-of—-miners-should all march up to theit table every-day for their‘by some of the listeners repeated to square meal with not a man. bringing any ‘‘grub” into the cabin. *An illustration of the bad effects Of the non-assessment plan is exhibited in the Fortuna Mining Company near this city. The ‘company was organized under the laws of the State of New York by a few wealthy men, -and the stock was put upon‘the market. Shares were ~sold to individu— als whofare scattered throughowt the. ~_ eapital invested has been-used up-itr the purchase. of ground, erecting hoisting works, and ‘prospecting’ the ground. Ordere were transmitted from the trustees of the company in New York'to the Superintendent in this eity wot to incur any bxpense beyond the amount invested. As a consequence the pum pewere stopped, prospecting abandored and the mine shut down without being half pros— pected, and all because the laws of the State of New York prohibit the es _ MURDEROUS ASSAULT. Wintt Huffman Attacks wm. White "with a Pocket Kaife and Foafets an Ugly Wound. = » Nevada county ‘certainly ‘‘takes the cake” from all other parts of the . Coast when it comes down to.the number of murderous assaults that, various localities during any given The latest evidence ‘of the truth of this claim is aiforded in the stabbing of Wm. White, a teamster, in this city night before last, by Wiatt Huffinan, formerly a miner, but of late employed occasionally as a special policeman here, The two ‘men are. neighbors, and the-city limits, on «a road that starts at the head of Nevada street, of as it. 4s generally called Aristocracy. Hill, Several months ago one or wore ‘shade treesin front of White’s prop-. Terty were cut dowi by Huffman. . . ~ =~ Mot the State. & of ‘‘Fatheland.” + UDSILL's MEANDERINGS. His Impreséfons of the Lower Pa -Inws Anceces, April 6th. Evtror ‘TrawscriptFrom the numbers of old Nevadaud that I meet all along the road, I: cotic'ude that! Alf. Chartz. . Wevada City has been‘m times past aw better place to emigrate fromrthan . grows more critical daily. it is abeat this time. ‘I find her old rcitizens‘in responsible positions in. gived up all hope, which is equiva— every section—and they give-any one . lent to saying that it will ‘be a mirafrom Nevada. hearty reception and show much interest in “the present welfare of their old home and its people, remembering its haunts asa sort and San Francisco on the 11th, for With all this fondness for the otd live near A. Rosenthai’s, just outside ‘place and. its reminiscences, I find . %he Atlantic and Pacific Railroad. them full of enthusiasn? for their new homes, especially these in Southern California. -Indeed, I have yet to. whereby the Republicans and Greeumeet the first residentof this. place who is #6t an enthusiast in regard oyerthrowing the Bourbons, The = ‘Trying todevelop sey-kind ofamine . he ‘considered a trespass, and being a positiveman he took occasion to express to different persons his opinion of Huffman. The expressions. were ‘the latter. Tuesday evening, shortly after dark, he was going home and had réached a point’ near the edge of “the city and not far from the powder house, when he met White and Win. Osborue who Were ¢oming to town, As they approached him he put the on the ground, and stood with his ‘right hand behind him. When they ‘were about ta pass hewskedWhite on® distance of from forty to sixty, feet: Huffman said to White‘inigubstance, *‘Now I have get you where I want you,” and asked him if he had said so and so at a certain time. White said he did not say it-at the time mentioned, but did on another date, aad that he had nothing to take back. The lie was given with one or two epithets accompanying it, when suddenly, Huffman raised his right arm, ‘Whitessaw he had a uife in the hand,.and triéd to catch, ‘levying’ of assessments on mimes. The Fortuna is favorably located, and. , with the jadicious investment of a little more capital it is believed a dividend paying mine could be deyeloped, We trust something will be done shortly to raise the blockade, ~~ Poard Consolidated. ~~Kt the-first annual ineeting ‘of the Peard ‘Consolidated Mining Company, held at the Citizens: Bank Tues-. day evening, the following were. reelected as. Directors: E.M. Preston, J. T. Morgan, D: E. Morgan, J. J. Jacksgn, Joseph Bustis, ,'This company has forthe past year been engaged in runuinga tunnel into the egouth bank of the Yuba, below Blue Tent, to tap the large gold bearing ledge supposed to existin that local. ity, and.ftom the eastern extension ef which Kirkham & Hitchcock have taken some very rich ore, All work has beeit-paid for by voluntary contributions ftom the stock holders,and: the company begins its second year clear of debt and ~with a small amount in the treasury, "Fhe tunnel has been in such hard rock ¥s_to permit its being advanced at the rate of only a foot a week fora long time, but the rich stringers and general formation encountered have fully warranted the belief that a large and valuable mixeral deposit will be found futther in, Recently the nature of the rock has changed so being made.per day. At this rate the foot-wa!l will probably be reached. next month, and the company will then know whether they are to be-repaid for their faith, >> Wer School Trusiec. It is réported that an endeavor will be made by some-of our citizens to prevail upon Geo, S. Hupp, Esq., to be a candidate for School Trustee in this district at the e'ection which takes place on the 30thinstant. We know of no man who is better fitted for the positicn thaa Mr. Hupp. He ‘takes 9 deep interest in educational . matters and thoroughly understands the wants of our public schools. We believe that an unusual effort ehou'd be made to prevail upon him to accept the nomination, Mere Rich Rock. The main tunnel of the Yuba mine in Washington township encountered another pay-chute Saturday.” The . picking up a stone hurled it at Huff. Pamined-the wound ant pronounced . sit asit-descended towards him, but failed. The, -blade entered his body making a gash two inches long on the left side under the arm. It would have entéred the heart, had it not.come:in contact with the fourth trib, White exclaimed, “You have ecut-me, you -——,” and man withouteffect. He then fell to the ground when, according to Osborhe’s. statement, Huffman started towards.him again with.the evident intention of finishing the bloody job, Osborne seeing this,ran forward calling to him to desist. He ‘stopped, hesitated an instant, thén picked up his basket and went héiié+ The injured man walked to Vinton's drug store where Dr. Hunt-ex~ it not necessarily fatal, Officer Scott then procured a buggy and conveyed the wounded man home, Yesterday he was suffering from a fever aud-unable-to-appear as a witness. Marshal Baldridge arrested Huffman. and took him before Justice Robinson who bound him over in the sum of $10,000 to appear for preliminary examination on a charge of assault with intent tocommit murder. The prisoner Was unable to obtain bonds wod was taker# to jail, Yesterday his honor reduced the bond to $6,000, ' Sea Lions and Bears. 3 The Truckee Republican says: The people of Truckee have been given an opportunity of studying natural history for several days past. Last’ Sunday night the car which was beiug used for the purpose of taking thesea lions andother animals to the east was side tracked there because one of the bears which was on the car broke his iron cage and then commeuced to turn loose th: sea lions also. It -was negessary to stop over in order to recapture bruin as well as to, repair the broken cages, There are twenty-eight sea lions, four bears, several sea gulls and some smaller aquatic animals in the car. They are intended for distribution in the various zovlogical gardens in the Eastern cities, and several of them will be taken to Europe. The lions were captured’ on the Santa Barbara Islands with lassoes. The car in which they are being shipped smells very much like a defanct fish market, hace. ‘BISMARCK says he will hold office White was very itidignant at what basket wliich he was carrying down Jcool and bracing ‘but rather damp and pleasure. riety of surface, surrounding scenery and location as a business centre. I ought to mention some disappointed travellers *“vhe came here with lung troubles from ep north ‘end Virginia City,<expeoting to find a-warm batmy air that—would sweat their troubles out ef'them. Instead ‘of this it has been:over a. week of weather that chills them. They shave.got to get further inland, but rtbhe report here is of the same kind of weather-e¢ far'in as San Bernardino and Riverside. A good season is predicted here for building and carpenters, They tell me all can ‘find work now. If. building revives at Oakland, as they now expect, a scarcity of workmen is predicted, »s great numbers have -scat=' tered out over the country. I leave to-day to visit the orange groves and vineyatds of the San Gabriel valley, Sau Bérnardinoand Riverside. :Peopein alltrades here work for less } wages than-up-north, -but-this is-said . tiage-to-the—Mexican woman, and to be the cheapest placein the State to live. With the exception of reut it may beso. Eggs are 15 cents, butone-third what they~ cost with us.— Good oranges are 10, 15 and 20 cents per dozen. Cartloads of slightly frost bitten oranges are selling on the street at two-bits for a fleaping water bucket full. Limes and young orange trees have. been killéd in many places by frost, ; Be ————~>Levees and Damas. Mr. Manson, of theState Engineer Department, has been instructed by State Engineer Hall to makean examination of the dams and levees throughout the Sacramento Valley. ramento levees and finds them in a very bad condition. He has also examined the levees along the. Bear and the Bear River Dam, and finds them in a far better ‘condition than expected, Mr. Manson thinks that the dam here can be make better than ever with very little expense. He is now making anxamination of the Feather River levees and dam, and will soon submit his reports to hia superior, and then something will probably be done.— Wheatland News. Sudden Death. H. 8. Bradtey, ex—County Surveyor.was suddenly attacked with heart disease. yesterday. forenoon while standing ‘on. Commercial street, He was taken intoG._O. Gaylord’s store, it being feared he wasabouttodie. He subsequently rallied siough to be conveyed to his home, where he died at 6 o'clock. he ss For Ansesser. W. S. Long announces to-day that he will be a candidate for reelection to the office of City Assessor, whieh position he lias satisfactorily filled for several: years past. > —— Iris understood that a bill-will be introduced in the next Congress, with the approval of the President, to change the form of government of Utah as the foundation for the re~ forms for which he bas declared, The Governor and Judges will be dispensed with, and a plenary power will rule, , ore ia aiid tobe. richer than} .. é * ee ged Se ——-— 4 feeling that your hat is shabby, a 5 a6 that exoel-. Btil he dies.” “He must be an “Ohio Kip words are baldheaded, They! you Pg -aee Seen lentiuine, . man, ; , Lean never dye, ou Lt find Bob Ingersoll’s state-) : { i ; wt . mente'aneer the truth, to Los Angeles—its present and futyre advantages for ‘business, health ‘And the city does seem to be attractive in many re=fin San Francisco, has been sentenced Hepects—the lay of the land, its va-. ¢to pay a fine of $250 and to be imter 20. and 25, vegetables are not over . . pointed by the Democratic ‘atminig— tration of Char'eston to-the-pesition . Zuber and w'te, ad ‘Pwoman’s dress, not hurting ‘her, chusetts, The condition of Earl Beaconsfield It is announced that his physicians have net cle if he recovers. Subscription books were opened in London Saturday, and in New York $10,000,000 of the six per cent. first mortgage land grant bonds issued by A political movement ts reported in several of the Southern States backers -will-unitewith the hope. of . GGeneral Pevens tke been sppethton of yest : ed to the Supreme Bench of Massa-. an interesting review of the mines " Grass Valley Mining News. “The Union of yesterday publishes . in’ Grass Valley district. That paper The Board of Pardons of Nevada . :says:‘‘A great deal of activity is A NxOuNCES himself it is not assuming too much ‘to say that there will be more work ‘done in the way of quartz development in the Grass Valley district during tle coming season than at any time in the previous ten years.” The main-shaft of the Idaho is ‘now 52 feet below the No. 12 level For City Assessor. as id the’ office of City ‘hiea candidate for have refused a rehearing in the case . being manifested im this district, and Gr be ae Mor. Elec” apl? > i For City Marshal, WILLIAM seoT?. NNOUNCES himself asa i : the office of City Marsha} Se and sinking is going on-regularly. feet east of the shaft. show a good vein of pay ore of an average size of 34 feet. These levels afford the main supply of ore for the mill. No, work is being doné¢on No. 9-and-10 levels, but No. 8 is’ yet pro. ducing some ore. The entire_plant of the mine is in excellent condition, prospects in several States are reported good, : James McKenzie, a saloon keeper prisoned six months in the House of Correction by Judge Rix, for having cruelly beaten-a woman nained Martha Murtha, with whom he had! been living because she ‘refused to lead a life of shame. ‘Fhe steainer Nebo reports—having met the bark Tiger, from Liverpool to Baltimore, 77 days out, short of provisions. The crew weré in a deplorable condition having eaten strips of leather soaked in lamp oil for eev-' eral days, and then ate the Captain’s dog. They were-furnished*-with--a month’s provisions and went on their way rejoicing. , es Mrs. F, M. Hunter, wife of A. G. Hunter, formerly Superintendent of the Aztec Mining Company, committed suicide ia Tucson, Arizona, on the 10th; by shooting herself witha revolver. Hunter is noy engaged in mining operations in Sonora, and sometime ago married a Mexican woman there. His wife, who resided ia England, heard of Hunter’s marabout three months ago came to Tucson with the intention of going to Sonora. The Coroner's jury found that she was driven to the act by. the . perfidious, cruel and inhuman treatment of her husband. The St. Louis Republican’s Little Rock (Ark.) special says: A body of armed-and-maskedmen rode into Toledo, Dorsey county, sixty miles south of here, at day-break Sunday morning and while'part of them surrounded the Court House as guards, the remainder broke into the Treasurer’s office, blew open the safe, abstrac:ed therefrom $5,000 to $10,000, mounted their horses and escaped. An alarm was immediately sounded, and a largenumber of ~officers and citizens started in pursuit. “The rob.’ 2,0r20. feet before striking the and the mine is looking and yielding store. Contains nice saloof fixtures, Broad street, Jo. 42 is in 230 feet, and No. 11530. pp. Hage ee et ae Béth levels ROOMS . FOR RENT, 2» Pleasant Dwelli . with or without beds, “= "ms, One Large Frent ground floor, suitable atten Lodging 25 Cents, Apply if first house above. City_Haty 9 MRS: ROSA Kine . Nevada City, April 6th. ING. well. The average monthly yield is about $50,000, and the dividends $7.50 per share 6t $23,250 monthly. The main incline of the New York Hill shaft has reached the depth of 1,300 feet. None of tle levels above No 8 are worked. The vein on No. 12 level.was struck by oress-cutting, i above. The rock now being extract: ed from the mine~is: keeping up to] w are rafsed and crushed menthly. The dividends, amounting te $130,000. pioneers of the district, is “again in gi condition for regular operations after * a season.of idleness. The mine is} jn now drained to the. bottom, 1,200) ;* feet, and-a drift south is to be start—.j 1m ed on it immediate'y. —Tributers. }), are taking considerable gold from the stopes between the 3rd and 12th . c& level, the rock being worth about. $20 ton. The 20-stamp mill has been overhauled. Tributers are stoping in the Rocky"Bar.” A prospecting shaft is . 1 Ford & Mullen ground, which is down 122 feet, and will have to go ledge. mine, The Centennial has a ledge~ of from 12 to 14 inches. of $70 ore. Drifting is being prosecuted on the 4th level; : : It is gaid work will be recommenced on the Omaha, The Scotia is being prospected on an extraordinarily extensive ‘scale. Sixty-four men are employed putting the big machinery in place, and underground work will begin about May 5th. Forty men work in_ this Monday, April 11th, 1881, are required'tomakea return cf real personal property owned by them at twelve required by. the Constitution to have : z ‘i same surveyed by the County Surveys mine has paid 13 “regular monthly . the expense of the ownerso / shila being sunk within 12 feet of the . —~ and as safe to handle an $= Notice to Tax Payers, WILL COMMENCE THE ASSEssMpyy ‘ of the property of Nevada Township on All tax payers and clock ndon on that day. A true and cor. rect nse be of all lands according ty Eeseee é : survey dust be made, includin ch § is in size }§-inches, aud = general division and Section, ‘Township, Range on appearance aad quaity is quite as . and Meridiai.~ All taxes cn personal prop. ; ; a ls Js . STt¥, Road-and School Poll taxes must 4 good as found im. the working levels . paiq’on demand. rect description of their lands are notified to have their papers ready for inspection Persons not having 3 cor. hen cailed upon by the Assessor, for list. its usaal quality, and about 620'tons ing (Geir property. Whoa partiesdo not give scription of their tands the Assessor is the: f the property, Also a true description of all mining proper. : . ties by metes and bounds, where the sama —The-old-Exapire-mine, ene of “the have not«been ‘Sutveyed. Pers6ns holding ortgayes against property are required ve a correct return ef the same to the Ass ssor. Under the requirements of the Con.itution, if the owner of property situated the county is a resident of the county he ust return a sworn statement of the same person, and not through an agent. All inersand mining companies using water ¢ required to give_a sworn statement of e€ amount of water used by then in each twenty-fourhours, from ‘the. first day -of March, 1880, to the first day of March, 1831, mimencing on Monday, Apri) 11th, at Nevada Township, Also at Bridgeport, Washington and Bloom: , field Townships. Office at the Court House. 0 DANIEL COLLINS, Co, Axsesgor, EXCELSIOR BLASTING — POWDER, Manufactured by the Excelsior Powder Comp’, HIS“IS NO SO-CALLED “SAFETY” POWDER, but a powerful explosive, ruse as any nftroycerine Powder on‘ the continent. There About 40 men aré employed in the ah headache.or-nausea:in-the-use-of-this Godfrey gravel mine and mill, and for . Powder, as the noxious fumes are entirely bers were well mounted, but asthe whole eountry is aroused it is believ: ed they willcertainly be captured. Ex-Lieutenant-Governor Ransier, (colored), who was a member of the Forty-third Congress'from ‘Charleston district, after being defeated for every office in the Republican party for which he came up, from the Lieutenant-Governorship to that of Con. tractor for Chimney Sweeping in the ety of Charleston, then threw his fortunes in with th~ the Democratic party and supported the ‘Hampton and Home Rule Ticket” in 1876.) This is-his reward. He has‘been apof common laborer upon the public streets, and daily may be seen plying that humble avocation, ss On the morning of the 11th in San Francisco Dennis Godfrey, an expressman, shot at Mrs. Catherine Bohen, a peddler at the Oakland ferry landing, the ba!l lodging in the Godfrey, without stopping to see the tesult of his shot, got into his wagon and drove to Mrs. Bohen’s house in South Park, wherehe found James Burns in bed. He atte 1 to shoot Burns, but the pistol snap hereupon Burns jumped out of bed, got ed him down. Burns went for a policeman, and when he returned found that Godfrey had cut his throat with & pocket-knife, Godfrey was taken to prison, where his wound was dressed. He will probably live, _ Jealousy was the cause of the affair, -—At Grase-Valley, April 10th, 1881, by Rev. . the pistol from Godfrey and knockPe . ~ "Tae first sign of Spring is the} some time past the weekly average been 500 carloads,in Ranch, the new hoisting works have . *% been completed; and a new incline strike the ledge at the bottom of the old workings, and from thence. will be carried down on the ledge. The Peabody, Alpha, ‘Sebastopol . *° and Ford & Mullen are we At Grass Valley, April 10th, 1881, to C. iH. laughter. ee MARRIED. é George 6 Val of Grass a doneaway with. No Picric ecid or chibrate eaepaes used in the manufacture of this Power. of gravel taken out and crushed has name is unauthorized, and parties using this name are liable for damages. All other Powder going under this It is put up cartridges of any size to suit customers At™the Hartery, near Allison . ard is exploded with capand fuse, the same any etner high explosive. The foilowing testimonial is a sample of . hundreds of the same tenor being constantly’ shaft has been started which will teceived: : Goup Hitt, August 17th, 1880, Aaeyt Excension Powper Co.—Dear Sir: ] have used your Powder in test cement and hard blasting rock, and find it superior any Powder in use on the Comstock. It ° t does its work effectually, and does not leave : Ss producing. the person using it witha severe headache, good ore, while. the vations other like the other Powders do to the majority of live claims in the district are giving . Minerf. In recommending it f -would sug: gest, give it a fair trial and I am confident it good signs. will speak foritself. Wishing your Comps LL ay xf ° , am respectfully yours, ete. BORN, GROROE CLARK, Foreman Sierra G. and 8. M. Co. Sanenennan Address all orders to XCELSIOR POWDER CO, . heb, a Stockton, and Roles V. DE Beene th, ot . Room 40, Merchants Exchange, ys ; San Francisco. For City Assessor. [ort a ag re-election ag Mi ssessor, ec! i Pee Beno nm First Monday For City Marshal, 4 SES —_—_-— +3 —_———-+ -—AT THE OLD STAND, CORNER COM MERCIAL AND MAIN STREETS Nevada City, HAS JUST RECEIVED A LARGE STOCK OF Gents’ Fine Boots and Shoes, Ladies’ and Misses’ Fine Kid, Pebble Goat, Straight Kid, Goat and. Calf :Baimo: a and Buskins. Also a Children’s and Misses* : sad Gents’ Kip and Calf Boots. Aretics and Overshoes for young and old, ret, Sandals, ne Shoes, Boys have reduced my prices of 5 but not the Quality. ~ al audie “There enin Pl “April 29 Phe ky meeting” ‘this ever Mrs. 3 Hill, is i began las me for eij “Sam. M the New wa3.in tc M. B. the Supe ‘guardian The ca to China * e laid a The or ‘be confer --at Mason Two a and air-p ‘Sierra co __terday. Samue Valley hi ior Court as their « Ah Lit ed in the ‘Both ple ‘trial was Sam’s for James ‘meat nia ‘and @ pio -expects t aly to Sar Eugen ‘Improves ifornia, v evening of this ¢ the mem Harry . of Banne columns . the Neva thus real fifteen pe $20. Al On We instant, J troupe w in this newest a comic op ed with 1 ‘eastern c own whe in text, Miss Sol is a famo won &ppl owa, Sl company lee Tayla reception is to be rection © “our citize put on tk Mr. L Haverly’ to crowd Theatre, on the 13 the come “role in th eupporte equally p in this . “The Tv and nun features, The fo] of the Su by that _ division 4 Court, be to take e read as fi fore the « maent, th the Clerk party, his ties, toge Of such : to explai days bef for argu file and s authoriti called fo; may file:

ities Seon that from eight inches to a foot is ses aS sae ail > we SIT i The Daily Transeript. _ NEVADA CITY,-CALIFORNIA. Thuseday,April 14, 1881. a : : ‘Nom-Asscessment Mines. “The New York Bullion -ithas in-, cocer “within she -Houndattes “bf the «dorses the Assessment plan as,*pur“*“Rhere. is no stinne, ~sued on this Coast: disguising the fact that mining companies organized in this State (New ‘York) are-hampered’ by the provisons regarding the:non-assessment of stockholders. Presumably fer the benefit of the stockholder, the law is really a sane to his interests. “The list is a long one of mines shut -down and the money previously invvestedabsolutely : lost, because of nthe inability-of the owners te assess: themselves to develop properties demonstrated to be -worthdevelop“without putting in anything -with which to pay for doing the necessary work:is all nonsense, It is just as af a lot-of—-miners-should all march up to theit table every-day for their‘by some of the listeners repeated to square meal with not a man. bringing any ‘‘grub” into the cabin. *An illustration of the bad effects Of the non-assessment plan is exhibited in the Fortuna Mining Company near this city. The ‘company was organized under the laws of the State of New York by a few wealthy men, -and the stock was put upon‘the market. Shares were ~sold to individu— als whofare scattered throughowt the. ~_ eapital invested has been-used up-itr the purchase. of ground, erecting hoisting works, and ‘prospecting’ the ground. Ordere were transmitted from the trustees of the company in New York'to the Superintendent in this eity wot to incur any bxpense beyond the amount invested. As a consequence the pum pewere stopped, prospecting abandored and the mine shut down without being half pros— pected, and all because the laws of the State of New York prohibit the es _ MURDEROUS ASSAULT. Wintt Huffman Attacks wm. White "with a Pocket Kaife and Foafets an Ugly Wound. = » Nevada county ‘certainly ‘‘takes the cake” from all other parts of the . Coast when it comes down to.the number of murderous assaults that, various localities during any given The latest evidence ‘of the truth of this claim is aiforded in the stabbing of Wm. White, a teamster, in this city night before last, by Wiatt Huffinan, formerly a miner, but of late employed occasionally as a special policeman here, The two ‘men are. neighbors, and the-city limits, on «a road that starts at the head of Nevada street, of as it. 4s generally called Aristocracy. Hill, Several months ago one or wore ‘shade treesin front of White’s prop-. Terty were cut dowi by Huffman. . . ~ =~ Mot the State. & of ‘‘Fatheland.” + UDSILL's MEANDERINGS. His Impreséfons of the Lower Pa -Inws Anceces, April 6th. Evtror ‘TrawscriptFrom the numbers of old Nevadaud that I meet all along the road, I: cotic'ude that! Alf. Chartz. . Wevada City has been‘m times past aw better place to emigrate fromrthan . grows more critical daily. it is abeat this time. ‘I find her old rcitizens‘in responsible positions in. gived up all hope, which is equiva— every section—and they give-any one . lent to saying that it will ‘be a mirafrom Nevada. hearty reception and show much interest in “the present welfare of their old home and its people, remembering its haunts asa sort and San Francisco on the 11th, for With all this fondness for the otd live near A. Rosenthai’s, just outside ‘place and. its reminiscences, I find . %he Atlantic and Pacific Railroad. them full of enthusiasn? for their new homes, especially these in Southern California. -Indeed, I have yet to. whereby the Republicans and Greeumeet the first residentof this. place who is #6t an enthusiast in regard oyerthrowing the Bourbons, The = ‘Trying todevelop sey-kind ofamine . he ‘considered a trespass, and being a positiveman he took occasion to express to different persons his opinion of Huffman. The expressions. were ‘the latter. Tuesday evening, shortly after dark, he was going home and had réached a point’ near the edge of “the city and not far from the powder house, when he met White and Win. Osborue who Were ¢oming to town, As they approached him he put the on the ground, and stood with his ‘right hand behind him. When they ‘were about ta pass hewskedWhite on® distance of from forty to sixty, feet: Huffman said to White‘inigubstance, *‘Now I have get you where I want you,” and asked him if he had said so and so at a certain time. White said he did not say it-at the time mentioned, but did on another date, aad that he had nothing to take back. The lie was given with one or two epithets accompanying it, when suddenly, Huffman raised his right arm, ‘Whitessaw he had a uife in the hand,.and triéd to catch, ‘levying’ of assessments on mimes. The Fortuna is favorably located, and. , with the jadicious investment of a little more capital it is believed a dividend paying mine could be deyeloped, We trust something will be done shortly to raise the blockade, ~~ Poard Consolidated. ~~Kt the-first annual ineeting ‘of the Peard ‘Consolidated Mining Company, held at the Citizens: Bank Tues-. day evening, the following were. reelected as. Directors: E.M. Preston, J. T. Morgan, D: E. Morgan, J. J. Jacksgn, Joseph Bustis, ,'This company has forthe past year been engaged in runuinga tunnel into the egouth bank of the Yuba, below Blue Tent, to tap the large gold bearing ledge supposed to existin that local. ity, and.ftom the eastern extension ef which Kirkham & Hitchcock have taken some very rich ore, All work has beeit-paid for by voluntary contributions ftom the stock holders,and: the company begins its second year clear of debt and ~with a small amount in the treasury, "Fhe tunnel has been in such hard rock ¥s_to permit its being advanced at the rate of only a foot a week fora long time, but the rich stringers and general formation encountered have fully warranted the belief that a large and valuable mixeral deposit will be found futther in, Recently the nature of the rock has changed so being made.per day. At this rate the foot-wa!l will probably be reached. next month, and the company will then know whether they are to be-repaid for their faith, >> Wer School Trusiec. It is réported that an endeavor will be made by some-of our citizens to prevail upon Geo, S. Hupp, Esq., to be a candidate for School Trustee in this district at the e'ection which takes place on the 30thinstant. We know of no man who is better fitted for the positicn thaa Mr. Hupp. He ‘takes 9 deep interest in educational . matters and thoroughly understands the wants of our public schools. We believe that an unusual effort ehou'd be made to prevail upon him to accept the nomination, Mere Rich Rock. The main tunnel of the Yuba mine in Washington township encountered another pay-chute Saturday.” The . picking up a stone hurled it at Huff. Pamined-the wound ant pronounced . sit asit-descended towards him, but failed. The, -blade entered his body making a gash two inches long on the left side under the arm. It would have entéred the heart, had it not.come:in contact with the fourth trib, White exclaimed, “You have ecut-me, you -——,” and man withouteffect. He then fell to the ground when, according to Osborhe’s. statement, Huffman started towards.him again with.the evident intention of finishing the bloody job, Osborne seeing this,ran forward calling to him to desist. He ‘stopped, hesitated an instant, thén picked up his basket and went héiié+ The injured man walked to Vinton's drug store where Dr. Hunt-ex~ it not necessarily fatal, Officer Scott then procured a buggy and conveyed the wounded man home, Yesterday he was suffering from a fever aud-unable-to-appear as a witness. Marshal Baldridge arrested Huffman. and took him before Justice Robinson who bound him over in the sum of $10,000 to appear for preliminary examination on a charge of assault with intent tocommit murder. The prisoner Was unable to obtain bonds wod was taker# to jail, Yesterday his honor reduced the bond to $6,000, ' Sea Lions and Bears. 3 The Truckee Republican says: The people of Truckee have been given an opportunity of studying natural history for several days past. Last’ Sunday night the car which was beiug used for the purpose of taking thesea lions andother animals to the east was side tracked there because one of the bears which was on the car broke his iron cage and then commeuced to turn loose th: sea lions also. It -was negessary to stop over in order to recapture bruin as well as to, repair the broken cages, There are twenty-eight sea lions, four bears, several sea gulls and some smaller aquatic animals in the car. They are intended for distribution in the various zovlogical gardens in the Eastern cities, and several of them will be taken to Europe. The lions were captured’ on the Santa Barbara Islands with lassoes. The car in which they are being shipped smells very much like a defanct fish market, hace. ‘BISMARCK says he will hold office White was very itidignant at what basket wliich he was carrying down Jcool and bracing ‘but rather damp and pleasure. riety of surface, surrounding scenery and location as a business centre. I ought to mention some disappointed travellers *“vhe came here with lung troubles from ep north ‘end Virginia City,<expeoting to find a-warm batmy air that—would sweat their troubles out ef'them. Instead ‘of this it has been:over a. week of weather that chills them. They shave.got to get further inland, but rtbhe report here is of the same kind of weather-e¢ far'in as San Bernardino and Riverside. A good season is predicted here for building and carpenters, They tell me all can ‘find work now. If. building revives at Oakland, as they now expect, a scarcity of workmen is predicted, »s great numbers have -scat=' tered out over the country. I leave to-day to visit the orange groves and vineyatds of the San Gabriel valley, Sau Bérnardinoand Riverside. :Peopein alltrades here work for less } wages than-up-north, -but-this is-said . tiage-to-the—Mexican woman, and to be the cheapest placein the State to live. With the exception of reut it may beso. Eggs are 15 cents, butone-third what they~ cost with us.— Good oranges are 10, 15 and 20 cents per dozen. Cartloads of slightly frost bitten oranges are selling on the street at two-bits for a fleaping water bucket full. Limes and young orange trees have. been killéd in many places by frost, ; Be ————~>Levees and Damas. Mr. Manson, of theState Engineer Department, has been instructed by State Engineer Hall to makean examination of the dams and levees throughout the Sacramento Valley. ramento levees and finds them in a very bad condition. He has also examined the levees along the. Bear and the Bear River Dam, and finds them in a far better ‘condition than expected, Mr. Manson thinks that the dam here can be make better than ever with very little expense. He is now making anxamination of the Feather River levees and dam, and will soon submit his reports to hia superior, and then something will probably be done.— Wheatland News. Sudden Death. H. 8. Bradtey, ex—County Surveyor.was suddenly attacked with heart disease. yesterday. forenoon while standing ‘on. Commercial street, He was taken intoG._O. Gaylord’s store, it being feared he wasabouttodie. He subsequently rallied siough to be conveyed to his home, where he died at 6 o'clock. he ss For Ansesser. W. S. Long announces to-day that he will be a candidate for reelection to the office of City Assessor, whieh position he lias satisfactorily filled for several: years past. > —— Iris understood that a bill-will be introduced in the next Congress, with the approval of the President, to change the form of government of Utah as the foundation for the re~ forms for which he bas declared, The Governor and Judges will be dispensed with, and a plenary power will rule, , ore ia aiid tobe. richer than} ... é * ee ged Se ——-— 4 feeling that your hat is shabby, a 5 a6 that exoel-. Btil he dies.” “He must be an “Ohio Kip words are baldheaded, They! you Pg -aee Seen lentiuine, . man, ; , Lean never dye, ou Lt find Bob Ingersoll’s state-) : { i ; wt . mente'aneer the truth, to Los Angeles—its present and futyre advantages for ‘business, health ‘And the city does seem to be attractive in many re=fin San Francisco, has been sentenced Hepects—the lay of the land, its va-. ¢to pay a fine of $250 and to be imter 20. and 25, vegetables are not over . . pointed by the Democratic ‘atminig— tration of Char'eston to-the-pesition . Zuber and w'te, ad ‘Pwoman’s dress, not hurting ‘her, chusetts, The condition of Earl Beaconsfield It is announced that his physicians have net cle if he recovers. Subscription books were opened in London Saturday, and in New York $10,000,000 of the six per cent. first mortgage land grant bonds issued by A political movement ts reported in several of the Southern States backers -will-unitewith the hope. of . GGeneral Pevens tke been sppethton of yest : ed to the Supreme Bench of Massa-. an interesting review of the mines " Grass Valley Mining News. “The Union of yesterday publishes . in’ Grass Valley district. That paper The Board of Pardons of Nevada . :says:‘‘A great deal of activity is A NxOuNCES himself it is not assuming too much ‘to say that there will be more work ‘done in the way of quartz development in the Grass Valley district during tle coming season than at any time in the previous ten years.” The main-shaft of the Idaho is ‘now 52 feet below the No. 12 level For City Assessor. as id the’ office of City ‘hiea candidate for have refused a rehearing in the case . being manifested im this district, and Gr be ae Mor. Elec” apl? > i For City Marshal, WILLIAM seoT?. NNOUNCES himself asa i : the office of City Marsha} Se and sinking is going on-regularly. feet east of the shaft. show a good vein of pay ore of an average size of 34 feet. These levels afford the main supply of ore for the mill. No, work is being doné¢on No. 9-and-10 levels, but No. 8 is’ yet pro. ducing some ore.. The entire_plant of the mine is in excellent condition, prospects in several States are reported good, : James McKenzie, a saloon keeper prisoned six months in the House of Correction by Judge Rix, for having cruelly beaten-a woman nained

Martha Murtha, with whom he had! been living because she ‘refused to lead a life of shame. ‘Fhe steainer Nebo reports—having met the bark Tiger, from Liverpool to Baltimore, 77 days out, short of provisions. The crew weré in a deplorable condition having eaten strips of leather soaked in lamp oil for eev-' eral days, and then ate the Captain’s dog. They were-furnished*-with--a month’s provisions and went on their way rejoicing. , es Mrs. F, M. Hunter, wife of A. G. Hunter, formerly Superintendent of the Aztec Mining Company, committed suicide ia Tucson, Arizona, on the 10th; by shooting herself witha revolver. Hunter is noy engaged in mining operations in Sonora, and sometime ago married a Mexican woman there. His wife, who resided ia England, heard of Hunter’s marabout three months ago came to Tucson with the intention of going to Sonora. The Coroner's jury found that she was driven to the act by. the . perfidious, cruel and inhuman treatment of her husband. The St. Louis Republican’s Little Rock (Ark.) special says: A body of armed-and-maskedmen rode into Toledo, Dorsey county, sixty miles south of here, at day-break Sunday morning and while'part of them surrounded the Court House as guards, the remainder broke into the Treasurer’s office, blew open the safe, abstrac:ed therefrom $5,000 to $10,000, mounted their horses and escaped. An alarm was immediately sounded, and a largenumber of ~officers and citizens started in pursuit. “The rob.’ 2,0r20. feet before striking the and the mine is looking and yielding store. Contains nice saloof fixtures, Broad street, Jo. 42 is in 230 feet, and No. 11530. pp. Hage ee et ae Béth levels ROOMS . FOR RENT, 2» Pleasant Dwelli . with or without beds, “= "ms, One Large Frent ground floor, suitable atten Lodging 25 Cents, Apply if first house above. City_Haty 9 MRS: ROSA Kine . Nevada City, April 6th. ING.. well. The average monthly yield is about $50,000, and the dividends $7.50 per share 6t $23,250 monthly. The main incline of the New York Hill shaft has reached the depth of 1,300 feet. None of tle levels above No 8 are worked. The vein on No. 12 level.was struck by oress-cutting, i above. The rock now being extract: ed from the mine~is: keeping up to] w are rafsed and crushed menthly. The dividends, amounting te $130,000. pioneers of the district, is “again in gi condition for regular operations after * a season.of idleness. The mine is} jn now drained to the. bottom, 1,200) ;* feet, and-a drift south is to be start—.j 1m ed on it immediate'y. —Tributers. }), are taking considerable gold from the stopes between the 3rd and 12th . c& level, the rock being worth about. $20 ton. The 20-stamp mill has been overhauled. Tributers are stoping in the Rocky"Bar.” A prospecting shaft is . 1 Ford & Mullen ground, which is down 122 feet, and will have to go ledge. mine, The Centennial has a ledge~ of from 12 to 14 inches. of $70 ore. Drifting is being prosecuted on the 4th level; : : It is gaid work will be recommenced on the Omaha, The Scotia is being prospected on an extraordinarily extensive ‘scale. Sixty-four men are employed putting the big machinery in place, and underground work will begin about May 5th. Forty men work in_ this Monday, April 11th, 1881, are required'tomakea return cf real personal property owned by them at twelve required by. the Constitution to have : z ‘i same surveyed by the County Surveys mine has paid 13 “regular monthly . the expense of the ownerso / shila being sunk within 12 feet of the . —~ and as safe to handle an $= Notice to Tax Payers, WILL COMMENCE THE ASSEssMpyy ‘ of the property of Nevada Township on All tax payers and clock ndon on that day. A true and cor. rect nse be of all lands according ty Eeseee é : survey dust be made, includin ch § is in size }§-inches, aud = general division and Section, ‘Township, Range on appearance aad quaity is quite as . and Meridiai.~ All taxes cn personal prop. ; ; a ls Js . STt¥, Road-and School Poll taxes must 4 good as found im. the working levels . paiq’on demand. rect description of their lands are notified to have their papers ready for inspection Persons not having 3 cor. hen cailed upon by the Assessor, for list. its usaal quality, and about 620'tons ing (Geir property. Whoa partiesdo not give scription of their tands the Assessor is the: f the property, Also a true description of all mining proper. : . ties by metes and bounds, where the sama —The-old-Exapire-mine, ene of “the have not«been ‘Sutveyed. Pers6ns holding ortgayes against property are required ve a correct return ef the same to the Ass ssor. Under the requirements of the Con.itution, if the owner of property situated the county is a resident of the county he ust return a sworn statement of the same person, and not through an agent. All inersand mining companies using water ¢ required to give_a sworn statement of e€ amount of water used by then in each twenty-fourhours, from ‘the. first day -of March, 1880, to the first day of March, 1831, mimencing on Monday, Apri) 11th, at Nevada Township, Also at Bridgeport, Washington and Bloom: , field Townships. Office at the Court House. 0 DANIEL COLLINS, Co, Axsesgor, EXCELSIOR BLASTING — POWDER, Manufactured by the Excelsior Powder Comp’, HIS“IS NO SO-CALLED “SAFETY” POWDER, but a powerful explosive, ruse as any nftroycerine Powder on‘ the continent. There About 40 men aré employed in the ah headache.or-nausea:in-the-use-of-this Godfrey gravel mine and mill, and for . Powder, as the noxious fumes are entirely bers were well mounted, but asthe whole eountry is aroused it is believ: ed they willcertainly be captured. Ex-Lieutenant-Governor Ransier, (colored), who was a member of the Forty-third Congress'from ‘Charleston district, after being defeated for every office in the Republican party for which he came up, from the Lieutenant-Governorship to that of Con. tractor for Chimney Sweeping in the ety of Charleston, then threw his fortunes in with th~ the Democratic party and supported the ‘Hampton and Home Rule Ticket” in 1876.) This is-his reward. He has‘been apof common laborer upon the public streets, and daily may be seen plying that humble avocation, ss On the morning of the 11th in San Francisco Dennis Godfrey, an expressman, shot at Mrs. Catherine Bohen, a peddler at the Oakland ferry landing, the ba!l lodging in the Godfrey, without stopping to see the tesult of his shot, got into his wagon and drove to Mrs. Bohen’s house in South Park, wherehe found James Burns in bed. He atte 1 to shoot Burns, but the pistol snap hereupon Burns jumped out of bed, got ed him down. Burns went for a policeman, and when he returned found that Godfrey had cut his throat with & pocket-knife, Godfrey was taken to prison, where his wound was dressed. He will probably live, _ Jealousy was the cause of the affair, -—At Grase-Valley, April 10th, 1881, by Rev. . the pistol from Godfrey and knockPe . ~ "Tae first sign of Spring is the} some time past the weekly average been 500 carloads,in Ranch, the new hoisting works have . *% been completed; and a new incline strike the ledge at the bottom of the old workings, and from thence. will be carried down on the ledge. The Peabody, Alpha, ‘Sebastopol . *° and Ford & Mullen are we At Grass Valley, April 10th, 1881, to C. iH. laughter. ee MARRIED. é George 6 Val of Grass a doneaway with. No Picric ecid or chibrate eaepaes used in the manufacture of this Power. of gravel taken out and crushed has name is unauthorized, and parties using this name are liable for damages. All other Powder going under this It is put up cartridges of any size to suit customers At™the Hartery, near Allison . ard is exploded with capand fuse, the same any etner high explosive. The foilowing testimonial is a sample of . hundreds of the same tenor being constantly’ shaft has been started which will teceived: : Goup Hitt, August 17th, 1880, Aaeyt Excension Powper Co.—Dear Sir: ] have used your Powder in test cement and hard blasting rock, and find it superior any Powder in use on the Comstock. It ° t does its work effectually, and does not leave : Ss producing. the person using it witha severe headache, good ore, while. the vations other like the other Powders do to the majority of live claims in the district are giving . Minerf. In recommending it f -would sug: gest, give it a fair trial and I am confident it good signs. will speak foritself. Wishing your Comps LL ay xf ° , am respectfully yours, ete. BORN, GROROE CLARK, Foreman Sierra G. and 8. M. Co. Sanenennan Address all orders to XCELSIOR POWDER CO, . heb, a Stockton, and Roles V. DE Beene th, ot . Room 40, Merchants Exchange, ys ; San Francisco. For City Assessor. [ort a ag re-election ag Mi ssessor, ec! i Pee Beno nm First Monday For City Marshal, 4 SES —_—_-— +3 —_———-+ -—AT THE OLD STAND, CORNER COM MERCIAL AND MAIN STREETS Nevada City, HAS JUST RECEIVED A LARGE STOCK OF Gents’ Fine Boots and Shoes, Ladies’ and Misses’ Fine Kid, Pebble Goat, Straight Kid, Goat and. Calf :Baimo: a and Buskins. Also a Children’s and Misses* : sad Gents’ Kip and Calf Boots. Aretics and Overshoes for young and old, ret, Sandals, ne Shoes, Boys have reduced my prices of 5 but not the Quality. ~ al audie “There enin Pl “April 29 Phe ky meeting” ‘this ever Mrs. 3 Hill, is i began las me for eij “Sam. M the New wa3.in tc M. B. the Supe ‘guardian The ca to China * e laid a The or ‘be confer --at Mason Two a and air-p ‘Sierra co __terday. Samue Valley hi ior Court as their « Ah Lit ed in the ‘Both ple ‘trial was Sam’s for James ‘meat nia ‘and @ pio -expects t aly to Sar Eugen ‘Improves ifornia, v evening of this ¢ the mem Harry . of Banne columns . the Neva thus real fifteen pe $20. Al On We instant, J troupe w in this newest a comic op ed with 1 ‘eastern c own whe in text, Miss Sol is a famo won &ppl owa, Sl company lee Tayla reception is to be rection © “our citize put on tk Mr. L Haverly’ to crowd Theatre, on the 13 the come “role in th eupporte equally p in this . “The Tv and nun features, The fo] of the Su by that _ division 4 Court, be to take e read as fi fore the « maent, th the Clerk party, his ties, toge Of such : to explai days bef for argu file and s authoriti called fo; may file: