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_ SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 1971.
BRT Wine Later the Rule,
For years past the TRANSCRIPT has
advocated a thorough: reform in the
revenue system of the State for securs
ing. equal. assessment anda mode of
collection less burdensome upon tax~
payers. The last Legislature went so
far as to provide fora State Board of
ment of property, and the Board has
done its work by issuing—instructions
to Assessors throughout the State #8
to hew the assessment should be made-:
The instructions are correct ana in accordance withthe system which bas
heretofore been adopted in Nevada
county, namely for the assessment of
“property for its full cash value. But
unfortunately for many of the counties,
the taxes have been levied on the basis
of the assessment of previous years,
which was, in the majority of cases less
than one-fifth the cash value. It assessors comply with these instructions,
these counties will be caught out in
the system adopted for the purpose of .
swindling the State out of its share of
the revenue, as the law requires the
levy to be made before the first Mons
day of April, and a change now may
vitiate the ehtire levy, Santa Clara
county is in this fix. %
with the revenue, the Legislature made
“an important omission. The State tax
was levied for two years, and that levy
was made on the basis of the old asment. As by the régulations of the
Board the asseasment is to be increased
about two-thirds on the average, the
State tax will be just thet much heavs
“thé State by this attempt at partial res
form, have been compelled to pay just
three times a8 much taxes to the State
as ought to be requireth=——
This attempt to reform illustrates .
the disadvantage of having a Legislature totally ignorant of an old law, ats
tempting to accomplish a reform, and
such acts of legislation have made our
revenue system incongruous and almost
beyond the comprehension of officers,
A law is passed, or an amendment pass.
ed without any regard to its bearing
upon other statutes, and as a result,
the people must suffer in consequence
of the ignorance and neglect of lawmakers.
We hope the revenue Commission
now at work upon the code will devise
a just system of revenue for the State,
_ and that the people will elect a Legislature with good sense enough to adopt
the system without ruining it by amendments. We want men in the Legislature who will spend less time in the
settlement of national affairs and more
in work for the interest of the State.
We need less special. legislation and
more of a character that will benefit
the entire State. Fewer and. better }
laws is what the State needs, with less
partizanship and more earnest work
for the State. ‘
In the present instance, this county
having beén always assessed up to its
valuation, will suffer little beyond bes
ing burdened. with a State tax twor
thirds larger than it ought to be. In
other counties, where swindling assess.
ments have been made, the county as
well us the State tax is immeasurably
large and the taxpayers begin to wince.
They have been caught in their own
trap and we are glad of it. é
THE latest. novelty in .watchés for
women is the erystal. It consists of a
perfect sphere glass, inclosing a watch
movement. One side slows a little
dial, The reverse exhibits: the works,
and all is in the compass of a hazel
nut. The movements are nickle and
the watch is a stem winder.e This
curiosity can be secured tor $250. It
is worn’ pendant on the necklace or
pie ett wry first position an atnt ‘cavalier is requ ite to tell the .
ah onapeript, . ys, says the Grass Valley
Highway Roppery. — Wednesday
Onion; Geo;
Williams, proprietor of the Pacific
Hotel, and Hesry Scadden, proprietor
of the Falkttor Stables, both of this
town,.wére returning from-a-trip. to
the country and were ina buggy to~
gether. .When they reached the june-:
tion of the McUourtney and the North
Star road about two miles below town,
a foot pad armed with a revolver stopped them and called them to halt.
The pistol was a Colt’s six-shooter and
was cocked and presented at Scadden
who was driving. The robber demanded coin. Scadden and Williams began
to talk with him, and-to inquire. why
he was engaged in such business. He
replied that he wanted coin and that
quickly, and that he would shoot if
they did not shell out. ° He said that
he had a perfect right to shoot both of
them, since white men in this country
had employed Chinamen to work, and
had thereby driven him to the road
agency business. Scadden said he had
no money, and &cadden asked Williams how much coin the latter had.
Williams produced $750 and gave tlie
of the road agent $2 50 to pay expenses
jin town. The robber was not masked.
his person, and it is hoped that this
man who has been “ruined by Chinese
cheap labor” may be sent to where he
can do the State some service,
AccIDENTS.—The Grass Valley Unton. says; The. epidemic.of accidents . the-garment-in-the-hands~of~the~tadseems to have commenced. A few
days ago L. M. Carr had his thumb
badly cut at Brunstetter’s sash factory
by the knife ef the machinery. The
thumb was stripped of the flesh from
the upper part for the whole length of
it, and about half the bone was taken
out,
Mr. Stackhouse, an old citizen, had the .
misfortune to drive a. pick -throagh-4
one of his feet,and that he had sent
into town fora pair of crutches. Mr.
“Tor Jaw, Comper Niprev.—The
‘tran who dug lis wayrout of the Grass
Valley calaboose with a rabber comb,
has been arrested on a more serions
charge, as will appear from the Stars
and Stripes: On Saturday last Sheriff.
Dannam brought up from San Fran~
cisco and lodged in the county jail Henry &. Osborne, the individual who is
accused of robbing the safe of Curley &
Mahon, at Auburn Station, a short
time ago, and who dug lis way with
an india rubber comb through the massive walls of the impregnable new jail
at Grass Valley. It seems that Os~
borne is well known to the San Francisco police, by whom he is classed as
a confirmed professional thief. Catching sight of him, and’ having read ac~
counts of his depredations.and exploits
up here, he was arrested and Sheriff
Dunnam was notified of the fact and
went below after hinx. When arrested
he had upon his person but one article
indicating any taste for literature,
which was a clipping containing a
a graphic account of his marvelous
combing escapade. .
secant}
robber $5, reserving with the approval'/——CHI€KEN THIEVE#—Tle Grass Valley Union says: Wednesday evening
a couple of chicken thieves made a
‘The officers have-full description of . Taid on the hen roost of Mr. Dimon of
the Silken Grove ranch. The thieves
were discovered by Charley Dimon, a
six year old, snd Charley tackled one
of the thieves. The youngster seized
the coat of the-chicken thief, and the
. thief slipped out of the coat leaving
smart to live long. Just see how one
of them, writin;
goes tor @ Michigan Solon:
. During the debate on the Drain Jaw,
‘Satarday morning, in the House, one
of the members made a statement
which struck your correspondent as
incredible, He said: “I propose to
dig a ditch for a neighbor four or
five rods long!” © With all that profound deference which the member
expects from “reporters” I don’t believe there is a “neighbor four or five
rods long” in Van Buren county,
Doubtless the member has some very
long neighbors, but in my opinion
“there ain’t no sich person” as “a
neighbor four or five rods long” among
his constituents. .
IN a recent speech at Selma,Alabama,
Jeff. Davis said he had always been
willing to give his life for his people,
and now, if Yankee power wanted his
blood to atone for any action of the
Southern people, they could take it.
He never had asked pardon for what
he had done, and lie never would, for
he felt that he had done no, Wrong.
Tur Post Orrice Gol, John I.
bonds having been approved by the
proper officer at Washington City.
Col. Sykes will take ‘possession of the
office there, it is understood, on next
Monday morning.
cmeellipeee
AT the Central ‘Telegraph Office,
London, no less than 485 young women are employed as clerks and only
250 males,
g Tose Bohamians are getting too .
to tlie Detroit Post*
Sykes has received his commissionas . ~~
. Postmaster at Grass Valley, the Col.’s
None but male Clerks are .
IMPORTANT:
: ¥ rich : .
PEOPLE OF NEVADA COUNTY!
os
TREMENDOUS SALE
—oFCLOTHING :
—AT—
EMPORIUM !
Selling Out.
‘Selling Out.
TO CLOSE BUSINESS!
In the peckets of the coat were found a
quantity of strips of cloth with which
Mr. Dimon’s chickens were to be tied.
The captured garment is of Chinese
fashioh, but the thieves who were decursed in American as they fled i.) The
hen roost at Silken Grove ranch is now
~ On Thursday, -wounderstand, that ready for another raid,aad little Charley
is prepared to receive all comers of
that kind, Pura a
Caprarn Louis Livingston, an
American, is mentioned as having dis«
Stackhouse is evidently preparing for a .
long time of slow locomotion.
On Wednesday evening Frank Pellar,
a miner at the North Star mine, met
with a serious accident. While at
work a piece of rock flew from ‘under
the hammer and struck him in the left
eye, severely injuring the sight. . Dr
Manson dressed the wound, and is of
the opinion the sight of eye the is not
entirely destroyed.
Texas is bidding high for immigrants. Itits fields are as fertile in
crops as its journals are in rhétoric, it
certainly holds out extraordinary. inducements. One of its journals says:
“Our rivers, like Athens, leap into the
world full grown and full of life and
promise. The San Marcos, at the foot
of the mountains, rushes up from the!
unfathomed depths through perpendicular rents in the rock. I'he water is
perfectly clear. The channel is about
twenty feet wide, and the depth of was.
ter at the shallow places from two ard
a half to three feet, with a swift cur. :
rent, affording splendid powerfor the
propulsion of machinery, “The, San
Antonia has its sources from a series
of springs, three miles’ above the city
of the same name, The Comal, at
New Braunfels, comes forth in the
Same way, and all excél the famed
rivers of Damascus, both in purity of
their waters and the natural beauty of
their banks.”
_ Tur Agricultural journals begin to
Aalk of a new industry, the manufac«
ture of sugar from sweet potatoes, The
average product of a bushel of potatoes
—the yam variety being preterred—is
said to be over two gallons, and as the
average yield per acre on poor, sandy
soil is froma hundred and fifty toa
Aundred and eighty bushels, it follows
that the product will be from three
hundred to three hundred and fitty
gallons of syrup. This syrup, more.
over, is said to surpass that of the beet
And even that of the sorghum in deli<
cacy of flavor, aud in nearly
army in the recent war with France.
He joined the service of the King of
Wurtemburg, taking a Liutenant’s
commission in his cavalry guard. At
Worth, Sedan, Champagny, Chatillon
and before Paris he was henorably
mentioned, being so conspicuous. for
dauntless bravery that he received the
medal “for personal courage and important service in the presence of the
enemy,” the Emperor himself bestowing the Iron Cross of Prussia, the highest reward a German officer can obtains
This last gift came to him for his bear-~
ing.at the battle of Marigny and the
affair at Villefort,,
A NOTABLE illustration of scientific
enthusiasni was afforded by M. Jaussen, who left Paris last December to
observe in Algeria the late total eclipse
of the sun, The weather prevented
his making observations but he has
contributed some interesting notes
with respect to the invention of an
aeronautical compass which he made
use of during his travelsin the air in
order to ascertain approximately the
speed aud direction of the balloon.,
A TRULY eccentric will is that made
by J. Marsh, an old bachelor of Pass
saic, N.J., who died a few days ago.
He left the best part of an estate of
$400,000 forthe benefit of his six old
horses, A farm of eighty acres is set
apart us their happy hunting ground
for ten years, $300 a year each goes to
feed them, an hostler will receive $1,200 yearly for ten years. for grooming
them, and two gentlemen get $10,000
each to see that the provisions of the
will are fulfilled.
against any more legacies to the city.
John McDonough’s. large estate was
gobbled up by the lawyers. John D.
Fink, a close fisted Teuton, who for a
long time took his meals in Poydras
rather acambrous one. The
Bi
tected and —who.-rap—off—in-hurry-}
Tae New Orleans Times protests } .
Market, made a legacy to’ the city, . :
placed on night duty. The General
Post Office in the same city employs
about 5,000 telegraph clerks, and 8,000
messengers, The female clerks there
total up nearly 1,000.” 7
A REQUIEM was heldin “Munich, on
March 11th, for the souls of the Bavarian soldiers who fell on the battle
contingent during the war amounted
‘to 730 officers and 11,497 men. Of
these, 159 officers and 1,494 men are
dead.
tinguished himself in the German Four aged members’ of one family
in Connecticut have died since February 7th. Their average age was sevty-nine yearsand three months.
SPRING AND SUMMER
CLOTHINC !
ee ccre,
CREAT BARGAINS.
ROSENSTOCK, PRICE & Co.
ORNER OF PINE AND COMMERCIAL
C STREETS, NEVADA CITY, have just reCeived a Splendid Stock of the Latest Styles
Spring and Summer Suits,
Clothing, Furnishing Goods, Hats,
Boots and Shoes, &c,
Which they offer to the publie as low as
Goods can be obtained i this State, Ws
—_—_,
Something New, a prize for all!
THE GREAT EXPECTATION PAPER
COLLAR—each box centains a valuable prize
with excellent collars thrown in.
Gentlemen’s Fine ‘Shirts, Under
Clothing, Miner’s Goods,
Of ail kinds and varieties,
re
Rosenstock, Price & Co.
Guarantee satisfaction to all custom
call on them, and propose to give the en
Latest,
+ Finest,
And Best Goods,
At the Lowest Prices,
Before buying elsewhere, those in want of
anything in the C} i hy tne alten oe ons line willfind it to
__-witehing hour. is mend . portion’of this was stolen by'bi
THERE are to be 21,000 fish trape et . a‘ter the jules lnextracted, ts pronoun tention and’ itigation, the, " . “ in and about N tt Bay this . ced a valuable article of food for either} quest, of $100,000, w] ae ~ Corndttt Browa ata Pine Stredte.
season.. i AVaH Mian or beasei! 885886 ent) ods yard to $80,000, Adel itary th MATHAOMAS .£ HO : ‘A
*
a ee a ORANGE TNT AN RE TAMIR LEST 83 SAARI RERSTOSS ROG Te DUBUAE TRS LeNcE RIE Sao ee pains
field. The total loss of the Bavarian .
———— STOCK OF
GENTLEMEN'S
FINE AND MEDIUM
FURNISHING GOODS,
RUBBER CLOTHING,
BOYS’ CLOTHING,
&e. &e. &e.
Will be Closed out at First Cost
AND LESS.
Banner Bros:
Respectfully inform the people of Nevada
County that they have made arrangements to
Gose out.their entire business,in this city,
and in order to dispose of their immense
stock as rapidly as possible, they now offer
their splendid stock of
SPRING CLOTHING,
LATEST STYLES,
At Prices Lower than ever before
known on this* Coast.
t=To Country Merchants in particular ! Take Notice!
We would say that this is an extraordinary
time for you to call and look at our Stock and
Prices asthe Goods must and will be
. closed out this Season, and you had better
take advantage of the Great Bargains
_
?
(2Th he good will of business to. . gether with store fixtures are for
~ Fanaa PRICE #.00. . " Bann
4 a sy lea. tr Re ed ER BROTHERS.
Banner Bros,
CLOTHING, .
~~ BOOTS, SHOES, HATS.
nomena
The Di
eeemememert
f LOC
sae Gran
Elder Grat
has been iu 1
days expour
discoursé on
ou Daniel, 2«
and wasa g
ot the truth
strated by th
He holds tha
infallible pro
in order to sc
about the ft
tation of p1
extended fro
lon to the est
Kingdom, an
cession of the
manner of t
truthfully p
dreds of year
pired. So i
roves Elder G
' orthodox Ch
the establish:
there is no di
those who ac
relation to th
as the Elder
Advent of Ch
ferences will
the generally
er, @ logical?
posted in his
will be inter
clusions are a
fs Circus
4_'The cireus
John Robins
and Menager:
Judging trom
biils, it has al
pious animals
ever 80 many
is. announced
laces, Neva:
Valley. The
The Heathe
Yesterday «
induced to ta)
tery. The fa
given him, an
The Chinama
ing at the top
he got off put
between hime
said, “no like
bitee alle tim:
Discharged.
Chas. Mur
terday discha
their terms of
pired. Murp
sault and ba
days, Ah Me
for stealing a
Store in this «
plore Chick
A tew night
hen roost was
chickens, W
Toost on Bre
and surroun
robbed in the
obate Ma
Application
tate, in the’m
Heugh, was y
Monro, admi
Was set for he
May at 10°0’c!
ising Loe
* The Somer;
1,500 feet on ;
Valley towns!
Eureka quart
Adjourned.
The Min‘s
prised of the
ville District,
sion for sever
adjourned on