April 15, 1874 (4 pages)

Bhe Daily Trmscript. “« INEVADA CITY, CAL, i. Wednesday, April 16th, 1874, —— In 1830 there were 23 miles of raili Local Brevities. Certificate of incorporation of the Grass YWeilley and Nevada Wood and ‘Luntber Company, was received from the Secretary of State on/ Monday. The capital stock of the company is $100,000, With'a paid up capital of $25,000. The stock is divided “into 1,000 ‘sharés, The franchise runs read in operation in all the United . States. In 1872 there were *68}320 . miles in operation. In 1830’ the population of the United States was 12,866,020. In 1872 the ropulation ‘was Over 39,000,000. The first railrozd designed for general transportation, undertaken inthe United States, was the Baltimore and Ohio. The first yeads were siiccessful only in a moderate degree. Time wus required for —improvement, and, when secured, the . __failroad has been instrumental in de-. by. all who ligtened-to-it,—The lee-1 : : tarer possesses the power to electri fy velopingcommerce and wealth so . ~ rapid and remunerative that it is the wonder of the world. States remote fram the seaboard, through the instrumentulity of this method of transportetion, have been enabled to engage in agfculture and manufactures, which, without. them,. wowld-have been impossible. The railroad has built up the northwest"ern States, and made them, in ‘point of prosperity, the-equals of those on the Atlantic coast. Manufactures have sprung up where, without a railfoad, the country surrounding ‘weuld be a desolate wilderness. Tasty farm houses dot the country, where, without the railroad, the coy. ote ‘would be the sole possessor. ~~. Railroads are ciyilizers. They increase ‘the wealth of the country; they develop its resources; they en:Tich its inhabitants and establish cheap-and rapid transit. It would . seem that these are self evident propositions, and that no one would. be 80 foolish ag to dény them} yet there ‘are those who do not believe them, aad think prosperity will be banished when a railroad comes into a town. ‘To such we are certdin no argument ~ will convince, There are othe?s who rators are Chas. Marsh, H. 8. Coop-for fifty years, The place” of -businegs is Nevada City. The incorpoer; J. E. Brown, J.8. Dunnand F, L. Coeper. Work on the flume:will commence soon. The incorporators ite men of business, and will soon complete the enterprise and make it & success, The lecture delivered by the Rev. Mr. Rich, of Marysville, on_‘“hoodee The rainfal@uring the last storin was 1.32 inches. ‘Phe total fall for the seagom is 58.91 inches, This is jess thai it was supposed there was some weeks since. It is jnot-above the average. We Believe it is one juch bélow. -We are indebted to the Soath Yaba Canal Company for the figure. ‘The Blaine murder trial’ is still “progressing. Six witnesses were examined up to the close uf the afternoon session of the court yesterday. There are sixteen witnesses to be examined, we believe. The tase will last two or three days longer. » > >~ Our hotels were crowded last night and the night before. — Not a spare bed could be found at one” 6f them,. lumism,’"is spoken of very highiy@n audience,’ and to impress his views upen their minds in the strongest manner, He is earnest and eloquent, and—-holds his audience throughout in wrapt attention. The opinions of Mr. Rich upon this important-subjectare the resnits of long observation and deep thought, and are well worthy the consideration of those .nterested in-the welfare of .the rising generation, a8 “Jacob Bachtal, the man assaulted by Chas. Foster, at Oriental Mill, near Willow Vulley, is rapidly recovering from the wounds received in the affray.__It-will be remembered that the frontal bone was-badly fractnred, and the operation of trepanoperation his recovery was considered doubtful‘for some time. But we are informed by Dr. Welch, who assisted in performing the operation, that the wound is healing nicely,and no fears are now entertained of his entire recovery. Would not a fruit drying éstablishment pay in this city? Sacramento is about to build one. Fruit. in abundance can be had here. It is ~~ daliove raiironds beileficiak; but they} are indifferent about assisting to build one. One thing is sure, without a read the prosperity of Nevada county will vanish. There will be a necessity*for men of means to go ~ elsewhere, and they will go. A road will benefit men of smull means thet nrost. The road will be built: if all will assist. The committee will visit » ~eitizens again as soon as the Direct-+ ' vrs make a report, and-it-is-expected+} said the machinery necessary and ail the appliances, costs about ten thousand dollars. The fruit cured by §uch a process is superior to that dri¢d by thesun. Itisa paying business elsewhere, why not here? Would it not be well for our capitalina mud hole, with a heavy load, ning was found necessary. After the . “At ene hotel beds were made op the, floor“ We presume the-murdér trial had semethinig to do.with it, . A large number from the Ridge are in attendance on thatcase, = Stage drivers have occasion to pray for pleasant weather if any onehas; and we presnme when. about stuck and behind time, they are very devout. : _ Attention is called to an advettisement of a house for’ sale, by Alex. Gault, on Broad street, ‘now occu-pied as a photograph. gallery; ° A chance for 4 bargain is offered. — _ Yesterday was a briptit, sunshiny day; and we believe the people all gave thanks theréfor,. If-they did not, we vote them irreverent and unthankful. is The roads between Nevada City and Lake City were getting quite dry aud were daily improving until the last rain, ‘That made them mudCai “A. Goldsmith has returned from Sau Francisco with a heavy stock of goods. He proposes tosell ‘Low: dow in the sky Lorena.” Remember the lecture-on Col. Baker to-night, by‘ Mrs, Duniway ; The Revenue Officer is in the land, aud stamps are in order. Those using them w.Jl take notice. a soe Sun Juan items. : ~The Times says: The rainfall at North San Juan since the Ist of De-. town, to inquire into the matter. __Poll taxes should be paid beforethe first Monday in July, or $1.50. will be added. ‘The County Assessor that all who have property that the road will benefit, will subscrite in yroportion to their ability. The books are open, and subscriptions ean—be made without solicitation. Now is the time for householders who desire adding to the value of their property, to assist in building the road tliat will add to it. Twenty-five or thirty thousand dollars, at least, ought to be raised in this township. Start the ball to rolling. Strack it at Last, For many years pasta gentleman well kuewn hereabouts, has been} prospecting a quartz ledge, situated io sight of o r people on the. hill Se squth of lewn.—Ho-has—-preserved-in-}+ want-to take” bathe during the Sum~ his efforts, always insisting that he Will be in his office, at the Court House, every day, and thrée of~ his deputies are traveling in different parts of the county all the time, so that opportunity to pay. the amount can be hadeveryday. If paid before the time mentioned it will be $3; if after, $4 50, error Walters & Klingenspor, in antici. pation of @ rush of custom; are making improvements in their barber Shop. ‘Mac’ is going to paint the bath rooms and the ceiling in the main shop. They are also having a large tank put in to hold hot waterfor bathing purposes. They propose to supply the demand of all ‘who { ists who regard the Prosperity ef the . ember last,-has beon-something less _~Henry--Davis, of Sweetland, had ‘for several months past under the tiful, than sixty inches; twenty inches of . talking around, among the voters blunders and contradictions of that ‘precious(?)text book, but our artieach of the crudities found .therein, ec ee Co unication. ; kind inyitation, and in snewer to “Rustien 8's” gnxiows inquiries rebepecting ourself, we again present -ourself, and propose’ telling, aniong other things, why we lady teachers instructed the community; through the mediam of the educational ‘col: umn of the Transcript. i Well, you see quite recently a law was made, permitting women. to hold the office of school trustee, and eleehave been so busily employed in abd. ‘‘patting up things’ among ourselves, that really we didn’t ‘have time to properly attend our sewing societies, much_less-write for the edif I should Gren have time to—writé, were it not in my enthusiasm iu elec> tioneering in-the good cause, my organs of arti¢ulation hid, -from_ excessive us: , becomé so swollen that ‘Ycouldnot make myself heard, and had to stop teaching as well as electioneering. 1 find.it'’a -hard matter to make men sée that it will benefit the educational interests of a district’ to have women ttrstecs, consequently; I have had te talk an unusual ‘amount—even for a lady. Happily we think the hardest part of the laber is over; 2nd there is a strorg hope of our being a: le to elect ‘quite @ small brigade 6f ‘petticoat trus-_ tees'’ on the lust Saturday in June, and I can, without auy pangs of conscience, steal afew moments from our special werk, to devote to the minor educational interests ‘Rusticug’’. complains of having all the arguimeuts upon educational topics, to himself of late. We wrote 4 reply to his éulogium, upon Swinton’s histofy, in which we eudeavored to show, the many incongruities, cle, in enumerating a specimen of assumed sugh hnge propotions that our-modesty forbade our imposing 80 upon good nature as to ask any. paper to-publish it; and kuowing the opinion of teachers upopthe subject, Wo were content to see the “countyWe see, however, that ‘“Ruaticus’’ Manuer that it will require several . four or five teeth extracted a few days ago, and came near bleeding to death in consequence, : The puplic school at Sebastopol is having vacation now, It has been tuition of Miss. Orrie Miller, one of the best female teachers inthe counThe lower country between Wood's crossing of the South Yuba and Marysville, is covered with bright flowers, Nothing cau be more beauRev. I, B. Fish has been holding protracted meetings at Sebastopol for the past two weeks, J. Fred Schmidt of thé San Juan Hotel is doing good work on the street more toots upon his born to make any teacher consent to touch the tepulsive. thing. ‘‘Rusticus” fears that without something to create a special interest, our institute will suffer when compared with that last. year, and we agree that it does look some that “way,” especially after reading ““Samuel’s’’ long-fuced, doleful, old fogy suggestion that the in: terests of education would be better served by teachers. explaining ‘‘their methods of teaching,”’ than by ‘‘creating unnatural excitements.”’ We think, in fact we know, that our last institute was far the most beneficial one to the coutity, that we have attendeu, and it was owing to the “‘unnatural excitement’ that it. caused, “After carefully reading “Samuel's”? had-as-good-a—tedge as ality tobe found in the county, and that in the course of time he would prove it ta’be so. At last he has struck it, Report says he has opened his tunnel intoa vein four. feet in width: and of fabulous richness. Free gold can be seen—so rumor has it—everywhere lying around loose, some of it in chanks as. large as hickory nuts. If this be true, North San Juan will olaim the honor of having the best and richest quartz mine, within rifle ahot of the town to be found in Ameriva. It is said the ownerhas been offered a half million dollars for the mine but refuses to sell. We advise the people te take in the above with many grains of allowance, as we do net and cannot vouch for the truth ef any part of it except -the gontle~atn eluded to has been far &@ Dulnber'of years prospecting a Vein of quariz in the neighborheod indicated, and has good Prospects ahead of him. Seo. says the San J uau~Times: A creytieman of Santa Clara has effered ty contribute as much toward « public library and reading-room as all the rest of the citizens tog ther will give. > Gomes to it, M. L. Marsh has about completed his residence, and is now improving the grounds about it by seeding, planting shrubbery, ete. Itis situated on the hill at the head of Bouldor street, and commands a beatiful view of the town. When the yards are well coverec with ‘grass, and the trees attain a good growth, it will be the most pleasant spot in town. * Here is a good sermon: Profane swearing is abominable. Vulgar language is disgusting. Loud laughing is impolite. Inquisitiveness is offensive. Tattling is mean. Telling a falsehood is contemptible, —Ignorance is disgraceful. Laziness is shameful. vA Speaking of the weather reminds us of the old story of the man's ask» ing the Irishman if he ever saw” u Spring that beat this. Pat r€plied he had seen one that beat jt -‘When was it?’’ said the man, “Last Winter, be jabers.”’ just now in conseTravel is ligi, quence of the horrid condition of the roads. ere & railroad in operation, wey witure the opiniou that ten men Would visit this city where one now ? to lay that motion on the table. fi front oF his Satldimg. He is rocking it. If the owners of property all along Main street will follow his example they will add much to the appearance of the town. The late rains were “hard” on our road men, though they had a tendency towards making the’ roads “‘soft,’’ At this date the roads. are in a very good condition, ies eg 4 : : A, Tux House curreucy bill waydefeated by the artifice of / utler, Thursday, who favors the Benate bill for inflation, Houghton, of this A bill came up Sgain on Friday on a motion to réconsider and a motion Pigs OO aie Ee a han St. Louis Globe states that at the end of the present session of Congress General Schurz will resign his seat, and return to St. ‘Louis to edit the Westilche Post. a “BURLEIGH"’ says, in the Boston Journal; “In the old Whig times Mr. Fillmore was the favorite son of New York. I was stending by’ his. side in the Delavan Honse, Albay, when he received news of his nomivation for Vice-President. He thonghtit was a joke. But when Balistied of the fact he turned white . in order to be consistent and to proState, voted with the Butlerites. The . —S the-eveniug of the last day of the inarticle,-we-are-ted-tu the conclusion that, he must be one of toes “ac in disguise, who last year-Was mor: ‘tally afraid teachers, a» well as pupila would be requijréd to spell; and Vide against again running into danger, takew occasion to throw cold water upon what all true educators hope to see more of, viz:, “county contests,’ Before concluding, we desire to assure Rusticus, that he need not fear that our institute will be an uninteresting one, as we ladies, as isusual Qpon such occasions, will devote mosi of our time and all our energy in making aTrabgewents for .a social bali—dance -T-mean—to take place sidiute, Carrie Josapuine. Camp 18 Friday. It-is said the fish can climb it without difficulty. But very few fish have been caught thus far this season at the above place, This goes to show that there. must be serious obstructions further down the river, near Reno, over which the fish can not come.—Truckee Rej-atlican. ? . Curkencr inflation and specie re~ Ed, MPaaxscurer: In reply fo your Dave tot of late sired olirselyes, and tion day being in the near future, we. history contest’’ die a-natural death. I has, as he tays, survived the sub-. jeot; but has done it in such a sitkly . }GREAT VARIETY ies . 4 MARSHAL, A new fish ladder was. put in at <— we pect Mining Company. A This company is an incorporated ‘one, with principal place of business ‘at Gtass Valley. The stock of the company. is owned here aud mostly by practical and working miners. of: this distriet, The ground owned by: the company ison the West Idaho ledge; being about two miles directly west of the Idaho mine, and running in the same direction that the’ Eureka ledge does,. on which the Idaho mine is sitiated. The «Prospect Cotipany own 4500 feet bn the ledge including dips, angles, spurs, and convenient ground for working the ledge. A tunnel is now in 300 feet but is not ruuningon the ledge. A shaft to thé level of the tunnel is will have to go down nearly 100 feet’ now sinking and is down 30 feet. It} I. M. WALLING, NOTARY PUBLIG a " egnb—. , Tustice ef the Peace Ce . i EARCHING REOORDS AXD ABSTR¢g "ING A-SPEOLL TY, i Conveyancing Promptly atteng. Accounts collected, * Aldo Agert for: ' INSURANCE CO. OF NORTH auEnicy AMERICAN FIRE INSURANCE co, CONTINENTAL INSURANCE Co, GERMAN-AMERICAN INSURANCE og, NIAGARA INSURANCE co. Office, opposite Stumpf’s: Hotel, BROAD Ss STREET, NEVADA CITY. able .y She Baily NEVADA.-C€ ——— LOCAL 4 Col, . The lecture to n : ject of Col: Baker, listening to. All: of his eloquence, t otiam, onght to bh pearsed by Mrs. A ~ knew him from ck js familiar-with and public, und w tovrelate the same . will do credit to th -fine-rock was taken out. This rock shows well in heavy sulpburets, the galena being abundant. The ledge ‘in the sbaft is about 4 feet thick. No free gold can be-seét,. but the quality of the rock itself and the.sulis carried, in paying quantities, by Prospect is very similar to that around the Enreka and Idaho mites. The mine can be worked very cheaply-by water power for the greaterpart of the year, A-ditch rans along above the mine from_whbich & water press-. ure of 150 feet cau be bad to. drive hurdy-gurdy wheel. With the water power so seuleclint the.-Company can make ore which will give $8 & ton pay dividends to stock-holders: Judge P. H. Paynter is the secretary of the Company, and at his office on Mill street, can be seen samples of the rock taken from the shaft of the Prospect Company.—G, V. Union. In this city, april 4th, 1874, to Nicholas Luchsinger and wife, a daughter. ———+ NEVADA THEATRE. ENTERTAINMENT EXTRAORDI NARY! Thursday, Friday and Saturday Evenings, April: 16th, 17th and 18th. And Grand Matinee on Saturday Afternoon for Ladies gid ‘Children; ~ CLARE -AND-CAZNEAU'S— TROUPE, of Acknowledged Artists, . The -Great~Lady Gymnast. -HARRY CLARK; The Modera Hercules. . Franviseo lately. HARRY HOWARD, Banjoist. WALTER PARK, Clog Dancer. LON DIXON, Negro Comedian, PROF. CHRISTIE, Violinist, And other Artiscs. “This is by far the best entertainment ever effered inthis city. _—_—_— PRICES OF ADMISSION: Dress Circle 75 cts. Parquette 50e, Seats can be secured at Wi ’ Pri elch’s Book ap 15 For City Marshal. Beigel FORD is hereby announced is & candidate for the oitice of OITY For Marshal CASS. oer cHgE Ge ed as a candidste for re-ele he uaice of CITY MARSHAL. — : BONG is hereby anction 40 For Assesso— INTHROP 5. \ hounced as a candidate for re-eleetion to the Office of City Asses — ee ee — et ne For Marshal, _—_ sor, OSEPH B. GRAY i a8 & candidate for MARSHAL. . : : Netice of Stockholders Meeting of the Nevada Coun ty Gauge 8 hereby announced the office of CITY Natrow Railroad ( Ompany. , “ anged » N OTICE. is hereby given that a méecting of the stockholders of the Ne. . : vada Oounty Narrow “Gauge Ka jroad Co. Gill be held a€ the ‘present office “of the . phurets indicate the precious metal the ledge. ‘The country rock at the. . FANDERSON & RANDLOPH, AT : ~ NEVADA DRUG STORE, E. M. PRESTON, pkucuisr. ! And Dealer in ) XELDS, CRUCIBLES, My OSE ICAL AND MUFFLES, PAINTS . OILS ANB_VARN. . All at the Lowest Market Rates — Prescriptions correctly compounde at all hours, day or night, : : caper! a ELEGANT STORE, 101 & 103 Montgomery Street, . Formerly occupied by TUCKER & CO., Is now Occupied by Where can be found the LARGEST ang most CON-eine . WATCHES, THE WONDERFUL MAN-FISH DIAMONDS, CHAS, WEIGHTMAN . ! i Which created such af excitement in San JEWELRY, and SILVERWARE, Ever displayed by any ene tablishment on the coast. Call and examine our stock or send orders through ‘Wells,Fargo & Co.,which — will meet with prompt. attention. ANDERSON & RANDOLPE. _April 14, 1874, JOHNNY JACK. . Pine Street, Nevada City. Opposite Kidd’s Building. -D™ IN TOBACCO, : : CIGARS, — , PIPES, of all kinds. CONFECTIONERY, Nuts, LEMONS ‘before the tunnel level is reached. . . ~~ = The shaft follows the ledge. In the. . shaft, on Thursday last, some Very . . FLOWER SEED. “Ee day atat 4 o'clock — great orator aud st F = a a — Arrivals by th Dr, EB, Ha bern, J. Connoly, Departures by t d Mrs. C. H. Mea Bach, Chas Marsh Foster, Rev, R, Anna Starr. : Sewing The ladies of the ty, are requested Dr. Huut’s residen int Letthe Galled __K. Caspércomm Nevada City, with » tomeet with suce . done so. ; ingand shrewd bus He has t sen from an em proprietor of -the o clothing house in t ~ dealers in shoddy . “much worried bec: goods so cheap, 1] jades wince. The. go on, if they do f tomake them all s jn their boots, -7 Schwartz was Loug below cost. T besold at Casper’ balance of the larg purehased in San F Eastern. markets,“cent cheaper than 1 . city dare sell the “goods for: The » fair dealing, and poses to divide wit] made‘in purchasing thirds its value, ~ elothing stores and then come to Cas; ‘$amMe goods for one f teak CLT YB now be bought for : Suits which were be bought for $14, $14 suits can be } Fine summer hat Duck pants ares ‘ And‘all other goo Call and see for y . Remember he wi ‘old, and defies com ——-+e Give Us a In behalf of @ lor ple, we respeetfully: dry goods dealers to giveus a rést. Al part:of such unfortr divert the attentior from the superiority stock of goods will E We have received ge bles us to make a eelled by any store iz have goods of the any store this sic Mountains. To sho ‘*ertions are borne ¢ enly ask those in wa to give us icall, W beth in quality and pl to show goods. We dersold. And wewa a8 represented, ~ Tht Will have the best sel from. A. GOLDSM _—— Look Hi: ‘Warm weather has Winter clothes are y If you intend buying don't hurry for a day Miller's immense st able Spring and Sun here this week. them ‘before — purek / : = Anko ceo sc ; . : . Company, to wit, at the office o> , iGES “will i iy ike ene nics long forthe. Clark & Caznean’s great combina. . ®8 # Sheet-aud—setd:—¥ou ‘could . sumption cume up in the House ite . Lavin, Esq., Justice of ge ely pant ORANGES, FIGS, DATES, &«., . have to fall if d or : H : : : ‘knock-w6 dowu with a straw,’ The cidentally in debuieThursda; ard . Wn of Grass Valley Nevada ” + : por" with us. We are -in stove kick ita few tlines with your fon show will give their first perwhove thing Was so unexpected that Garfield de , : “9 State of, California, on Auesday, eh If you want & Genuine Im We assure ro i heel. Then take it out and saw 30° ‘formance at the Theatre, in this; he satdown literally aman fainting,” . G#*feld made what isealied Ne disis Ee fant Of Apel, 1874. at 2 oclock ted Ha ; to JOHN tel To fee gity, on Thursday (to-morrow) eveana ain erful argument” against inflatiouand . ot“ Uylaws for the ot woPting a code mans Ciger,.£9 x . 3 —— : St aie Diltpe the leading cl Tae Sau Frapcisco Board of Edu“Cafe to his death while being ompany, ai Go everybody aud see the in favor of resumption, ee Sage His Tobacco is alsoof. “the county. B. H. cation baye: elected three ladies to ii eee Oe Ola Si long-handled stewpan. int: te oe Pe ie ree eee Paty ” : = ee the’ pesitiun ot Vice-Principal. man-fish, Laura, the great female the hands Of bis wife,” is the expres_ Hoxatsrse is‘ abvuttobuild a $10-. . Dated Grass ‘Valley cag The Pres. . the best brands. ; = Sete Casy » vipas. . Gy unastand other wonderful things. sive verdict of ap Titinois jury. 000 gchool.bouse. “9 =" aati, Firrcurn, Acting sec'y, ~ Nevada, March 26th. And get fine clothing 2 ie ] , =

Bhe Daily Trmscript. “« INEVADA CITY, CAL, i. Wednesday, April 16th, 1874, —— In 1830 there were 23 miles of raili Local Brevities. Certificate of incorporation of the Grass YWeilley and Nevada Wood and ‘Luntber Company, was received from the Secretary of State on/ Monday. The capital stock of the company is $100,000, With'a paid up capital of $25,000. The stock is divided “into 1,000 ‘sharés, The franchise runs read in operation in all the United . States. In 1872 there were *68}320 . miles in operation. In 1830’ the population of the United States was 12,866,020. In 1872 the ropulation ‘was Over 39,000,000. The first railrozd designed for general transportation, undertaken inthe United States, was the Baltimore and Ohio. The first yeads were siiccessful only in a moderate degree. Time wus required for —improvement, and, when secured, the . __failroad has been instrumental in de-. by. all who ligtened-to-it,—The lee-1 : : tarer possesses the power to electri fy velopingcommerce and wealth so . ~ rapid and remunerative that it is the wonder of the world. States remote fram the seaboard, through the instrumentulity of this method of transportetion, have been enabled to engage in agfculture and manufactures, which, without. them,. wowld-have been impossible. The railroad has built up the northwest"ern States, and made them, in ‘point of prosperity, the-equals of those on the Atlantic coast. Manufactures have sprung up where, without a railfoad, the country surrounding ‘weuld be a desolate wilderness. Tasty farm houses dot the country, where, without the railroad, the coy. ote ‘would be the sole possessor. ~~. Railroads are ciyilizers. They increase ‘the wealth of the country; they develop its resources; they en:Tich its inhabitants and establish cheap-and rapid transit. It would . seem that these are self evident propositions, and that no one would. be 80 foolish ag to dény them} yet there ‘are those who do not believe them, aad think prosperity will be banished when a railroad comes into a town. ‘To such we are certdin no argument ~ will convince, There are othe?s who rators are Chas. Marsh, H. 8. Coop-for fifty years, The place” of -businegs is Nevada City. The incorpoer; J. E. Brown, J.8. Dunnand F, L. Coeper. Work on the flume:will commence soon. The incorporators ite men of business, and will soon complete the enterprise and make it & success, The lecture delivered by the Rev. Mr. Rich, of Marysville, on_‘“hoodee The rainfal@uring the last storin was 1.32 inches. ‘Phe total fall for the seagom is 58.91 inches, This is jess thai it was supposed there was some weeks since. It is jnot-above the average. We Believe it is one juch bélow. -We are indebted to the Soath Yaba Canal Company for the figure. ‘The Blaine murder trial’ is still “progressing. Six witnesses were examined up to the close uf the afternoon session of the court yesterday. There are sixteen witnesses to be examined, we believe. The tase will last two or three days longer. » > >~ Our hotels were crowded last night and the night before. — Not a spare bed could be found at one” 6f them,. lumism,’"is spoken of very highiy@n audience,’ and to impress his views upen their minds in the strongest manner, He is earnest and eloquent, and—-holds his audience throughout in wrapt attention. The opinions of Mr. Rich upon this important-subjectare the resnits of long observation and deep thought, and are well worthy the consideration of those .nterested in-the welfare of .the rising generation, a8 “Jacob Bachtal, the man assaulted by Chas. Foster, at Oriental Mill, near Willow Vulley, is rapidly recovering from the wounds received in the affray.__It-will be remembered that the frontal bone was-badly fractnred, and the operation of trepanoperation his recovery was considered doubtful‘for some time. But we are informed by Dr. Welch, who assisted in performing the operation, that the wound is healing nicely,and no fears are now entertained of his entire recovery. Would not a fruit drying éstablishment pay in this city? Sacramento is about to build one. Fruit. in abundance can be had here. It is ~~ daliove raiironds beileficiak; but they} are indifferent about assisting to build one. One thing is sure, without a read the prosperity of Nevada county will vanish. There will be a necessity*for men of means to go ~ elsewhere, and they will go. A road will benefit men of smull means thet nrost. The road will be built: if all will assist. The committee will visit » ~eitizens again as soon as the Direct-+ ' vrs make a report, and-it-is-expected+} said the machinery necessary and ail the appliances, costs about ten thousand dollars. The fruit cured by §uch a process is superior to that dri¢d by thesun. Itisa paying business elsewhere, why not here? Would it not be well for our capitalina mud hole, with a heavy load, ning was found necessary. After the . “At ene hotel beds were made op the, floor“ We presume the-murdér trial had semethinig to do.with it, . A large number from the Ridge are in attendance on thatcase, = Stage drivers have occasion to pray for pleasant weather if any onehas; and we presnme when. about stuck and behind time, they are very devout. : _ Attention is called to an advettisement of a house for’ sale, by Alex. Gault, on Broad street, ‘now occu-pied as a photograph. gallery; ° A chance for 4 bargain is offered. — _ Yesterday was a briptit, sunshiny day; and we believe the people all gave thanks theréfor,. If-they did not, we vote them irreverent and unthankful. is The roads between Nevada City and Lake City were getting quite dry aud were daily improving until the last rain, ‘That made them mudCai “A. Goldsmith has returned from Sau Francisco with a heavy stock of goods. He proposes tosell ‘Low: dow in the sky Lorena.” Remember the lecture-on Col. Baker to-night, by‘ Mrs, Duniway ; The Revenue Officer is in the land, aud stamps are in order. Those using them w.Jl take notice. a soe Sun Juan items. : ~The Times says: The rainfall at North San Juan since the Ist of De-. town, to inquire into the matter. __Poll taxes should be paid beforethe first Monday in July, or $1.50. will be added. ‘The County Assessor that all who have property that the road will benefit, will subscrite in yroportion to their ability. The books are open, and subscriptions ean—be made without solicitation. Now is the time for householders who desire adding to the value of their property, to assist in building the road tliat will add to it. Twenty-five or thirty thousand dollars, at least, ought to be raised in this township. Start the ball to rolling. Strack it at Last, For many years pasta gentleman well kuewn hereabouts, has been} prospecting a quartz ledge, situated io sight of o r people on the. hill Se squth of lewn.—Ho-has—-preserved-in-}+ want-to take” bathe during the Sum~ his efforts, always insisting that he Will be in his office, at the Court House, every day, and thrée of~ his deputies are traveling in different parts of the county all the time, so that opportunity to pay. the amount can be hadeveryday. If paid before the time mentioned it will be $3; if after, $4 50, error Walters & Klingenspor, in antici. pation of @ rush of custom; are making improvements in their barber Shop. ‘Mac’ is going to paint the bath rooms and the ceiling in the main shop. They are also having a large tank put in to hold hot waterfor bathing purposes. They propose to supply the demand of all ‘who { ists who regard the Prosperity ef the . ember last,-has beon-something less _~Henry--Davis, of Sweetland, had ‘for several months past under the tiful, than sixty inches; twenty inches of . talking around, among the voters blunders and contradictions of that ‘precious(?)text book, but our artieach of the crudities found .therein, ec ee Co unication. ; kind inyitation, and in snewer to “Rustien 8's” gnxiows inquiries rebepecting ourself, we again present -ourself, and propose’ telling, aniong other things, why we lady teachers instructed the community; through the mediam of the educational ‘col: umn of the Transcript. i Well, you see quite recently a law was made, permitting women. to hold the office of school trustee, and eleehave been so busily employed in abd. ‘‘patting up things’ among ourselves, that really we didn’t ‘have time to properly attend our sewing societies, much_less-write for the edif I should Gren have time to—writé, were it not in my enthusiasm iu elec> tioneering in-the good cause, my organs of arti¢ulation hid, -from_ excessive us: , becomé so swollen that ‘Ycouldnot make myself heard, and had to stop teaching as well as electioneering. 1 find.it'’a -hard matter to make men sée that it will benefit the educational interests of a district’ to have women ttrstecs, consequently; I have had te talk an unusual ‘amount—even for a lady. Happily we think the hardest part of the laber is over; 2nd there is a strorg hope of our being a: le to elect ‘quite @ small brigade 6f ‘petticoat trus-_ tees'’ on the lust Saturday in June, and I can, without auy pangs of conscience, steal afew moments from our special werk, to devote to the minor educational interests ‘Rusticug’’. complains of having all the arguimeuts upon educational topics, to himself of late. We wrote 4 reply to his éulogium, upon Swinton’s histofy, in which we eudeavored to show, the many incongruities, cle, in enumerating a specimen of assumed sugh hnge propotions that our-modesty forbade our imposing 80 upon good nature as to ask any. paper to-publish it; and kuowing the opinion of teachers upopthe subject, Wo were content to see the “countyWe see, however, that ‘“Ruaticus’’ Manuer that it will require several . four or five teeth extracted a few days ago, and came near bleeding to death in consequence, : The puplic school at Sebastopol is having vacation now, It has been tuition of Miss. Orrie Miller, one of the best female teachers inthe counThe lower country between Wood's crossing of the South Yuba and Marysville, is covered with bright flowers, Nothing cau be more beauRev. I, B. Fish has been holding protracted meetings at Sebastopol for the past two weeks, J. Fred Schmidt of thé San Juan Hotel is doing good work on the street more toots upon his born to make any teacher consent to touch the tepulsive. thing. ‘‘Rusticus” fears that without something to create a special interest, our institute will suffer when compared with that last. year, and we agree that it does look some that “way,” especially after reading ““Samuel’s’’ long-fuced, doleful, old fogy suggestion that the in: terests of education would be better served by teachers. explaining ‘‘their methods of teaching,”’ than by ‘‘creating unnatural excitements.”’ We think, in fact we know, that our last institute was far the most beneficial one to the coutity, that we have attendeu, and it was owing to the “‘unnatural excitement’ that it. caused, “After carefully reading “Samuel's”? had-as-good-a—tedge as ality tobe found in the county, and that in the course of time he would prove it ta’be so. At last he has struck it, Report says he has opened his tunnel intoa vein four. feet in width: and of fabulous richness. Free gold can be seen—so rumor has it—everywhere lying around loose, some of it in chanks as. large as hickory nuts. If this be true, North San Juan will olaim the honor of having the best and richest quartz mine, within rifle ahot of the town to be found in Ameriva. It is said the ownerhas been offered a half million dollars for the mine but refuses to sell. We advise the people te take in the above with many grains of allowance, as we do net and cannot vouch for the truth ef any part of it except -the gontle~atn eluded to has been far &@ Dulnber'of years prospecting a Vein of quariz in the neighborheod indicated, and has good Prospects ahead of him. Seo. says the San J uau~Times: A creytieman of Santa Clara has effered ty contribute as much toward « public library and reading-room as all the rest of the citizens tog ther will give. > Gomes to it, M. L. Marsh has about completed his residence, and is now improving the grounds about it by seeding, planting shrubbery, ete. Itis situated on the hill at the head of Bouldor street, and commands a beatiful view of the town. When the yards are well coverec with ‘grass, and the trees attain a good growth, it will be the most pleasant spot in town. * Here is a good sermon: Profane swearing is abominable. Vulgar language is disgusting. Loud laughing is impolite. Inquisitiveness is offensive. Tattling is mean. Telling a falsehood is contemptible, —Ignorance is disgraceful. Laziness is shameful. vA Speaking of the weather reminds us of the old story of the man's ask» ing the Irishman if he ever saw” u Spring that beat this. Pat r€plied he had seen one that beat jt -‘When was it?’’ said the man, “Last Winter, be jabers.”’ just now in conseTravel is ligi, quence of the horrid condition of the roads. ere & railroad in operation, wey witure the opiniou that ten men Would visit this city where one now ? to lay that motion on the table. fi front oF his Satldimg. He is rocking it. If the owners of property all along Main street will follow his example they will add much to the appearance of the town. The late rains were “hard” on our road men, though they had a tendency towards making the’ roads “‘soft,’’ At this date the roads. are in a very good condition, ies eg 4 : : A, Tux House curreucy bill waydefeated by the artifice of / utler, Thursday, who favors the Benate bill for inflation, Houghton, of this A bill came up Sgain on Friday on a motion to réconsider and a motion Pigs OO aie Ee a han St. Louis Globe states that at the end of the present session of Congress General Schurz will resign his seat, and return to St. ‘Louis to edit the Westilche Post. a

“BURLEIGH"’ says, in the Boston Journal; “In the old Whig times Mr. Fillmore was the favorite son of New York. I was stending by’ his. side in the Delavan Honse, Albay, when he received news of his nomivation for Vice-President. He thonghtit was a joke. But when Balistied of the fact he turned white . in order to be consistent and to proState, voted with the Butlerites. The . —S the-eveniug of the last day of the inarticle,-we-are-ted-tu the conclusion that, he must be one of toes “ac in disguise, who last year-Was mor: ‘tally afraid teachers, a» well as pupila would be requijréd to spell; and Vide against again running into danger, takew occasion to throw cold water upon what all true educators hope to see more of, viz:, “county contests,’ Before concluding, we desire to assure Rusticus, that he need not fear that our institute will be an uninteresting one, as we ladies, as isusual Qpon such occasions, will devote mosi of our time and all our energy in making aTrabgewents for .a social bali—dance -T-mean—to take place sidiute, Carrie Josapuine. Camp 18 Friday. It-is said the fish can climb it without difficulty. But very few fish have been caught thus far this season at the above place, This goes to show that there. must be serious obstructions further down the river, near Reno, over which the fish can not come.—Truckee Rej-atlican. ? . Curkencr inflation and specie re~ Ed, MPaaxscurer: In reply fo your Dave tot of late sired olirselyes, and tion day being in the near future, we. history contest’’ die a-natural death. I has, as he tays, survived the sub-. jeot; but has done it in such a sitkly . }GREAT VARIETY ies . 4 MARSHAL, A new fish ladder was. put in at <— we pect Mining Company. A This company is an incorporated ‘one, with principal place of business ‘at Gtass Valley. The stock of the company. is owned here aud mostly by practical and working miners. of: this distriet, The ground owned by: the company ison the West Idaho ledge; being about two miles directly west of the Idaho mine, and running in the same direction that the’ Eureka ledge does,. on which the Idaho mine is sitiated. The «Prospect Cotipany own 4500 feet bn the ledge including dips, angles, spurs, and convenient ground for working the ledge. A tunnel is now in 300 feet but is not ruuningon the ledge. A shaft to thé level of the tunnel is will have to go down nearly 100 feet’ now sinking and is down 30 feet. It} I. M. WALLING, NOTARY PUBLIG a " egnb—. , Tustice ef the Peace Ce . i EARCHING REOORDS AXD ABSTR¢g "ING A-SPEOLL TY, i Conveyancing Promptly atteng. Accounts collected, * Aldo Agert for: ' INSURANCE CO. OF NORTH auEnicy AMERICAN FIRE INSURANCE co, CONTINENTAL INSURANCE Co, GERMAN-AMERICAN INSURANCE og, NIAGARA INSURANCE co. Office, opposite Stumpf’s: Hotel, BROAD Ss STREET, NEVADA CITY. able .y She Baily NEVADA.-C€ ——— LOCAL 4 Col, . The lecture to n : ject of Col: Baker, listening to. All: of his eloquence, t otiam, onght to bh pearsed by Mrs. A ~ knew him from ck js familiar-with and public, und w tovrelate the same . will do credit to th -fine-rock was taken out. This rock shows well in heavy sulpburets, the galena being abundant. The ledge ‘in the sbaft is about 4 feet thick. No free gold can be-seét,. but the quality of the rock itself and the.sulis carried, in paying quantities, by Prospect is very similar to that around the Enreka and Idaho mites. The mine can be worked very cheaply-by water power for the greaterpart of the year, A-ditch rans along above the mine from_whbich & water press-. ure of 150 feet cau be bad to. drive hurdy-gurdy wheel. With the water power so seuleclint the.-Company can make ore which will give $8 & ton pay dividends to stock-holders: Judge P. H. Paynter is the secretary of the Company, and at his office on Mill street, can be seen samples of the rock taken from the shaft of the Prospect Company.—G, V. Union. In this city, april 4th, 1874, to Nicholas Luchsinger and wife, a daughter. ———+ NEVADA THEATRE. ENTERTAINMENT EXTRAORDI NARY! Thursday, Friday and Saturday Evenings, April: 16th, 17th and 18th. And Grand Matinee on Saturday Afternoon for Ladies gid ‘Children; ~ CLARE -AND-CAZNEAU'S— TROUPE, of Acknowledged Artists, . The -Great~Lady Gymnast. -HARRY CLARK; The Modera Hercules. . Franviseo lately. HARRY HOWARD, Banjoist. WALTER PARK, Clog Dancer. LON DIXON, Negro Comedian, PROF. CHRISTIE, Violinist, And other Artiscs. “This is by far the best entertainment ever effered inthis city. _—_—_— PRICES OF ADMISSION: Dress Circle 75 cts. Parquette 50e, Seats can be secured at Wi ’ Pri elch’s Book ap 15 For City Marshal. Beigel FORD is hereby announced is & candidate for the oitice of OITY For Marshal CASS. oer cHgE Ge ed as a candidste for re-ele he uaice of CITY MARSHAL. — : BONG is hereby anction 40 For Assesso— INTHROP 5. \ hounced as a candidate for re-eleetion to the Office of City Asses — ee ee — et ne For Marshal, _—_ sor, OSEPH B. GRAY i a8 & candidate for MARSHAL. . : : Netice of Stockholders Meeting of the Nevada Coun ty Gauge 8 hereby announced the office of CITY Natrow Railroad ( Ompany. , “ anged » N OTICE. is hereby given that a méecting of the stockholders of the Ne. . : vada Oounty Narrow “Gauge Ka jroad Co. Gill be held a€ the ‘present office “of the . phurets indicate the precious metal the ledge. ‘The country rock at the. . FANDERSON & RANDLOPH, AT : ~ NEVADA DRUG STORE, E. M. PRESTON, pkucuisr. ! And Dealer in ) XELDS, CRUCIBLES, My OSE ICAL AND MUFFLES, PAINTS . OILS ANB_VARN. . All at the Lowest Market Rates — Prescriptions correctly compounde at all hours, day or night, : : caper! a ELEGANT STORE, 101 & 103 Montgomery Street, . Formerly occupied by TUCKER & CO., Is now Occupied by Where can be found the LARGEST ang most CON-eine . WATCHES, THE WONDERFUL MAN-FISH DIAMONDS, CHAS, WEIGHTMAN . ! i Which created such af excitement in San JEWELRY, and SILVERWARE, Ever displayed by any ene tablishment on the coast. Call and examine our stock or send orders through ‘Wells,Fargo & Co.,which — will meet with prompt. attention. ANDERSON & RANDOLPE. _April 14, 1874, JOHNNY JACK. . Pine Street, Nevada City. Opposite Kidd’s Building. -D™ IN TOBACCO, : : CIGARS, — , PIPES, of all kinds. CONFECTIONERY, Nuts, LEMONS ‘before the tunnel level is reached. . . ~~ = The shaft follows the ledge. In the. . shaft, on Thursday last, some Very . . FLOWER SEED. “Ee day atat 4 o'clock — great orator aud st F = a a — Arrivals by th Dr, EB, Ha bern, J. Connoly, Departures by t d Mrs. C. H. Mea Bach, Chas Marsh Foster, Rev, R, Anna Starr. : Sewing The ladies of the ty, are requested Dr. Huut’s residen int Letthe Galled __K. Caspércomm Nevada City, with » tomeet with suce . done so. ; ingand shrewd bus He has t sen from an em proprietor of -the o clothing house in t ~ dealers in shoddy . “much worried bec: goods so cheap, 1] jades wince. The. go on, if they do f tomake them all s jn their boots, -7 Schwartz was Loug below cost. T besold at Casper’ balance of the larg purehased in San F Eastern. markets,“cent cheaper than 1 . city dare sell the “goods for: The » fair dealing, and poses to divide wit] made‘in purchasing thirds its value, ~ elothing stores and then come to Cas; ‘$amMe goods for one f teak CLT YB now be bought for : Suits which were be bought for $14, $14 suits can be } Fine summer hat Duck pants ares ‘ And‘all other goo Call and see for y . Remember he wi ‘old, and defies com ——-+e Give Us a In behalf of @ lor ple, we respeetfully: dry goods dealers to giveus a rést. Al part:of such unfortr divert the attentior from the superiority stock of goods will E We have received ge bles us to make a eelled by any store iz have goods of the any store this sic Mountains. To sho ‘*ertions are borne ¢ enly ask those in wa to give us icall, W beth in quality and pl to show goods. We dersold. And wewa a8 represented, ~ Tht Will have the best sel from. A. GOLDSM _—— Look Hi: ‘Warm weather has Winter clothes are y If you intend buying don't hurry for a day Miller's immense st able Spring and Sun here this week. them ‘before — purek / : = Anko ceo sc ; . : . Company, to wit, at the office o> , iGES “will i iy ike ene nics long forthe. Clark & Caznean’s great combina. . ®8 # Sheet-aud—setd:—¥ou ‘could . sumption cume up in the House ite . Lavin, Esq., Justice of ge ely pant ORANGES, FIGS, DATES, &«., . have to fall if d or : H : : : ‘knock-w6 dowu with a straw,’ The cidentally in debuieThursda; ard . Wn of Grass Valley Nevada ” + : por" with us. We are -in stove kick ita few tlines with your fon show will give their first perwhove thing Was so unexpected that Garfield de , : “9 State of, California, on Auesday, eh If you want & Genuine Im We assure ro i heel. Then take it out and saw 30° ‘formance at the Theatre, in this; he satdown literally aman fainting,” . G#*feld made what isealied Ne disis Ee fant Of Apel, 1874. at 2 oclock ted Ha ; to JOHN tel To fee gity, on Thursday (to-morrow) eveana ain erful argument” against inflatiouand . ot“ Uylaws for the ot woPting a code mans Ciger,.£9 x . 3 —— : St aie Diltpe the leading cl Tae Sau Frapcisco Board of Edu“Cafe to his death while being ompany, ai Go everybody aud see the in favor of resumption, ee Sage His Tobacco is alsoof. “the county. B. H. cation baye: elected three ladies to ii eee Oe Ola Si long-handled stewpan. int: te oe Pe ie ree eee Paty ” : = ee the’ pesitiun ot Vice-Principal. man-fish, Laura, the great female the hands Of bis wife,” is the expres_ Hoxatsrse is‘ abvuttobuild a $10-. . Dated Grass ‘Valley cag The Pres. . the best brands. ; = Sete Casy » vipas. . Gy unastand other wonderful things. sive verdict of ap Titinois jury. 000 gchool.bouse. “9 =" aati, Firrcurn, Acting sec'y, ~ Nevada, March 26th. And get fine clothing 2 ie ] , =