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Probate Notice.

In Probate Court of Placer County, California
March Term, 1871.
In the Matter of the Estate of HENRY SCHAF-
FER, Deceased.
TT APPEARING TO THE JUDGE OF THIS
i Court by the petition this day presented and
filed by John Never, the Administrator of the
Estate of Henry Schaffer, Deceased, praying for
an order of sale of Real Estate, That it is neces-
sary to sell the whole Of the Real Estate to paw
the debts outstanding against the Deceased and
the debts, expenses and charges of Administra-
ton 1t is therefore ordered by this Court that
all persons interested in the Estate of said De-
ceased appear before the said Probate Court on
MONDAY, the 1st day Of MAY, A. D. 1871, at
II clock A. NJ Of said day at the Courtroom
of said Probate Court, at Auburn in said Placer
County, to show cause why order should not
be granted to the said Administrator to sell the
whole OF the Real Estate belonging to said Es-
tate; and that a copy of this order be published
at least four successive weeks in the PLACER
HERALD, a newspaper printed and published at
Auburn in said county
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
COUNTY OF PLACER.
1, Geo G. Sewell, County Clerk and Ex. Off
County and State, do hereby certify the fore
going to be full, true and correct copy Of an
order this day made and entered upon the min
utes Of said Probate Court.
- WITNESS my hand and the Seal OF
SEAL said Court this Both day Of March,
wv A. d. 1871.
GEO. G. SEWELL, Clerk.
Auburn, March 30th, 1S7l.-ap1-4t.
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and Refuse Liquors doctored, spiced and sweet
cned to please the taste, oalled" " Tones, " Appctz'
crs" "Rcstorers," &c, that lead the tppler on TO
drunkenness aHd ruin, but true Medicine, made
from the Native Roots and Herbs of California, free
from nj Alcoholic s;iimuinnts. They arc tho
GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER and LIFE
GIVING PRINCIPLE perfect lienovGtor and
Invigorator oftac system carrying OF all poisonous
matter and restoring TIC blood TO healthy condition
No person take these DltterS according TO Gree
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500 will be given for On incrrabl, case. provided
the bones not destroyed by mineral poison or
other MEANS and the vital organs wasted beyond tAc
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Of the Digestive Organs.
DYSPEPSIA OR INDIGESTION. Head
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imparting new life and vlgor TO the Whole system.
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CONCENTRATED
Fluid Extract Buchu.
THE GREAT DTTPEVIC

The GREAT DIURETIC,
has cured every case of DIABETES in which il
has been given Irritation OF the Neck of the Blad-
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Urine, Diseases of the PROSTATE Gland Stone in
the Bladder, Calculus, Gravel Bricktlust De,os-
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Indisposition to exerton Loss of Power, Loss
OF Memory, Difficulty of Breathing Weak nerves,
Iren9 Ding Horror of Disease, Wakefulness,
ID mness of Vision, Pain in the Back. Hot
Hands Flushing of the Body, Dryness of tho
Skin Eruption Of the Face, Palid Count, nance
Universal Lasstude of the 3luscular system. etc,
B
llELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BCCEU is ryu.
retlc aud Blood Purifying and cures all 4 st ases
'rls ng from hab of dissipation, and e1cesscs
IN tIese dis 'ases usel in connection with
HELMBoLD'S ROSE WASH.
LADIES.
In many Affections peculiar 10 ladies, the TX
TRACT BUCHU is rncquall,d ly any other
X inedy-As III Chlorosis or Ept,latun lrr,pu.
iarity, Pa;nfuness or Supple ssion OF Customary
Evacuat.ons, liberated or Soh;rrl.s stat, of the
terus Lencorrhpa or Whites, S;erty. and
Tor al colnpla!nts incident t. the Sex, h,ther
tglsn{ from in.liscretion or habits of Dsspat or
Il Is Prescribed extensively by III most c,,, urnt
physicians and niidwivts for cnf, ebltd and del
cate constitutions, OF both sexes and all ages
att n1ed with any Of thc above diseases or
'ymptoms.)
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Full and explicit directions accompany the
medicines. Evidences of the most responsible
and reliable character furnished on application,
with hundreds of thousands of living witnesses,
and upwards of 80 600 unsolicited certificates
and recomnendatory letters, many of which are
from the highest sources, including eminent
Physicians Clergymen, Statesmen, etc. The
proprietor has never resorted to their publication
IN the newspapers; he does not do this from the
TACT that his articles rank as Standard Prepara;
tons, and do not need to be propped up by GER
tifcates
HENRY II. HELMBOLD'S GENUINE PREPA-
RATIONS,
Delivered to any address. Secure from obscr-
vation.
Established upwards of Twenty Years. Sold
by Druggists everywhere Address letters for
information, in confidence to HENRY T. HELM
BOLD, Druggist and Chemist
Only Depots: H. r. HELMBOLD'S Drug and
Chemical Warehouse, No. 59i, Broadway, N. \.
or to H. t. HELMBOLDS Medical Depot, lOA,
South Tenth Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Beware Of counterfeits. Ask for HENRY J.
HELNDQLnS, Take no other
jy3o70ly1
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HENRY t. IELMBOLD'S SNIPROVED ROSE


cannot be surpassed as FACE WASH and
VIII be found the only specific remedy in every
species OF Cutaneous Affection. 1t speedily erad-
Gates Plmples, spots, Scorbutic Dryness, lndu1a-
tons OF the Cutaneous Membrane, etc. dispels
Redness and Incipient Inflammation. Hives
k1sh, Moth Patches, Dryness of Scalp or Skin,
Frost Bites, and all purposes for which Salyes
or Ontments are used: restores the skin TO
state or purity and softness, and insures contiu-
ed healthy action to the tissue of its vessels. on
which depends the agreeable clearness and viva.
clty of complexion so ,auch sought and admired.
But however valuable rs n remedy for existing
defects of the skin, II. T. Helmbold's Rose
WASH has long sustained its principal claim to
unDounded patronage by possessing qualities
which render it a Toilet Appendage Of the most
Superlative and Congenialchl ractcr, combin-
ing IN an elegant formula those prominent re-
qmsltes, SAFETY and EFFICACY-the invaria-
bic accompaniments of its use-as Preservatve
and Refresher of the Complexion 1t is an ex.
cellent Lotion for diseases of Syphilitic Nature
and as an injection for diseases of the Urinary
Organs arising from habits of dissipation, used
IN connection with the EXTRACTS BUCHU,
SARSAPARILLA AND CATAWBA GRAPE
PILLS IL such diseases as recommended. can
not be surpassed. PRICE ONE DOLLAR PER
BOTTLE.
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Placer County Officers.

W. II. hlnuer, OF lN'lh ~ Dlot4ltt
VIM Van Vector, of Iowa Hill ... I'd District
MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE:
Senators-Charles A. Tweed, E. NJ Banvard.
Assemblymen-M. Waldron, NJ. H. Power, NJ
II. Calderwood.
DISTRICT COURT:
Hon T. B. Reardon, Judge of the 18th Judicial
District, embracing Placer and Nevada Coun-
ties. Court meets on the first Mondays in Feb
ruary, May, August and November.
COUNTY COURT:
Hon D. W. Spear, Judge. Court meets on the
first Mondays in March, June, September and
December.
PROBATE COURT:
Hon. D. W. Spear, Judge. Court meets on the
first Monday in each month.
DISTRICT OFFICERS:
DISTRICT NO. /.
Collector ........ ........... W. D. Perkins
DISTRICT NO. 2.
Collector. ............. NJ. IL. Calderwood
DISTRICT no. 5.
Collector. r....................... 3. D. Dunnam
TOWNSHIP OFFICERS:
TOWNSHIP NO. l.
Justices ces..........W W. A Thomas, J. D. Nash
Constables r. ]. Fletcher, L. L. Crocker
Road Commissioners. ........... Asa Croxlord
TOWNSHIP 30. 2.
Justices ........ james Moore Joseph Myres
Constables . James Baron, G.. W. Hurst
Road commissioner. ......, ....C. Z. saunders
TOWNSHIP No. 3.
Justices ... r. c. Poland, Matthew Campbell
Constables. VIM. Nj. Crutcher, Sam. Cosswell
Road Commissioner. ..............O Owen King
TOWNSHIP NO. 4.
Justices w. S. Munson, n r. D. Traphagan
Constables es.......... Asa Plank w. S. Cook
Road Commissioner ...............T. L. +. Atwel
TOWNSHIP no. 5.
Justices ... w. McClanahan, Thomas Dodds
Constables ........J. Ii. wilkins, r. Williams
Road Commissioner. r................T. I. Donehp
TOWNSHIP NO c.
Justices s........ Jos. Taylor Henry Long
Constables ..... Joseph Blackburn, j. Bleaks
Road Commissioner. r..............J. Thompson
TOWNSHIP NOT.
justices s...........P. Stone, G.. w. Snyder
Constables. ...... J. b. Carder, H: II. Crocker
Road Commissioner. ..............W. L. Lipp
TOWNSHIP NO. 8.
Justices ...J NJ Bardwell j. J. Hyand
Constables. Seth Labree, X: kinkaid
Road Commissioner W Shered
TOWNSHIP no. 9.
Justices. ..... John Clydesdale, G.. G.. Lewis
Constables ......... b. Harris ID. NJ. Walker
Road Commissioner. ner..............D ID. Hogin
TOWNSHIP NO. 10.
Justices. cs...,......H. W. Starr David Long
Constables. .........G .G. Gray, G. l.. Hotchkiss
Road Commissioner .....A. G. Boyden
TOWNSHIP NO. IL.
Justices George Hagar II. D. Underwood
Constabies .......L. p. Morshouse, J Parks
Road Com missioner r...............J T. Moody
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II. T. HELMB0LD'S EXTRACT BCCHU
CURES DISEASES ARISING FROM IMpR1-.
DENCES, HABITS OF DISSIPATION. ETC
IN all their stag $, at little expense, little or no
change n diet, 10 inconvenience. and no e1
posure. It cause a frequent desire. and gives
strength to Urinate. thereby removing Obstruc
aons, Preventing and Curing Structures of tho
crethra, AlayinS Pain and IrtiaI nation so
frequent in this class of diseases. aud exnell;no
all Poisonous matter
Use HELMBOLD S EXTRACT BUCHU for
all Affect ons and Diseases of the Urinary Organs.
whether ey sting in Male or Female. from what
ever cause originating, and no matter of how
long STANDING. PRICE. ONE DOLLAR AND
FIFTY CENTS PER BOTTLE.
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Buy no Se,cing Machine unless Wheeler
& Wilson is stamped upon the Cloth Plate.
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We can now supply our customers with Stod
dard's Patent Tuck Maker for the Wheeler &
Wilson Machine only, and one of the most use
ful attachments for the Machine ever invented
which while the Machine is sewing one tuck
makes the lire Of marks for the next.
- This Tuck Maker was awarded the Frs
PREMIUM Mt the great State Fair held in Sacra
mcnto 1851, over all competitors.
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Those Machines are specially adapted for tn,
use of farmers, being able to sew grain sacks anf
heavy clothing with the same facility us the usu
al family work making q more durable seam
not liable to ravel, as is the case Of the loop O
chain stitch
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FIRST AND HIGHEST PREMIUM

at each and every Public Fair since 1867, (the
year it was completed where any premium at
all has been given, where its strong points
have been really exhibited.
There is this difference: All the Premiums that
the WEED Sewing Machine Company claim, from
tba
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Weed Sewing M achne 8.

First-Their new FAMILY FAvoRrTE. Second
their New, Light and Noseless Manufacturers
Sewing Machine. Thirdly, their immense heavy
Manufacturers Favorite." The three together
combining the advantages of all others up to the
present time, being the BEST made and doing
the best work-have received throughout Europe
the States, and upon this Coast, the
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RAILROADS.
PHILADELPHIA, WILMINGTON AND BALrI
MORE RAILROAD.
TINE TABLE.

TIME TABLE.
Commencing Monday, November 2lst, 1870,
trains will leave Depot, corner Broad street
and Washington avenue, as follows:
Way Mail Train at $3.50 a. m. Sundays ex-
cepted) for Baltimore, stopping at all regular
stations. En
Connecting at Wilmington with Delaware
Railroad Line, at Clay ton with Smyrna Branch
Railroad and Maryland and Delaware Rail
road, at Harrington with Junction and Break
water Railroad, at Seaford with Dorchester
and Delaware Railroad, at Delmar with East
ern Shore Railroad, and at Salisbury with
Wicomico and Pocomoke Railroad.
Express Train at 11:45 a. m. (Sundays ex-
cepted), for Baltimore and Washington, stop
ping at Wilmington, Perryville and Havre de
for New Castle.
Express Train at p. m. (Sundays except
ed), Tor Baltimore and W ashington. stopping
at Chester, Thurlow, Linwood, Claymont,
Wilmington, Newport, Stanton, Newark, Elk
ton, North East, Charlestown, Perryville, Havre
de Grace, Aberdeen, Perryman's, Edgewood,
Magnolia, Chase's, and Stemmer's Run.
Night Express at 1880 p. m. daily J, for
Baltimore and Washington, stopping at Ches-
| ter, Thurlow, Linwood, Claymont, Whining
| ton, Newark, Elkton, N orth-E East, Perryville,
Havre de Grace, Perryman's and Magnolia: =,
Passengers for Fortress Monroe and Norfolk
| will take the 11:45 a. m. train. Ga
| WILMINGTON TRAINS,
stopping at all stations between Philadelphia
and Wilmington:
Leave Philadelphia at ii m, ESQ, and
| p m. The p m train connects with Delaware
Railroad for Harrington and intermediate sta
| tons.
Leave Wilmington at 5:45 and $40 m, 2,
| and 7:l5 m. The $40 m train will not stop
between Chester and Philadelphia.
The 7:15 p m train from Wilmington runs
| daily. All other Accommodation Trains Sun
days excepted.
Trains leaving WILMINGTON at 6:45 and p
M, will connect at Lamokin Junction with the
Ia m and 4:3O m trains for Baltimore Cen
trail Railroad.
FROM BALTIMORE TO PHILADELPHIA.
Leave Baltimore at 7:25 m, Way mail.
9:35 m, Express. 235 p m, Express. 1925
m, Express.
SUNDAY TRAINS FROM BALTIMORE.
Leave Baltimore at 1925 p M, stopping at
Magnolia, Perryman's Aberdeen, Havre de
Grace, Perryville, Charleston, North East,
Elkton, Newark, Stanton, Newport Whining
ton, Claymont, Linwood and Chester.
Through tickets to all points west south,
Southwest, may be procured at Ticket Office,
1928 Chestnut street, under Continental Hotel,
where also staterooms and berths in sleeping
cars can be secured during the day. Persons
purchasing tickets at this office can have bag
gage checked at their residence by the Union
Transfer Company.
FL. +. KENNEY, Superintendent.
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All the colleges 10 Paris are re-opened-
The theatres in Paris have opened at re-
duced prices
The uniforms of the Prussian military
will be changed The spiked helmets are,
however, to remain.
The Germans are rapidly introducing
their postal system into the conquered
proyinces Of Alsace and Lorraine.
~ The fifty-fourth birthday OF William
TIL. King of Holland, was celebrated at
the Hague on the Goth Of February. /,
The fancy fair in the Botanical Gardens
of Brussels was opened by the Queen OF
Belgium on the LIST of March.
The valuable books of the National Lii
brarv in Paris. which were slowed away in
a a cellar. have been returned to their former
places
The Emperor of Germany was present
ON the 23d of February at a horse-race at
Versailles, in which several officers of the
Brardenburg Uhlans took part.
Victor Hugo is said to have made the
following remark before the conclusion OF
peace 81 am for peace, but as party
measure shall vote for war;"
The Project of Aisne, who was charged
with completely in blowing up the fortress
of Laon. has been liberated by order OF
the Emperor William from the citadel of
Ehrenbreitstein where he was detained.
'L The Parisians were much displeased
with that part of President Grants mes
sage in which it is said that Germany re-
sembled the United States. The Journal
des Debats was especially severe on the
President. and said that he did it to catch
the German vote at the next elections.
The Preussische Krepz Zeitung has II
that after the conclusion of the armlstiee
two members of the French Ministry OBJ
tanned by some means or other, know
lodge of Count Moltke's plan for the con-
tipuation of the war, which induced them
at once to vote for peace at any price.
The Crown Prince of Germany and his
cousin the Red Prince spent the interva
between the armistice and the evacuation
of Versailles 10 excursions to the castles or
the banks of the Loire. Among Others
they visited the Castle of Chambord, thu
property Of the present Bourbon Pretender
A French journal, lie Haure, attributes
the mishaps and downfall of France tt
the vice of drunkenness. "Let us sup.
press drunkenness" says writer in thai
paper, "by visiting with the most severe
penalties the drunkards and those who
furnish them with liquor. Let us take al
possible means to repress them, and w
Shall set q notable change in the Tendencies
of the day. The nation, now troubled
and unhinged, will be led back to thu
habits of modesty. industry, order
morality and discipline, lost by it annie
the unwholesome fumes of the taverns
Let us seek practical means to repress thi
vice."
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what women are Doing.

Miss Della Benson committed suicide by
taking strychpine in Elmira, New York,
last Saturday, because her lover broke his
engagement.
Ellen Fizer, daughter Of cooper in
Alton, Illinois, aged fifteen, killed herself
with arsenic on the Sd, on account of ILL
treatment at home.
Madame Agnes Lake, the wife of Bill
Lake, the circus man, shot at the door OF
his tent some time since, is exhibiting his
old show through Georgia.
The Roman Church was about to inherit
the property of the late Cardinal Caracci,
saws an Italian CORES pondent, when a wo-
man, claiming to be his wife, and the
mother of seven of his children, made her
appearance, established her claim, and Sc
cured his large estate.
The Walworth County (Wis.) Indepen-
dent says: 1.-TWO former Elkhorn ladies.
Mrs. Nj. j. Reynolds, now of Geneva, and
Mrs. Julia Ford, now of Milwaukee-have
received the degree of M. D., and have
gradua ted with honor to their sex-one at
PHILADELPHIA. and the other at Cleveland"
Miss Alice LIE Guyt, whom the Royal
Lifeboat Society of England has decorated
with gold medal for an act of heroism. is
an advocate of woman's suffrage, and is
familiar to many Americans by her wri-
tings on the subject in the Woman's Jour
nal and the Revolution.
It was Mrs. James I. Fields, the wife OF
the well-known poet-publisher, who origi-
mated the Holly-Tree Coffee House in Bos-
ton, which furnishes nice wholesome food
coffee and tea, in clean, attractive place,
and at the lowest possible prices; thus
providing a substitute for the miserable
saloons and bar-rooms into which SO many
men stray for want of better resorts, and
are beguiled by offers of free lunches nc
less than by the brilliant light and socia
merriment. The new room Z is tastefully
fitted up, and furnished with papers and
pictures, and is so successful that efforts
are making to establish others in different
parts of the city. This is the poetry o
philanthropy.
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A MIDNIGHT VISITOR KILLED IN KEN
ruoKY.-About two o'clock Sunday morn
ing party Of four men went to the house
of man named Ballew, who keeps store
near Bailey's mill, on Flat Greek, IN
Franklin county, Kentucky, and demand
ed admittanee on the plea of wanting to
purchase grave clothes for person who
they said had just died in the neighbour
hood. Ballew inquired who the deceased
was. and on their giving name be had
never heard before, told them the times
were dangerous, and he could not admit
them at SO unreasonable an hour. There
upon they declared their intention to force
their way, aud procuring a fence rail
struck the door heavily. Ballew seized an
Enfield rife, and told them if they per-
sisted, hell would be their portion. Inc
attack on the door was renewed, when be
discharged the rife. lodging four balls in
the abdomen Of the foremost, man named
Rucker. The Others then retired, and
going TO the residence of Mr.. Bailey,
ordered him to remove and care for their
wounded comrade. Accordingly he was
taken to Mr.. Bailey's house, where he died
the next day. Rucker was well-known IN
the neigh borhood, and has relatives there.