Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1863-10-29
THE DAILY NEWS.
GOLD HILL, n. T.
THURSDAY EVENING.-OCT. %.

SUBSTANTIAL VAULT.-Whilei in Gold Hill
A few DAYS since, we were invited behind the
counter of 4. B. Paul & Co.'S. BankIng
House Of that place, by Mr.. VIM Baker, a
member of the firm. Now, twenties may not
be maguetic-in fact We never saw that
characteristic attributed to them IN any
scientific work. Neither have we ever hearu
it said that there was an ything attractive
about our eyes-neverthcless, they were con-
,inuallv turning towar DIS various piles OF
tbasa "roots of evil which were laying
around loose in our immediate vicinity.
However, we managed by strong effort Of
our will, TO control them sufficiently to ex-
anime the vault in which the money and
valuable papers, of the firm are locked up
a. nights. 1t is about ten feet BY six in the
clear, and about seven feet from floor to
ceiling, and is lined throughout with boiler
iron fve-eighths of an inch in thickness
rivcted together. 1t is built upon founda-
ton of solid masonry Oaid in cement,) six
feet thick; the walls of brick, laid in cement
are three feet in thickness, rendering it
thoroughly ire-proof; and as to burglars
IL,
The locks, manufactured BY John kittredge,
Battery street, San Francisco, are so con-
structcd as to render it utterly impossible to
blow them open with gun-powder. The COM
binationS of which there are over one mil
lion, are all in the key, which is removed
every night. This precaution Is unnecessary,
however, as person who was not informed of
the combination to which the key was set,
might work at it year and be no nearer the
point than when he began-and further,
there are three ofthese locks to contend with
before the thief could lay his hands upon
single twenty. Should he undertake to cut
through the doors he would find them lined
with hardened steel-plateS; thus, every pre-
caution has been taken, even to construct
ing the Vault in the centre Of the building,
SO that person has plenty of room to pass
entirely around it. In fact, Baker says he
walks around it IN hour or two every morn
ing to give him an appetite for his breakfast.
This ault is undeniably one of the best
picccs of work of its kind in the Territory,
and when we sell our Gould & Curry we are
going to have it to keep 1t in.
THAT "SyLL."-The horrible story of a
murder" which we yesterday copied IN good
faith from the Enterprise" turns out to be
a mere ''witticism" of Mark Twain. In
short, IIE-utterly, baseless, and without
n shadow of foundation. The "EnterpriSe"
is the pioneer newspaper Of the Territory, is
more widely known than any other, and hay
ing been ably and respectfully conducted
has heretofore been considered reliable me-
dunn Of information. The terrible tale re-
lated in its columns Yesterday, and copied
int, ours, was believed here, and will be be-
loved clscwhcrc-whcreycr the ENTERPRISE
and the News are read. 1t will be read with
sickening horror, and the already bloody r.
putation OF our Territory will receive another
smear. When the readers Of the Soul->lcken-
ing story are informed thlt 1t was mere
bubble Of ''wi;," they will feel relieved, al
though they may utterly fail to see the huaor
or "the point.
THE HORACE SMITH AND JOHNSON Az
PAIR.-Seyeral versions of this affair arH Hoat-
ing about, materially differing in their de-
tails. Our Virginia reporter selects the fol-
= lowing as TIE nearest correct: The difficulty
grew out of a settlement regarding a law
Suit. Messrs. Horace Smith and Hal Clayton
were Johnson's attorneys in two cases in
yolyinr property in house and lot, and IN
the Yellow Jacket mine. Their fee was to
have been one-siNth Of the value OF the prop
crty recovered. Johnson compromised with
the parties he was in law with, yesterday, Tor
500, and Mr.. Smith demanded of him the
onc-sixth rs stipulated, Johnson said he
had not promised so much Smith SAID he
had; angry words, followed, Smith struck
Johnson, and 4 scuiile cnsued which ended IN
the latter shooting his adversary. He then
called upon those present - witness that he
did the deed in seli-defcnse. Johnson was
arrested and confined in the city jail. Smith
wound is considered serious.
USpERGRorSD RE-UNIoS.-At 4 late hour
TODAY. we learned that the Sinaloa and Gould
& Curry boys had high old time under
ground last night. While working in their
respective drifts, they opened through on one
\ an0thera Ia Ophir and Burning Moscow, but
unlike them, they wasn't "on the hight. On
the contrary, as soon as the hole was large
enough, they reached through and SHOOK
hands all round, and said hole being speedily
enlarged, the men of both mines, together
with 4 bottle of whisky, soon mingled to-
gether with the utmost harmony. They
couldn't see the benefit that was to accrue to
the "bone" BY taking part in the fight
SHOOTING AFrRAYS-These performan-
ces are kept up with vigor. Last night man
from Washoe City, named Murdey paraded
through c street in Virginia, fourishing a
pistol and threading any one who should in
terfere with him, and ended BY firing delibe
rately at a man who was paving no attention
10 him whatever. He probably did it in "self-
defence" The Enterprise has an account of
the shooting and probable killing of John
Raw, at Carson last evening, by one Squares.
II may be true, or it may be some Of Mark
Twain's wit.
GALL SAMB."-On Taylor street, yester-
day, we noticed that Jno. Chinaman had for
once left off his Celestial cognomen Of See
Yum, Hung Wan, All Dam, "or any other
man" and adopted that Of John jackson.
Passing along along a little further, we saw
the same sign in front of a niger wash
house. Opposition must wage hot between
those two institutions. However, We sup
pose it is all same, John"
JOHN Doe VS.. JOHN CHINAMAN.-John
Chinaman gets into great many rows
smashes and gets smashed, and finds himself
up before Judge Leconey nearly every day
for violating the stove-pipe :ordinance. Yet
he isn't a circumstance to that miserable
Mclean man, John Doe. Mr.. Doe ought to
be ashamed of himself We have actually
known him to get drunk three times, light
four times, and steal FIVE times, all IN one
day, and get fined $40 and costs and be COM
mitted for every otfense.