Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-05-31
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS.

Suppose we have to endure great ills in the
| Federal Union-what theni Is II worth while to
get rid of them by plunging into the hundredth.
| fold greater ills Of the Southern Confederacy
| Would it be wise to jump out Of a rather uncom
fortably hot room into the Internal pitt
Fourteen citizens Of African descent have or
| ganzed themselves into quartz mining company
| in Mariposa county, and are taking hold Of the
! work with commendable energy and enterprise
| That company will hardly be troubled to find the
color among part Of the claim.
| Mr.. Wheatstone's Automatic Telegraph ap.
pears to be the most rapid yet Invented, Deihg
! capable of transmitting 600 letters In minute
| This would seem to be quick enough. for there
are not many persons who can read more than
| 600 letters in minute.
| Under the mileage system for members of Con-
| gross Winter Davis, who lives nearest the Capl'
| tai, receives thrty-two dollars and William Ii.
| Wallace, of Idaho, receives six thousand tnree
hundred and ninety.seyen dollars and sixty cents
1t is proposed to station lightship fifty miles
west of the Sicily Islands, which is to compuni'
cate with the shore by a marine cable. The 3D.
ect is to succor vessels In distress with provisions
and convey early intelligence to the main land
| The United States storeship Farallone having
| discharged the coal which she brought up from
! Acapulco, will go up to Mare Island for overhaul
ing and repairs. When refitted for sea, she Will
| sail for Acapulco again Immediately.
Inc Count dc MOntHenD6Tt, one OF luc lnOpk
| eminent defenders of the Catholic Church, has
| recently been denounced by no less than sixty
seven Bishops of Rome, for his liberal speech ut
the Malnes Congress.
Henry Claywood, a sailor on board the United
States steamer Saranac, attempted suicide Friday
| by dashing his head against chain cable. He
was brought ashore, examined and ordered to the
Insane Asylum.
An ordinance has been passed by the San Fran
cisco Board of Supervisors, requiring that all
Cheap John flags be removed. The ordinance
creates q great deal of commotion among this
class of dealers.
Lord Ross. of telescope notoriety was recently
injured by the fall of q tree In his park. He was
struck on the head and is.reported to have seen
a multitude Of stars unknown to his most pow
erful telescope.
English Presbytarianism commenced in the time
Of Queen Elizabeth. as native growth, entirely
independent of Scotch Presbyterianisn, andi has
come down in an unbroken succession to the
present day.
1t is suspected that tho men who have been
hiring machinists at Mystic, New Haven. and
other places, were not agents of the Russian Gov
eminent, as they claimed, but agents of Jefferson
Davis.
The stamp put upon the deed conveying land
to the Day L. BUSHNELL Gold Company" a cor
poration of Connecticut capitalists, cost Sl,OOO,
the consideration money being $3,OOO,OO0
A poor broom. peddler gave dime towards the
Sanitary Fund, which has since been re,sold to
different persons for S. The amount realized at
present is SOS, and still changing hands
The assessed valuation of the real property in
tho State of New York is officially stated at
81, 44 ISL Sls Of this amount, Now York city
has over one-third, or 1914 ,4l6, $50.
Brooklyn, n. Y, has one thousand and thirty
two manufacturing establishments, which employ
Sl2 $50 900 in capital and annually produce goods
to the amount of S34,OOO,0O0.
1t is generally thought that our poor fellows in
Libby Prison are starved; but there Is no doubt
that each man of them gets bite every minute OF
the day.
Queen Victoria has nine children, aged respec.
lively 3D. - 20, II. To- Is, l3, 10 and years Five
are girls aud four boys. Three are married.
Fould, the French minister Of the State, has
been quarreling with the empress again about her
extravaganza in toilettes.
At Cincinnati the democracy arc those who
kill hogs for living, the sriStocracy those whose
| fathers killed hogs.
The bill taxing stock dealing is equal to leyying
| five million dollars per annum on the New York
| Brokers Board.
Murders in Rome are now SO frequent that
promsnadiug is not INDUCED in after eight O'CLOCK
Pm.
Why is kiss like some sernonSf Because
| there are two heads and one application.
Congressman Arnold of Illinois has good creed
-" Unite, fight, tax, emancipate."
The fur business at Detroit, Michigan, amounts
| to S5000O0 annually.
A London merchant has left legacy of S5,OOC
| to Kossuth.