Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-05-06
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS.

In the grand exhibitions of electrical light from
the State House in the city Of Boston, II was est
mated that the illuminating force of the carbon
light could be rivRlcd only by that Of several mil
lions Of candles shining unitedly along the same
line.
1t Is stated that there ut least from 30 900 to
10000 citizens in Kentucky who have been plum
dered by Morgan and his men, and very large
portion Of these poor victims have since been
saved only by Federal charity from death by want
An election for four directors of the Pacific
Railroad Company was held in ST. Louis on the
3lst of March, which resulted in the election Of
the following directors: George r. Taylor, H. L.
Patterson, d. r. Garrison and AdolphuS Meier.
Carlyle. listening to party couversing upon
Goethe-who, while lauding his talents, condemn
ed his heterodoIy-said: Gentlemen, did you
never hear of the man who vilifed the sun because
it would not light his cigar1'
Ben Wade, of Ohio, lately excused himself for
carrying an umbrella on u sunny day, saying that
he heard the Army of the Potomac was in motion
and it always rained within twelve hours after
that army made move
Miss Bradden, the novelist has given two hun.
dred and fifty pounds. Isl, 250.) to the Dramatic
College, for the building of house, which is to
be called after one Of her great literary successes
Aurora Floyd"
The steamer John L. Stephens. from Mexican
ports, brought for cargo SI36.5l3 in specie, 40
bales cotton and about 700 pkgs silver and copper
ore, SO pcs marble, etc.; also, u large number of
passengers
An exchange through happy misprint of the
word visit" has paragraph upon The Bust Of
Macmillan" When Max gets 10 Mexico, and We
get through our present troubles, he will find his
bust up.
Capt. John Kellogg, of the CommiSsary Depart
ment on this coast, and who has been here num-
Der of years. has been ordered East for duty, and
will be succeeded by Capt. Sullivan, yet to arrive.
The Nevada Gazette says that B. F. Mead had
his right leg broken by rock falling upon 1t, last
Saturday, while he was engaged mining at Qua
ker Hill, in the claim of Jacobs & Sargent.
The people of England want war Parliament
and Russell want war Blu; the Queen is q cop
perhead and insists upon peace at any price. The
consequence will be ministerial row.
A Chinanan was shot at Sebastopol. Nevada
county, on Friday night, BY the Waterman
ploycd in McKeeby & Co.'S claim. 1, is supposed
he was attempting to rob the sluiceS
Ex-Gov Downey is a delegate from Los Ange-
les 10 the Copperhead fandango on the 10th May.
Wonder if he has not Congressional aspiratiors'
Bigler has his stomach full.
An English newspaper says that only one per.
son ever got to the bottom Of the Schleswix Eol-
stein question, and he was a German professor,
who Immediately went mad
The provision trade of Chicago is immense.
Last wear over 100000 hogs and 10000 beeves
were packed. The total receipts of pigs for the
year were l,377, CSC.
The new county of Lassen, made up of terri
tory from Shasta, Plumas and Siskiyou counties,
was to have been organized and county officers
elected on the ID inst.
William, aged two years, son Of Stephen T.
Greenwell of You Bet, Nevada county, fell off a
bridge into a flume n few days ago, and was
drowned.
Every citizen over l6 and under so years Of
age is required to work on the fortiications at
Mazatlan, or pay stipulated amount of money
weekly.
The Bulletin is authorized officially 10 state
that the entire product Of the San Francisco and
Pacific Refneries has been sold
In the First Michigan Regiment Of Sharpshoot
ers there are two companies Of full.blooded Chip
pewa Indians
John McComb has been elected President Of the
Eureka Typographical Union, in San Francisco.
Active arrangements are progressing for build
ing telegraph line from Portland to Victoria.