Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-10-29

waters-raore BY ten times than anywhere
else in the world according to the number Of
boats employed-and yet " nobody to blame"
eyery time. Could SO many happen If the
Government Boiler Inspector did his duty
thoroughly } You remember the old Bra9don,
which has exploded once or twice, and has
been running in the Stockton line ever since
the State was settled almost; she is now
worn out, and her machinery, boilers and all,
are being put into the Paul PYy, to run per-
haps for years longer successfully, but is it
not murderous outrage to triAe thus with
the lives Of thousands OF human beings I:
Does any one believe that such proceeding
is safe, or that the Company would not soon
er have new machinery, II they could not save
few Of; their many dollars by using the old
until 1t flies into fragments, and carries the
lives OF scores OF men and women with it 7
DROP OF RAIN.
Just the slightest shower in the world fell
here last night, rnoistening the filthy paving
stones and freshening the appearance Of
vegetation-what there has been left BY the
drouth-in the gardens, and We all went to
bed with visions of full cisterns, running
brooks, green fields, and plenty everywhere,
in our heads, only 10 wake up sadly disap-
pointed. This morning the sky is as blue as
sapphire, and not a trace OF cloud is 10 be
seen. We learned to labor long ago, and I
suppose we must now obey the balance of the
poets injunction, and learn to toa,t We
shall have deluge when it does come.
ONE MORE UNFORTUNATE.
Another Of those heart-sickening cases Of
seduction and desertion so common in San
Francisco nowadays came to light yester-
day, pretty Young girl, Of sixteen years oil
aye, taking poison with the purpose Of self.
destruction a. fashionable boarding house
on the Plaza, and only being saved to life Of
untold horror, BY the timely discovery Of the
act BY some of her neighbors in the building
It is the old story-a poor helpless girl, q
mere child, cnticed away from home by &
Scheming scoundrel, and after ministering to
his base lusts for few weeks, thrown off anG
cruelty abandoned, to die BY her own hand, oil
gravitate into the sinks of he'll, only bloch
/ off, in which she may lingcr out half dOzer
years Of shame and then sink into nameles'
grave, uncared for and forgotten. All nigh
long the physicians were at her bedside, anc
this morning the poor, stricken, heart-brokeE
thing is reported tout Of danger" Out
danger indeed as il it was possible for an.
| greater danger to threaten her than that L
which she has already succom6ed, and rs
| it were possible that young and beautiful
| girl, no matter how carefully guarded BY tn
most loving parents and friends, could eve
be tout Of danger" in San Francisco. Tn
parties implicated in this affair are of tn
most respectable class, and the press Of thi
city will Of course. out OF respect for tn
feelings of friends" hush the matter up en-
tirely, il possible.
| THE KEANS.
The Kcans are still drawing fine houses {
the Opera House, succeeding in fact bcyon
their utmost expectation. They have With
the past week repeatedly appeared in "Kin
john" play in which the admirable actin
Of Mrs. Kean, as Constance, enables her
fairly divide the public admiration with h
husband, despite the failure Of her vOic
which is but the wreck Of what it once wa
Last night saw them in Hamlet, and n
though Keans' figure and age are against hi
in this character, his PRESERVATION Of the ma
Prince of Denmark was a mastery one, su
prising most who saw it. do not think h
Hamlet to be compared with Anderson's, b.
considering the age Of the two actors it ma
he unfair to institute Il comparison betwee
them at this time. Coppin comes in with Il
"Serious Family" and other low comedy,
change this evening and tomorrow Il
Keans will rule the boards again.
Adios, AMIGO.