Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-08-16
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Marx Twain, now ..locaT' Of the cSA
thus describes the adventures and ecnss-
quences Of Sky Rocket 1t San Fran
cisco Il s.xse .iaq
Might before last, stick nix or sOyeAl
feet long, attached to an exploded rocket
of large size, came crashing down through
the zinc roof Of . tenement IN Milton
Place, Bush street. between Dupont ana
Kearny, passed through cloth ceiling
and fetched up on the Hoor alongside Of .
gentleman's bed, with Q smash Ike the
disruption Of china shop. We have
been told bya person with whom We are
not acquainted, and Of whose reliability
we have now no opportunity OF safisty.
ing ourselves. as he has gone to his rest.
dence, which Is situated on the San Joe
road at some distance from the city, that,
when the rocket tore up the spintas
around the bed, the gentleman got up
The person also said he went out-addtng
after some deliberation, and with the ali
of a man who has madeup his mind that
what he Is saboutto say can Be substan'
tiated if necessary, that "he went out
Quick" This person also said that attef
the gentleman went out quick, he ran
and then with great show Of disinter.
estedness, he ventured upon ths conjec.
ture that he was running yet. He has ?
tened to modify this rash conjecture, how.
ever, by observing that he had no psrhcu.
lar reason for suspectng that the gentle
man was running yet-it was only mo-
ton of his, and just flashed on him. ike.
He then hitched up his team, which he
observed parentheticaly that he wished
they belonged to him, but they didn't
and Immediately drove away in the di.
rection Of his country seat. The tens-
ment is there yet, though. with the holef
through the zinc roof. The tenement i
the property of ex-Supervisor Hinckley,
and some Of the best educated men in the
city consider that the hole Is also. be-
cause it is ON his premises. It Is avery
good hole. If it could be taken from the
roof Just in the shape it is now, lt,would
be nice thing to show at the Mechanics
Fair; any man who would make pun
under circumstances like these, and sag.
gest that it be turned over TO the Chris-
tan Commission Fair on account Of its
holy nature, might think himself, smart,
but would the people-the plodding,
thinking. intelligent masses-would they
respect him Far be it. Doubtless
What shadows we are, and what shadows
we pursue. The foregoing faets are writ.
ten to prepare the reader for the announces
ment that the stick, with the same explo.
ded rocket attached, may be seen at the
hall Of the Board Of Supervisors. Il has
remained there to this day. The man
who set il of, and hung on to Il, and
went up with it, has not come down yet.
The people who live in Milton Place are
expecting him, all the time. They have
moved their families, and got out Of the
way, so as to give him good show when
he drops. They have said. but without
insisting on it, that # it would be all the
same to him. they would rather he would
fall in the alley. This would mash him
up good deal, likely, and scatter him
around some, but they think they could
scrape him up and hold an inquest on
him, and inform his parents. The Board
of Supervisors will probably pass an ordi.
nance directing that missiles Of the dam
gerous nature Of rockets shall henceforth
be fred in the direction Of the Bay, 20 ~
to guard against accidents to life and pro-
perty. ~. =