Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-12-01
Exo,,s,os AoA,v.-From a letter dated

EXCELSIOR AaAIN.-From a letter dated
Nov. 2Ssh, Summit City, we CLEAN the fol-
lowing items: The snow was about
eighteen inches deep, and frozen so hard
that it will bear the weight of a man on
the crust. Apack train is running regu-
larly from Polly's Station to Summit City.
The letter goes on to state that the weather
is fine there, and that the citizens are hay-
ing a very gay time of it, everybody beng
around on snow-shoes, and some very
amusing incidents occur, men, women and
children participating in the fun, many Of
them getting a fine ducking in the snow,
to the great amusement of lookers-on.
Mr.. Allen, the Superintendent Of the
Allen Ledge. has received orders from San
Francisco to ship five tons of rock to the
Bay city Immediately, an assay of the ore
having been made and the result being
satisfactory. The Lyceum of Summit City
is in a Ao~urishing condition and much
interest is manifested by the inhabitants
in its success. Owing to the absence Of
Judge Galloway, Thomas Hannah, Esq,
is now President pro TEN, and gave q fine
Inaugural Address to the society in q
paper gotten up by it and issued by it for
the first time on Saturday last. In an
item in this paper it calls upon the re-
porter of the Gold Hill News to assist
them in procuring a wet nurse for one of
the old bachelors out there; also COM
plains Of the sudden disappearance Of the
"Stonebreaker," who failed to appear at
the last meeting of the society, when he
was upon the bill. From the general
tenor of the letter We are assured that the
good people of Excelsior will spend a gay
and happy Winter.
CHANCE OF OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES time
last June, a Coast-runge California Indian,
named Samuel Joseph Brown, came among
US, bearing upon his noble brow the stamp OF
intelligent enterprise, good clothes, and a
smooth Anglo-Saxon brogue Of speech; and
who seemed to believe that he was delegated
to ~civilize the untutored Piute and Washoe
Indian tribes Of Nevada. Chief Brown made
known his mission to Sheriff Clark, District
Attorney Corson, Dan DeQuille, and many
others, who all thought well Of the ciyilizing
project, and accordingly offered any assist
ance which the great c~iyilizer, Brown, might
suggest. He accordingly suggested, after he
went through a financial assessment on his
new-made friends, that a public address,
made BY him in propriG persona. would be
the grand idea of bringing his enterprise
properly before the public. Corson, Clark,
and DeQuille approved Of the suggestion,
and constituted themselves a committee OF
arrangements. The balcony in front OF
Jones' building, on c street, was selected.
Sheriff Clark procured q band Of music to
give tone to the movement, and Corson vol
unteered to act as chairman, and, before in
Producing the distinguished civiliZer, made a
grand speech on the subject Of civilization
generally. Dan DeQuille and ALI Doten
acted as reporters for the Press. But men,
and circumstance Of men, are very apt to
change in this country-(some call it Glory
Corson and Clark brought that poor Indian
civilizer! Horror Of horrors These two
~ingrates actually sent chief Samuel Joseph
Brown to the Penitentiary, yesterday, for the
term Of one year! Ut seems the chief had
become a builder Of castles, and by an I'M
lucky oversight had made a mistake in trans
porting to his compoody a chest Of valuable
carpenters tools.) -"Oh, for a lodge in SOM
vast wilderness" where District Attorneys,
police, Shcrifs. and carpenters tools IRE a
needless appendage to society, to civilization,
and the comforts Of rural felicity. The actu-
ating motive Of Clark no doubt was that chief
Brown would vote and use his influence
against him ut the next November election.
ADJOURNED MEETING. - The Virginia
Board Of Aldermen met, last evening, at
their hall. Present-His Honor, Mayor
Jones, Aldermen Eddy, Livermore and Piper.
The reading Of the minutes Of the last meet
ing having been dispensed with, the petition
Of Jacob Smith was read, in regard to taxes
which the city owed him; 1t was received
and placed on file. The petition Of Eliza
Lawson was reported adversely upon. The
petition of Thomas Taylor and Cramer were
reported upon favorably BY the Street Com
mi,tee, and were adopted by the Board. The
amount Of bills allowed for the city depart
ment was S650,90; for the fire department,
SS30,5O for the police, Sl023, G6, and for
the street department. Sl5S,SS. The roof Of
their hall was ordered to be repaired. A
resolution was offered by Alderman Liver
more, and adopted, to have B street, between
Union and Taylor streets, macadamized in
the same manner as c street. Advertise
ment for proposals for this work to be hand
ed in at the next regular meeting OF the
Board. The Chief Engineer made a report
to the effect that some Of the cisterns needed
repairs. The matter was referred to the
committee on the FIRE department. The
Board then adjourned.
The first day of December dawned upon
us wrapped in its snowy mantle, while we
may expect more pleasant weather, it is
agreeable to know that however continued
the storm or severe the winter, the sick
can always find the purest of medicine at
Deans Drug store.