Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-01-18
THE EVENING NEWS.


Down TO SILvER.-Having some ousi
ness down in Silver City, we thought per
haps something new could be picked u
in the way of an item, but all that w
have n recollection of picking up wa
II duck-ing, for by the time We reached
our place of destination we were thor,
oushiy drenched. and would have deemed
ouTself A happy man had we been back in
Gold Hill again. Silver City seems to
be Mt peace with the outside world, with
which she has but little intercourse. The
mills in and around Silver, with two c
ccptions. We believe, are at work and, in
fact. about all the mills and arastras in
Gold Canon are busy, and from the thun-
drrins Of stamps and rafting Of machin-
ery u person would not suspect that the
present times are what Washoeites call
dull. No snow has fallen, during the
present storm. farther down than the Pa
citic Mil, and most Of the snow on the
surrounding hills has disappeared. The
water in Gold Canon goes laundering
down with almost as much noise as Nj
agara Falls.
TRIP TO NIROINIA.-At 9 o'clock this
morning, our duty called US TO Virginia,
and feeling satisfied that We would be at
tackled by the prevailing zephyrs on the
Divide, took on board all the ballast we
could and started. Never before did we
fully realize what it was to be blown up ;
but on the Divide we experienced that
sensation-we were picked up by the wind
and carried for more than twenty feet, as
though we were a feather, and on several
occasions we were on the verge of being
hurled from the grade. However. we
finally reached c street but even here the
snow so blinded us that we were compelled
TO feel our way along the mos: OF the time.
Business Of all kinds-cScept the whisky
business-,s entirely suspended, scarcely
u person being seen on the streets. Many
Of the oldest residents of Virginia pro-
nounce to-day n Of the toughest they
have ever seen in the State.
The WEArHHR.-YesterdRy a, noon, a
lich, rain commenced. and it increased
until quite late in the evening, when It
turned to snow, and this morning was
ushered in with a Washoe HI Weakening
gale. accompanied by a binding and
almost sufFocating storm OF sleet and snow,
%wrenching stovepipes from their sockets,
and even dashing 20-foot ladders into
boarding-house windows at the expense
We suppoSe-of the landlords. Under
foot the mud and slush is, up TO this time,
half boo,-top deep. and the prospect Is by
the return of ,o-morrow's sun there will
be no bottom. The surrounding noun
tainS are almost entirely obscured BY the
deluge threatening clouds, which lay over
and along their rugged sides. In fact. TO-
day has been one of the most gloomy days
that we have seen since our advent into
this, the Loreiy land Of ssge-brush.
TwExrY-SEcoND OF FEBRuARr.-The
anniversary of W~ashington's Birthday
revered and honored wherever lives an
A~merican-will be duly observed in Gold
Hill. Liberty Hose Company No. l will
on the approaching Anniversary give their
Second Annual Ball, at the Gold Hill
rheater. The hall is to be new fitted up,
and we bespeak for the Liberty boys a
good attendance.
CorLD NOT HoLp HIN.-iesterday af-
ternoon a horse attached TO a sleigh made
a stampede down c street, Virginia, from
up near the Star Stables on the Divide.
and Notwithstanding a city ordinance 20
the contrary, it is our impression that fast
driving waS done for nearly the full
length of c street.
LEFT FOR THE New MINBs.-Charley
Brooks, Of the Washoe Exchange, left on
Yesterday morning for the gold fields Of
New Grenada. and we shall see that smil-
ing face no more. Charley, may fortunes
brightest smiles attend you, and II fortune
crown your efforts.
Blown DowS.-The rear end Of house
above Wells, Fargo s Co.'S, on c street,
Virginia. and occupied by a Spanish fam
ily, was blown down to-day, smashing
everything to pieces, and we understand
all that was saved was n small sized
poodle dog.
BULLION. There was shipped from
Wells, Fargo s Co.'S Gold Hill office, this