Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-03-09
H EVENING NEWS.

morning of two cases Of 4" old soldering"
which occurred not long ago, Il in the
" Finance" mine, and the other in the
beginning" mine. Mining away down
five or six hundred feet under ground,
especially Tor persons who are accustomed
10 their regular sleep at nights. is ex-
tremely tiresome, and small squads of
wOrkmen sometimes take "a little resting
spell, and generally take a nap, ii the
Foremen are not about. About | o'clock,
the other night. the Superintendent of the
Finance" took il into his head TO slip
down slyly 10 see how the LAND lay
On approaching not far from where he ex-
pected TO hear and see the workmen. all
was still Us d~eath-eXcept an occasional
snort or a snore. So he concluded that
the boys were playing old soldier" that
is, loa6ng or sleeping on their shit; =
and keeping off a respectful distance, he
resolved 10 wait and see how long the old
soldiers would snooze. In about ten
minutes, one of them partly woke up, and
spoke as follows: IL saya, Moike. lets 20
20 wurk" Mike partly woke up and re-
piled, in a h~eavy-tongued voice: Och.
the divil take yes, dhry up and away
they went again to the land Of Nod. Ten
minutes more elapsed. IL saga, Moike,
lets 20 10 wurk." No answer EXCEPT a
simultaneous snore and grun,s from four
sleepers. Another ten minutes elapsed.
II saya. Moike, lets go to wurk." "Och.
the dIvil take yes. Dry up, Paddy"
Another ten minutes expire, and with a
yawn and a sneeze. Paddy repeated. 81
ssya, Moike. lets 60 20 wurk." The SUI
perintendent just then came round the
corner. and up sprang every ''old soldier"
as If old Gabriel had blown his horn. and
queer as it may seem, every one COM
menced whis,ling Rory O'More!" But
the dodge didn't take, so the Superintend-
ent invited all of them but Paddy TO "take
d ride" up the shaft; and on 10 the
company's office. where the old soldiers
were paid of, and allowed TO go and sleep
on their own shifts and az their own eN-
pense. Paddy, who is ye, al work in the
same mine. has not had occasion since to
call On "Moike" 10 60 to work. "soldier-
ing" being strictly forbidden in the " Fl
nance" mine. The Superintendent got
up on, OF his bed last night and tried the
same dodge Of playing "bo-peep," and
caught such a cold that he has been sick
ever since. "Moike." who has another
job no; far off. has heard Of it. is tickled
half 10 death. and has gone on a grand
"bust" on the head Of it. A similar in
stance happened in the Beginning
mine not long ago, and every one OF the
''old soldiers" los, his situation. MORAL 4:
Don't sleep IN your shift. y mining
company that pays four dollars a day, for
ten hours work, Eants the sork-:he
officers and shareholders wish 20 do ali
the sleeping themselves. The workman is
expected 10 do has sleeping when off duty.
Remember, "Moike. lets 60 70 wurk,"
and wha, came Of it!
l. 0. o. F. LIBRARY BESEFir.-Our
readers will please bear in mind that the
bench. for the Odd Fellows Library takes
place a; Maguire's Opera House, on Mon
day night. The performances will be I'M
usually interesting. Amateurs" whose
dramatic ap,i,udes have been too long hid
unde. a bushcl, will make their debut IN
characters that amuse, even when played
by the regular buskins. Those who
have attended the several rehearsals Of the
players. commend the performances as ex-
ceedingly entertaining, and well worthy
the attendance of the Intelligence and
fashion" Of the citizens of Gold Hill and
Virginia. As representatives. OF both the
above quoted qualities, we urge upon our
patrons the psopriety and necessity Of
their Opera House appearance. on next
Monday night. The rehcarsals have been
80 numerous and careful, that all things
will work smoothly 10 the climax and con-
clusion Of the pieces and TO whomsoever
NAV be entrusted the business Of repre-
sen,ing the dead Henry" there will be
a guarantee that he will lay still! Get
your tickets!
Local TENDERs.-Greenbacks sold in
San Francisco yesterday at 751 cents on
the dollar. As our Supreme Court has
now ruled that all taxes may be paid in
this kind Of currency, a good demand for
the article will prevail, and they are likely
TO be up TO eighty cents on the dollar with
in a month or two. Glad % hear it
nothing short of running the State Gov
m on a paper currency would create
a sutfcien, demand for them so as to raise
their price above seventy cen;s-the fuc-
,uations in the price Of gold and silver
keeping them down to that figure.
MrsIc HALL.-Tuers' benefit a. the
Hail, last evening, was a grand success,
the house being crowded to its utmost ca
paci,y. The performance given on the
occasion was an excellent one. On Sat
urday evening. Mrs. Annie feamans, Mr..
Harry Wall, Miss Louisa Clarkson and
Mr.. Henry Sinclair will appear. They
are expected 10 arrive to-day. Go and
see the performance tonight, as an excel
lent bill is out.
BENEFIr Tomorrow MONT. The
Benea, tomorrow Saturday night, at
Maguire's Opera House. Virginia, for En-
CINE Company No. 3, will be attended by
the Gold Hill eremen in full uniform. A
great many Of our people are going up, as
Number Three's are among the most de-
serving in the State.
OLYMPIC HALL.-rhe party, given by
the ladies Of Gold Hill. last night, was a
decided success-the place being crowded.
DR.. Thomas and Mrs. Hart won the two
gold rings in the prize pound cake. To-
night, there will be another party. which
will wind up with a pleasant cotillion' ETC.
LIoHrNISo A gentleman in Virginia
City, las, evening, received a telegraph'e
dispatch dated Milwaukee (Wis.), March
g. 1866, s:l5 p. NJ. which was handed him
at 7:45 p. {. II this is not getting ahead
of time, we don't know what iss
Bio Srrr.-Yesterday, the Bank Of CAL
itornia brought an attachment suit against
the Apple Mill and Mining Company to
recover the sum Of $50, 73o on u promis-
sorry note due.
LIBERTY HosE.-There will be a special
meeting of Liberty Hose Company No. |
this friday evening" at p
o'clock. See notice in another column.
BrLLros.-wells. Fargo s Co, shipped
from their Gold Hill Office, this morning.