Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-12-18

THE BLOCKADE l. DIFFIcULTy.-ln the
NEWS yesterday, we made mention Of a
street crossing, made by Commodore
Miller-the said convenience consisting
of u number of square pine blocks, set
in the ground across Main street, oppo-
site Edwards Il Wiegand's assay office.
The lob was done in good faith and as a
convenience to the people who are COM
PEELED by business to cross the main
street. Transfers and others interest
ed in the business don't like to see
these blocks, although they are arrang-
ed sufficiently apart that unless a team
ster is drunk or careless, he a easily
guide his team so Us to get through
without striking them with his wheels.
The same kind Of f~oot-crossings are on
c street, Virginia City, and we have
heard of no complaints there. But Il
complaint was lodged this morning, in
Judge Halls Court, by a gentleman
who has n number Of teams running,
charging Edwards h Wiegand with
erecting a nuisance and violating Town
Ordinance No. l2-setting forth that
the nuisance consists of inserting the
aforesaid blocks or sticks Of timber into
the ground, "said obstruction being cal
culated to do great injury to the wagons
and teams used in hauling quartz. That
said distractions add greatly to the diff
fculty of driving heavily loaded teams
down Main street, and asking that SAID
Edwards 4 Wiegand be arrested by
warrant, and made to answer for a vio-
lation of the provisions Of Town Ordi-
nance No. u; and also that said ''nui-
sance" be abated." These gentlemen
were accordingly put under arrest,
taken before Judge Hall, who admitted
them to bail to answer to the charge, ut
10 o'clock tomorrow morning. The
suit is brought in the name Of the In
habitants of the Town Of Gold Hill, and
W. w. Bishop will appear as the Attor-
new for the Town, and Lansing and
Robinson for the defendants. or course
it is not for us to discuss the merits OF
the case at this time, it is in the hands
of the law, and there let it be decided
whether a block street-crossing, made
by private subscription Of neighbors is
a nuisance such as is contemplated by
the Town law. I'VE understand that
Commodore Miller, who really is the
party who paid for the work, made
tracks, skedaddled, and left for the top
of Mount Davidson on a hunting e1cur-
sion.)
The FEsrrvAL.-The second and last
night of the Festival for the Presbyte-
rian Church was held last evening at
Armory Hall. The Hall was filed to
OVERLOOKING and all present seemed to.
enjoy themselves in the highest degree.
The tables, under the management Of
the following persons, were well patron
lied and sold most Of the articles, n
what was left was auctioneered of at
fair prices: Ice-cream table, by Miss
Holmes and Miss Anderson; coffee table,
BY Miss Dean and Miss Moore; supper
table, by Miss Skinner, Mrs. Sloat and
Mrs. Swift; confectionery table, by Miss
Barnstead and Miss futile; fancy article
table, by Miss Rogers, Miss Geiger and
Mrs. James-all of which were presided
over by the above named ladies. with
much credit to themselves and Il highly
beneficial result to the enterprise. we
make special mention Of the ice-cream
and coffee tables, as those who presided
over them were untiring in their efforts
to discharge the full duties they had
assumed. Owing to some OF the ladies'
having to take part in the tableauxs who
were assigned tables, they were pre-
vented from giving them their attention.
The tableauxs were excellent, and the
show of Charley Fish and s. I. Gage
was n of the best things we have seen
for q long time. They are good show
men, and should trdret. The net pro-
ceeds of the Fair above all expenses
| will mount to about 500, which Is
more than the most sanguine had eX-
pected.
MrLrrARY.-fhere is a meeting called
to be held in Virginia, at the Court
| House, on Sunday afternoon, by those
| who have seen actual service in the
| army of the United States. All sueh
are cordially invited to attend, as an
organization will probably be formed
BULL1oS.-There was shipped from
Wells, Fargo l. Co.'s Gold Hill office,
this morning, 20 bars OF bullion,
weighing 1879 pounds, which is valued
at S4O,336 "a.
BALL ON CHRISTMAS NIGHT. Mrs.
Woolsey, of the Mount Vernon House,
Gold Hill, will give a grand ball at her
Hotel, on Christmas night
BuLLIoS.-van Wyck Il Co., Gold
Hill, received this morning for melting
and assay, 3,ls5 ounces crude bullion.