Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-02-05
Iur San Francisco Correspondence,

from the straight course Of my story, that
the truth may be indicated and = foul
blot removed from the fair fame of the b.
hernian, exile Of thst safe-btssh. Some
people are opposed to telling the truth, on
.prineipis, andsI.amtsesrtoadmi thatthere
may be cases in which lying would. seem
to be more charitable andin better taste /;
but 1 can't bring my mind down to that
level, and must adhere to my oldroll, and
state the plain unyarnished facts. 1 ad-
here to truth. even if it gets the half of my
friends in jail. I find the following SLAM
derous article in the DramaAc Chronicle Of
yesterday: .''.
marx Twain. in his Virginia CORES
pondsncs, abuses McDonsld's 'scoofy
oysters, Mark says they are, poison,
ous.' and that 'tliey produce diarrhG and
vomiting McDonald's explanation Of
this is, that Mark with six Washoe
friends, made a descent upon his (McDon-
ald's) saloon, the other day, and after eat
ing fourteen dozen Of the = scoofy oys-
ters,' disputed the biz. Mcdonald insisted
on payment at the regular rates. Mark
stated that he and his sage brush friends
were members Of the press Mac re.
fused to make any deduction, and Mark
paid the bill, swearing that he would &c,
even. Hence that fearful letter to the big
Enterpriss about the poisoned oysters
Now, what I object to, particularly. il
the base allegation thdt"'1wain' so fal
forgot himself in q disreputable anxiety tc
appear we'll before the world and wen,
back on his Bohemian associates to such
an extent as to actually pay the bill. No,
my SOM he did not pay-he only prom
i,sd to pay, and cannot therefore, b
kicked out OF the Bohemian Mutual AID
miration Society, i~nstanter, as has beer
proposed. The bin is still pnliqpidated
and Marley is still a bright and shining
mark in the Bohemian Mutual Admira.
ton Society," roll Of members. That mat
ter set right, I might say a word or two a
to the allegation Of poisoning, but viii
pass on with the simple remark tina
where there is a barrel of whisky and onl!
a half bushel of oysters, it is hardly fai
to assume that the poison is al in the sait
oysters. The next time Mark gets poi
soned, the police propose to have hin
ripped open and analysed at once b!
a practical chemist, to determine the ques
ton Of relative unwholesomeness as be
tween oysters and whisky. I am in favo
OF that proposition he could be mad
of some use 70 his fellow men 10 that sor
Of mannerMeven il he did not cut up q
nicely as 4 healthy-man(s). 1reckon tn
surgeon and Coroner could stand it. on
pinch. for half an hour or so.
i HIS HOLINESS.
- Here, while I am about it, let me dis
pose of another most important matter
His Imperial Highness. Norton l., Do
.Gratia. etc.. has Gas be informs me) tn
sum of "two thousand millions of dol
lars in gold coin. on deposit in the BAN
Of England, the proceeds of the workinI
of certain guano deposits belonging to tn
Imperial estate. He fears that should tn
threatened run on the Bank Of Englan'
be made he will be ruined by the collaps
ing Of the concern, and therefore. to pro
,ect himself, and through him the worl'
a, large, it has pleased His Majesty. afte
the style Of Macmillan l.. to issue tn
following
DECREE.
DOWN WITH rHB RATES OF INTEREST!
The whole Of the bankers Of the Ameri
can Continent, are hereby commanded 4
to deposit their funds and keep their &C
counts with the Bank Of England, an
thereby reduce and keep down the rate
Of interest. And further, any banke
failing to obey this, our Imperial decree
their funds are confseated to the Govern
ment to which they belong.
January 80, 1896.
Please see that your Supreme Cour
pay proper attention to this little notice
By-the-by, speaking Of your Suprem
Court, reminds me Of its decision on tn
greenback question. I notice that al
your bankers declare their intention o
Withdrawing from business in Nevada, J
the greenback basis is insisted on by you
citizens. Now, I do not presume to So.
that the ~greenback currency is better 70
Nevada, at this time. than gold, BUT I no
tice that capital is begging in New Yorl
OF 8 per cent. interest, and I can not hell
thinking that should California follow il
the wake Of Nevada, in this matter, IN
ultimate result would be likely to be a BIZ
fall in rates Of interest on this coast.
may be wrong, but il gold currency is o.
much more desirable. and so well calcu
lated to call foreign capital here for invest
ment, how does it happen that interest !
so much higher here, with a Specific Con
tract Act to protect the lender, than it !
in New York, where paper only 10 used
- II SCHOOL QUESTION. a, IA,
The famous " Haser School Bill" whicI
has kicked up such q hubbub in Sal
Francisco. Is doubtless killed "as dead q
a smelt;; but it has had a good effsc,
nevertheless. Before e was introduced
the msmbers Of tho Board Of Education
labored under the impression that ther
were six thousand children in San Fran
cisco in need Of school accommodations
and demanded 100000, mi pei cent
city bonds, for the immediate constfuctio,
Of additional school houses. Now, the,
have suddenly discovered that so far from
there being a scarcity Of school accommo
dations, there il, actually a ,~surplusage il
that psricniar. and no bonds viii be need
ed. I can't help thinking that the cit.
and county Of San Francisco has save,
Just 100000 this year by the introduc
ton Of that bill, bad bill though il un
questionably was. ,g.f
FATAL RESULT.
Up to a late hour, last evening, Patric1
Kelly, the hackman, shot in tho ARRAY q
Sportsmsn's Hail, growing out Of tn
pummeling match at Lakeville. nearly tw'
weeks since, was still living, though al
hopes Of a recovery were gone long since
He was a stout, healthy man, and seemed
to hang To- life with an acknowledgement
acity. With the collsr-bone. broken, on
lung entirely 1gangrened, and the brestl
escaping regularly through tho opening ii
his chest, while the sub-clsvial artery wa
laid Sarsasndl Injured BY the bullet, AM
the bullet itself embedded in the back nea
the spinal column. he. still, lived on. re
fusine HSSifsiap .ths hisswhicht he ha'
risked so recklessly. On account o
Higgins. whobsessasfra-rsts reputation