Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-05-03
Miscellaneous Items.

The White House, Washington, D. c..
is supplied with two hundred pounds OF
fresh Rockingham butter every week.
A CHILD II months old fell over the
railing Of a porch from the third hoor OF q
house in ST. Louis. the other day, and
strange to say, the babe was but little
hurt.
A RETURNED soldier committed suicide
in Philadelphia, recently, BY shooting
himself. because he could get no work,
and his wife and three children were ssarv-
ing.
A MONSTER snake was killed near Nash.
vile, Tenn, the other day. When alive
and stretched out il measured moro than
twelve feet in length, and could easily
swallow a Shanghai chicken.
The Cork Examiner states that in the
south Of Ireland the ~cons,abulary are re-
signing in large numbers, in consequence
of the inadequacy Of their pay, and are
emigrating chiefly to Australia.
The British Parliament is p%etiioned to
Gus, no less than seventy members Of the
House Of Commons, on the ground OF
bribery and corruption at their elections.
A CAVALRY regiment for Fenian service
is being recruited at Boston. The enlist
ment is for one year, and privates must
have had one year Of military service, and
officer, two.
IT is estimated that the whole oil terri
tory Of Pennsylvania might have been
purchased a few years ago for 5000, 900,
and now it is held TO be worth more than
$3.50, 900, 900.
A MORO who threw a piece Of railroad
iron into the window Of a passenger train,
near Weldon IN. CO., recently, was pur-
sued by some Of the passengers, captured,
and logged after the most approved pasri-
archal fashion.
do You propose TO put Ike into a
store, Mrs. P~artington ;" asked a friend.
Yes" replied the old lady, "but I'm
pestiferous to know which. Some tell me
the wholesome trade is the best, but I be-
lieve the ringsail will be the most benef-
cious to him."
FEMALE beauty seems to make sad
havoc with juries in Maine. A member
Of the Bangor bar has just claimed q new
trial in q case, on the ground "that the
verdict was against law and the weight Of
evidence, and that the jury were unduly
influenced by the great personal beauty Of
the female plaintiff"
The Albion newspaper. at New York,
has changed hands. Mr.. Young, who has
conducted the journal for may years, re-
tires, and will probably go to Europe.
The new owner, AR. Morrell. is q mer-
chant Of New York City, engaged in the
straw goods trade in New York and Can
ada. 1t is said that the price paid was
$4,000.
OpoNErERs.-A lady writes to US that
she has heard that in Connecticut there
are large manufactures Of odometers-
that is, clockwork machines for telling
how fast q carriage travels. She is anx-
ious that some one in that State will in
vent a machine to tell how far husbands
run "wheu they Just drop down in the
evening to the Post Office" or go down
TO the corner to see q man."
STEAMSHIP RAcEs.-The latest news
from Europe reports that two rival steam
ships-the Allemania and the Hermann
will soon start from Southampton for
New York. together, with the inteution Of
racing across the ocean. This will no
doubt be gratifying to the pride Of the
owners Of the steamship that wins, but
travellers will find il Q warning to keep out
Of vessels that indulge in such hazardous
pastimes.
The following. says the Sunny South,
is an inscription in the cemetery at scoobs:
"rho rottin,
nor f~uRgorToN"
but il hardly comes up to the one we re.
member reading In q village church yard
in Georgia:
"opin yer les
for here lies
all that ken rot.
rite where she shot
when she wus happy
Our Liza Jane
kalled home again
To jine her happy
Live 30 that you
and I may tn
Jine them and forever pray
aein the chills and kolera."