Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-06-11
A pRACrlcAL JoKr.-A Virginia city

A PRAoTicAL JoKr.-A Virginia city
correspondent of the San Froucisco
Bulletin, writing under date Of May 3lst,
relates the following practical joke,
which, happening in Jul n~eighboring
city over the hill, is worth re-publishing
in our local columns. The names Of the
parties will be recognized at once:
A Neat Joke-A cruel joke was perps.
trated upon Mr.. R. Of San Francisco q
few nights ago. R. is q man Of some
means, and when he comes to Virginia
he generally gets on q little spree. Upon
these pet occasions he visits a little
menagerie which is kept very private BY
one Mr.. T., not 1000 miles from Wells,
Fargo l. Co.. office. A few months ago,
R. left Virginia, owing his friend $4,000.
Last Tuesday night R. visited the men
agerie, changed a $500 bill and success
fully fought the tiger to the amount OF
$4,000. At this juncture be hypotheca-
ted his chips, gathered up his funds,
and at ouce proceeded to get boisterous-
" intoxicated. So fsarfully intoxicated
did be become that Mr.. T. put him to
bed, and shortly after retired himself.
Before doing so, however, he distracted
from RS pocket 81, 900, wrote q receipt
for it, placed it in a bag and put it under
RS pillow. Daylight presently came.
r. awoke and commenced to count his
money. "My God - he calculated,
"I've been robbed" ooh, l guesI
not" said his friend "locked the door
myself" Didn't I make $4,000 last
night ?" eyes" "Well, l haven't but
$4,000 here" Good gracious p said
T., "don't you remember you owed mo
s., OOo?" "Yes but l don't recollees
paying you" remarked R. Well, you
did, and insisted upon it and gave
you d receipt for it, for fear you would
forget it. Look in the little bag inside
the large one, and you will find the re-
ceipt." R. fumbled over a piece of pa
per which he readily found, and, falling
back on his pillow, growled, 81 always
make a id fool Of myself when I'm
drunk"
THEIR WEIeHr.-Four Of our new
Town Trustees Messrs. B%atterman,
Day, Taylor, and Hayes, were entrap-
ped, last evening, On a Fairbanks scales,
aud corralled there until their weight
was ascertsined-Col. Mills acting a.
weigher-and the total weight of the
four was exactly so2 pounds. Pretty
good for four Of the new Board decid-
| edlv heavy. Hope they will all "hold
their own" in weight, good looks, and
the high regard in which they are held
among their fellow-citizens. The fifth
one of the Board, Mr.. Lambert, was not
present to be weighed-or a clear thou
sand pounds might possibly have been
obtained as the gross weight Of our Eve
new Aldermen. We are fast approach
ing the days of "ToodleS'-corporeally
speaking.
MISISa ACADEMIA miner, named
Morris, working in the Confidence mine,
yesterday afternoon met with a severe
accident. While attempting to cross a
set oftimbers, down in the lower depths,
he made.a mis-Step, and fell down a dis
lance Of about forty feet, or FIVE sets OF
timbers, and then rolled down a "shute'
some further distance. He was consid-
erably cut and bruised, but not danger
ously injured.
FouSD.-A valuable pocket-book,
with papers, letters and money in it, has
been left at this office for the owner
having been picked up in Gold Hill this
morninp.