Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-02-25
THE EVENING NEWS.

the day with the people Of Gold Hill
and Virginia, especially with the vir-
ginians, as the sleighing in that city is
excellent. Yesterday the streets were
crowded. All kinds of sleighs were
out; SOM were of a very primitive mod
Ell. We noticed one in particular that
had six Of the finest horses in Storey
county attached to it. The running rig
was composed Of two short sleds called
'bob-sleds." The bed was beautifully
moulded, resembling a Roman war gal
ley, and was eIquisitely painted the in
side was filled with large fur robes Of
fox and otter skins. The only thing
lacking to make it the ~fanciest rig on
the street was, it had no ladies in it,
there being nothing but men. We no.
ticed various Superintendents and pro-
fessional gentlemen l~uxuriating in the
soft furs, while q Jehu who knew the
handling Of the reins was perched on a
high seat, and thus passed up and down
G street several times. During the af-
ternoon some parties wishing to show
the speed Of their animals concluded to
have a little race, but when just in
front of the International a large pile Of
snow brought their sport to a sudden
stop, and one Of the sleighs forced upon
the snow bank and capsized nearly on
top Of the other sleigh. The ponies,
however, were "up to snuff" and in
stead Of making a runaway of it, like
sensible horses, stopped short, and
looked back to see what was up. Nearly
all who could afford il, or were not OPP
posed to sleighing on the Sabbath, were
ont. Some who could not hire a sleigh
were coasting down Union street. We
saw at one time not less than three
hundred pesons on this street. All who
had sleds were making good use Of
them, and the balance were looking on.
But few persons were intoxicated, con-
sequently there was no fighting or disi
turbances Of the peace. Sleighing is
fine amusement, and people seem deter
mined to enjoy it to the fullest extent.
Although ten dollars per hour for a
horse and sleigh is pretty "steep' for
the times; yet as long as the livery men
can get it, we cannot blame them-as it
seems to be the custom to take all one
can get.
LOOKS NArURAL.-Saturday evening
we went to Piper's Opera House to see
the performance, and when we got to
the door who should we find but our old
friend Capt. Clarkson. We at first
imagined we could hear "Susie Brown
being sung. He looks just as he used
to, and is the man for the position OF
d~oor-keeper. The Opera House shows
q most decided change since it has
changed hands instead of a little foot
stove there are two large stoves, each
with a large drum and instead Of there
being little or no wood to keep them
warm, there is plenty Of good nut-pine;
and the result was, the House was com
fortably warm in every part, proving
that il was not the fault Of the House
that it was so uncomfortable heretofore
but that the right course was not adopt
ed to make it comfortable. II will be
put in repair as soon as the weather
will admit Of il.
HORRIBLE WEArHER.-This morning,
in Virginia, the weather was certainly
the most disagreesble we have ever seen.
The wind blew in sudden and severe
gusts, and from every point Of the COM
pass within a single minute. The air
was kept continually filed with clouds
Of snow; buildings and awnings cracked
and creaked so that people were afraid
to pass along the sidewalks. The town
looked as though it was deserted.
Aboutthe only vehicles onthe street was
q water-cart and q milk-sled. Men
razed into each others faces and said:
"what shall We do for wood, if the
present state of weather continues for
any great length of time" There will
be q great deal Of suffering in Virginia,
as there are a great many poor persons
in the city who buy their wood from the
Cinnamon by the Jack-load and now are
entirely out
GOLD HILL.-A Although the severe
storms of the last few days have put a
complete q~uietus to all kinds of business
in Virginia and other towns in this part
of the State, Gold Hill seems to keep up
her lick as though nothing had hap
pened. This morning, although the
toughest of the season, we noticed that
all the mines were at work as usual
ouartz-teams were loading at the dumps,
while others were blowing down the
road in lower Gold Hill with ore for the
mill, in the Canon. The roads are very
bad, but nothing to what they will be
when the snow begins to melt away:
Therefore il is necessary to get all the
ore possible to the mills while the roads
are passable, so that during the Hood
which is coming, the mills will not have
to stop.
SExrESczD.-Judge Rising on Satur-
day sentenced Mcnamara, for the kill
ing of Hermann Eggart, and who had
been found guilty of murder in the Sec
ond degree by the jury, to thirteen years
in the Penitentiary at hard labor. This
ia as light, according to the testimony
adduced against him, as could have been
expected. He.will, 40 doubt, come out
better and a wiser man, il some ten
der-hearted Governor does not grant a
pardon before half his term is served
out.
cL.Aarss :AwAr.-All the old car
tracks in front Of the Eclipse hosting
works are being cleared away prepara-
tory to commencing work on the surface
ore. The machinery and building Of
the hosting works are being removed
as fast as possible. The building IS
badly raeked, and unless removes before
tho ground becomes softened oy tne
thawing of the present snow, 1t VIII
probably come down Of its own accord
HI1sHr's SLrIaH.-General Haight,
Of the 'Buss Line, will probably put q
stove in the old dollhouse, in the upper
end of Gold Hill, so that passengers car
he taken back and forth in the sleigh
rom that point, the sleighing being
GOOD from there to Virginia. The ole
house will be used as q reception room
for passengers. A good idea.
BELOW SILVER CIrY.-Ths roads be-