Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-03-23
H EVENING NEWS.

O"SA ~ A1No "a
installmeut of ore yesterday morning,
and it came near being the destruction
of the new self-acting and self-loading
structure-the great weight Of the ore
causing some spreading, sagging, and
cracking of the timbers. That rough
and uncouth genius, Hank Blanchard,
happened along just about the time
when the dump labored under its weight,
and surveying the premises, coolly re-
marked that be "never knew a man who
didn't come from New York that was
capable of building a dump" Lem.
Goliath Everybody knows Lem, who
is always up to a joke, Immediately had
a sign painted and put up on an upright
timber OF the dump, which read as fol-
lows: "Bill 0'Brien, Architect and
Builder" Bill is q New Yorker, and
knows as much about building a dump
rs a COW does Of dancing q cotillon, he
being engaged in the teaming and horse
business. Hank saw the sign several
hours after it was put up, and inquiring
as TO who were the authors OF the criti-
cism on his judgment about dumps, got
as mad as n March hare-but wound up
by asking Lem Goliath and twenty 9TH
ers to go and take a "nip.' he knew
better than TO get the dumps himself.
OLD, OLDER, 0LDESr.-Somebody, so
it is said, up in Virginia city, has hunt
ed up a printed book dai.Ig back TO the
year l42l. The Latin Bible which we
mentioned the other day as lying upon
our table, was published in l5++-
but this new discovery seems TO be
1913 years older!-and evidently print
ed only u few years before the Art
Of Printing with types was discovered;
and not far from the time when the peo-
pie accused "Dr. Faustus'' to be allied
with the devil and witchcraft. Dan De
Guile ought TO reSurrect that fossil ele-
plant now, ont on the desert, which he
started TO bring in several years ago.
The Paris Exposition would be the
place to exhibit him. y. B.-Lest there
might be a mistake about the date of
the time when printing with types COM
menced, we will just state that accord
ing to authentic history, the first work
with Il date WAS issued in the year OF
our Lord l455. History gives no &C
count GA printed book older than that
date. Ii the local of the Enterprise can
show US a printed book older than 1855,
we will pay the price Of a bottle OF
champagne.
WEEKLY BULLIoS.-The following is q
statement of the AMOUNT Of bullion
shipped or received for assay during the
past week: From the office of Wells,
Fargo & Co. IN Virginia, there were
shipped ., 40 pounds OF assayed bullion,
valued at S254,66O ~; from theiL office
in Go!4 Hill, SAC pounds, valued at
S2lO,O 95 IL. The amount of crude bull
lion received for melting and assay is as
follows: Theall Il Co., Virginia, 7,5Ss
ounces E. Ruhling i Co., Virginia,
20. 942 ounces; Leopold Kuh, Virginia,
2,43O ounces G.. W. Dorwin, Virginia,
l.sOO ounces Edwards Il Wiegand,
cold Hill, 1884 ounces; II. Harris,
God Hill. 2,573 ounces; Van Wyck &
Co., Gold Hill, 2O,5SS ounces.
FATAL AccIDESr.-We were Informed
by a gentleman in Virginia, this morn
ing, that the wife of Mr.. James Dean,
Of Douglas county, yesterday lost her
life in a most singular manner. She
went to the spring, a short distance
from the house for some water. Near
the spring the ground was covered with
ice, and the ground had considerable
fall toward the spring, when she step
ped on the ice she fell, and slid into the
spring and was drowned before she was
discovered. Her husband was in the
house at the time. and thinking strange
of her long absence, went TO the spring |
where he found her, but life was extinct.
No WooD.-The most Of the mills in
the immediate vicinity of the mines, in
Virginia. are as bad of as the mills AT
the most remote part Of the country.
Those in Dayton and Empire were COM
PEELED TO shut down for want OF ore,
while they had plenty of fuel the mines
have plenty of ore but no wood. Ore,
during bad weather, can be hauled down
hill, but it is almost impossible to haul
wood up the hill. There is such a de-
mand for wood, in Virginia, that every
load that comes in has a dozen buyers
after it,.
FIGHTING WHIsxY.-Some person, who
has no respect for the morals or peace OF
;he community, has imported into Vir-
GINA a lot of "fghting whisky" the
result of which is that, last evening,
several persons were arrested for assault
and battery. As soon as q man would
imbibe of il he wanted 10 raise a row
with some one. Even q German, who
always wants to sing when tight, drank
some of it, and the result was hat he
could no. sing, but said he could lick
anybody in town.
Goop.=Marshal Began has taken the
proper course in disposing of the old
shaft on the Divide. Instead OF cover
ingi it over with plank he has set two
men at work filling it up with the dirt
which was taken out of it, thus making
Il safe for all time TO come, and at the
same time removing thu large pile Of
dirt which so long has been in the way.
As soon as the men get this one done
they will attend to the one on the hill
back of the st. Charles Market.
MoRE SSow.-Yesterday was a most
lovely day, until late in the afternoon,
when the sky became overcast with dark
clouds, and at dusk it began to snow
quite hard. We would not be surprised
II winter would last al the year. "ohi,
drive those dark clouds from our sky,
and let the sun once more shine as it
should. We have had enough and more
than we wanted Of bad weather. What
we mos, want is good roads.
POLICE CouRr-vIRGrSIA.-John Nc
Csrty, arrested by officer Brinton, Tor
being drunk. John Doe, arrested oy
officers Billings and Harmon, for assault
and battery. ]. W. Barrett, arrested
by officers Billings and Harmon, for as
sault and battery. NJ. Cleveland, ar.
rested by officer Brington, for assault
and battery-bond $50. Chas, sher-
man arrested by officer Gould, Tor dis