Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-01-03
THE EVENING NEWS.

OUR ScHooLs.-On MONDAY next the
Public Schools Of Gold Hill and vir-
ginia will be opened again for another
term. Let those who have charge of
children, send them in at the beginning
Of the term, and take . fair start. Do
not keep your children at home because
it is muddy, or because they have not
got such clothes as you might wish them
to have. In the first place, there is
nothing so well calculated to stimulate
a child to study as having an equal
start with the other members of the
class; do not keep your child out Of
school until the term is half out, and
until the teacher is compelled to put it
into a class in fractions, when it knows
nothing Of multiplication or division.
Or put it to spelling before it knows the
alphabet. Many parents never take a
second thought Of the vast amount OF
trouble they cause by keeping a child
out of school a few days. It is in real
ity like cooking q dinner for each mem
Der of a large family, at such times as
they may come in. All must wait until
the last have come, or each one must
have a separate meal. 1t takes just as
long TO hear q single scholar reeite as
to hear a large class. Thus, by no be-
ing punctual in starting the child at
the commencement of the term, you
make more classes, consuming the time
of the teacher, whereby you inlure not
only your own interests, but those OF
your neighbors, who wish to do their
duty. We would suggest to the parents
of children that unless you can send
YOUR children At the beginning OF the
term and keep them constantly in school,
you had better keep them out entirely,
as it is detrimental to the interests OF
our schools to have the whole system
deranged by introducing pupils at all
times during the term. We have had
considerable experience as q teacher,
and feel satisfied that the suggestions
offered will meet with a hearty response
from eyery n interested in the Public
Schools Of Nevada. At the same time,
do not debar your child from having an
education because it has not got its
winter boots or its winter bonnet, but
send il along, and when the articles are
procured they will fit as we'll, wear as
well and look as well as though they
had been worn at the beginning OF the
term. Is it better that o child should
grow up in ignorance than go to school
with patches on their pants? If the
child receives an education, will it mat
ter whether it was received in hne
clothes or rags, twenty years hence
The false pride of parents is frequently
the implement that digs a pit in which
the talents of many bright youths are
buried. If you would have your chill
dren good and useful members Of soeie-
ty, educate them.
EXCELSIOR IrExs.-We gather the fol-
lowing facts regarding Excelsior, from
Judge Frank Tilford who has just re-
turned to Virginia from Meadow Lake
The snow when he left was 8 feet deep
on the level, and in many places it a
drifted to the depth of fifteen and twenty
feet. The past month has been one con-
tinual storm. A few days since there
was q very severe snow storm and dur.
ing the storm there was a continual
glare oflightning and uncommonly heavy
thunder. This is certainly q new form
of storm, as lightning generally comes
when the air is heated and full Of cleo
~tricity, but a thunder storm and a snow
storm at the same time, is something
entirely new. Up to the night before
he left the weather had been exceedingly
moderate, not having frozen any during
the fall and winter. The people gen.
orally are housed up and will lie in a
dormant state until spring. Many OF
the mines, however, are being vigor-
ously worked. The Golden Eagle Co.
will have their mill running within ten
DAYS, when good returns may be looked
for, as the company have gu a large
amount of splendid ore, free gold being
visible to the naked eye in all of it.
This mill, when completed will be the
best in Nevada county, having all the
latest improvements in it and being an
entirely new mill throughout. The U.
s. Grant Co. keep their mill running all
the time. The ore yields from $50 to
$50 per ton on the average. The Cali.
foruia Co. have succeeded in getting all
their matters Strengthened up and work
is being pushed forward the stock,
which two months since was not worth
more than So per share, is now worth
SIS. The Mohawk Co. expect to have
their mill in running order within a few
weeks. The Enterprise mill, erected on
the Enterprise mine, by Goss & Lam
bard, and which we predicted during
last summer would be q failure, has been
crushed in by the snow, and the whole
concern has gone to wreck. The conf
dence of the people in the mines OF the
district, however, ramains mistaken,
and next summer w have no doubt VIII
prove that Meadow Lake district IS q
good mining region.
OvERHAuLISa.-Mr. Seger, formerly
of Gold Hill, is oyerhauliug the Central
Mill in Virginia and arranging it so as
70 make it a wet crusher, the dry-crush.
ing system being too expensive for the
character of ores now taken from the
mines. This mill, although convenient,
ly located 10 the mines, has for the past
wear been idle a greater portion OF the
time, in consequence Of its being a dry
crushing mill. But since the change
has been made, there is no doubt ou,
the Central mill will be kept busy al
the time.
Box FoUSD.-Sometime since, a thiei
in Virginia City stole a small tin DO,
from some body. A miner yesterday
found the box, east of Fort Homestead
in the ravine. The owner can have i
with the contents when found, by prov
ing property to Mr.. Sullivan, near For
Homestead. The contents of the boz
consisted of q wallet, two brass keys
one gold key, two so cents greenbaeks
one note on Paxton b Thornburg TO
$40, quite a number of deeds, mort
cages, letters, etc.
IupsovExEsrs.-This morning we no
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