Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-09-08
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From the San Francisco Dramatic Review.

from the San Francisco Dramatic Revicw.]
Why BLoNDlS WENT TO NIAGARA
The following neat little paragraph is
going the rounds of the press Some
years ago there was a r~ope-walker by
the name of Blondin amusing the people
in various parts of the country. In the
course of his travels he came to Buffa-
10, where he practiced his feats. One
day he was astonished to see an an
nouncsment in a morning paper that he
was intending to stretch a rope across
the Niagara chasm, and astonish the
people by walking over it. Blondin, in
II tearing passion, visited the efice of
tue offending paper, and sought the au-
thor of the cdnard. He found him
Hank Faxon, author Of the Silver Lake
snake story, and other romances ; he is
dead now, poor fellow, and abused him
roundly in broken English. Faxon re-
ceived him with good nature, told him
the thing was a joke and wouldn't hurt
his professional business half as much
as it would help it. Blondin wal
cnlmcd, then became thoughtful, and
finally SAID, by gar, ! will do that
very thing" The American public
know how we'll he succeeded.
BATEXAN AND HIS DAUeHTER.-Bate-
man is good uatured, but decidedly a
queer fellow. Among his peculiarities
is u most enthusiastic admiration for
the members of his own family. He
conscientiously believes that Mrs. Bate
man is the most gifted dramatist, and
his daughter Kate the most astounding
actress of the century. A summer or
two since, he was going by sea to Phil
%adelphia, when ZONE accident happened
aboard the steamer. Some alarm was
felt, aud he paced up and down the
cabin, denouncing the officers in the
most violent n "There is not
much danger" said n passenger. al
guess We Il all come out safe" "D-n
you - roared Bateman, 81 wouldn't
care II copper If you went to the bottom
in five minutes. The lives Of tho pas
sengers are nothing but think Of my
daughter, my godlike daughter, being
placed in peril by such a id set of
fools and scoundrels as arc in charge of
this miserable old hulk. They ought
to be banged, every one of them. D-n
their souls why didn't they let me
know what the boat was. before they
had the temerity to take my godlike
daughter on board ~
SUICIDES appear to be coming popular
with professionals, as we have within q
year chronicled the taking of of several
by s%trychnine, opium, laudanum or
drowning. The last victim is Edith
Limareux, well known in the music hall
profession rs q danscuse. II appears
that she had contracted several debts
which she could not pay, and this,
coupled with some private domestic
trouble, caused her to take the fatal
step. The night previous to her death
which occurred in New Orleans
during the week ending August list
she had had some difficulty with her
male companion, and she sought relief
in her fayorite narcotic-opinm-and
she result was her denth. She had been
seen under the influence Of opium more
than once. On one occasion, in her
helplcssness, she had to be addressed
and put to bed. 1t Is not believed that
she had any idea of destroying herself;
in fact, she said she hadn't. When
told Of her expected dissolution she ex-
pressed m entire willingness to die, and
thought it was oil for the best. Her
real name was Springstein. Her father,
it is said, lives in Ohio, and her mother
vas q Spanish Creole.
BARRETT AND McCULLoUGH.-Thcse
modern instances of Damon and Pythias
arrived at Salt Lake Friday evening,
Augugt 2lst, and left Saturday evening,
the 22d, en- route for the Atlantic States,
much to the disappointment Of the
Saints, who wero etching to see
them in their great original and i'm
proved version of Richard III. Where
Barrett sleeps there let Mccullough
annra