Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-04-28
SAN FRANcnSco IrRMs,
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SAN FRANCnSc0i ITEMS
lFren The Alta Of Saturday.
'SSAIrl SxAIxi-At the Merchants
qaHfornia stfeet5 mlybeseep
q curiosity, tho like Of which has never
befofo been exhitlte4in this country to
say the least. ffisa milk snake or
chicken snake, about three, and a. half
feet in length, which appears to have
swallowed a genuine rattle snake about
two and . half feetin length. The rat
tie snakes tail, with sever rattlesthare-
on, Just protrudes an inch or two from
the milk snakes mouth !. and thereby
hangs a tail. We say " appears to have
swallowed" for Professor Fitz, who has
examined it with tho eye Of science, has
thrown out an sorts Of doubtful spgges-
tions in regard To- the matter. He
claims that there is no positive proof
that the milk snake swallowed the rattle
snake He says that It is justas likely
that tho rattle snake was playing the
highwaymau or policeman, and attempt.
ed TO "stiek up'h'o or ago through" tho
milk snake, and failed to connect. Then,
too, it might have been that the snakes
met accidentally, snshile- under. a high
rate of speed, and one OF them opening
his mouth with q gasp in sudden SUR
prise, the other, unable to check his
progress, went down his throat like a
train of.ears going into'a depot. agl
Whistler the snake that made tho'traok' w.
Wa going In. or coming oaektC ...vr
Will be n question Of doubt for all time;
but these two snakes are now fitted one
inside of the other rs nicely rs u glove
FITS on the hand Of n lady. This grand
combination Of attractions was discoy-
cred while the outside snake was yet
alive, By q San F~ranciscap, 10: San Mateo
county, on Thursday, add brought here
as q great curiosity, which it really is.
DoaaEp OssrrxAcY.-About G o'clock
yesterday afternoon, q loaded coal cart
aud an express wagon containing q.
piano, met on the orner of Clay aud
Montgomery streets, and it became nee
sssary for ono or the other to give way,
as they could not come the San Mateo
county snake dodge, and one swallow
or pass on both sides Of the other. The
drivers wero, however, rs obstinate as
two mules and each kept his post, with
out budging an iuch, for u full halfhour,'
keeping their tongues well to their work,
however, ali the time A large crowd
collected to SEQ the sport, and ut last
the express wagon man got hungry aud
suddenly whipped up and drove off amid
the cheers Of tho SPECTATORS, leaving his
opponent master of the situation.
SuIcrpE.-On the evening of the 18th
inst, q mau was seen to jump of. Pacific
Street Wharf and sink before assistance
could roach him. On Wednesday the
trunk Of D. D. Pool, who has been miss
ing from his clearinghouse for some
two weeks. was broken open and q letter
was found directed to his friends, iu
which he speaks Of being i'll, out Of em-
ployment, and declares that he had at
tempted to kill himself with ch~loroform,
failing which he had determined to
drown himself. The, letter was dated
April l2th-the day previous to the oc-
currence newfoundland it is thought,
beyond o question, that the writer was
the man seen to drowa himself. De-
ceased was q native Of Savannah, Ga,
and had no. relatives here.
CALrpoNIAs CLUB ELECTION. AT n
meeting Of the Caledonian JClub, held
last night, the following gentlemen
were elected to serve as officers for the
ensuing year: Donald McLenuau, Chief;
R. B. Torrance, First Chieftan Joseph
Austin, Second Chieftan ; John Balm,
Treasurer; Hugh Davidson, Secretary.
The following gentlemen, members Of
the st. Andrews Society, were elected
honorary members Of the Club Gov. H..
H. Haieht,, Hon. Robert Watt, !Stste
Controller Peter Donohue, James Lin
On, and John P. Brodie.
JuuprSa osrHr CIrv FRoNr.-A lot
on Oregon street, below Drumm, sup
posed to belong to a well-known citizen,
was jumped yesterday, and a shanty
erected on it. Tho lot has been filled In
by the city %scayengers, and tho parties
who have taken possession evidently
suppose that II is a new lot entirely,
and as such Is liable to become the
property Of the first man who comes
along and fancies It.
A SAN FRANcIsco CELEBRIrY SHor.-
Tho woman Celia Lovy, who figured
some years since in the criminal Courts
Of this city As prosecuting witness
against a, dentist, on the charge ofrspe,
and is now keeping a house in Portland,
Oregon, was shot twice In an afray, not
long since, and is said tofbs now in I"