Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-04-10
CARSON CITY, ETC.


business. Most oil the city lo's "te ""
very rich, black sandy soil, With an
abundance of water, so that every little
homestead can have its own vegetable
and fruit garden. Many of its settlers
have awaited themselves Of those nstu-
raj advantages, and We know Of no place
in the State where there are so many
pretty little cottages and flower gar
dens, and apparently happy homes as
there are in Carson. Its beautiful
churches, too, show that the people "re
Christians-nnd its schools plainly DEM
onstrats that its rising population is
properly cared for in educational mat
ters. Carson, too, has u newspaper,
the Daily appeal, edited by Harry
Mighels, Esq, one of tho best editors in
the State. Although not so large AS
our Storey county papers, the appeal
exercises a beneficial influence in the
politics Of the State /; and rs n local pa
per at the Capital, is II valuable anxilia-
ry in keeping the C~arsonites before the
world as q community. Although tho
appeal is not so large a paper MS several
that have been published in Carson, in
years gone by, it is nevertheless the
best ono and Mr.. Mighels and Mr..
Robinson, his partner, certainly have
our best wishes for their success
Accepting n polite invitation from
Seymour Pixley, Esq, in company with
Mr.. Haskell, of Esmsralda, we paid a
brief visit to the new Mint Building.
We were really surprised, on m exam
iua,iou Of tho premises, to find so splen-
did q superstrncture. It is the finest
Mint building ever constructed on tho
Pacific Coast-not even the Mint in Snn
Francisco, which has coined its tens of
millions of dollars for tho last fifteen
years, is 80 fine q building. We
sincerely hope Congress will not fail in
making tho necessary appropriation of
money to complete it in all its minting
appliances, and to have it started up for
the purposes for which it is intended.
The millions Of gold and silver products
Of our mines could be coined in our
State just as we'll rs they "a be in San
Francisco, and many thousands Of dol
lars saved annually to the people, and
which are now expended in the mecca.
sary transportation of tho bullion to
San Francisco, and the additional per.
centage upon the return Of the coin.
Colonel Curry, the Superintendent of
the Mint, has been in Washington all
the winter, and a letter received from
him not long ago, gives very ncour
aging hews that tho necessary ~appropri-
alton will be made by Congress to COM
plete the Mint, and.get it into operation
inside Of a year. Tho .Carsonites are
quito jubilans over the prospect.
While in Carson, we visited the Con-
troller's office, and found the Deputy,
Theo. A. Hale, Esq, at his post. Mr..
Hale is certainly ms fine, accurate and
circumspect m accountant, b~ookkeeper
and penman, as can be found in the State
Of Nevada. We have formed this opinion
by a careful, though brief, examination
Of his Record books. Controller Parkin-
son made a good selection as n Deputy
when he secured the services of so COM
petent and Trustworthy a gentleman as
our old Illinois friend, Mr.. Hale-whom
we have known since no was Il small
lad, in l84S.
Carson boasts Of several first.class
billiard saloons and hotels. One Is the
Ormsby House, kept BY Mr.. Gardner,
and a right good place it is to stop at,
as Gardner knows how to keep a hotel.
Geo. L. Gibson, too, Everybody knows
George, because he is such u lively,
~good-natured, and really clever man,
keeps a .irst-class saloon, billiard tables
and a " tiger He calls his place
the Sazarac-and any Gold Hitler can
see old Sazarac himself, If he wants to,
by staying with Gibson an hour or two.
Sazarac is a very jolly old fellow.
(Parson Bill Gibson was introduced to
him, and the Parson gave him n few
camp-meetiug touches-and his new
Grant s~ong-which made 1t very lively
for Sazarac.) But tho Magnolia Bill
lard saloon, in the State House build,
ing, and kept by our old friend George
Lewis, goes ahead Of themall. Virginia
city or Gold Hill has not so handsome
and brilliant a saloon as is the Magno-
liza and anybody from this place or
from Virginia al satisfy himself Of
the fact BY just stopping 10 at the.
Magnolia when visiting Carson. The
wines and liquors, too, are not in
ferior to any to be bought in tho State.
We tasted and W. slipped from Lewis
Magnolia vintage several times during
Convention day-and we know " what's
what" There are several other first
class saloons in Carson-which we didn't
go to see, but which the Storey county
delegation recommended very highly.
A man who visits Carson is expected to
" take suthing in his water, as there
is o good deal Of alkali in the soil-and
anybody who camo the /" plains across"
knows how the alkali kills cattle, and
gives people the gripes. (The Good
Templars a read the above temper
ance lecture, or they eau leave it alone.
It is only 4 matter Of tasto.)
In making a visit 60 Carson, the
Warm Springs, two miles enst, are gen.
orally considered quite a feature, and a
comfortable place TO stop an hour or