Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-01-24
THE EVENING NEWS.
Friday Evculux,-..-...Jan. -, 1858.

whereby we now stand one chance IN
forty thousand of winning an immense
umouu, Of real estate, houses, cottages,
and landed property, valued in all at
fifty thousand dollars, the whole being
thus sacrificed at ten thousand dollars
less than it is worth. The note sets
forth rs follows
GoLp Hut, Jan. lG, 1865.
DEAR FRIEND: Please find enclosed
Two tickets in the Grand Gift Distribu-
ton, If il should ever come oil and
YOU should win the whole property,
exccp, of it, say you are a lucky man,
and credit it to the old Sage Hen
Yours truly. J. II. II.
All right. old boy. We are yours
forever. We've filed those pretty pic
tured bank-note looking tickets away
among our Como mining stocks, and
,~nx;ously await, further Developments.
We have no mortal idea as TO where the
aforesaid property is situated, but
should we be the lucky winner, consider
Yourself good for a house or two, ana
an unlimited order for hats, drinks, and
- billed shirts
PIrER's OPERA HoUSE.-Otto Burbank
made his temperance last evening, OF
the stage at the Opera House, aud was
warmly welcomed by the audience. lie
evidently had los, noue Of his excellent
style, voice and action, although rather
pale and moi, quite recovered from the
effects of his recent severe indisposition.
In three or four days, however, Otto
will be himself again. He will appear
regularly every evening hereafter. In
the clogistical terpsichorean line,
Johnny Wimble holds his WI with the
hest Of them, and in the walk around
he lust can do up n little the looseSt old
big shoe, reckless Niger dance imagin-
able. Johnny is u ''broth OF q boy.
Barnwcll, too, in the choruSses, with
mis- rich, fine tenor voice, is one OF the
;ndisnensables. Mollie Lowe, and Ada
Bell. together with Amanda Lee, Fanny
Hanks, Lizzie Worrell, aud about a
dozen other a~rtistes, SO to make up tue
very best melcdeon company on tue
coast. Recollect that this evening Is
ladies night" Read the choice pro-
cramme for the occasion.
SOMETHING LIKE lr.-The Alpine
Miner of Il few days since thus compla-
Gently d~iscourse,h: ave have before US
the bullion resulting from the recent
working of sixteen tons OF hrs, and
second class Tarshish ore-at the Silver
Creek mill. There are sixty-eiGht bars,
weighing all the way from forty-one
pounds down TO n pound each; total
weight, l,749.G0 ounces; total value,
-. 0iO 20: value per ton of the ore by
ASSAY, Sill Il; result per ton by work
ing. Sl57 57-beiug SCI per cent. assay
value" This is highly gratifying, as
coming from one of our outside Dis
,ricts. and the number of bars reminds
one of the big stacks Of bullion which
accumulated at the various express, Oh
fees, banks and assay offices h~eresbouts
during the recent heavy snow storm,
when the passage of the Sierra was I'M
practicable. Working the ore to within
s6l per cent. of the assay was doing
pretty well, too, for Tarshish or any
other ore.
wLAprEs' NIGur.-It will be a grand
GALA night at the Opera House this
evening, and we look TO see tho dress
circle well filled with beauty n fash
ion. Everybody will be there with his
sweetheart, or his wife and grown up
daughters. l. will be gay. Miss u
Robinson and her brother Billy Robin
son are both under engagement by the
Piper's, especially for ladies night ana
therefore will appear on this occasion
in two very excelleu; pieces. There
will be u grand intcrlude Of dances, ETC.,
after which the beautiful drama OF
THERESA, or the Cross Of Gold,' Will
be given, followed by the very amusing
farce of "a Countess for an Hour. ,
Those who have not secured seats had
better hurry up and do so. Many were
engaged last evening.
ExoSERArgp.-Iu the matter OF the
recent accident in the Eclipse mine,
whereby Mr.. Sheridan, a miner, was so
badly injured, u committee was appointed
by the Gold Hill Miners Union to en-
onire into the reason why he was not
hois,ed TO the surface sooner than he
was after the accident. At q regular
meeting Of the Union held last
evening, the aforesaid committee re-
ported, generating the officers OF the
Eclipse Company from all blame rs lar
as this unfortunate accident was con-
cerned.
HEX Roosrs-If there are any hen
roosts about Gold Hill, Virginia city, OF
Silver City, VIC would advise the owners
10 keen a sharp watch on them, just al
this time, as the Chinese New Year is
upon US, and hog-meat aud chicken
stew is the Chinaman's glory on this oc'
casion. II is an annual occurrence,
and part Of the Chinaman's religion 70
eat the articles just at this period, last
ing for some days-aud their religious
prospects are not perfected unless they
indulge in that kind Of "grub."
The SrRAxGLER.-Milleain, the French
stranger, whose corrupt soul and body
is vet in the Storey county Jail, through
his counsel, Mr.. belong, on the 2lst o.
this month, applied for ten day 5 TINS
in the Supreme Court a. Carson, to hl'
petition for a rehearing.
SHARP FIaEwoop DoDGE-We know o
woodward in Virginia city where the!
take common four feet cordwood ant
after saving a short length Of stove
wood off from it, sell it at the usua
price Of full length wood. Quite
shave.
CAGEp.-"Cornish Bill" who is sup
posed to have been some way connected
with the killing of Charles Thompson
by special policeman Conley' Is SAFE II
the county Jail.
BuLLrox.-van wyck L Co., Col
Hill, received this morning for meitin'
and assay, 1888 ounces crude oulhon