Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-03-11
EVENING NEWS.
Wednesday Eyenins,...Mareh IL, 1865.
GREAT ExcrrENESr IA HUGE BEAR
Srpy Man Fopr HoNEsrEAp-THE BRAVE

RgscUE OF THE GARRisoN.-0n Sunday
afternoon, n man came running down
from Fort Homestead with the exciting
news that an enormous grizzly, or Gin
uamon bear, had just been seen on the
hillside, just east Of Fort Homestead,
feeding on the carcass Of a dead horse.
The very manner aud appearance of the
messenger showed his information to be
authentic, and the alarm spreading,
"to arms ~ was directly the cry. In
less than half an hour some forty or
fifty Of our bravest boys, armed with
rifles, shot-gans, blunderbusses, pistols,
swords, knives and other ~sanguinary
weapons, started out on horseback aud
on foot, headed by Bill Gibson and Mar
shall Cummings, fully determining 10
slaughter that bear or leave their cold
corpses all over the ground. Constable
Higgins talked brave enough, our when
the little army started out, ne found
pressing business rs an excuse to stay
inrloriously at home. Firmly and with
the grcatcstintrepidity they marched up
the big hill, over past Fort Home
stead, and down 10 the battle-ground
on the hillside. The dead horse was
there, but the terrible bear was not.
The ferocious beast had probably got
wind of the fate in store for him, and
judiciously made himself scarce. Lest
he might be lying in ambush or sage
brush, however, the advance was made
with great caution, Marshal Cummings
with his fourteen balls in his Henry
rifle, actively on the alert, while all the
bows had their hands on their triggers.
By q well executed flank movement they
surrounded the dead horse, showing not
the least sign of fear. Nothing was to
be seen ofthe bear anywhere, except his
tracks, so they turned about and made
tracks for town again the same way
they came. The victory was a blood
less one, but only because the enemy
vanished, not to be vanquiShed. In the
words of the poet "They routed him,
they secuted him, nor lost q single
man" Now that the excitement has
subsidized. one malicious fellow who
saws he also saw that same bear,
swcars that it was nothing but a big
black bob-tailed dog. His veracity
however, Is considered worthless. His
face is not good for the drinks anywhere
in Gold Hill. Nike McClusGy is willing
10 bet any amount that it 1aS q bear,
and Higgins will swear that it was one.
The DoSSER LAKE RoUrE OrES ONCE
MoRE. The cars made out to get
through to Cisco last night, therefore
Billy Hale. Wells, Fargo & Co.'S stage
agent, Virginia, informs us that from
kilograms received by him, the stages
will probably arrive some time tonight
or tomorrow morning with n full and
heavy load of California passengers and
mails. The road between Cisco and
CRYSTAL Peak is pretty good, but between
the latter point and Virginia it is very
heavy and difficult. We are exceed.
incly glad to record the reopeniag oil
that little strip Of railroad-only Mint
miles between Emigrant Gap and
Cisco, which has been closed by snow
slides for over n week past, for during
that time We have been deprived Of ou'
regular mails and uew matter from
California. 1t is q good thing that nc
more of that railroad was completed
last Fall on the Summit, for had the
cars taken the place of the stages we
should have had TO depend entirely on
the Placerville route for communica'
ton with California, as we fear we shall
have to do in future hard Winters
That little stretch between Emigrant
Gan and Cisco is not the most elevated
and most exposed portion of the road
by any means. The reason why the
stages are more to be depended upon
than the railroad is that the stages oil
sleichs pass over the snow with thu
greatest facility, regardless Of its depth
while the cars have to pass through oil
under tiff they can. Hurrah! for thu
railroad, however, in any other than
snowy trial.
WrEGAxD vs.. MARSHAL CUMMINGS
Last Summer, the Trustees Of the tow
of Gold Hill, feeling the necessity o
raising more revenue, from licenses, tC
meet the expenses Of paying the interes0
on the town debt, and to defray ttt
other current liabilities of the corpora
ton, passed an ordinance requiring
licenses from assayers, the amount, W.
believe, being twenty-five dollars pc
quarter. The amount Of the license wa
demanded from Conrad Wiegand, as
saver, by Marshal Cummings, and Mr.
wicgand paid it under protest. Sui
was instituted not long ago against tn
Marshal 10 recover back the amount
Counsellor Stephens appearing Tor plain
tiff, who contended that the license wa
illegal, as it was not enumerated amoni
the powers delegated under the Act o
incorporation. We have examined thu
law on the subject, and find that "as
savers" is not enumerated among tn
kinds Of business specified as subject t
take out q license. The case came up
after several continuances this morning
before Justice Hall, and was decided
by default, in favor Of plaintiff, Mr.
Wiegand, with costs. Mr.. stephens
counsel for plaintiff; and c. j. Lansing
Town Attorney, and W. ". Bishop
District Attorney, for defendant.
A Coop TEsr.-In consideration o
the fact that frequent explosions in Goa
oil, kerosene, etc, are of almost dali
occurrence, endangering life and pre-
perty, the following simple method
testing the pure (non-explosive) fro'
the impure or mixed (explOsivc) article
may be of benefit to people who ar
obliged to use coal oil instead OF ga
A late experiment in the East, demon
strates quite satisfactorily that TO pr