Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-04-15
THE EVENING NEWS.
,y,.,,...a.y R1eans......AprliI IS, 1888

ntntut. uu "NAN
the ''Colleen Dawn ; and the railroad
scene, from "Under the GasliSht."
In the frs, mentioned piece Wheatleigh
appeared 10 the double character OF
"Danny Man" and "Myles Na-Coppa-
leeu." His enactment was on a par
with all Of his other representations,
very excellent and effective and Miss
Huxley rs the "Colleen Bawn " never
acted or appeared to better advantage.
Miss Fanny Hanks rs "Mrs. Cregan,' did
very well indeed, aud added materially to
her we'll earned reputation as IN actress,
There are very few impersonations that
she will not undertake, aud carry
through with marked ability and credit
TO herself. The other characters were
generally very we'll sustained; bu the
piece itself appeared decidedly tame al
t"r the sensational feast Of the last week
or two. -Johnny' Tuers WAS applauded
whenever he happened to appear for =
ON the stage, in the character
"BarneY. the stupid servant, whether
he spoke a word or not. The sensation
of the eyeninS was the 'rsilrosd scene"
1t was received with the same degree OF
applause and exciteDeut which has at
tended all its Previous representations.
Last evening Terminated Mr.. Wheat
leigh's engagement. Tonight the IA
nous Webb sisters appear, and crowd
ell house will be the consequence.
OprlcgRs ~ ELEcrIoS.-At the rcgu-
lar meeting of the Virginia Board OF
Alderman held last evening the follow
ing were appointed Judges for the city
election which will be held May 9Th !:
First Wad-James Phelan and t.. L..
Potter, Judges; polls to be at the City
Hall. Second Ward-Alderman Lam
mon, the representative of this ward,
not being present, the Board authorized
him 10 choose two Judges and Tx upon
II place for opening the polls in his ward.
Third Ward-John ID. Treat and Walter
Chase, Judges ; polls to be next door
south OF Judge Adkiuson's office.
Fourth Ward-N. l.. Brown and 8. T..
Hsole, Judges; polls to be Mt the office
Of Derby d. Bass.
Cur 0sg.AGAIN.-Owing to the recent
stormy weather, the Ophir Grade has
again become impractioable for heavily
loaded teams hauling quartz TO the mills
in washoe Valley, or hauling lumber or
wood from there to Virginia and Gold
Hill. Lumber is very scarce and much
needed h~ereabouts, in view OF which
fact, Mcssrs. Williams ( Caldwell, who
have an immense amount OF il at their
mill, had engaged n number Of teams,
aud were about TO send in \ plentiful
and continued supply Of that excellent
requisite, when they were prevented by
the bad state of the roads. They will
be all right again, soon, we hope.
PsRIsHEp IN rHE Sxow.-Mr. A.. R..
Woods, the we'll known proprietor OF
the saloon corner C and Union streets,
Virginia, under Burrall'S book store,
lef, last Thursday for = visit TO his
family, now residing at Meadow Lake,
but in attempting to make his way on
foot and alone from Cisco to Meadow
Lake-some ten miles-he became over
powered BY fatigue aud cold, n the
news arrived yesterday, that he was
found frozen to death in the snow.
Suoor The Sunday School boys of
Gold Hill have resolved that playing
marbles or other games GU Sunday, are
wrong. They have requested the City
Marshal to confiscate all marbles he can
find lying on the ground in any game,
and especially reserved the point that
he should not go through them. The
urchinS don't know but that the tempta-
ton will be strong, and wished to have
some capital left for week days.
THE PLUNuER TRourE.-The various
representatives Of the universal Plum
mer entertained an excellent and appre-
cistive audience, At the Gold Hill Thea
tire, last evening, in u highly acceptable
manner. All who attended, speak highly
of what they saw and heard, and look
extremely Jolly over it. e. b. Plum
mer, the great Ha-yah-ta-kee OF the
troupe, cannot be cScelled in his pecu-
liar humoristical line.
VIRGINIA USIoN PRIAARIEs.-The pri-
mary election for city officers will be
hold at Virginia tomorrow April l6thl.
The polls will be opened at 10 o'clock
\. NJ, anu wiz oioSo ~ AhS
Union Convention will be held Friday,
the 18th inst, at 2 o'clock P. v. ut the
Court House. For list Of the most eli
gible candidates for Chief Of Police, see
special cards in our advertising columns.
CLuB MEErIsG.-The Union men OF
Gold Hill were on hand Monday even
ing, and listened to a plain, straight
forward talk from Col. Hillyer, Of Vir-
ginia. Several lively five minute speech
es followed, and Deacon Gibson gave
his fine Grant song, cLorussed by the
GLIB. With three cheers adjournment
took place till next Monday evening,
u o'clock, Pan! g
4 RIcn Sror. The little Eclipse
mine, here at Gold Hill, containing only
twenty-five feet in length OF the great
Comstoek lodge, has yielded forty-ive
tons of silver. aud gold Salltsn, since y
was FIRST opened ir6At IS doing pretty
well for so small u mine, but it is only
a specimen Of what our Gold Hill mines
are and have been doing. a'.'-'."'
DrpAHrrDsralr: Charles Whe.Aieigb,
Miss Sallie Huxley, Miss Annie Firmin,
and VIM. Hamiltosi, len for San Fran
cisco this morning, by the Douner Lake
route. Their engagement at the Opera
House has been n short but brilliant
ono, and replste with many scenes and
incidents pleasing % rensneer.l j,t''t
BRoxr DovsTwe noticed q big
quartz wagon loaded with ore, wrecked
ON the Diside this morpieg, il front Of
the Grass Valley Hotel, from the break
age Of the bind. axle. The deep road
y~ulleys and ruts in that section are ex'
trelnely trying TO wagon imofr,I -
ScHooL .TgAsHERs. The only appli
cations filed for positions As teachers
within the time prescribed by the sd'
vertisemeut, weSe'by the FORMER ineYin'
bents, all Of whom were reIelested
The several schools. will re-oPsu' OF
Monday next, aud close on July I'd, fol
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