Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-08-24


to see our old towny, Mr.. Ball, back in
Gold Hill again. He arrived on Satur-
day evening, and last evening assumed
his accustomed place as leader Of the
choir in St. Johns church. Mr.. Ball
Is the President Of the First Ward
Union Club, and very active operations
in the Club are about commencing.
His absence from Gold Hill for about
ten weeks has been particularly noted
by us, perhaps US much MS by anybody
else-by the large number Of scholars
in St. Johns Sunday School and also
by the members of the Choral Society
in Virginia City, Of which he is the
President. Mr.. Ball is back again, and
we hope he will remain with us-for
| communities seldom know how to APP
| preciate the worth Of u man or a news
paper until they are gone. ETgo-if
| we were to discontinue to publish the
News, doubtless the people in Gold Hill
who do not appreciate it now, would
wonder why it was that they did not
~patronize it when they had a chance.
ALMOST A FIRE.-The Plato residence
building, at the upper end Of Gold Hill,
recently purchased for an Office by the
Imperial Company, and nearly ready to
be occupied as such, came very near
being destroyed by fire yesterday
morning. One of the blacksmiths Of the
company was passing from the old to
the new hosting works about 3 o'clock
in the morning, when he noticed a light
within the new office building. This
led to an investigation and on entering
the middle Of the floor was found TO be
on fire. II was quickly extinguished,
and q hole over o foot in diameter
was found to be burned through the
floor, which was a double one, and one
of the sleepcrs or flooring timbers be-
meath was burned completely through.
The cause of the FIRE is unknown, but It
is supposed it might have proceeded
from a lighted cigar carelessly dropped,
or some similar cause. The painters
were at work inside until nearly mid
night, but left no light burning.
GRAND JUBILEE TONIGHT. - Come
everybody, especially the Union men Of
Storey County, to the grand Union
mass-me citing to be held tonight in
Gold Hill. The stand will be in front Of
Judge Halls office, on Main street, and
the meeting will be addressed by Hon.
George G. Gorham. Hon. Thomas Fitch
and other good speakers. Eligible seats
will be provided for the ladies, and all
our loyal citizens and friends will re-
ceivs a great treat. Come one, come
all. Come Democrats, even, and hear
the truth told this time If you never
hear il again. orally round the lag!'
PIrER's OPERA HoUsE--THE CARS"
Saturday evening the Opera House
was crowded "from pit to dome with
o we'll pleased audiance. The wonder
full Japanese troupe seem not to decrease
in the least in popularity. There ap-
pears to be a peculiar attraction to their
style Of performance and executed
feats, equal to the popular charm which
attracts everybody to the circus. It's
quite amusing to notice the great Pc
culiarity Of the queer performers IN
invariably carrying O fan either in their
hands or stuck in their belt; aud occa-
sionally even in the most difficult and
dangerous feats they are performing,
opening tho aforesaid fan aud tanning
themselves. It looks as though they
were e%ndeavoring to illustrate how con-
founded cool they could take it. The
theater was again crowded last night,
and will be again tonight, when some
entirely strange, novel and exciting
features will be introduced.
IDLE MEN.-No idle men are to be
seen about the streets of Gold Hill, or
loafug among the saloons, except some
who are too lazy to work, a few ~loafers,
o few check-guerrillas, some gamblers,
here and there a destitute ad%venturer,
and more or less political bummers
waiting for their party to win, in order
to gobble up all the crumbs possible.
This latter class is fully rs numerous rs
any, fully rs sanguiEe, and less easy 10
satisfy. They always want more than
they can get, never get rs much as
they think they deserve, and should
they get nothing after all, are ready to
"hop," and throw OF on u party which
in their greedy estimation owes them
for its entire success.