Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-01-03
n EVENING NEWS.
Friday Evcnins,--------Jan. s, lsoe'
Az EYE To BuslxEss.-orer a, Mud

An EYE To BusINESs.-Oyer ut Mud
Springs they have among the bus'nes
men Of their stirring, lively commuh''!
two or more undertakcrs, n oil wn''u,
a, least, keeps his eyes abOu, him. and
never allows the others to get aneau Oh
him in the leas, if he a help II, In the
, of business. This little well known
peeuliari,v of his has at one time or an
other made him the subject Of numerous
Grave Jokes. One evening, several OF
The sturdy miners of the vicinity hap
pcniur together at u store where most
Of them were in the habit Of trading,
the conversation naturally turned upon
the general news t~hereabouts. "By the
way" SAYS one, shows Jake Thomp-
sons wife getting along? They tell mo
she's been very sick "ies, that's
So" replied another, she a been, u
I'm glad to hear that she's getting bet
ter. II would be q sad loss to poor
Jake to lose her, she's been Il mighty
good wife to him." Just then our I'M
Observation-Disclosures to come
in. elbows thatY' said, he with
his business ears wide open as usual,
.sGoing to lose her? That's too bad;
sorry for Jake; he's u good fellow, and
as hard working man rs ever knew;
sorry for him." About this time one
of the boys-a wicked joker-slipped
out unobserved, and directly come into
the store. "well, boys said he with
a sly wink, that's mighty bad news
about Jake's wife" "How so!,
"well, you see, her sickness took a a
turn on her, and she died about halt an
hour ago." Jones' ears were pricked
up at once: he joined with the rest IN
expressions OF sympathy, but soon said
with a avn "Well, boys, good night:
| guess I'll 60 home and so to bed
But he didn't go homo and so to oed;
not n bit of il. He went straight down
TO Jake's cabin, rs fast as he couiu
walk, fumbling the tape line in his
pocket rs he went. Rappiug at the doo7'
Jake admitted him. "Good evening,
Jake" said he, ''sad occasions some
times bring us together, but then you
know such things cant be helped, ~
don't know what you mean,' said JAKE:
"Ah, yes, (sighiug) know; Grie'
and sorrow and other sad
descend upon US. and we cant help
ourselves; we all have TO so that way
o know" explain yourself.
"Well, my dear friend, | only heard OF
it a few moments ago, and thought you
would need my services, so came down
to attend 10 it, and gently, with a
glance toward the bed where JAKE
wife lay quietly sleeping) Ian, IL
o
kind OF Il coffin would YOU prefer
"Coihnl he!l!' roared Jake, 'my wife
amt dead. Git, before | break your
head. Pass me o stick of wood, some
bodv,' Jones lef, in a big hurry, and
waI-d off through the thick mud and
slush. As he pondcred over the con-
versa,ion at the store, he doubtless I'M
agined that he perceived the tail OF a
very large sized rat. He says nothing
LEAF YEAR.-Does everybody realize
tina: this is "lcap year," Such is the
astouudine rnct. Those u~nfortunates
born on the 10Th of February ~ have
a birthday this year. There is hope,
too, for lonely bachelors, thus far unsue-
ccssful in their matrimonial views, for
the fair sex have the privilege OF doing
all the sparkling during the prevalence
Of "leap year. 1t is their right, ac-
corded to them by old established Gus
tom, and all bashful bachelors glory IN
il. Ladies', hold not back, but eagerly
come forward and embrace-the golden
opportunity. We would here incident
ally remark that the associate editor OF
this paper is a bachelor, and / n the
market. His ''young gal from Sonoma'
has recently gone and got married., ieaS-
ing him in a forlorn but consolab!e con-
ditiou. He is open TO proposals. A
warm, loving heart, with natural charms
and domestic disposition, between the
ages of fifteen and forty, would be &C.
ceptable, or even a rich widow, with no
children, or any other impeachment e1-
cept consumption, would oe very favor
ably considered.
LAND SLIDES AT SILVER CrrY-HousE
DEsrRoyED.-A huge body Of rocks and
earth came sliding down from the steep
hill side a, the rear of the Sierra hotel,
lower Silver City, yesterday morning,
completely destroying n small wooden
building standing at the upper end Of
the hotel, which had been used as a
dwelling, and sleeping rooms by those
keeping boarders in the hotel, and who,
seeing the danger, had removed in time,
An immense mass Of the hillside to the
hight Of n hundred feet has also cracked
off and partially slid, endangering thu
buildings and mills Immediately adjoin
ing where the slide of yesterday occurred
Immediately in the rear of the hote
another slide is liable to occur.
ExpRxss TO CALIFoRyIA.-Wells, Farg'
Il Co. dispatched "Boston as o trust.
messenger, at 4 o'clock this morning
from Virginia city with their letter ex
press for California. He will connec
at Carson with another messenger, whit
in turn connects with others in th'
mountains, getting the express through
on snow-shoes, horseback or any othe
feasible way. The Placerville route
the most available in that respect at tn
present time. 1t always can be depend
cd upon in n bad time, far more thai
the Bonner Lake route. The express
dispatched daily over the Placervill
route, and all wishing to send letter
must have them at the office by 8 o'cloc'
every evening.
BAD SLEidHIyG.-The sleighing aoou
Gold Hill is decidedly not good, esp'
cially on main street, where it is cor
verted into u soft Slush from the waite
running down through it, allowing tn
sleigh runner to cut through to II
gravel underneath, without the lea
difficulty. There is no good sleighin
this side of the Divide, below the Gras
Valley Hotel, above the lmperial-Empir
hois,iar works.
l.. o. o. F. PUBLIC ISsrALLArIoS.-A