Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-12-24
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Horror for the niillion!
Blood curdling items are a source OF
cheerful pleasure to some folks, but we
are grati6sd to state that they are not
to our fancy at all. Much le,s would
We desire to humbug the public in that
respect. When terrible things like the
following happen, however, We as a
faithful journalist are obliged to record
them.
An obscure cobblsr BY the name of
Podwix, on the Divide, between Gold
Hill and Virginia, day before yesterday,
owing to lack of employment, financial
depression, and reading about the small
pox in the Entsrpri,e and Safeguard, be-
came badly mixed and worked up in
his mind. he eve began to contem-
plate suicide, and whetted a scythe for
that purpose, when a passing friend
tossed him a copy Of the GOLD Hill
NIus. He Immediately felt better, aud
sat down to read the interesting adyer-
tisements therein contained. Eagerly
he read about how Rosensr 4 Co., South
G street, Virginia, opposite Wells, Far
10 L Co.'s, had the best stock Of silks,
Satins, laess, furs, cloaks, shawls, and
ladies' dress goods in the State, u
that Houston, Hastings & Co., San
Francisco, were the leading clothisrs OF
tho Pacific Coast. Also, that Franken-
heimer, Baum Brothers, and 7. Fisher,
Main street, Gold Hill, and the Banner
Brothers, 9 street, Virginia, were the
favorite places for ladies or gentlemen
DESTROYS Of purchasing anything in the
dress goods or clothing line. Enrap-
turedly he gloated over the hardware
advertisements Of Eugene Bittner i Co.,
Of Gold Hill, and Gillig, Mott & Co., Of
Virginia. Even reading about tho assay
offices Of wisgand & Co., Ruhling & Co.,
Bous6sld L Co., and II. Harris Il Co.,
seemed a lovely lecture on miueralogy
10 him, and joyfully he perused the
stock brokers advertisements of Nelson,
Chubbuck l. Co., b. F. Sherwood Co.,
and H. Il. Flagg. When he came to
read about the rich and extensive as
sor.meut, of family groceries proyii-
ions, clothing, boots, shoes, liquors,
etc., always kept on hand BY Stern Is
Son, v. Lsmsry & Co., and Mercer L
Tucker, OF Gold Hill, and Feusier / Co.,
Virginia, his heart expanded. He was
deeply affected in his stomach when no
read about how fat and comfortable all
OF Andy's boarders at the San Francis
co Restaurant, Gold Hill, always looked,
and how happy and content were those
who boarded at the Russell Hotel, the
Gold Hill Bakery and Chop-houss, the
Colombo Restaurant, Virginia, or even
At the Ormsby House, Carson, The
Pioneer Bakery, Gold Hill, was a salts
factory arrangement in his eyes when
he read the scale Of prices for bread,
pies, etc. His very mouth watered as
he thought Of the beverages TO be OBJ
tanned at tho SALOONS Of Gibson i Cross,
Tom Finch, Ross / Hay, Nevada Brew
cry Depot, Phoenix Saloon and the Bank
Exchange, Gold Hill, where Mart Reese
does get up q cocktail irresistible even
to q Good Tsmplsr. Doyle & Rainsy,
aud Piper, too, Of Virginia, and Gile,
Hayes L Co., Of San Francisco, all deal
ers in spiritual beverages, did not es-
cape his notice. He read about G.
Monet, hair dresser and wig maker,
Of Virginia, aud also about the
stage and fast freight lines Of Wells,
Fargo i Co., Woodruff B Ennor, and
Billy Wilson, and all about tho Cali
fsrnia Mutual, the Pacific Mutual, and
the New England Mutual Life Insurance
Conpaaies; also the Pacific Insurance
Company. The jswelry advertisements
Of Nys L Co., EaTss, Frederick, Wslton,
and Collins, all we're attractive to him ;
even that about q. O. Kirk Il Co.'S
drug store, and the professional cards
of Marlstts / Hunt, Civil Engineers and
Surveyors, @. J. Lansing, Attorney at
Law, and Doctors Holmes and Beals,
dentists, and DR.. Stephenson, all read
we'll. So did that OF the San Francisco
Boot and Shoe Store, South 9 street,
virginia, Joseph Fredrieks, Vert
hsimsr's cigars, Louis Monaco's new
market, .Comstoek Gave, Opposition
Telegraph, Pioneer Laundry, Finch's
Grand Rattle, Randall / Glsdding's
blacksmith and wagon shop, George
Flisdnsr's hairdressing and shaving "a
loon, Lyons dancing school, Daggstt's
Bankrupt Act, Thompson's Spsneerisn
Psnmanship and Book Keeping, the
Photographic advertisements ofSutterly
and Bsals, San Francisco Water Cure,
G. L. Brown, house, sign and decora'
two painter, Abyssiniau Desert Com
psrisn, and about the nomination OF J.
w. Hemenway for Chief Engineer Of the
Virgins Fire Department. PodriI
didn't, however, like that advertised
idea Of the butchers Of Virginia aud
Gold Hill raising the price Of meat.
Those holiday goods advertisements Of
Burial, Lille, and Dale, c Itreet, Vir-
riuia, suited him, however as did also
that Of Bosgle, Of the Virginia Postofies
News Depot, tho American Saw Com
pany, and the Oakland Seminary. He
read about tho soon coming balls OF
washes Engine Co. No. 4, At Virginia,
New Years night, and that Of the Min
srs' Union, February 9th, with q pleas
urabls sn~tieipatiro interest, and sat
leaning back in his chair all right and
comfortable.
Suddenly he sprang to his feet. Pod
wiz was excited; terribly so. Once
more his ruinous financial complications
crashed through his brain, aud he be.
CAM totally demoralized. he rushed
b~ald-hsadsd down street toward Vir-
giuia. 1t was the witching hour OF lit,
whom d~isemboweled bats Hit forth
through the murky air, and sprinkle
their reeking mueilags down on the
broad shades Of night. There was blood
in his eye, and he remarked AZ he passed
along, that he'd like to "chsw some
body's rseking liver" He went to
Pipsr's Opera House and took n front
seat in the parquette. What no II
cried he, bring forth the double-trig-
gered dragon. Show me the %corpulens
Rhoades. Let the emaeiated La Rue
waltz once more up and down the only
~unsnapped chord Of my soul, Give me
three balls Of pop corn. mother, only
three balls Of" Just then his blood
shot eye caught sight Of Otto Burbank
"Hsr roared he, "Rinaldo, thou art
. liar and a villsiu." Otto put hi
thumb to his nose and ,widdled his fin
gers. Podwix wildly grabbed q pro-
rAmm formed il into n dart, and