Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-05-06
Fl EVENING NEWS.
thursday Eysalps..----.z..May 8. 1859
LlpERry ENGINE No. This mos


effective machine, second to none this
side Of the Sierra Nevada Mountains,
but which has done more active aud efi-
cient service than the whole Of them
put together, will, with her gallant COM
pany, represent the flower OF the Gold
Hill Fire Department. No better fire.
men exist in the great American Basin
or anywhere else, Washoc Engine Com
pauy No. 4, Of Virginia, not excepted.
They are all 6ne looking men, hand
somely uniformed, and will turn out to
the number of so or 90 men or more.
All who wish to go on this pleasan, ex-
cursion and have a glorious good time,
passage free, and be the honored guests
Of the best company in the Sacramento
Fire Department, cannot do better thar
TO join the ranks of the Liberty boys for
this occasion, which can be done by
paying $40, the company furnishing
hats, belts, and shirts, and the passage
being also furnished free to Sacramento
and back. No outsiders can have half
so good a time, for five times that
amount Of money. Liberty E"gine No.
l of Gold Hill was formerly Howard
Engine No. 3 Of San Francisco, and i
we mistake not, is the oldest FIRE maj
chine now existing on the Pacific coast.
She wasalways famous for her efficiency
and FIRE ex~tinguishing powers, aud as
an old priced acquaintance will he.
warmly welcomed with feelings of pride
-. h.. tLn S,u Er, p.t-.n ,,al
Sacramento fremen.
WAsHoE ENGINE No. this gallant
little machine, generally The first ut a
FIRE and the last to leave it, getting
first waite" three times M OF four,
and hardly ever i" out Of service for
repairs or anything else, the most eff
.fectively handled aud, in fact, best MAJ
chine in the Virginia Fire Department,
could not, Of course, fail 10 he the first
and foremost to 60 down to the grand
railroad celebration at Sacramento on
Saturday. Her company i. composed
of the flower of the Virginia Department,
and will turn out in full numbers, hand
somely uniformed, aud rs fine II set Of
fellows as ever manned the brakes Of
any fire engine. They do not, of course,
20 to the celebration rs the representa-
tives Of the Virginia Fire Department,
but rs Washoe Engine Company No. !,
although the npprecintive people of Sac.
ramento cannot fail to see in them n rep.
resentation that any fire department
in the world might well be proud
Of. All DESTROYS of joining their
ranks for the occasion, and sharing with
them the honors and slories can do so
by paying $40. Hats, belts and shirts
furnished by the company, and passage
from Virginia to Sacramento and back
also furnished them free. Who is not
going? They will start for Reno to-
morrow forenoon by stage.
The LAST SPIKES, TIS. ErC.-Cali-
fornia furnishes q "last spike" of
solid gold for the completion OF the
great Continental railroad it is worth
something over $500. She also fur
nishes the last tie, into which the two
last spikes will be driven, securing the
ends Of the last rails. This tic il Of Cali
fornia laurel and highly finished it was
forwarded yesterday to the front, to-
gether with the golden spike. The
other a. last spike" is of solid silver,
and is furnished by Nevada. 1t was
manufactured yesterday and also for
warded. Ii was made at Virginia by
Robert Lodge, at Dowling'S blacksmith
shop, corner os B aud Taylor streets.
The spike is Of the same form as II com
mon railroad spike, is about . inches in
length, aud weighs 10 to IL ounces
though some IS ounces of silver were
melted to cast il into shape to begin
with. While the spike was being made,
owe; 100 persons took the sledge and
struck tia blow or two. After the first
train has passed over them, both spikes
will probably be taken out, and after
receiving proper inscriptions, will be
kept as momentoes in the States to
which they belong.
CHILD MurILArEp BY A HoG.-iester-
day afternoon, in Silver City, " little
bow, between three and four years OF
age, a son Of Mr.. Paul Gross, while
PLAYING on the back porch Of his father
house, or shop, accidentally fell oil the
porch, a distance of some feet, down
into the yard, and upon n litter of small
pigs, who set up a terrible siueal, n
before the child could be rescued the
SOW caught his right arm, just above
the elbow, in her ponderous jaws, aud
Notwithstanding the father had hold OF
the child and kept kicking tho brute,
she refused to release her hold until
the cLild's arm WAS completely crushed
for several inches. After the child was
released, the Infatuated beast made bat
tie on the father. We believe Drs.
Kirby aud Bronson are in attendance
upon the sufferer, aud are doing all IN
their power to ave the limb.
Drrp.-Dr. A.. Habich, recently as
sayer at Ruhliug Il Co.'S assay o'hce,
Gold Hill, died early yesterday morning
at Virginia. He had recently recovered
from the smallpox but was subsequent
ly attacked with chronic diarrh@h, re-
sulting in his death. He died at tue
residence Of his friend Mr.. Charles n.
Luckhar,, on A street, where he received
every attention that true ir~iehusn,P
could devise or the best medical Skin
effect. He was II talented man, n ms
quiet, u%nobtrusive demeanor preciaueu
an extensive acquaintance, but those
who knew him best knew him only as"
genial friend and n good man, M" us
such he is gone from among us
FINE Snox Show. Squier OF tue
we'll known and popular San fr"nc'S'
Boot and Shoe Store, C street, Virginia.
next door to Nye & Co.'s jewelry store,
has the finest and best eShi6lt'on
fancy coverings for the feet to be noa are
in Virginia. Included among .ne
the Grecian Bend shoe, the broaa" ii
walking shoe, and in the shop are snr
the latest, best aud pre,tiest s' wear,
ladies. misses and childrens wV ,Mc
Gents and boys can also there nn' ADJ ADJ
very boots and shoes they WIN item.
miro. the ever ready, polite ana " sS 70
tive salesman, will always be pleas the