Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-08-20

SHOW JOINING. EuuiuS'oh
in Virginia City, just in from the Great
East Of Nevada, and is in the show
business, having wound up his stock
and banking business at Hamilton, Sher-
mantown and Treasure City. He in
tends opening shortly in Virginia City
the biggest show that has ever attracted
the attention Of the public in Washoe-
throwing into the shade Castel!o's little
animal show aud circus, Tom Thumb
and troupe, Miss Forrestel, or Murphy
( Mack's Minstrels. We were up in
Virginia City yesterday afternoon and
By using a little strategy with Andy
Brown, from Lone Pine, we managed 10
get an interview with Manager Edding-
ton at Legate's Hotel. From him We
learned u few brief particulars of his
Great Show, which, however, be did
not wish 10 make public just yet, as be
is expecting his financial partner, Mr..
James Fisk, Jr., of New York City,
shortly to arrive with the Congressional
Committee on Reforms and Retreuch-
meut. We got a glimpse of Mr.. Edding.
toms ~handbills, however, and shall
claim tho iualienable right to mako
public just what we please. The Show
is % be under Inv twice the size OF
Castello's, and to make room for which
a whole block Of buildings is to be re-
moyed-the work being commenced last
evening at Taylor aud F streets. The
performances consist Of everything that
has ever been seen in a theatre, a cir
Gus, q menagerie, q gymnasium, q po'
lilical convention, u legislature, a Con-
gress, q State prison, q coliseum, q
State or Worlds Fair, at Long Branch,
at the Carson Warm Springs-or on TO
the Farralloue Islands. The stud OF
horses are not excelled in the world
while the wild animals, especially the
tigsr-fghters, the elephant and rhino-
s.o-r-o-s, cannot fail to attract universal
attention and admiration. The ring
master, Don Carlos Le Gate, recently
from Lebanon, the Elysian home of the
celebrated Quaker family, after 40 years
experience in the circus business, is
we'll calculated for this portion Of the
show. Several Of natures greatest
curiosities in the way of dwarf children,
(~orphans. unfortunately are also to DO
exhibited, and excel in many respects
General Tom Thumb and Commodore
Mutt, as will be fully shown to the audi
ence. They are Italian orphans, and
named respectively Lord Bene Irwin,
weight only 20i pounds; Sir Tom Jack
son, IA d~escender OF the Old General
weigh. only Isl pounds Duke SehamP,
a sprightly lad Of Ia pounds; Baron
Gibson, very light Prince Tutiy, only
400 pounds in weight--and several
others. The Show will be well worth
seeing, and due notice of its opening
will be given. As it is coming over the
Pacific Railroad from Omaha, and is
being imported at extraordinary ex-
pense, General Eddington has named
the price Of admission at only 50, and no
halEprice tickets.
MINING PATENT REcErvED.-A note to
us from F. D. Todd, Register at the
United States Land Office, Carson, this
morning, says: GA patent has been
received at this office for the Ohio Gold
and Silver Mining Company. Mr.. Levi
Dague or any person authorized can get
the same on application Mt this Office"
This we beliere-is the first patent of the
Kind issued through the Carson Office.
IMPORTATION WASrED.-Nrs. Jane
Pond of C~oshocton, Coshocton County,
Ohio, wishes Is learn the whereabou,sof
her husband, Levi Pond, who was
somewhere in this State when last
heard from, about four years ago.