Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-03-10

Festival being held ut Thentcr Hall,
Gold Hill, for the purpose OF raising the
requisite funds to insure the Metho-
dist Church property in this town, will
draw to a close, to terminate finally to-
morrow evening in the most agreeable
and satisfactory social ball of the sea-
son. Last evening the Festival was the
favorite place Of resort for young and
old, grave and gay, and u very lively
business WAS done in the sale OF all
sorts of articles, useful, ornamental or
otherwise. The fruit and lemonade
stands were especially well patronized (;
whether on account of the superior at
Effectiveness of the fruit and beverage,
or of the sweet smiling goddesses who
dispensed them, dcponent saith not.
Then, ut another table, q wonderful
little nut.piue tree is luxuriously grow
ing, which r~ejoices in n bouutiful crop
OF nuts bearing u very strong resent
blance to hens eggs, but they are not.
The she'll is the same, but in place OF
the yolk and other chicken ixiugs the
interior contains q full supply Of candy,
peppermints, etc., and oae in q dozen
contains O valuable diamond ring.
These Eggs are all for sale at four bits
each, and a we'll practiced guesSer al
easily become the happy possessor of q
fine riug-if he will only try often
enough. The fruits containing the rings
have no private mark on them, but were
all properly shufled previous to APP
pearing on the tree, so that the only
dead thing" on securing a prize, ac-
cordiug 10 our notion, is to purchase the
entire crop. No one, however, visiting
the Fair is obliged to spend IL picayune
beyond the four bits admission fee, un-
less he chooses, but can wander about,
chat with the pretty girls and agreeable
ladies, look at the sights and good
things, listen to the music, and when
the dancing commences all he has to do
is 10 sail in and enjoy it, free Of cost. A
choice supper, however, is found there
ut IL o'clock, which he will not hesi-
tate to invest in to the amount of q dol
lar, very willingly, and if in addition he
does not como of the winner Of some oil
the prizes offered-a half dozen we'll
made.shirts or some other of he useful
or ornamental articles TO he found
there-it will be his own fault, and the
grieyous result of his own inherent
s,inginess. Go to the Fair tonight,
have q good time, enjoy yourself hugely
and help the ladies out.
A BLANKET THIEF.--During the last
three or four nights some dirty sneak
thief has watched his opportunity and
robbed two or three miners cabins on
the Bowers Grade, almost in the hear
of Gold Hill. In each case only
blankets were stolen. W. should hate
70 believe that there is more than one
man in the world ut a time who IS so
extremely low-lived and degraded as to
thus deliberately rob a Woodworking
miner of the blankets he so needs to
keen him warm when he returns to rest
from his tolls in the bowels of the earth.
A liberal dose of cold lead would do
this dirty scoundrel a heap Of good.
We hope he will succeed in stealing the
blankets Of q smallpox patient soon.
FoRr HOMESTEAD VRLocIPEDISG.-
Professor Jim 0rndoraf took q ride yes
terday afternoon on his velocipcdc from
Virginia down to Fort Homestead, Gold
Hill. He cayorted about the ramparts
of the Fort for IN hour or so to the
satisfaction of himself and all OBJ
servers, and found it to be just rs we
have heretofore described it, the fines,
place in this part of the country for
yelocipediug. We are informed thai
~narties have leased the Fort, and dur.
inc the summer will inaugura,o . series
of grand yelocipede races. They will
make money.
Sr, PArRIcx's Day CELEnRArIoN.-
The sons and friends of Ireland are go
inc TO celebrate the grand holiday o
the Irish nation 10 fine style this season
and for the purpose n mass meenng Il
officially called by an advertisement u
onother column TO take place ut TIT
District Courtroom next Tuesday even
in, nj II o'clock, in order to make TIT
requisite arrangements. We bespeaS
6ne weather for the 18th of March. Lei
that meeting next Tuesday evening %
we'll attended.
THANKS TO THE MINERS USioS'-Ih'
lady Committee Of Arrangements To-
the Methodist Festival so s"iistis'ac
torily progressing at Theatre Hall, Cox
Hill, desires us to tender their specla
acknowledgements to the Gold HI
Miners Union for their accommodating
kindness in yielding the free use o
Theatre Hall to them for their socla
ball 10. morrow evening, P~os!ponine
their regular weekly meeting Tor th"'
purpose. Their gentlemauly courtesy
is fully appreciated aud will be duly
remembered.
An EXPERIMENTAL VELocirEDs.- pro
lessor Haskiu, OF Virginia, who Scioc'
peded of down Gold Canyon to Dayton
the other day, took a trip on his two
wheels down to Fort Homestead las
evening. He says the track 10 ra'hei
soft and unfit for velocipeding aronn'
the pAmparts Of the Fort just yet, bu' !
could easily be put in complete eond'