Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-07-02
HI EVENING NEWS.
Friday Rvenius...-....July. =, 1859
MAexIrlcrxr P%pxsgsrArlox -wirliam

his old home aud rela,ivesin Wales, EGG
land, was last Wednesday evening made
the well pleased aud deserving recipient
ofthc Misrepresentation ever given 10 any
mining officer on the Comstock ledge. 1t
consisted Of a very valuable aud hand
some gold watch and chain worth $3.50,
n gold headed cane worth 800, and a
set Of jewelry for his wife wosth SiO0-
$3.50 in all. This pleasing affair took
place at the hosting works OF the mine,
in the presence of two or three hundred
of his brother miners. Alex. Mckenzie
made u very neat aud appropriate pre-
sentation speech, which was feelingly
responded to on the par, Of Mr.. Skyrme,
after which other speeches were made
by various friends, songs. toGsts, senti.
ments, champagne and au abundance OF
other good things freely INDUCED ia.
Mr.. Skyrme may wei, be proud of this
rich and we'll deserved testimonial OF
appreciation at the hands of those with
whom he has worked so long. We unite
with them in wishing him II speedy,
prosperous voyage, Il pleasant visit and
safe return.
PipEs's OPERA Iouss, To-NIGur. -
Miss Geraldine Warden, Ltc Prims
Donna Of the famous Lys,er Opera
Troupe, which met with such success at
San Francisco, will appear for the first
time this evening at Piper's Opera
House, in u grand histriouic and mnsic-
al entertainment, assisted by W. Vazie
Simons, F. G. S. L. Professor Gee will
preside at the piano. As will be seen
by reference TO distributed programmes,
there will be fine sentlmentalsongs, bal
lads, operate pieces, scenes, c~avn,inas,
etc., spiced occasionally with a touch OF
the comic, aed duri0g the hrst inter-
mission W. Yazie Simoas, f. c. :. L.,
yellow Of the Chemical Society, Lon.
don,) who is not only a Gne singer, bu,
q frst-elass chemist, will give II shor,
dissertation On the A" Economy OF Foni."
Variety is the spice Of life, you know.
4 great musical treat may well be an.
~ticipated, and everybody will 60. 4
large number of seats were already en-
gagged 10 the dress circle without extra
charge) this morning, therefore a fuli
and fashionable audience il ensured.
The BESRFIr LAST NIGHr. The
grand complimentary benefit, to Mr.. L
F. Reach last evening, At Piper's 0ptra
House, was Il great success. in every
respect - and more too. The FIRST
piece, "How TO Rule a Wife" passed
off smoothly, Mr2. Reach p~ersonating
Lady Elizabeth Freelove most excel.
leutly, and the balance Of the cas-; sue
ceediug admirably. Even the dropping
OF that " waterfall, in the last scene,
was not amiss, but was vociterOusly
encored the audience wanted to see it
done over again. Harrison recitcd
brakes address TO the American
Flag" in u patriotic style not TO be
excelled. The quarrel scene, from
Julius Cesar with +. II. Taylor as
Bru,us, and HARRISON as Cassius, was
well rendered and Master Sam, in his
fancy Ethiopian Girl hornpipc, did
better than we ever saw him do before.
He was deservedly encored. The " Kiss
in the Dark was appropriately given
AS the ~afterpiece, and everybody went
home well pleased.
Coop TiME.-The visit of the Gold
Hill Brass Band TO Dayton, last Sa,ur-
day, was on occasion of much pleasure
and interest, not only to themselves, out
to the natives Of that pleasant and So
cial burg. A friend writing from there
saws they rode into town, aud niter
playing a number Of their best pieces,
TO the great delight of all the men, wo.
- .hs1lrap nF n,ytnn thay
alighted at Fishers brewery, and paid II
long promised visit to Fisher, formerly
one OF their members. In the evening
the band treated the citizens to u nice
little free concert Of instrumental and
vocal music NJ 0deon Hall, which
wound up with Il social dance, lasting
till midnight. The D~ay:oni,eS hope
this pleasant and acceptable visit Of our
band will not be the last.
BLOCK Closing 0ur.-D. Block, the
we'll known and enterprising dry goods
dealer, c street, Virginia, nearly oppo-
site the Enterprise building, gives OIL
cisl notice by advertisement in another
column that be will positively close his
business on the first Of September next.
lie will therefore sell his immense stock
Of ladies' dress goods, shawls, cloaSs,
silks, laces, aud all that sort of thing,
ut whatever price lie can get. lie
earnestly requests all parties indebted
TO him to come forward ard settle by or
before August LIST, otherwise he will
be obliged to force II settlement of the
same through means Of an attorney or
collector, aud advertise all delinquents
ia a black. list. Now is the chance
for bargains, and also the time to
square accounts.
WgaTuE,MSR's CIGARS.-Everybody
knows that Wertheimcr's popular cigar
store is on South C street, Virginia,
nearly opposite Smith street, aud every
body knows, too, that he keeps the
finest brands Of cigars and tobacco.
A list of some Of his choicest brands OF
Havanas is contained in his advertise
ment, which is TO be read in another
column. He also has a large stock OF
domestic cigars, chewing and smoking
tobacco, meerschaum, brler wood ana
charcoal pipes, m~outhpieees, cutlery
notions, stationery, playing c"rds
canes, matches, etc. Wer,heimsF only
asks a living profit on his goods, not
desiring to get rich at all, therefore 1t
il ina, he sells at such extraordinary
cheap rates. Try him,
POPULAR SALooS.-The Wash'e hx-
change Billiard Saloon, Virginia, oppo-
site the Enterprise office, kept by orn.
dorr i Tamkin, is one of the fines. ana
mos, popular saloons in the city; They
are repnin,iug and ref,ting it through
n in a very nes, aud superior manner,
and a side opening is made through
into the commouious club room noJo'n
-, an the north. Six fine billiard