Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-10-08
orrRA HOUSE, MELoDEoy. -piper's

Friday Evenins-----------Oct. 8, 1S6!
OPERA House. MELopEox. Piper
Opera House was crowded to its ver]
utmost extent last evening in every part
in fact many were obliged to leave, NO
being able to get in, much less get
seat. The occasion was the opening
night Of the new melodson company
which 10 the best Of its kind ever ap'
pearing on that stage, being composed
ofa great variety Of real and versatile
talent. The usual style Of melodeor
performance was given, consisting o.
tho 6rst part with its w~alk-around wind.
mp, . grand intsrlude Of songs, ballads
character acts, etc., and the whole con
GLIDING With q lsughable farce. The
sweet singing of the Pixley sisters wa:
well received. Miss Maggie Moore, 9
favorite in times past, Appeared in
greatly improved style, showing full
evidence Of close application and desire
for Improvement. Her songs and ballads
were well given and much applauded,
and tho double c%log-dance, by her aud
her brother, the nimble.toed Jimmy,
wal hard to beat. Billy Ashcroft did
that eccentric song and dance of +" Ny
Father Sould Charcoal" better than we
have yet seen it, but in Glove among
the Roses" no hardly equals Ben Cot
ton. The songs Of Add Weaver were
also excellent and dessrvedly a%pplauded,
and Miss Estslle's pretty shape-showing
dances were highly approved of. The
doings of George Goes, Lew Rather,
and Fred Sprung, were of course excel
lent, and the "Highland Fling" Of
Miss Katie Rosa, was very prettily done.
Another excellent bill and crowded
house tonight. Matinee tomorrow
afternoon.
HORSE CoLIc.-Some bottles Of sups-
rior brandy lately disappeared rather
mystsriously from the private store
room sf the Superintendent Of the Daney
mill. Nobody about the premises seemed
to know anything about it" all were
innocent AZ lambs" So the Superin-
tendent laid q I" bait put horse-colic
medicine into a small flask of brandy
which he left earelessly standing On his
table. The "bait" took. Suddenly a
man WAS found in an almost dying con-
dition about the premises. The Super
inteudsnt was sent for and found the
man had the "gripes" at a terrible
rate /; 90 he inquired Of him what he had
been doing2 "Oh, Mr.. Superintendent,
I'm almost clean done for. Oh, be-
lisye I'm dead-seud for the priest. Oh,
my-bowels Oh -" What can
be the ~matter2" iuuoeently asks the
Superintendent. oh IL only took
one driuk-it-it WAS the first one too,
that I took. Oh, my stomach J"
"what, have you been taking my horse
collie mediciue2 Well, tho only thing
that will save you now is to take IereH
pills and, verify, the man did swal-
low seven Brandreth pills he has had
terrible time since. Moral-Be careful
how you indulge on the sly in other
peoples private bottles.
GRAND RUSH OF TRADE.-The great
rush on the National Bank at San Fran
cisco and Austin, was not a circum-
stance to the immense rush Of customers
Mt the popular clothing store Of Haas i
Co., Gold Hill. "From early morn to
dewy eve the rush continues, and
when tho hour came for closing the
store for the night they had to turn out
tho customers in order to do so. We are
glad to see that our old town is likely to
get q little the start Of Virginia in
this clothing selling matter. Abe Haas
is an old pioneer clothing dealer, well
posted in all the resources Of the trade,
and he says he can beat anybody in
creation selling clothes cheap, and he is
not only doing it, but is going to keep
on doing so. Just take q look at their
new advertisement, in another column,
add then 60 and take a look at the great
stock Of clothing, including all the
latest fall and winter styles; also the
Incredibly low prices marked.
TIE RED SrockISas.-The announce
ment in the San Francisco Chronicle, q
few days since, that the famous Red
Stockings Base Ball Club was coming
to Virginia next, to stop three days and
play several games with our boys, was
incorrect, as they have already passed
on their way East over the big railroad.
They 60 to Nebraska City, and from
there to Omaha. The next game will
be played in Quincy, Illinois; from there
they return to Cincinnati, remaining
two weeks; thence to Philadelphia,
where they play the Athletes, and from
there they will make a general Southern
tour, playing a game in all the cities
through which they pass. At New Or
loans they play with the Lone Star
Club, and from there they 60 to New
York to play with the Eckfords for the
championship Of America.
Our SCHOOL LlBRARS.-The following
additional donations have been made
this week to the Public School Library:
W. H. Burial, l3 volumes; Virginia
Jones, 4; William Jones, l; Eliza klare,
l; o modest friend, 8; Lizzie McNsrtin,
2; Emil Harris, 9; Lulu Woolsey, /;
Barney Sharff, 1; Mary Morgaa, Ia
total to date Of 323 volumes. Further
donations will be noticed u week from
to-day,
OP1aA HOUSE, MArISEz.-A grand
matinee for the pleasure and accommo-
dalton Of ladies, children, families and
others will DO given at Piper's Opera
House tomorrow afternoon. The enter
tainment will be by the excellent troupe
now performing there, and such rs will
delight and suit the tastes Of even the
NEST fastidious.
INFORMATION WANTED Mrs. Sarah
Sharp desires information Of her son,
James H. Sharp, q whselwrighs by
trade, who, she says, "has been in the
silver mines for several years." Any
one knowing his whereabouts will con.
fer a favor by informing his mother, at
Gleuville, Schenectady County, New
York.
SEGREGATED BELcHER orrIcrRs.-At
the annual meeting Of the Segregated
Bsleher Mining Company, held at San
Francisco day before Yesterday, Al