Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-02-10
II EVENING NEWS
wedue.da, Evening. February 10, 1869


Suoor HIN, SoNEBoDY.-According to
the representation OF two residents Of
Gold Hill, q fellow has located himself
as road agent on the Divide between
here and Virginia, near where the
American Flat Grade comes in. Thus
far he has evidently met with mighty
poor success. From one of the Gold
Killers aforesaid he collected Il couple
Of dollars Que evening last week, and
he went through another, Sunday even
iug-a misunderstanding. Of course,
hadn't any coin. They describe him as
n fellow in u ~buttoned-up coat, broad
brimmed hat, and white cloth cover to
his face with two peep holes cut in il.
lie walks out from behind II house,
sticks q pistol in his victims face, tells
him to hold,up his hands, and after go
ing through him, orders him to 90 on,
with the parting threat that in case he
looks back on him he will put u ball
through his head. This %rcdoUbtablc
brigand must be the same who worked
hard all night u couple Of weeks ago,
prying Oft the back window shutters OF
liazen's store, in order to get ut au I'M
aginary safe full Of money inside,
and when he got the window open he
came face to face with about 600 tons
of barley, which was piled square up
against il. As n road agent he has 10.
Gated for FOL ced tolls in IN extremely
Improbable place. II is the poorest
''diyide" he ever came to, aud he
hasn't made half whisky money, so far.
The fellow must be u lunatic aud should
he taken to the County Hospital, or
charitably shot by somebody who viii
go "6xed" for him some of these dark
nights. We wan. something of the
kind done with him Immediately, for
during our reportorial career of tho past
five years we have by close economy
accumulated S23 20, which snug little
pile we fully believe this Internal scoun-
drel is Laying for" We shall not
pass over the Divide after dark while
that unprincipled wretch infests it.
METHODIST BALL Al ViRGISIA.-The
Fair, for the benefit of the Methodist
Church, at Athletic Hall, Virginia,
terminated with Il very pleasing ball, on
Monday evening. 1t hardly being con-
sistent for the church members to father
this ball-as they regard dancing os II
sin-they conseSted that some OF their
worldly-minded friends should shoulder
the sin, with the express understand
ing, however, that the church should
pocket the coin proceeds of said ball.
That's the way we " whip the devil
round the stump" here in WaShoe.
Those words in the good Book, the
wages OF sin is DEATH do not apply in
this case. Where, during the progress
of u Church Festival or Fair, those
little gambling arrangements, termed
"rafles, rare freely countenanced, sure
", to wind up with n ball is not nj all
inappropriate nor sinful. In the Ian
guage Of Doc. Lee "Oh ! consistency,
where art thy jewelry?'
POPULAR Boor AM SHOE SToRE.-The
philadelphia Boot and Shoe Store, No.
% South C street, Virginia, is an old
established and favorite place for the
ludics and gentlemen Of Virginia and
Gold Hill to 60 and buy their boots,
shoes and other things in that line.
The assortment to be found there en-
braces n we'll selected variety Of the very
bost qualities of boots and shoes, ladies',
misses and childrcus' balmoralS, gai-
tiers, slippers, etc, all of the very best
Eastern and San Francisco make, and
most fashionable styles, all of which
are for sale ut reasonable cash rates.
Boots and shoes also made to order, At
short notice. p. Martin, Jr., brother to
NJ. Martin, the former well known pro-
prietor, now deceased, is in full charge
of the store, and invites IN increase OF
the present liberal patronage, guaran-
teeing satisfaction. See advertisement,
in another column.
LOOK Our FOR SrOvErIPES.-Durlng
the last two or three days we know OF
no less than two or three cases ut Viz
ginia Of fires originating from defective
stoyepipe-ouo on South G street last
evening, which was e~Ntinguished with
out n general alarm. Had the lire got
q good start in either case, the high
wind prevailing would have rendered 1t
a difficult matter for the Fire Depart
ment, or any other man, to arrest the
progress of the flames before a vast
amount Of damage had been done.
Many stovepipes from not being cleaned
out are getting pretty well filled mp with
SCOT, and liable TO catch fire inside, III
which case they directly become red-
hot and liable 10 communicate IRE To
any wood work or iutammable material
near by. We have not had any fire
alarm of this kind to report IN Gold
Hill of late, but caution is the word.
Look we'll to your stOvcpipes.
xDExAND.-A dispatch from Treasure
City, over the grapevine line, this
morning, says that miners are in de-
mand in that city Mt wages varying from
from 81 90 to 81 % per hour, and are
employed Stopping from the roofs OF
buildings TO the open air above, aud III
running drifts and cross-cuts from the
esting-houses to the saloons. II was
Thought the connection would be made
bstwesn Forbes 4 Co.'S saloon and Bal
liuger K Henly's restaurant on the llth ;
meantime, the cross-cut from the
drift, to O'Conuor's saloon had reached
within u few feet of the door-sill, and
the end of the cut was in lemon peels
and broken glass.
BALL OF THE LIBERTY BoYs.-Let all
tho lovers OF dancing in Gold Hill aud
vicinity bear fully in mind that the fifth
annual ball Of Liberty Engine Company,
No. l, Gold Hill, t%ranspircs at Theater
Hall on the evening OF Monday. Feb
rusry 22d, Washington's Birthday. The
lists Of various committees having the
programme of this ball in charge. can
be seen in another column. Let every
body, having the good of that grand
property saving organization, the Gold
Hill Fire Department, Mt heart, be pres
ent on that occasion, and add to the
endowment ms well ~ to the profits.