Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-02-16
Departures.

SA'sA
seen by official announcement in
another column, Andy Welch, OF the
famous Sa. Francisco Restaurant, Main
street, Gold Hill, is going to give n
grand ball on the evening of St. Pat
rick's Day-March 18th. Now this will
be II ball worth going to. Tickets, in.
Guiding supper, will be SIS. The dane
ing will be done in the ine new hall in
the second story Of the building, and
the supper will be gotten up in Andy's
best style, regardless OF expense, in the
San Francisco Restaurant, beneath the
hall. The best band Of music in tho
State is already engaged. Dan Lyons
will be the floor manager, md n glance
ut the lists of gentlemen comprising the
invitation committee is fully sufficient
to assure all hat this social terpsi-
chorean party will be well conducted
and an occasion Of great enjoyment.
Goxg FROM OUR GAzs.-Ex-Spcaker
r. d. Ferguson, in connection with
whose name ''frailty" has oiton been
iuappropriately mentioned, has depart
cd this Washoe life, much to the sorrow
OF numerous friends and others onvious
OF his superior success, wisdom n
good looks. lie has gone to that bourne
whence no traveller ever returns without
telling wondrous tales OF the richness
thereof, and conflicting stories about
the death of the snow. Ferg. left Vir-
| cinia for White Pine on the stage this
morning. He possesses plenty OF check,
| talent, brass, and other requisites, and
we heartily wish him success.
A GoAr SroRY.-The other evening q
lot of hay to make beds with was being
sent down the Imperisl-Empirc shaft to
the miners confined below. A very in-
ouisitive Dutchmau happening to be
present asked n carman what that hay
was being sent down for. sob = re-
Piled the carman, "ccrtainly, that's
for the goats down in the mine
"Goats in der mine? veil, ply shinsO,
das is der Wrist dime | ever knowed dcy
kept goats down in dat mine. Das is y
goot plan now | 'spose dey has ON to
bull der stock. Yaw, yaw, d"s is it py
Shorge.'
PRIVATE SNALL-Pox llosPIrAL.-A
limited combination Of transfers took
possession of n small, vacant house, on
| tho Divide, in Virginia, II few weeks
ago, and very quietly converted it into
n private smallpox hospital, for their
own use. Since then, no less than
| three Of their number have beon sue
| cessrully treated for the disease, at that
house, and the fourth one is just recor-
criug from it. 1t has operated excel
lently we'll thus far.
CALI roRxIA PASSENGERS. - Through
passengers from California will proba-
bly, arrive on the stages tonight, and
those leaving on this evenings stages
for California will doubtless 20 through
without difficulty, according to latest
adviccs from the Summit. Mr.. Sides,
the agent at Virginia, states that he viii
star, tho 10 o'clock stages this evening
nearly or quite M hour ahead OF time,
on account of the state OF the roa TO
Reno.
Monumental, ATTENTION THE menu
bers of Monumental Engine Company
No. c, on the Divide, nrc officially no.
tilted in our advertising columns to-day
that an adjourned regular meeting OF
that company takes place this evening
at II o'clock. A full and punctual at
tendance is requested for the transaction
of important business.
Observation-Disclosures arc all
the go, and so are Professor Beals' new
stylo of cartcs de visitc. These cards
arc among the finest we have ever seen,
aud we advise all who wish II good pic
ture of any kind to call at the Gold Hill
Photographic Gallery, and they will be
sure to receive good work Mt the hands
Of A. J. Beals.
No MoRB SMALL-roN At SILvER.--The
last ~patien. has been discharged from
the Niger R.vinc p~est-housc, and
there is not at present II single case OF
the disease in Silver City. DR.. Kirby
has been very successful in his treat
mont of the disease thus far.
DIED OF S~uALL-rox.-A rumor is
quite prevalent at Virginia to-day thai
Frank Henderson, formerly one of the
bus drivers between Virginia aud Gold
Hill, died Of smallpox at Austin two or
three days ago. Hope the rumor is not
true.
WIRES UP.-The wires Of tho Atlantic
and Pacific States Telegraph Company,
which were Frustrated by the late storm
in the Sierra, are now up again in good
working order, and full arrangements
are made for keeping them so hereafter