Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-08-24
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with a camel hair brush, will cause
writing to disappear from paper, and
II o weak mineral acid Is afterwards
used, the ink will not reappear. A
solution Of gum arabic and white of an
egg restores the "signing to the pa
per. When the brothers were arrested,
Detective Lees searched their rooms
and found q small bottle containing q
white powder. He had this analysed
with the above result. It Is possible
that this Is q new contribution to
chemical science, as the Professor who
made the analysis said that he never
heard Of such a mixture before, but
had been experimenting with 1t re-
Gently and found that 1t removed writ
ing almost simultaneously.
A4 1seaIiag . Yacht.
l told you in my last Of the man who
stole ten tons Of iron, thinking that
such a feat was worthy of a passing
notice, but as an effort of kleptoma-
MAN genius 1t sinks far belowwhat has
since occurred. Captain Finerty is the
owner Of the yacht Mermaid, of twenty
tons burthen, q neat, %fast-sailing craft,
Us we'll known to longshoremen and
stevedores as Emperor Norton to the
Montgomery street store-keeper. He
left it securely fastened by a hawser to
the wharf while he came up town to
attend to business, and on his return
could hardly believe the evidence OF
his eyeslght to find that the vessel was
decidedly non est. A fruirless search
was instituted along the water front,
the nautical f~requenters of the wharves
were closely questioned, the men work.
ing OH an adjoining ship were pumped
for information, and the police were
notified to telegraph round the bay,
but the utmost vigilance has so far
failed to discover her whereabouts, and
Captain Finerty Is still sorrowing for
his missing Mermaid.
Blossom Rsek.
Colonel Won Schmidt has been kept
a long time out of his w~ell-earned
SO, 900 for destroying this submarine
obstruction. Government only ac-
cepted the work on Saturday last, after
first taking careful soundings. The
water Is now twenty-four feet deep Mt
all points, the debris having been
washed away and lsose rock removed.
The lurking reef exists no longer ex-
cent on the mariners chart, and an
official notice will 500 remove that
last record of Its position.
Rscing swindles.
It Is we'll known that half the so
called races at the various tracks are
put up Jobs for the purpose Of swim
ding the public out Of their bets and
gate money. A couple Of years ago
racing fell into such ~disrepute that
few respectable citizens would attend
a meeting, and although there has
been a great change since then, the
cloven foot sticks out rather conspicu-
ously. Cheating is so much a part Of
horse racing, that when everything Is
conducted on the square 1t Is cause for
unfeigned surprise; so to prevent any
Ill effect arising from the exercise of
that sentiment, the crowd who assem-
bled at the Pacific race track on Sat-
urday afternoon were treated to their
regular swlndle, with barefaced accom-
paniments.
The second a G advertised III the
bills was a single dash Of two miles,
between Norddle and Deringer, for 300
q side. Soon after the start 1t was APP
parent that Norldle had 1t all his own
way, and that nothing but foul play
could prevent him winning. Judge.
then, Of the feelings Of those who had
wagered money OF the event to see
the rider saving away Mt his horses
mouth and holding the animal back by
main force, and falling In these at
tempts to check his speed, deliberately
guiding him off the track. The throng
Of people present Immediately got ex-
cited and said 1t was a put up job.
Several hundred men made q rush for
the Judges stand, calling out that 1t
was no race and asking them to declare
all bets off. The owner Of Norddie
was called for, and the rider also. The
latter, a small boy, confessed that he
was ordered to lose the race, and this
so exasperated the crowd that when
his employer appeared he was set upon
by several persons, who struck him,
knocked him down twice and inflicted
other injuries, generally comprehendcd
under the legal term Of assault and
battery. AS soon as Mr.. Ward had
regained his feet he attempted al ex-
PLANTATION, but was mobbed off the
course without a hearing, and debarred
by the judges from again using the
track. This decision was loudly ap-
plauded, and Mr.. Ward Is now some
what disgraced. The moral Of this
Incident IS, cheat cleverly or else not
ut all, and don't get found out.
Exit Winn.
Warrior Winn, Of the Eight-hour
League, who has passed himself off for
many years as a workingnen's Moses,
who was leading the laboring tribes
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