Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-07-25

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Republicanism was the real cause of
his removal, though of course other
pretexts were alleged. Our Fire De-
partment will In future be the head
quarters ofpure, undef1led Democracy,
and In addition to combating the de-
structive element, members will be
expected to combat destructive tenets,
be lively at the primaries, COLOMBO
doubtful Wards, and be generally as
active and efficient political slaves as
they are active and efficient firemen.
Mining Assessmcnis.
Much complaint has been made by
shareholders, because no notice of the
last assessment OH Lady Bryan was
published in the California papers. No
mention was made Of 1t In the stock
circulars, and very few knew anything
about it until 1t became delinquent.
Owners here think the advertisements
were purposely omitted to give insid-
ers q chance to sell out.
Hsw Fruit 10 Wasted.
Passing along the city front one day
lately | heard a great yell from sundry
juvenile throats and turning aside to
ascertain the cause discovered that 1t
was a vigorous protest from youthful
San Franciscans against the destruc-
ton of half rotten fruit. Three teams
loaded with boxes of figs, strawberries
and aprlcots, were backed up OH the
wharfand the teamsters were throwing
the fruit In the bay. Six tons OF figs,
two of Strawberries and two OF april
cots were thus disposed of, and further
inquiry elected that 1t was a daily oc-
currence. The market, 1t appears, is
overstocked with these delicious pro-
ducts, and sooner than reduce the price
of them they are destroyed. This Is
but one of many instances showing the
| wrong policy that governs our business
transactions. Fruit Is a necessity In
this climate /; 1t Is poured into our laps
with an abundance that ought to place
1t within the reach of all, and yet the
retailers keep the price so high that
people with small means have to con-
tent themselves with very little Of 1t.
The dealers will not accept the situa-
ton, but still ask and expect to get,
prices only suited to the flush mining
times of early days.
Dali Time.
Two second class hotels, three res
taurants, and fifteen or twenty saloons
have either voluntarily closed out
business within the last few weeks, or
fallen victims to the Sheritf's hammer.
Even the What Cheer House, that
grand stay-by for the distressed In
pocket of all nations, has felt the ne
cessity for retrenchment, and the
library and reading room in the rear,
where loafers of n literary turn for
years did ~congregate, has been shut
up, and q melancholy looking "To
Lei" In the side window on Leidsdorff
street, bears testimony to the dizziness
of the times. The cheap restaurants
have reduced their prices to the lowest
limit Of possibility. Ham and eggs
for fifteen cents, omelettes twenty-five
cents, green turtle soup ten cents Ice
cream ten cents, are the ruling rates
for those luxuries, but even with thes.
eplcurean inducements, business Is not
brisk. There never was such o falling
off In the appearance Of any place rs
In that of the What Cheer House. 1t
used to be a by no means small city In
itself. A throng. of new arrivals from
the East and the interior poured from
every boat into Its portals ; the street
In front was crowded with Its guests,
| taking their a 8 on the sidewalk, the
large room was filled with silent
| smokers, and resounded all day with
the tread of people passing In and out,
| the court in the back was almost i'm
passable with conversationalists, OF
|. people watching the stencil plate
marker at work, the library was al.
ways full of searchers after cheap
knowledge, and the old razor strap
man cried his wares, and lied about his
medicine, In the full certainty of reap
ing q pecuniary reward. In those hal.
! cyon days the beds were always full
| the restaurant did a thriving trade, and
the safe held as much money OH de.
post rs many banks. Woodward's was
renowned far and wide as the cheap
est, cleanest, and most comfortable OF
places Of resort for strangers, toilers,
honest miners, travellers by land and
sea, In fact for everybody except wo-
men and children, and the rules Of the
house rigidly excluded them. So 1t
vas looked upon as a San Francisco
institution, and correspondents OF
Eastern papers would describe 1t as a
curiosity, and sketches of tho Califor-
MIA caravansarie were always In clrcu-
lation, accompanied by columns of
startling statistics, showing how much
| provender 1t daily consumed, and how
many gallons Of water were drank
therein, and how much per day 1t cost
for salt and pepper and all these par
ticulars were entered into with tho
mlnuteness and the inaccuracy Of tho
Book of Numbers. But Goldsmith's
village, In the days Of Its decline,
never exhibited a more distressing
change than has come over this famous
hostelry. Sacramento street In front
of the main entrance Is no longer
blocked with the hotels population
the portals, once a fashionable resort,
have now only a few solitary loungers,
the large hall gives back a vaulty echo
to the tread Of number tens, the court
Is deserted, the stencil man has taken
up his bench and walked, the library
Is closed, the razor strap vender ioenter
Of numberless What Cheer House ira
ditionsl cries "Buy yer razor straps
and expounds the merits Of his'"rhea,
matlz" medicine In vain, the beds are
tenantless, the restaurant unpatfon.
lied, the safe without Il dollar, and q
general look of decay hangs about the
entire premises. Even the cobbler
who saves soles on week days and souls
on Sundays, and stands OH the steps OF
the Pacific Mail Steamship Company's