Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-02-28
JUBILEE NOTES.
NUMBER FIVE.

SAN FRANCISCO, February %, 1870.
En-. News: Time flies, and with 1t
the great musical jubilee is fast draw
ing to a close. Tomorrow is the last
day. 1t certainly is a grand triumph
ant success, such as the people Of the
Pacific Coast may well be proud Of,
considering the short time which was
devoted to preparing for 1t. see no
reason in the world why 4 ten thousand
singer jubilee, with a thousand fddles,
several harps of a thousand strings,
and twenty-foot bass drum could not
be got up here, just as easily as this
very good twelve or fifteen hundred
singer arrangement.
CLOSING Exercises.
This afternoon the great pavilion
was again crowded, every seat being
occupied, yet there were less people
thronging the %promenades In each
wing of the building. The Star Span
gled Banner, America, the Anvil Cho-
rus. and all the other choice pieces
already presented, were Included In
the selection given, and the same
grand effects were produced through
out. Tonight the great hall Is cleared
of seats and other impediments, and a
grand ball is progressing there, the
largest and best ever known here.
The band officiating consists Of one
hundred pieces, the select of that great
Jubilee orchestra, and the immense
hall brilliantly lighted and gaily deco
rated, Is like an enchanted palace.
Well, you can imagine the rest.
The. proceeds Of this ball are to be
given as a sort Of complimentary &C
acknowledgement to Madame Camilla
Urso, for her untiring energy and en-
terprise in getting up the Jubilee.
What the proceeds Of the Jubilee have
amounted to | have not learned. but 1t
is certain that the Mercantile Library
Association have realized n very gen
erous sum, thanks to Madame Urso.
Tomorrow the Jubilee closes with
another grand chorus Of 1900 school
children, and the admission will be
rendered to two and four bits, In order
that all may afford to see the fun.
So gloriously terminates this great
American Jubilee, / haven't heard
anybody propose blowing up the big
drum with nitro-glycerine, but It
ought to be done by way of an appro-
priute wind-up.
Tho Sasebrushsrs.
Our Choral Society enjoy increased
popularity the longer they stay. Their
receptions at the Cosmopolitan are
considered the cream of choice places
Of resort for fashion and talent, as well
rs the proper rallying place for all
good Washoeites. No other delega-
ton receives such attention ; In fact
they are almost looked upon as the
principal clement essential to the tri-
umphant success Of the Jubilee. They
have made their mark In this festive
affair, and will be long remembered
by the San Francisco people. They
were furnished with special compli-
mentary Invitations to tho ball, by
Madame Urso herself, and have been
the continued recipients Of marked
favors and attention during their stay.
As l stated in my last, they leave on
their way homeward next Monday,
stopping In Sacramento that evening,
in order to give q concert for the benefit
Of the Howard Benevolent Association,
| think the population Of Virginia and
Gold Hill must be pretty we'll thlnned
out at present, Judging from the great
number Of home taces ! meet at every
turn. You will see most Of them back
again next week. Quite a number are
here trying to better their fortunes, and
go waddling about reading tho signs
and gazing into show windows, looking
iHnra Up.
There are more men straying about
here in that unhappy condition called
"broke," than I ever saw anywhere.
Plenty Of these fellows Just naturally
run on shape and talent, and never
spend q cent, because they haven't got
one. They r a perfect famine on the
free saloon lunches, and can swallow
more cold ham; corned beef, bread,
cheese, and other edibles, In bigger
chunks and In q shorter space Of time
than anybody you ever saw. They
carelessly saunter up to the lunch ta-
Bile, pick around as though taking q
little bite merely by way Of pastime,
quietly gobble down mouthfuls that
would choke a Columbiad, and IN Just
half q minute go just as carelessly
sauntering away the way they came,
only 4 couple of pounds heavier. They
have the thing reduced to a perfect sys.
TEN, never cumming twice In success
sion at the same table, but thus levy
contributions on every free lunch In
the city. They are quite honorable
aud considerate in that respect. And
such low-minded "strikers" as they
have here, you never saw the like.
Why, last evening / was standing on q
street corner talking to q friendrM when
one of those deprayed fellows walked
up to us and actually asked for fee
to buy some crackers to cat.
What a demoralized heather. l never
had a striker mention less than four
bits to me over at Virginia or Gold
Hill. This picayune mendicant Is a
disgrace to his profession, yet after all
perhaps Chicago competition has some
thing to do with this decentralization In
the Bay city. shall leave soon this
Ave cent beggary Is Q little too rough,
ALI. DOZEN.
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