Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-11-09

AS~SSRs SAHS Nv
positors) this offer has been followed
BY an official announcement that the
bank Is In a delicate position, and that
an extension Of six months time will
be required from deposi.ors, In order
to avert a similar fate to that Of the
California Savings and Loan Society.
AS en- extension appeared to be tile
only thing that could be done in the
premises, 1t has been generally agreed
to.
AaAvcrtcA Calamity.
The majority of San Francisco little
know that they have narrowly es-
capped a great calamity. A fortnight
ago DR.. Scudder had a brother named
Ezekiel, with sundry little Ezekiels
staying with him while waiting for the
departure OF the China steamer. Anvil
famous delegation from the First Pres
,byterlan Church. had the hardihood to
extenda call to this new scion OF the
house Of Scudder. rendering him. UNI
told shekcls Of silver and gold if he
would only accept the %pastorate Of
their flock. Fortunately, lndia's coral
strand had a prior claim on.the shcp-
herds services, and thus the commll-
nifty was spared from the most harrow
ing infliction, that the wicked ingenll-
ity Of these Presbyterian deacons could
devise.
mineral Performance.
A question involving the decency Of
the performances at the melodeons
and underground concert halls is likely
soon to come before the Courts. The
last Grand Jury in Its report says that
these places are q hot-bed of immoral
ity and ~obscenity, and regrets that it
has not time to formally indict them
rs such. 1.-THE boys who attend such
exhibitions" the jury reports, ''almost
invariably become detased men," and
the men rs certainly become hardened
criminals. The proprletors Of these
places of course deny the assertion in
toto. They. claim that they provide
cheap and rational amusement for the
masses, and that the performances are
conducted in an orderly and decent
manner. The Grand Jury also calls
attention to the posters Of these cstab-
lishments, which, it thinks, depict the
human form In rather too scanty n COS
tune to subserye good morals. This
complaint is. certainly well founded,
but might have applied with equal
force to the advertising bills Of the
British Blondes, for when they were
here, the walls were covered with pic
pictures of fascinating looking dam
sells, who fully cxemplifled tho saying,
Beauty, whom unadorned, Is adorned the
most"
The next Grand Jury will 90 into the
whole matter, and Gndcavor to devise
n practicable remedy for the evil, while
the proprietors of these establishments
propose to engage the best counsel and
resist all attempts to interfere with the
conduct of their business.
The Rnin
Has come ut last, but in 4 vc,y feeble,
undecided kind Of a manner. It had
not drizzled moro than an hour or two
before the streets resumed their nor
nal winter condition of unbelievable
mud, and you would never have sup
posed that such n compound word as
STRENGTHENING" had extracted some
tens of thousands of dollars from the
municipal treasury since the last spring
shower. Long boots, w~ater-proofs
and umbrellas are again indispensable
dcspised hats and rejected pants arc
again made to do duty, and o~yercoats
that have had q summers rest arc
again brought ont and brushed up for
winter use. As every drop of rain Is
n grain. of wheat, We bear with the
wet weather as plllosophically rs those
who can't help themselves are wont to
do. JACK HORSER.