Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-12-28
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SAN FRANcrsco, Dec. &c, 1870.
If any one had told an Eastern Wis
itor on Saturday night that we were,
passing through tho worst period 'of
financial aud commercial depression
vet experienced in our limited history,
the statement would have been received
with q look Of incredulity almost as
deep as that Of sunday-school scholar
when he listens for the first time to the
wonderful adventures Of Mr.. Jonah.
For Christmas, with a touch rs magical
as that of the fairy in the plays, who
with one stroke Of her silver wand
transforms the Halls Of Zimmerman
darkness into the Abode Of Bliss and
Beauty, had 80 changed hard times
into lavish expenditure, and gloomy
countenances into cheerful faces, that
it seemed quite impossible that any
other condition Of things should ever
have been known, or that the talk
could ever have been Of "lost trade"
and general bankruptcy" The prin-
cipal streets were so thronged that In
many places they were nearly impass-
able, the stores so full that customers
could not be attended to, the markets
so crowded that every n said they
ought to be enlarged, and the saloons,
restaurants and other places where
people most do congregate, for good
cheer of eating and drinking, so busy,
that 1t really looked as If. the city was
bent on spending its substance. and
had only a few hours left in which to
accomplish the feat. zga.tsa 3 1
Religious Services s'0
The midnight mass Mt the Roman
Catholic Cathedral ON Christmas eve,
and the religious services at the various
houses of worship yesterday were very.
largely attended, People who mover
90 to church at any other time make
an exception in favor Of Christmas, In
order to hear the singing. At st.
Mary's Cathedral the choir was rein
forced by the best voices in the city;
and at the Church Of Notre Dame the
French Philharmonic Society, assisted
by the Carandini Concert Troupe, vol
unteered their aid to give efeottoths
beautiful music by which tile Catholic
Church celebrates, the great Christmas
| festival. The Protestant churches
likewise rendered their anthems With
all the choral effect that they could
procure, Sc, that from these causes the
congregations were in many instances
larger than could be accommodated,
and at the Catholic Cathedral, DR..
Stones Church and the Church Of the
Advent, hundreds of would-be wor-
shippers could not obtain admittance.
Charitable Pedestrianisn.
The principal event Of to-day has
been the pedestrian match between
Kennoyan and Maxwell. They were
supposed to walk to San Jose and back
for a purse of $1,000, but the SUPPOSE
ton was a pious fraud, for the purpose
Of raising an excitement, getting a
crowd together and then collecting
money for the orphan asylums. As
the object was SO praiseworthy, people
shut their eyes to the, transparent de-
ception Of the match, believing, per-
haps rightly, that the end Justified the
means. In order to give eclat to the
occasion, q military company turned
out to meet the men ON their return,
] and as the pedestrians came down
Market street 4 committee Of influen-
tial citizens passed round their hats for
contributions, with 81, 500 as the result.
With the exception Of this very small
excitement, the day has been in no
manner distinguished from q Sunday.
Tho Csslcst ,suicidal Attenpt on
o. Record.
The smooth surface of society some
times hides much genteel indulgence
and distress. Poverty does not always
wear a ragged coat and down at heel
boots, but occasionally dresses in
broadcloth and fine linen. An illus
tration Of this occurred last night. A
young man who has been working in
most respectable circles and Is said to
be q cousin Of Stephen Massett (Jeemes
Pipes, of P~ipesvillel went into a res
taurant on California street and calling
for a bill of fare, marked with his PEN
Gil a list of the dishes he would have.
The list Was selected with o care that
showed him to be a Judge of good liy-
ing, and he proceeded to devour 1t
with evident satisfaction. After two
hours devoted to gastronomic duties he
ordered a two dollar bottle Of wine,
but as the waiter thought that the bill
was increasing quite fast enough with
out this addition, he brought him one
of less price. A cigar and q cup Of
coffee concluded the repast, and hay
ing thus finished what the diner in
tended should be his last earthly meal,
he coolly leaned back in his chair,
drew a single-barreled pistol from his
pocket, placed the muzzle between his
teeth and fired. But instead Of trans
ferring him from Time to Eternity, as
he not unreasonably expected would
be the case, the bullet merely grazed
the roof Of his mouth, cut the palate
and then Joined the soup, entrees,
roasts, dessert and wine, In the diges-
tive regions. He was not even stunned
by the discharge, and never for = mo-
ment lost his self-possession. As soon
as he had cleared the blood from his
throat he ~apologized to the proprietor
of the restaurant for staining the floor
and furniture, and seemed specially
concerned because no had spoiled his
trousers. His utter as%tonishment that