Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-10-12
SAN FRANCISCO LETTER,
r,,o. oun REGULAR coaaIsroSDEsf.l
NEWS THE LOT
TRRY-A LIVING sKRi,ETON-
DOLLAR sTORRs CHINESE
FUNRRALS-LITRRARY Cos
ara aU0DURD PARTY.
San FRANCISCO, Oct. 10, 1870.

Our sports and fancy men are much
disappointed at the determination. of
Chandler not to enter the prize ring
again. Dwyer, who was beaten BY
Chandler about seven years ago, Is said
to have wonderfully improved in SCI
ance and muscle since then, and his
we're very anxious that he
have an opportunity Of once
more trying his mettle with his old
antagonist. Chandler finds that poll
tics pays better than fighting, and
his position as a delegate from
the First Ward to the last nominating
convention as an excuse for not again
pugilistic pursuits, and no
amount of persuasion can induce him
to forego this resolution.
A Walking Feat.
Sheppard, the man who recently
walked los hours without rest or sleep,
has gone into training for a match with
Kennovan, another pedestrian, Of local
fame. The terms of the agreement
state that they arc to walk until n
or the other gives in from exhaustion.
Ten MINUTES each twenty-four hours Is
to be allowed for change of clothing.
The stakes are 5000 a side, and the
winner Is to get the gate money.
The Lottery.
As the time approaches for drawing
the Mercantile Library Lottery, the
interest In the event notably increases.
'rwenty-four thousand tickets are yet
unsold, but there is no likelihood that
any of them will remain OF the man.
ayers hands. Last week over $4,000
were disposed Of, and yesterday
orders were received for $1,000 worth
various places In the interior; 80
that IL the demand continues as brisk
until the end, they will be at u pre-
MUM before the wheel Of fortune
Its first revolution. The dream
ers of dreams and believers In lucky
numbers, who at the commencement
of the enterprise offered such large
sums for certain tickets, have appa-
rently found the numbers they wanted,
or come to the conclusion that one
ticket was rs good as another.-for they
have long since withdrawn their re-
All opposition-clerical and
died ont, and Monday fort
night Is now looked forward to with
brightest anticipations by many
thousands. 1t will be virtually a holi-
day here, for. those who do not care to
crowd into the Pavilion will be too
eager to learn the result to feel much
inclination for working.
A I.ivIag skeleton.
named Price, arrived in the city q few
days ago from Barnum's Museum. His
weight Is fifty pounds, but
he has been making n hog of himself
by feeding up to sixty, so he has to
down to his normal condition
appearing in public. Dwarts
and fat boys are California's specially.
Barnum saw. that they would be no
novelty here, so lie has dispatched
ghastly visitant to overcome us
with wonder.
A subdaed Party.
Since Moneys departure, a solemn
has fallen upon his late col
For six weeks Winn has
to thunder against "grinding
capitalists" for six weeks Carey has
had nothing to say about the "IIay-
then Chinese" The eight-hour
leagues, the Crispin warriors, and the
military companies who were going to
solve the Chinese question by force Of
arms, have subsidized into peaceable
citizens, their war spirit has completely
e~vaporated, and the most stirring APP
peals could not now call together
Of them to capture a wash
house. If Coolieism and Anti-Coolie-
ism have only received their quietus
the winter months, the Arch
absence will have been pur-
very cheaply, especially by those
who were neither depositors o stock
holders IN the Loan Society concern
Mooney has again been heard from. A
dispatch from London, dated October
ith, was received the other day by n
in the bank, facetiously
Inquiring how much money they had
Oh hand. Mr.. Clarke, tho Register In
The Court of Bankruptcy, Is holding a
thorough examination into the Socle-
US affairs, and all the light that ran
be shed on its management Will be
forthcoming before the proceedings ter
inmate. Out of 1900 depositors but
,42 have yet agreed to withhold their
upon the bank for q year. It Is
Intended to send the agreement to
those who reside out Of the city, and
request them to afix their signature.
It is yet doubtful If the Society will
ever resume operations. 1t certainly
If the lawyers once get ut the
and they are trying very hard
10 reach them.
Chinese Funerals.
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