Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-10-22

dairy produce, and this Is especially
true Of milk, which affords such oppor-
tunity for a%dulteratlon. During the
last Legislative session an net was
passed declaring it unlawful for any
person to scllsor distribute impure or
unwholesome milk, under a penalty Of
not less than 800, and ordering the
Health officers and Inspectors to dill
gent prosecute any person violating its
provisions. These gentlemen have been
making some preliminary inquiries,
and have brought to light a few un-
pleasant facts respecting the manufac-
ture of tactical fluid. 1t appears to be
customary ut the diaries to add about
one quart of water to each gallon Of
milk. Then. to conceal the dilution,
q quantity Of creosote Is thrown In.
sometimes varied with flour, burnt
sugar and chalk. These give the milk
n rich. thick, creamy appearance, and
1t Is then sold to the dealers, who make
n further addition of one-third water.
At the hotels, restaurants and street
diaries It of course receives more tap
mixture, and Is then permitted to
reach the consumer as q pure, unadul-
terated article. Two or three years
ago there was quite an agitation about
"swill milk" and the records Of the
Health Office show that one-fourth of
all the infantile deaths were to be in
directly attributed to the deleterious
| character Of this supposed nourish-
ment. The Board Of Supervisors then
passed an ordinance prohibiting Its
sale. but the Supreme Court decided
that our city stepfathcrs had exceeded
their powers; so 1t Is more than likely
that even the genuine fluid, fresh from
the COW, and prior to the manipulating
processes, Is merely the product OF
still Stops and decayed vegetables.
Is New billiard Balls.
Billiard balls are about the last
thing in tho world that one would
Imagine to be susceptible Of improve
ment ; nevertheless, a firm in this city
has demonstrated the possibility OF
such n thing. Instead Of ivory, they
are papier mnche, and covered with a
coat Of collodion. The cost Is only
one-half that Of the ivory balls, and
they are more elastic and nearly rs
indestructible.
Lottery Tickets
are now selling for 80 each at the bro
kers'. At the regular office no more
can be procured until Wednesday,
when the residue In the hands Of the
agents will be offered to the public.
In the meantime only country orders
will be filled. #.#- es,. 10 =
The Harrison Street Homestead
Association (Which Is in reality a
lottery, although incorporated under
the homestead laws-does not find Its
| 200. 900 shares, at twenty-five cents
each, selling as rapidly as could be
desired. The mode of distribution to
be adopted Is, that the person holding
the share of the same number as the
one that draws the first prize in the
Mercantile Library Lottery is to be
entitled to the property, and the Others
renounce their claims.
Another Move OF The Central Pacific.
That commercial anaconda, the Cen
trail Pacific Railroad Company, is
slowly but surely stretching Its coils
round every main line of travel on the
coast. The latest rumor Is that the
California Steam Navigation Company
has sold all its property to that corpo-
ration. If the report Is true, the con-
troll Of the river and bay navigation
between this city and the interior
passes into the hands of Croker, Stan
ford & Co. :
Wholesale Robbery.
For several months past the police
have been notified by various people
of the loss of sundry articles, Of such
a cumbersome nature that 1t seemed
almost impossible they could have
been stolen. Buggics, farm wagons,
express wagons, large scales, jack
screws, sails, rope, spars, and even n
steam engine of tive-horse power were
among the missing articles, and they
disappeared so completely that neither
owners nor detectives could form any
idea respecting the abstractors. Last
week one Of the police learned that q
suspicious looking old man, dwelling
on First street, occasionally dealt In
ships rigging very much cheaper than
1t could be procured elsewhere. OBJ
tanning a search warrant on chance,
the officer visited the premises, with a
result that exceeded his utmost antici-
pations. In the flooring of the house
was O trap-door "a regular Ledger
story trap-door-beneath which flowed
the waters OF the Bay. Peering down,
he saw q row Of boats, and each boat
boat was filled with enough assorted
plunder'to crafty the p%roclivities Of q
Democratic Legislature. Whale boats,
whitehall boats and dingles speedily
had their claimants. Fagin was arrest
ed, and the police quickly followed up
the clue thus obtained. The old man,
1t seems, had a partner away up on the
banks Of the San Joaquin, and al
| stolen articles of agricultural value,
such rs farmers wagons, gang plows,
steam engines, thrcshing machines,
etc, were forwarded to him, and soon
found purchasers among. the farmers
In that section Of the country, ut re-
m%uncratlye rates OH cost. Mr.. Volt
that was the virtuous appropriator's
Eame-was doing q more flourishing
wholesale business than many Of our
Front street houses, aud he swcars that
when he establishes his innocence
somebody will have to pay for break
ing up his legitimate occupation. q ID
A Great Fire. 2c.-
The most destructive fire We have
had in San Francisco for many n day
visited us last night. 1t commenced
at the Empire Sawmills, about nine
o'clock, on Fremont street, and spread
so rapidly that 1t was soon found nee
essary to sound q general alarm. At
| eleven o'clock the whole eastern por-
ton Of the city was lighted up by the
confsgration, until the streets we're as
light as. at MONDAY. a volcano of