Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-10-29

ID tuC eGOOLiu Wv "a
Ing but 8 per cent. below Chicago, ana
five fold above the average increase Of
the country at large.
The Advaasass 81 n Good Name.
4 In the destructive fire Of Thursday
night week, Miller & Haley, of the
Empire Mills, lost property valued at
$780, 600, on which they had only $1,000
insurance. At the time of the calamity
they were employing $50 men, and
were the only firm in the city running
full time, having enough contract work
on hand to last all the winter. The
day after the fire the men In a body
went to their employers aud offered to
work thirty days for nothing IN put
ting up a new building. Milton 5.
Latham, Of the London and San Fran
cisco BankAtham whom there Is not q
more generous or f~ar-sighted business
man in the State-rendered this offer
unnecessary, by placing Mt their dis
posal the South Park Planning Mill, on
Berry street, at the same time telling
them that they could draw on his bank
for $500 Thus a good name stood
them In good time.
|g- A Joke On an AstroIoEer.
was In n restaurant yesterday even
ing when DR.. Cohen, the celebrated
astrologer," came In and seated him
self at the next table. "What will
You have for dinner tonight, Doctor?"
asked the waiter, as he placed napkin
and knife and fork before him, and
carefully brushed the crumbs made by
the last diner from off the table cloth.
"Give me a veal outlet and a bottle Of
wine," said the student of futurity,
and mind, I'm in a hurry" The
waiter disappeared, but III another
moment WIS again beside him: "Doc-
tor, can you tell the present. past and
futur?" eyes" replied the unsus-
pectlng seer, with visions of a request
for hint about the winning number
in the approaching lottery evidently
floating before his Imagination. "Then
why In Ill.," Numbered the irate
knight of the napkin, "didn't you
send for q veal outlet when you knew
there was none in the house" There
was q prophet less at the table the mo-
menI after, and to-day my favoritc
waitar is replaced by a new hand.
Tho Rain Tint Dscsnn Come.
"The earth Is weary waiting, wait
Ing for the rain," and the prophets
who so persistently predicted an early
winter, like the generality of prophets
in all ages and all climes, are found to
have known just rs little about the
subject they were predicting as it was
possible for prophets to know. A fort
night ago there were so many indica-
tions of coming storm, that nine peo-
| Dle out of ten would have said with
confidence that the f%reshening showers
would ere now have slaked the thirsty
ground, but up to the present moment
not a single drop of rain has fallen.
Asa California poetess writes:
Oil tho Earth Is weary longing,
Longing for the rain;
Longing for The cloud. wrap mountains,
Longing for the leaping fountains,
With their elamorous murmurs thronging
To the silent plain
Oh! the Earth 10 weary longing,
Longing for the rain.
Though, as Winter has already spread
his snowy mantle OH the WaslIoe
Mountains, you may not appreciate
the sentiment rs fully as we do here.
The Two "Rnparees."
The Metropolitan Theater opens its
doors tomorrow night under the man.
agement of Miss Sallie Hinckley, the
piece selected for the occasion being
B%oucicault's new drama, "The Rap
paree." Miss Hinckley has paid Chas.
Wheatleigh, who is B%oucicault's Amer
lean agent, $500 for the exclusive priv
ilcgc of playing this production In this
State /; but, to her unqualified aston
ishment, the California Theater has
also procured n copy Of the same
--latest sensation" and announces 1t
for Saturday night. 1t Is well known
that foreign authors have nc protection
under our laws for their productions,
but Boucicault cvaded this by taking
out his declaratory papers Of citizcn-
ship, without any intention of becom-
ing q real ciCis Americdnns. The new
copyright law has o clause meeting
this contingency, so that any n can
now use DiOn's dramatizations without
penalty. Our copyright laws have al
ways been 4 disgrace to the country,
and this new instance of hardship to
both author and actress is only another
small item in the long list of wrong.
An Aciress' Nuptials.
The oft-to.be-wcdded but not yet
connubiated Miss Melville will really
embark on the matrimonial sea In a
day or two, Mr.. Derby, Private Secrc-
tary to Ben Holiday, being the happy
man. JACK IIoRSER.