Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-06-16

suggested to US, by pretty good au-
thority, that the reason why the viii
famous highwaymen and footpads who
have been making raids into Gold
Canyon, from the Divide down to
Silver City, for some time past, and
who live and partly forage in their
calling In adjoining counties, have not
been followed and captured in their
lairs Of vice and rascality, by some Of
the peace officers in Storey County, Is
because Of the Internal and niggardly
meanness Of the Board Of Commits
sioners Of Storey County, In not allow
Ing pay for services rendered for the
public good In such cases. We pre-
sumo the suggestion Is well founded
as It Is not the first one, either in SIM
liar or other matters. A peace officer
Ia confined to certain limits Of duty,
and when he performs that duty rs far
a he can, he cannV be expected to 60
further without assistance from head
quarters. As regards the highway
scoundrels who are raidiug into Gold
Hill almost nightly, and robbing our
people, to the public 1t looks as II We
had better entirely dispense with any
assistance whatever from the pubic
authorities at the County Courthouse ;
and II It becomes necessary some dark
evening to hang UP culprits on q drum
head court martial verdict, 1t Is to be
hoped that the example of summary
Justice may prove a warning to too
confident would-be c~onservators Of the
public interest and security which they
have wofully neglected, by being too
parsimonions. There are times and
circumstances when ~forbearanee
cease to be q virtue"
He SMELr FIRE. - jenkins came
home from the theater the other even
ing, lit his candle and carefully threw
the match into all old spittoon in the
corner. Just as he was getting into
he'd he fancisd he smelt fire. Now,
nothing in the world could startle Jen-
kins more than the suspicion that the
house was on fire. This idea Of being
burnt out Of house and home was too
sensational altogether, and a strong
smell as of burning cloth and paper
directly caused jenkins to jump into
bis trowsers and boots right lively. he
liz his candle and now he imagined ne
could see smoke coming up through
the cracks from the rooms beneath.
Ont be bounced In his shirt sleeves,
and down stairs, rousing not only
those sleeping below, but the neigh
bors on ali sides. No sign Of fire could
be found anywhere, and Jenkins was
looked upon as either drunk or tenn
porarily insane, until In self-vindica-
fion he invited all the half dressed
alarmed and indignant neighbors up
TO his room. where the smell OF smoke
stir1 plainly p~erceivable, yet no
dre. jenkins and his neighbors sub
aided. and when the smell was all
0one he went to sleep still firmly con-
yinced that he did smell fire. The
HACK cinders Of some scraps Of waste
n that happened to be In that spit
loon where he threw the match the eve
ming before showed that jenkins was
rioht. He did smell fire. He don't eS-
plain to the neighbors, though; not
much.
BrILIaERESr.-A brutal fight, says
the Carson Appeal, occurred last even
ing, at about s O'Clock, between two
drunken IrIshmen, on the street near
the Theater Hall, opposite Judge
Whitman's house. One OF the men
was struck in the face by the other
mans fist when the party first struck
nicked up q stone nearly rs big as ones
head and hurled itat the other, striking
him I'm the face and knocking him
s~.nseless. His face was terribly
bruised, and, judging from appear
ances, the bones of the nose IN Jaw
must have been badly Jared, II NOT
Crushed. Sheriff Swift being Informed
Of the fight, proceeded to the spot ana
took the two belligerents into custody.
MINING AccrDENrs.-It Is gratifying
TO note the scarcity of mining accidents
occurring of late, as compared to the
Sren,ent horrors In that line so COM
mon a few months since. We almost
fear 10 write this congratulatory item,
however, lest 1t should be immediateiy
followed by a series Of these sad n
PAINFUL episodes for they, like other
misfortunes, seldom come singly.
MAIN SrREEr.-Our principal street
here in Gold Hill never was in better
condition than at the present time,
thanks to the good foundation and fill
ing in 1t was given a year or two ago,
and the commodioustown sewer, which
carries of all waste water. The street
Is also kept we'll sprinIled.
SIERRA VALLEY WHEAr.-We saw
seven large wagon loads of wheat ar
rive at virginia this morning from 81;
ezra valley. 1t Is a fine article, and
OF last year. ssso rlY K Is said. will not be
sscood. as the grasshoppers have In
iured The crops In that section consid-
erably.
ASSESSMENT LEvIEp.-An assessment
Of SS per share Is levied on the capital
Au,aricap MINING Com