Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-09-14

at Niblo's, In conjunction with Barrett
and Davenport, and was so pleased
with his reception that he telegraphed
to a friend here that he had four calls
before the curtain.
The Fairs at Stockton, Marysville
and Sacramento arc perfect godsends
for our unemployed professionals.
They enable them to put in a profitable
week In catering to country visitors,
and the theatrical business Is ut present
so dull that n few nights employment
Is q consideration. -Maguire's Opera
House has to bow to the inevitable,
and will In future be used mainly for
variety entertainments. Managers
say that during the whole Of their San
Francisco experience they never knew
such n general apathy oil the part of
the public rs at present prevails. The
fact Is, residents proper have been
oyertheatcred, and will now patronize
almost anything in preference to the
stage. The German Sanitary Fair Mt
the Pavilion took in over $4,000 in
three nights last week; so 1t Is evident
that 1t Is not altogether lack of money
that causes the depression.
Another Visitation.
Just when We were congratulating
ourselves that the Eastern excursion
season was over-that clergymen, cd
itors, B~ostonians, lecturers and Boards
of Trade would bother us no more
until next spring, the announcement
Is made that n train of ticket agents,
representing the various railroads Of
the United States and Canada, and the
steamship lines between New York
and Europe, is Oh its way to this much
visited city. Tile party-one hundred
agents strong-is expected here OH the
18th instant, but fortunately will not
be able, to remain long, as Chicago
requires them to assemble In Conven-
ton on the 18th, for the purpose OF
having n talk about freight and passel.
ger tariffs. If evcra convention needed
to he opened with prayer, or needed
praying for, it will be that one: Their
guilty souls are burdened with enor,
nous charges, eXtortionate rates and
goods miscarried. 1t will pay for
evey congregation In the land to re-
member that crowd In their next SUN
days supplirations, and ask that their
hearts may be opened to sec the error
of the high fares that have hitherto
governed their permanent ways.
And stiII Another.
As II this announcement was not
enough calamity for one day, it is
more than whispered that We are to
have n revival of the billiard mania.
Arrangements are OIL foot for n match
game between John Deery and Joseph
Dion, brother of grille Dion, who
was defeated by Deery in the contest
for the diamond cue. J.. F. 3. McCleery
has also cha llengcd Little, the present
holder Of the champion silver Il of
the Pacific coast, to play n game for
the championship and 5000 \ side, so
that between tho two we arc In for n
first-class infliction.
Tho Lick House Ball.
John NJ. Lawler & Co., the Lick
House proprietors, have issued nearly
5000 invitations to the ball to be given
OH Thursday night In honor of General
Sherman. Some Of the invitations
have straycd up your way, as notice
y. Harris, Of Washoe City, and Nd
Gray, Of Gold Hill, amongst the list.
The entertainment will be n very cx-
| pensive one, but as nm advertisement
of the house will be well worth all
| that it costs. Much rivalry exists Mt
present between the Lick and the
Grand. Both have agents at Omaha
to intercept the California-bound pas
senger. and telegraph If necessary for
suites of rooms. The celebrities arc
the principal prizes commended for, as
a titled name or distinguished individ-
ual will always attract a dozen
moneycd nobodies, anxious to follow
in the footsteps of the great parsonage.
The Marquis Of Sligo and Sir George
Grey are at present the Grand's prizes,
"a General Sherman Is that of the
Lick. The Lick is becoming recog-
nized as n military and naval head
quarters, and officers of both services
generally make for it OH their arrival.
Searching for Opium.
Quite n number Of British officers
were on the wharf this morning Oh the
arrival of tile China steamer TO watch
the process Of searching for opium
Batches of twenty-five Cinnamon are
let ashore with their baggage, and are
instantly pounced on by the Custom
house officials. Baskets are opened,
bundles united, bamboo canes broken,
every nook and corner of Johns
worldly effects infinitely examined. a
chalk mark placed on the baggage,
John himself quickly but thoroughly
inspected, and almost before the aston
ished Celestial knows that Inc Is ashore
he Is pushed with his heap Of broken
and disarranged goods on ono side and
told to take up his traps and walk.
| Only twelve women came oil this trip.
and 1t Is satisfactory to see that the
protests made against the immigration
Of prostitutes have nearly put q stop
to their arrival. JACK HoRNER.