Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-07-08
ARRIVALS AND DEpARrUu ~.
Departures.

Nh Clarke Major Eaton Henry Lahower
II Berry and wife
GONE EAsr.-William z. Bennett,
80 long and avorably known in con-
nection with the stage department Of
Wells, Fargo & Co.'S, ut Virginia,
took his departure OH the evening Of
the Fourth of July for a trip over the
great continental railroad. in order to
pay Il visit to his relatives and friends
in Canada and the East. During the
past nine years Mr.. Bennett has been
In the constant employ Of Wells,
Fargo 4 CO.. without losing a day;
therefore he can well be afforded a
short furlough now Of a month-the
time he proposes being absent. A
more faithful nan to the true interests
of his employers neve was seen, and
in all cases Of emergency Bennett was
the one to step forward to the rescue.
Whenever the roads yer the Sierra
were blocked up by the fierce wintry
SHOWS, and the mails were cut of,
then was the time Bennett was highly
available. He made more than n
trip over the mountains OH snow shoes
with the delayed express, and during
the lively competition of Wells, Fargo
& Co. and the Pacific Union Express
Company, between Virginia and Reno,
last year, Bennett became decidedly
famous from his daily blackboard par
ticipatiOn in the ace He Is q very
quiet but exceedingly effective man in
his way, and We say what we do now
from long personal acquaintance and
observation. He has q host of friends
to wish him a safe journey and speedy
return.
LAKE TAHOE - STRANGE LIGHTNESs
OF TN WATERs.-All who have at
tempted to swim in the waters Of Lake
Tahoe must have been startled ut their
strange lack of buoyancy. Good
swimmers launch forth into the lake
with the utmost confidence in their
skill, and ut once find themselves
laundering and only able to keep
afioat by the most strenuous eXertions.
Going Into Lake Tahoe after SWIM
ming In the generality of lakeS-the
lakes and streams of the valleys-iS
like attempting to swim In fresh water
after having learned the art In salt
water, or even more trying. The
bodies of persons drowned in the lake
are never e after they have once
sunk. OF the five white persons
drowned In the lake, not Il single body
has ever been recovered or even seen.
The bones of all are still in the lake.
How many Indians may have been
lost In It's waters in times past nc II
knows. Pine logs float in the lake but
q very short time, then sink never
again to rise. In places far down
through the crystal fluid are to be e
resting upon the bottom great quanti-
ties Of slabs, logs and lumber. The
specific gravity Of the water we do not
Know, though We believe it has been
o than once analysed. 1t certainly
q bold In solution but n very slight
per esnt. Of minerals OF any Kind
Enterprise.
Curious IDEA. - At the opening
Bittner 4 Co.'S hardware store, yester-
dsy.f for the insurance agent to make
his Inspection, we also took a peep in
to see the damage inside. The rear
norton suffered most, the fire at that
end Of the building having burnt down
through the roof and destroyed every
thing. but ut the front end the goods
still remained upon the shelves, much
damaged, Of course, for the heat must
have been terrible, judging from the
different articles of brass and other
metals which were melted down. But
TO our eyes the strangeSt effect OF all
this great heat consisted in the idea
that many of the shelves were not even
charred, but simply bore the appear
ance of being strongly smoked, yet
those articles Of brass, ETC., had melted
down as they stood upon them. The
molten metal had not ignited the wood.
and those shelves were evidently baked
with the extreme heat, yet IN would
naturally suppose that degree Of heat
would have burned them to ashes. The
insurance agent stated that he had
often noticed this singular idea before
I'm other cases ola similar nature where
CONGREGATIONS had occurred. One
would hardly suppose that wood with
stands heat better than metal, under
certain conditions.
Brine DoGs.-We learn from the
Enterprise that a dog was killed in that
city yesterday for biting a little boy
and afterwards biting n mar who
"went for him." Mention is also
made of several other bad dogs in that
way, who have In times past bitten
people, and the item concludes with
Ne following just remarks There
.fOo many dogs of all kinds In the
snd none should be kept except
>aps who really have some use
tSr Them They are dangerous pets in
this country, even In their playful
n,nods o,,nds-eyen the slightest
from their teeth OF nails are liable 70
superinduce erysipelas.'
r,ur At ENpIRE.-We learn from the
Carson appeal, that Il dwelling house
owned and occupied by Or. Jim Hope.
VIZ Engineer at the yellow Jacket
Mi WAS DESTROYED, with its contents
bv lire. Yesterday morning. Cah.e-
aS far as can be guessed 9eie nv,
stoyepipe. No insurance. Lo'' ~"
estimated.
Ohm FELLOWS ELEcrloN.-At the
last regular meeting Of Carson En-
campment, No. 3, l. O.. o. F., the ioi,
San,3p1 officers were elected: James
p"h;nson. c. R.; George L, Gibson
n NJ B. Dow, S. W.; \. J..
aa,,srs Scribe; George Tnfiy, Treas
nrer: George W. Crystal, J. W.