Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-01-13
THE EVENING NEWS.
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ON Main street, Gold Hill, with a bum
die Of papers under his arm, when
nearly in front Of Flagg's Bank he
was suddenly and Unexpectedly as
s;,ulted and knocked down by q man
named GriH Williams. (Not Riff Will
liams, the former Chief Engineer OF
the Virginia Fire DEPARTMENT. Will
liams was promptly arrested and taken
before Judge Cook. He pleaded guilty
to the charge Of assault and battery,
giving as his excuse that the man had
been talking about him, and he could
not stand It any longer. Judge Cook
fined him 81 50, which he paid and
LEFT. Wiegand went to DIR. Halls of
flee and got his right eye dressed, il
being very severely bruised and cut,
apparently from the blow Of the fist,
which knocked him down. He received
no other material bodily injury. The
true cause Of the attack does not clear
" appear at present. In conversation
with Mr.. Wiegand relative to tue mat
ter, he informed us that he did not
know who struck or what 1t was for
he only knows that he was used mighty
rough. He desires us 70 state that he
believes the man made a mistake, tax
Ing him for somebody else, therefore
he holds no revengefal or malicious
feelings toward him.
FILTHY PLAcE.-The dirtiest spot
Of 100 yards in extent we know Of in
this section, Is OH tho Divide and
within the most northern boundary OF
Gold Hill. II is on the main thorough
fare between here and Virginia, other
wise we would not speak of it. At
that particular point waste water from
Derby s. Bass stables distributes itself
over and across the street. just below q
China wash-house gives q similar con-
tribution. followed up after the same
style BY the sewer of the Washington
House. The effect Is to render the
street filthy, muddy, icy, aud gener-
ally 4 nuisance to all passing AMI
mals or vehicles. Even this nastinesS
il materially added to by the black
cinder dust. and similar dirt overflow
ing or packed out from the Fulton
Foundry. 4 large lot Of that dry.
black, dusty iilth Is carefully deposited
along the opposite side Of the street
from the foundry. 1t makes neither
good sidewalk or road, and those who
put It there know Il, or ought to, be-
sides being Objectionable in n high
wind. We submit these points for the
special consideration Of the Town
Marshal. or the Mayor and Board Of
AlIa-n.ap IF Gcl1 HILL
Tir CARSON MINr.-The appeal says
that when the new Mint at Carson
starts Into coming operation. silver
dollars will be. coined to order-not as
n general thing-an amendment to the
Mint laws being necessary for that.
The following is u list of the officers,
clerks, and employees attached to the
Mint: 4. Cur, Superintendent and
Treasurer; i. ID. Hetrich, Assayer
and Acting Meter and Refiner; Geo.
Atwood, Assistant Assayer; +. W.
Staley, Acting Conner; G. G. Lyon,
Chief Clerk; II. j. Peters, Treasnrer's
Clerk; I. Mcconnell, Coiner's Clerk
II. w. Berthrong, Calculating Clerk
u. S. Eldredge, Weigh Clerk L. r.
Hofer, Copying Clerk; VIM. Smith,
Engineer; VIM. Mann, Assistant En-
gineer; d. II. Lentz, Plumber; John
Felix, G.. W. Bryant. Meters: G. h.
I.aughlin, Deposit Meter; Thomas
Higgins, d. l.. Dougherty, Annealers
II. B. Siocrm, Roller Il. p. Frank
lin, Refner; W. J.. Cowan. Captain
OF Watch; Ed. Wore, Carl o. Apple
burg, Andrew Wright, Watchmen
Wellington Stewart, Messenger; Ed.
Wartman, laborer In Assay office; Z.
McCarty, fireman; VIM. Lynch, por-
ter.
New HAVEN OYSTERS. - Eugene
Bittner, of Gold Hill, who il rusti-
eating in New England, sent a keg of
fresh oysters to his partner, Judge
Hall, which came to hand fresh and
sweet this morning, over the Pacific
Railroad. The Judge sent us q lot OF
them, for which he will accept our
thanks. They are the frs: oysters
from the New England coast that we
have tasted for many a year. Ihe
best way to cook fresh Eastern oysters
Is to fry them In butter with crushed
crackers.
OFFICERS ELEcrEp.-At the annual
meeting Of the stockholders Of the
Gold Hill Quartz Mill and Mining
Company. held at San Francisco last
Monday, the following gentlemen were
chosen Trustees: NJ. J. Mcdonald.
Z. G.. Venard, John II. Turney, y.
Hcmmc and L. lmhaus. Subsequently
NJ. j. Mcdonald was elected President;
Il. Wegener, Secretary; II. Huguet,
Superintendent Milton S. Latham, Of
London and San Francisco Bank,
Treasurer.
Nor "RIrx" WILLIAMSBURG friend
Riff Williams, formerly Chief Of the
Virginia Fire Department, called on
us at half-past l o'clock T.. ". to-day.
and requested us to distinctly and
specially state that 1t was Griff Will
liams, another mar entirely, and rot
he, Riff, who committed the assault
upon Conrad Wiegand ut noon to-day.
Riff says he has troubles and sins
enough of his own to attend to, with
out shouldering those Of Others.
EXTRA 'BUs.-Doug.. the bus driver,
requests us to say to the people Of Gold
Hill that two omnibuses will run,
going and coming, on Friday evening,
to Piper's Opera House, so as to give
all a chance to visit the theater and
see the famous Brignoli Opera Troupe.
The buses will leave Gold Hill at a
quarter past ! O'Clock, prccisely-so rs
to reach the thcater just at the proper
time.
GRATIFYING The assess
ment of 81 per share on the stock OF
the Wheeler Mining Company, levied
on the Goth Of September, was day
before yesterday rescinded; where
upon a divi6r end of a5 cents per share
was declared, aggregating $1,000. pay
able on the 18th Instant. The mine Is
located at Pine Grove, Esmeralda
County, Nevada.
The PIxLEY's.-.The Pixley troupe
gave a very pleasing performance
says the Appeal, last evening, at the