Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-03-03
EVENING NEWS.
Ret.ra Frsa the Jubilee.

Retara Frsa the Jubilee.
Having got back from the great big
Musical Jubilee at San Francisco, hap
PLY safe and sound, perhaps a few
more Jubilee notes" and narratives
may not be unacceptable, in the present
absence Of any very sensational matter
in the way Of local items.
THE RESULT.
The great Jubilee, with its long-to-
be-remembered grand volume Of vocal
and instrumental music, its huge drum,
the thunder Of artillery, magnificent
and interesting scenes, and fine, awe
inspiring effects, has passed away
among the things of the silent past,
to be remembered as a glorious, rich,
harmonious dream. When one con-
siders the newness Of the country, and
the general difficulties to be encoun-
tered In achieving so brilliant = result,
it seems little less than a grand mu-
steal miracle. During the five days of
its continuance, upwards Of 900 per-
sons were in attendance, and over
$50, 900 was realized, Of which nearly
$50, 900 will be the actual nett pro-
ceedS devoted to the worthy object for
which this Jubilee was ~inaugurated.
The precise figures will be soon ascer-
tanned and officially announced.
ROLLING AWAY.
The great jubilee closed on Saturday
with 4 grand concert by l,200 or 1900
school Children, after the style Of
Thursday previous, already described
in our '.Jubilee Notes" ut the time.
Instead of staying to see it, We pre-
ferred taking q short trip out in the
country, so at Sia that morning we
found ourself ON board the cars start
ing out tor san Jose. Passing through
among the broad green pastures and
rolling hills of the Mission Dolores,
the verdant plains. groves. grain fields
aud fine ranches Of San Mateo, Menlo
Park and Santa Clara, at IL A. VI. we
rolled calamity into the ancient city of
IA JOSE.
This always was 4 city, from the
time the Spanish race, under the aus
pices of the old Mission Padres, erected
the first ..adobe" house. 1t don't look
ancient any more now, but on the con-
trary, the older 1t grows the newer 1t
looks. The great changes and improve
ments during the last seven years since
we had been there were very marked
and noticeable. There was the noble,
fine looking new Court House, and
plenty ofother new and handsome brick
and stone buildings, all erected to-
Yether with concomitapt signs Of ma
terial progress. since the advent Of the
LOCOMOTIVES, and ~ a natural result
thereof. Wherever railroads are built
i'm this country and the iron horse goes
clanking along, progress and improve
ment accompanies and follows. The
streets are handsomely laid out, and
trees. vines, flowers and shrubbery
abound everywhere, indeed San Jose
is n Of the great garden spots OF the
earth. The people appear to be con-
tented and happy-naturally so, anu
not particularly In consequence OF any
extra degree Of rigid virtue, as we
know Of. San jose Is a little behind
the times as regards theatrical anuse-
ments. no regular theater being sup
ported there. This, we were informed,
Is because the numerous straight
backed preachers there won't allow OF
such things, If they can avoid 1t, but
always try and pray such seductive
wickedness out of town when they
visit there. A few prayer meetings
can generally settle a minstrel troupe,
and il necessary 4 religious revival,
with exercising bells, Or a big camp
meeting will be brought effectively to
bear on a well organized and persistent
dramatic troupe. The consequence Is,
that the vast amount of sin naturally
belonging to so large q community Is
smothered down and has to be perpe-
trated OH the sly, and theatrical amuse-
ment seekers go to San Francisco for
their favorite diversion. instead OF
spending their money at home. This
class we found largely composed the
theatrical audiences ut san Francisco
during Jubilee week. We heard Of
one extensive rape and black mail case
while there, but nothing else of 4 very
sensational nature. The place sup
ports two or three newspapers, n
best of which Is the Mercury. q well
conducted, ably edited sheet. San
jose Is constantly Increasing in growth
and wisdom. and hopefully losing all
impeding relics Of old fogyism.
A HOP FIELD.
We have often heard Of the hop
of San Jose, and during
short stay We had the pleasure Of visit
ing the most famous Of all the hop
fields or ranches thereabout. 1t is that
of II. w. Coo, Esq, about q mile out
of town, in the rich willow lands bor-
derinQ the Los Gatos Creek. Mr.. Coe
Is a Genial, straightforward business
man, and somehow got the nickname Of
"Hop Coe" applied to him-not that
he IL o Chinaman by any means, or the
employer of Chinese, but In order to
distinguish him from Others OF the
same name. His hop field Is the
largest, containing about so acres, and
The hons raised by him are considered
the best in quality. He supplies most
of the breweries In that section, and
even ships hops to New York and
Europe. Hops. Us we'll as vines Of
every description, flourish well around
san jose.
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
Taking passage in M OF the COM
Portable cars Of the Western racine
Railroad Company. we roiieu ou
Jolly rate across the country, around
the head Of san Francisco Bay, up
through Alameda Canyon. where we
formed a junction with the road from
Oakland. Passing through Livermore
Valley, we were soon dashing across
the broad plains of the San Joaquin-
not particularly fertile just now, and
the cattle and work animals pasturing
thereon moi at all fat. The river was
up over its banks. A short pause at
Stockton, and away We rolled again
across the Mokelumne, and the broad,
fertile, well wooded and watered coun-
try to Sacramento, where, after q stop
of twenty-five minutes, we found the
locomotive rushing Us Off over the
plains and homeward bound toward
old washoe. At the summit of the
Sierra we found only about six feet OF
snow as vet, although there Is hope and