Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-10-08

town to-day, Is destined to become an
object Of attraction.
A wall Aaeat.
To knock q man down bleeding to
the deck, strike him sever or eight
times With club, put him in irons for
three days, and furnish him with only
one glass Of water and a biscuit during
that time, was decided on Wednesday
by q San Francisco jury to be no offense
against the laws. Every month YES
sells come Into port whose crews COM
plain Of the brutality Of their captains,
but 1t Is rarely, very rarely, that any
thing Is done In the, matter. In a few
days q murder casewfI be tried before
the U: s. District Court that will reveal
one Of the most horrible series Of out
RACES at sea ever. perpetrated, but not
withstanding that the evidence Is said
to DO conclusive. 1t would be unsafe to
predict a conviction for the full crime;
for after, Quinn and Barney C%osgrove's
escape, 1t seems that murder has alto
gether ceased to be murder.
No ReCormatfsu.
The Pioneer Society did not justify
their Presidents good opinion by abol-
ishing the obnoxious bar-room. After
a heated discussion they decided that
it was n convenience and a necessity,
and that unless 1t was desired that each
man should carry his own private bot
tie with him, the saloon must remain.
So water has once nor succombed to
whisky, and King Alcoholics the tenn
perance men call Bourbon and lager
has won another victory.
MisinE FiEures.
The following figures about Washoe
mining stock, are collated from the
commercial review of the trade and
commerce Of San Francisco for the last
nine months, published In the Erening
Bulletin: Dividends paid-Chollar Po-
tosi, 1922, 900; Hale Il Norcross, 1884,
900; Keutuck, 5000; Sierra Nevada,
1900. Market value Of stock In
Washoe mines on the 1st Of October,
1888, 81. 500, OO0. Same date In 1859,
1885,, 200; 1870, $4,923,O0O
A Gold Bank.
A gold bank, authorized to issue
notes redeemable In gold, will COM
mence business here In a week or two.
1t will be known rs the First National
Bank of San Francisco, and has a cap
ital stock Of 81 0O, 900, all of which
has been subscribed for.
A CsasunptIve statc.
The agricultural counties are calling
for an extra session Of the Legislature,
to make a new apportionment Of
representatives, based on the ems Of
1870. II is now certain that California
is the only Western State that will fail
to show an increase Of population dur
ing the past decade. Oregon has more
than doubled In numbers. Your "
State, which In 1860 was regarded as
little more than a wilderness Of desert
and mountain, has 10Y a population
of 10000. Washington Territory has
been peopled with about 10000 plo-
neers, and even Arizona, with all the
disadvantages of constant Indian war
fare, has made an appreciable progress.
OF all the Pacific sisterhood, California
| alone has been Mt q staudstill. 1t Is
true that, to q limited extent, she has
been the reservoir from which the
others have drawn some Of their popu-
lation, but 1t Is not sufficient to explain
why a great State like this, that should
be throbbing in every artery with a
vigorous life, should suddenly stop In
her growth and languish like n con-
sumptive girl. That we have a disease
IL certain. What It is, nobody seems
to know. So until we find out 1t Is
impossible to apply a remedy.
Tfs0A DO, JACK HoRNER.