Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-10-01

VALUABLE Books FOR THE HOME
LIBpARY.-"B ingley's Natural His
tory is the title Of we'll printed and
finely bound volume Of 1900 pages,
just issued by C. F. Venet, Cincinnati.
1t is full of interest to every one, but
Is especially valuable to the young STU
dent. as we'll as for instructive reading
in the family circle. 1t exhibits, in a
series Of delightful anecdotes and de-
scriptions, the characteristics, habits
and modes Of life Of the various beasts,
birds, fishes, insects, reptiles, molusca
and animalculcs Of the globe ; and the
whole forms a clear and full account
of nearly every known species in the
world. Embellished and illustrated
with 1000 spirited and accurate en-
cravings, and the author is Rev. W.
Bingley, A. NJ. We have never teen
a work on that subject prepared in 80
attractive and comprehensive 4 form,
and heartily recommend it to the at
tention of all, being highly valuable
for both information and reference.
Every family should have at least one
copy. Notwithstanding the evident
great labor and expense in producing
such an important work, the subscrip-
ton price Is placed so low as to bring
1t within the reach Of all, the great sales
Of it being supposed to atone tor the
small profit oil. each volume. 1t is
sold only by subscription, and the
young lady who has me- with
such universal success, ~oanvaSsing
for it at Virginia, will commence can
wasting in Gold Hill on Monday next.
She Is also canvassing tor another very
interesting book. 1.-The Life OF Charles
Dickens, by Shelton Mackenzie, L. l..
D.. Literary editor of the Philadel-
phia Press, with Personal Recollcc-
tons and Anecdotes, Letters Of Boz
never before Published, In Prose and
Verse, with Portrait aud Autograph Of
Dickens" Published by Il. b. Peter
son & Brothers, Philadelphia. 1t gives
q very interesting sketch Of the great
novelist's life, early career, and his
tory TN to the time Of his death. The
book contains nearly 500 pages, and Is
very neatly printed and bound. Like
the other book mentioned, 1t Is sold
only by subscription.
Town TAxEs.-People who are sub
ject to town taxes in Gold Hill have
been fully notified when their assess
ments would be due, and that they
would be delinquent on the Both OF
Sentember. Tax Collector Crandall
has 10Y turned over to the Town At
torney, J. H. Harris, Esq, the list OF
delinauents, who, no doubt, as he Is
CAV young bachelor attorney, will deal
With them kindly and cheer their
Young hearts. But, like fire In q gem
! eral conflagration, the law Is heartless,
| with blood as cold as a snake-and re-
CARDS no ones rights who does not
ante-up.
OLD IRoN.-LaIge quantities Of old
iron, from q horseshoe to an old steam-
boiler, the accumulation Of years, have
been gathered from the different black
smith and boiler shops at Virginia and
Gold Hill. and are being shipped to
the San Francisco rolling mills. Breed
& Crosby, the well-known hauling
contractors at Virginia are the enter
prising individuals who have been
doing up this old iron business. We
presume they find profit In 1t by load
ing their teams down to Reno when
they 90 there for lumber to haul to
Virginia and Gold Hill.
PICK AND PISTOL AssAUIT.-A dis
pute occurred near a we'll at the upper
end Of Gold Hill yesterday evening,
between Dave Pierce and John Hill
Pierce's right to get water there being
disputed. The rerult was that Pierce
tried to pierce Hills head with q pick
that lay handy, and subsequently, find
ing he was getting the worst Of the
battle, drew q pistol. Hill went and
had HIM arrested, and this morning
Judge Cook made him pay $50 for the
pick business, and will try him next
Tuesday OH the charge Of carrying a
concealed pistol.
SIDEWALK TRAPs.-The sidewalks at
Virginia thanks to the watchful care
of Chief Downey) are in pretty good
condition, generally speaking, yet We
occasionally hear Of people stepping
through holes in them, as for instance
a gentleman got n of his shins pretty
badly barked yesterday morning by
accidentally stepping through a hole
on north & street. Just south Of Pi-
per's Opera House, for instance, and
cleo naar tha VIRGINIA House. the side