Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-12-10

ATRLCAusS-TIE VI
THE wEEK-THE HOLIDAYS
"A PEEP INTO A FEW STORE
WINDOWS.
i . SAN FRkNolsco, Dec. 0, 1870.
The recent discoveries Of extensive
diamond fields at the Cape OF Good
Hope has directed the attention of our
ubiquitous prospectors tothe possibility
that precious stones may also be an
item In our own rich endowment of
natural wealth, a possibility that has
been strengthened by the receipt OF a
small parcel Of rubies, garnets and
brilliants from Arizona, where they
had been washed from the gravel by
the finders. Other large and valuable
specimens are said to have been thrown
away as the miners did not recognize
the gems when in the rough. One OF
the brilliants will cut three carats and
according to the experience Of the
lapidaries will then be worth about
$500. But as Arizona Is too far of
and Its native residents are too much
addicted to playing unpleasant pranks
with travellers scalps to justify fathers
OF families in rushing in that direc-
ton, it may be interesting to know
that there are several we'll authenti'
Gated instances of precious stones hav-
ing been found in our own State. A
diamond Of great brilliancy was dis
covered In the immediate vicinity OF
San Rafael, Marin county, on the 2lsi
of October, while digging we'll. II
was found ten feet below the surface
in a b!ueish-yellow clay and was
valued by a jeweler in the town al
fifty dollars. l can vouch for the
accuracy Of this fact. About three
years ago several small gems were
| washed from a claim near Columbia,
In Tuolumne county, and they have
also been discovered near Campo Seco,
in C~alaveras county. Most Of the dia'
monds were Of very small size, the
largest not exceeding two carats, but
with these facts in remembrance II
would not DO n bad plan for prospect
ors to keep 4 look out, for 1t Is not I'M
possible that in times past they may
have occasionally entertained al
angel unawares" in the shape Of
jewel In the rough.
Omcial Theniricals.
The annual exits from official life
and the annual entrances thereto BY
members of the multifarious Board.
and Commissions that 4 wise Legisla
ture considers necessary to the safi
government Of the city have taker
place during the past week. In tn
Board Of Supervisors the action Of TIN
play has been-exit the Ring, the IN
famous, peculative, brigandish Ring
and enter honest men. In the Boar
of Fire Commissioners we have hat
comedy In the election of the renowned
Reynolds into the Presidents chair BY
his own vote, and undisguised prcpar
ations for the acting of tragedy
namely : the decapitation of the pres
ent unpopular Chief of the Fire DE
partinent. In the Board Of Education
the curtain has rung down OH Bonn
bastes Furioso Sinton, half Of his col
leagues, and Oh Mr.. Denman, Super
| intendcnt of Schools and the curtain
IN. rung up OH sundry new member
and OIL Mr.. Widber in the character o
new Superintendent. Standing behint
this gentleman the minds eye can SCI
n strlinge looking monster Of recen
birth. rivaling In appearance the I'm
couth creation Of 4 dyspeptic'S night
mare. 1t has the face Of a shrewisl
woman but the body Of 4 man and 1t
forehead Is tatooed with curious pic
lures Of men In ~pctticoats and womei
In breeches. In one hand 1t graSps
banner noticed "Woman's Rights
and the other Is laid menacingly OF
70 miiraiiismr which is pointed a
the head of the unhappy Superintend
ent, ready to annihilate him If he doe
not offer the position of Deputy Super
intendent to one of the creatures owl
sex. In the Board of University Re
gents the exit has been on u large scale
4 whole medical Institution having
walked of the stage; or, In otIej
words. DIR. II. II. Toiand having sough
to crafty a natural pride by requiring
that his own name should be forever
affixed to the college he had founded
the Regents have declined to accep'
his gift Of the valuable property ten
dered them. Such have been the varied
movements Of onr governing power:
during the last few days-movcmentt
that disclose almost rs many motives
rs can be found by running through
the names of them In the dictionary
from "amtitioa" 10 zeal"
Tho Approaching Holidays
are already indicated by the improved
appearance Of the store windows. The
corner groceries have removed the
mortuary remains Of last summer:
flies from their window shelves, re.
placed the fly-speckled cans Of Cove
oysters with a brand-new row, taken
of the top layer of d~nst-covered mac
caroni, that has laid In its fringe o
blue paper so long that memory recalls
not the time to the contrary, and made
their windows gay and festive by the
mathematical distribution Of sundry
brilliant-hued Christmas candles-can.
dies that are so far above the ordinary
grocery dip that the plebeian presence
of the latter seems almost an Insult to
the aristocratic green aud blue wax Of
the newcomers. The dry goods stores
have taken In their "Fall Sacrifices"
and are now Offering bargains in win
ter dresses and bonnets at a trifle less
than cost, Just to show that the heart
of n dry goods man is not wholly In
different to the gentle influence Of the