Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-09-16

DISTINGUISHED DErARTURE.-George,
most familiarity known among those
who love him best, as "Beany "Irwin,
Is going East to visit that extensive
part Of Uncle Sans dominions, and
see his old mother and relatives IN
New York, whom he has not seen for
eighteen years. He leaves next SUM-
day, as 4 delegate to the Republican
State Convention at Elko, and after
settling the question as to who will be
the next Governor, and occupy the
other State offices, he will switch of
and make 4 raid into White Pine,
where he and Jack Perry have estab-
lished considerable commercial rel
ations. After telling the Pogonippers
all the latest new from tho seat of
war and the Comstock ledge, he will
60 back to Elko, there to take the cars
and roll off over the big railroad to his
childhood's home in the East. Beany
only weighed 70 younds when he left
his old mother to cmigrate to the wild
Pacific shores, and now he weighs q
ton, lacking a few pounds. Most Of
this ponderosity he has accumulated
while living here in the happy land Of
sagebrush, where he has always been
considered a man Of weight and res
probability in the community. All
sorts Of mammoth vegetables, big
beets, etc, have gone East Is speci-
mems Of what we can raise on the Pa
cific coast. but Beanv Irwin goes as n
big specimen brick from Waslioe. He
will do. Colonel Jack Hays had him
down to Gold Hill yesterday. showing
of his fine points, and says he has en-
gagged n special car to carry Beany and
his lunch over the road. He will be
only gone about six weeks, If they have
good luck in getting him through and
back.
TIE New CLOTHING STORE. - Our
old friend, Joseph Barnert, the pioneer
clothing dealer Of Virginia, whose
we'll known store, at the coruer of c
and Taylor streets, afterwards C
pied by Feusier & Co., was in years
past one Of the regular landmarks, rs
we'll rs the principal clothing store In
the city, is about to open another store
OF the same sort. and not far from his
old location. The extensive room or
hall adjoining the Bank Of California.
and heretofore occupied a. tile Virginia
and Truckee Railroad office, is being
reconstructed for his accommodation.
When completed, it will be II Of the
finest stores in the city. Barnert has
been in other sections Of the country
the last four or five years trying to do
business, but concludes that after all
Old Washoc IS the best place yet. He
will open his new store In fine style
about the last Of this month, with the
best assortment Of clothing. gents fur
nishiug go1ls, ETC., yet presented for
the inspect; N of the public-all new,
fresh, late style goods. All of Bar
merits old customers in Gold Hill or
Virginia. ,ogether with plenty Of new
ones, viii be mighty apt to find him.
BLACK GEORGE DROWNED. - We
learn through a gentleman just arrived
from Idaho that George Swearinger,
formerly q resident Of Virginia City,
and familiarity known as BLACK
George" was accidentally drowned in
Snake river, Idaho, some two weeks
ago. George will be remembered rs
the man who killed Ahern at Virginia
some two years ago. He has since
been out in the White Pine and Idaho
region.
MEXICAN CELEBRATIoN.-The Mex
lean residents at Virginia last night,
about - o'clock, commenced celc-
brating the anniversary of their ma
tional independence, which Is to-day.
They paraded the streets with colored
lanterns, transparencies, etc, fired oil
rockets and other explosives, and had
4 good time generally. They wind up
with a grand ball at Armory Hall to-
night.
The "HCMBoLpT."-The first Of the
new locomotives recently arrived from
the East for the Virginia It Truckee
Railroad Co., : now being set up at
the workshops of the company, at Eir-
ginia. Her name is the Humboldt"
and she is Of the same size and capa-
city as the "Comstock," the heaviest
and most powerful now running on
the road.
KrIEp.-Wm. Hepburn, a native Of
Canada, aged d, was killed oil Tuesday
in the mountains west of Carson, at Il
point about one mile from the Five
Mile House, by the falling Of q limb OF
a tree. He was buried at Carson day
before yesterday.
HAVE You CoLp?-Goto Brodek's,
No. 81 c street, Virginia, and get a
steam bath, and your cold will vanish.
Steam baths only one dollar. Hot and
cold baths only fifty cents. tn
RELlGIoUs.-The Rev. Father Newell
will hold divine service in the French
language in St. Mary's Church, Vir-
ginia city. on next Sunday evening. ut
seven o'clock. at
MEErISa.-The Union Republican
Club of the First Ward, Gold Hill, will
hold \ meeting tonight at Miners
Union Hall.
MAsoSIc.-There will be 4 called
communication Of the members Of Sill
yer Star Lodge No. 5, this evening, at
their Hall.
New ARRANoEMEST.-Read Dahl
mans advertisement in another col
umn, today.