Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-07-11

thy, the efficient barkeep ut Gibson &
Cross, closed the saloon ut about l
o'clock, shutting Off the gas and leay-
ing everything all right, as usual-at
lesse he thought so. II so happened,
however, that a gay and festive young
man. well known about town, whose
came might be Postum. was sitting
fast asleep in the back room. He woke
up an hour or two afterwards, and
rrtNing his eyes. felt about until he
came to a realizing sense of where he
MAS. He didn't dare to crawl out Of
any window for fear Of being shot for
a burglar, and he didn't like to stay
shut up there to be looked upon or
arrested "a a suspicious character in
the morning; so Postum felt round
till he found q bell-wire, which he
ierked viciously. making a bell up
stairs ring at a jolly rate. This walked
ND Cross, Farnum and two or three
Others sleeping there, and down they
came, armed with guns, axes, pick
handles and other weapons, in order
10 massacre or otherwise dispose Of this
burglariouS wretch. Fortunately for
Postum. he was able to make himself
snown and to explain matters before
C-nS, Farnum and the balance Of the
Fai;taf brigade rushed things to a
.ancuinary conclusion. A few drinks
paciied matters like oil cast upon the
lsoubled waters, and Postum was let
out.
SUPREME Court. - The following
business was transacted at Carson last
Saturday by this Court, a full Bench
being present I: State ex rel. r. II. Fish
Va. Oyerman Silver Mining Company.
Quo warranto writ ordered, and made
r~eturnable on Monday, the 18th inst.
G.. w. Horn ct nj. VS.. Winters Il
O'Neale. On motion Of A. c. Ellis,
the order heretofore made continuing
this case Is vacated. and cause set for
hearing on Monday, 18th inst. Rob't
Woodburn, F.. ID. Sweeney, assignee,
appellant, VS.. W. A. Hawthorne, re-
spondent. Argued and submitted
Ellis for appellant, Wells for respond.
ent. A. ID. Treadway, respondent, vs..
Vim. Sharon ct al, appellants. Argued
orally; appellant granted two days to
die brief, and respondent two to reply.
". Z. +. Deal for appellant, A. {.
Ellis for respondent. Court adjourned
until tomorrow. at 10 o'clock A. NJ.
PLAYIsa Them FOR JARS. - The
Elko Independent of Saturday gives the
following: Crank c. Long and
Charles E. DeFarington. and other
Japanese noblemen, passed through
Yesterday morning on their way to
NagasaEa. Japan. Duke DeFarlngton
and Lord Long have been travelling In
Europe, and taking lessons In English
and French, for the past ten months.
Frank Is ~ corpulent as ever, has evil
IDENTIFY been using hair dye and Is 4
trife handsomer than he used to be
while Charley has disguised himself in
black whiskers of Austrian clip, a
monstrous gold guard chain and an
ancient plug hat of the capstan pat
term
WATER WRANGLE The appeal, OF
Sunday, gives the following sad narra-
tive: "A couple Of Carsonites got
Into a wrangle yesterday over that
fruitful source of disturbances, the
water right question; and one Of the
parties. who got a lick over the back OF
the neck with 4 hoe, countered on ms
antagonists mug, and put an awfui
head ON him. The hoer got q good
deal the worst of it." AS an appro-
pirate comment upon the above, we
uuote the remarks Of the appeal upon
an item Of our last fall: 1.-THE de-
pravity of our neighboring towns are
quite As painfully eXemplihed by the
tone of the above item as by the fact
related In it."
INSURANCE. SETTLED.-L. L. Fox,
next door to the NEWS office, has had
his damages by the late fire adjusted
with the Pacific Insurance Company,
Of which Messrs. Bigclow and Biaurelt
are the agents-and to his entire satls-
faction-the allowance being about
a, 800. Messrs. Thompson ana Con-
niff were the appraisers. Mr.; Spros-
ton, of the North British and Mercah-
tile Insurance Company. has also been
quite active in adjusting the liabilities
Of his Company.
Is Coon STANDING. - The carson
Appeal notices that the weather In hat
locality disburses its regular dews. IL
says; 1.-THE most noticeable peculiar
ity Of this season Is the regular morn,
ING dewS, which laden the grass II
Sraip and trees with their grateful
moisture. These compensate IN no III
significant measure for the extreine
scarcity of water which prevails In the
natural drains from the Sierra.
SARcAsrIc.-Slim juvenile bootblacE
~ Beany Irwin the other day: "say'
mister, please haint yer got a spare
pair O. yer old pant, to give n teller!
Me and four other boys are goln' III
partnerships, and think one pair o
your pants will fit the crowd" EXT
bootblack just ahead of two bottles aho
slop-tub.
USsAvoRY SMELLs-A smell as OF
the commingling qulntessence OF rot
ten cats and limberger infests the nos,
trIls of all who visit the Virginia
Postofice. It almost smells worse thal
the town sewers Of Gold Hill, and pro
ceeds from q similar cause. some
thing under the floor needs cleaning
out, bad.
SEAsoNABLE LUXURY. - Everybody
CAN afford the luxury of a bath. Price
reduced to fifty cents, at BrodeS 5 NO No
81 south c street, corner Of smith, w
RiAis.