Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-05-14

preparation, instead Of leaving the In
pecUmious novel readers to founder IN
such a mire of financial difficulty.
Business during the past few days
has been very much depressed on &C
count Of alarming reports from all por-
lions Of the State about
Partial Failure Of the Wheat Crep.
The deficiency Of tte winters rain
fall, and the hot dry winds Of last
week, combined to ruin the growing
grain, and hundreds of thousands Of
acres have alreadS been cut for hay.
MANY farmers are purchasing seed for
next falls sowing, believing It can be
procured now ut q cheaper rate than
In q few months time. Flour has adj
vanced from seventy-five cents to one
dollar per barrel, and the lookout Is
decidedly gloomy; but of 100000
acres Of cultivated land, l,50O,OOO is
sown In grain, so that fully three
fourths of the agricultural Interest Is
concentrated in this commodity.
Picnic Rowdirs.
The Chiefs, Sachems, Braves, ETC.,
of the fierce and warlike Order of Red
Men, went OH a picnic to-day, with
several thousand titleless citizens, and
q few hundred others, known as Coast
Roughs and Valley Boys. Soon after
arriving at Saucelito these rowdies
went on the war-path against the noble
Indian and q series of most outrageous
proceedings took place. They carried
the dancing platform by storm, COM
mitted tho boldest robberies and inau-
gurated q perfect reign Of terror,
while the titled idiots stood feebly
looking on, wringing their hands and
calling for the police. When the last
boat Started for the city she was
crowded with roughs, who commenced
fighting amongst themselves. By this
time the Red Men had imbibed enough
courage to interfere, and interfere they
did to a good purpose. Making an
organized rush OH the rowdies with
clubs, empty bottles, and al occasional
pistol, they administereda wholesome,
much needed drubbing, greatly to the
astonishment of the DULLES who were
wholly %unprepared for such an az
rangement.
Large numbers of the sporting fra
ternity, from all parts Of the coast,
have come to witnesst the closing games
Of the
billiard Tournament, ~-s
and the room Is crowded every night
to its utmost capacity. Little has
beaten all opponents so far, winning
| four games, and is consequently the
favorite. Wright has won three and
lost two, and the other competitors
have lost from two to three games each:
The proceedings have been watched
with great interest from the commence
mcnt, and notwithstanding the number
of participants, not an angry word has
been spoken, nor the Umpire's decision
been once necessary.
The Grand Lodge OF Odd Fellows
has been In session all the week, and
among other resolutions adopted, was
q resolution to build a "COllege and
Home e" for distressed brothers. Gen.
Frisbic donates fifty acres of land mt
Vallejo for q site, III annuity of one
thousand dollars for its support, and
an additional one hundred and fifty
acres to be sold as a homestead, and
the proceeds applied to the same char
ity.
The Veterans OF the Mexican War
have taken a good step in withdrawing
The Fourth OF July
from the area of politics. Last year
the Democrats captured the celebra-
ton, Republicans would not partici-
pate, and the procession was a miser-
able failure. This year the Veterans
of the Mexican War propose to APP
point q Committee of five from their
own association, five from the Pioneers,
add the Mayor and heads Of civic and
military societies, and let them have
control of all the arrangements. This
is an excellent plan, and might be
adopted elsewhere. JACK HoRNER.