Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-02-18

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The PLIMPToS SKArE.--As an In
stance of howapparently trifling an in
vention may be the means Of maEinga
fortune, and also how even a rich man
may become much richer without
needing it, we will speak Of Plimpton,
the Inventor Of the fascinating roller
or parlor skate now in such high favor
In this as we'll rs all other communi-
ties where 1t has been introduced.
Plimpton was a New York merchant,
worth some millions Of dollars-we
are informed ten Enthusiastically
Us rich as anybody has any need Of
being. He was dyspeptic as well as
rich, and In order to remedy this little
defect in his prosperity, he took to
skating on ice. Receiving much ben
eft from this style Of exercise, he con-
tinued it rs long as the ice lasted, and
afterward got u pair Of the old style
parlor skates and kept it up at home.
Being Of an inventive turn of mind, he
turned his mind to the idea Of improv-
ing upon these skates. The result was
the present Plimpton skate, In which
he developed the new and original
principle Of changing the position Of
the wheels or rollers and consequently
the guiding direction Of the skate
itself by the simple inclination or
pressure Of the foot upon n side or
the other-an invention as simple and
really beautiful as 1t Is easy and natu-
raj. He used 1t a year before he even,
at the suggestion of his friends, thought
il worth while to procure Il patent for
his invention. Subsequently imitators
Obliged him to defend his patent, and
the result was increased popularity
and the sa!e Of rights by him to other
people who desired to and did make
money from the use of them in skating
Kinks. The right for Paris alone he
sold for 300, 600. He has already
cleared 81, 900, 900 from his little SIM
Die invention, and dollars still roll
toward him in n big. steady stream,
all from his roller skates. As his
patent has yet nine years to rim, lie Is
liable to become still richer, as his
agents are selling rights to use them In
not only all the States, Territories,
counties. cities and towns Of the United
States. but throughout all the principal
nations and countries OF the world rs
we'll. Tho factory price Of these
skates Is $yper pair tc those who buy
rights to Use them, and agents can buy
them by phe single pair for 81, yet no
private Individual can buy a pair for
any pri9e. They are not for sale at all.
Y HNpMARK gone. Within the
past<ko days, says the Carson Register,
the old log house which has stood at
the corner of Ormsby and King streets
for the past eleven years, has been torn
down and removed. The removal Of
this old landmark has raised the ques-
ton In the minds OF many If the house
was not the first one built In this vici-
nifty. We can state OIL the authority
of a pioneer that It was not the first.
The building on the opposite corner,
occupied by Judge Waltz, was the first
house built upon the present site OF
Carson City. This house was built In
the Spring Of 1850, by Col. F. NJ. Proc
tor, now Copying Clerk Of the Assem-
bly. of lumber sawed by Roses saw
mill at Franktown, Washoe Valley.
The lumber used cost $l2 per thousand
feet at the mill, and 81 per thousand
for hauling hither. The old log house
-. ,.a 1rtOf,0llv nNCflniRH
by a Mormon family at Franktown,
and was removed to its late site early
in the Spring Of 1850, By Bill Spear,
who was subsequently killed In b In
dian fight near Pyramid Lake, In which
Major eOrmsby fell. Spear occupied
the house as q residence up to the time
of his departure on the Pyramid Lake
expedition. After his death, and for
two or three years, the old log hous
was used as a jail, and rs such was the
recipient of many q desperate charac-
ter and was the scene Of n or more
notable escapes.
CARSON ITEMs.-We extract the fol-
lowing from the Register Of this morn
ing: In the United States District
Court yesterday, the six cases against
.Bonniield s. Kelley, for dsfrauding
the revenue. were disposed Of rs fol-
lows: In two cases each defendant
was fined $40 and costs, and four In
dictments we're dismissed. The trial
iurors were excused, and the Court ad-
iourned until Tuesday next....A band
of genuine broad-horn Texas cattle,
$40 in number, stopped ut u
Springs, Esmeralda road, last night
on their way to the railroad at Keno.
'rhe cattle are from the Big Meadows
beyond Aurora, and are consigned to
Lux & Miller, San Francisco; Inc
infant daughter of George Graham, OF
Sheridan, died on the 18th instant. It
will be remembered that we noticed
the birth of this child (which occurred
on the 9Th ~iustant), and tho fact that
she weighed fourteen pounds and seven
ounces
oNN1ssroSEp.- Governor Bradley
Yesterday Issued a commission 70
James A. st. Clair, as a County Com
missioner In and for Churchill county
to I'LL n vacancy occasioned oy tne In-
eligibility Of one of the Commissioners
elect. The Governor also commis-
stoned William Adams a Notary PUB
lie In and for Lander county.
FAT HES.-The Carson Register says
that William Schooley, Of Genoa, yes
tsrday killed q common "yaller-
ieoredo hen which weighed seven
mounds four ounces, and from which
pint Of clear grease was extracted,