Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-02-28

PpER's OPERA HousE.-Rip Van
WiRkle was repeated last evening,
and with better effect than at Its first
presentation, although the audience
was not quite so large. Rankin's Inn
personation of the immortal Grip"
showed Improvement in some points,
especially in not being quite so tedi-
ously slow and deliberate. 1t Is still
susceptible of improvement. Miss
Fanny Young succeeded admirably as
"Christine, "Rip's" wife. She Is a
good actress. Power, also, rs the
gallant young soldier lad "Hen-
drilk Vedder," was a trump, and
Harry Sinclair as derrick" barry as
Jonathan Doolittle," and Cotton as
Fritz" all did we'll. The entertain
ment commenced with the pleasing
little farce Of AntOny and Cleopatra, by
Mr.. Power and Miss Kitty Blanchard,
who gave u fine taste of her quality as
a comedienne, as we'll rs in the song
and dance line. We noticed an i'm
provement also in the length of the
entertainment, 1t not being spun out to
an extraordinarily tiresome length, as
heretofore. Half-past 10 or even II
o'clock Is late enough. The curtain
should always be kept down as short a
time as possible, and the plays urged
through with animation and spirit and
no drag, sending the audience home in
good season, pleased not wearied, and
willing to come again the next night.
Those attending from Gold Hill or the
Divide appreciate these points espe-
cially. This evening the beautiful and
popular three-aet comedy of Caste will
be presented, with Miss Kitty Blanch-
ard as "Polly Eccles," and Mr.. Ran
kin as "Papa Eccles." This will be
followed by u sweet duet by Misses
Moore and Vaudeville, and the even
ing's entertainment will conclude with
the side-splitting farce entitled The
Pleasant Neigh5Or, in which Barry, the
famous comedian, will appear as
christopher Strap" and Miss Maggie
Moore rs Nancy Strap" Reserved
seats can always be secured without
extra charge, on application at the box
office Of the theatre.
CARSON ITEMs.-We extract the fol-
lowing from the Register Of this MORN
lag: a knifeing affair came of about !
o'clock yesterday morning between
two lovers-the old and the new-of q
soiled dove living on n Of the back
streets. The cutting was done with a
pen-knife, which was used by the old
lover, aud took effect in the neck Of
the new, rear the jugr|ar vein, and
grew out of an attempt o. the part OF
the latter to put the former out Of the
house. Constable Hodgkinson was
promptly on hand and arrested the
CT ter, who yesterday appeared before
Justice Parkinson, pleaded guilty, paid
charges and was set at liberty ....A
fight occur ID in the baggage-room Of
the down passenger a yesterday
afternoon, above the Silver City
switch, between two musicians from
Virginia. One of them came near
Hopping overheard, but rallied and
built a considerable head OH the other.
FIR..-About . o'clock yesterday
afternoon a fire broke out In al unoc-
cupied house 1t Crow Town, 4 the
Yellow Jacket mill, on Carson river,
and destroyed two buildings, a third
being torn down to prevent the
further spread Of the flames. The two
houses burned were formerly occupied
as residences, one by w. NJ. holland
NOW in the East) and the other BY
Mrs. Webb, but had been vacant for
time previously, and the confla-
grafton Is therefore believed to have
been the work OF an incendiary.
JURY DIscHARGED.-The trial jurors
were yesterday discharged until to-
morning ut II o'clock, In the
District Court.
LADIES' MITE Hor.-The next So
cial hop of the Gold Hill Ladies' Mite
Society will be given Thursday even-
ing next.
OCCIDENTAL. AssEssMENr.-An assess
ment Of 50 per share was yesterday
levied by the Occidental Mining Com
pany.