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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-12-28

BftrER RooT VALLEY RESERVATION.
Mr.. Claggett. the newly-elected repre-
sentative from Montana, is endeayor-
Ing to secure q legal title to the IN
dian lands in the Bitter Root Valley,
Montana Territory, for the white set
tiers now on that reservation. This
valley Is on the western slope of tho
Rocky Mountains. about ten miles
long by eighty miles wide, and, owing
to Its running north and south, and
low depression in n section Of country
of high altitude. is of great value for
the production of wheat, harley and
other cereals. and many varieties Of
orchard fruits. The Flat Head Indi-
ans have lived there for centuries, and
have always been friendly to tho
whites, allowing them to settle among
them, and sharing the valley with
them. The reservation was set apart
by Governor Stevens IN 1856, with n
proviso that II the President saw
proper lie could secure 1t rs n per-
manent abode for the Indians. The
prospect that the Northern Pacific
Railroad will pass near the reserva-
ton, makes the lands much sought
after by the white settlers. The Sec
rotary of the Interior, the Commits
sioner of Indian Affairs and the Board
OF Indian Commissioners have the SUBJ
jcct under advisement, and with the
aid Of Mr.. Claggctt will probably per-
feet a bill to be placed before Congress,
and which, while projecting the rights
of the Indians, will enable the settlers
to secure a legal title to the lands they
now occupy.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-12-28
FROM CALIFORNIA.

SACRAMENTO, Dec. 2.-Tbe levee:
arc In excellent condition, and the
most perfect confidence Is felt in them
No rise In the Sacramento or Ameri
can rivers ran affect the city. Part o.
the city has been raised to the grade
within the past week. The I.eyce Com
missioners and certain Swamp Land
Commissioners, led by Supervisor Do
mingos, have been over this district,
and report everything connected will
it in the best condition. The Sacra'
mcnto Drainage Canal Is under per
feet control, and may be relied upon
to do what is expected Of It. No fear,
whatever the rainfall may be, Is enter
tanned here of an overflow. The Sac,
ramento river Is near 20 feet above low
water mark, and is rapidly rising.
VALLEJO, Dec. 27.-rhe body Of o
man, and from papers found upon 1t,
it Is evidently Butler Ives. connected
with the Central Pacific Railroad, was
found in the tules last evening. No
marks OF violence wero visible, and
taken together with the fact that sew
eral hundred dollars we're found on his
person, It Is believed that he was
drowned during the late storm.
1. commenced raining again this
morning and still continues.
STOCKTON, Dec. 27..-Thc rainfall TO-
day was 52-lOO inches. Total for the
season. 10 10-l00.
The first steamer Of the season fol-
the upper San Joaquin leaves to-mor-
row.
A case Of varioloid is reported at
French Camp.
A fire occurred this morning in q
baker shop. The building and con-
tents were DESTROYED.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-12-28

An ASSURANCES CoNUSDaUM.-Thc
YirSinir Enterprise Is exercised over
certain Insurance questions which have
lately arisen In that place. \ certain
public school house being insured in
the Pacific Insurance Company Of this
city, was destroyed by fire. The Pa
ciic, "a well rs other foreign compa-
MES, had $780, QUO In Nevada State
bonds Oh deposit with the Controller,
for the purpose of meeting any loss
that might occur In the State. When
the Pacific relnsured its outstanding
risks with the Liverpool and London
and Globe. these bonds appear to have
been transferred to the latter company
"a part Of the reinsurance premium.
The school house was burned before
the reinsurance was effected, conse-
uuently there can be no claim upon
the Liverpool and London and Globe
for the loss. The Pacific being insolv-
ent the questions are. where Is Storey
county to get the money to rebuild It's
school house, and what security does n
deposit Of bonds afford If tho bonds
can be- Withdrawn alter n loss and be-
fore payment as. +. Chronicie.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-12-28

TRAVELLING SroNEs.-Many of our
readers have doubtless heard Of the
famous travelling stones Of Australia.
Similar curiosities have recently been
found In Nevada, which are described
rs almost perfectly round, tie majority
OF them as large as q walnut and Of all
irony nature. When distributed OIL
the floor, table or other lcvel surface,
within two or three feet of each other,
they Immediately begin travelling to-
ward q common center, and there hud-
die Up III bunch like a lot Of eggs In
n nest. A single stone removed to o
distance of three and n hnlf feet, upon
being released. at once started off with
wonderful and somewhat comical &C.
lerity, to join its fellows; taken away
four or five feet it remains m%otionless.
They are found In a region that is com.
Paratively level, and Is nothing but a
hare rock. Scattered over this barren
region are little basins, from a few
feat to a rod or two In diameter, and II
Is In these that the rolling stones are
found. They r from the size ola pea
to five or six inches IN diameter. Tho
cause of these stones rolling together
Is doubtless to be found in the material
OF which they are composed, which ap-
pears to be loadstone or magnetic Iron
ore.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-12-28
1, I,IsPATCH

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 23-3P r. NJ
The first stone of the main building o.
the new City Hall was laid today
The ceremony OF formally laying the
corner Stone will take place within
two weeks.
Tho little daughter Of the late John
P. Buckley, injured by falling through
n second-story window last night, died
ut 3 o'clock A. N.
Weather is unsettled and showery.
Jack Dunn, the thief who attempted
to escape from an officer while OIL his
way to fail last week, and was shot by
the officer, has escaped from the Coun-
ty Hospital and cannot be found.
Two more gamblers were arrested
1T Briggs this morning. and will be
examined before Judge Stanley this
afternoon. They propose to waive ex-
animation
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-12-28

SERVED HIN RIGnr.-A sharp story
is told of q professor In an Eastern d.
yinity school, who was accustomed to
critlciso the devotional efforts which
were required Of the student periodi-
cally. Ono morning one Of the vic
tins, being proficient In shorthand,
was moved to take down the profes.
sor's own opening prayer verbatim.
and, having written 1t out, he handed
1t in for criticism. The professor
came down on his own work with a
vengeance, buneted it, treated 1t
shamefully, ridiculed Its false rhetoric,
inveighed against Its poor syntax, Sc
verely censured its general incongrui-
ty, and wound up BY declaring sub
stantially that tho author thereof was
a mighty poor hand at q prayer. OF
course the student Informed him that
he Ind been mangling his own Off
spring. and since that day a less
sweeping style Of criticism has oil
tanned In that particular college
Netc Wdren Register.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-12-28

DIDN'T WANT ANY.-Night before
last two young men dropped into St
Rose Church, whore the usual high
mass of Christmas v was being cole
brated. One of them had never been
inside n Catholic church before, and
was altogether unacquaintcd with the
usages. AS there was a very large ut
tendance they could scarcely get In
side the door, but rs they stood on the
threshold the inexperienced one spoke
to the other, "Say, Ben, what do they
all crowd around that bowl over there
for" why" was tho answer,
"that's n bowl OF champagne punch;
all that come are welcome to drink, 1t
being Christmas eve, and I'll warrant
It's mighty good too !" "ls that so?
Well, I'm going to try some Of it, If l
do get squeezed to death )" and away
went Verdancy toward the designated
spot. Presently he returned with a
look Of intense disgust on his face. His
companion, highly amused, inquired,
"Well, did you try ita" Mo" was
the reply; "just as l got there and
was looking for the cup, an old wo-
nan came up and stuck her hand Into
1t, and I wouldn't have drank It after
that II | knew it was made BY an an
gel "-Sdc. Union. ..
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-12-28

There are now l24,ll
miles of railroads IN the world. Al
the close OF 1869 there were lls,55'
miles. Of which there were in the Uni
ted States 80, 900. OF the increase,
6,556 miles, about one-half, or 2.14G
miles, were in the United States, while
in tho previous year We had built 5,O0I
miles of new road. Our railroads
about equal In length the roads OF
Great Britain, Germany, France, Rus.
sia, Austria and Spain combined, and
are more than six times rs long as
those OF all countries in Europe. The
average cost per mile (equippedl In
Europe, Is $l35, 1S9. In England 1t Is
Sl7G, $50. The average cost Of con-
struction only In the United States Is
as follows: In New England, S4O,-
900; Middle States, So 5000; Southern
States, $50, 900; Western States, $lO,.
600 Pacific States, $4,000. On our
cheaper lines, however, we fluid a
greater annual outlay for reconstruc'
ton and repairs.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-12-28

SAN FnANcrsco, pee. Isl P. A.
Reports were circulated here last night
that the reclamation levees on Sher-
man Island had given away and ilooa-
ed the island, but the rumor Is not
traceable to any reliable source.
1t is reported that .!oaQuin Miller is
writing an earthquake drama; scene
laid in San Francisco.
The little daughter OF the.latc John
P. Buckley, aged l3 years, while play
ing at her mothers residence, on Tay-
Tor street, last evening, fell through a
second story window to the yard. She
was taken up iusenslble and II Is feared
is fatally injured.
Wind still fresh from ihe South. The
clouds are broken, with occasional
showers.
During the q hours ending at eight
A. NJ, $500 Of an inch of rain fell,
making 1855 inches this storm and
1857 inches for the season. The b.
rometer Is rising a little. The bar i
rough /; no vessels arriving or depart
ing.
Gold, 1885; Grocabacks 9l244 sell
Ing 92hs.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-12-28

SHADES or CoL.oRED SocIETY.-A
correspondent writes from New Or
leans; "Your readers must under
stand that our colorcd society Is some
what tmixed) different from that OF
other places. The arlstocratlc octo-
rooms and quadroons have but little
affinity for the black people, except at
election times. The most violent
rebels of the late rebellion were the
octoroon and the Quadroon women,
the majority of whom were social
with white men, and many of them
still continue the association, their OIL
spring being so white that the best
experts IN ethnology cannot determine
which is which, and the Fifteenth
Amendment now gives those children
q social status which they did not have
previous to the passage of this Act.
and the consequence Is, these off-col-
| ored children hold their heads now
higher than ever, aud q black man or
woman has no chance, socially, with
them"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-12-28

He Din NOT WISH TO PURCHASE A
WIFE.-The following anecdose Of tie
eccentric John Randolph, Of Roanoke,
is related by q writer in q Virginia
paper:
An old man told me that lie lived
near the residence Of Miss -, to
whom 1t was said that Randolph was
engaged to be married. On Il occa-
sion he had been at her residence u
short time, ard had left, and ~ it was
said that the marriage would take
place shortly, he thought lie would go
aud inquire of the old lady. She said
Randolph had lett In n great haste.
and told him to 20 and see where, In
his hurry, he had cut the rcins Of his
bride, instead of ,untyinS them. 1t
appears that 1t was proposed that he
should make a marriage settlement.
w~hereupon he said: "It Is not my
purpose to purchase. When | desire
10 purchase shall go to the cheapest
markell shall go to Africa" With
this remark he left the house, went to
where his horse was tied, cut the rcins
and Immediately departed.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-12-28
FROM coRINNE.

ComNSE, Dec. 27.-rhe storm still
continues. There are ton feet of snow
in the cuts west Of Rawlings. The pas
senser train which left Rawlings on
the 25,h has not yet reached Medicine
Bow. Tho train that left Rawlings
yesterday, left Bitter Creek going west
at G =. NJ. to-day. Bryan reports that
it is showing hard and drifting badly.
No trains have passed there since the
22d.
A fearful storm prevails throughout
Montana. A colorcd man froze to
death In 4 cabin at Virginia, Montana.
A Fort Shaw dispatch reports thou
sands of buffalo OH the road between
there and Fort Benton. The weather
this evening Is moderating. 1t was II
degrees below zero.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-12-28

The CoURTRIGHT MISsTRELs. "A
very fair audience assembled last night
at the Academy of music to witness
the initial performance of Billy Court
rights new troupe Of MINISTRIES, and
We have no hesitation in p%ronouncing
them a success. The first part, where
the burnt corkologists sit in a semi
circle and crakes and sing songs, was
as good as any minstrel troupe travel
Ing, and the audience, to a man, be-
lieves 1t. Harry Spriggs as Bones,
Ned Campbell as ~interlocutor, and
Billy COPYRIGHT with the tamborine,
arc as strong a trio in that business as
could be found.-St. 10. Mo- Herald.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-12-28

TIE WRoNa "SARAH."-A plucky
lady In Troy, New York, was accosted
recently, by n man who addressed her
as "Sarah," though that was not her
name. She said nothing, but passed
on more quickly, when he caught up
with her and seized her arm. She had
just purchased u heavy coal shovel and
with this she "basted" him over the
head, sending him reeling against tho
fence. She would have repeated tho
blow, but the wretch, recovering him.
self, ran like a deer down the street,
while the heroine returned home with
tile first blood for the shovel.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-12-28

The curious spectacle Of q Mormon
converting Mormons Is Il Of the
phases Of religious excitement In Utah.
No leSs n parsonage than Elder Amasa
Lyman Is abou. to make n proSelyting
tour through that Territory for the pur-
pose Of converting the Brighamites
into Godbeites or Liberal MormOns.
Lyman Is the best pulpit orator" 10
Utah, and will create Z sensation. In
old times he was considered one OF the
pillars in Brigham's Church.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-12-28

Cor.rAX AND RENoMIHATIoN.-A
Washington dispatch to tho New York
Times gives the position Of the Vice
President, which may be taken as ati-
thoritative. While COlfnx does not de-
sire to DO renomInated, he admits that
il lie should be nominated against his
wishes, he would give all due weight
to the circumstances that the thrust
ing back q nomination might be an UNI
gracious thing to do but he docs not
wish that his friends should conspire
to bring about tho unwelcomc contin-
phncy.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-12-28
REFUGE TAXATION.

Senator Simmer has made q move IN
the light direction in Introducing q oil!
TO reduce internal taxes and lessen the
expenses of collecting the remainder.
His particular plan is to reduce all IN
ternal taxation after the lst OF july
next, except stamp duties, and to i'll
crease those OIL spirits to eighty cents
n gallon ; to dispense with the income
tax after January l, 1872, and with the
whole Internal Revenue Bureau, In
Guiding the Commissioner, Deputy
Commissioner. and all the suoordl-
mates, except one collector for each
State and Territory, after the lst oil
September next. We have not at hand
the figures upon which to calculate
what amount Of revenue may be eS-
pected from the stamp duties thus
modified, and it would be Impossible
TO estimate it with any approximation
to certainty. Eighty cents a gallon Is
probably more than could be honestly
collected from whisky, even with the
present force Of detectives. Without
the aid Of stockholders to guard against
frauds, this source of reyenue would
be still more precarious. Ii distillerS
and dealers were all honest, this stamp
tax would probably yield not less than
the amount received from spirits last
year, which was upwards Of $4,000
900. Unfortunately, however, they
arc not, and 1t may well be doubted
il Mr.. Summers system OF stamps
would yield so much as $40, OOO, 600 in
all. Yet we say it Is a move In the
right direction; for so long as the
Government, by a slight Increase IN
the tariff upon such luxuries us high
wines, champagGes, cigars, Silks etc.,
and upon a few other articles which
are so largely produced In this country
that tho foreign sellers must pay what
eve duty Is levied upon them, could
raise the entire $270, 900, 900 required
to carry on the Government and pay
the interest OIL the debt aud OH the
sinking fund, we need extract no more
from the people In the form Of internal
taxes than it Is deemed advisable to
pay yearly toward reducing the prin-
cipal Of tho debt. Mr.. Boutwell,
thinks an annual reduction Of fifty
millions all sufficient, and the country
fully agrees with him. Mr.. Summers
bill, perhaps, goes too far. 1t would
probably be better to retain the whole
amount now obtained from tobacco,
which was about thirty millions last
years. Tobacco is q more Legitimate
object of taxation than spirits, since
the latter, If manufactured cheaply,
would be exported In great quantities,
and afford an increased demand for the
grain of the farmers. But certainly n
large part Of our Internal revenue ctn
be spared, and many of the officers OF
the Bureau be dispensed with.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-12-28

ONE Of the Christy minstrel troupe
George Linsard, died the other day,
at London, aud was buried at Bromp-
ton cemetery. After the coffin had
been lowered and the burial service
read, the whole Of the minstrels sur
rounded the resting place Of their de-
parted friend and colleague and sang
the hymn for the dead in an impressive
.,onpar
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-12-28

MRY. MYRA CLARK GAINES, after in-
cessant legal warfare Of over a half
century with varying fortune, met a
crushing defeat the other day, when a
New Orleans Court declared that she
was an illegitlmatc child Of the father
from whom her great possessions were
to come.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-12-28

THE Hon. John 5. Phelps, Exon
gresham, Democrat, writes n letter
TO the st. Louis Times, In which he
says the passive policy is the abandon
ment of principle, and will be de,
structive to the organization Of the
Democratic party.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-12-28

LARGE BEEF.-George Chandler has
OIL exhibition a beef he purchased from
George L. Myrick, of Rhodes Valley,
fed on grass, that weighs 1924 pounds
net.-Sat Lake Ne1rs.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-12-28

The depot and eating house Of the
Union Pacific Road at Cheyenne was
DESTROYED nv fire December 18th.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-12-28

Coon, of Chicago, the great billiard
player. is entertaining the amateurs
Of Leavenworth.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-12-28
EBirtllS.

SHITlI-In Virginia, December q, to the wiis
of Horace Smith, o son.
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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-04-27
Around the world i'm 1871.

In these modern days any one may
successfully rival Captain Cook, and
without much trouble, or any great out
lay of time or money. Taking Liverpool
as his starting point, his route will be as
follows From Liverpool to New York,
in nine days, 5000 miles; New York to
Chicago, thirty hours, 500 miles; Chicago
to San Francisco, FIVE days FIVE hours,
2l4O miles; San Francisco to Yokohama,
twenty days, 400 miles; Yokohama to
Hong Kong, six days, 1000; Hong Kong
to Calcutta, fourteen days, $500 miles;
Calcutta to Bombay, by Calcutta and
Northern India railroad, two days, 1900
miles; Bombay TO Cairo, by steamer,
twelve days, 5000 miles; Cairo to Alex
andria,. by Suez canal, five hours, 100
miles; Alexandria to Marseilles, six
days, 1909 miles; Marseilles to Calais,
by rail, thirty-two hours, els miles;
Calais to Liverpool, eleven hours, 800
miles. Making a total distance of %, 765
miles, traversed in seventy-seven days
and ten hours. Thus has steam reduced
a perilous and uncertain journey of
years.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-04-27

The fool-killer ought to be on hand to
deal with the zany who originated the
story telegraphed from this city to the
Northern press that in 1873, in January
or February, there will be in the national
capital no less than one hundred thou
sand ex-rebels banded together under the
oaths of the Ku-Klux Klan, with arms
and ammunition at their command. A
great tournament viii be held in this
city at that time. according to this vera
cious report, and this immense army can
come here without attracting attention,
and when the counting Of the electoral
vote for President and Vice-President
takes place. should it be deemed neces-
sary to throw out the votes Of certain
Southern States because Of their alleged
disloyalty, these Ku-Kluxes will rise in
a body and demand that those votes be
counted, thus electing a Democratic
President What then, it is triumph
antly asked, "csn our little standing
army OF forty thousand United States
soldiers do against such a formidable
foef'- Washington Star
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-04-27
UnequivOcally PeremptOry,
Ifbidders are on the ground.
It f II M - .

The terms are liberal: ono-third cash; bal
ance in one and two years, with six per cent.
interest; and tho chain of TITLE short. sim
O.
pie and perfect.
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