Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-01-25

How He Cor Our OF lr.-"Ths
boys" have q standing "catch" for
strangers and the uninitiated, on the
drop curtain at the Carson Theatre,
says the Register. The painting rep
resents a scene just east Of Boca, OH
the Central Pacific Railroad, n train OF
cars crossing the stream; n Washoe
Indian Buck, a squaw and two children
Zone Of the latter being led by the
suuaw, and the other, an infant, strap
ped upon her back) standing on a point
Of rock over the Truckee, looking nc
the passing train, and between this
group and the track is n marshy place
crossed by large log. 10 the mini
tiated there are but the four Indians
mentioned In sight, but "tlie boys"
make believe there are six. They
count the engine as one, in order to
help the stranger out, thus showing
five; but no other information Is vol
unteered until the greeney gives 1t up,
and asks where the sixth "lnjun Is
when he Is Informed that the other
one Is behind the log noticed across
the marsh. An ex-State official the other
evening, without thinking, sprung the
Indian question upon two ladies. or
course he dropped OIL himself imme-
diately, but it was too late. The curl
osity Of the ladies was excited and
thew must know where the other In
dian was. The ex-official triefto get
out of 1t by pointing to the locomotive
AS ono "injun," but the la/ies were
not to be put of with hat fthey must
find out the whereaboutsfo f the sixth
one-when a happy thought struck
him, and he escaped b1 citing the n
gineer! ~
.DIscovERER OF GoLD.-Hon. p. Z.
Capnavan yesterday Says the Carson
Register received a letter from James
w. Marshall, the discoverer Of gold in
California, In which the old pioneer
gives q brief sketch Of his adventures
as a lecturer. Being pecuniarily EN-
barrassed, he took to lecturing in order
10 replsnish his worldly goods, but met
with so many discouraging rebutfs that
he gave 1t up. He says that the people
were anxious to see him, but further
than that their curiosity did not ex-
tend. They cared not who discovered
gold, or how 1t was done. Some assert
ed to his very face that Marshall, the
djscoyersr, was dead, and that he
fine old man Of California; was an
impostor others, that California had
already given him $4,000, which he
had sduandered, and that he ought
not TO expect further assistance; while
othars still asserted that he tMarshall)
had driven through the streets OF sac
ramento In q carriage n four.in-
hand, throwing money right n leit
10 people on the street. MARSHALL
seems to think that the Government OF
the United States ought to follow the
EXAMPLE of Great Britain in rewarding
literally the discoysrer Of gold In Aus
traiia. and Indirectly suggests that our
legislature might do a noble act BY
memorializing Congress In his oehali.
Ths old man also writes that he has
recently published a book, which he
intends enlarging as soon ashe becomes
able to do so.
GERMAN SANITARY CoMN1ssIoN.-A
meeting of the German Sanitary Com
mission will be held in the District
Court Room, B street, Virginia, to-
morrow evening. A full attendance Is
desired.
LADIES' MITE Hor.-The next social
hop Of the Gold Hill Ladies' Mite So
ciety will be tomorrow evening, at
Miners Union Hall. Music by Ingra-
hams band.