Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-10-05

make believe that she MAS entering the
portals of n playhouse. But alas, for
| Mary Jane! She was entrapped-she
was seduced into the belief that hay
and oats abounded within the walls Of
those ponderous hosting works. But
the sailors all gathered around Mary
Jane-headed by Capt. Hank Smith
with many ropes, when she "smelt a
mice" as big as an elephant. She
wanted to go home-she wanted to be
put into her little bed-but she was
| stopped, was made to heave to, to keep
| ouiet-the old sailor still deluding her
with a bunch Of hay. The operation
Of fixing the rigging Of the four-legsed
ship was n great mystery to Mary
jane, and she kicked the sails and hal
yards to Gibraltar several times before
the sailors could get a double hitch on
the spars. Mary Jane was in a sweat,
and so were the sailors, and nothing
short of a few spices Of the MAIN
brace enabled them to weather the
storm with the floundring craft.
| But they did-6et yer life. Hank
| Smith remarked that no MARY Jane"
ever did conquer him YETI A platform
Of heavy plank was built over the
shaft, the cage raised overhead so as
to admit Mary between; n rope was
attached to one OF the reels, while the
other end encircled Mary's lovely
neck the steam was let OH, and the
animule just went right straight on the
platform rs meekly as politicians are
always made to swallow the platforms
of their party. The old sailor with
the hay approached and tried to sootli
Mary Jane with more of his outrageous
delusion; but it was no go-not much;
for she made a spring at him with
| open mouth, distended nostrils, bullying
ewes and horizantal ears. The sailor,
yamosed the ranch rs II Ok Nick was
after him. A rope hitched to the stern
of the craft, manned by all hands,
brought her back upon the platform,
where the lines were duly adjusted
between Mary Jane and the cage over
head. Then came the trying moment
| for the launch, The steam was let Oh,
the cage rose, and suspended In mir
| the best ~squealing and kicking mule
ever seen In the land Of Washoe.
Captain Smith gave orders to let her
| saueal and kick for awhile, to let the
wind out Of her, which was accordingly
done; after which she was tied, fore
and AFT, and lowered down to the
l,l0O-foot level, as gentle as n lamb,
rs a companion for Pete, who has been
doing all the work for q week past.
III Mary Jane don't behave herself,
and work gently on her new ranch,
and goes to cut up any more shindles,
or strike, or perpetrates mutiny among
the miners, she will find her name
reported in the newspapers.)
P1rER's OPERA HousE-THE ROYAL.
JAps.-The dress circle contained an
increased number of ladies last even
ing, and the entertainment given was
fully up to the established japanese
standard of excellence. Professor Can
zero introduced, among the new fea-
lures In his line, his famous suspension
sword feat, top-spinning, and his mar
yellous box act. This last consisted in
most dexterous manipulations OF about
a wheelbarrow load of little wooden
boxes about the size aud shape OF
bricks. He handled them in peculiar
series and gyratlons difficult to effect
or describe, and ended by building
them up into n sort Of monument nv
or six feet high. balancing them to a
hair. Then he lifted up the whole con-
Germ on the point Of his fan handle aud
balanced the frail fabric thereon In the
most dexterous manner imaginable.
The top-spinning by himself and wife
was much the neatest and most deX-
ferrous of any yet seen In this section.
The screen balancing feat by Tyou and
All Right was capltally done, and tie
lovely Otoksan did something extra IN
the way of rope walking, having
another rope stretched from the lower
left hand side of the stage to the far
thest corner Of the theater, over both
parquette and dress circle. This Won
dertul troupe give 4 change OF perform.
ance every night. and this evening Will
Introduce still more new and astonish-
ing features. All who have not yet
seen them should improve the oppor-
tunity by all means as their engage
ment Is nearly run out.
The SUICIDE OF WEsr.-Robt. West,
whose body was found floating In Car
son river above Dayton, day before
Yesterday, had evidently been in the
water four or five days. He was a ma
tive of Virginia, and aged about 80
years. 1t was ut first thought that he
committed suicide, but circumstances
| also Indicate foul play. The Enterprise
is informed that when the body was
taken out of the water n sack Of rocks
was found tied about the waist, anu
upon examination he was found TO
have been shot under the chin. AS TO
whether he tied the sack about his
waist, and then waded out into the wa
ter aud shot himself, or was murdered
and thrown into tho river, opinions
differ. 1t Is said that he had a consid-
enable sum of money with him when
he left DAYTON, and that none was
found upon the body when 1t was re-
covered.
REAL ESTATE TRANsAcTIoS.-The
Enterprise of this morning says: &.
t. Marye, the we'll known stock bro
ker, yesterday purchased the GROUND
on c street, in the burnt district, on
which he Is building his office, paying
therefor $l3, 500, $500 more than the
owner asked for the property. before
the fire. The lot Is 80 feet front oy
ITO deep. Another fire would mako
that lot worth even $4,000.
LocArEp.-ames Hooking, late
partner In tho Columbus Brewery,
Gold Hill, who sold out and went
seeking his fortune In the eastern
regions of this State, we see by, the
Reese River Rereil!e has purchased the
Reyeille Saloon at Austin and pro-
poses running it satisfactorily. He
can do it. Success to you, Jim.
LEG BRoKES.-A Frenchman named
William Aubie, employed at the Sue
cor mine, had his Left leg broken be.
low the knee yesterday by a fall caused
by the breaking down of an elevated
1.ocl, pnon which he was running q