Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-01-21

Gently developed In that city. AS was
related to us, a man and wife Israel
ites) separated In Sacramento, CAL,
some years since, the wife and mother
taking charge Of a young daughter Of
the couple. The mother removed to
this State and placed the child In the
Nevada Orphan Asylum, under charge
of the Sisters Of Charity, at Virginia
City. Subsequently the mother died,
and recently the father learned Of the
Whereabouts Of his daughter, now
about fourteen years Of age, and made
application at the asylum for her re-
lease. The Sisters Of Charity very
properly declined giving the little girl
into the custody Of a stranger until he
| should first establish his identity as her
father. This we are informed he did,
by the testimony Of the Chief of Police
aud one or two we'll known Jewish
citizens of Virginia but the little girl
herself preferring to remain with the
Sisters, they refused to give her up
until compelled by law. TO defray
the expenses Of a process Of law, we
are informed, the B. B. Society Of Vir-
ginia has already appropriated $50,
and the matter will probably come be-
fore the Courts within q few days.
PROFESSOR PLUMNER TONIGHT
All the true lovers of the humorous,
pathetic, sentimental, or other phases
in elocutlonary delineative readings,
should 60 and hear Professor Plum
mer, at Miners Union Hall, Gold Hill,
this evening. There they can find
plenty to laugh, weep or ponder over,
and pass away a couple OF leisure
hours In the most agreeable manner
imaginable. The Professor will spread
before them a perfect literary feast Of
good things. worth a dozen times the
price Of admission. Plummer Is no
clownish oratorical noodle. giving a
'show," but q true polished gentle
man. whose geniality Of disposition
and humor is eXuberant, and bound to
manifest itself before q public audi
ence for the enjoyment Of his fellow
man and woman. Possessed OF a high
order of talent as a d~elineative elocu-
ZIONIST, humorist and reader, he will
give an entertainment tonight all will
Be delighted with, for lie has the rare
and happy faculty Of being able to
please everybody.
EASTERN NEVADA RAuRoAD.-The
Eastern Nevada Railroad Company
filed articles Of association yesterday
with the Secretary Of State. The OBJ
ject of the Company is to build a mar
row gauge railroad from Elko, on the
Central Pacific Railroad, to Hamilton,
White Pine county, by the most direct
practicable route, which will be along
the chain of valleys lying between the
Diamond range of mountains on the
west, and Ruby range on the east, and
rather between the old Wells Fargo
& Co. stage road and the Beachey road
-inclining to the former along the
South Fork of the Humboldt and
through Huntington Valley and to the
latter along Railroad Valley. Fol-
lowing Is q list Of the incorporators
named in the articles Of association !:
DR.. Volney Spaulding, John G. Mott
(of Gillig, Mott & Co.I VIM. Hendrie,
Herman Saddler. Frank Wheeler. D.
J. Gilmore, John d. Treat, u. P. Free
man. L. Wilsey, n. Wescott, j. B.
Fitch and NJ. Lake.
PrPER's OPERA HOUSE. -"FER-
SASpE."-The thrilling French drama
of Fernando proved Il most excellent at
traction last evening, and Is worthy Of
another crowded house tonight. It is
a play containing enough Of variety
and general merit to suit the taste Of
most everybody, and 1t was we'll cast
throughout, Miss Price personating
Fernando" Sue Robinson "Clo-
tide" Jennie Vaudeville "Georgett,"
Cathcart "Philip Pomerol." Lack OF
time and space will not permit Of vi
particularizing to-day. The play was
generally we'll performed. and will be
still better so tonight. That overture
by the orchestra ut Che close OF the first
act. was n fine piece Of music, splen-
| didly. executed. Fernando again to-
night, and last appearance but n Of
| Miss Price. Those who have not yet
seen her should embrace the opportu-
nifty, by all means.
"Goop MAN!"-O Our friend Bill
Lafferty, mot Rafferty, M of the pi-
oneers Of Gold Hill, and a "good
man," who never surrenders, was the
man who had his two fingers and his
big toe cut of by the chap who tried
to beat faro with a Ratchet at Carson
| City. the other night. Laferty was
an observer at the game, and not wish
ing to see the Ratchet used so loosely,
he interfered and got cut. Poor Laf-
ferty ! we are sorry for him, as he Is a
very brave fellow-eyer since he en-
countered several highwaymen at the
Empire Mill, In lower Gold Hill. He
killed both his men OH that occasion.
and has been known ever since as
good man, His wounds, received
the other night, arc healing, and he Is
out of danger, buphe Is disfigured for
life.
VENIsoN.-There is plenty Of this
choice meat, so delighted in by all
lovers Of wild game, to be found in the
markets Of Gold Hill and Virginia at
the present time. 1t comes principally
from the Sierra valley region, and our
experience Of it thus far has been a
little tough. We invested In a few
steaks from a yearling doe at Virginia
a day or two since, which 1t Is
private opinion had travelled the
mountains for the last forty years at
least. 1t fried into solid sole leather,
and chewed like indiarubber. Nobody
could maSticate 1t. our poor little dog
Is nearly dead with the dyspepsia from
in~cautiously swallowing q few small
chunks of it.
MINING lTENs.-The Yellow Jacket
mine is yielding 10 tons per day at
present, principally from between the
900 and l,OOO-foot levels. The drifts
north. at the 1000 and 1,lO0-f foot levels,
are still being driven ahead under on
tract, but have encountered no ore as
yet. The main shaft Is being sunk
deeper, and is now sixteen feet below
the 1.00O-foot level. The ore In the face
of the raise at the l,100-foot level Of
the Crown Point mine still shows
we'll, with promise Of better develop