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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-01-20
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The provision in DR.. Rowell's will
for the burning Of the soft parts Of his
body, and the bequest of his skeleton
to a medical aud surgical museum, has
excited much comment, and not with
ont reason. The request was 8 slngu-
lar one, and calculated to rouse the
wonder and expostulation Of society.
That 1t has not been complied with,
however, we must be permitted to con-
slider an objectionable neglect Of the
most sacred and mandatory wishes OF
the dead, and we are prepared to
maintain that no defensible reason for
this departure from testamentary In
structions can be advanced. 1t would
not, perhaps, be very difficult. to show
that the custom Of incremation pos
sesses far more symbolical beauty and
tenderness than the custom of inter-
ment. 1t may be alleged against the
former that It Is Of Pagan origin.
though 1t would be difficult to prove
such an allegation. There is certainly
scriptural warrant for the practice, IN
the burning of the bodies of Saul and
Jonathan. But when we 20 back to
the funeral rites Of some Of those ma
tions which habitually burned their
dead and inurned the ashes, 1t will be
found that there was infinite grace, ex-
preston and meaning In their ceremo-
MES. Thus, when the corpse, carefully
and reverently prepared, had been
placed on the pyre, the torch was ap-
piled by one of the nearest relatives,
who extended it toward the infiamma-
BILE material with face averted, rs indi-
eating the reluctance of that last sad
ministration. As the flames kindled. the
mourners and torch-bearers cast their
eyes heavenward, %intimating that there
lay thoir hopes, and though the cere-
mony was pagan, 1t would trouble
Christian critics to find fault with the
rite. When the fire had done Its Office,
and consumed all that was destructlble,
the bones were gathered together and
washed with wine and milk, typifying
strength, nourishment and sweetness,
and portraying the two stages Of In
fancy and manhood. They were then
wrapped In linen, and the mother Of
the dead dried them In her bosom, the
first fostering place of their nourish-
ment. The funerals were attended
by solemn music, and even in the SIN
glo repulsive and incongruous feature
the presence Of o Jester, whose busi-
ness It was to initiate the speeches,
gestures, manners of deceased-may
Be traced a tender intention to typify
tho passionate nature of q grief which
nothing could allay short Of the actual
presentment In minlicry of the chief
traits of the lost one. Surely there
was in none Of these rites Of increma-
ton anything less solemn or decorous
than appears In the hideous mummery
OF our modern funerals, with their
hired mourners, their repulslye and
h~eathenish sombreness of drapcry,
their mock. solemnity, and their out
rageous defiance Of the canons of tasto
In all respects.-Sac. Record. as ~
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-01-20

Overland Dispatches
SPECIAL to the GOLD HILL NEWS
DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.

WASHINGTON, January 20. - Com
missioner Pleasanton's recommends
ton Of the repeal Of the Income Tax
law, made to the Ways and Means
Committee, was made with the knowl-
edge and approval Of the President.
This gives fresh interest In the matter,
and will probably serve to bring the
question Of repeal before Congress
this session. The Commissioner Is also
very confident that the system of per-
hitting the export of whisky in lieu
of the present %prohibitory drawback
requirements, will be instituted, which
can be successfully enforced, and re-
lieye the existing staguation in the
distillery business.
New YORK, January 2O.-The Her
aid Washington dispatch states this
morning that President Grant intends
removing Collector Murphy, of New
York and putting Woodford in his
place. The reason assigned is that the
| President wants to harmonic the Re-
publican factions of New York. The
Benton men are still bitter against
Murphy.
A scheme for plundering the Gov
eminent of 5000 acres Of the Preside
reservation of San Francisco, supported
by the lobby, Is in the House, and has
been put in shape in a bill introduced
by Axtell. The Government has an
undoubted title to the land, which Is
worth two millions, and has occupied
it since the acquisition Of California.
1t Is now proposed that the Govern
ment relinquish 1t without payment,
in order that 1t may be seized by the
ring spectators, who endeayored to
squat upon it some years ago, but were
promptly driven of by the military
authorities. Axtell's bill gives 5000
acres of the Reservation to the city for
q Park, 500 to land-grabbers, and
allows the United States to keep $50
for its forts and barracks.
WASHINGTON, January Cot Is be-
lieved that in negotiations for the set
Element of the fishery question, Gene
raj Schenck will be instructed to make
a proposition that the fisherman Of the
United States shall be put on an equal
footing in all respects with those Of the
British Provinces. In short, the diff
Guilty shall be settled at once aud for
ever by the abrogation Of all former
treaties and legislation, and the
repeal Of all the Cananadian laws
reserving any fishing grounds for
the exclusive use of the Canadian
fishermen. In return for such ccfces-
son, some important consideration, Of
course, will be expected from this
| Government, and it is thought the
United States could afford to pay what
ever reasonable sum may be demanded
for the full settlement Of the veXatious
| question.
LONDON, January IS 1t is con.
firmed that Foidlcrbe reached Paris
Oh Monday, and there was an outpost
skirmish near Bopaume yesterday.
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A New ~Fire.KscaPc.

from the New York World. Jan. 9Th.
Alarse crowd gathered in Spring
street, Just Off from Broadway, at =
o'clock yesterday afternoon, to witness
Il novel experiment with n fire-escape
recently invented. A n v sack,
tifty-eight feet long, was thrown out
from the fiftll-story window Of the st.
| Nicholas Hotel, the upper end Of the
bag being made fast to the sill and
| castings. In a few moments tile out
lines of a mans form were seen to
| swell the canvas, and descending
| slowly, it soon reached the ground,
when the inventor, who belongs to the
navy and is used to climbing, emerged
from the tail end of the bag, the crowd
cheering him heartily. He had no
more than reached the bottom when
another swelling WAS percepti6!e at the
| top, and down came u hotel waiter.
Alter him came half q dozen other men
and boys, all Of whom returned through
the hotel to make more trips down the
dark lane. Thirty descents were made
in less than so many minutes, although
the exhibitor was not testing the ca
pacity of the apparatus. The sack is
twenty inches In diameter, but Is con-
tracted to ten inches by means Of wire
springs which encircle 1t at intervals
Of about one foot all the way up. 1t
therefore shapes itself to the figure Of
the person descending through II, aud
prevents him from falling too rapidly.
By a little pressure eXerted at the
elbows or knees the person can stop
short in the sack. The sack is made
large ut the mouth, and Is attached to
an iron frame with grapplings which
fasten to the window-sill. Any person
unaccustomed to the apparatus would
hesitate some before backing into the
canvas, but there appears TO be no
cause for apprehension OF danger.
When not in Use the escape is folded
up, the folds OF the canvas fitting
nicely into the iron frame, the whole
occupying a space about two feet
square. The inventor claims that the
escape can be adjusted to any window,
and that any person can make 1t fast
and get started on his journey toward
terra firma within forty seconds after
the first alarm Of fire. The canvas Is
warranted to conduct men, women and
children with perfect safety, without
regard to portliness or attenuation.
The main objection to the new fire.
escape seems to be Its combuStibleness.
However, the inventor thinks 1t can be
kept out Of the way Of the fire by
changing 1t from one window to all
other, The Fire Commissioners have
been invited to inspect the new escape.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-01-20

SUSAN RuTTER, a domestic In the
Sorrel Horse House, at Lancaster PA,
was to have been married on Thursday
evening, Of last week. at seven O'Clock,
to Henry Bremen, who for many years
had roomed In the same hotel. About
an hour before the ceremony was to
DO performed, Susan went to the room
Of ller intended husband and found
him sitting on the side of the bed. He
complained Of feeling unwell, and she
went down stairs and prepared a bowl
Of tea. She placed the tea on the Ia
Bile and bound a handkerchief around
his head, when she went toward the
door, which Is but a few steps from the
bed. She had not yet opened the door,
when she heard the discharge Of a pis-
toll, and, looking around, saw Mr..
Bremen still in the same position.
She thought he had fired into the wall,
but almost instantly he dropped back
and the pistol dropped from his hand
to the floor. She picked the weapon
hastily up and threw 1t on the bed,
and then ran down stairs to give tho
alarm. Bremen died in about ten
minutes, the ball having penetrated
the brain. He was thirty-two years
old and In easy circumstances, and
somewhat irregular In habits. For
some reason unknown he preferred
death to matrimony.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-01-20
FROM CARSON ] T
NEVADA LRGISLATURE.
Eighteenth Day.
CARSON CrTY, January 2O-3r.,

LARSON CITf, JaIluary w l.. M
The Senate met at IL o'clock.
Mr.. Hazard introduced n bill amend
atory of aud supplementary to an Act
defining Judicial Districts. Referred
to the Judiciary Committee.
An Act to prevent the destruction of
fish was passed.
An Act amending the Act defining
county boundaries, and which releases
Churchill from certain Indebtedness to
Humboldt, passed.
At 1925 P. NJ. adjourned to Monday.
The House Select Committee, through
Mr.. Bowman, reported favorably on a
bill to change the boundary line be-
tween Nye and Esmeralda counties.
A resolution by Mr.. Manning, to APP
point q Joint Committee to inquire
into the expediency Of locating the
insane at the State Orphans Home,
and removing the orphans 10 the Asy-
lum at Virginia, was referred to the
Committee on State Institutions.
Mr.. Simpson gave notice of a bill
amending the State Prison Act.
Mr.. Jones gave notice of a. bill
amending the Revenue Act. It repeals
the tax on mortgages.
Mr.. Garaghan gave notice Of a bill
to amend the same, reducing the poll
tax to g.
Mr.. Beck gave notice Of a bill to pro
vide for taxing the net proceeds OF
ranches. g
The joint memorial asking Congress
to repeal the duties on quicksilver was
passed. y>L~
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-01-20
DISPATCH
HON0Rs T0 JAPANESE VISIT.
ORB-BOUND OVkR-GRREN.
BACKS.

SAN FRANcIsco, Jan. 20-2 p. NJ
Gold at II A. NJ, 11O4. Greenbacks,
0O34; selling, OH. Boz
Wind south, foggy, and barometer
not falling. ... a.n ..r
The japanese financial commission,
headed by Governor Ito, is now visit
ing Fort Alcatraz. They were re-
ceived, on landing, with a salute of tif-
teen guns. MIA garzrg ia
Thomas Carey, the man who cut
"Red Mike" the outside land opera
tor, was to-day sent up to the County
Court OH the charge of murder ; bail,
$1,000. @
Charles Curtis was also sent up on a
charge of burglary. =
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-01-20

TINS story Is told about Blitz When
the diggings In California were paying
we'll, Slgnor Blitz visited a gulch, and,
before q large audience, exhibited his
legerdemain. During the perform
ance he took out his handkerchief,
threw It into the air, caught it again,
when he took q twenty dollar piece
ont of 1t, asking the boys II they could
do that. Old Pete, q "forty-niner,"
who had never changed his mining
shirt since he came into the digglngs,
Immediately went upon the platform,
took off his shirt, dipped the tail of 1t
into a bucket of water, held 1t up, and
rung $50 30 In gold dust, including fif-
teen pounds Of sub-soil. Blitz took
the next pack train.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-01-20

THE CENTRAL. Pacific RN1RoAD.-
The late report Of the Central Pacific
Railroad Company shows that their
main line of road Is 900 miles long,
and during the past year the gross
earnings have been 81, 900, 10; the cost
of operating, $i,O50,5Si, aud the net
earnings, &.s6oI45.s During the six
years since the road has been in opera
ton, the total gross earnings have
been $~ls,G29,Sl3; the operating ex-
pense, $S,550.5 4s. and the net earnings
80. ,265. Within the past year the
Western Pacific, the California and Ore.
gon, The San joaquin Valley, and the
Oakland and Alameda Railroads have
all been consolidated with the Central
Pacific Railroad Company. . =. saw,
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-01-20

An Iowa DIvoRcE.-The divorce
case of Syhl NJ. Calkin VS.. Charles NJ.
Calkin, at Upton, this week, created
great excitement. According to the
testimony, Calkin was about as mean a
husband as one can we'll hear of. He
was we'll off, but he nearly starved his
wife, who could truly say she had
smoothing to wear" Calkin once gave
her six dollars to purchase clothing,
for want of which she was actually
suffering, and the next day borrowed
1t OF her to donate to the church con-
trlbution for the help Of foreign mis-.
sions! The jury returned a verdict 10
her favor, and Calkin will have to
divide his property with her.-Moant
Vernon (Lo,ca) Hdnkeys.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-01-20

THE PhrenologicR Journal and Life
Illustrated, edited and published by
Samuel X. Wells, $50 Broadway, New
York, 8 per year. The chronological
Journal Is one Of the most deservedly
popular magazines OF the country.
For real useful information for every
day life, whether in man or woman,
the study Of p~hrenology and physiog-
nomy Is a science excelled by no other.
The chronological JomRM is the very
book to instruct people DESTROYS of be-
coming acquainted with the science.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-01-20

The drawing Of the Cosmopolitan
Lottery at Nevada began on Wednes-
day. There are %, ZOO prizes, and the
drawing progresses at the rate Of two
per minute, l20 per hour, OF ESQ in
twenty-four hours. It will take eight
and a half days to finish the business,
working night and day.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-01-20

JAcoB TREEs and Sarah Trees, of
Shelby county, for fifty-nine years hus-
band and wife, died within four hours
of each other, about two weeks ago.
They Ind lived In Shelby county thirty
five years. Three weeks ago they had
been visiting, and while walking home
both complained of not feeling well.
They took their beds, aud In Il week,
and within t%wenty-four hours time,
both departed this iife-the husband at
the age Of eighty, the wife at seventy
eight. They were buried in the same
grave,
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-01-20

Isaac II. BRowy, the fat and some
what celebrated sexton of Grace
Church, New York, has been Installed
Master Of Puritan Masonic Lodge,
New York and 1t is said of him that
cit Is needless to remark that he filled
the chair in the East, newly construct
cd for him, in ar able and distinguished
manner" Brown gave $3.50 to the
charitable fund upon being elected.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-01-20

A LARGE force of police were en-
ployed on the 4th, at Portland, Maine,
to protect Burt's shoe mandatory
from an attack threatened by striking
Crispins. A number Of the nonsociety
men returning to Newark, from work
In New York were set upon by Cris-
pins, dragged from the cars, severely
beaten, and finally rescued by the po-
lice with drawn revolvers.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-01-20

DURING the year 1870 one hundred
and sixty-eight persons were killed
and four hundred and eishty-four
wounded OH the railroads OF the United
States. Kansas Is at the head of the
slain, with twenty-seven killed; and
New York comes first on the wounded
list, with sixty-three.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-01-20

TIE Leavenworth Repafieda tells
Of a skater who suddenly popped I'M
der the ice, After noticing that ''the
fishes gazed at him with their green
eyes, and nibb!ed his clothes rs he
swami" he was at last fortunate enough
to reach a sand bar, where he braced
his feet firmly, bu:ted a hole through
the ice with his head, and saved him
Self
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-01-20
. Nm S,.rrn had rather the adyan

AMR SMITH had rather the advant-
age of Rev. Il. X. Beecher, the other
dSy. It seems that the said Beecher
said something uncomplimentary Of
Congressman elect Smith, and said
Smith expressed himself freely about
1t. Whereupon Mr.. Beecher remarked,
"Do you want to get up aquarrel
with the Beecher fanily?"y 70 which
Mr.. Smith answered, mo, sir; but
| want to know If you intend to get up
a quarrel with the Smith familyp"
When the number of the Smith family
Is considered, the force Of the reply Is
easily seen. u- -.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-01-20

FISH are a drug in Kansas. They
are shared from under the ice in cold
weather, and so plentifully are they
taken in this manner that they lie, all
kidns and sizes, along the shores with
ont q claimant. .-'H
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-01-20

The oft-disappointed Millerites of
Now England have set another day for
"going up"-the 18th Of February
and they have already commenced to
get excited and enthusiastic over their
contemplated Journey.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-01-20

Nh. SARGENT has introduced a bill
to enable Washington Territory to be-
come a State in the Union. Sargent
has also introduced 4 bill for the adj
mission Of Utah. laying irrevocable
restriction OH polygamy without the
consent Of Congress.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-01-20

The Louisville JomaH says: ave
believe in n sewerage" ~whereupon
one Of its contemporaries remarks that
its editorial columns back up the state
ment.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-01-20

ANDREW BRENTLINGER, sentenced to
be hanged to-day in Allen county,
Ohio, and respited for a week, tele-
graphs the Governor that he wants to
be hanged in accordance with the origi-
nal arrangement.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-01-20

A PHILADELPHIA doctor claims that
cider is a sovereign cur for liver COM
plant and dyspepsia. If men would
only drink a barrel or two every Win
ter, they would come out in the Spring
sound and healthy.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-01-20
a TRN-cENT SHINE.
AM" Fo.O on, on, Silver Raine.rg

An-"F aoto On, on, Silver Rhin<.'1
Brush onl brush oni . ten.cent shinet
Confound It, boyI This size Of mine
Ye mock, who wildly extra charge
Five cents because my foot is large!
] SEQ Il In yonr eye.
Brush, urchin, brulh awayI
Dost think that l can stay
All day!
You fooli I'm hastinR to my bride;
Your shining keeps me from her side,
You imp! I'll well Delay your back;
Come, hurry up, you lazy black
And brightly shine each heel,
Or vengeance You shall feel.
Brush, urchin, brush awayi :
Dost think that I can stay
Al dayf
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-01-20

A VERMONT girl wants to know If
tile Woman's Rights movement in-
cludes the right to do the counting. II
it does, she Is in for 1t, as the men In
her vicinity are very bashful. There Is
something practical in that.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-01-20

The printing bills of the New York
Central Railroad are said to amount to
about go, 900 a month-and the Albany
Erening Journal does the Jobs.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-01-20

J. II. WARwIcx, of California, gave
his lecture, IAN Evening with Shaks-
peare and the Poets" at Kansas City,
Missouri, December 27th.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-01-20

The Mayfleld (Ky.) Democrat head:
its paragraphs "Slap-jacks." Very
appropriately, too, as they are usually
as flat Us a pancake.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-01-20

SENTIMENT of an old fashioned musi-
cian-"The music OF the future" and
long may it stop there!
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-01-20

In the eyes Of a thoughtful confec-
toner, the ground covered with snow
resembles nothing SO much as a huge
brilecake.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-01-20

"THE Five Great Powers love,
Money, Ambition, Revenge and a Good
Dinner.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-01-20

A GouRMAND friend Of ours, writing
from Paris, complains that they have
plenty of sorties, but nc entrees.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-01-20

Horace GREELEY says there are one
hundred thousand more men, women
and Children than ought to be in New
York City.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-01-20
Tue first knight Of Malta-sir John

THE Zavistowski Sisters are Mt the
National Theatre. Washington, d. c.
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gsAREcENrvo destroyed
several towns In Mexico. =
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FER NANDE 4!
GRAND MATINEEI
Saturday Aftcrnoen......At9 o'clock.
e F%RoU.FR0U.

PRICES OF ADMISSION:
Dress Circle and Orchestra Chairs. .-.....& 90
No extra charge for Reserved Seats.
Parquettc ..........5 SOC Private Boxes. ..5 90
Doors open at Z O'Clock. Performance COM
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SEAMsTREss.

A LADY POSSESSING A FRsT-RATE
"A Sewing : Machine desires employment at
family sewing, dresEmakin9. etc. Win 20 out
to work with the machine wherever desired.
wages, - per day. Inqulrs ct the Columbus
Brewery. jA16-ws
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-01-20

PARTICULAR ATTENTION PAID TO
Chronic Diseases and Uterine Surgery.
of1ce-Next doorto Drug Store, Silver City.
Nevada.
Mr.. F. WYATT is my authorized Collector.
Silver City, January 20, 1871. Jas0-tf