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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-11-02

TIE CkrIyoRS1A LEoIsIATURE.-My-
ran Angel, In the White Pine Nesos,
thus speaks Of the California Legisla-
ture : ~ ..r -r--1
Tho Legislature elect, soon to con-
vene, from general appearances, does
not promise any moro brilliancy than
tho last, but 1t Is of a more worthy ell
cment, and being nearly balanced be-
tween both parties, the Democrats
having a majority In the Senate, un-
doubtedlya moro circumspect course
will be pursued than under q Demo-
cratic rule. An innovation will be at
tempted In the candidacy Of women
for clerks, one at least, Mrs. H. A.
johnson. being an asplrant for En-
crossing Clerk Of the Assembly. The
lady IL said to be accomplished as a
writer and shorthand reporter, and If
truly a lady, God bless her and let Der
be elected. The clerks Of the Inst
Legislature were no honor to the po-
sitions they occupied. The rooms OF
tho new capitol are most elegantly
finished and furnished, but to see them.
defled by dirty and ignorant Doors,
whom party pressure and favoritism
have placed In office, Is most disgust
ing. II, then, a lady can fill the posi-
ton and have charge Of mi Of the
rooms, let the experiment be tried and
see II the example Is not q good one ;
certainly more care in the selection Of
clerks Is required than In the Legisls-
ture Of 1S69-T0. Like most other
commodities, they should be tried be-
fore they are bought.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-11-02

INSURANCE DELAYs.-On all hands
we hear grumblings and mutterings
by the people against what they con-
sider-and very ~justly-the unneces-
sary delays experienced at insurance
offices In the adjustment Of claims.
Every bubble Is seized with avidity
and, taken advantage Of to postpone a
settlement. The loser Is called upon
for details which In many instances 1t
Is impossible for him to furnish; and
when he has made his. exhibit accord
Ing to the best of his knowledge and
recollection, a set Of men called lad
justers" are put to work to cut down
all his estimates to q point not alone
below the actual value, but below the
face Of the Insurance policies, which Is
seldom more than half the value Of the
property destroyed. Against all such
acts Of bad faith we protest In the
name OF four stricken people. II the
insurance companies either a not or
will not stand up to their agreements
with the.people, let them say so, and
they will DO understood. But let them
not, while trumpeting their own SOL
vency, and advertising themselves as
ready and willing to pay every dollar,
seek these dishonorable evasions. We
beg to assure them that their bad deeds
will not soon be forgotten.-Chicago
Republican.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-11-02
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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-11-02
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SAN Francisco, Nov. 81 p. NJ
California Dexter made 2:30E trotting
against time at the Agricultural Park,
yesterday.
Edward Kehoe, a native Of Now
York, vas the restaurant waiter killed
by the accidental discharge Of his PTS
toll, which he was cleaning last night.
Miss Josephine o'Dwyer and Miss
Margaret Hughes took the white veil
OF the Sisters Of Charity at st. Mary's
Hospital, yesterday.
The jury in the case Of Michael E.
Quinn against Edward L. Mayberry,
for $4,000 damages for son Of plaintiff
being knocked down aud severely iE-
jured by falling bricks from tho Grand
Hotel, rendered a verdict for defendant
Mrs. Oliver, residing on Union street
near Fillmore. was dangerously II not
fatally burned by a switch of false hair
or jute catching fire from a candle. 1t
Is feared she cannot recover.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-11-02

A STRANGE PRIsoSER.-We copy rs
follows from the San Jose Patriot Of
October Goth. 1t Is strange II true:
The workmen who pulled down tho
walls Of tho old Jail tell this remarka-
Bile story: While pulling up the floor
of the second story they heard a most
extraordinary noise-a cry that they
could not liken to anything. They
commenced pulling up tho floor from
the two sides, and worked towards the
centre. The floor was exceedingly
tlght-no holes Of any kind, and so
also was tho ceiling on tho under side
Of the joice perfectly tight 80 that a
fly, ~ our informant says could not
get through. The strange cry in
creased as the workmen proceeded In
pulling up the floor towards the centre,
the animal r~etreating toward tho CEN
tre rs the pulling up proceeded.
Whatever It was that Issued such un-
accountable screams its quarters were
narrow, for IL was confined between
two joice and the tight floor and CELL
ing. When they got to the last boards
they beheld q large gray cat, with
strange plugged up nose and cleaning
eyes, its body covered with hair at
least six inches long. Wildly it
looked at the workmen, and then gave
a bound and sprang over the stairway
to the ground, and was In a moment
hid under the buildings. Our inform
ant thinks the cat must have been con-
fined there since the building Of the
old jail, eighteen years ago, and was
fastened up in laying the floor.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-11-02

THE BIRD TRADE.-In o recent arti-
Gle upon the bird trade OF Germany
with the rest Of the world, we are in
formed that the single firm Of Messrs.
Reiche, Of Alferd, are In the habit Of
shipping immense numbers Of living
birds to the United States, consisting
mainly of cansries, but including also
goldfinches, sparrows Of every species,
including the house-sparrow, larks,
etc. Their shipments to this country
during tho year 1869, amounted to
26, 900 canRrles, and $1,000 birds Of
other species ; the total number Of
canaries exported by all the dealers to
North America amounting probably
to not less than 45, 900 annually. The
shipments generally begin In the
month Of August, with the first spring
brood, and are continued uninterrupt-
eddy until April. These, In nearly all
instances, have been carefully trained
before shipment, and, 1t Is now posi-
BILE for a few dollars to obtain birds
that not many years ago would have
cost more than ten times that amount.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-11-02

The country has recently been
startled by several s~stupsndous frauds
on public moneys, committed by oil-
Gers of official trust; and the most as
founding Of them all, In amount as
we'll as in the fragrant character Of
their commission, are those reported
Of the Tammany ring at New York.
Millions of the city's money there have
bsen stolen aud divided among a gang
Of scoundrels Of tile worst dye, and all
the worse because that some Of the
number possessed great wealth, and
shrouded themselves in q cloak of
seeming responsibility: They and their
acts have been exposed, and there is a
probability that some of them will
meet the deserts due to their crimes.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-11-02

RoUaH on THE DocToRs.-The fol-
lowing passage occurs In the st. Louis
Democrats report of the Medlicott
poisoning case:
A lawyer mot in the easel who heard
the medical testimony, remarked that
smother such trial would ruin the med
ical fraternity of Kansas. 1t Is a sub.
ject OF general comment that the doc
tors contradicted each other upon
nearly every point on which they were
questioned. They even differed In re-
gard to the effect Of that well-known
drug, quinine, which Is taken BY every
one In Kansas. One learned doctor
hesltated a long time before he would
say that congestion of the lungs wasa
common cause OF death. When they
took hold Of those poisonous drugs.
morphine and atropine, every one had
a different idea about them.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-11-02

LARGE SUSPENSION OF WoRKMEN AT
MARE IsLAND.--The Vallejo Recordr.
Of October Goth says: ..uG'g.gg
The largest suspension Of workmen
from the Mare Island Navy Yard, at
any one time since the great suspen-
sion In February, 1870, took place yes
terdsy evening. The cause was. for
the want Of funds, and the fact being
known previously by those In authori-
ty, the Commandant and Constructor
both wrote to Washington, we are in.
formed upon good authority, asking
tho Department to keep the present
force at work, and that the exigencies
Of the work demands it. Word was
returned that the funds necessary to
do so could not be supplied, as the
appropriations were fast giving out.
Lists for discharge were then pre-
pared and last evening the following
were suspended: Ship joiners, % |;
ship carpenters, %; caulkers, '43;
oakum spinners, IL; painters, 20; Ia
borers, %; blacksmith tundsr Grlmes)
% under Hussey,l5 iron platers, 4;
boat-builders, g; millmen, 4; plum
bers, ! amounting to 2l7. o.E Mi.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-11-02

CoNMuNIsrs.-The invoice Of young
goniffs, recently arrived at the county
Jail from Battle Mountain, evidently
belong to the order OF Communists, as
one OF the number-the happy pos
season Of a dollar and a halC-hap-
pened to DO taken sick a day or two
ago and DR.. Murphy was called to at
tend him. While consulting with his
physician in the ~jailor's room, he In
cautiously left his p%antaloons In the
cell with his two companions. Dur.
Ing his absence they "went through"
the pockets and appropriated each the
sum Of fifty cents, thus effectlng an
equal, If not IN equitable distribution
of the funds. in accordance with the
liberal principles of the order to which
they evidently: belong.-Resss Rfrn
RereiHe. -,.,
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-11-02
p.oiae In.nranse U.mp.als..
From the Alta OF Wedpesday.l

LkFom VIC aI4U.
2 We find In an Eastern paper the fol-
lowing mischievous paragraph, which
Is a sample Of the kind OF rubbish sent
from this city by unintelligent and
reckless, II not worse, correspondents.
These persons exaggerate and misrep-'
resent every event that t%ranspires,
whether an earthquake, a fire. a flood
or o drouth, possibly impelled by the
same motives which induce a disrep u-
table press to become the Instrument
of attack upon local interests, In order
10 give a sensational value to the. dis
matches
s,y a,xorsoo. October l8.-Thc Pacific
Insurance Company's liabilities at Chic ago are
$4,000. The Company Tiil 60 into naaias.
ton, the stocknot1ers reiasans ~ N. a nrs
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-11-02

SOME preachers are so persistent that
nothing short Of death will swerve
them from their purpose. A well
known Methodist divine Of Indiana
married a lady to two consecutive hus-
bands who consecutIvely died. What
did the persistent man do but marry
the widow HIMSELF regardless Of the
fate Of his predecessors.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-11-02

The assetsl and assessments reach
S. sos, 1876, and the losses are 40 per
cent. Of it. These losses will be re-
duced by salvage and ultimate adjust
ment, and the companies, with i'm
proved business on a broader founda-
ton, ut better rates, are more stable
than aver. There Is now some chance
that insurance, as a business, will pay
its way for some years at least. In
the last few years, separate from a
loan business, the companies have not
paid. 1t has only been by. the sxer-
else Of extreme prudence and much
ability that the obligations OF insurance
have been covered by the revenues
from it, thus sustaining the security
without a~ffordlng profits.
LATER-November Ia suit to test
indirectly the validity Of the assess
msnt3 OF 70 per cent. levied on the
stock Of the Pacific Insurance Com
pany has been entered in the Fifteenth
District Court. The general opinion
is that the assessment Is legal, and the
stockholders, with very few and I'M
important exceptions, are paying It,
thereby enabling tho company TO 90
on with business without interruption.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-11-02

The interesting particulars Of the
discovery BY the Gernan Arctic expe-
dition Of ian open polar sea, full Of
whales, cannot be obtained until the
arrival Of a steamer. The cable did
pretty we'll to announce eyen..the fact,
without particulars.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-11-02

A GOOD instance Of sharp practice"
is that Of q man In Ohio, who was &C.
quilted Of murder on a plea OF insan-
ity. He had secured his lawyers by
giving them a mortgage on his farm,
but now repudiates the mortgage on
the ground that no was insane when he
made It, according to the showing Of
tbese s,me LAWYERS. csc =
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-11-02

Az Indian. q Gypsy, . Frenehman and an
American, ran o race At tho knox county Fair.
The distance was two hundred yards, single
dash, and the raco wAs won by the American.
Blood will tol.-hdi1s1pois Nstcs.
Slippery Gulch johnson, or Horn
town Scott, ought to have been at the
Knox county Fair. We would wager
a silver brick that either n of them
would have distanced the whole crowd
johnson, especially, the champion
runnist Of Washoe.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-11-02

THE WuLow.-The first willow tree
ever planted In America was set on the
line Of the present Third Avenue, Now
York city, $50 years ago. 1t was a viii.
low twig. which came in n package Of
figs from Palestine ; was stuck into the
ground, and In n few years became a
large tree.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-11-02

BEEcHER seems to always have a
stock Of sympathy to waste on people
who ars.in-misfortune. He now drops
a tear over poor Bees Tweed and
"plties him. Wouldn't 1t be as we'll
for Tweed to exhibit o little contrition
before sy~mpathizing too deeply with
him. !. -, ..
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-11-02

CoxrNa EAsr.-At latest advices
His Excellency Governor Bradley wal
Steering for.his ranch In Elko county,
at . Bully pace.
Thus bellows the Eureka Sentinel Of
Tuesday, a. -. =. n
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-11-02
AN UNLIMITED AND USwRI.coNE
vIsyroR.-The Indianapolis Sentinel,
of October 18th, says:

On Friday afternoon last, Miss Mat
tie Glenn, residing a few miles south of
Terra Haute. while sitting alone In the
house, had her attention attracted by q
light tapping On the window, near
which she was sitting. Thinking It
was a bird, she was about to raise the
window, when she was startled to dis
cover the noise to be caused by q snake
of Immense size, some six feet long.
She went out OF the house to kill the
reptile, which. she did after an excit-
ing encounter Of about fifteen minutes
duration. Her nervous system was Sc
yerely shocked, and she Is still III from
the effects Of the excitement
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-11-02

aTnEBoston Post n trying to make
It's readers believe the "ice crop In
Alaska" wasa failure last season.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-11-02

AT a gland dinner In Berlin, Ger
many, the walters got drunk and mob
bed the guests.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-11-02

TREASURER SPINNER answers the
application Of parties who lost small
sums Of legal tender notes In tho Chi
cago fire, that only the power Of Con-
gross can afford relief.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-11-02

The King of Siam offered Mr.. Sc
ward an elephant, during his visit to
that country. He was forced, though
reluctantly, to decline the present.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-11-02

In 4 libel suit against a newspaper,
at Little. Rock, Arkansas, for $4,000,
the plaintiff obtained q In damages.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-11-02

TuE latest euphuism for red hair Is
CanandaIgua color; Canandaigua be-
Ing, as every New York railroad tray
eler knows, a little beyond Auburn.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-11-02

Two women are partners IN the law
business In Kansas. They are sisters-
in-law.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-11-02
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WE HAVE FOR SALE AT THE GOLD
w Hi NEws ONCE haH . ton Of superior
Type Metal for iournaling purposes IN 2rartk
6uesd prtsss for cash. Zoo
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-02-10
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Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-02-10
BOLD BANK BURGLARS.
A Pretty Confidence Game-The
Cashier Warned by One OF the
Gang--The PorteTS Gagged
500 900 Stolen.

Philadelphia, February 3.-About
7 o'clock last evening three men, dis
guised as policemen, went to the Ken
sington Bank, nj the corner Of Beach
and Laurel streets. called out the watch
man and told him that the bank was
TO be robbed that night and they had
been detailed 10 remain in the bank in
order 10 capture the robbers. The
watchman admitted them and was
Immediately overpowered, gagged, and
handcufFed. The robbers then went
TO work and did not leave the premises
till 8 o'clock this morning. The par.
ticulArs Of the affair represent that the
cashier had beed notified OF the inten.
ded robbery by confederate Of the
robbers. who represented himself as a
policeman, and that he (the cashier
gave directions 10 the watchman TO nd.
NIT the (supposed) officers. There
were two watchmen in the bank, but
the robbers sent out one of them 80 get
something for the party to drink, aud
during his absence the other waichman
was overpowered, and on the return Of
the second one he was served in the
some manner. Three other confede-
rates Of the robbers were subsequently
admitted, and while the gang attacked
the safe one man stood with pistols
pointed at the heads Of the watchmen.
though they were gagged aud bound.
The burglars were foiled in their efforts
TO open the main vault, and only sue
ceeded in forcing the safe containing
special deposits belonging to the Gus
toners Of the bank. The amount ta-
ken is reported Mt about 100000.
As far as can be ascertained about
S65. 900 have been stolen, mostly in
coupon government bonds. The burg,
lars were very careful in making their
selections of funds TO discard register
ed bonds and 10 take only those they
could dispose Of without much chance
Of detection. The police have as yet
obtained no clue as 10 the robbers. The
vault of the bank was so damaged that
it could not be opened to-day, disar-
ranging business considerably. /
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-02-10
A Preacher Loses his Wife and
Three Children.

Rev. Robert s. M'Williams, of this
city, has been visited with a bereave.
ment during the past two weeks whose
parallel is rot often recorded. In
that time three Of his children and
wife have yielded up their lives to the
inexorable commands of death. Scar
Leftover was the agency which deprived
him Of the former, and the mother
doubtless died from the trouble in.
duced by the poignant family afiic>
ton. The loss Of two of her children
so wrought Cd her mind that il became
impaired, and yesterday she breathed
out her lsat. The third child IAN in.
fant) died on Tuesday. Both will be
buried together tomorrow afternoon.
Mr.. M'Williams' family two weeks
ago consisted of six persons. Now il
is reduced to himself and one child.
His is q bereavement almost insup.
portable, in which he has the warmest
sympathies Of all who have. heard of
it.--Harrisburg Patriot, 1st.
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OrleaniSt Intrigue.

Advices from London say that the
0rleanist legitimists have formed D
powerful coalition, the principal head.
quarters of the movement has been Sc
cretly advanced. and is rapidly gain
ing strength and influence throughout
the whole Of France. Many indiyidu-
ais Of power and influence have been
attached to the cause, the majority
embracing the proposition Of a resto-
ration of the Orleanist Dynasty to the
throne of France rather than have to
submit to the recall Of the house Of
Napoleon or to endure the danger and
internal strife which must shake the
country to It's foundation during the
formation and establishment Of a re-
public. Agents have been appointed
in every department throughout
France for the purpose of dissemina-
ting the principles of the movement
and proselyting for the cause.