Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-03-01
ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES.
Arrivals.


VERY VALUABLE WoRK.-We are in
receipt of the first volume of a new
work now being issued, and which is
of the highest degree of Importance as
well a. convenience to business men
and all others who desire to keep pace
with the times and be posted in mat
tiers of general information. 1t is
Chanhers' Encyclopedia, n dictionary
of universal knowledge for the people.
Revised edition, reissue Of 1870, with
maps, plates and engrayings, to be
completed in eighty parts, making ten
volumes, OF $50 pages each. 1t is
illustrated with abont 1000 engravings
and forty maps, together with a series
of from eighty to one hundred ele-
rautly engraved plates, Illustrative Of
the subjects of natural history, now for
the first time appearing In the work.
j. b. Lippincott 4 Co., Philadelphia,
and III. ii. Key Il Co., $40 Clay street,
san Francisco, are the publishers, and
it is, or will be when completed, q re-
issue of Chambers Encyclopaedia thor
oughly revised to date, and containing
such corrections as the lapse of time
since the publication of the first edi-
ton has made necessary to perfect 1t
as n standard work of reference, to-
gether with such improvements in the
mechanical execution as the growing
taste in the art OF book-making de-
mands. 1t will embrace general &C
counts of all subjects in the various de-
partments Of scieace, literature and
art, arranged in alphabetical order.
And the various subjects in philoso-
ply, chemistry, botany, geology, natu-
raj history, anatomy, mechanics, arch
itecture, hydraulics, Greek and Roman
antiquities, mythology, music, geoS-
raphy, biography and sculpture are IL
lustrated with maps and numerous
wood engravings. As dictionary OF
universal knowledge il is unsurpassed
in completeness and variety of inior-
nation. Almost every subject In the
whole range of human inquiry Is dis
cussed. The printing and mechanical
execution of the work is all that could
be desired. and it is very neatly and
substantially bound. Il. May, Of the
san Francisco publishing firm, is now
visiting the several cities and towns Of
this State to receive orders for this
work. He is also agent for Lipptn-
COTS P~ronoUnciag Dictionary Of Biogrd-
ply and Mythology.
The BALI. Observation-Disclosures Union
Hall is being handsomely trimmed
and decorated with flags, pictures, APP
propriate emblems, ETC., preparatory
to the grand ball Of this evening,
given by Liberty Engine Company
No. l, the flower Of the Gold Hill Fire
Department. 1t Is needless to say that
IL will be we'll attended by q most
agreeable assemblage and that every
body will have Il good time. That Is
always the case at the balls given by
that company. The finest band OF
music In the State will officiatc, and \
capital supper will be served at the
hall Of the company near by. Those
proposing to attend from Virginia
will do we'll to make proper arrange
ments with Jake White Of the omnibus
line.
DISTRICT CouRr-RIsISG, JuDGE.-
The following business was yesterday
transacted in this Court: Overman
Mining Company vs.. American Mining
Company /; time for entering Judgment
on the verdict extended to and includ-
ing March 18th, 1871. The Grand jury
found one true bill tor murder against
DIR. Hop Lock, and ignored the charge
of assault with intent to commit muir
der against j II. Johnson, and the
charge of burglary against Charles
Rodder, alias 'Charley, the Chicken
Thief"
NEVADA LorrERy.-As there have
have been many inquiries in this place
in regard to the Nevada City Gal.
Lottery, we publish the following
item from the Nevada Transcript, Of
February Goth at is now expected
that the official prize lists Of the Cos
mopolltan Lottery will be issued IN
this city during the coming week. Inc
agents will be given copies free by the
Society, and other parties desiring
copies nj procure them ut this ONCE.
NOT BURGI.ARy.-The Grand jury
failed to find a true bill Of indictment
against Charles Rodder, alias 'Chicken
Thief Charley" arrested for burglary
in breaking into the cabin Of Mr.. Sauli-
ders near the lone Mill, Gold Canyon,
the other night. 1t was an evident
fact that he forced the door, n had
no rightful business inside. He Is now
in the Gold Hill calaboose, and has his
examination before Justice Putnam
this afternoon on the charge Of house
breaking.
LONG DAScE.-A social dance took
place night before last, says the Carson
Register, at the Twelve-Mile House,
beyond Genoa, which lasted from 6
O'Clock in the evening until @ in the
morning. All the farmers IN the VI
cinity, together with their families,
were in attendance, and the affair Is
said to have been the most agreeable
one Of the kind eve given In the upper
end Of the valley.
Coon RESPONSIBILITIES from the
south give good reports of mining
y, 'racts in Pine Grove and other dis
,J IN Esm.ralda county, rs well as
J .Fo c3un'y, California.
A esS9rrSTLEvIED.-An assessment
oi$ Fas yesterday levied by the Vir-
Sh 90 lsolidated Mining Company.