Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-03-31

and are sanguine that public opinion
will eventually esteem 1t in like man
ner.
Tho "AIta."
You have heard Of aged females,
who, when they get very wrinkled, 60
through the enameling process and
come out "beautiful forever" The
Alta seems to have reached that stage
of its existence. for it appeared this
morning looking so typographlcaiiy
bright and cheerful that the people
scarcely knew 1t. 10 judge from TINS
surprise, the old lady has not the least
intention Of giving up the journalistic
ghost; and the heirs-expectant 10 the
auctioneers' advertisements Will Just
have to bide a wee while yet before
they clutch the spoil. Although 1t is
the fashion to make fun Of the Alta,
there is no denying that in many
respects it Is an excellent paper. AS
an organ Of capitalists 1t never will be
In favor with the masses; but 1t does
not seek for an extensive circulation
so much as for a select one. The
[1ttV . "CdhllOcS 10 CutUOLLhA
Its local columns are full, Its clippings
well selected, its commercial news re-
liable, its regular leaders tersely put
together, but those editorial notes de-
stroy the effect of the whole, and leave
an undetinable nursery rhyme on the
readers mind, in addition. The OAR
winian theory of human development
receives strong confirmation from tile
notes, as they are just about what one
might expect from q specifically edu-
Gated chimpanzee.
A Lottery Memento.
While in the Mercantile Lottery the
other day, looking over some Of the
costly works recently received from
Europe, ono Of tho officials asked me
If I would like to see an interesting
memento Of the great lottery. An
swering In the affirmative, we passed
into the ladies' reading room and
stood before tickets No. ! and 200, 600,
framed and glazed, and hanging OH the
wall in company with the first five
dollar piece received for the first ticket,
tho last fiye-dollar piece received for
the last ticket, and the winning tag Of
the hundred thousand dollar prize.
They are to to be preserved rs precious
souvenirs of the great gamble" the
memoryof which the Mercantile Ii
brary Trustees seem to take a pleasure
In perpetuating, instead Of suffering it
to die out rs soon rs possible.
What nm Accident Cost.
Readers of the News will remember
the terrible railroad accident on the
Western Pacific railroad, between
Alameda and Simpsons station, when
Judge Baldwin and some fifteen others
were instantly killed. The company
compensated most of those who werc
Injured by the collision, but in one
case they refused to do so, probably
because the Injured party was q very
poor man, and they did not think he
would be able to sue them. In this
they were mistaken, for he commenced
proceedings, and OH Friday, after a
trial lasting several days, recovered
a, 900 damages. This accident has
cost the company in the ncighborhood
Of 1920, 900, which must be regarded
as a heavy price to pay for employing
an illiterate pointsman with q bad
memory for timetables.
Theatrical.
Charles Matthews cleared $4,000 by
his nine nights engagement, and is
consequently highly delighted with
California. Hager's Historical Allie
cory" drew crowded houses at the
Metropolitan OIL Friday and Saturday.
The audience was mainly composed Of
the parents and friends Of the children
on the stage, but they appeared well
pleased with the performance. The
Metropolitan was engaged for this
week, and Hager had to vacate 1t;
otherwise the entertainment would
have been good for a weeks run.
JACK uORSER,