Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-01-30

It Is such a direct accusation of our
| charity to know that a life filckered
out within the shadow of our own
doors for want of fuel, that those who
had any feeling felt guilty Of neglect.
I But the Inquest showed that in this in
stance 1t was without cause, for though
she was discovered lying on a bed of
sacks, without any covering, and three
starving children were lowering near,
over $50 were found In the room, and
1t was her own fault that she did not
procure proper nourishment. The last
curious development In connection
with post mortem inquiries recently
has been the holding Of a private in
quest, with the suppression Of the facts
elected. A woman In respectable cir
cumstances committed suicide by OPEN
ing a vein In her arm. Her friends
were anxious to conceal the cause of
death, and gave out that she died from
natural causes. But the Coroner heard
Of the affair, and said it would be nee
eSsary to hold an inquest, so one was
held at the house of the deceased, the
evidence suppressed, and every pre-
caution taken to prevent the press from
getting hold Of the particulars. 1t is
hardly necessary to say that the at
tempt to avoid publicity only made
the matter more public, for the report
crs heard Of 1t, and so gave a promln-
cnce to the inquiry that 1t would not
otherwise have had.
Democratjc PAP.
Another inquest, though of a differ
ent character to any of these, Is at
present being held by a committee Of
the Board of Supervisors, the subject
being Senator Betje's stationery bills.
Bette 1.-THE learned pronounce it Bet-kel
Is n of the unterriied. and as such
considers he has a vested interest In
supplying the city with pens, ink and
paper. Bette Is, moreover, n Senator,
and therefore believes that IL his prices
are fifty per cent above those Of others
in his line of trade, 1t Is only right that
the city should pay it, for the sake Of
his pure anti undefiled Democracy.
Aleck Badlaln, II of the Supervisors,
was of a different way. of thinking, and
protested against this overcharge,
thereby mourning the wrath of the
moribund ring" and the severe dis
pleasure of the Examiner. The result
Of his protest Is al Investigation, and
although 1t Is not yet finished, enough
has been shown to prove that Senator
Bette has had altogether too much Of q
snug thing.
The DANES In Council.
The second annual convention Of
the Woman's Suffrage Society was
commenced tho other morning ut
Dashaway Hall, under the most de-
pressing circumstances. The attend
ance was ut first limited to half q dozen
elderly sisters and the same number of
m~ild-looking brothcrs-just enough to
fill one of the benches; but after n
while others dropped in, until about
thirty delegates wero present. Susan
Is. Anthony, who had been expected to
put in an appearance, was non est, and
the general public was altogether M
represented. An amusing incident
marked the opening proceedings. The
lady President was addressing the
delegates, when q tiny wall was heard
In ali adjoining ante-chamber. The
speaker exhibited manifest uneasiness,
which was greatly increased when the
wall developed into n vigorous squall,
above which could be heard n mascu-
line voice reciting the poem commence
ing "~IIush-a-by, baby" For n time
the lady continued her address, but at
length the maternal instinct prevailed
over all other considerations, and, with
q speedy apology, she hurried Of to at
tend to her crying child. The recita-
ton and the crying instantly ceased, q
new President was chosen, and the
convention got to business.
Theatrical.
After n long season Of spectacular
and sensationalism, the legitimate has
temporarily resumed its sway at the
California. Miss Rose Evans ap-
peared OIL Monday night to n coldly
critical audience, IN tho character of
"Juliet," but soon won the sympa-
thies of the audience by her really fine
acting. On Tuesday she assumed the
part of Hamlet" and although her
petite figure and feminine voice con-
trasts too much with the popular con-
ception of the Melancholy Dane " to
make the performance pleasing, she
did far better than was expected.
Wednesday, rs "Parthcnia," in the
play Of Mgonar, she achieved a bril-
liant success, and showed histrionic
talent Of the highest order. For. SO
young al actress her abilities are Won
derfil, and, when sufficiently devel-
oped, ought to insure her future rs
brilliant rs that Of any woman On the
American stage.
The ALEXANDRIA has once more closed
Its doors.
The Ministries at Magulre's continue
to draw good houses.