Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-01-06
ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES.

4 Cahill Miss sullivan
MARK TWAIN ON REPoRTERs.-In
the course Of a recent lecture at Chi
cago, on his life and experiences here
In the land Of sagebrush and silver,
Mark Twain delivered himself Of the
following correct remarks about re-
porters: Reporting is the best school
In the world to get a knowledge Of
human beings, human nature and hui
man ways. A nice, gentlemanly re-
%porter-I make no references-is well
treated by everybody. Just think Of
the wide range of his acquaintance
ship, his experience Of life and society.
No other occupation brings n man into
such familiar sociable relations with
all grades and classes Of people. The
last thing at night-midnig'.t-he goes
browsing around after items among
police and jail-birds In tho lookup,
questioning the prisoners, and making
lasting friea' hips with some Of the
worst people N the world. Ard the
very next evening ne gets himself up
regardless of " :nse. puts on all the
GOOD clothes his friends have got, goes
and takes dinner with the Governor
or the Commander-.a-Ch:ef Of the dis
trir., u, United States Senator, and
soIle moro Of the upper-crust cf So
ciety. He Is OH good terms with all
of them, end Is present a. every pGol!c
gathering, and has easy access to every
variety OF people. \ reporter has to
lie a little. of course. or they would
discharge him. That is tho only draw
back to the profession. That is why
left 1t. am differ. Z from Washing
ton; have C. higher aud grander
standard Of p~'. Dle. Washington
could not lie. E" lie, but l won't.
Reporting Is fase..is.l ing, but then 1t Is
distressing to have to lie so.
LAKE TAuoE.-John w. Mckinney,
an old resident of Suy' ".le Point,
western shore OF Lake =. &c, arrived
at Carson yesterday and give; the Reg
lister the following int. ""'Ns particu-
lars relative to the eject, oi the great
Decembe. Storm in that region. Dur
ing the first t~wenty-four hours OF the
(rain) storm the lake rose six inches.
The surface Of the lake is 81 by 10
miles square-.and we leave tito tigur-
lists to calculate by gallons the amount
of water it received In twenty-tour
hours. Since the commencement OF
the storm the lake has riser twenty
W inches. The snow alot.g the west.
ern shore IL now six feet deep, packed
hard and granulated. In man. places
along the eastern slope Of the western
sTTI.t the SLOW drifts are from sixty
- me hundred feet deep. During the
.orm eleven inches of rain and
eighteen feet of snow foil. On Christ
mas day, 1867, the lake rose fourteen
inches in t~wenty-four hours. Won
Schm.dt's dam acres the outlet OF the
Truckee river nc t.. 70 City, has been
completed, but the gates fifty feet III
lengthy are suspended above the water,
ready to be dropped ut any moment.
DRY GooDs BLOCKADE. Terrific
rush at Blocks famous dry goods store
C street, Virginia, induced by his e1.
tremely low prices. a lady almost
crushed to death yesterday py the
crowd. Mule loads of goods packed
on, at a time. Policemen stationed
10 keep order. Two new doors cut IN
the sides Of the building to relieve the
blockade. Clerks and statesmen run
ming on eight-hour shifts i'll order 70
stand the immense rush for goods INC
take care Of the huge lots Oh ireSh
supplies constantly arriving. NOBODY
ever saw the like. A. L. Stewart
never did. Block is trying to regulate
the excitement, but stems the rushing
tide with great difficulty. He don't
want to get rich, but merely to favor
the public, so his prices are reduced
accordingly. All surplus money he
gives to the poor. Read his new ad-
Ver;ise.nent In another column to-day.
PrUrE MEssESGERs.-For some time
the roads between Double Springs and
Aurora have been in such a horrible
condition that neither h stage nor
the pony mail carrier could travel
them. The Carson Register says that
as n substitute, and In order to supply
the southern country with its regular
mail. Billy Wilson, the mail contractor
and stage man, has employed a num-
Der of Indians to carry the mail reSu,
larly between the points named until
such time as the roads become pass
able. The Indian carriers so on foot,
day and night, taking to the hills!des
where the road Is muddy, and always
come In on time at both ends OF their
route.
CABIN BuRSED.-A miners cabin,
near the Daney mine, was destroyed
by fire about IL o'clock yesterday. 1t
wa owned and occupied b. Sd Sheath,
Foster King and another man, II all
tbrse were working in the mine at the
time. The fire was discovered by the
men employ about the hosting
works. but to- late to save anything.
IRE bows lost their clothes, provisions
and vsiuables, i all about $500. The
fire is thought to have been purely
accidental.
FASHION SALooS.-This popular sa-
loon on Main street, opposite 'le
News Office, is iiourishing finely as
usual. and certainly must Se lioe,a..y
patrc nized, judging from the large
numbers vi gentlemen VINO IesT u
thither to enjoy a social game Oh on-
lizards. or q taste Of the choice DeVer-
aces kept there. Finch u Dnmars,
RE pentlemenly groprietors, khow
how to treat their friends right.