Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-09-23


Bon DsDHAN- IMPROVED sew.
\ IsG HACHIN4-THR RACEs-JOCK-
kYiNG-sH0DDY AND com ttONER+
"A COLLIsION-DOLLY VA DEN
-CILONEL GIFT WILLOWS BIG
CIRCUS HORRIBLE MURDkR-
FIRE.
SACRAMENTO, Sept. q, 1872.
En-. Nxws: The City Of thsPlsias
Is In q great state of excitement on &C
count OF Its great annual harvest, the
State Fsir. The whole place Is one
grand eating aud lodging hou.e.
Prices are perfectly outrageous, and &C.
commodatlons Of the poorest quality.
But who can blame them for getting
all they can. when 1t Is all they will
have to live on for a year. The public
Is a great goose and they are all striv.
Ing to pluck It.
The Flrst Day
The attendance at the Park was very
slim and the races Of little Importance,
Although Hayward's Lady Blanchard
trotted, she had no competitor worthy
of her speed, aud 1t was a very one
sided trot. She won every heat In a
joX, nc best, only making 2:4Uh. l
met several
Old Nevada Rrleuds,
Among whom were Governor Bradley,
Abe Edglngton, Tom Sunderland and
Bob Dedman. Bob /. looking 30 hand.
some and dressed 40 fine I hardly knew
him. He l. Ia business In Woodland
aud doing we'll. aud thinks Mira. Frank
Denver the greatest woman In the
world.
The day WA cold and windy and
the dust flying In clouds. l visited
Tho Pavilion
In the evening, and found nothing bu'
naked tables, a few carriages covered
up, a pumpkin six weeks old. weigh
Ing liz pounds and a sewing machine
with hydraulic attachment IA propel'
ling power. which | should Judge was
u great saving Of muscles. The %atel
from any hydrant conducted through q
piece OF hose to a little water vince
attached to the original nachine Is al
that Il necessary. The whole l. In
closed In IN ornamental iron case
The attendance was not worth men
tloning. aud all went away rs soon Al
possible. Yesterday there was u large
increase In the visitors
Atthe Races.
Which were two running ones, the
first being a colt race. but In the seconc
some Of our best flyers took a turn
Nell Flaherty, Phil Sheridan, Demo
crat aud Nettie Brown. The contes,
was between the first three. As Nettit
took the rear from tlle start aud hello
her own nobly to the last. though
suspect 1t was more her riders thar
her fault. The Others wore allowed
two heats each. when Phil just slipped
In and took hi, three heat' oil three
legs. rs he was dead lame from ths
trst-all jockeying Of the plainest
kind. Nell sold a. high rs $500 IN tn.
pools the night before. They have
erected a
And fitted It up with chairs, and
charge one dollar each. extra, for bott
ladies and gentlemen. The old stand
only charges iifty cents for gentlemen,
ladies free. This l. done 10 Keep the
vulgar crowd at a distance from shod
ily ariItocracy. They have even ap'
propriated the music and placed 1t IN
one corner Of the new stand, which
makes It away OF to one side,
instead Of In the middle a.
formerly. and as 1t should be
Shoddy 1t Is IN the fullest sense OF the
term. A. I stood scanning the exclu'
sives. I could remember the time when
they were all poor. and looking back
to their ancestral origins, all OF which
I know well. | found that but few d
them would bear critical scrutiny
Grocery stores. whisky mills, and rail-
road monopolies, aud occasionally a
"Chiv." who managed to hold the
County Clerks or oni other lucrative
Office for u term. and come ont some.
where In the hundreds Of thousand:
with a splendid mansion, aud. conse'
Quently, were too high toned to SEE
their old .bOarderS; such aS tie4e fur
nish the funds for this ari1tocracy'
With n few exceptions there has but
two classes come yet ; that Is, the
Csassry People aad sports.
While q couple Of the latter. OF the
female persuasion, We're displaying
their horsewomanship OH the ground
she ran Into u sulky, upsetting It and
Its occupant. and nearly capsizln9
herself; fortunately the horse WI;
stopped before he got under way, and
the man took his seat again without
any serlou. damage. The ladies from
the country have not yet found OH,
that Dolly Warden Is dead, for they
are out In every variety Of that absurd
STYLE. L noticed In the crowd old Col.
Gin. one Of CALIFORNIA; old pioneers,
and landmarks. He Il looking very
old aud thin. but Is rs active As a boy
and can swear a. hard a. ever.
Circas ParRde.
The irrepressible Jack Wilson. drove
on the grounds with his entire hlppi.
droinc In full regalia. Women In
spanyl.s, driving Roman chariots, and
men riding two horses standiug. etc.
A vi,it to the pavilion In the evening,
revealed \ decided improvement In It.
appearance, and q large Increase Ia the
attendance. The thing. are not halfiIi
yet ; the grand rush Of visitors Is 10,
expected before next week.
Murder.
One Of the most revolving murder.
wa perpetrated here Thursday night,
which. II the circumstancial evidence
Is half true. deserves more swift retri.
button than our courts usually give.
A clothing store was partly burned
last night; more damage BY water
than fire. Next week you shall have
i few more random notes from
TOURIST.