Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-02-23

FEMALE MrNsTRELs CoMING.-Mr.
Piper, of the Opera House, has effected
an engagement with Miss Amelia
Deans troupe Of Female Ministries,
who will appear here about the first Of
next month. The Enterprise says: In
nil there are ten female performers,
with an equal number Of the sterner
sex !; but it being Leap Year the wo-
men rule the roost and the troupe,
therefore 1t Is called the troupe Of
.'Female Minstrels"- we presume.
Among the gentle sex we may men,
ton the names Of tho following : Miss
Forrestelle, contortionist; Miss Amelia
Dean, Miss Ethel Stanley, Miss Lizzie
Harmon, Miss Fannie Webster, Miss
Miss Eva Clayton, the Willis Sisters,
and others of note. They will bring a
large stock OF melodeon afterpieces,
burlesques and the like.
HARDLY NEEpED.-Early, day be-
fore yesterday morning, shortly after
the killing Of O'Rourke, by Prentice,
a man came rushing to see DR.. Hall,
telling him that he was wanted down
at the Piute House, right away, rs a
man was shot through the bowels.
s'How badly is he hurt ?" inquired the
Doctor. '.Hurt, is 1t why the whole
belly's blown oil him, and he's dead ~
"Ah, we'll, then what does he want Of
4 DOCTOR" "'Yes, that's So" says the
messenger, reflectively, and left. The
Doctor went to bed again. Some peo-
pie, apparently, do not think q man is
officially dead until a doctor pro-
nounces him so.
GEORGE WAsHINoToN.-As will be
seen by notice under the head Of
"Births," in another column, the wife
of Il. X. Bennett, the indomitable
Virginia carrier of the Enterprise, pre-
sented him with q nice little son yes
Acknowledgements Birthday. Mr..
Bennett proposes planting a cherry
tree forthwith for the youth to practice
on with his little Ratchet when he gets
big enough.
The OLD FLAG.-The only national
flag floating to the breeze yesterday,
In honor of Washington's Birthday,
was that on the, Yellow Jacket south
works. As the storm or other circum-
stances seems to have caused every
body else to become too forgetful or
negligent to do proper honor to the
memory Of the great Father OF his
Country, We recork this to the credit
~ tba Nallnyy -Jackak fOlEa-
COLLAR BONE BRoKEN.-The little
son of Captain Taylor, superintendent
of the Yellow Jacket mino, only some
twenty months OF age, accidentally fell
down some steps in front Of his fathers
residence, day before yesterday aftei-
noon and broke his collar bone. DR..
Hall attended him, and the little fell
low u getting along finely, standing
his troubles like a Juvenile Christian.
MOTHER OF JOSEPHINE MANSFIELD.
The Enterprise says: We are informed
that the mother Of Josephine Mans
field, so prominently connected with
the Fisk tragedy In New York, is a
ried and living In this city. She Is said
TO be a very handsome woman-look-
ing scarce thirty years OF age-and Is
the wife of a sporting man.
MARnEp.-Police officer James n.
Cartier, Of Virginia, has taken unto
himself a wife, rs may be seen by off,
cial notice under the usual head.
James has set a good example worthy
OF imItation-so say his numerous con-
graduating friends.
Bowers INcoRPoRATIoS.-The Bow
ers Mining Company, Gold Hill Dis
trict, Storey county, capital $500, OOo,
was incorporated at San Francisco on
Tuesday last. Its field Of operations
will be tho old Sandy Bowers mine In
Gold, Hill proper.
ADMITTED TO BAIL.-Prentice had
his examination before Justice Putnam
to-day, for the killing Of O'Rourke.
He was held to bail In the sum Of five
thousand dollars to appear before the
Grand Jury.
PASSING AwAY.-Under the influence
of the warm sun Of to-day, the recent
ly fallen thick snow mantle is rapidly
melting Off and running down the
streets and canyons.
CITIZENS AND AMBASSADORS M. F.