Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-10-25

CHANGE OF REsrsrRATIoS. = All
voters registered lu wards or precincts
where thoy are not now residing will
find 1t good policy to have their regis
try or name changed to tho place Of
their actual residence before the day
Of the coming election. The general
Supposition Is that such change cannot
be made after the books Of registration
are closed, but section 10 Of tho Regis
tration Act reads as follows: Any
registered elector, moving from one
election district to another prior to the
day Of the ensuing election, may apply
to the registry agent before whom he
has already been registered for that
electoral year, ut any time prior TO tie
delivery OF the certified copies Of regis
ter to the inspectors Of election. and
have his nsme taken of the official
register, and receive from the registry
agent a certificate showing substan-
tally that he M on a certain date
duly registered In tho official register
of Township No. y In the County OF
=, and that his namc has been erased
at his own request; which certificate
shall entitls him 10 hsve his name
registered, In the same manner as
other names are registered, IN any
other election district. either within
the same county or In any other
county, for said election provided,
that It shall satisfactorily appear to
the registry agent receiving the eertlt-
cate aud 10 whom ap, licslion Il made
for the second registration, that the
applicant will have resided such length
OF time within such county aud cleo
ton district. prior to the next ensuing
election, a Is or may be provided BY
law to entitle him to vote.
4 VALUABLE INvES11oS.-T. A.
washburn, engineer Of the Douglass
Mill, In Gold Hill. has invented a
safety c~andlestick, says the Enterprise
oil this morning, which will be an ade-
uuste protection to miues and board
mg-houses against the possibility Of a
fire originating from a lighted candle.
HIS Invention consists OF q common
miners candlestick. to the Inside Of
the handle Of which Is attached 3 steel
spring, In ting q plate which covers the
socket Of the cilndlestick when not used.
Whenever n candle u to DO Inserted iu
the socket, the plate Is pushed aside,
but continues to press against the can
die. When the candle burns down to
the socket, the plate slides over the
latter aud snnffs ont the candle. Ev-
eryone who has seen the novel inven-
ton Is satisfied OF Its. ability to per-
form oil that Mr.. washburn claims
tor it. a patent has been applied for.
SrIRrrrALIsr LEcTrRKa-The lecture
Of Mrs. Cridge on Spiritualism, at the
Methodist Church, Gold Hill, last
evening, was we'll attended, and she
treated the subject In q very Interest.
Ing and able manner. This evening
Mrs Fannie +. Young, the famous ln-
spirational aud trance Medium, will
deliver a lecture at the same place.
Her lectures ara highly spoken OF. and
size will doubtless have q tull audience
this evening. We understand that DR..
Nest, whose wonderful seances have
oeen creating such \ sensation OF late,
proposes giving u lecture at the Meth
odist Church tomorrow evening, ON
which OCCASION he will give satisfactory
tests Of spirit presence which will Do
apparent to the entire audience.
CoNISG.-rhe new steamer sent East
for by washoe Engine Company, No.
4, Virginia, will be shipped OH the lst
of November and SEM over the big
railroad In a hurry. She Is q flrst-class
Button & Blake machlne, and costs
81. 500. The Committee OF Finance In
the matter will at once proceed to COL
lect the various amounts subscribed,
aud it Is to be hoped that the sub
scribcrs will be prompt In paying up.
When the new steamer arrives ana Is
put into service, the present excellent
hand machine Of the company Will Dc
for sale. r
ALMOST A FIRE.-About IL O'Clock
yesterday, says the Carson Appeal.
one of the coaches OF tho Virginia and
rruckee Railroad Company, standing
on the main track. caught fire IRON the
stove In the rear end. Fortunately 1t
discovered In time by Mr.. Ardery,
the efficient and gentlemanly telegraph
who displayed considerable
agility with q bucket of water, making
very lively time from the railroad Of
Ace to the scene Of confiagration-
time. even seconds, and succeeded In
subduIng the flames. Damage triling.
The vrRoISIA CHoNIcLE.-Our ex-
cellent evening contemporary to-day