Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-04-05
C~ElEsr1AL CExrrrRr wAkr.-Yes-

CELESTIAL CExErERY WAKE.-Yes-
terday, says the Carson Appeal Of this
morning, amidst the changing Of gongs,
the glare OF fish horns the squeaking
OF slngle-string iddles and the twang-.
Ing Of Monaghan bsnjos q procession
headed by Benton's bus. wherein the
band who played these Instruments
were seated, wendell Its way from Chi
natown to the graveyard north Of
town, whore the accustomed yearly
ceremonies were performed about the
Chinese graves. This. procession con-
sisted Of not less than eight or ten car
! riages. all well laden with = mixed
cargo of roast pigs similarly cooked
chickens. bread. yellow joss papers,
pots Of liquors CHE mysteries Of whose
composition are known to TO other
than the Celestial mindl f~ireoracksrs,
| Cinnamon and 70 on. These edlblss
were duly taken to the cemetery,
and there. amidst the burnt
| Offering OF crackers and the
scattering OF the yellow papers afere-
mentioned. those meats and things
were deposited, temporarily, on the
| mounds Of earth under which rest and
moulder the sacred bones Of the unil-
lustrious defunct who came all the way
from China to yield up a pagan ghost
In the unhAllowed land Of the outside
barbarian. This grave decoration Is In
one respect q beautiful custom ; but
the ssntimsntality Of the thing Is in
terrupted by the cold, practical act OF
incontinently gobbllng up the afore-
said funeral baked meats and returning
with them, Herewith TO regale the
mortal stomach OF Chinadem. More
over, there seemed, to be . matter.ot-
fact way Of doing the business; and
everything was done more Coolis than
solemnly.
UNxxrEcrRD Shower BNrn.-on
Thursday afternoon, at the initial
trial of Liberty rs new machine, there
might have been seen a fine looking
old gentleman who appeared COM
pleteiy absorbed In the proceedings,
aud to all appearance was wrapped up
In his own estimate Of things, evident-
~ desirlng no opinion or Information
from others. Tho reason OF this seems
to have been that he 10 an old acquaint-
ance Of the manufacturers Of the new
engine, and therefore felt All extraor-
binary degree Of interest In the success
OF their handivork. The gentleman
aforesaid, Judge F-s by name, there-
fore watched closely every uaneuver
OF the boys, and with gratitied pride At
the success Of their efforts, was stand
ing at = point about halfway along the
line Of hose, his countenance beamtng
with pleasure. and evlnclng thorough
satisfaction with the exhibition. Sud-
denly the boys at the brakes warmed
up, put on . little extra muscle, and
demonstrated clearly the inef1ciency
of the hose, when attached to the new
engine. A terrible break In the hose
occurred just In front OF the Judgs.an
he. poor man. all un~wittlngly, was in
stantly drenched In a torrent OF icy
cold water. The Judge Il not an habi-
tue Of shower-baths in the Winter,
neither Is he q strict Christian. and
muttering profsuely, not loud, but
deep, he landed the whole Fire De-
psrtment into the middle Of tho lower
regions, and incontinently rushed for
the Fashion Saloon to procure an In.
ward bath Of a slightly different tenn
peraturs from the QUE above described.
ROUGHLY HANpLEp.-Last evening.
two devotes OF bacchus after INDUCING
pretty freely in spirttus Jrunenti had q
personal alteration, in oneof our Gold
Hill Saloons, which resulted In n Of
them BY the name OF John McNellis
3 terrible head put OF him.
His injuries are OF such = ' char
that no will probably have to be
taken to the County Hospital. The
party who Inflicted the beating, whose
name we did not learn, will probably
be, called upon to explain matters In
Wright's Court on Monday
next.
THAsKs.-Billy Logan, the blind
miner of Gold Hill, desires to tender
his most sincere thanks to the men en-
in the Bslcher and Yellow
mines for their generous con-
on last payday, In aid OF
his family. also to his Honor. Mayor
Hopkins, for interesting himself In his
behalf.
THROUGH TRAIN.-We understand
that on and after the first Of next
month, a through train will be run
daily between Virginia, Gold Hill aud
San Francisco over the Virginia and
rruckee aud Central Pacific Railroads.
Passengers, express. mail matter. ETC..
will then 90 through direct, with no
change Of cars, aud no detention at
Reno or anywhere elss. This will
shorten the time between here and the
Bay very materially, and be = great
accommodation to the travelling pub
lie. to say, nothing OF the advantages In
the way Of freshsr fruits, fish, game,
vegetables, etc.
AMENITIES OF SAVAGE LrrE.-rhe
Piuts Indians are improving some
what In their treatment Of women. IL
/. no uncommon occurrence now for
one OF them to assist his squaw In car
ryinx a heavy pappoose. Before the
of the whites such a proceeding
would be derogatory to the dignity OF
the noble red man.
RELIGIONS INTELLIeENcE.-Rev. Mr..
pastor of the Methodist
Church, In Virginia City, being absent
his pulpit will be filled tomorrow
Sunday evening, at ~ o'clock ny
Rev. V. Rightmysr, OF Gold Hill. IN
consequence Of this arrangement, there
will be no services In the Methodist
Church, Gold Hill.
WILL REBUILD Charley Barstow
has made arrangements to erect a
large two-story house on tho site Of the
one destroyed BY the late fire on tho
Divide. The building will be thirty
in width by eighty In length.
Next Monday he will commence grad
ing the ground preparatory to laying
the foundation.
SILVER CRY FRE1oHr.-Large guam
titles of freight arriving at the rail-
road depot, Gold Hill, are marked
40, ,I-..N;,v ~ A pnwarful 81 horse