Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-04-22
TRIP TO RENO

wa epRhy VI ASas hSooSNohe
proprietor Of the Fashion Saloon, fur
nished him also with a bottle of anise
to sprinkle upon the bait, In order to
render It as attractive as possible to
the finny tribe. The locomotive Gee
noa," which was harnessed to the train,
proved to be q fast traveller. After
gliding leisurely over the Crown Point
bridge. we dashed rapidly past the
Belcher works and rounded the curve
leading to American Flat. The road
throughout It's entire extent was In
splendid condition, and the Mound
House was soon made and presently
Carson. After q halt Of ten minutes
at the last named place we ratified of
toward Reno at a lively pace, and un-
disturbed by aught. ave the rush and
clank Of the train, we flew past Frank
town and the other sleeping cities Of
the plain at lightning speed. From
Steamboat to Reno we travelled at the
rate of so miles per hour!
Immediately upon disembarking
from the train at Reno, we made our
way to the Lake House, an excellent
hotel situated on the south side OF the
Truckee. and only five minutes walk
from the depot. Here we were provid-
ed with excellent sleeping accommoda-
tions, the rooms being large and well
ventilated. There is a large orchard
in connection with the premises. and
OH the lawn we noticed some beautiful
specimens Of Lombardy poplar and
weeping willow. The perfume of APP
pie and peach tree blossoms stole into
our room through the open windows,
while all night long the waters of the
rruckee sang their sweetest lullaby,
woolng US to repose. n. c. Lake,
proprietor Of the establishment, Is u
Of the oldest settlers In the country.
He Is a whole-sonled individual and
knows how to make his guests enjoy
themselves.
P%iseatsriai.
We rose at an early hour in the
morning and after dispatching a boun-
tiful breakfast Andy started for the
fishing grounds. The river above and
below the stage road leading to Vir-
ginia was lined with fishermen as far
as one could see.
On Saturday evening Bishop Will
taker tried his luck at fishing, and
succeeded In landing a bouncing red
bellied specimen Of the trout family
which he promptly forwarded to his
wife. In Virginia, by express. About
200 yards west of the Lake House, as
has been previously stated, a dam
about three feet in height has been
constructed across the river. 1t Is a
very interesting sight to observe the
tremendous efforts made by the trout
to scale the dam. The current Is very
swift at this point, nevertheless the
dark colored beauties manage to as
cend the water fall to the very brink,
where they hover for five seconds or
more. and then fall back. About II
in ten succeeds in making the rifle. AT
this point. the Indians are making sad
havoc with the trout, by jerking them
out Of the water with grab hooks.
Andy says he saw 100 pounds of trout
taken out in this ann by one party,
In less than. an hour. The Indians,
after getting q large supply Of trout.
Jump aboard the cars. and dispose OF
them In Sacramento. Mrs. Woodruff,
landlady Of the Glendale Hotel, who
is an accomplished angler, captured
so trout in a single day. Andy caught
one
~ Church.
We attended the morning Episcopal
Church services, held In the new Court
House, which was completed some
three months since, at 4 cost Of about
$50, 900. Bishop o. w. Whitaker
oficiated and preached an excellent
sermon, Faith " being the subject Of
his discourse. The singing by the choir
was a very interesting feature OF the
exercises. The last piece selected was
that majestic hymn Of Toplady's-
"Rock OF ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in Thee"
Which was, rendered with fine effect.
The congregation appeared to be above
the average as regards intelligence.
Rev. VIM. Lucas, Of TpDin. Ohio, is
expected to arrive shortly and assume
the pastorate Of the church. On the
same day Rev. A. N. Fisher preached
morning and evening a: the Methodist
Church. Reno has four church organ
izatlons-the two remaining ones be-
Ing Presbyterian and Catholic.
The public school, numbering about
40 pupils In attendance, IL presided
over by Mr.. Ring, County Superin-
tendent, assisted BY Miss Bradford.
In our perambulatlons through town
we fell in with our old friend, Z. g.
Pownlng, editor and n Of the pro-
prietors Of the Nep@la State Journal.
L. C. looked as healthy and rosy as
though he had quaffed from the waters
of the fountain Of perpetual youth.
Mr.. Storey. a London barrister, Is
also In town, looking after the inter-
ests of the English stockholders In the
Nevada Land aud Mining Company.
We understand that they own about
$3.50, 900 stock in the concern, and that
the assets amount 10 $4,000.
Tho Cestral Pacific.
The regular passenger trains on the
Central Pacific consist Of two first
class passenger coaches, one second
class, two sleepers aid two cars for
mail and express. The express Is
lined with zinc, and 1t has a fermida-
bic armament of double barrelled shot
guns aud navy revolvers. One freight
frain passes oxer the road each way
daily. Upon the arrival of a cargo OF
tea from China or Japan, at San Fran
cisco, we learn that occasionally a
s~necisl teal train Is dispatched across
the continent. The freight trains are
ofencrmous length, containing 40 or 90
cars each, and sometimes as high ms gu.
We were somewhat surprised at a
statement made to us by one or the
officers of tho company, upon the au-
thority Of Mark Hopkins himself, that
the norton of the road passing through
the State of Nevada did not pay ex-
penses. 1t Ia possible. taking INTO &C
count the sparssly settled territory
along the line of tho road, that such
may DO the case.
Rene
Is looking more prosperous than ever
this Spring, and can boast a good state
of society, the young lady members
ws..oea ra moro than ordinarily fine