Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-07-25


excitement Incident to the conn'bial
festivities ut Lake Tahoe. Aft did not
forget the boys in the NEWS Office. as
will he seen from a telegram received
by Mercer & Tucker :
GIESBRook. July IS, ls'3-::30A n.
MEncss q TrcEEn: aend 5 basket OF cham.
% rue ovar TO the NEWS ONCE. TAKE q drinH
" i~tselyes. ALT DorES
The entire. force, not excepting
the Devil" drank to the health Of
the chief and His tar bride. IL any
errors. grammatical. photographed or
typographical,a ARE noticeable In to-days
paper. our readers may blame All
himself.
Ann BnoxEN.-On Monday last a
Young lad by the nane Of Charles
Mathews. residing In Virginia City,
while assisting a nan In loading a
wagon with Stone ut a quarry situated
a short diStaGSce north of the city, sus-
tanned a fracture of the right arm, un-
der tho following circumstances: Tho
plank upon (which the boulder was
being rolled Into the hind end OF the
wagon gavd way. precipitstimg the
boy aud rock to the ground. In fall-
ing. the noulder struck the boys right
arm above9he elbow, fracturing 1t rs
stated above.
ArTEMIT. At AnsoN.-About three
o'clock thu morning n would-be III
cendlary attempted to fire the St.
George House. In Gold Hill. 10
accomplish his purpose, he placed a
lighted candle between a large map
and a wooden partition upon which
the latter was hanging. The map was
entirely consumed. The proprietor Of
the boarding house discovered the fire
In time to %extinguiSh the flames before
they had accustomed any serious dam-
aye aside IRON the destruction OF tile
man.
WASHINGTON GUARD PRIzss.-The
following is q partial list of prizes to
be- shot for by the members Of the
Washington Guard at their target ex-
c~urSion, which takes place August 9TH:
4 massive silver cup. the gilt OF Col.
+. Oshiston; an elegant set OF sleeve
buttons aud studs (amethyst setting)
presented by Major General Winters;
a valuable topaz RUG, the gilt OF Maj.
Geo. Z. Ferrend {; \ gold medal pre-.
scented by Captain Sproston. We hope
to see this list largely Increased.
COUNTY JAIG.-Nineteen malefhctors
are confined In tho County Jail at the
the present time. OF this number one
Is held for IN assault with II deadly
weapon with Intent to commit Il
der two Tor grand larceny II for
arson /; for highway robbery ; one
for burglary and the balance for minor
otfen.es. We are informed that the
vagrants and petit larceny thieves
will be set to work tearing down the
upper story Of the County Courthouse.
A good idea.
COURT House CONTRACT. The Board
of County Commissioners yesterday
afternoon met and let the contract for
taking the upper story off the Court
house to Messrs. Cordiell & Lent, Mr..
POttle, whose bid was the lowest
~, 6OO.l having failed to qualify. The
bid ot Cordieli It Lent Is $3,l97. The
above Is q correction to our item OF
yesterday In relation to the same mat
ter.
BURaI.AMzED.-Last evening the ar
partments Of Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
Mercer In the second story ofthe Com
stock lodging house were entered bur
glariouSly during the absence OF the
family. The thief did not succeed in
capturing any vaiuables. He broke
open n trunk but before he had flushed
%runmaging it, he became frightened
by some noisy demonstration about the
premises aid hastily decamped.
us. MINT.-The Cashier Of the Car
son Mint delivered yesterday to Wells,
Fargo s. Co. twenty-three impaired
bars of gold and silver, worth S7l. 0OO.
They are to be shipped to London.
England, TO the credit OF the Crown
Point mine. Gold Hill. Nevada. Sew
eral thousand trade dollars were coined
OF the same day. So says the Appeal
Of this morning.
WASHINGTON GUARD EXCURSION
We acknomledg the receipts OF COM
planetary ticket and invitation to
the picnic excursion OF the Washington
Guard. which takes place ut the Bow
ers' Mansion August 9th. Thanks,
Captain Spro,ton. We shall go.
New SIoN.-We noticed yesterday
on the Silver Hill hoi.ting-works a
new nnd handsomely designed sign
board. 1t Is y feet in length. This
shaded letters are eighteen inches Ion.
gitudinally. Tie sign reads "Silver
Hill Mining Company"
PERSONAL. - Manager John Piper
aud family, who have been snjourning
ut the Bay for nearly month. returned
home yesterday morning. Mrs. Cooper
aud Miss Carrie Clark arrived In Vir-
ginla City BY the same train.
THANKs.-We acknowledge the re-
ceipt of a box Of bottled soda water OF
delicious quality. 1t came from the
celebrated manufacturing cstablisli'
ment Of j. N. Young & 20. Virginia
City.
SAVAGE AssEssMEST.-The Savage
Mining Company yesterday levied a'
assessment Of IS per slilre OH thcii
capital stock, aggregatln. $4,000.
A BIC DAYS WoRK.-Yesterday AL
exandeI Fleming, a modern Hercules.
piled up forty cord, Of wooi ut the
Sierra Nevada mill, In ten hours.
Presentation. J. r. Jones Is ex'
pected shortly to arrive at his ho'ne III
Gold Hill. -,
acknowledgements Kendall
and wife are stopping at the lnterha'
tional Hotel. Virginia City.
BLOOD, scALrs AND HArR.-When NJ. +
WsIIer. the well known and very popular Col