Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-10-27
Eureka Items.
uson the Sentinel Of Oct. ISL

kkASAt 49,
Mr.. Van Alstine showed as the other
day the model Of a very c%onvenisnt
hitching post, which he has invented
and for which he expects TO obtain .
patent. It Il not esteemed OF much
value In mountain towns where there
Il a saEebrush for every mustang, but
In large cities where dwell arit-
tocratic horses and men, It will doubt
less be found TO be just the oheese.
The apparatus consists Of q small box
about eighteen Inches square, which IL
to be imbedded In the sidewalk. In
aide OF this box isa regular hitching
chain, which operates through q self.
acting spring, the exact construction
Of which We cannot explain for the
simple reason that we did not 60
through the box to q sufficient depth 70
discover the principle Of tho thing.
At all events, there Is . mob on the
top Of tho box which governs the
spring within, and when you want to
hitch your Thad. Stevens or Joe Dan
iels, all you have to do IL to press on
said mob with your No. u boot, at the
same time hauling out the chain to
any desired length. Having imblbed
your cocktail, and being ready to re-
mount your fiery untamed," all you
have to do Is to touch the same mob,
and back goes the chain into its hole
a regular stem winder. It 10 by just
such simple co~ntrivances as this that
people sometimes make immense for
tunes ; and we hope Vans hitching-
post may come into general use the
world over. There would be no
chance to bark your shins against .
great cast-iron pillar, while running
to a fire In metropolitan places, II
every man was provided with one OF
Van Alstine's Embedded self-winding
hltching.posts.
A week ago there arrived In our
town a vigorous, Intelligent Scotch
man, who had come on his own leg
conveyance all the way from Phoebe,
which place he had reached also by
Shanks' nags, from a miniug camp Ia
Utah, 225 miles distant. He had
therefore "packed" his blankets about
400 miles when he reached the Base
Range. He had been keeping board
Ing house for an English mining com.
pany In Utah that "busted up" and
all he could get In lieu Of his wages
was q solitary $40 hill. At Phoebe he
could get nothing to DO, and ever here
when the writer saw him, he had fall.
ed to get employment. lie talked OF
starting on foot for Austin aid Viz
ginia City. Who will give the un-
daunted traveller. II he Is still here.
q chance to live?
Two days ago fiocks Of wild geese
passed southwark over this district. II
We are to judge Of the approach Of
Winter by their time Of migration, It
will be later In coming this year than
1t was In 1871 aud 1872. In the former
they went south on the 18th Of Septem-
Der, and In the latter q few days later.
In 1870 they did not pass southwark
until the 9Th Of November. In each
Of these years we had considerable
cold. stormy weather Dol after they
passed south, but nothing more than
"cold snaps" before that time. No
doubt Instinct induces them to keep
before continuous cold weather, as u
gradually comes down from the Arctic
ocean. and so tar, therefore, are they
reliable as prognosticators. Our lati.
tude Is too far south, however, to make
their movements entirely reliable to
Us rs weather Indicators.
A large quantity Of fine ore 10 now
being extracted from the Windssll
shaft In the Eureka Consolidated. on
which new hoistlug works OF Increased
power were recently erected. The ore
Is similar to that obtained two years
ago from the Nugget incline. aud !,
evidently rich both In silver and lead.
Tho Eureka Consolidated Company
struck u new body Of ore the other
evening. The quality Is said to be ex.
cellent, but the extent Of the deposit
will not be known until! considerable
work has been done.