Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-12-18


received by US this morning, tells its
own story. We considered u item
as obtained from 4 reliable source, and
now publish this note, upon the same
principle:
GOLD HILL, Dec. IL. 1873.
ED. NEws-Dear Sir: In Mondays
Issue of your paper there appeared .
statement which I now wish to contra
dict; that Is, In regard to the state
ment of Henry Neil having his feet
frozen at the Arizona and Utah mine
while being OIL duty as engineer. The
truth OF the story Is that the young
man above named went to virginia
City on Saturday evening aud did not
return until Sunday evening az e
o'clock. Where he had spent the nlght
Is best known to himself, but ne was
unable to go to his work on Sunday AZ
noon, at which time the engineers
should change shifts. hope you Will
insert this In your next issue, or q
statement contradicting your first as
there Is moi \ more comfortable place
on the Comstock. In fact, the place Is
too warm where the engineer SITS: as
any person about the mine can testify.
j. e. GRANT,
Foreman Arizona and Utah mine.
PARDoNKp.-The Psrdoning Board
were 90. together yesterday, and upon
hearing the case of John L. Trlplett'
convicted a few days ago In the Storey
county District Court Of the crime Of
grand larceny, the stole Frank Osois-
tons horse.) granted him a full par
don. He was put In charge OF the
Warden only the day before yesterday
and the reasons for this prompt be-
stowai OF clemency are, first, that
'rriplett IL but n mere lad ; that the
Grand Jury, at whose hands he was
Indicted. all signed a petition for his
pardon /; that he has hitherto borne a
fair character; that his relatives and
friends promised better behavior from
him in the future; aud that 1t seemed
wise and In furtherence Of real justice
| that this smart youth should be rescued
| from a years association such as
!! would be unavoidable at the State Pris-
on. So aays the Carson appeal OF this
morning.
FIourERs.-Mr. Knapp, the Ice man,
who arrived in Virginia City from
San Francisco this morning, brought
up with him two ferocious looking
| pups Of the Esquimaux species. They
| are the ~aueerest looking specimens oil
the dog family we have ever beheld.
The dogs are about as large as iuil'
grown wood chucks. They are OF =
Inottled gray color. with white stripes
around their bodies. Their faces re-
semble somewhat that Of a coyote or
hyeua. Mr.. Knapp purchased them at
| Woodward's Gardens. After having
been chained up a long time. II once
M Esquimaux dog gets loose he makes
It very lively for whomever lie meets
| Some time since, mt Woodward's Gar
dens, one OF these dogs broke his chain
and killed a young bear twice as large
as himself. The pair referred to above
can be seen ut Cooley Il keely's ga
loon, Virginia.
BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS. Jack
Householder, the efficient Waterman
at the Main street railroad crossing,
becoming tired Of standing out In the
cold all day long. has built himself a
house or wick-e-up close by the rail-
road track and directly north OF Lib
erty Engine Company's house. lie
proposes to put n little stove In It In
order to make himself comfortable dur
lug the wintry weather. When once
esconced in his cabin with one eye on
the lookout for the coming train n
the other for teams passing up and
down Main street, he may be likened
unto an Esquimaux Watching tor seals
Jack Is faithful to his trust, and rs long
"a he Is kept Ia his present position no
one will DO run over by the cars at the
Main street crossing.
GRAND BALL OF THE A. 0. H.-Ihe
second grand ball Of the Ancient Or
der of Hibernians. Division No. l, will
take place ut the National Guard Hall,
Odd Fellows Building. in Virginia,
on Wednesday evening, December 81.
IL will undoubtedly be Il very pleasing
| affair. The names on the committee
list are a sufficient guarantee that no
pains or expense will be spared 70
| make 1t such. The hall will De hand
somely decorated and the best OF music
will be In attendance. The votaries OF
rerpsichore will have an abundant OPP
p%ortunity to dance the old year out
aud the new year In. Tho price oil
| tickets, admitting gentleman and Ia
dies, has been fixed at IS. Sec adyer-
tisemeut in another column.
ELEGANT JEwELRY ESTABLISHMENT.
| Those OF our readers who wish to pro.
cure something exquisitely beautiful
in the line Of Christmas presents.
| should by all means visit the splendid
iewelry establishment of NJ. NJ. Fred
rick, In Virginia City. During a tour
OF several months on the Continent,
| Mr.. friedrich, who Is a connoisseur
| himself, selected some superb articles
of b%ijoutry-in short, the creme Ia
creme oil jewelry goods kept by the
principal merchant, Of Switzerland,
Germany and France. 1t Is worth
ones while to visit his store and in
spect the splendid layout on exhibition
there. Give him q call.
RouGu WHEELING. - The quartz
teams passing down Main street this
morning had a rather rough time Of 1t,
the weather having moderated to such
al extent that the hind wheels kept
continually breaking through the
frozen NOW and ice. It was with the
greatest difficulty that the heavily
laden wagons could be dragged out OF
these newly-formed chuck holes. AT
about 0 o'clock this forenoon. Main
street was blockaded with teams all
the way from the Methodist Church to
the Gold Hill Quartz Mill.
BowLISa's CoNDrrIoN.-We are In
formed that Thomas Bowling, late
mill-wright at the Rhode Island MILL
l. still In a very critical condition.
When first hurt, he was conveyed to
Captain Canavan's residence, where he
renajned until Yesterday, when lie