Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-03-25

The New JURY LAw.-The new
law requiring the names oftrial jurors
to be drawn from the list of registered
voters instead Of from the assessment
roll, as heretofore. will have q tend
ency to lower the morale Of such
bodies, besides imposing an extra
ordinary amount of labor upon the
District Judge, County Clerk and
Sheriff. aud the entailment Of i'll
creased expense upon the county. Out
OF thirty-five jurors drawn in Judge
Rising's Court yesterday, IN accord
ance with the provisions OF the new
law, but three or four were personally
known to the officers of the Court, one
OF whom WAS a negro residing In Gold
Hill. Another man was remembered
from the circumstance of his being q
common vagrant. We presume that
the last named individual was excused
from serving OH the jury.
A YoUNG WAG.-A six-year old boy
by the name of Kelly, who is attend
ing one of our public schools, is q
great favorite with his teacher owing
to the fact of his having an unusually
large endowment Of brains. The
teacher had missed the little fellow
from school for several days. aud on
his return she inquired into the cause
Of his absence. lie explained matters
by saying that he had been sick.
Wishing to ascertain the nature OF his
malady and supposing that the little
fellow must have been afflicted with
either headache or brain fever. she
i~nnocently inquired OF Kelly, ''where
was he sick?" The young hopeful
answered back promptly, Il was sick
In bed"
4 LITERARY CuARAcrER.-A sheep
which rejoices in the cognomen OF
"Billy," and makes his headquarters
at the Eclipse Stables, Gold Hill, Gre
ated quite a commotion this morning
BY attempting to steal a copy OF the
Enterprise from Il saloon keeper, whose
place of business Is in the vicinity OF
the stables. A crowd OF boys were
sent in pursuit Of the thief, but before
they could recover the paper, Billy had
managed to make way with the greater
portion of IL. This sheep. like Moo
ney's In Virginia, is addicted to all
the vices common to fallen humanity,
such as drinking cocktails, chewing
tobacco and the like.
PERsoNAr--A party from San Fran
cisco, consisting OF Hon. WIN. Sharon,
D.. O. Mills. Edgar Mills, Mr.. Gems
Ter and X. +. Morrow, arrived at Eir-
ginia evening before last, and after
taking a brief view OF the mining. mil
ling and railroad situation, they left
last evening by railroad on their re-
turn to San Francisco. Mr. Edgar
Mills, however, being Oh his way 70
the Atlantic States and Europe, lett
the party at Reno, taking the eastward
bound train Of the Central PACING
Railroad.
GOLDEN EAGLE MISE.-Six assays,
taken yesterday, from a drift just start
ed on the ledge at a depth OF twenty
feet below the surface, gave results
ranging from $37 80 to 1856 W per Ton
"A showing equal to that OF our pest
mines on the line of the ComstocS;
The HIGHEST assay, 1886. gave $3.50 %
In goli' 10 $3.50 q In silver, showing
that the proportion of silver to- that OF
gald Is about TWO to one. Inc ON
pany arc extracting n quantity oil ore
to give IL a good milling test, ana are
anticipating very tlatterinS results
LOOKING AFTER THE SIcK.-A visit
ing committee from the Gold I'LL
Miners Union were around to-day
looking after the welfare of the sick
and disabled members Of the orSahi-
cation, Over 5000 were diSburSed 70
persons requiring temporary assist
ance. The benevolent features con-
nected with this labor association COM
mend it strongly to the respect OF our
entire community.
IMPERIAL PUMPING MACHINERy.-
We learn from Mr.. Thompson, archi-
tect, that about forty-five m Of iron
pips are still to be shipped from San
francisco for the Imperial-E Empire
hoi,tipg works. The pumping una.
cbinery will be effective for a depth OF
3OOO feet. For the first 1850 feet the
pump column will run vertically, and
for the remaining distance ON an III
cline.
TuE BIS AeNIN.-Residents OF Viz
einia and Gold Hill are gratified to sec
omnibus communication resumed onee
more between the two places. After
LAYING of for three weeks on account
of ths ~epizootic, Jake White starteo
his bus Z the route again thus Iore
noon, carrying his first load oil passeh'
gers free Of charge.
HARxIS's CONDITION. --Cons'aoie
Harkin Is still confined to his oeu WIN
a complication Of lung and throat di''
orders. He Is chatting under DIS en-
forced confinement like n Gagged hon.
but will come out all right In the
course Of time. His large circle OF
friends will be glad TO see him OH the
street once more.
For CoAL.-A strong force Of work
men are engaged to-day in construct
ing a wagon road leading from Main
street, on the Divide, to n new Goa
dump about to be constructed In real
Of the Imperial-EmPire hoising works