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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-01-03

BELMoNr.-Mr. G.. II. W. Crockett
returned last evening from Belmont,
says the Reese River Rsreile Of De-
cember 81, having spent several days
at that place, during which time he
examined several of the principal
mines there. Mr.. Crockett speaks in
the highest terms Of the mineral re-
sources Of the district and Is Of the
opinion that the mines in that vicinity
will. in q short time, prove the most
productive in the State. Business OF
all kinds is lively aud every building
In the town Is occupied. Owing to the
scarcity, or rather the entire absence
of lumber, there Is no building going
on at present but a large amount Of
improvements in that line will be
made as soon rs the necessary material
can be obtained.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-01-03
Barnum's Gorilla
from One who Knew Him Well

From one VINO hneW hM wen
1t is seldom that we are called upon
to note a more painful fact than that
which we 10Y record. and which Is
nothiug more nor less than the rumored
death Of Barnum's gorilla, who Is sup
posed to have persisted In the flames of
the Museum recently consumed. The
news Of his untimely aud frightfnl end
will cause a feeling of heartfelt agony
to thrill the bosoms Of his many friends
throughout the country. who witnessed
his playful antics IN his cage wherever
Barnum went on his last Summers
tour, or enjoyed his society at a beer
saloon when the labors of the day n
evenings exhibitions were ended.
The deceased gorilla was a young
uan Of exemplary habits, and by his
versatile industry supported an aged
father and mother IN jersey City, who
can hardly bear their present loss.
His original name was Briggs, and he
was Of Yankee, not Celtic origin, as
has been enormously stated. Mr.. Bar
nun became acquainted with young
Briggs many years ago. and keen OBJ
server Of human nature that he Is, he
soon saw that the boy possessed talents
which would, II rightly applied. bring
him into public notice. Mr.. Barnum
first employed Briggs as a mermaid,
but his nervous s%anguineous tenpera-
ment untitled him for wearing q wig
and Goldfish skin, and he was shortly
alter promoted to the position OF wild
man. In this he achieved no success,
and 1t was not until Barnum put his
great travelling show on the road In
1870, and gave Briggs the position OF
Gorilla, that he developed those eccen-
tricities that have made him famous.
For two years no better specimen OF
the gorilla tribe has been seen OH this
continent. Though naturally convivial
and social in his tastes, he has sat In
his cage an object Of wonder and ad.
miratlon to thousands, and submitted
to being stirred up with q long pole
for the benefit Of country olergymen,
who stood by explaining to their
youthful Sabbath school scholars how
foartully and wonderfully We are
made. No murmur of discomfort ever
escaped his lips, except at Terra
Haute, Ind, last July, when he was
heard to remark that he'd "be id II
he could stand it much longer wearing
a hair overcoat in hot weather OIL a
salary of $40 a week." His salary
was at once elevated to $l2 80 q week,
and he was allowed Ice In his den
thereafter. and no better behaved spec
linen of his tribe was ever placed Oh
exhibition,
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-01-03
COLORADO, UTAH AND WY
DINING.

When the last census was taken,
Denver, Colorado. had a population OF
5000. The Tribune Of that place now
estimates the population to be $4,000.
This indicates wonderful progress.
which is not abated, but rather stimu-
lated. rs new mining discoveries are
made and lines of railroad are con-
structed in the Territory. Chaffes.
the delegate from Colorado. Is making
strenuous efforts to manufacture pub
lie opinion in favor Of the admission
of the Territory Into the Union as n
State. Should Wyoming be absorbed
in Idaho, Montana, Utah and Colorado,
as has been suggested, in all probable
ity the .-,t named Territory would be
admitted. Utah has claims In point OF
numbers and extent OF mineral and
other resources, to become a State, but
owing to polygamy existing there she
will probably be kept as a Territory
for some time longer. In Wyoming,
the only place in the United States
where women have the right to vote
and hold office, they 1.-THE women) are
very much opposed to having the Ter
ritory merged in the others named
above. They doubtless feel that hav-
ing gained that much power, 1t would
be Il retrograde step for them If they
should lose it. The other Territories
will favor the suggestion Of the alb
sorption OF Wyoming, as it will give
them both land and population. Ow-
ing to the fact that Utah has an equal
claim with Colorado to be admitted,
and the objection which many men,
bers of Congress have to the former
with her prevailing system of polyg-
amy, it Is very doubtful If either OF
them be admitted during the present
session OF Congress.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-01-03

DEAD THING on KELLEY.-The Hum
boldt Register Of December 18th, gives
the following sumner Of an item:
In a shooting scrape at Mineral Hill
last Monday, AL Baker killed a man
named James Kelley. Kelley was ar
rested and upon examination was dis
charged from custody, the evidence
showing that he was justified on the
ground OF self-defencc.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-01-03

A CORRESPONDENT Of the Humboldt
Register thinks that IL General Van
Bokkelen were made commander-in-
chief Of the Modoc war, the triumphs
of the Amador war would pale before
the brilliancy of General Van Bokke-
lens conquests, as n barrel Of old rye
would before the eager thirs. Of a regi-
ment of regular troops.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-01-03

ISYo EARrnoUAKE.-The Inyo hide
pendent of December 2sth says: We
had a slight temblor about 10 O'Clock
last night. The shake itself wasn't
much but the accompanying report
was quite startling. and could not have
been distinguished from the roll OF
thunder except for the aforementioned
slight movement. |: was raining hard
at the time.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-01-03

A THREE-YEAR-oLp youngster in St.
Louis the other day deliberately set
his little baby sisters clothes on fire,
as she lay playing on the floor, roast
ing her so that she died. The jovial
youth said he only did it for fun, just
to see her kick.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-01-03

A MAN in Baltimore was indulging,
the other day, in the common amuse-
ment Of handling aud swapping a pis-
toll which he supposed was not loaded,
with the usual interesting result. He
succeeded in shooting a little girl
about four years old.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-01-03

VIZ arc pleased to welcome to our
exchange list the .American Jo"rna! Of
Education, which able and interesting
periodical is published by A. IL. An
drews Il Co.. Chicago. We are sure
our teachers and school officers will
fird i, an indispensable aid to them in
their work, as it discusses all phases OF
the subject of education, and contains
numerous and valuable plans and suS-
gestions for building school-houses.
Send to the publishers for a specimen
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-01-03

Tie Western Union Telegraph Com
pany entered a suit In the United
States Court, in Cincinnati, December
Goth, to recover 5000 from Hamilton
county. that SUN being the taxes on its
gross receipts in that city. The Com
pany claims that to tax it on its gross
receipts is without warrant in the Con-
stitution Of Ohio or Of the United
Stofaa
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-01-03
POLL TAXES.
OFFICE OF THE COUNTY ASSESSOR
Store, County, Nevada.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THB
" Poll Tax for the year 1871 10 NOW DUE
ana payable to the County Assessor.
By the Act Of March 4. 1867, all corporations
or individuals having persons in their employ
are held responsible for their Poll Tax.
All those who have not paid their Poll Tax fol
the year 1ST2 will be called upon BY the Assessor
or his deputies during this month to collect the
same. The collection Of the above Tax will b
strictly enforced according 70 z
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-01-03

PoETIcAI. CUss.-The following, says
the Reno State Journal. Is the super
scription on a letter lately received at
the Washoe Post Office
Over the hills and over tho Lowell,
Garry this letter like the devil.
To Washoe City, Nevada, and leave Il,
And Thos. J. Strong will there receive II.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-01-03

BULLION FROM BELMoST.-Last Fri
day, says the Reese River Rereille,
there arrived here per Wells, Fargo
Il Co., en- route for San Francisco,
seven bars OF bullion, weighing GA
pounds, valued at $4,000. The bull
lion was shipped by the Monitor Com
pany.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-01-03

NEBRASKA hogs refuse to walk to
the slaughter-house, and are conveyed
there on wheelbarrows, hand.carts, and
other vehicles suitable to the times.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-01-03

ALREADY $4,000 have been sent from
California and Nevada to Italy, for the
relief Of sufferers By the inundatiou.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-01-03

~ To insure the sale Of all the tickets, and
. full drawing, those who intend TO bay should
do SO early. Delay in purchasing tickets i'm
poses an amount Of Abor upon the manage
ment, when the day OF drawing Is near at hand,
that Is very difficult 10 perform.
d. l.. BLANCHARD, Manager.
WELLS, FARGO g. co. ,Treasurer.
deal I'd
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-01-03
MarriaGes.

MORRIS LEVY-In San Francisco. Deccmb
%, 1917, Henry Norris OF Gold Hill to Nj
Henrietta Levy Of San Francisco.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-01-03

s465 Cash Prizes. amounting to.:......$a3o.co6
This Legal Enterprise is Endorsed. BY the
highest authority Of the State and best business
men. Over onc.half the tickets taken before
October LIST. The limited number on hand will
be furnished those who apply first. Money can
be sent by mail. in registered letters, Postofdce
Money Orders, or by exprcss. All prizes will
be paid In full. Agents wanted. For full par.
ticulars address
j. N. PATTEE,
General Manager. Omaha. Ncb.
W. A. SEARLES,
General Agent for tho Pacific Coast,
Pc. Box ST., Virginia. New.
FRANK EDWARDS,
Local Agent. at Harris Brothers, No. 6 South C
street, Virginia City. jag I'd
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-01-03
NEW TO-DAY.
LIST OF LETTERS

DEMAINING IN THE GOLD HILL POST.
n Office. January 2. 1878. II not called for
in one month they will be sent to the Dead Let.
ter ONCE, Washington.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-08-15
Charms of the Isle of Jersey.

OF all the gems of the ocean, of all
the picturesque spots that the earth has
to offer, at least in it's well settled quar-
ters, it seems to me that none can COM
pare with this beautiful island and its
dozen old stone churches, dating from
the twelfth and thirteenth centuries,
clad with such ivy as is nowhere else to
be found, and nestled among such trees
and thatched cottages as even the best
pictures of England can hardly match.
With its constantly varying glimpses of
the sea, with its thousands of charming
villa residences, stretching over nearly
the whole territory, the seekers for ru-
raj beauty and an arcadian simplicity of
scenery must here find their best exam
pies. A Jersey road is marvel to be-
hold They are, of course, by no means all
alike, but there are miles and miles such
as I describe, narrow, often too narrow
for vehicles to pass each other except
at the turn-outs foored like Bellevue
avenue i'll Newport, with the rounded
macadam, guttered with neatly-laid
cobble- stones, and fenced with earthen
walls so high that they seem cut into
the earth except where frequent glimp-
ses through gates show the fields be-
yond solid mat of ivy commencing at
the edge of the gutter and covering the
wall as with blanket, and running to
the tops of the tall trees, the walls sup
port until it meets in their interlocked
branches overhead. A Jersey road,
even in a rainy day in November, has
more suggestive beauty than any other
I have seen. If these roads were SIM
ply uninterrupted lines of communica-
tion between different points, they
would still be beautiful enough; but
they are lined on both sides by farms so
small that one is rarely out of sight of
the neatly thatched farm buildings and
the curious, half-tropical vegetation to
be found in every door-yard. In the
thatched houses, even the most modern
ones, there is look of the century-old
and comfort which is es-
pecially in keeping with the whole char
acter of the scenery /; and, however
beautiful and attractive the Jersey COW
may be as we see her in the lawns of
our rich neighbors, she can have no set
ting to equal the gnarled old orchard
behind the stack and straw-covered
sheds which we see through the gaps in
these ivy-clad roadside fences. Hearth
and Home
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-08-15
The English Mood Toward Arbi-
fratinn

Mr.. Gladstone would have had no
great objection to the passage of an alb
stract declaration in avOr of arbitration,
unpopular though it may be with the
country. But he is painfully conscious
that English essays in behalf of peace
have not met with great favor on the
continent, since the time when he be-
came prime minister / don't wish to
use an offensive word but most English
men would say for themselves that Eng
land has been snubbed for interfering.
How Prussia treated her remonstrances
in 1870 is known to all the world. Mr..
Gladstone, in his speech, Tuesday even
ing, referred, with evident modification,
to that episode. He probably then
made up his mind that he would not re-
peat an attempt which had been met by
Prince Bismarck with contemptuous in
difference, and even with silence. Those
unanswered dispatches rankle in the
memory of the high-spirited chief of a
powerful government, for, let continental
newspapers, and diplomatists, and dan
dies, say what they will, such is the true
description of this government, and of
the man who is at the head of it. If it
had preached less and fought oftener of
late years, the truth would be more gen
orally recognized, but recognized or not,
it remains truth. Mr.. Gladstone does
not like war granted. / know nobody
who does, except those whose trade it is.
But Europe will wake mp some day to
find that the fighting spirit in this peo-
pie, though kindling less quickly (or
for other causes than formerly, exists I;
and that the old proverb, "Slow to
fight, and fight once" holds good of
them, still. Mr.. Gladstone knows it,
and knowing it, does not want the for
eign office in Downing street turned into
a conventicle nor his hands tied, while
his responsibility remains unlimited.
Smaller to the Tribune.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-08-15
Coal Beds.

1t is wrongly supposed by many
people that in the coal fields we have
the remains of ancient forests II other
words, that wherever there was forest
in primeval times, there now exists a
coal field of greater or less extent. Al
though the coal fields are undoubtedly
due to the vegetation of former years,
il is far from being the case that the
primeval forests became converted in "A
general way into coal. Conditions of
peculiar and TO some extent exceptional
character were requisite for the forma-
ton of coal fields. Under each of the
coal seams, or beds, which form but a
small portion of the great geological
group of strata 10 which they for the
most part appertain, n stratum Of an
cient soil exists, in which there are COM
monty found the roots of ancient trees
while above the coal there is commonly
a layer of shale or sandstone, in which
not unfrequently the trunks of those
trees are found either fallen or in their
original position, and only partly con-
verted into coal the hollow Of the
trunk decaying long before the trunk
gave way, is represented 10y cast in
sandstone.
Originally the trees must have stood
erect above a layer of vegetable matter
their roots being embedded in the soil
which forms the deposit next the coal.
The vegetable layers may probably have
been two or three times as thick as the
resulting coal seam, and were reduced
by pressure 10 their present thickness
but such layers cannot at any time have
reached to the branches of the forest
trees. Then the process Of gradual de-
composition began. This only could
happen when some substance of the soil
had caused it TO be submerged 20 a
greater or less depth. As soon as sub
mergence was complete, the tall trees
perished and began 10 decay. The
stout trunks above the vegetable layer
we're broken off and swept away by the
sea. The forest itself, properly so
called, was for the most part destroyed.
II was the decaying refuse of the forest,
intermixed with the lower growths,
which formed the coal seam as il now
exists. Among these were the lower
parts of the trunks of ancient forest
trees. These became converted, like
the rest Of the vegetable matter, into
COAL Coal and Iron Record.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-08-15
Something Like a Wild Cat.
TSan Luis Obispo (CalN Tribune.l

tSan LUIS ODlspO (Cal.1 IrlDune.J
We learn that an unusual and very ex-
citing contest took place at the ranch of
Ramon Feliz, on the Morrow creek,
about fourteen miles from this place,
one morning last week. It seems that
Mr.. Feliz, shortly after getting up in
the morning, went out to feed his stock
and that soon after he was startled by
the cries of his wife and family. Run
ming to the house he found large wild
cat had seized his youngest child, an in
FAINT, by the back of the neck and was
making off with it. After severe strug-
gle he succeeded in rescuing it, the cat
making its escape. Some time after the
excitement had subsided an Indian boy
about eighteen years old went oIt to
bring in some horses that had been
staked out over night some distance
from the house. He had been gone but
a few minutes when the family was again
aroused by the cries of the boy, who
came rushing towards the house yelling
like q mailman, with the identical cat
that had caused the first disturbance
firmly seated upon his back, with the
teeth imbedded in the back of his neck.
Another desperate battle ensued, which
resulted in favor of the cat, which sue
cessfully cleaned out the whole Feliz
family, killed their two dogs, and re-
treated in good order to the house of
E. M. Howe, under which he ensconced
himself, defying all efforts to dislodge
him until night, when it escaped un-
scathed. The wounds received by the
Indian boy were quite severe, and the
good people, fearing that the cat was
mad, thought it best to scarily the
wounds, which they did by heating a
crowbar, the only implement about the
premises that would answer the purpose.
We understand that, considering the or
deal of scratching, biting and singeing
the boy went through, he is doing re-
markably we'll, and will be all right
again in few days.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-08-15
Value of Right Calculation

Men are apt enough of themselves to
fall into the most astonishing delusions
about the opportunities which time af-
fords, but they are even more deluded
by the talk of the people about them.
When children hear that new carriage
has been ordered of the builder, they
expect to see it driven up to the door
in fortnight with the paint dry on the
panels. All people are children in this
respect, except the workman, who knows
the endless details of production; and
the workman himself, Notwithstanding
the lessons of experience, makes light
of the future task. What gigantic
plans we scheme, and how little we ad-
vance in the labor of a day Three
pages of the book Ito be half-erased
to-morrow), bit of drapery in the pic
ture that will probably have to be done
over again, the imperceptible removal
of an ounce of marble-dust from the
statue that seems as if it never would
be finished so much from dawn to twi-
light has been the accomplishment of
the golden hours. If there is one les
son that experience teaches, surely 1t is
this To make plans that are strictly
limited, and to arrange our work lin a
practicable way within the limirs that
we must accept. Nothing wastes time
like miscalculation. It negatives all
results. 1t is the parent of incomplete
ness, the great author of the unfinished
and the iceable.-PhiLip Ham
ertO1.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-08-15

CONTAGIOUS DISEASES. The English
papers report a lecture on liabilities to
disease, recently delivered by DR.. Al
fred Hudson, in which that distin-
guished physician stated the following
as some of the conclusions which he had
arrived at That liability to zymotic dis
case may be considered inherent in our
constitution, law of nature that this
varies in degree in different individuals
at different times and under different
circumstances that these circumstances
are partly external, or intrinsic, and
partly intrinsic conditions; that both
are partly preventable, and partly non
preveutable fifth, that cOsteriS pdribus,
liability is least in those In whom
healthy blood, healthy tissures and
healthy excretiOn co-exist, constituting
perfect nutrition; and that it is greatest
in those whose blood contains the
greatest amount of the products OF
waste of the tissues and of matters IN
a state of decomposition, introduced
into the circulation from without. DIR.
Hudson also asserts that fatigue is one
of the most frequent causes that pre-
dispose to disease, this being shown
particularly in the case of soldiers who
suffer so much after long marches, often
exposed to the worst influences of the
weather.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-08-15
A Summer Slide Dow: Hill.

Any one desirous of sliding down hill
in the summer time may crafty that
desire at the falls by a scoot down the
apron. How nicely it can be done was
illustrated by a couple of tourists,
without any " guide, and also by their
driver, on Tuesday afternoon. These
gentlemen were much interested in all
they saw about the falls, and especially
in the torrent of water shooting over
st. Anthony's best apron. To obtain
better view they ventured out upon the
dam extending from the platform.
About an inch of water runs over the
dam, shoots down the apron with
great velocity for the distance of one
hundred and fifty feet, until it strikes
the timber-bed running out level for
twenty or thirty feet, and then dashes
into a regular whirlpool that froths and
foams among the rocks. Unfortunately
for the tourists the coffer-dam was
thickly coated with green, Shiny sub
stance, making one of the most slippery
foundations imaginable; and in less
time than it takes to tell it, their feet
were gone" and a couple of dark streaks
were visible as they went down the
Shiny apron like a special telegram.
Spectators feared they would be dashed
upon the rocks and instantly killed,
but, luckily, they managed to stop
themselves on the timber-bed before
spoken of, and were sorry-looking sub
jects, however, covered as they were by
the deposit wiped up from the dam and
apron, and were wearing of the green"
in the fullest sense of the word. Their
driver subsequently attempted to recov-
er an estray hat from the dam, and lack
ing apron-strings he, too, indulged in
an unexpected trip down the inclined
plane, was fished up, sponged, and the
parties started for st. Paul, feeling that
it was not good for them to be here
st. Paul Pioneer.
The st. Louis Globe says that
Madonna Parepa-Rosa's singing, this
year, will be confined to single song,
"Sleep, baby, sleep"