Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-05-15

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TEE National Encampment Of the
Grand Army Of the Republic met at
New Haven, yesterday. Grant, Sher-
man, Sheridan, Burnside, Mcdowell,
Hancock, Hawley, and many other
other prominent officers were In at
tendance at the meeting OF the Society
Of the Army Of the Potomac at 8 r. n.
Gen. Mcdowell was elected Presidsnt
of the latter Society.
The New York Court q Appeals
have sustained the decision Of tho Sur
rogats OF New York City that the
United States cannot accept requests
Of real estate. The a 8 In issue wal
the will Of Charles Fox b~squeathing
$500. 900 to the Government to be ap-
piled to the payment Of the National
debt.
The Danbury nan says: ave al
ways get mad when we walk along q
street about 9 O'Clock, and passing a
shaded porch where a young m,n Is
bidding his beloved 4 good night, hear
the girl exclaim In . loud whisper,
ooh. stop, George, you haven't
shaved"
THE temperance cause In Kentucky
has rslapsed since the discovery by .
reformed drunkard at the bottom Of
hi, we'll, OF the body Of his neighbor
who mysteriously disappeared four
years since. The people Of that To-
cality have resolved to stick to whisky.
TIE New York Times, the leading
Administration papsr Of the country,
Is very much annoyed at Secretary
Richardson's proposition to restore
the old system Of Congressional bro.
kerags In Department c~lerkships.
The Order Of Patrons Of Husbandry
has extended Into tho far South. The
farmers Of Mississippi, Tennessee. Al
ALBANIA ard Georgia are organizing
Into oranges and evince q lively inter-
est In the movement
A JURY Of inquest as to tho sanity Of
Mortimer was demanded Of the Sheriff
yesterday. by his counsel, under Sec
tion l,221 Of the California Penal Code.
The Sheriff took the demand under ad-
visement.
An unmitigated asa In Canaan, n.
H., attempted to eat two pounds of
honey. He ate I ID. sS ozs. with ten
crackers and three pickles and weak
sned. He couldn't swallow any more.
An unkind exchange suggests that
the President sent Jesse Grant over to
California to prevent General Sheri-
dan from making him his chief Of
staff.
TEE RereiHe says that it Is rumored
In that section that Senator Stewart
has donated his back pay to the found
Ing Of a home for INDECENT politicians.
ANNA DICKINSON says that Whitelaw
Reid Is "a spooney sort Of a dandy
without any brains to speak Of" and
that she 10 engaged to no such man..
Four Governors. eight Senators and
nearly one hundred Representatives
are attending the Congressional con-
ference at St. Louis.
IT only costs 80 to whip ones wife
In Buffalo, N. Y. Tho amusement
will o 0 be within reach Of tho edito-
rial fraternity.
THERE Is 4 place In Vermont where
the snow hasn't melted for seven
years.-Ex., Plenty Of such places On
the Sisrras.
LAST month there we're 3sS,4l4 dead
letters received at the Dead Letter
Office. or this number 26,475 were
held for postage.
AN exchange advises Uncle Sam to
drop tho eagle and adopt the raccoon,
because 1t has so many rings In its tall.
aMEssRs. JEFF DAVIS and Gideon J.
Pillow have been elected vestrymen of
the st. Lazarus Church In Memphis.
Tue strike Of the Brooklyn gas men
has been successful. The companies
agreeing to psy New York prices.
TEE Brooklyn horse-shoers strike Is
ended, the employers having agreed to
the terms Of the strikers.
PASSENGERS by the Pacific Railroad
say the number Of emlgrants this year
Is far greater than usual.
GOLD has been found In Lapland,
and Russians and Norwegians are
Aocking thither.
G~AnnWhLLS butCiCto. xNCW LULA
chemist says he can make good beef
steaks out Of bootlegs.
A CINCINNATI man styles himself an
Intestinal taxidermist."' He Is =
sausage suffer.
ScoRPIoNs and rattlesnakes infest
the tents Of tho soldiers In the lava
beds.
THERE are $50 negroes aud sc whites
Ia the Alabama penitsntiary.
POSTAL CARDS are thus far princi-
pally used for advertising.
TEE Boston girls play football.
Would like to see tuem.
IN addition to wit Mark Train has
catarrh and a lame leg.
ANDY JOHNSON Is q candidate for
Governor Of Tennessee.
WHERE, oh where arc the Modocs?
QUEEN VICTORIA will 90 to Vienna.