Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-12-01

STATE PRrsoN SnoEs.AWe have been
shown several pairs OF the shoes now
being manufactured at the Nevada
State Prison, under the Jurisdiction OF
Warden Hyman. They are very
strongly and substantially made Of the
best material, heavily nailed, and
made to wear better and
last longer than any other shoe except
such rs horses and mules wear. For q
right s~ervlceable, plain. durable
shoe they are the very thing. They
are no shoddy affair, but we'll and
neatly made In every particular, and
reflect great credit not only upon the
prison management, but upon the
convict. themselves. who did the work.
II has heretofore evidently been con-
sidered that those incarcerated hu.
mans were only capable Of making
crib-boards and stone match-safes
but Mr.. LYMAN discovers that they
can make shoes. and he seems bent on
making the institution as far self-sup-
porting as possible.
SENTENCED. - Triplett aud Plant
were brought into court to-day fol
sentence. The first-named was sen
fenced to one years confinement Ia
the State Prison. We understand thai
An effort Is being made to get his sen,
tence remitted. Plant was sentenced
to confinement In the State Prison fol
five years. When called up for sen
tence, he made a short address to the
Judge in his own behalf, remarklne
that he was guilty of the crime OF rob
berry. but adding In extenuation Of MI
wrOng-doing that 1t was done while he
was intoxicated, and that his down
ward career was due to whisky. liz
was sent down to Carson on the l:
O'Clock train to-day, the responsibility
of lodging hin, in prison devolvine
upon Deputy Sheriff Tom Harkin o
Gold Hill and officer Saunders OF Vir
ginia City.
A PloUs HoopLUM.-rhe following
incident which occurred some time
since, has just come to our knowledge.
We are able to vouch for Its anthem
ITCHY A young hoodlum %bootblack.
belonging In Gold Hill, spared bis
way Oh the cars from here to a certain
town In Lower California. Our In
formant tells us that while there III
played religion on II Of the clergy
men Of the place, stating that hi
wanted to become a follower OF Jesus
The boy succeeded In worming himself
into the minister's confidence to sucll
an extent that he fitted him out with
a new suit Of clothes, a new pair oil
boots and n hat. As soon as the boy
received tho above named outfit he re
lapsed into his old habits, hunted uI
his blacking box and brush and start
ed of in search of a new field OF oper'
ations.
WINTER CoMFoRTs.-D. S. Gallatir
& Co., Main street. a few doors above
the NEWS office, desire to call the par
ticular attention Of housekeepers,
bachelors and everybody else to theil
eAlensl'e anu ~ a"S bonasboL'
tinware; narunaao III Sor cali
goous o, e.e'y ues viUn cash r,tes
10 milling aud mining men their large
assortment Of brass and steam goods,
beltlngs, and all that sort Of thing, Il
especially recommended. Now Is the
time to secure q good stove cheap, and
now is the time to use it.
COLLECTING DAy.-we noticed nu'
merous persons rushing about the
s,r.s, today collecting their little
N"I. ...moa % ho cood
oliis. VERY ~ : .",Ion,nrs met tyjth
sa.iI.n succ.ss Ths hast dny In the
calendar Ia "payd day." In a day OF
two several hundred thousand dollars
will be scattered broadcast In the com
munity. causing keepers OF faro games
and everybody else to rejoice.
r,r,our-W are Indebted TO the
.ws uo,.r or.r, for ths
pp,"N.".~ A., ,rr,,roo Rsiirood Com.
n,ns Cold uill. for the following
p",s ~ fra;oh, received durine
,Sa mon,h of November Merchan'
s;o. y roo $50 ,,onnds coal SSS. 9Ot
un~ rr.;" III All mounds: lum.
Der, 02O,S34 salt, lUo, VI PoutluS
80 49,. Vtr,,ot,aa