Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-01-25


mencemsnt Of a series of days Of New
Year festivities, for the Celestial will
not cease from feastinG and Jubiiating
for about a week. All among them
who wish to keep their credit good for
the ensuing year must now pay up all
their debts, rs on their New Year 1t
Is expected that accounts Of every KIND
will be squared. Vanished hogs, roast
chickens, ducks, and no end OF out
landlsh national dishes are already
being contracted for by such OF the
Celestials as can afford to make a big
show, and large lots OF f~iretcrackers,
bombs and the like have been ordered
from San Francisco. The uproar In
Virginia will be bad enough, but not a
patching to that they will have in San
Francisco, where the Celestials occupy
whole streets. We pity the whites OF
the Bay City who reside near any OF
the Chinese settlements, for few and
far between will be tho "winks" OF
sleep they will get till all Is over.
THE WATER WE DRINK.-The wa
ter both here and In Virginia has a
strong taste of iron, impaired to 1t,
no doubt, by the iron pipes through
which it flows. II this flavor becomes
much stronger. the water will become
quite unpalatable. Iron Is said to be
good for the blood, but be that as 1t
may, better iron than lead. Having
| the water we drink ut home strongly
impregnated with iron will save some
of the afflicted among our people the
trouble and expense Of going to dis
tant mineral springs. The lower the
water becomes the stronger 1t Will De,
and by the first of June each adult Cit
izen will probably drink 4 horseshoe
daily. BY putting in a little sulphur,
salt, soda, alum and the like, q mill
eral water superior to that Of many
much lauded springs might be manu-
featured. For the ladies a special
tank might be provided, the water In
which should contain sufficient arsenic
to beautify their compilations.
DRUNKEN INpLANs-rhere Il com
plant in Virginia that some person is
selling the Piutes whiskey, A gentle
man, of that town informs us that his
wife had hired a Piute woman to wash
for her, aud when she had about half
finished her work a drunken Indian
came to the house and drawing a large
knife out from the folds Of his blanket
began brandishing 1t in a threatning
manner. The squaw at once took to her
heels aud has not been seen since. A
day or two after another Indian who
was much intoxicated came to the
house and began kicking ut the door
and yelling. This so frightened the
lady of the house that she has since re-
fused to employ the Indian women no
matter how hard they beg for work.
The bucks seem to be sharp enough
to keep of the principal streets when
| drunk. The parties who r selling
| LIQUOR to the Indians should be ferreted
out. 1t Is probably Chiuamen.
A PIuTE Tmcx.-A gentleman OF
this town informs us that he a day or
two since employed some Piutes to
saw and split a lot Of wood. He was
obliged to be absent from home, and
his Wife had but little time to watch
the redssin contractors. The job was
finally completed and the ''braves" re-
ceiyed their pay and vamosed, but
when the wood pile came to- be over
hauled It was found that all such sticks
"a were knotty or hard to split had
been neatly tucked into the pile and
covered over with small wood. Truly
the Piutes are fast becoming civilized.
john Chinaman, noted IS no Is for
"ways that are dark and tricks that
are vain" would hardly have ventured
upon such a trick as that practlced by
the unsophistieated "children OF the
desert"
STILL ALIvs.-At 10 O'Clock this
morning Mrs. Spencer, who was shot
In the head last Wednesday evening
by her husband, was still alive, and
her symptoms were more favorable
than for the past two days. She has
not much fever, and her pulse, which
has been about ninety-two, was going
down somewhat. The wound In her
forehead Is suppurating, and some
brain matter Is oozing out. She last
evening recognized DIR. Conn, who,
with DR.. Bronson, Is attending her
As vet there is no telling much In her
case. Should she recover, 1t would be
little short of a miracle. Meantime,
she is liable to die at any tune should
Inflammation set in.
Buffers RssrAUnAsT.-rhls fine
restaurant, formerly Miller'sh on Mair
street, Gold Hill, two doors below
Liberty Engine House, has been pur
chased by Z. C. Butler. who will con
tinue the business In first-class style
He solicits a continuance of the patron
ACE formerly extended to the estab
lishment, and will do his best to pleas
all who may favor him with a call
All the luxuries and s~u6stantisls o
the season will be found on his tables
!, BOARD by the meal. week or mouth
His advertisement will be foundu ndel
the head of New to-day"
: HAND CRusHEp.-P. S. Petersen,
Dane, employed at the Empire mill
Six.mile canyon. just below Virginia
:, few DAYS since had his hand horriol.
crushed under a stamp. The staml
was propped up by stick Of WOOD
and this slipped out, allowing Tn
stamp to fall upon his hand, WHEN n
had In the mortar ut the time. The
seems TO be no hope OF saviag tn
Land and we understand that it wa
a.. n. aunntated to-day.
LIQUID REPRESENTATION finel
If the Senate Saloon. this afternoo'
sent round to this Office 8 lot Of "biu
Grass Bourbon" neatly tied up IN
bottle. The boys found IL 10 oe s ~
and soothing. operating not u Tnm ha
on the troubled watsIs. crsss :
plenty more Of the Blue E snr > anna
MS pi"se, IL and which he wal