Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-08-19

dining, ~ Aliners MO Hall last
During the afternoon and
he had q sort OF two-horse am
~,ulance. hung with cow-bells jingling
,p and down Main street, With big
announcements Of his lecture
on its sides. This was a per-
fectly unnecessary proceeding. as, sutro
his magic lantern. like George
Frances Train. Vic. Woodruff, or En-
peror Norton. is sure Of a crowded house
wherever he goes, let alone his excellent
advertisement in the GoLD HILL NEWS
Of yesterday. Tho hall was densely
crowded with the bono. sinew and talent
Of Gold Hill. including oursslf. all eager
to hear and see tho entertainment.
The Lantern OF Diossnes
Was a mere tallow candle affair beside
this magic lantern Of sutro's, although
II was more reliable in burning. sutro.
however. packs that lantern of his about
with him for the same purpose that
Diogenes did his-vainly seeking for
an honest man. And yet Sutro's lantern
is generally pointedtoward himself when
lecturing. But his lantern threw of on
him bad last evening. Like his tunnel
royalty scheme. IL doesn't work well in
Nevada. especially in the vicinity OF the
Comstock. The calcium rstort and
gasometer connected Herewith fail
to connubiats properly and the
consequence is . hzzle, with fit
full. capricious flashes Of light
hickering forth occasionally. suggestive
Of an impending kerosene explosion.
These vexatious irregularities have the
effect to worry the audience and render
the lantern tender nervous. It's "now
you see ii and nov you don't" The
Bank Ring. however. evidently had the
operator subdized last night, for he got
things terribly mixed, and the various
scenes thrown upon the screen appeared
TO much disadvantage, besides bothering
the illustrious lecturer. The picture OF
Mt. Davidson. as it originally appearedat
the time OF ths Flood. lookedlks q China
mans hat floating on a sea Of blue mass;
the greensboro formation" refused to
affiliate properly with the ~"syenite."
and the Comstock Lode could hardly
find q chance TO work in edgewise; even
the horses" bucked about in the dark,
ridiculously. A sombre, drsary. same
ness settled upon the various mining
views and they could hardly be distin-
guishsd from each other. As va said
before. things got mixed, the pictures
not tallying with the lecturers descrip-
ton at all times. For instance, when
SHARON woouPne was eaiieu ior' .
Ws.ha. ann..v.d on a.. scrs.n
A badly obscured view Of the Modoc
lava beds appeared whore "sharon's
Crooked Railroad shonid have come IN,
and 9 ths lecturer was showing inc
various hosting works AT the shaits
along the line OF de tunnel, n aid
now We parse a leetls higher up de
canyon and come to Shaft No. 2."an
sxasperatinsly luminous picture oil a
big Jackass appeared on the screen.
effect was capital. and when the
humorous Lecturer apPtised py q wiid
SHOUTS ana laughter Oh ms crowned anu
Wen pieased audience turnsd around
to he pictures, he was as much
amused a. ths rest OF US. "oh no.,
laughed be, thai old hsntuck ana MS
shackass; l can't never leave him out.
He used to pack water in de kegs you
see ON his back. for de mines at do
shaft" THAT shaft is now abandoned
from surplus OF water.-Ep NEWS.
Taking 1t altogether, 1t Was the finest
Buris.quc show
We ever Witnessed. and Sutro as n hu.
80. ,..,,,., r.nl. Nth Ar,.m.s
'o'
Ward' MARX IVAN or any oil thsir Glass;
Among the very best pictures was that
of an ore chamber in the Gould & Curry
mine, with half a dozen directors"
from San Francisco. dressed in spindle
shanks and plug hats, examining the
rich strike and looking at little chunks
Of rock through magnifyinS glasses,
when, said the lecturer, ''dey couldn't
dell a biece OF ore from q bisce Of grind
stone" Immense laughter.l And
they had a basket Of champagne down
there with them TO treat themselves and
the miners with, and one OF them was
represented giving a miner a thousand
dollars not to tell about this rich strike,
but to put in a blast and cover 1t up, so
that those directors could have 1t all to
themselves. But then we miners know
that directors from San Francisco al
ways go down into a mine just that way,
with plug hats and champagne, and give
u,. ~ ~ -
9Th \ Great co,nmn 81 vs,lo~ r%o.r;n,
flames pouring up and out Of
the top Of the shaft was hardly
| keeping with the rest Of the enter.
ann"m,, oa, was mercy ,h,,oduceu
a NJ" .ou'a az escape
;a,S.s aan,, "nIs saa ~ sueh eases
a.. Ease :, .
a IN, ~ nm. sns! were 70
81 yus 'as .sss way .ney e1ulu; Inc
aN 1851 amusing 'e0'ui,
psV.s unaa was easier anu
1922 ~ unpn .ne orc rom iour
~ W nues 'niousn outao : tunnel tnah
!. WINS 10 moist u i'ooo TO z,VVO ieet
through the shalt to the surface. But
than the Sutr0 mOnOnOly has lnnp ann Il