Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-04-17

tiou. An entire change OF programme
Il announced for this evening. and q
most attractive bill Is offered. The
first part will consist Of some superb
songs and ballads. concluding with a
"grand finale" BY Messrs. Sweatnatn.
wclch and Murphy. The second part
opens with a double sony and dance,
entitled Daisy" by Messrs. WEIGH
aud Rice, after which Mr.. George
5. knight will entertain the audi
ence with some choice melodies.
Next comes THAT Essence" Little
Mac. who IL n host within himself.
Then a scramble by Sweatnam. WEIGH
aud Reed. After which "Othello"
will 10 done by Little Mac and julie
Robinson. Messrs. Leon and Las
SALES will then favor tho audience
with one Of their remarkably fine per.
formancss OH the triple horizontal
bar. The performance will conclude
with the highly amusing sketch emil.
titled Fifty Winks." An e%ntortain-
ment combining so many interesting
features will without doubt attract a
crowded house.
: CRUDE GESius.-0ur attention has
been attracted OF late to certain crude
sketches, drawings and artistic efforts
by Thomas Dawes, 4 young man re-
siding In lower Gold Hill. He 10 an
! English sailor boy, recently arrived In
this country, aud Is about Nineteen or
twenty years old. He appears to
possess considerable natural talent In
drawing. painting. ETC., with no small
degree OF genius and originality asa
| designer. Ills drawings, shown US,
consist Of sketches from nature, some
| drawn from description, and little
fancy pictures. None OF them are very
finely executed, but appear to be the
emanations Of crude genius, exhibiting
a very creditabls conception Of color
Ing. perspective and other requisite
artistic ideas. One OF his Lake Tahoe
scenes, drawn from description, pos
ses,es u peculiar interest to some folks
and Is very clevsrly executed. This
young man should lind employment
among some OF our painters, where
the natural bent OF his genius eau be
developed aud made use Of.
CENTENNIAL BuiLprSGs.- Through
the politene.s OF Judge Fitzsimmons
We were permitted to-day to see n plan
giving a view OF the interior Of the
main pavilion TO be erected In Phlla-
delphia for centennial purposes. The
plans and specifications were prepared
by Messrs. Vaux & Radford, and the
contract for building the pavilion was
awarded to the above named gentle
mon. The cost of the immense struc-
ture will 30 g. SIl, 800. The building.
as regards architectural beauty and
! grandeur OF design, Is In keeping with
the grand event intended 10 be COM
memorated. Besides the pavilion,
there are two other structures To be
! erected. viz: Memorial Hall aud the
Art Building. The entire cost OF the
three will be somewhere In the neigh
borhood OF $40 900, 900. JuaSo Fi,z.
simmons will be In constant corre-
spondenco with the Centennial Com
ml,.ioners at Philadelphia aud Wash.
ington. From time to time we hope
TO be able to furnish our readers with
some centennial items.
CENrESSiAI.-rhe State Board Of
Centennial Managers will meet at the
Office OF the State Mineraloglst In Car
son City. at IL o'clock o 0 on Satur-
day next, 18th instant. for the trans
action OF important business. Follow
Ing Il q list OF names Of tho gentle
men composing the Board: Storey
county. q. &. Stevenson and Thomas
G. Taylor; white Pine, Robert Robin
son; Eureka. j. ID. sullivan ; Lincoln,
Captain II. II. Day Nys, +. a. Hale;
Lander. A. a. Curtis Humboldt, John
Z. Fall Ormsby. III. NJ. YeriDgton
and Il. +. Rice; Churchill, Henry X.
whitehill; Washoc, b. F. Leete;
Lyon, G.. q. Langtree ; Douglas, j. H..
johnson ; Elko, Levi Wilscy; Esmer-
aida. Jerry Miller and Is. Z. Hazel
tine.
WANTED TO KSow HIS NAME
Little Mac, now performing with the
California Mlnstrsls In Virginia, had
a rather amusing adventure In Gold
Hill, u few days since. lie called NJ
the Agency Of the Bank OF California
and asked the cashier to draw up q
check for $500. payable to himself.
ON being asked what his name was. he
rep.ied "Little Mac" The cashier
told him that name would not do anu
demanded his name u second time.
lie replied a. before, Little Mac
Alter being interrogatsd q third lime
about the matter, he finally gave his
name as Nicholas knucklsby."
l.. O. q. Fat a regular meeting OF
Mt. Davidson Lodge Nos. |. D. U. +.
held In virglaia on Saturday evening
Last, the following gentlemen were
elected representatives to the IL. W.
Grand Lodge of the State OF Nevada.
the next session Of which Will be held
al Virginia, commencing on the hrst
Tuesday after the first Monday In June
next: j. W. Noyes, IL: DIEM, -
SnlJer, T.. l.. Fisher. j. III. rinrsnu,L'
ID. s,earns, ID. y. Addison, Il. VIII
lisms, Charles Goodwin, j. Young
Jr., aud L. e. Battcrman.
a ttRSI-CLA>S SNhVSN'
Finch continues to dispense tue very
best Of beverages at hls headquarters
on Main street, near tho railroad cross
ing. lie will not have to run Tor u.
:. Senator. for the simple reason ina
ne 1, already In the Senate. Tom sa
whols-souled gentlemnn. He knows
now TO treat his friends well, anu
like, to see them enjoy themseive':
Connected with his saloon arc some OF
the ilnest billiard tables on tic coast,
together with other attractions. Give
him a call.
DECISION RENDERED. - Yesterday,
James rrevillian brought = suit In
Justice Marbles Csar. to recover stake
money deposited with tho latter, on
tl. OCCASION oil the late fight between
Trcyllliau and Hogan. Justice Marble
rendered a decision to the effect that,
ina.much rs 0rndorirhad already paid
over the stake money 10 Hogan, VINO
Was adjudsing winner Of the tight, hls
liability had ceased, and the plaintiff