Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-12-15

A PLEAsURlBLE Ball. The twelfth
annual ball OF Eagle Engine Company,
No. 3, Virginia. which is to take place
on Thursday evening next, at National
Guard Hall. promises to be n Of the
most enjoyable occasions OF the kind
occurring the present season. A large
number Of tickets are already sold. and
plenty more are selling. The guests
present may be assured that this ball
will be conducted on the same correct
and satisfactory plan rs the balls given
by this company heretofore have been.
insuring a pleasant and mutually agree
able a~ssemblage. We arc pleased to
acknowledge tho receipt OF = compli-
msntary ticket.
ACCIDENTAL SnoorISo.-On Sunday
last John Boyle. who lives near the
Baltic switch. took a pistol from ons OF
his children. who was playing with it.
II was one Of those small ~sslf-cocking
dsringsrs used by children on the Fourth
OF July. Boyle snapped 1t pretty lively
for n time, and then let 1t drop suddenly.
The cause OF his letting it so so readily
was that it exploded, and the ball, which
was about the size OF q grain OF wheat.
passed through the fore finger OF his loft
hand. Just below the second joint. DIR.
Kirby was called in. and found that the
ball had passed through the bone. The
finger may have to DO amputatsd.
MosE wArLkR.-Since N. +. Waller
retired from the clothing business in
Gold Hill. he has been engaged in the
meat market business on South G street.
Virginia, about opposite the Savage
works. Nose always eyinced moro tai.
ent in taking the nicely fitting jacket of
from n fine steer or u fat sheep than he
did in putting jackets upon the variously
shaped men and boys Of this section,
and his pride always Is to serve up the
choicest and best Of steaks, roasts and
all that sort OF thing. satisfactorily. and
in an artistic manner He invites his
old friends to drop in and see him.
JusrIcx wRiour's CoURr. - Mrs.
Goulett, the woman who keeps the dive
Just two doors south OF Doublebeiss'
saloon. on the Divide. and who Is sup.
posed to be the party who robbed and
duggsd Knucklsy ON Sunday night
last. had her examination this afternoon
before Justice Wright. II did not take
place in time for Us to publish the re-
suit. The Divide bids fair TO soon en-
JOY the reputation that it did in early
days in the time OF the big woodpile-
when there was a robbery reported every
morning.
NEW HousE.-Somsbody Is erecting q
new house just this side OF the I'm.
perial.E Empire works. on the main road.
1t is propped up from beneath with
timbers OF not very large dimensions.
Some one said the other night, that
whoever it wa building II, was merely
trying an experiment to soc how soon 1t
would blow down. We believe him, and
hsnceforth whenever we have an old
fashioned zephyr. We intend to pay our
first visit to the "house propped up"
PACKING Ur.-Tom Harkin ispacking
up his cabinet. II has been q sort OF
| pet Of his for many years, and he has
bestowed a great deal Of care and aiten.
ton upon II. He showed US to-day q
| sprig OF shamrock from"0uld Ireland"
aud a slice Of peat. Then he had a this.
tie from the ''Braes O. bonnie Dundee. =
Il would take o small volume TO give the
history Of the various curious things
that Tom is packing mp for shipment to
the East.
PrnzxSp's SALOON. - Charlie Sitter.
well known to the frequsnters oil the
above saloon, IL now running IL for the
widow OF the late proprietor. Charlie
will continue to dish up the cocktails,
Tom and Jsrrys and everything else in
the old style. and be will put in some
thing new. Of his own manufacture.
Give him a call.