Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-12-12
Lorrr.'. Rrv.I.-whil. Lottis, the

bs w" fo
House. We considered ii . delicate piece
Of business to inform her Of the exist
sncs Of a rival. and that rival q gentle
man with whom she anne in contact
nightly. Now that she has gone. We
have no hssitancy in publishing the
following: A dignihed gentleman. one
Of the members Of the stock company
performing at Piper's, get q little Of
during the last week OF Lottis's engage
msnt and took it into his head that he
could execute the Flying Leap with
as much grace as the lady gymnAst her
self. Acting upon this idea he betsok
himself in company with an ANA
teur gymnast to the theatre. There
were the trapeze and all the
paraphernalia necessary to perform
the feat. All he wanted was some n
to catch him. For this purpose the am
aieur was pressed into service. Our dig
nifsd actor strobe down the center aisle
Of the dress circle and waited for his
friend TO make his appearance on the
stage. Pretty soo the amateur gym
mast, Mons. Tomkins. va will call him,
came in sight and drew himself up to
the bar OF the trapeze by means OF the
hanging rope. Then our essence OF dig
nifty, mounted on the little piece Of board
and prepared for the dreadful leap. He
unfastensd the bar. graspsd II firmly.
and then let himself 60.
au..-,n~ shro.,h ths ale
With the greatest Of ease,
Did this daring young man
On the flying trapefe."
Yes, the leap was made; but Mons.
Tompkins and our essence OF dignity
unfortunately failed to connect. They
had overlooked the important fact. that
the trapsze had been regulated for q per-
son, not 30 tall by u foot v u digni-
fed friend. Hence the following disas-
ter: Tonpkins was hit full in the chest
and knocked to the floor. while the dig
nined actor continued on his hsadlong
career, passed through two scenes, and
finally brought up in the paint room at
the rear end Of the stage. What a fall
was there! wilkins, the scenic artist,
was busily engaged in painting the new
''tormentors," when the bundle OF dig
nifty made its sudden appearance. Herush.
ed for one Of those new-fangled paint
pots Of his. that no calls "Anna
Marias," and, in his t~repidation
he attempted to empty II over the pros.
trats form Of the would.be gymnast.
That's all e Old Dignity" wanted. He
no sooner caught sight OF the "Anna
Maria filed with dark brown paint,
than no gave q yell and bounded to his
feet, crying out: "No you don't; i
amt dead yet" Mons. Tompkins was
then hunted up. but the yell that his
friend had raised, brought him suddenly
back to consciousness and his feet.
Hereafter those two gentlemen will not
appear on the flying trapezs. Our es-
sencc OF dignity has now no ambition to
excel Lottie.
IMrRovEMESrs.-Mr. r. ]. Butler has
altered and added to his residence on
Main street. He now has in course Of
construction there, two stores, n Of
which, we believe, will be occupied by
d. L. Smith. and used as a drug store.
IF. Dumars is reitting the rooms in
tho rear Of his saloon. He will have
them completed shortly. 80. Mr.. L. b.
Frankel. the broker. is erecting q hand
some one-story frame house on Pioneer
street. It has a front Of 20 feet and Is
80 feet deep. It improves the appear.
ance OF Pioneer street wonderfully, and
a few more such identifying features
would render that part Of town the most
a~ristocratic on the hill. Between the
foundries and the Imperial works new
buildings are constantly being erected.
Chambsrlain's is almost complete, and
we Noticed tho frame OF another going
up yesterday morning.
MATRIMONIAL ErisoDE.-Last evening
a prominent gentleman OF Gold Hill
made q proposal to another prominent
gentleman OF Gold Hill to tho effect that
IL he would get married within one
month from date to a certain lady, that
he would make him and lady a present
of n certain house, well furnished, situ-
atsd in the upper part Of town, together
with the lot and everything complete.
The documents were properly drawn
up and signed, but the party Of the sec
ond part went and had q talk with the
lady aforesaid. lie talked right, and
she responded right. Unless death or
some other untoward condition super
vsnes, there will be n wedding IN Gold
Hill inside OF the month, and the mar
ried couple will occupy the inside OF the
house aforesaid. Names for the pros
ent not announced.
CoMrLrnSrAEr.-we aro pleased to
acknowledge receipt Of complimentary
tickets to the eleventh anniversary invi-
tation ball Of washoe Engine Company
No. 1 which takes place at National
Guard Hall. Virginia. on Friday evening
January LIST, 1s75-New Years Night. II
being an invitation ball, no tickets will
be sold, but the members have the priyi-
lego Of inviting their particular friends,
and the company will sec that none but
the most acceptable and agreeable per-
SOM are present. The balls given by
washoe Engine Company have always
been noted as among the most recherche,
pleasing. select and satisfactory in every
respect. and this will be no exception.
BURGLARY At THE RAND HousE.-Last
night the provision shed Of the Rand
House, in Gold Hill, was burglarized to
the extent OF 500 worthot hams, eggs,
bacon, coffee, tea and other articles. An
entrance was effected by prying of the
hinges Of the door with an axe. An
axe, found in the kitchen Of the house
where three Cinnamon are employed as
fitted the marks on the door eI-
actly; consequently. 1t is safe to accuse
one OF the three Cinnamon Of the burg
II not all OF them, so Tom Hsr-
kin says. They are still working In the
house, and a close watch will. be kept
over them in future.