Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-10-05
Arrival. TIL. n.rs,.s.
departures Last Evesing.

BErrgE L,rg THAN NsyER.-0n the
23d OF last November n check Of SlcO
was sent by W. &. blanchard, Of Gold
Hill. to W. II. Day. San Francisco.
Through somo unexplained causc Mr..
Day did not receive the check. and after
transacting his business Mt the Bay. re-
turned to his home In Gold Hill. Ho
wondered Tor n long time what hal be-
come Of the check. and finally concluded
that the sum was q dead loss to him.
lie was Therefore greatly surprised last
Saturday To find 10 returned to Gold
Hill, after an absence Of over ten
months. during which time ID had trav-
slcl To- Washington and back again To
this place. Fortunately IL came in ON
the very day Of the resumption Of tho
Bank of California. and II presented
was no doubt paid. This should DO en-
c~ouraging To those having claims against
the Government. as ii shows that, al
though the wheels Of State may at times
rs,olvo rather slowly, they nevertheless
do move.
ToE Ger Orf.-M. Brady had one OF
the toes Of his left foot cut OF while
working in the shaft Of the Imperial
mine. about I o'clock yesterday morn.
ing. lilo and others were engaged in
re.timbering tho shaft. and Brady at the
time Of the accident vas cutting away
one Of the old timbers, which ~ II fell
struck him on tho toe, cutting II almost
entirely OF at the first joint. II is prob
ably better tn lose part Of a toe than
have his whole foot badly jammed. still
Brady does not take kindly TO losing
that piece Of toe. Like a famous name
sake, Brady Is better known ~ ''hand-
soaO Brady" This. OF course. has
nothing TO do with the sympathy 50
proiusely showorei upon him. in his AZ
i~lie,ion. by the ladies.
FALSE AL,ENs.-Durins a celebration
such as that Of las, Saturday evening in
Gold Hill, when there is a general toot-
ing u whistles, ringing Of bells and es.
ploding q! powder. every man around
the various hosting works. whose duty
IL il 10 sound an alarm in case OF fire.
should keep cool and SEQ that he does
not give a false one. such as that by the
Imperial whistl, ON the occasion men
toned. II creates unnecessary alarm.
gives the members % the Fire Depart
mont needless trouble. mars the pleas
uro Of everybody. and raises the dickens
generally.
FISK FIunr.-A number Of men sol
into a free fight on South q street. vir-
cinia, at about 6 o'clock last evening.
There was u pile Of bricks conveniently
al hand. which they used freely rs argu-
mcnis, thereby succeeding in spelling
the beauty Of themselves and a number
Of windows in buildings near the seat OF
war. Two or three Of the men were ar
rested and locked up in the City Jail
over night.
WENT Ur.-A splendid balloon was
,eut up in Gold Hill last evening by
.omo Of the stock dealers in town. They
.ay il contained a petition to the
..irincc Of the powers Of the air. who
ia supposed To engineer stocks. that the
Hoar,is open out stiff to-day. After
.et,ins mn a few hundred feet the bal
Inn eaucbt fro AMI was destroyed. 10
an. gentleman referred 10. perhaps,
never received the message.
Brsn.-The Town Marshal is kept
busy these days making out the quarter
IN licenses, and receiving tho coin there