Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-04-10
INprAN PokEn PLAYEns.-Like mud


turtles, which hot weather brings out
upon logs and rocks upon the aldo OF a
river. 70 lay and luIuriats In the sun.
20 tho Piutes leave their holes tho first
Hne day after q storm and selecting
some warm spots down on the ground
or loll at full length, drinking In the
sunshine with all their animal nature.
.'Seize the day." seems to DO tholr mot.
TO. and provision for their physical
wants being made for tho time being.
care 10 cast 10 the winds. To-day their
usual game OF Indian poker. which has
been somewhat intsrfered with by the
recent bad weather was again resumed,
and q circle OF about twenty men and
women wsro formed on the depot
grounds, for the purpose Of indulging
in their favorite amusement. Consider.
able money changed hands and
some were ut last compelled
to pledge their clothes to raise q stake.
One Of those Indians, whenever he gets
broke. applies TO a white man In town
for q loan, which he always gets. A
few weeks ago. he went into the gentle
mans establishment. o total stranger. and
asked for IS, which was lent him. In
a day or two ho came and paid 1t back.
lie has applied for money several times
since. and has always faithfully re-
turned Il. Sometimes he Is flush. hav-
ing rs much ~ 800 In his possession.
He is then in high feather. and evil
IDENTIFY thinks no knows q thing or two
worth learning. He is in mortal dread
Of "Poker john" however. who he
thinks has tho ability to clean out the
whole Pluto nation.
No Bill FoUSp.-Tho Grand Jury
yesterday refused to indict William
Kelly, who Was charged with the crime
Of mayhem, in biting or u finger OF
George Jeffrcys. at q saloon Oh the
Divide, n few nights ago. Tho men
were previously good friends, and nc
cording to kolly's statement, while
they were scufiing Jeffreys struck him
in tho face with his open hand. and his
fingers slipped into his mouth, when he
bit him without being aware what he
was doing. He persists in his denial
that he knew that no had bitten Jeffreys
until his attention was called to the
fact. The net was no doubt considered
u%nintentional. and merely accident by
the Grand Jury who, for that reason,
refused to ind o bill Of indictment
against him. II wa fortunate for Kelly
that they happened to DO in session or
he might have been compelled TO remain
In the County Jail for weeks awaiting
their action.
CENTENNIAL MEDAL.-Tho Centennial
Medal, Of which we made mention in
our report Of tho Pioneer meeting yes
terday rs presented to tho Pioneers by
Governor Bradley, is Of silver, and just
about the size and weight Of q silver
dollar. One side bears the inscrip-
ton: "In commemoration Of the hun
drcth anniversary OF American indie
pendence." Surrounding this Ia tho fol-
lowing: "By Authority OF tho Con.
gross OF the United States" The other
side bears the figure Of Justice kneeling.
sNOtu III uuiiu, pehcH'h tho Aoiuib'h'
beams Of n galaxy Of thirteen stars.
Beneath her are the figures l71G, AMI
surrounding tho whole is tho inscrip.
ton: "Ths United States are and OF
right out to be free and Independent
States" This Is n description OF the
Centennial medals issued by authority
o. Congress, and none others are
genuine.
GRAND JuRY.-Tho Grand Jury yes
terlay found three truo bills Of indict.
ment and ignored the following: Jim
John, charged with grand larceny;
Price Owens, charged with the same
offence; All Tim, charged with burgla-
~; John L.ansdon, charged with intent
to kill; William Smith, charged with
burglary; n. G. Charles, charged with
assault with n deadly weapon with in
tent to do great bodily harm; William
Kelly, charged with mayhem. Adj
journej subject to tho call OF tho fore
man,.
SSow.-only two or three small
patches Of snow romain on the side Of
Mount Davidson, nont TO Virginia City.