Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-07-17

night OF Thursday an attempt was made
by some burglars to gain an entrance
into the residence ON Howard street. Of
o. G. Steele. proprietor Of the Yosemite
Saloon. Virginia. Tho parties tried to
get into the house by taking out o pane
Of glass from q window; In fact, tho
condition OF the window. would indicate
that they had started on u window.
and finding that they could not gain an
entrance into the desired part OF the
house by 1t, had abandoned II and tried
and another. They nearly succeeded In
the second attempt. but were frightened
away by tho lady Of tho house who.
hearing an unusual noise, got up and
struck q light to investigate. The num-
erous attempts at burglary that are con-
stantly being mado by the contemplate
sneak thieves in Virginia, have put the
police on their mettle. and 10 the ut
most yigilence and u close watch OF sus.
picious characters cannot prevent the
depredations, tho public may rest az
sured, at least, that those who violate
tho law in this respect will. whom
caught. DO mado to feel the weight Of its
arm. Look out, beauties. a great many
Of you arc spotted"
A FINE Docu.E ASIxAL.-0ur worthy
fsllow-townsnan ID. Galland. the popu.
lar proprietor Of the dry goods store just
below the Yellow Jacket office. has just
been treating himself to n ino young
horse. which he purchased OF a gentle
man from California. The horse was
driven over tho mountains from Califor-
mia, and when purchased by Mr.. Gal.
land had not recovered his customary
elasticity Of body and spirits. Whom
Grst purchased his now master was
charmed with his bargain. and never
tired Of cStolling his many good points.
among which his gcntleness was particu.
larry conspicuous. II was his ambition
10 train him In true Rarey style. and a.
the first step In that direction he. the
other day, placed a saddle on his back.
and mounted with all the FIRE Of tho
Thoroughbred jockey courxing through
his veins. Alas, for misplaced conn.
dsnce, the way no changed his mind and
the horse his base. was something truly
touching to tho ~bystanders who collected
around him rs he sat on tho ground
m~editating on the vanity OF human I'M
bition. Any nan who wants TO buy
horse cheap, ran nov find his man by
calling at the place above mentioned.
PirxR's OrERA HousE.-The Two
Orphans" which was again represented
at the Open House. Virginia. on the
occasion Of the joint benefit OF Misses
Hawthorne and Mayhem last evening
drew a fair house. bat not such an one
as should have greeted those truly eI.
csllsnt actresses. The play passed on
with credit to the company aud without
any accident occurring to mar its inter.
est. IL we may except the isniting oil q
Chinese lantern, which caught on fire
during the second act aud retarded the
representation Of the piece for q few
moments. The 1.-TWO Orphans was
the attraction at the matinee this after
noon. This evening W. IL. Crane, the
popular comedian, has Q benefit, on
which occasion an unusually attractive
bill will DO presented, consisting OF the
"Pet Of the Pe~ticoats" aud the laugh
able farce Of "Jones' Baby" This
concludes the engagement OF Hoolsy's
Comedy Troupe, who viii leave here 10
open al Sacramento Monday evening.
Those who want a rare treat should not
fail to attend tonight.
-srocxuoLps,s' MkKrIsa.-A special
meeting Of the stockholders Of the Gale.
donna Silver Mining Company will DO
held In San Francisco. on Wednesday,
tho 18th day Of August, 1876, ut u
O'Clock r. NJ, TO take into consideration
anil decide upon q proposition to in
crease the capital stock Of said company
from -. 900, 900. divided into 10000
shares Of the par value Of 500 ssch.
tho present capital stock. 10 $l0.OOO,-
600. divided into 100. 900 shares OF 800
each. See official notice Published in
another column to-day.
Thrown PROM A HoRsx. - Howard
Hill, tho Dayton carrier Of the Elder
prise, received MI ugly fall from his
horse yesterday morning about 8 o'clock.
He was going his customary rounds
through Dayton, sitting carslsssly upon
his horse, when the latter fell, throwing
him against a fence near which he was
RAISING. with such force that he was