Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-12-14

Coop DoNE nv SrE,Lru.-Occasionaily
a reporter comes across a little story Thai
rekindlcs his filth in human nature.
There /. an old woman. past ninety, who
lives ON the Divide. and who, with the
| helm Of a waiking-stick. hobbies down TO
| Gold hin ou line diys. She is too lnfirm
10 climb back. and she Ia. ne nsed. for the
bus drivers always insist upen giving her
a free ride. Yesterday old Ned grossly in
sulted a gentleman who presumed to ofisr
a quarter for the old danes fare. She Is
entirely alone in the world. and lives 10 q
neat littl. cabin by herself. The men In
the foundries on the Divide make mp =
purse once a month aud turn u over TO
:. Aunty," who thus il enabled TO live very
comfortably. They have done ~ for sew
eral years.
DID HE ouup-Thorc was = pleasing
inciden, in National Guard Hall last evsn-
ing during the performance Of the over
ture Of Tampa" The players had get
under good Roadway. and everything was
roaring like a young tornado turned loose
when all of a sudden Mr.. Beck yanked ms
little stick In a nervous way. and tbs
music s,oppel. In the sudden and DEATH
like stillnsss which followed, q female
voice was heard tn cry. in . tone which
vas intended to reach above the crash
of the band, "Now gait that. G~eorger" A
Young man In the vicinity Of the Voice was
| ob..ry.i to have a countsnance Of cardinal
red a. a few thousand people looked
round
No DrsEErIoSs FROM rnE BAND
There Is a report going about in Virginia
that quite a number Of the German Mill
,Ary Bsad have concluded To give the
service IL Kaiser william the slip and try
their luck la Nevada. IL IL said that nye
of the men are now hiding In Six-mile
Canyon. There 10 no truth IN the report.
All the earning. % the band fer the past
seven months airs In the hands OF Carl
Beck. the director, aud a division will not
bs made until they return 10 Germany.
Each man will then have a small fortune.
They are no, such fools ~ 10 desert their
pile.
ISQuEsr.-In Gold uill at I o'clock last
evening Coroner Hodges held IN inquest
into the circumstances attending the death
Of the miner Mcdonald. Ne new facts
~ero brought To light. The Jury. after
hearing the evidence. found that deceased's
name wal Hugh =. Mcdonald. . native Of
Nova Scotia. aged about thirty eight years
aud that he came TO his death ON the 18th
day u December, 1876. in this county. by
fainting and falling from the cage in the
Imperial mine. and found no eau.e of blame
to 10 attached to any one.
FoR PAaE or raE AssEnnLY.-Master
Charles II. Baker. son Of Sam Baker, pro.
pri.,or Of the old Pioneer cigar stand al
the railroad depo, in Carson City. lisa can
dida,e for page Of the Assembly. Charley
ia bright aud intelligent boy. quick OF
apprehension. and II elected, will I'LL tbs
position a. creditably as any boy Of his
age in the State. lie IL striving 10 assist
A cripplsd father In earning = livelihood
and deserves the cordial support Of every
member Of that body.
A MILp HIxr.-"I tell you what" said
a brisk bore In the NEWS Office to-day. Al
he toasted his toes at the fire and talked
ten thousand nonpareil An hour. 81 tel
YOU what. this Is mighty cold weather,
Nv feet are iroze; they don't seem to gel
warm, somehow" "I think" said the
editor, with his most encouraging smile,
:" that walking would heat them" II
took.
Two rooLs.-A couple Of men FROM vir'
GINA undertook TO cross the railroad traei
between Reno and Carson night before
last ahead Of q train Of cars. The conss-
ausnce was q collision, = general smash
up. and a runaway team which had mol
been found at last accounts. The mel
were more frightened than hurt.