Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-02-03

Home bill was under consideration. Inc
sport was occasioned by Mr.. Reckiil'
speaking to a question Of religion. The
bill contained a section providing for the
~smplsymsnt Of . minister to preach and
pray for the juveniles in the Home. Mr..
Rockhiil did not believe In prayer; he
thought IL was more Of an injury than .
bsueat, and illustrated hisidess with some
startling examples. He said that away
back In the days when Adam was . boy
the average duration Of human life was
nine hundred years ; and that along In the
dark ages, after people had learned TO pray
and prayed 10 be saved from pcstilsnee,
calamity and death. the average duration
Of man'slif was reduced TO thirty years.
from which he argued that sanitary rsgu-
lstiops were more eficacious than prayer
In the preservation Of human life. He
asserted that the praying Generals wers
almost invariably killed In battle. and tha'
prayers against the grasshopper raids on
Kansas, Missouri. Minnesota and other
States availsd nothing. He did not take
any stock in Saint Peter, and expressed ~
utter disbelief In the golden stair. wings,
harps, hell-hre and birthstone and oil thai
sort Of thing. Mr.. Harris. Of Storey, was
in the Chair during the delivery OF Rock
hilfs remarks and shut of the orator by
ruling him out of srder. OF course Mr..
Rockhill's remarks were net strictly In
good taste from Q religious point Of view
but they were by no means u OF order,
a. he was combining himself 10 the ques-
ton, which was q motion 70 strike the
preacher section out Of the bill. His TO
marks. Notwithstanding their infidslity,
were delivered In q manner m tone
which rendered them irresistible and they
provoked frequent bursts Of msrriment.
The motion TO strike out the section was
lost. and IL the bill passes. . preacher will
be one Of the adJuncts Of tho HoodlLm's
Heme.
II Ia an old story related Of Beecher. that
ON entering the pulpit Of Plymouth
Church one Sunday, he'commencsd = SER
mon by saying. "It's damn'd hoti" II
Beecher was obliged 10 sit for several
hours ut q stretch in either Of the Legisla-
tive chambers Of the Nevada Capitol. be
would be repeating that remark about
every Ave minutes. The chambers ars
heated with hot air. generated In furnaces
in the basement Of the building. and car.
ried 10 the chambers in pipes; and OF all
the dry, suifOcating. headache breeding
heats that ever existed outside OF Satan's
dominions II IL the worst. II nceas abol-
ishing more than does the onico Of State
Mineralogist or gambling and II II Is not
~ abolished there will be somo dead legis'
lators, and mAyhap q newspaper ceres
pondent or two may succumb. aud that
would be . public calamity. The most
=. wholesome" legislation which this
Legislature could enact would be TO sub
stitute the hot air with which the legisla-
tive halls arc heated by some heat con-
tanning more moisture. II has been sug-
gssted that . good plan would he 10 vapor-
ize the heat through Bourbon whisky.
THAT ELxo-EuREKA BII.I.
The bill to dstatch certain territory
from Elko county and attach 1t TO Eureka
county .. the special order for to-day. and
10 kicking up considerable Of a sommo-
ion. The largest and most powerful
lobby engaged In the engineering OF any
matter now before the Legislature has
been, and still Is, at work on this bill. on
the part Of each party concerned. The
debate on the bill occupied from ~ N. TO
$50 o'clock. and was not even then fairly
.....l . k.k .,.p,herx ~ara thafoughlv
worn out and cga to adjourn Of their "
individual motives, going into the Der
gsant-atArm's room TO get = long
and. a. the debate promised TO
be long continued. the House toek q re-
cess at the last-nsmei time. This Is the
first recess the lower House has taken dur
ing the session.
a GOOD WORD.
Avery popular word In the Assembly Of
late Is the word. "germano." Tho SPEAK
CT uses II and the members use II. The
Speaker says: The remarks Of the men,
Der arc not gsrmane TO tho subject"
Andta member jumps up and says: al
call the gentleman TO order; his remarks
are not Eermans' 10 the bill" A mem.
Der from the Great East, who was called
TO order In this way yesterday, sat down
with confusion. and after adjournment he
approached my dcsk and asked me II ]
supposed Blank took him for . Dutchman.
that he expected him TO talk German. j
said I didn't know. Neither did I.
AGAIN.
Again I will refer to that fruitful sub
ject. the Warden Bill. II Is the special
order for tomorrow, which will 10 the
frst Saturday on which either branch Of
the Legislature has been In session. The
fate Of the bill il As much mixed Is ever.
The special aud standing committees on
State Prison will make . report which will
not be unfaverable 10 Hyman. and l think
his report will have s0mo influence In de-
the fate Of the bill. There il q
possibility that the bill will pass /; but u IL
to be . very close game unless things
change between now and Don tomorrow.
In connsctieu with this bill. o story 10
going the rounds, which II true. and prop
srly susceptible Of the Interpretation which
Is put on II. Ia not only funny. but marks
LYMAN rs the equal Of even Tilden rs q
.tratsgist. 1t is to the effect that last
tuesday. shortly before the hour Of meet
.ng Of the House, Holbrook. foreman Of
he shos shsp at the prison. interviewed
parties. and told them that he was
that Lyman was gone; that Is,
hat he would be depesed from his posi-
ion (; that he lHolbrookl wanted 10 be
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