Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-02-24
At THE CAPITAL.
HEAVY sKIRnIsnISo OVER TEE
COMPROMISE BILI.

AVaAE OMh8E DALhA
The Marriage OF superintendent
YerinEten-Bail or she Mexiean
Veterans.
CAnsoS. Feb. %, 1877.
EDITOR News: Il there q man woman
or child In Virginia and Gold Hill who
don't knew that p. X. Peculiar Cuss).
Charley Legats. / made q flying visit to
Virginia yesterday. It being w~ashington's
birthday, and rs I camo upfrom tho train,
Charley Lsgato brought me up standing
In front Of tho International. and said:
" Here. you, you're O newspaper man. and
supposed TO know everything. Now tell
| me how old Washington WAS when no got
married" looked up TO the flags waving
| 10 the breeze from the housstops, and my
syes wandered over to the summit OF old
Mount Davidson. Then I looked Lsgate
| squarely In the eye. and owned up that i
did not know how old Washington was
| when he got married. "Therol" cx-
claimed Lcsats, "you'rs tho three-hun-
dred.and.ihirty.th ird man I have asked
that question. and not n OF you could
answer II. The American people don't
know the history Of their own country.
They can tell you all about the French
Revelations, and the Siege OF Troy, and
Paris and Helen. and the Crimean war.
and the Crusades and tho Inquisition, and
Antony and Cleopatra. and Caesars cam.
paigns and Gains tussls with Abel and
vet there a'int o son-of-a-sea-cook In town
that can syen tell you how old Washington
was when he was Bora" Legats was a.
mad a. II somebody had upset his street
stand. and got . little mixed on tho main
question.
II. NJ. Ycrington, superintendent OF the
| Virginia and Truekss Railroad apd on Of
tho solidest Of the solid men Of Carson, was
married, last night TO Miss Clara Bender,
. young lady Of this town, the ceremony
| being performed by III. Rev. Bishop Whit
aker Of tho Episcopal Church. The we'd
| ding was . very quiet. unobtrusive afair.
| only the relatives and intimate friends OF
the bride and bridegroom being present.
I, Toby Green, In my eminent wisdom,
| approve OF this sort OF weddings. ~
man mn.f get married let him do IL quietly,
and not b~oastfully call on all the world to
| witness his act Of self-sacri1cc. He IL not
| half a. much o martyr when he makes q
parade of his martyrdom. Mr.. Y%erington
being q prominent man In Nevada. feel
IL due TO myself As u faithful chronicler OF
events 10 sustain my reputation for
observation-disclosures. to make this passing
mention Of his wedding. Ysrington Ia n
good man and useful citizen. even u no IL
wealthy. Tho reason ! say this is because
he never charges mo anything for walking
TO Virginia over his road. l may add that
the bridal presents were many, costly and
magnificent. as bcfts the station In life Of
the high contracting parties. II 10 In ac-
| cordancc with tho eternal fitness Of things
| that rich people should get rich presents,
aud poor people-well poor people should
not get married.
THE VETS.
The Society Of tho Surviving Veterans
Of tho Mexican War gave a ball at the Cor
bstt House. last night. In honor Of the
anniversary Of washington's birthday. j
dropped In on 1t and looked OH for a few
moments. Tho h~alls-thero are two OF
| them. connected by archways-werc hand
somely decorated with the flags Of all ma.
| tons; and Col. Jerry Moore. and General
Rocker. and Inidel Tommy Rockhill. and
| George Shepherd. and q lot more OF the
| old stills who lodged Greascr bullets In
Mexico. were arrayed In purple and fine
linen and Mexican War Veterans medals.
| capered In the may dance like young
buck Indians ut q Spring counting ian
dango. Though not q full dress ball, all
the ladies and gentlemen present were
| dressed In full. many Of them richly and
handsomely. The Veterans furnished their
guests with an excellent supper. and
though the music was simply cxecrablc,
all present enjoyed themselves TO the mt.
most. The ''vets" are complaining 81
still "jints" to-day. but arc prond TO
know and declare that their ball was n
complete success.
TIE BULLION TAX.
In this afternoons session Of the Assem-.
bly, Babcock introduced = counterpart of
the Bullion Tax Compromise bill now pend-
ing In tho Senate. and Ii raised q breeze.
Colonel Moore jumped 10 his feet ~ though
there was q bent pin in II, aud moved the
indefinite postponement OF tho bill. Bab-
cock, Noticing many Of the seats empty,
saw a bulldoso right here. and to avoid it,
operation, moved \ call Of the House.
Fourteen members we're absent and the
motion for a call was lost. Tho vote on
the call was an inllcatlon ,na' .nu Mona
n,h.acl rnstisg ort into The lobby and
h.r,,od In a number of members. Moore
w., mon, ,ho member. ON the floor. and
1n,1cJ thsm N yoie for indefinite post.
Donsmsnt' Pending tho puiting OF The
auo.iion there was Considerable confusion
an Ina floor lint ON N. being nut, the
motion 10 indefinitely POSTPONE was lost.
Habcock then moved that tho rules b. sus-
pended, the hill read a second time by
title and referred 10 the Committee on
WAYS and Means. This brought Gray 10
his feet, in a bitter denunciation Of tho
measure and Its supporters. He was called
tn order and subsidized. After he had cecil.
ell down, hc reflected ON what he said, and
arose 10 a question Of privilege and Apol-
ogized for his ill.timed language. I do
not look upon tho votes taken ON the two
motions here mentioned ~ being tests In
any wise but tho little rumpus to-day was
an indication that when tho bullion Tax
Compromise bill comes squarely before
the House there will 10 an exciting time.
I'M INnIT