Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-02-27
GENERAL NOTES.

He recently addressed the members Of
the theatrical profession from the stages
OF two Manchester thsatsrs, those pso-
pie being present in large numbers.
DR.. Fraser advsrtsd to 81. Paul being
advised not to adventure himself into 4
thsater. and said no (ths Bishop Of
M~anchsstsr) was the first bishop OF the
Church Of England, II not the fnt
bishop Of the Christian Church, who
had ever addresssda congregation In O
theatsr. He then remarked upon the
proper dignity Of the acting profession,
and observed that the Puritan attempt
TO abolish thsatsrs altogether was fol.
lowed BY o violent reaction In the shape
OF the immoral plays.o the Rsstora-
ten. He did not want 10 abolish the
theater. hut to purify II and make Il .
harmless instrument Of recreation.
With such illustrious names - Mao
ready. Charles Kean, and Miss Helen
Faucet before him. he did not think the
stage should necessarily BE- degraded.
GnDEnr stuart. the painter, Wal n
Of the mos, ABSENT minded Of men. He
once painted o picture for Mr.. Hare, Of
Philadelphia. This gentleman. on it,
completion, made the regulate payment
10 Stuart, who at once said, "Excuss
me, this picture has been paid for"
Mr.. Hare. OF course. persisted In paying
the amount due, the painter all the
while protesting. He inherited this Pc
culiarity. Once upon q time his father.
jogging along to church with his wife on
y pillion behind him, lost In q r~svsris,
dropped her on the road. He soon be-
am aware Of her absence, however,
and turning suddenly. rode back, sx-
claiming. Goods my life. arc ysu
hurt 2" There she sat, enjoying her
anticipation OF his surprise whom he
should discover her plight.
TuERE have been Of late . great many
suicides In the United States. Old
bachelors and middls-aged croass. BRIDE
green's and brides, lovers accepted and
rejected. sweethearts, brothers,
second cousins, schoolgirls and mothers
in.law have all taken refuge In bullet,
canal or cold poison. Suicide, as
on here, Is . matter OF individual
enterprise-a retail trade. In England
Is eonducted on the cooperative basis
and has developed into q Wholesale bust
ness. At Leeds, three weeks ago, an
Irish girl died Of typhus fever. and there
was . well attended wake. Thirty guests
In the festivities, and In the
course Of q few days all Of them were
down with typhus. In London o wake
q smallpox patient was quite As
successful.
ScESE-London, not San Francisco.
Chang Amaou and Yang Ksi. two ser
wants attached to the Chinese Embassy.
whilo walking along Oxford street. on
February LIST, encountered John Dono.
van. The Celt made no effort TO con.
csal his contempt for the Mongslians.
and dealt Chang Amazon q tremendous
blow on the head. When the police ar.
rested him he c~onhdsntially informed
hem that no did not like the religion
Of those people," Religious fanaticism
Is evidently at a discount In London.
for he was sent 10 jail for two months.
Tho complainant broke q sauce and
look the Chinese oath: "You shall tell
he truth, the whsle truth; the saucer IL
aud u you do not tell the
your soul will Be cracked like the
saueer."
YASxEE girls aro now cutting and
polishing diamonds. The art has been
n~onopolized by Amsterdam experts, who
nave uniformly refused TO teach any up.
,rsntices except Dutch boys OF their
,wn selection. Henry d. Morse, after
Employing Dutch diamond-cuttsrs In
for many years. learned ths
Of the trade. He opened . shop
II Roxbury. and privately taught siI or
light young women this mysterious &C.
'upation. He finally apprised his Dutch
sorkmcn that American boys must DO
aught by them. They psrsmptorily 70.
used to instruct the apprentices. Ho
hon discharged them and brought the
'oung women from Roxbury 10 all their
T~wsnty.thrss Of them are now
/ work.
A GENEROUS resident In Lower GornL
II tho English diocese Of Litchneld re-
olvsd to distribute q hundred loavss Of
read among the psor OF the parish, and
.ppointsd the vicar a. bis almonsr.
totico was given that the bread would
70 given away In the church on the last
OF January. The vicar SEQ
NO n large audience 10 the church
that he could not do better than
o season tho almseiving with admoni.
lon, 50 hc mounted the pulpit and re-
his hungry auditors Of tho text.
: ys seek me. not because 70 saw tho
but because 20 did eat 81 tho
oaves." II was q good.sized stone 10
Iurl at those who had asked for bread.
The granddaughter Of Charles Dibdin
q statement that he was "ths
lave OF drink" aud says that "even
o the zenith Of o professional career
rhich took him much into society at n
ime when excessive conviviality was
nore fashionable than now, Dibdin was
emperats and abstsmious TO m extent
Ihich was then unfortunately rare"
OSx Of tho members Of the late blood
duel. MI. friedrich May. has returned
0 New York, and may be seen In his
ccustomed haunts. The other In In
.ondon, where letters report him as en-
,ying an exceedingly gay season. 1t Ia
pderstood that he hopes to return TO
this Summer.
Or the Democratic champions who