Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-02-26
GENERAL NOTES.

MIaAcLEs are becoming uncommonly
common. There IL . bsd-riddsn Chi
caso crone who prayed and was made
whole. There il Mr.. F. W. Field. the
lame man with the hip disease, who
taught q Suuday-shool class In Chicago,
and whose leg grew az inches after .
night Of prayer. And o comes Ruth
Harris (colored) OF Washington. She
has been dumb for eight ysars. She
committed Some dreadful act. and when
accused Of II called upon her Creator to
strike her dumb II shs did not speak the
truth. She was struck dumb. and never
spoke again until one night last week.
when she had o dream. Her mother
who died about q year ago-appeared
unto her in the watches Of the night,
and told her that her powers Of speech
would return to her. Awaking from her
dream, she found that her speech
bad indeed returned. Rejoicing at the
discovery. she turned sver In bed.
touched her husbands shoulder. and
when be was aroused remarked: ''what
do you thinkl" He thought the world
Was at an end. and waited for no sxpla.
nation. Bouncing out Of bed he ran
into the street and aroused the neigh.
bors. They returned with him, and
found that Ruth could really talk again.
So runs the tale. Possibly the miracle
vein Is being overworksd just now.
CONGRESSMAN CAIN, OF Indiana. whose
speech In the House Of Representatives
the other day was such an uncomfort-
able dose for his party friends, has writ.
ten q letter TO the New Albany (Ind.)
L<dgvr.S Standard. After reciting his rea-
sons for opposing the Compromise bill
he lamsnts the want Of skill In the
Democratic leaders. He says: "But
il il enough that the result shows the
d~eplorable fact that the Democratic
masses in this great hour Of their trial
lacked wise and far seeing leaders.
Those who have assumed TO be such
have at length lei us into . ditch which
has wrecked us almost beyond rscov-
cry" The position OF q Democratic
leader Is not one to be envied just now.
TIE public are to DO treated to somo
more revelations. A gentleman OF the
Treasury Department at Washington Is
said 10 have In his possession q number
OF letters from yIr. Purman. OF Florida.
which will throw some light upon his
recent somersault. Mr.. Purman's po-
litical psrambulstions ara Of hardly suf-
6cient importance 10 warrant any addi-
ton to the noisoms stream now flowing
out from Washington.
FANCY the horror which settled down
upon the illustrious inhabitant OF Ne.
Is Gmmercy Park when the morning
papers had translated for him those de-
proved cipers; and the moral crooked.
ness Of his kinsman and OF Patrick, Of
Grover and Of Kelly. was slowly unfold
oil and revealed TO his guileless and UNI
suspscting heart. Oh Pclton. Pelton,
how could you 80 cruelty deceive your
uncle?
SENATOR'S HOWE and wadleigh do not
appear to be practical statesmen accord.
ing to the Oregon stan dard. As soon
a. thoy learned that the arithmetical
Littlefisld had conceived tho fell pur-
pose Of ''aetting evsn'' with j.. Madison
Wells. they should have dispatched CT.
pers to Governor Hayes and demanded
a"myriad" at least.
Or tho Democratic champions who
have ridden at the Louisiana tournR.
ment, none have been better mounted
or more gayly equipped than Sir Gal.
ahad Carpenter; and then his strength
is rs the strength Of ten. because his
heart is.pure.
IT IL said that Mr.. Tildsn crashes his
gums whenever any indiscreet person
msntious the lame Of David Davis In
his hearing.
IT is fortunate for Governor Hayes
that his nephsws keep in the shade.
A WORD OF advice to Democratic jour
malls: Pitch into the Dictionary.
MART IuPPER's VICTIM.
Particulars Of the Last shooting
ARRAY az Typo.
The Typo correspondent Of the Eureka
S,ntisd writes:
Again has our town been tho scene Of an
other tragedy, this time resulting In the
instant death Of one man and the wound.
ing Of another. On Tuesday afternoon.
about half.past five o'clock. three rapid
reports Of q pistol was heard. . crowd Of
men rushed down the street 10 tho Head
quarters Saloon, and q sickcning spectacle
presented itself TO their gaze-ons man