Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-07-29

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Nxws presented himself at the outer
gates west Of the State Prison. he
found the old wooden structures gone
and iron mes in their place and broken
rock filled 10 for grading. The yard In
front has been well walled. and now
watch towers are to be constructed for
the sentinels. The old wooden struc'
turs in the yard. too. is doomed. and
probably ere this has fallen before the
advance Of improvements at the place.
So much, and more. too. was taken In
at q glance ; but bigger and better i'm
provsments have been made within the
walled Enclosure. The most conspicu'
Gus OF these Is the shoe shop. q massive
structure OF hewn stone. eighty feet
long. forty feet vide and two stories
high. standing back Of the main build
ing. This structure 10 admirably ar.
ranged for business, and is supplied
with all kinds OF machinery to facilitate
work.
The workmeu were nearly all out. II
being Sunday. and the reporter had q
fair chance to look at the shop. The
frs, thing which attracted his attention
was the number OF plants. etc., growing
and blossoming in the windows. The
gentlemanly attendant, seeing our inter
est in this, took us to Harrington's
window aud showed US his " ranch"
The fellow must DO growing humane.
He has the window Of the shop. SO far
US vegetable adorumsnts 60 /; in fact. II
is q ranch on q small scale, and he has
growing there almost all kinds Of flowers
and grain.
Near him IL another who has cult.
waited u cornfsld in his window and IL
already luxuriating in anticipation Of
roasting ears in the near future. AL.
most every window has q clinging vine
or a plant OF some kind. which ID
trained by him whose seat Is near. The
keeper says all Of the men must pei
something. and IL they can get nothing
else will take up with serpents and liz
ards and spiders and toads and such
beauties. This is well. and the men
should be INDUCED to the greatest ex'
tent possible, for 1t has a humanizine
influence and opens the hearts Of many
OF them to feelings to which they have
long been strangers. It will make better
men Of them, and "Harriugton's ranch"
shows him 10 DO even now incapable Of
such u dark deed as his murder Of Sui.
Ivan.
Do not think that in this ws are
getting of tho subject Of Batterman's
improvements. We consider the fore
going among the greatest which have
been wrought under his management,
and more enduring than the solid stone
walls he has reared and which bid fair
to endure q thousand years.
A large stone blacksmith shop and q
stone water.house are among other i'm.
provements made by the present War
den. His double gate, east. has already
been noticed in these columns, and
many things about the place which 90
to show his watchful and careful super
vision.
We visited the bath-house. the tailors'
shop and the laundry. The latter occu.
pies the place formerly used AZ \ shoe
shop. The stripes which distinguish
the clothing Of the prisoners were every
where TO he seen. and the n. p. on the
bottoms Of the regulation shoes were
conspicuous.
A gang Of the men are digging the
ditch which IL TO conduct the water from
the courses recently purchased by the
State for the benefit OF the Capitol
grounds and the orphans. It was dis
covered Friday night that n OF thi,
gang had pulled the n. p. out OF the
bottoms Of his shoes. Saturday he was
rewarded for this by being forced &c
work in irons.
The sanitary condition OF the Prison
is cared for iu the very best possibl,
manner. Regularity and cleanliness ARE
requisites. These extend to every par
and department Of the place. The
prisoners are moreover fed with ar
abundance o! plain but wholesome food,
and are we'll clothed. An examination
| Of the whole place showed everything In
prime condition.
There are at present al prisoners II
confinement, and this does not includ,
Pritchard, the murderer Of Symons, moi
q governmental offender.
An interview was had with ALI. Chart,
OF Eureka. ALI. Ia making the best ol
his position aud takes q philosophit
view OF his situation. He has not, how
ever. fully recovered from the effects oil
the death Of his child. He says he sub
mitted { o his confinement as q thing In.
evitable under the circumstances, and
received the information Of the destruc'
ton OF his home by the big fre with O
smile; but the news OF the death Of his
child prostrated him and he lost twelve
pounds Of flesh. This he has not vel
recovered. but is looking well notwith'
standing. His odd hours he Ii putting
in In studying photography. and says
he can now take down the words faster
than q poor reader can read them to
him. He expects Q move will DO made
to secure him q pardon when the proper
time comes. This he leaves entirely 70
his sister, Mrs. S. G. Carleton OF Car
son, who will act in conjunction with
his friends in Eureka. There Is nothing
bad about Chartx. and q truer friend.
more generous. whole.souled fellow new
or lived. He acted under bad advice
and doubtless sees so now. but the com
munity would be in no danger from his
release. Should he svsr receive q par
don he will leave Nevada aud begin LIE
anew in some place where his pen would
furnish him substance. The ire and
his misfortunes have stripped him oil
everything he bad except his wife and
his friends. These know him and cling
to him through all. No man really bad
at heart can speak Of wife and child a.
he did during that interview Sunday.
The First one.
The FIRST yellow fever sufferer made