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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-09-02

In submitting my annual report. a. re-
quired by law, I have deemed II roper
that the taxpayers and citizens should be
informed Of the condition OF the town and
Its financial standing at the present time.
The finances Of the town are in . healthy
condition, considering the dullness Of BUSH
ness the past year. The revenue from the
different branches OF business has consid-
erably decreased. and were 1t not for the
curtailment OF the running expenses OF
the town in the beginning Of the year. and
the strictest economy on the part OF the
Town Trustees. the town debt would have
been increased instead Of lessened.
The water works and everything con.
nected with them Is in excellent condi
ton. The hydrAnts and mains have been
kept in the best working order.
The streets are all In good repair. an
have been kept so with very little expense
to the town. The sewers are all In good
order. As the cost Of new sewers and re-
pairs on old ones Is always very heavy, the
Board have not done any work upon such
only where there was extreme necessity.
The officers Of the town have been faith
ful and energetic In the discharge Of their
duties. The police force. though small.
has done much 10 keeping Of that element
which 10 . much annoyance to every
community. Dangerous and suspicious
characters have had but little opportunity
70 prowl around In o midst, and our
people have much reason to be thankful
that their interests are 90 well guarded by
such an efficient police force.
The Fire Companies, to whom 10 In.
trusted the safety Of u property from
Ore. deserve some notice at this time :
Their activity and efficiency at all times
when their services were needed has been
in keeping with their past record. and /
might safely say that no volunteer fire
department Of the coast can surpass ours
for promptness and activity.
In conclusion. I will state that I sin.
cerely thank the members Of the Board.
one and all. for the very able manner in
which they have at all times assisted me
in the management Of town Affairs. That
unity and good will which has existed
among them. together with . strong desire
70 serve the beat interests Of the town. has
made my position II President OF the
Board most agreeable. As . new Board oil
Trustees will soon commence their labors,
I feel IL my duty TO call their attention TO
the economy which has been practiced by
the retiring Board Of Trustees, a. the
prospects are that the revenues from taxa
Bile property. owing to the extreme dull
mess Of the times will be much less than
they have been the last year. Very respect
fully. L. T. Fox,
President OF the Board Of Trustees Of
the Town Of Gold Hill.
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VHNrUCK MINING COMPANY

IN LOCATION OF lrinclpsi plhee Of publbess,
eau Francisco. California.
Location o. works. Gold Hin Mining District,
Storey county. Nevada
Notice 10 hereby given. that 1t . meeting Of
the Board OF Directors. held on the twenty fith
(2sthl day OF August, 1881, An assessment, mo.
~ OF Thirty ls0) Cents per share was levied
upon the capital stock Of the corporation, psy.
a6lc Immediately. In United States gold coin,
TO the secretary. ct the once Of the Company.
room IS. No. $40 Pine street. Ban Francisco.
Gall ornis.
ANY stock upon which this assessment shall
remain unpaid on the twenty.nihth (q9th J
day OF september. 1880. will DO delin
quent. and advertised for sale at public
auction. and unless payment 10 made before.
will be sold on TUESDAY, the ninet.ent'
tI9th) dsv OF October. 1880. to nay the delin.
Queit assessment, together with costs OF adver.
Using and expenses OF sale. By order Of The
board OF Directors.
]. ". PEW. Secretary.
ofnce-Ronm IS. No. $40 Pine street. ssn
Francisco, California.
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And In accordance with law, and an order
Of the Board OF Directors, made On tho twenty
fourth l2il day OF July. 1880, 30 many shares Of
win be sold at public auction. at the once Of
the company. No. sas Montgomery ,treet.
Room n. San francisco, California. 90 MON.
DAY. the THIRTRkNr III ll3thI day OF
SEPTEMBER, 1880, at the hour OF one
O'Clock p. y. Of said day. to pay said delinquent
assessment thereon. together with costs Of
Advertising and expenses OF the sale.
DAVID WILDER. tecretary.
Once a2s Montgomery street, boom ~. san
Francisco. California. susIid
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DIVIDEND NOTICE.

nFFIoE OF THE CONSOLIDATED vIR.
Block, No. 800 Montgomery street. Gan Fra,-
cisco, August 7th, lsy0.-A: Q meeting Of tie
Board Of Trustees Of the Consolidated virains
Mining Company. hsld this day. Divided
No. ~ OF Fifty Cents per share vas dsclasds
payable on koHDAf, AUGUST 18th. so.
Transfer books closed until lTth instant
al 10 4. ". HAvKN6, sscrstsry.
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REGISTRATION.

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN. THAT THE
IN Books Of Registration for the general
election 10 be held on the I'd dsy oil November.
A. d. 1850, are nov open daily from 10 O'Clock
Az TO 3 o'clock ,. q the !ustics's Court.
Nsturalised citizens will be required TO pro.
duce their papers ut the time they present
themselves for registration.
j. p. FLANNINdHAN,
Rx.ofaelo Registry Agsn'. Storey couaty, New.
anld Hill AuRuat Bib. A ID l60a
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DuOspsCr GOLn AND .sILyEW

DROsPECr GOLD AND SILVER
I MINING COMPANY Location Of prli.
clpal place Of business, San francisco. Cali
fornis.
Location OF works. Silver Star District. Storey
county, Nevada.
Notice Ia hereby gwen, that at . meeting OF
tho Board of Directors. held on the twrnty.hrst
day oil August, 1850, an assessment mo. "
Of Ten Cents llOc) per share was levied upon
toe capital stock OF the corporation, payable
Immediately, In United States gold coin. TO the
Secretary, at the once Of the Company. Room
~, Merchants Exchange. 43l California street.
Ban Francisco. California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall
remain unpaid on the twenty.eighth day Of
september. 1850, win be delinquent, and adyer.
tised Tor sale ut public auction. and unlesr
payment Is made before. viii b. told on
SATURDAY. the sixteenth 10th ! day 81
October. 1880. TO pay the delinquent assess.
ment, together with cost OF advertising and
expenses OF sale.
by order OF the Board Of Directors.
II. z. BUSH, secretary.
onlce-No. AZ Merchants Exchange, ISL Cal.
iforDia street, San Francisco, California. "
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BOARD OF EQUALIZATION NOTICE.

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
l Town Of Gold Hill will convens and cit
- . Board Of Equalization In the Town Hall.
commencing TOMORROW t'WEpSssDxYJ
August 4th. ct 2 o'clock p. n. and continuing
for one week from . 70 4 O'CLOCK each day.
L. T. FOX.
President Of the Board.
". O. HIDE, CLERK. aus lv
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IuLIA CoNSOLIpATED MINING

GLlA
81 COuPANY.-Loesion OF principal place
Of business, San francisco, California.
Location OF works. Virginia Mining District,
Storey county, Nevada.
Notice IL hereby given. that Of q meeting Of
the Board OF Directors. held on the thirtieth
day OF August. 1850, an assessment mo. 49,
Of Forty tiDl Cents Der share was levied upon
the capital stock OF the corporation. payable
immediately. In United States gold coin. TO the
Secretary, 1t the once OF the Company, No. tl9
Calf Irnia street, Room q, Ban Francisco. Gal.
ifornia.
ANY stock upon which this assessment shall
remain unpaid on the FOURTH ttth) day
Of OCTOBER. 1850. will be DELINQUENT. and
advertised for sac ct public auction, and
unless payment IL made before vill DO sold
on TUESDAY. the TwtNTY.SlxTH (26th) day
OF OCTOBER. 1880. TO pay the delinquent -.
eessment, together with costs OF advertising
and expenses OF sale.
By order Of the Board Of Directors.
II. a. CHARLkS. Secretary,
0fdos-No. 4l9 California street. Room n. San
Francisco. California. I
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Number arrests made during the quar-
ter ending July 81. 1880. as follows: Dis.
turbing peace 8. drunk and disorderly /.
rape l. malicious mischief 1. assault and
battery 8. soliciting without license 8;
total IL. Arrested by Marshal Kennedy.
8; by Officer sheehan, s; by Officer
Rooney. /; total II.
N. KENNEDY, Town Marshal.
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Gold Hill, New August 10. 1850. 10
COUrM OVE.MAN sILvER NAN.

- ING cJMPANY.-Locstion Of principal
place Of business. Ban Fra CHICO, California.
Location OF works. Gold Hill, Storey county,
Nevada.
Notice.-There IL delinquent upon the fol
lowing described stock. on account OF assers.
ment mo. " levied on the twenty.iouftn 2tth)
DAY OF July. 1850, the several amounts tet
opposite the names OF the respective sbsrs-
holders. AZ follows:
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PAY UP

A IL PERSONS INDEBTED TO Nh ARE
a hereby notified that unlsss they eestje
their accounts before the 10th OF AU0U0T
ns.t.l shall thsn tahs steps 70 copps par.
msnt. Better PAY nov and thsrsby ayoid ecsts.
. ssrs nszt door to he Bank Of Cola Hin.
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REPORT or cnrEr ESoISErR OF O. n. y. D.
GOLD HILL. August 2, 1880.
To the Honorable Board Of Trustees Of
the Town Of Gold Hill-Gentlemen I
have tho honor to submit my first quar-
teriy report. The Departmental has been in
service eleven times. Sixteen dwelling
houses have been destroyed. Three OF the
fires were caused by coal-oil lamp eIplo.
sions; two. undoubted incendiArism; one
~ defective pipe: the balance were not as.
eertainable. Tho estimated value Of the
property thus destroyed Is SIC. 900. carry.
ing $500 insurance.
The Department has done faithful duty.
being promp, and efficient, thus prevent.
ing much greater loss Of property.
The apparatus and hydrants are all in
good, serviceable order.
Respectfully submitted.
NICK SEXTON,
Chief Engineer Gold Hill Fire Depart
ment.
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zadig q Well. Trustees. ... loi2O. 40. 80 =.
And in accordance with law and an order Of
the Board OF Trustees, made on the tenth
DOTH day OF July, A. d. 1850, 90 many
shares OF each parcel OF such stock A. NAV be
necessary will be sold 81 public auction. In front
" the ONCE OF the Company. situated ut the
new shaft. on THURSDAY, the sixteenth Q6th)
day Of september. 1851. 1t 4 O'Clock p. H., to
pay delinquent asrt srment thereon. together
with costs O. advertising and expenses OF sale,
unless previously paid.
by order of the Board OF Trustees.
MkhCER U1EY, Secretary.
Gold Hill, New August 10. 1850. 10
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DELINQUENT SALES.
HILL MINING COMPA.

NILvEIS HILL ININV OHrA'
- NY.-Lcation Of principal place OF busi.
meas. Ban Francisco, California.
Location Of works. Gold Hill. Storey county.
Nevada.
Noucc.-There are delinquent upon the fol-
lowing-described stock. on sccount OF aseess.
ment tho. III levied on the seventeenth day OF
July, 1881, the several amounts set oppo.
site the names Of the respective shareholders
- follows:
Names. No. Certif. Shs. Amt.
Atkinson. Doud Il Co, True.
tees. :. asT6. .ioJ.. .s2S :.
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nyPonr OF rowy CLERK.

GOLD HILL. August 2, 1880.
To the Honorable Board Of Trustees OF
the Town Of Gold Hill-Genuemen /: The
following Is my report for the quarter
ending July 81, 1880:
Amount Of warrants issued. ...s3.72i 10
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Gtnnn RETURNS IN 20 DAYS ON 90
9IZUU invested. Ofacial reports re-.
Llke profits weekly on Stock options OF tl0eo
$50: Address 7; Potter Wight b Co.. Bsnksrs,
Wall Street, N. Z ocNy
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ASSESSMENTS I
+ EvIATHAN INNING COnrANY.

IL COMPANY.
II Location II pr.ncipai place Of business. Ban
Location Of work.. Gold Hill Mining District,
Storey county. Nevada.
Notice 10 hereby given. that at Q meeting OF
the Board Of Directors, held ON the twenty.hrsi
,2isLl day Of July. 1850, an assessment NO. ~
oil Fifteen tl6j Gents. per share was levied
| upon the capital stock Of the corporation,
payable immediately, In United States gold
com, TO the Secretary, ~ The once OF the
Company. no.. $50 Pine street. Room 3. San
francisco. California,
| remain unpaid on tbs twenty. seventh (27th) day
| Of August, 1881, will be delinquent aud sd
| yertiped for sale at public auctiUn; ann I'm.
le.sN payment IN made befure. will be sold on
TUESDAY,, the twenty nrst day OF september,
1850. to pay the delinquent assessment, togetner
\ with costs OF advertising and expenses OF sale.
BY order OF the Board Of Directors.
y. A. FnIslU-. Secretary.
Oiice-No. $50 Pins street., Room D, Ban
Francisco. California. ~
POsTPONKMRNT.
The DELINQUENT dsy Of the above assessment
has been postponed until SATURDAY. the
eighteenth day Of beDtsmbsr, 1880. and the SALE
| day OF delinquent stock until THURSDAY.
| the fourteenth day Of October, 1850. ~ order
OF the Board OF Directors.
,usitd +. a. FRIsIus. seeret.ry.
CEuRA9ArED BELCHER MINING
~ COMPANY.
Location Of principal place Of business. Ban
Location OF works. Gold Hill. Storey county.
Nevada. 4.
Notice 10 hereby given. that Of Q meeting Of
the Board OF Directors, held on the thirty.drst
| (3lsu day OF July. 1850. IN assessment No. III
Of Doe Dollar (SlI per share WAS levied upon
the capital stock Of the corporation, payable
| t.,u,tla,aIu In IInttah lfafaa Unlh .aain- In
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-09-02
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Annual Repors OF The President Of
beard Of Trustees and Other
Town Omcinls.

REPORT OF THE President OF THE BOARD
OF TOWN TRUSTEES OF II TOWN OF
DOL HILL.
To tho Taxpayers and Citizens OF the
Town Of Gold Hill: In accordance with
the requirements Of the Charter OF tho
Town Of Gold Hill. I herewith submit .
report OF the financial situation OF said
town for the year ending April 10. 1850:
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-09-02

TOWN BONDS CANCELLED.
Nos. So. 50. 90. 81. mou SIC. 1000. paid
Nov. I, 1879.
No. 90, amount 50, 1000. paid Jan. 2. 1879.
No. 90. $4,000. paid Aug. II. 1879.
No, 1oi, $1,000, paid Aug. II, 1879.
OUTSTANDING o y
No. 100, amount 5000. due May I. 1881.
No. lO3. $1,000. due Aus. IL. 1880.
Nos. 1903 and l0i. amount $4,000. due
Nos. los and LOG. amount $4,000, due
Nov. I. 1880.
Indebtedness Of tho Town o.
Gold Hill-Bonds. sSo'ooo w
Interest due on bonds to April -,
IS, 1sSO. . w
Total. sSo,9Io w
Cash in treasury April Is. 1850. $l.ls9 50
Less outstanding warrsnts..... l.leo W
Total. soe u
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State Central Committee

State Central Committee :
CHURCHILL.
J. W. Ferguson.
DouoLAs.
James A. Rigby.
ruRrxA.
Thomas 8. Douglas. J. F. Work.
II. D. Foley, Moses Lyon.
R. n. Bigelow. H. W. Brown.
rsxERALpA.
J. N. Dormer, A. T. Brann.
HUMBOLDT.
Alex. Wise. Frank Narmors.
LAspra.
Allen A. Curtis. Charles b. sprouls.
LION.
W. R. King. George ". Keith.
LINCOLN.
R. 8. cl.pp. Vim. P. Goodman.
ME.
Benz. Curler.
oRNssY.
8. L. Lee. Alfred Helm.
r. J. Mccullough.
STOREY.
/. L. Requs. 9. Q. Stevenson.
All. Doten. Richard Rising.
E. B. Harris. Z. Strother.
Geo. I. Lammon.
wAsHoE.
O. 8. varian,. ]. D. Shoemaksr'
J. r. Kendall. Z. A. Mepsrmid,
L. L. RRQUA. Chairman.
ALI, porEN. escrstary. aul7td
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REPORT OF TOWN MARSHAL.

REPORT OF TOWN MARSHAL.
GOLD HILL, August 2, 1880.
To the Honorable Board Of Town Trus-
tees-Gentlemen: I herewith submit my
report Of the business Of my Office for tho
quarter ending July 81. 1850:
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Amount Of license certificates Of all
classes delivered to Town Marshal, S5,062.
Respectfully, W. @. HYDE.
Town Clerk.
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DELINQUENT SALES.
Jacket SILVER MIa.

YELLOW JACKET SILVER Mln.
I ING COMPANY. - Assessment bale
No. ss.-Location Of works. Gold Hill. storey
county, State OF Nevada. -
Principal place OF bisincss, ct the once u
the new shaft of the Company.
Notice.-Ths are delinquent upon the fol'
lowing described stock. on account OF ssse.s.
ment CNo. SsI levied on the tenth 10th,
day OF July, 1880. the several amounts
set opposite the nance Of the respective share-
holders ~ follows:
Names. No. Ccrtif. Shs. Amt.
Atkinson. Doud 4 Co. Trs. .i660l 10. $40 =.
Boyd 4 Davis, Trustees, ,,3O89
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-12-29
A Soldier Of 1872.

Philadelphia boasts among its citizens
Robert Wolcott, aged 81, who is suing the
Irving bank, of New York, for deposit OF
81, 700 he made in 1915. He heard the
bank had failed, and never made al effort
to recover it until lately, when he was in
formed the bank had not failed. He was q
pre-slavery man, and banked in New York
because he feared his money would not be
secure in anti-slaverY Philadelphia. He is
also distinguished as being the man who
shot the British General Brock, in 1872, al
the battle of Fort George. He says: "And
Pm sorry did it, for he was fine man-a
noble man; far superior to that cowardly
Proctor, a renegade Yankee, who was in the
same regiment with him. The British held
Fort George that day, and we came up the
slope in front and encamped about 100 yards
from the fort. General Brock came out
and rode up and down in front, and l just
borrowed a musket from one Of the infantry
being q cavalryman / only carried o
sword-and when the British Commander
was galloping into the fort tumbled him
off his horse with two balls in his stomach
I've lame1ted that act ever since. but he
was sn enemy, you know. and it was al
fair. That didn't save US, however. Gen.
eral Proctor took command and drove oul
troops eleven miles back to Beaver Dam and
captured nearly the whole brigade"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-12-29

Ny poor. dear coat, be faithful to the end;
We both grow old ten years have gone,
Through which my hand has brushed thee
ancient friend
Not more could Socrates have done.
1t weakened TO threadbare state,
Thou still must suffer many blow,
Fen like thy master brave the storms of fate
Ny good old coat, we'll never part-oh, no!
/ still can well remember the first day
Iwore thee for my memory's strong;
II was my birthday: and my comrades gay
Chanted thy glories In a song,
Thy poverty might make me vain;
Though thou art poor, will drink to thee again
Ny good old coat we'll never part-oh, mo-
This ine-drawn rent-its cause nee forget
II beams upon my memory still;
/ feigned one night TO iiy' from my Lisette,
And even now her grasp l feel.
She tore thee, but she made more fast
My fetters. while she wronged me so;
Then two whole days in mending thee she
passed:
Ny good old coat. Wen never part-oh, no!
Neer drugged with musk and amber hast thou
been,
Like coats by vapid coxcombs worn;
Meier in an ante-chamber vert thou seen
Insulted by the lordlings scorn,
How wistfully all France has eyed
The hand that ribbons can bestowl
The field -hower is thy buttons only pride
My good old coat, We'll never part-oh, no!
We shall not have those foolish days again
When our two destinies were one;
Those days fraught with pleasure and with
pain,
Those days ofmingled rain and sun.
l somehow think my ancient friend
Unto coatless realm go;
Yet wait awhile, together we will end
My good old coat, Wen never part-oh, mol
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-12-29

chief to wipe away any foam from the mouth
or nose of horse which may have been
thrown upon their clothes Chambers have
been communicated in that way.
The introduction of pure bronze gobbler
among flock Of mongrel turkey hens will
add from three to five pounds extra weight
per head to the turkeys raised the first sea-
son.
As the decay of wood advances its prop
erty of burning with fame diminishes. Car
buretted hydrogen is notproduced. For the
purposes of fuel, decayed or diseased wood is
of little value.
Good sweet milk contains one-fourth more
of sugar than of butter; this sugar turns TO
acid, and if this acid is too much developed
before churning the coveted aroma of good
butter is lost.
Horn shavings are valuable as manure,
by reason of their slow decomposition, Civ
ing out ammonia for a long time. They
also contain small quantity of carbonate
and phosphate of lime.
The blood of animals constitutes but q
small part, at most not more than seven to
nine per cent of the live weight, while in
old or very fat animals the proportion sinks
as low as from to 6 per cent.
Filling q horse rack with hay, as some
persons do, and permitting constant sup
ply, is one of the most probable means of
producing disease, and the most positive to
render animals unfit for fast work.
In Hungary and other countries in
Europe alum-tanned leather, said TO be
equal to bark-tanned, is used to consider
able eytent for harness. The process. it is
said, may be developed in twenty-four
hours.
The culture of rhubarb or pie plant is of
comparatively recent date. 1t is said that
in 1910 Myatt, market gardener near Lon
don, sent his two sons to market with five
punches of rhubarb, and they could only
sell three.
The great cause of the failure of wheat in
Russia is beetle plague. The beetle is
known as the 'Couzka," or Anisoplia Aus
triaca, and first appeared in the Melitopel
district five years ago, but how it came no
one knows as it has never been seen in any
part of Russia before. These insects appear
to live for several years. and although they
take to- years to develop from the egg to
full growth, yet they increase so fast that in
the second year of their appearance as many
as ten bushels of them have been collected
off one acre of land.
Around Shanghai lie $4,000 square miles
which are called the Garden of China. and
which have been titled for countless genera
tons This area is as large as New York
and Pennsylvania combined; it is all
meadow land, raised a few feet above the
river-lakes, rivers, canal-a complete net
work of water communication; the land is
under the highest cultivation; three crops a
year are gathered; population so dense that
wherever you look you see men and women
in blue pants and blouse so numerous that
you fancy some muster or Fair coming on,
and all hands turned out for holiday. No
one can deny that the Chinese are indus
trious people.