Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-12-15

A distinguished engineer is about u
operate on Niagara for cataract.
"Him!" said u diseust'd politician o.
his opponent. "hs couldn't beat car
pet"
There IL bat one thing needed TO make
the oyster soup at railroad restaurant
perfect, and that Is oysters.
A lady in Greenville. Plumas county,
has tanned snake. which shs takes de-
light in handling and caressiug.
A society belle wishing TO be very Sc
we're on rival. said the only thing that
wasn't false about her was the hole In
her stocking.
A Mississippi man puts II thus: "At
the earnest solicitation OF those to whom
I owe money, / have consented to be.
come candidate for County Treasurer. b"
A telephone is o mighty handy thing
to have In the family when you want to
order something and have not the cheek
to ask the man, to his face, to give you
more credit.
Young lawyer In Arkansas. having had
q case decided against him: "well. now,
III Just take this case before another
Judge, and let him make q guess whal
the Law is, too"
Paul Butler, son OF Benjamin +. But
Ter OF Massachusetts,, accompanied BY
]. F. Alexander. arrived in San Fran.
cisco from the East on the 18th instant
and 10 stopping ct the Palace.
A butcher at Fort Jones found 81 10
worth OF gold dust in the stomach OF q
COW recently slaughtered by him. IL
was supposed the gold was entanglsd IN
the roots OF the grass on which the cew
had been feeding.
"You cant drink so much brandy
with impuuity." said New York ply.
sician to q Routy patient. "Psrhaps
net with impupity. doctor; but with q
littls peppermint. l fancy, j can 60 It,"
was the serene reply.
The ministers Of q city in Eastern
Massachusetts, have been asked to preach
against gambling. IL having been ascsr.
tained that no inconsiderable sums oi
money have recently changed hands In
the High School on the results OF race
the election aud o game.
A couu,ryman who had selected Q seat
at the theatre from which he could OBJ
tain good view OF the stsge. was greatly
discouraged when young lady wearing
n fashion able hat sat down 10 front OF
him. He bore the atlliction in silence as
long % no could. and then. bending for.
ward. said politely "Please. miss,
would you be so kind as to lower your
umbrella" Sho lowered II amid the
applause Of the audience.
The story is told that q factory girl
Mt Lawrence was ordered by her ply
sician to use chlorOform to induce
sleep, and, taking an overdose she
was overtaken by sleep so profound
that II was thought shs was dead. She
was accordingly prepared for burial and
the mass for the repose OF her soul vs'
being celebrated in q Catholic Church.
when all who were in church were horii-
f.d by hearing o scream from tbs coihn'
The coffin was opened and she was rs'
stored to life.
The magnitude OF the catile-raising In
this country is something that car
hardly be estimated. but the Land De.
partment Of the Union Pacific Railroad
10 gathering facts which show It's sur
prisipp growth. The shipments OF cattle
over that road this season will reach
10000, over 100000 having already
passed through Omaha, and these
mostly from Nebraska. The best OF the
high grade beef cattle pass through di'
rect to Europe.