Gilpin observer., 1899-12-14
NEvADAvILLE.


give their annual ball on Friday evening
Decemb r 30, at Cannons hall. That it
will be fine society affair and largely
attended goes without the saying, as the
tire laddies of That department are pro
verbally known for entertaining all who
att t'nd their receptions. This is applica-
ble to the soiourner within the gates of
the Town of Mines as it is with those
with whom they are well acquainted.
Benjamin p. Thomas, in his arrange
ment Of the show windows at the sales
room of the Sauer- McShane Mercantile
company, displayed good taste The
articles exhibited in the windows are
charactic of the superb stock of goods to
be found theee.
The OBSERVER acknowledges the
receipt Of copy of Breezy Western
Verse;" by James Barton Adams,
Postscript Man" of the Denver Even
ing and Sunday Post. The poetry Of
the author has been copied quite ex-
tensvely wherever the English Ian
guage is spoken, many Of the poems
being rare literary gems. The present
is the first of Volume l. A copy should
be in every library, as without ita library
would be incomplete. They can be
secured by addressing the Denver
Evening Post Library" Denver. The
subscription price is 81 year-single
copies 25 cents.
The dainty and laugh provoking
French farce, mile Fifii," which ap-
pears at the opera house in this city on
Sunday evening, December II, is COM
ing with a stronger company than has
been here for some time, headed as it is
with Miss Maud Granger aud Edward
Adeles. Miss Granger has starred
through this country with her own
company, and Mr.. Adeles will be re-
membered by his big hits in "My Friend
from India" and Telephone Girl" Mr.,
Harry Allen, whose performance "fn
Friends" was the hit of that piece; also
Mr.. Theodore Brown, late of w. A.
Brady's successes; Miss Lottie Morti-
mer, who carried off the honors as Julie
Bon Bon in "The Girl from Paris" and
Pearl EVELYN, the California beauty,
whose success in "Mlle Fiji" in New
York, has placed her with the best
of comedians. Others in the compar
who are well known are Richard G.
Williams, Emile Collins, Frank Mertha
and Charlotte Mortimer.
The honorable board Of county COM
missioners met pursuant to adjourn
ment from regular monthly session last
Tuesday morning. After going through
with the regular business incidental to
their meeting, auditing and allowing
bills, the board adjourned until next
m onth.
| The roads leading to Yankee, Apex,
up North Clear Creek to Twelve Mile,
and to Perigo, were badly drifted by
snow in the prevailing high wind OF
Monday night. 1t is fine sleighing to
all these points.
Christmas 1899 will not be green one
an intimation that there will not "be a
ripe churchyard," as the old saying goes
A complete list of the Xmas festivities
will be given in these columna next
week.
j. II. Mccarthy of Black Hawk, an
nounces in an advertisement which ap.
pears elsewhere in these columns, that
he hes taken the blacksmith and wagon
shop OF Joseph Retallack on Lawrence
street this city. He will be pleased to
NEE: former patrons and make the ac-
quaintance Of all those who wish first
class work in that line OF business. He
will make specially Of horseshoeing.
Call on him in his new quarters.
Among others who are laid up at their
residences is Col. II. X. Sullivan city
clerk and treasurer, who is nursing
lame back, caused by n fall he met with.
Tho D,ctnfyira ctora haa vary pica