Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-09-12
THE EVENING NEWS.
GARRoTISG on THE Drv1DE.-On Sat.

uARRoTING on THE DIyIDE.-On Sat-
urday morning, between and 3 o'clock,
officer Hanks noticed two men endeavoring
TO open the doors of the Ashland House,
on the Divide. On inquiry, he found
'hem to be teamsters working their way
up to bed; and on opening the doors he
heard yell from the opposite side of the
street, into which locality he Immediately
got himself, and there found a poor victim
shaking and yelling by turns; dimly seen
N the distance, was man going toward
Gold hill at furious rate. The officer
nred at him twice, the second shot bring
ing HIM to his knees-at which moment
Hanks went his length over a dirt pile
where new eistern is being dug out. On
gaining his feet the thief had got his, like
wise, and q lively race ensued, which
ended IN the robber getting off. The
night was dark, and Hanks was badly
bruised by his fall. Getting back he
found the victim had been garroted for a
small amount, and was fairly shaking his
boots off with fear. The Divide is getting
to be :" a hard road to travel" and we
would recommend our friends who may
have to travel the road with greenbacks
or coin, to make the passage by daylight.
Piute.
ELECTION CONTESTED. - Stephen I.
Gage, candidate for Sheriff of Storey
county, on the Peoples Ticket, this morn
ing took action to contest the legality Of
the election in the First Ward, Virginia.
Nine hundred and forty-ive votes were
returned from this Ward as having been
cast for Sheriff-Clark receiving 53S;
Gage, 2s5; Day, 20; and Coryell ~.
Anybody who knows anything about
the population of that Ward is salts
fed that fraud was perpetrated. We
sincerely trust that Mr.. Gage and his
friends will sift this matter to the bottom,
and also detect the parties who were guilty
OF the outrage. It will be mighty hot for
the parties if detected. While the con-
testants are about it, perhaps it will be as
well to try and find out where the three
hundred extra votes in Gold Hill came
from.
A DIvIDEND.-A telegram from San
Francisco, dated the 10th, states that the
Confidence mine of Gold Hill, has declared
dividend of 800 per foot. We expect
il is so, as we understood several weeks
ago it was coming. The office of the COM
pany is at San Francisco. The Gold Hill
mines, those that are opened, are not in
the, least affected by the crisis. There are
plenty more mines here ike them-and all
that is necessary, is just to expend little
more labor and money to open them.
Some Of the companies are again COM
mencing operations.
STEPHEN MAssBrr.- This celebrated
lecturer, known to the literary world as
"Jeemes Pipes" will lecture this evening
at Maguire's Opera House, and will doubt
less have large audience. We hope he
will come TO Gold Hill.
BELL.-The large bell of St. Patrick's
Church has been hoisted into position,
and. to-day, for the first time, pealed forth
in clear, musical tones, the heretofore un-
heard sound of the church-going bell"
among these craggy hills.
BrLIIox.-Wells, Fargo s Co. shipped
from their Office in Gold Hill, on Satur-
day and Sunday, the sum of thirty thous-
and dollars, in solid silver bars.
LIBERTY HOSEA most important
meeting of Liberty Hose Co., will be held
this evening, at Maynard's building, and
full attendance is requested.