Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-05-03
Afternoon stock Snles.
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS.

Captain John Kellogg, formerly Of the Third
/ United States Artillery, who has been stationed
on his coast for SOME eIEh: or ten wears. and has
for some time past been 1t the head of the Com
n:ssarv Department on the Pacific Coast, has
been transferred 10 the Department OF the Poto-
mae and will leave here 10 rrpor, for duty Il;
Washington IL soon as his successor. Captain
sullivan, who is expected by the next steamer.
arrives.
Tho Eas from wells on oil Creek Pennsylvania,
is now being utilized Many of tho miners use
il for fuel instead Of coal aud oil. pipe running
direct from the conducting apparatus of the well
to Gc engine house conducts the gus to the flucs.
The plan appears TO work admirably.
Thomas Darcy NcGcc revilrs the " Fenian
Brotherhood" in Il long letter TO the Montreal
Gazette. lie is painfully surprised" TO lind
any Of the thirty thousand lriShmcn in Montreal
lending an ear 10 an organization which he STYLES
malignant and 'scditous."
The rebel authorities have refused TO release
civilians living within the limits OF the Confetl-
crazy. and now imprisoned. upon the ground that
they are not subjects OF exchange. and citizens
Of the Conicrracy. have nn claim upon the
Federal Government.
Gov. Hahn had received letter from 80 Lousi.
ana prisoners ut Camp Morton Indianapolis ask
ing hi, iutrrcession with the President 10 secure
their release. The letter SAYS: They see their
folly. and now desire TO help make Louisiana 4
free STATE.
In lS6l Mark 4. Evans, Treasurer Of San
joaquin county. drcamprj leaving the county
minus 5000. The amount still. remaining un.
paid is S34l3 G.. The hnndsmen being ''rc<pouSi.
BILE " will have to foo; the bill Evans is in Idaho
Territory.
The library of Congress contains $1,000 vol.
umes and dUrin; the last sixty wears S3i3.OG0
has been expended in til" purchase OF books. by
law a copy Of every book published in the coun-
Try nlus, be deposited in the library.
The Daily News Of London announces the
sfoppaGe oI L. Nruman Il ~"u an English gun.
ming house They have lost Il large amount of
properly, principally guns, in efforts TO break
;hc blockade OF the Confederate ports.
Ii = Grain Of gold be melted with pound. or
500 grains Of silver, and - single grain of the
mass NAV be dissolved in diluted nitric acid the
gold which is only The Assist part, will fall 10
THE bottom and be plainly visible.
y hoy employed III 4 coal mine near Brampton.
EGg'and. short time siIre, suspended himself
by - rope 10 see how long he could hang without
losing Scusibiiity. 1t appears he hung just too
long for hr was cut down dead
4 woman ont Yves; has been carrying on 4
rather strange confidence game in Milwaukee,
Green Bay. sc. She dressed IN male attire, mar
rirs some Young lady and then dccamps with
the brides money.
Labor is so scarce in Missouri that good farms
arc offered in eligible locations, at five dollars an
acre--:hcir owners being glad to dispose of
prop which they cannot make avalublc, nj
aimos; any price.
4 Mrs COrnelia Hill, who died in Monroe Con.
necticut last week, WAS born. married and died
on the same day Of the month. and the same
month in the year. 4 remarkable coincidence.
During the season Of 1863, three hundred aud
fifty disasters occurred on our lakes. One hun
In.
loss OF property amounted 10 Sl.ieO.i3l
\ Nashville correspondent of the Philadelphia
Enquirer gives statistics showing the strength OF
the rebel army. Footed up, the statistics show
iha: the rebels have $1,000
The New York World says there are fourteen
de.whec steamers aud ten Propelers, engaged
in direct trade from New York to China The
aggregate tonnage is @l.Sis tons.
a family consisting of TWO industrious elderly
persons. IN Wolcotr. Vermont. made six hundred
and sixty pounds Ut butter from two cows last
wear, and sold /; AZ good cure.
The mi.l.ownerS at Lewiston, Maine are great
Is troubled about operatives AMI many of their
hands have gone to other factories which have
resumed operations.
4 party of anglers from Marysvic caught in 4
| lake, ten miles from tina; city, u few days
ago - white perch. some Of which weighed three
pounds Il piece.
The Western Railroad Company in MAsslchu'
se;IS has paid eighty-sx thousand dollars during
the past Ten years for clearing the track Of it:
road Of snow.
A man was convicted Of blasphcmv in n town
in Canada recently, and sentenced to three months
| Imprisonment at hard labor, and 20 pay fine o.
| i've dollars.
New Jersey has opened new trade with South
| America Twenty five tons Of white oak spoke
have just been shipped from Sussex county 70;
| that market.
The Queen OF Spain has issued q genera
amnesty for all purely political crimes, III com
memoration of her happy delivery, and return &c
| public.
Five thousand men ere called by advertisement
| in the Wisconsin papers. TO work saw-Iniils ant
| navigate lumberrafts the coming season.
An eagle has been shot in Bristol, Maine, which
! was famous shecp-steIler He was Il big one
| measuring ten feet from tip 10 tip.
| Detroit has become m active tobacco market
! Seven establishments employ over three hundred
,vOrkmen Prices are advancing.
| A fine quality o. salt is now made at St. Clair
| Michigan from rich brine found NJ the depth o
! six hundred and eighty'two feet.
The Maine Legislature nave defined " the Lord
day" to extend legally from midnight Saturday
| TO midnight Sunday.