Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-03-02
From Salt Lake.

The Salt Lake correspondent of the Sacra-
mento Union, writing under date of February
22d, gives the following items
The reports of the recent storm give frightful
picture Of destruction among the cattle, and also
Of the loss of human life in some places AT
neighboring settlements north it was frightful /;
houses were unroofed and every thing that could
be moved was scattered from the cities TO the
fields. One pitiful story Is related Of awoman be-
ing found dead in a snowdrift, clasptng tightly to
her bosom her infant child She had fed from
her own house to seek shelter In another that she
thought more secure; but the wind was too strong;
she was driven against u fence and there found
frozen to death What afearful agony before life
was relinQuished!
II anything than that mothers agony could
possibly be worse, is the case Of young woman
In this city, whose child, by accident was burned
to death last week While visiting with her moth
err, the child was was put to bed in an adjoining
room which young girl afterwards entered with
a candle and accidentally set fire TO the curtains.
Nothing was suspected wrong till the flames
cracked the panels of the door. and before the
child could be reached by brave man called in
from the street, the bed and bedding were con-
sumed, and the child was lying on the floor q
shapeless cinder. The husband, one of the sons of
Heber G. Kimball, is now on preaching mission
to England and is left childless and his wife al
most distracted
intelligent little lad of four or five years of age
has been reported for several days dangerously ILL
OF course he was his fathers promise. May he be
spared the heavy affection Of his loss.
The birth day of the immortal Washington has
been duly honored There was q parade at
camp, and IN Grafton delivered by s. E w. Beck.
err a private of the Third Infantry, to the Good
Templars and at the time Of writing the templars
are tripping over the boards In the Camp Douglas
Theater. While these fellows were enjoying
themselves in the intellectual and the recreative
q big batch of the volunteers were down in the
city drinking bad whisky and otherwise making
asses Of themselves
Lyme our Hast Winters tragedian, and de-
cidsdly excellent player, is this evening giving
(" a grand ShAkSpearian and musical entertain
ment'' at Music Hall-on the occasion, also, Of
the birthday. Lyme has not been engaged this
Winter, to the great regret of the patrons Of the
drama Perhaps we are not SO favorable to
gentlemen without wives. Lyme, with Mrs
Lyme would be " O whole team and a big dog
under the wagon"-good for Shakespeare, the
modern.
"Tom Pitt has just come in from Bannock,
and regret to say thatI cannot learn of any more
hanging In that quarter. should we, however,
get hold of anything of that class, It will afford
Us superiafive pleasure to communicate it.
We are now all looking cheerful, and are going
to make lots Of money. Bannock has already
taken off large number Of transient residents,
places in Main street; so that every day, be-
tween departures and arrivals, that streets brisk
and busy, and, to the credit Of them all, every
thing Is quiet and peaeeable.
Among the noticeable additions Is the opening
of an exchange ONCE connected with Leaven-
worth and Denver house, and others are coming
Of the same class.