Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-07-20

longing to Mr.. William Meredith, situated
ON the west side of Bowers street, which
was under such Roadway before 1t was
discovered that nothing could be rescued
from it, and all was consumed. Mr..
Meredith is carpenter, and was away at
work at the time the fire broke out. He
lost gold watch and all the clothes he
had except the working clothes which he
had on. together with the cabin and fur
niture. The cabin was small board
one, of not much value in itself. He es-
Inmates his entire loss at $3.50 or $500.
The house of Mr.. Pedler, standing Just
back of the burning cabin, and not more
than fifteen feet away, got somewhat
scorched, but was prevented from taking
sre by hanging wet blankets over the part
most exposed, and by throwing on water
whenever an opportunity offered. I'M
mediately back of Mr.. Pedler's house,
and not more than thirty feet from the
burnt cabin, is tunnel or storeroom cut
into the bank. and closed with a wooden
door, where we are informed one of our
merchants has about three hundred kegs
of powder slowed away. If Mr.. Pedlers
house had caught, it would undoubtedly
have burned this down, and there would
then have been terrible explosion. Inc
knowledge of this fact made men ex-
tremely active IN their efforts to save the
latter building. The fire lasted only
few minutes. There was not much to
burn. By the time it get under way,
hose was run up from the Yellow Jacket
Compsny's works, and stream of water
brought to bear, which soon deadened
and finally extinguished it. Mr.. Meredith
is unable to account for the origin of the
fire. When he went to work at seven
o'clock this morning, he left little or no
fire in the stove, and thinks it could not
possibly have originated in that way. He
saws he left box of matches standing on
the sill of south window, and thinks
that perhaps they may have ignited from
the heat of the sun and thus originated
the tre.
REcoRDER's COURT, VIRGINIA.. B.
Stark, arrested by officer Soule for petit
larceny, was fined costs of court, which
he paid, and was discharged. 1. Gill
rooney, arrested by officer Soule, for cru
ely beating his aged and dilapidated
horse, plead guilty, and was fined, paid
$50. l. Gillrooney, arrested by Sheriff
Howard for fighting, had his case con-
tinued till July 22d, at 10 AN. J. 5.
Field. arrested some time since, for OBJ
tanning money under false pretenses, was,
this day discharged, upon his prosecutors
filing written satisfaction, and paying
costs. Thos. Moore arrested on the 18th,
for drawing deadly weapon, was dis
charged, upon the prosecutor filing salts
faction, and paying costs of court. VIM.
Gallagher, arrested on the 18th, for draw
ing deadly weapon, was discharged upon
his prosecutors filing satisfaction and
paying costs of court. Civil Docket
Mclaughlin and Root VS.. Hughes, Haw-
lev & Moxly, action on account for $4,000,
set for July 81, at l2M.
A SAD AccIDENr.-LaSt evening about
6 o'clock, a man by the name of Michael
Regan, or Raglan, lost his life by fall In
the Eclipse shaft, at Gold Hill. 1t appears
that Regain rang the bell as a signal to the
engineer above TO hoist the cage, and then,
after it had started up, attempted to get
in and 90 up, 1t is said that he remarked
TO some other workmen that were with
him that he could get on, at the same time
making spring to get into the cage. lie
seized hold of the rigging, but before he
had succeeded in getting aboard his head
Yves dashed against the timbers of the
shaft, and he fell down the shaft, dis
lance of one hundred and twenty feet to
the bottom The workmen had been en-
gagged in a side drift, and from which they
were about to be hoisted to the top, when
the accident occurred. No blame is at
tached to any one except the unfortunate
man himself.
The drift from the North American
Company's shaft to both the Baltic and
Uncle Sam mines, is being steadily driven
ahead. The drift which is being run to
connect with the Baltic is so near the drift
which is being run from that company's
shaft to meet it, that the sound Of the
picking in the one can be heard in the 9TH
er very plainly. As the work is being
driven from both directions, and the two
drifts are now so near to each other, 1t
will not be long before they will come to-
gether. The connections with the Uncle
Sam will not be made so soon. The
work is not so far advanced, nor is it being
carried on so vigorously as that for max
ing connections with the Baltic mine.
GROCERIES AND PRovIsIoNs.-J. Mus
to, whose store is nearly opposite Wells,
Fargo s Co.'s Express, in Gold Hill, has
splendid stock of Groceries and Provi-
sions, which he offers for sale, cheap for
cash. He is evidently in earnest, as will
be seen by his advertisement which can
be read in another column, and of which
our readers can be satisfied by giving
HIM call.