Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-10-23
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ton met at the Court House this morning
at IL o'clock. AgI2T5Eagg aPoIgW
The roll was called, and the President
announced the first order Of business to
be the nomination Of a State Senator.
Mr.. B. b.. nominated Frank. Tiltord,
Esq, with an eulogistic dose OF slush as a
tonic.
Judge Pitzer placed in nomination the
Hon. John Nugent. .sp,,sns
Judge Barbour nominated L.. CUNT,
who subsequently was withdrawn.
A recess of FIVE minutes was taken.
At 1890 p. N. the Convention met, and
Tilford made a speech. The principal
portionof his remarks had an intimate
relation to "nigger."
He was followed by John Nugent, Esq,
who, though affirming his love Of ancient,
modern and future Democracy, refused to
accept a nomination. His head was
level.-REP.l g1.h "a !
Upon motion, Mr.. Tilford was declared
the unanimous nominee Of the Convention
for State Senator.
The balance of the proceedings will be
referred to tomorrow.
A WOMAN PoIsoNED.-Last evening,
information was lodged with Coroner
Tucker that a Mexican woman had died
in the northern portion of Virginia, be-
tween d and E streets, under the intiu-
ence of medicine she had taken, believing
It to be q~uinine. but which was subse-
quently supposed to be poison. At 9
o'clock this morning, in company with
| DR.. Tucker, Doten, Of the Enterprise, and
DR.. Voight, we proceeded to the place
where the body lay and gathered the fol-
lowing particulars DR.. Poight's state
ment-The woman had, been sick q week
since, suffering with "a bilious attack,
which had been subdued by the ply
| sician's treatment; but yesterday, feeling
| feverish, she had of her WI accord, sent
to a drug store for two bits worth OF
q~uinine, which her messenger went to
Armitage's Drug Store. near the corner
Of Union and c streets, and procured
thereof ~ grains, which was sent in o
proper paper marked "quinine." This
was divided into four doses, Of which the
deceased took the larger yesterday morn
ing at 7 o'clock, and Immediately sunk
into a stupor, which alarmed her friends,
and they called upon DR.. Weight for
medical aid. He found the deceased cvi.
IDENTIFY laboring under the effects of
a powerful narcotic, and after ascertaining
what she had been taking, he made an
examination Of the paper and found it to
contain morphine, instead of quinine. In
order to make the matter doubly certain,
he took the wrapper of the package and
went to the prescription clerk at Armi-
tage's and was informed by him that he
put up the "quinine." The doctor used
every known antidote, but at 4 o'clock P.
NJ. the woman expired. The name Of the
deceased was Teresa Forjas. She was a
native of Mexico, about forty years Of age,
and has a brother residing in Virginia.
Drs. Tucker and Weight have this morn
ing made an autopsy of the body, and the
stomach will be submitted to an analysis.
A %coroner's jury will be empannelled, but
will not be enabled to pass on a verdict
until the contents of the stomach are made
known. The way the matter now looks.
the deceased came to her death through
the criminal carelessness OF the prescrip-
ton clerk q, the drug store, but should
| the affair assume any different complica-
ton, or should any mitigating circum-
stances arise, we shall be but too glad to
make any correction that COMFORTS with
truth.
p. S. When DIR. Voight was returning
from the autopsy he met Mr.. Armitage on
C street. Some words passed between
| the parties, when blows were substituted,
but officer Higbee arrested both parties
before much damage had been done. The
prescription clerk, whose name we did not
learn, was placed under $4,000 bail to
await a judicial investigation of the affair.
FATAL ACCIDENTAL fatal accident oc.
cured at the Justis mine, lower Gold Hill,
Saturday night, at about midnight. A
miner named 6. J. Apple, while attempt
ing to get off the bucket at the top Of the
shaft lost his hold and fell to the bottom,
a distance of $40 feet, killing him instant
". The company have a safety cage in
one Of the compartments OF the shaft, put
in and used for no other purpose than
hosting and lowering men, but this man
and his companion, when supper time
came, did not wait until the cage should
| be lowered, but mounted the bucket and
gave the signal to ascend. The engineer,
who also attends the brakes nights, hoisted
them up and stopped them at the surface.
One man stepped of all right. Mr.. Apple,
for some unexplained reason, let 90 his
hold before he got good footing, and los
ing his balance. fell as above stated. We
understand that the %coroner'S jury who
sat on the body yesterday censured the
company for not keeping a brakeman at
the claim nights, but We are assured BY q
friend Of the deceased that no more careful
man could be obtained to attend the
brakes than the engineer, and that no rock
is hoisted during the night to give en-
ployment to a brakeman. 1t appears to
us that blame could attach to no one but
| deceased alone, and that it was through
the unfortunate mans carelessness, first
in not coming up on the safety cage, and
secondly in letting 60 his hold before he
obtained sure footing, that the accident
occurred. Mr.. Apple was a German,
about 81 years Of age, and leaves q wife
and two children living near the mine,
who are in destitute circumstances. Mr..
e.. A. Luckhart, the Superintendent OF the
company, interested himself in behalf OF
the bereaved family, yesterday, and raised
nearly $500 for their benefit. The fune-
raj takes place to-day.
PREpARE.-Now that the cold days Of
winter are approaching, it behooves ladies
TO supply themselves and families with
suitable clothing. Bromberger & Co.,
international Hotel building, b street, Viz
ginia, have in store a fine assortment OF
ladies' and childrens' dress goods.
ALP. DorEN.-This gentleman has be-
come sn atachee Of the Enterprise. We
are glad Of it for ALI. is one of the good
men of this world, and will prove an &C.
QUESTION to any paper with which he may
be connected.
FoR THR MrLLIoN..-Haas & Co., at
their elegant store, North c street, Vir-
ginia, have the most fashionable and du-
rahle stock of clothing for sale on reason