Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-11-20
THE EVENING NEWS.

neighborhood Of Carson river, below thu
Merrimac Mill, were very much excited
on Saturday evening, on the discovery OF
a horrible murder in their immediate VI
entity. The particulars of the dreadful
deed are enough TO chill the BLOOD ano
are briefly as follows, which we learn from
Mr., Hamlin, the Undertaken OF Gold Hill,
who got his information from one OF the
Coroner's iury: There is a wood ranch
nm the south side OF Carson, near Kings
ranch, owned Jointly by two men named
Green and Bell. Mr.. Bell was engaged
on Saturday last in chopping wood, and
n, eleven o'clock one Of the teamsters,
EMPLOYED on the ranch, went to see him,
but only found his hat at the place where
he had last been chopping. On looking
further, he discovered the dead body OF
Bell near u ledge of rocks, horribly man
gled. An examination Of it revealed the
fact that Bell had been shot in the right
breast, the ball ranging inward and down.
wards. This is supposed TO have been
his first wound, and alone would perhaps
have proved fatal. But to make sure OF
his unnatural work. the inhuman hend
took Bells axe. with which he had been
u, work, and with several blows almost
severed his head in two, so that the top
portion of his head only hung on by the
scalp. Several blows were then struck
with the blade Of the axe across the face,
sinking deep into the face from ear TO ear.
This is certainly as cold FLOODED a murder
rs we eyer heard Of being perpetrated IN
this State, and demands a thorough inves-
,iya,ion. \ Coroner's jury was summon
ed, we suppose by the Coroner OF Lyon
county, and an inquest held on the body.
What the verdict Of the jury was. we have
moi, heard. Mr.. Bell was q native Of
Lewis county, Virginia, and aged about
% years. He resided q portion Of his
time in Silver City, and was highly re-
>pected BY those who knew him. He was
a member in good standing in the Masonic
Lodge of that place, and whose members
took charge of the dead body, brought It
70 the Lodge this morning, and bestowed
upon i, the sad'and solemn funeral rites
Of the Order when consigning him to
mother earth. P.S.-Since the foregoing
was in type, we learn that the tracks of
Indian moccasins have been discovered
where the murder was committed, which
leads 70 the belief that an Indian is the
guilty wretch. Messrs. Brown and
Thompson are out after the red devil.
EXCELSIOR NEws.-We learn, through
II private letter from Excelsior District,
tina, all of the machinery for the Enter
prise quartz mill has arrived on the
ground, and will be in complete running
order in thirty days. A portion OF the
machinery for McFarland's saw mill has
also got in. This mill will be situated
near the Enterprise mine, and be ready to
run early in the Spring. Messrs. Burk-
halter s. Co.. are buildinga store near that
mine, and stocking it with groceries for a
Winter supply for the miners. The same
letter states that but little now has fallen
there during the last storm, and thai the
miners in that immediate vicinity are all
buisily at work on their different lodges,
and will. the weather permitting, fully de.
velop their claims by Spring. Several
lots have been sold in Empire City, to
mercantile parties, who are making ar
engagements to put Of up buildings early
the coming season.
GoLp Dusr.-We saw, this morning,
,~wen,y.six ounces Of gold dust that was
taken out Of a river claim in Barbados,
New Grenada. The value Of it, per assay,
is about $50 per ounce. We learn from
the party in whose possession It was, that
the mines in thar section Of the world are
very rich. and the gold very coarse. The
Americans who are mining there, lind II
rather an up hill business, owing to the
scarcity Of good Understanding prln-
cipally the natives, including both sexes.
All necessary material for the successful
working Of the mines are very limited
but the party thinks that under the ener-
yetic management Of q few Americans
there that the mines will pay largely.
WIxpY.-During the gale of wind on
Saturday last, a brick chimney started
from its anchorage, in the Summit House,
on the Washoe road, and came crushing
and tumbling into a room where several
parties were sitting. But one person was
hunt, and that slightly upon the arm. l.
was truly wonderful that any escaped
from serious injury, as the room was liter
ally filed with bricks and other rubbish.
WILL CLosE.-The Washoe Exchange
Billiard Saloon, on c street, Virginia, will
close its doors for a few days, 10 enable
the workmeu TO make the necessary i'm
provementsin contemplation by the worthy
proprietors, Messrs. Flint s Brooks. We
wish the boys success, and hope to see
them open with a "blaze Of glory" as we
shall be on hand. They are bully boys
Union 10 the hub.
MIXED Up.-Like u love, quartz
wagons do not run smooth always. we
witnessed on Saturday afternoon a gen.
eral piling up of an eight-mule team on
the corner Of Sutton avenue and c street.
In coming down the step grade there the
brake gave way, aud the wagon was
forced upon the poor animals, throwing
them all into a heap. Fortune favoring'
none were hurt, or anything broken.
A. CoxrENprrsLE Cuss.-on Saturday
night last, some low, mean cuss in the
shape of a man, daubed over with req
paint the different signs IN front OF the
Virginia Saloon. South b street. we
hope the proprietor OF that institution VIII
find u who the party was. and give MN
a good sound t~hreshing, with a extra lick
or TWO for us.
NOISY OLD FELLow.-Old Boreas was
on, las. night. on a general spree, slam
ming doors. breaking glass, topling over
s,ovepipes, tearing down signs, and kick
ing up the devil in general. But when
old Soils face appeared above the eastern
hills this morning, Boreas blew out, n
gave us a chance to wipe the dust from
our eyes.
NEARLY CoMPLETE.-The graveling OF
C stree. will be completed to-day, max
ing a street for the passage Of teams that
the citizens of Virginia may well feel
nroud Of. 1t is to be hoped that othcer
Rird,all will turn his attention to some
other parts Of the streets, and make the