Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-09-12
n EVENING NEWS.

dents was related TO US to-day, as having
occurred las, night a, the house Of a well
known citizen. At nine o'clock p NJ
pcter tidmihGs returned home, feeling quite
,u-head-achy etc. He concluded he
would take a warm bath. Servant hav-
ing gone out with her cousin for the
evening. and not being expected to arrive
until an hour later. We ~indisposed man OF
the house commenced preparations Tor MS
bath BY lighting a fire in the kitchen stove
where the ashes were yet warm from the
d~inner-cooking Goals. \ batch OF p'tch
pine kindling was placed in the CRATE,
through the front doors. the doors closed
and a paper applied to the dratt-waY. In
"A minute the fuel was ignIted, and ye an
Gent was astounded to hear a thrashing
noise under the stove lids. Lifting one
of the covers he discovered his favorite
black cat, fouLdering around in the ashes
in the rear Of the fre-bed. The luckless
animal, who had crawled into a warm
spot for u nights rest, was twitched out
Of purgatory just IN time to save Its mint
lives-badly singed, but apparently not
otherwise injured. Ie ancient then had
occasion TO place a cup on the ironing
table. when he observed that a champagne
basket full of newly ironed children's
clothes had been appropriated as a conhne-
meat cradle by the mother cat OF the
household, There old Madam Tabby lay
pur.r-r-ing over her litter Of kittens, and
looking up into masters face for congrat-
u~Iations and compliment. II was rather
asgravsting-so We are told. The delay
in his operations, caused by the mishaps
stated. passed u%nimproved the time when
the hydrants give out" in his neighbour
hood so that when he turned the faucet
for his ba,h-water the pipe gave forth only
an uncertain gurGling sound. but no
liquid. ~ this discovery, ye ancient
well. no. he didn't swear, cause he never
does, but he affirmed. he affirmed posi-
lively. that he would be - rid of cats
in the future. While loudly ~pronouncing
this resolution. he turned from the bath
tub and saw Tabby rolloing a huge rat to
his feet. Well" he exclaimed, "cats
are sometimes nuisances, hut they are q
necessary quadruped." So rabby got a
slice of fresh meat from the larder, and
Pater forgot his headache in laughing over
the nights queer mishaps.
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT Four FINE,
HORSES KILLEp.-At half-past l o'clock
yesterday afternoon. as a siS-horse team
belonging to John Rule, of the Marysville
mill. heavily loaded with quartz, was
passing down Six-Mile Canon. on the
way 10 Lands mill. when opposite the
salt house. between Virginia City and the
Gould 4 Curry mill. the brake gave way
while going down a steep grade, and away
wen, horses. wagon and all AZ a terrific
rate OF speed. The driver saved himself
by jumping off. After running some
rods the team overlook another
heavily loaded quartz wagon, into the rear
= which they dashed with terrible force.
,.ln,ly killing tour of the horses; the
,;A.r two must have managed TO sheer
10 n side. for they were but little
aiured. The pole OF the wagon was bro
scn. and taking a turn into the bank the
v acon, with its load, was turned COM
,.eiely bottom up in the middle CT the
Dad. The wagon that was run into was
lot much injured. The part Of the brake
hat gave way was the large block of
wood, or rubber" which bore against
ne left hind wheel. This split completely
n two, owing 10 a defect in the wood
hus preventing the brake from properly
The teams,er does not seem to be
blame in the matter. The horses killed
were worth $1,000. Accidents wherein
or two animals have been killed have
been quite frequent in quartz teaming,
this is the first instance IN which so
many lave been slaughtered at a time.
CuRoNArIc PRISrISG.-We have lately
had executed in our job office a oill-head,
which as a specimen oE ARTISTIC printing
are confident cannot be surpassed in
this country. and cannot be equalled in
This State. Five different shades of color
are thrown into some of the small letters
the heading ; and the great American
which adorns n corner, with
and arrows and c~loud-sketch, Is
n;c,ured as though with the brush OF the
Our foreman, MIR. Rhodes, is
prepared TO superintend the execution OF
similar work for all patrons VINO may de-
.ire 20 write their bills under a superb
And any merchant, foundry
m,ll.man, or any other man, can
have one of the above described specimens
Of chromatic printing presented TO him,
~patronizing our. advertising columns
or Job ofice-for the specimen is exc
for a News bill-head. For neat,
carefully and promptly executed job work
we yield the palm to none Our job type
and presses are new, and our printers
can. be beat in experience and good
OSg Cory LEFr--The valuable by
cienic work which we recently noticed
Tor sale BY B~oegle-has found a rapid
sale. Boegle's invoice is exhausted but
he has one copy of the same bound with a
similar treatise by DR.. K. I. Trail, of
New York city. This makes a book OF
over 500 pages. and is sold for So. It is
with elegant portraits OF the
two most distinguished Hydropathic ply
,icians and surgeons IN the country. les
timonials 10 its value are abundant from
of every school of medicine, and
no intelligent persons can read it without
endorsing all the Communications bestowed
upon It, and experiencing a profound
sense Of gratitude to whoever may have
induced them TO make the purchase and
p~erusal. DR.. Trails remarks on the dis
eases or ailings peculiar TO females, is OF
itself worth MANIFOLD beyond the price OF
the book.
HORSE THIEVES CAPTURED. - Three
Young men, charged with the stealing OF
the two horses from Morton s Barry, in
Six-mile Canon, on the 29th ult., were ar
rested on Monday-one in Washoe BY
Captain Downey, OF the Virginia police.
and the two Others in Virginia. On trial
Yesterday before Justice Addison, two OF
the prisoners turned States evidence. their
mar, in the transaction being slight, ac-
corning 10 their own own story; but
their evidence fastened the guilt upon the
third party, Samuel Bolan, who was ae-
cordingly held in the sum OF Sl.5Oo TO
and answer before the Grand Jury.
COUNTY CENTRAL CoNNrrTss.-At q
meeting of the Union Central Committee
H. COMMITTEES WAS appointed to