Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-09-06

twirled aloft for a blow directed against
him, when the crazy man suddenly sank
on the floor, perfectly exhausted, and
grooming forth: Lord Jesus Christ,
have mercy on me, a murderer Again
he sank into sleep, but was quickly
brought to sane consciousness by the
method already adopted; and all being
revived, the wife Of the neighbor
Immediately started for a doctor-exhib-
iting remarkable courage considering
the circumstances-while her husband
remained to keep control Of the '' man
who had fits" and his family. The
messenger was gone nearly two hours,
having a full quarter of a mile to travel
before reaching any Doctors office, and
being unsuccessful in her efforts to find
three or four Of the frst-at-hand physi-
ciaus,-it appearing to have been.a sea-
son of night-calls. While she was alb
sent, it was determined by her spouse
that a conversation should be kept up,
so rs to prevent the amiable dyspeptic
or madman, or whatever he was, from
getting into II weaving way again, and
uecessitating another unpleasant strug-
gle. To start the talk, the neighbor in
quired il his friend could tell what he
had been dreaming about. Then fol-
lowed in substance, this relation: al
have dreamed three times, tonight, that
l was lead, with An nnayailing disposition
to resist the leading, toa shaft IN Spanish
ravine, and pitched headlong down,
when | landed in the midst Of an i'm
mense mill, that seemed partly a foundry
aud in another part a quartz mill. !
thought the workmen looked like devils,
and that the liquid iron was constantly
running out of the furnace at n end
Of the immense building, which gave
the scene a devilish.red.hot glare. As
o o as landed in the midst Of the
foundry and mill, one Of the workmen
or devils, came up to me, and placed
one hand on my belly and the other on
my back, and then easily Hoped me
over ON my stomach, and set down on
the small of my back. The devil is n
heavy chap. and nearly brushes the life
out Of me, while | begin to appreciate
the fact that the place is almost insult
ferably hot. That accounts for my
sweating, suspect. Then try to get
rid of my load, by throwing it off; but
| cant raise the devil = peg. That was
so twice. The last time, when | went
to sleep in the chair, i seemed to have
II warning, BY experience, Of the devils
intention to get Oh me, and so when he
approached me, | caught up a long,
slim iron bar, that was laying near
me, and Tended him of. was fighting
half u dozen mill-men or forgemen or
devils, when | woke up last" All this
was still put down rs Il mere dream;
though the sick man declared he had not
drank n drop for six months, and had
not eaten any but his customary
food, during the day previous. The
Doctor arrived about daylight, and was
told that the patient had had strange
dreams, which he accounted for as symp-
toms or threats either Of apoplexy or
heart disease. Yet the heart OF the
dreamer vas sounded, and found to be
normal, aud the absence Of stimulating
or unusual diet and the general and for
many years uubroken and uniform good
health of the afflicted mau made up a
=. puzzler" even for the astute physi-
clan. Prescribing Il sedative powder
and promising to call again during the
day, the Doctor lett. The mother,
whose arm was badly swollen, then went
10 bed her husband feeling well enough
aud determined to sit up, and take an
outdoor walk as soon rs the sun rose,
to try and relieve his mind and body
from the struggles of the uight season.
He remained in the house until the med
icine was brought by his very accommo-
dating neIghbor, and thea went out for
u revivipg walk. And now q very
strange part Of the account. Starting
from his front door step, he proceeded
about ten PAGES along the line Of the.
street on which his house was located,
when he noticed a Piute standing on a
corner ofthe street opposite, with II large
stick in his hand. Remembering. what
his little girl had said about the vision
ut the window, and moved by some i'm
pulse which seemed intuitive, he re-
traced his way, and went into his house
again, where he saw his daughter look
ing out the bedroom window that faced
on the street. On his entering the
house, she at once exclaimed to him
Father, there is the man | saw at u
bedroom window, last night" The
father scrutinized the Piute, and re-
marked that he VAS n very ~ill-looking
creature, out did not believe that his
daughter had any reason, other than
fancy, to identify him with the per-
son Of her supposed dream The day
was spent in quiet and with the expecta-
ton that all would be we'll on the COM
ing night; and the folks retired at 9
o'clock, when the father became aware
that he would h I'VE IL similar experience
to the night before; when he got up
and had his family dress themselves,
and with them went and took lodgings
at a Lodging House not far distant.
FORGETTING his months rent in adj
vance, he secured new quarters,
where he has since slept undis-
turbed. Naturally enough he watch
ed to see who would follow him
as tenant in the house which he
was now fully persuaded was ~"haunted'
though he was too proud or otherwise
sensitive to so announce; his family and
the neighbor, being cautioned to tell no
one of his experiences on the night de-
scribed. On the week succeeding the
recounted adventures, the house refer
red to was occupied by another miner
aud family; acquaintance Of the parties
above mentioned. EARLY the next morn
ing after the new tenants moved in, the
"ueighbor" came to the house Of tenant
No. I and.iuformed him that tenant No
2 had "been through the same mill
and on neighbours" advice had de-
caruped after the frat descent into the
Spanish Ravine shaft. And while going
to a lodging house, he had met and
been sueakingly followed by a "bad-
looking Piute." In two weeks more
there was another tenant, and. pre-
cisely similar experience; this time a
boy Of ten years Of age, being "tranced ;
with terror By what he called II Span
iard-a person whom he subsequently
identified as the "bad-looking Piute."
And since that time there have been