Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-03-05
H EVENING NEWS.

man by the name Of o. Eastman and hi:
wife, living in a small house above the
old Gould l. Curry Office ground, had q
little difference Of opinion, or rather the
wife concluded to have her opinion &c
in the contrary direction to that of her
husband in every particular, and like q
female devil seemed determined to wreak
her vengeance Of n Of those good.
natured, easy men who are apt to spoil
a woman by never holding any check on
her. During the day she became en-,
ragged about something and abused her
husband in a most shameful manner.
He to avoid further abuse, went down in
town. She became alarmed lest he had
left her, and told our informant, who
lived in the same house, that if he
would come back she would be kind
and good to him. Mr.. NJ. at once went
down in town and found him in the act
of buying some articles to take home as
peace-offering. Both parties returned
to the house, and quiet reigued until all
the household had retired for the night,
when she began to upbraid him in a
shameful manner. This was kept up
until 3 o'clock in the morning, when
Eastman told her he was sorry for all
he had ever done, and begged to 60 to
sleep, as he had to 20 to work in the
morning. In a few moments all was
quiet. Shortly afterward, however, Mr..
NJ. said he heard SOM one cross the
floor, and in a moment more the report
of a pistol was heard, and Eastman
called out, al am killed." Mr.. NJ. at
once went into the room and found
Eastman had been shot in the back OF
the head. The woman said she had
done the deed because she loved him,
(strange way Of showing love y East
man Was removed to DR.. Green's office
to have his wound dressed, and his wife
was taken to the station-house. The
full extent Of Eastman's injuries We
were unable to ascertain.
MlsERY.-Yesterday evening just be-
fore dark, we went with Chief Edwards,
to see u poor destitute IN who lives
on C street, just below the old works of
the Bajazet. We found the house a
small, open, cold place, with an old
sheet iron stove, a rickety bedstead and
one plate, as the whole furniture Of the
place. The bed on which she had slept
took FIRE during the afternoon, and was
burned up. The woman, when we ar
rived was gone and no one knew whittier.
For a long time past she has been
living on the charity Of Mr.. 0'Neil, an
old gentleman who keeps a public house
near by. She is partially deranged on
the subject Of religion, and will be taken
to the hospital to-day if found. Her
husband was killed by an OK a year or
more ago, on the Divide. She says she
has So, 900 in the Savings Bank, in Bos-
ton, but can't get it. What the suffer-
ings of this poor creature has been is
hard to tell. For several days she has
had no wood and nothing to eat except
gave her a meal.
FIRENAN's ELEcrIoS.-The election
for Chief Engineer, First and Second
Assistants, yesterday, resulted in the
election of Hugh Kerriu, of No. 2, for
Chief Engineer, he receiving ls2 votes;
Paddock, III and Brokaw 81. The two
Assistants - Wilcox and Wright -
having no opposition received the full
vote. In the evening a large number Of
fremen went to the engine house Of No.
2, where q free flow out of wit and
champagne took place, especially the
latter. The election Of Mr.. kerrin gives
general satisfaction, not only to the
bremen, but to the business men of
Virginia, as he is a large property
holder, and will take a lively interest
in seeing everything kept in proper or
der connected with the Department.
CLOSE QUARTERS Yesterday after
noon the saddle horse ofone Off. Blanch-
ards trains fell down, when just oppo-
site the Pacific Mill, in such a manner
as to con6ne the leg of the driver. He
Law with his leg fast under the animal,
unable to move, until assisted by some
men who happened along and dug the
dirt and snow away from his imprisoned
limb, He was not in the least injured,
owing to the soft nature Of the ground
on which the accident occurred-yet he
did not care about staying where he
was for more than half a day or so, even
if his wages still went on the same.
MILLING AwAY.-The snow on the
south side of the hills around Gold Hill
is disappearing slowly under the rays OF
the sun of yesterday and to-day. In
fact there are many Of these hill-tops
entirely bare. The prospect is favorable
for some good weather, but how long it
will last is hard to conjecture. fester-
day forenoon it was warm, with a clear
sky and a bright sun, but in the evening
the sky was covered with clouds and
the snow came down in binding drifts.
OpHIR GRApr.-Men are at work clear
ing the snow from the 0phir grade. A
gentleman who came over it yesterday
from washoe City informs US that the
snow is in many places over ten ieet
deep. The people Of Washoe City had
had no mail communication of any kind
with the outside world, for ten days,
until day before yesterday when a mail
reached there from Carson City. All
are fat, hearty, virtuous and happy IN
Washoe Valley.
IxrRovrsa.-An of those injured by
the late boiler explosion at Gold Hill
are getting along exceedingly well. Mr..
Carroll, who had his collar oone
broken, was walking about yesterday
and some of the others were out. An
drew J. Hutchinson, brother to the man
who was killed, is pronounced u OF
danger, though he will not be able 10
get about for some time.
CAvEp IS.-The roof on the Eclipse
hosting works has crushed in from the
weigh. of the snow and the ricEety son-
dition of the building. A small cave OF
tvo of the ground on the South SIDE OF