Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-12-13
THE EVENING NEWS.
Friday Eveuiug,--------Dec. Is, 1867.

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A MuRDERous AssAuLT-THE SHERIFF
az Opuspy CorSry Suor-A man n,mef
Bill Riley, who formerly kept a saloon ans
boarding house at the head Of Spring Valley
m Tho rad m C,rson ,,,, exen;ny oot intr
scr,nc with , mar n,mca Gr,5y n, Emnir.
CITY. and during The d~iaiculty. he shot GRADY
with n;stoI. the ha,l striking the lower law,
nlon.hins tbron,b the check and lodging in
the hack mart Of Tho neck-barely passing the
;ponl,r vein. or course il was thought he
was t;I,c5 and word was sent TO Mr.. Tim G,
smith Sheriff Of Ormsby county, to ares,
Riley The Sheriff accordingly went out to
En'r;.n r;,y nd ,ss;s,cd bv one of his
danp,;o, ,rs,la5 Riley m the New York
Hawsa So ~,;Ies below Silver CITY. ON the
GS"A"sn TSo Shar;fr ,oI5 nj. Aenntv ,o
Sn,so ~ "a s.o,, ~ Tho honsc' and bc would
= ~ -. 80 aoar md ,rre., Riley there
ffhe attempted to escape. The deputy &c.
eordingly entered, and Riley evidently espiea
MN as ne Drew SnG eTek So, ms ~ p' scOsh;nc
which. and seeing the Sheriff, he fred his
pistol, hitting the Sheriff, the ball passing
into the abdomen a little to the ieit OF .ae
naval; n lodging, is supposed, near sae ~
backbone. The weapon used IS supPoseeI 70
be a six-shooter, and perhaps the same win
which he shot Grady; Riley then ran on anu
escaped. The people OF the house ana 'ne
deputy Sheriff went to the assis,ahSs Vi
Smith, and he was taken down 70 tue var
shall House, about a mile towards Empire,
n surgical assistance suuuhoueus - soou
as possible. The wound cannot OUT DC a Sc
we're one, and Is likely 10 prove iatal. oPso
IL o'clock, to-day, the Sherin was yet ait'e'
and rested quite easy, although he had oeeh
extremely i'll up to that time. II would DC u
matter Of deep and heartfelt regret 10 inc
many friends Of Sheriff Smith to hear OF MS
death. Up to the time Of our going to press,
we have no, heard Of the capture OF the fugi-
tive Rilcy-but he cannot possibly escape, as
there are at least a hundred men out hunting
him. The officers Of Ormsby county are all
out Sheriff Shaw, Of Lyon, and his deputies,
Sheriff Mulcahy, Of Storey, and his deputies,
and others, are all out.
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THAT
the meeting OF the Board OF county |ommis-
sioners held yesterday afternoon, the matter
\ s,,,,smental assessment made BY the
,..r
County treasurer " A !@"'
ending December 3lst, 1901, was orougnt up,
and Jonas Seely appeared In behalf OF Gilhg,
Mot, X Co. and some loo other citizens n
taxpayers OF storey county, asking tnat tnc,r
respective supplemental assessnneals ihaue
by the County lLeasa,et DC aise ,Sa anu
stated ma. ne snoS.I pSs IA 80. =,
80 ~ hc dss;yna,ed by the Board for a
future hearing Of the same. The Hale &
Norcross, Chollar-Potosi and Savage mining
companies by counsel also appea.ea' "a any
e ha entire on the ground that the said
property assessed was within this State at
the time the assessment. 9nue' Lne SSeI Ira.
revenue law was maui = $50 mncnrs,;.
ptoviaing % Sv p;sSon n;s,r;., s,,oyner
'utonai; Il. .omn,, IN CON-
appea.ea III GA ~ !, 49, c,dorcS ,b,,
stoefalIoI y! u - hy ,hs
the supplemental asSessnen' insue =!
Souhty Its1saiSS Ss .o' NJ ~ M Ernx;s;on.:af
Deeeunoet PSF 10, -, ~. SEQ Of Inc.
"n ENet = ~ IS,S ISS- on ali nor
Naaa' aPP'o.ea - ~, counts he dis
SSas,sd am mon he Hing Of a satisfactory aaR-
snlissa uP?1 H.snr ,bs;r ,gent. with
Ga'S =! sate 49, - 10 ,TSroys5 nv
.ne S e"a ~, - nrons,,r was in this
ST. -, ,to ,;r,o of m,L;ng The assessment
SA's = CO,n,r ss.assors Of the different
=! ~ ~ safe under the general
counties ~. s.T,n WAS In hi,
t.e'enue 1,e', ente "a aa.as.ns,, m,Je
county anu oui'teu N say as 49, ,Ssn
oy the Souhty asssssO h ne, Ss.h =, IN
aalouihea, 70 meet N0
- o. H.. ,or,;,,o
~ nooa !, hor.s a. no
''",. - - ,.s, evening a, his bene.
9, 49, .a,o;ors ,h.,,sr be;ns crowded in
"'' "e r,.
every part, standing room anu ALL Lug Gu
tertainment was voted to be 6rst-rate IN every
resnec,. Gus Myers. who so intrepidly bet
,byec baskets of champagne that she would
annear ON the stage and sing a song performed
,ba To-, and WON her bet amid 4 storm of
.nnI,nse lack Lee. Of Gold Hill, per-
formed some very excellent fea,s Of tumbling
and otbcr acrobs,ic Demonstrations; and all
a,h.. xoIr,,esys md octors aeoui,ted them
selves very meri,oriously. What has been
said abou, Johnny Tuers being a "bilk," is
now discovered to DC a w'eked sianaet orig
mated T 9sn nPaa' GDoms" "a ,be hest af,er.
piece which has been placed upon the Opera
House stage under the Piper administration.
The principal character in the piece Is the
Red Gnome, which difficult part was per
formdby George II. Foster, In a style not 10
be exeelled. This evening QUO ba5kank'
the well known and favorite dancer ana com.
edian, and Master Farron, a most exeeNent
singer, both just arrived from the bay, VIII
appear at the Opera House.
c,rsrs oy Su1c1pE.-It is the most diff
cul, thing imaginable to account for all the
suicides in the world, but We are told that
had whisky is one Of the prime causes which
induce a man to recklessly put his own light
ont. The whisky dispensed at Tom Finch's
saloors in lower Gold Hill, however, is none
81 ~, .n,t On the contrary, all the bev-
y. 80 nSr,aten of Al either Of his saloons
e ,on;c,lly erh;lera,ing nature, dispos-
inc a man TO be l~evel-headed, contentcd and
happy, to be at peace WIN she wno,S mOfS
s,o %eh nv = large circle Of friends,
md the father Of nincteen well behaved chill
dren. None but the very best Of wines,
LIQUORS and cigars are ever kept at Finch's.
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BLAcXC RooK!-Ned hafrisan' eHfe' as
Irish melodists, and Master oBrien, the gay
es, and most festive little dancing singer i'm
agin,ble, are both still to be found at the
Crook. besides any amount OF Otner cnOlce