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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-07-28
BELMONT ITEMS,
From the Champion, July 2ad.l

lFrom the champion, July x2d.J
The DEMOCRATIC OBsEoUIEs. - Sey-
mour and Blair were ratified here last
Saturday night with a solemnity be6t-
ting the essentially funereal nature Of
the occasion. A stand with o painted
white railing such as is usually seen
about cemetery lots was erected on Main
street in front Of the Office Of the dying
Reporter, no booming Of cannon was
heard, "not a soldier discharged his
farewell shot," and when the corpse
was called to order by D. wilkins, Esq,
about 8 P. n, not a sound vas heard
rave the cracking of half burned fu-
neral pyres of Democracy which gave
light to the occasion.
Mr.. H. A. CoHINs, with three teams
loaded with lumber for the Combination
Company, has just arrived from St.
Clair's Station. Mr.. @. left the Austin
road at West Gate. He experienced no
trouble, Notwithstanding the teams
brought in $4,000 feet. Mr.. G. reit.
crates the views as expressed by others,
that $1,000 would repair oil the bad
places on the entire route, and place II
in good order, and il this were done be
pronounces it the best route to Belmont.
Mr.. O., having for years been engaged
in the numbering buiness In this State,
and having acted as the travelling part
ner Of the firm, his opinion should be
entitled to much credit.
Rev. A. n. STEWART, we understand,
leaves town this week. Mr.. Stewart
has been preaching to u citizens for
the lust three Sundays, and during his
short stay has made many friends, who
will remember him kindly.
THE forty stamps Of the Combination
mill are constantly pounding and crush
q ton of ore per day to the stamp. The
holsting works are completed, and any
visitor will find a great change made In
their works within the last few weeks.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-07-28

ANECDOTES or KINGS. "A recent
French work, "Memoires de M%alouet,"
contains two curious stories of kings /:
Joseph Of Portugal nearly lost bis life
by a celebrated conspiracy. Assisting
one day at a bull-fght in the box Of the
Foreign Legation, which was near that
Of the King, an alternate movement Of
his Majesty was observed, leaning for
ward, then throwing himself back and
laughing out aloud. The box below
was that Of the court chamberlains.
The King spat on one Of the gentlemen
in it, who wiped himself, laughed and
looking OF his master with an air that
seemed to say, GAS long as you please,
sir, | am too happy to be an amusement
for you" Charles III. of Spain was
az honest sort Of man, religious, firm
and heightened, but by no means intel
lectual. ImpaIsioned for the chase, he
al the stag or the wild boar eight
hours every day, except on Sundays
and the great holidays Of the church.
His confessor had forbidden him to hunt
on those days, but to indemnify himself
for this priyation, he had an aviary
carried into bis park, and shot the birds
as they were let Ay, one by me-.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-07-28

McPHERsoN ON GRASr.-General Nc
Pherson, who fell, MORALLY wounded,
near Atlanta, Georgia, was for a long
time a member Of Grants military fam
lily, and served through the memorable
vicksburg campaign as commander OF
the Seventeenth Army Corps. He has
left the following record, written but a
short time before his untimely death,
of his opinion Of Grant and Sherman {:
"General U. S. Grant l regard rs one
of the most remarkable men of our
country. Without aspiring to be a
genius, or possessing those character
istics which impress one forcibly at first
sight, his sterling good sense, calm
judgment and persistency OF purpose,
more than compensate for those dash
ing, brilliant qualities which are apt to
captiva,e at a first glance. To know
and appreciate General Grant fully one
ought to be q member of his military
family. Though possessing a remarka-
BILE reticence so far as military opera
tons are concerned, he is frank and Of
fable, conyerses well, and has a pecu-
liarly retentive memory. When not OPP
pressed with the cares Of his position
be is very fond of talking, telling anec-
dotes, etc. His purity Of character is
unimpeachable, and his patriotism of
the most exalted kind. He is generous
to q fault, humane and true and O
steadfast friend to those he deems wor-
thy of his confidence; he can always
be relied on in case Of emergency. Cen
eral W. T. Sherman is what might be
called a brilliant man, possessing o
broad and comprehensive intellect. A
rapid thinker and q ready writer, fer
tile in his resources and untiring in his
energies, he possesses those character
is,ics which forcibly impress you at
first sight. He has mingled largely with
the world, and has tried various pro-
fessions ; has read and reflected much,
and having a remarkably r~etentive mem
ory, is well informed on most subjects
which come within the scope Of human
thought. He is Of much more excitable
temperament than General Grant, and
more apt to be swayed by impulses,
though his judgment is not so cool and
reliable. In other words, though a
more brilliant man, he does not possess
that sterling good common sense which
pre-eminently distinguishes General
Grant. He is, however, q most brave
and generous man, thoroughly in earn
est, and ready to sacrifice everything
for the good of his country. He is a
true friend, and thoroughly unsel6sh /;
and there are no better men-or few, at
least-than General Sherman.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-07-28

SINGULAR ROBBERY AT MANSFIELD,
OHIo.-A singular case Of robbery has
just cometo light. On Wednesday last
q bogus telegram was left in the house
of Boyd Mercer, Of this city, purporting
to come from Sewickley, Pa, saying
that q brother Of Mrs. Mercer had been
killed by being thrown from his horse.
Mrs. Mercer left for Sewickley on Thurs
day morning. Arriving at that place
she found her brother alive and we'll.
Suspecting the dispatch was q scheme
to get Mrs. Mercer out Of the way, for
the purpose of robbing the house, Mr..
Mercer being very old and infrm, her
brother Immediately telegraphed to the
Mayor of the city to have the house
watched, which was done, two police
men being placed on the premises.
Mrs. Mercer returned this evening,
and, on opening her private room,
which she had locked before leaving,
discovered it had been robbed OF many
articles of value, including one hundred
aud forty dollars in specie, hundred
dollars in greenbacks, silk dresses, etc.
The entire loss has not yet been nscer-
tanned, but will be considerable.
The telegram was written on a plain
slip Of paper, and not on one Of the
blanks furnished by the telegraph COM
pany.
Later.-It has transpired that a ser
want girl named Carrie Dean party
to the Boyd Mercer robbery case last
week. She confessed the crime, and
implicated q man from Indianapolis,
named Frank Gardner, who is not
known here. She says at his sug-
gestion she wrote the bogus diSpatch,
and on Friday afternoon admitted him
into the house, where he remained all
night and committed the robbery while
two police officers were about the prem
Uses. He left after the officers had re-
tired in the morning, leaving the gold
with the girl, which she hid 10 the cell
lar, whore II was found. No arrests
were made Cincinnati Commercial.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-07-28

The REMAINS OF F. W. ScHuLrzE
FOUND AND BURIEp.-AuRoRA, July ~.
The body of F. W. Schultze, who was
drowned in East Walker river on the
22d inst, was found yesterday afternoon
on nm island near Quigley's ranch, 70
miles from this place and about IL miles
below the point where he was drowned.
Information of the fact was immediate
" forwarded here, when the Masonic
Lodge sent o committee with a wagon
for the remains. They arrived about
II o'clock \. u. to-day, and were buried
with full Masonic honors at 4 o'clock
this afternoon.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-07-28
OVERLAND DISPATCHES
Iae need m nfaryland.

BALrnoRs, July 26.-The losses BY
the food are several millions. The fol-
lowing firms are among the sufferers :
Hesld L Co., tannsry, $4,000; Dunn,
Miands 4 Son, machine shop, $4,000;
Woods, Weeks L Co.,, $3o,oooi Fisher q
Brothers, $4,000.
Larabee L Co.'s iron foundry, ct Eli
colt City, gave way, the west wall fall
ing, causing heavy loss. The destrue-
ton Of life and property is great; 30
houses were swept away. Some con.
tanning whole families were also carried
away with tho current and the inmates
drowned. Several bodies have been re-
covered to-day. The following are re-
ported drowned, all at Ellicott City
W. N. Patterson, wife and son; Mrs.
Farren and two grandchildren, Fanny
and Emma Duval, William Reese, wife,
son and daughter; family OF DR.. Owens,
and o number of Others whose names
are not given. The losses Of property
at Ellicott City are Grambrell's lower
Patapsco -four mill was entirely swept
away, and the upper mill was partially
destroyed; the Granite cotton mill Of b.
D. Ford, some Of the walls Of which
were 20 feet thick, and cost $3.50, 900,
is a total ruin; Gray's cotton factory
was considerably damaged; the Union
cotton mill, half a mile above Ellicott
City, was badly damaged and much cot
ton lost; the AVALON mill and iron
works, near the Relay House, were
swept away.
The loss Of life In Baltimore city 10
not known to exceed four. Only that
number of bodies have yet been found.
There 10 no doubt that some were swept
into the river.
BALTIMORE, July 26. - Thirty-seven
are reported drowned ct Ellicott Q mills
and six in Baltimore. The river Is
jammed with the wrecks Of 80 houses,
factory fixtures and every species Of
property.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-07-28
A Well Known Character Described.

The subject of the following sketch,
neatly introduced through the pretext,
of a story, is we'll known to many of
our citizens, having been in Office here
under Government. It has gone the
rounds of the Western press
"Out at Columbus, Ohio, lives q lit
tie, weazen, dried-up, sh~arp-looking
politician, named Joe G.. He Is the
most Insignificant looking specimen Of
humanity n could meet In o month,
bu. smart as q steel trap, and any one
who takes him for a fool will find him.
self sadly deceived. He Is notorious
for furnishing the finest specimen Of
cool impudence Of any man in Ohio.
The following %anecdote, illustrative Of
this trait of his character, Is told of
him /:
"Some years ago, being In Philadel-
pbia, he received an introduction to q
prominent divine Of that city. The rev.
erend gentleman invited Joe to attend
his church on O certain Sunday, which
invitation was accepted. They entered
the sacred edifce together. 1t was q
of the first churches Of the city, and Its
members were aristocratic and fashion
able in the extreme. The minister put
Joe into an deliberately furnished pow,
well to the front. Joe nestled comfort
ably down into n corner of the same,
and looked about as interesting and con.
tented as q toad under q cabbage leaf.
cater a while the owner Of the pew
arrived, and at once gave signs Of in
tense disgust and indignation at tho
presence Of the i%nterloper. He locked
ut the pew, scoWled magnl6cently, and
finally, after fumbling through his
pocket for some time, drew forth q card,
and wrote omit: This Is my seat, sirP
and with an air Of the Hottest contempt,
tossed il over 10 Joe.
"The latter took It up and read it with
a lamblike meekness, peculiar to him
self, and then With the most delightful
GOODNESS wrote Id reply It's q deuili,h
good seat. What rent do you payf' and
tossed the card back to It's owner. The
latter looked at him with the most pro-
found as%tonishment for q minute or
two, and a broad grin %overspread his
face. He evidently enjoyed the sublime
brass and GOODNESS of his new acquaint.
ance, and when service was over be ap-
preached joe, ~apologized for his rude
ness, invited him to his house, gave him
the best he had, and treated him with
the utmost respect and consideration
during his sojourn In the city"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-07-28

KILLED BY INDIANS. The Shasta
Courier has the following in its issue OF
Saturday:
Nathan Graves and Alexander Smith
erlin, the first q former resident OF
Evansville, and the second OF Eagle
Greek, in this county, were recently
killed by Indians in Idaho Territory,
near the Oregon line. They were killed
BY B~igfoot's band, a few days previous
to the capture of that noted savage BY
a portion Of General Crooks command.
The bodies, when found, were horribly.
mutilated, and both had been scaiped.
These men were we'll known and highly
esteemed in the neighborhoods where
they resided in this county, and their
friends will regret to hear OF their
tragic fate.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-07-28
pRA1srNa CANDIDATES.

Tho manner in which the persons in
the New York Convention, put up to be
voted for by their respective adherents,
were named, was rather amusing, mas
much as when the name Of each q
was presented, it was accompanied with
remarks, biographical and eulogistic,
the first of which informed all present
who the candidate was, and the second,
why be should be elected. Thus, an
enthusiastic Yankee, from the wooden
nutmeg State, nominated James B.
English, because he was ia star in the
East" and twice elected Governor Of
Connecticut. From Maine, the name Of
General W. s. Hancock was presented
by o member Of the delegation because
he had s'made a record that stands to-
day high in the hearts of the whole
American people, and because during
the late war, he had commanded troops
with lion-hearted courage and great
maguanimity." New Jersey nominated
Ex-Governor Joel Parker, "because
during the whole war, he sustained the
General Government with all the force
he could send," and "because he be-
longed to a State that gave the only
Democratic vote during the war;"
GMEN.-These advantages were of no
avail in the Conventional They would
have been worthy of more attention if
they had not certified that Governor
Parker was o man Of some patriotism,
and, therefore, unfit to be a Democratic
nominee. New York suggested that
Sanford E. Church ought to be Presi-
dent because he chad been ~honorably
associated with the Offices of the State
for some years past" Ohio nominated
Peudleton without q word to explain
who he was or for what reason
he should be nominated. The most
l~oquacious of all the nominations was
that made on the part of Pennsylvania,
by Judge Woodland. Asa Packer, the
delegates were told, had been once
poor, and was now rich. They were
informed that he had been q great rail-
road man, and held a good deal Of stock
in various corporations. But the most
thrilling of all events connected with
this affair was the nomination Of An
drew johnson, by his lawyer, the cele-
brated man from G~reenville, "Judge"
Nelson, who, on behalf of Tennessee,
eulogized his client as Gone who,
spriuging from poverty, has attained
the highest office in the gift of the peo-
ple," which was nothing more than q
paraphrase of the old formula -" was
once a tailor, then IN alderman" ETC.,
etc. winconsin nominated Doolittle,
because he had done something, to-wit,
"Separated himself from the Republi-
can party when it was in the zenith Of
its glory and power throughout the
country" which instance Of apostasy,
it was insisted, furnished n good reason
why he should be nominated for Presi-
den. by the Democratic party. With
this last instance the ceremony conclud-
ed, and the Convention took up the
more serious business Of voting for
their favorites.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-07-28

DEsERrER ARREsrED.-Yesterday a
soldier named Franklin W. Wallace,
who deserted a few days ago at Lake
Carico, was arrested and brought into
this city and lodged in the county Jail.
He belongs to the California cavalry, a
SQUAD of which was detailed for escort
duty to the United States Geological
Expedition under the direction Of Clar-
euce King, and from which be deserted.
He will DO held until he can be disposed
Of by orders from the commandant at
Fort Churchill. - Reese River ReuaAe,
23d.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-07-28

In the course of a lecture delivered BY
Mcdonald Clarke, the " mad poet" as
he was called, it was shown that his
ideas of female beauty were based on
quantity, not quality, and were not in
the least poe.ical : There are some
people," he said, who admire little
delicate girls with jimmy waists, and in
fnitessimal feet which run in and out
beneath their furbelows like mice ; but
give me the girl wtth a rai,t like a cotton
bag, and a foot like a founder"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-07-28

SOMEBODY says, ''the blood red moon
indicates that July is to DO a wet
month" That mar figured correctly
with regard to the valley Of the Lara.
mics, but in error as to Shan. It has
rained here almost every day this
month, while there has scarcely been q
drop at Shan. S%easonable enough here
for farmers without irrigation, At
Shan not o drop of season.-Inder,
Laramie City, July l4th.
Laramie City is on the eastern slope
Of tho Rocky Mountains.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-07-28

UNION pAoIrio RAlLRoAD.-On the
goth inst. the passenger and freight
trains will run through to Brownsville,
one hundred miles west Of here, and
Wells, Fargo & Co.'s stages for the
west will connect with them there. AS
soon as the bridge across North Platte
is completed, the trains will connect
with the stages on the west side Of the
river, at the new town of Benton. No
stoppage of consequence will be made
at North Platte.-Laramie City Under,
l4th.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-07-28

SUGGEsrIvE.-Thaddeus Stevens said
lately to the mother Of Bayard Taylor
and other ladies who visited him, when
asked if the President would be i'm
peached AS long as it depends on
mans decision, no poor human ma
turel No honest Office holder that
come here, if he does right, a get a
dollar ahead and yet I marvel to see
men, poor when they came here, 60 out
of that Senate worth half a million"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-07-28

"THERE is no enthusiasm for Grant,"
say some Democratic papers. Why
should there be? Enthusiasm implies
doubt, difficulty, a contest. How can
people be enthusiastic about a certainty?
Fancy, says the st. Louis Democrat, a
set of men getting up at day break to
give three cheers for the coming sun
risA
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-07-28

SrupLE TEsT.-They test the strength
of bridges in an extraordinary way In
Russia. One was recently erected over
the Moskowa river, and has just been
officially examined. After loading It
with weights to the amount of about
one hundred tons, all the people who
were witnessing the trial were invited
to come and stand on the bridge. They
did so, and the bridge stood the test,
but if It had given way under the enor-
nous pressure, the consequence would
have been terrible.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-07-28

TIE people Of Montana, Iowa, carry
~capacious pocket-books, as may be well
imagined from this statement Of the
Standard Of that place : "The thief APP
pr~opriated q pocket-book containing
$50, two shirts, a vest, and an over
coat"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-07-28

OSE Of the regularly appointed and
commissioned delegates to the Demo-
cratic National Convention, from the
State of Tennessee, was a full blooded
negro, as black as Erebus. The "white
mans party is certainly in danger.
We sympathize with the party.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-07-28
DISSOLUTION.

THE coPARTNERsHIP HERETOFORE
existing between F. Schetter, w. A. Mere,
dith and N. La Rlyicre, under the arm name o.
Schetter q Meredith, was, on the 18th instant,
BY mutual consent dissolved. Tho business
hereafter will bo Conducted, and from said date,
in the name Of W. A. Meredith & Go. CONSIST
ing Of W. A. Meredith and N. Ia Riyierel; Al
bifs due the former nrm are to be paid 70 w -;
Meredith & Co., and all claims ereaEed fS1ere.
same siHce 'un' FREDERICK SCHETTER,
ui'h " W. W "A. MEREDITH,
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-07-28
LOST

TN GOLD HILL, BETWEEN THE 10Th
and The 9th Of July, Q piece Of two Shares
a stock In the Imperial Mining Company, Gold
nm. being No, fo,lo1, and standing in the
sosinst buying It, q transfer has been stopped.
Tho finder viii DO rewarded by leaving II with
ii. II. Fiagg. WILLIAM PRIZES, Owner.
Cold I'M, July a6th, 1883. lySel0t'
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-07-28

JEFF. DAVIS fell down stairs, recently, in
Montreal, and nearly broke his neek.-Ez-
change.
Jef's neck has escaped once before
but il was on a quirk Of the law-not
on q staircase.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-07-28

A ROCK FISH, recently taken from the
Potomac, was found to contain in its
stomach a certificate Of membership in
the N. E. Church. Internal evidence
of Christianity is always considered the
most conclusive.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-07-28

AxoSa the gifts at a recent wooden
wedding at the South End in Boston,
was o fashionable bonnet made Of
shayipgs.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-07-28
Gold Hill. July u. 1888.
Attention, MiIlmen

roa SALE CHEAP THE PANS,
Settlers. Battery z, sG1 Bsltlne se Palley Ia etc.,
DougLasSs Grsnitc MN, Gold Hill.
e'Gii.nn The LOT AND BUILDING.
s,nerIptSndent Eclipse Mil and Mine, Gold
UIlI ~ ~
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-07-28
SPECIAL NOTICES.

BEAUTIFUL TEETH are IN ornament equally
attractive to both sexes, and distinguishes the
elegant from tho sloyenly lady or gentleman
but It Is more especially to woman that fine teeth
arc necessary, as she must captiyatc before shc
GERS SapoIne will prove as ~effectual as well az
the most pleasant toilet article for identifying
and preserving the teeth.
THE effects OF DR.. Walkers Vinegar Bitters,
even when taken for Its cathartic properties, arc
very different from those Of any other medicine
prepared specifically for that purpose.
There is no nausea or disturbance OF the
stomach, and instead OF causing any sense ol
languor or debility, It seems rather to invlgorate
the whole system and excite the keenest appe'
titc,
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-07-28

CAssos.-A letter from Carson City,
written by "Reno," will appear to-
morrow.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-07-28

IT has cost the British Government
about one million pounds sterling for
each prisoner rescued from King Theo-
dnre
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-07-28

R. G. MCCORMICK, Governor of Ari-
IONA, has just been elected delegate to
Congress from that Territory.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-07-28

BAN FRANCISCO. July %. 1868.
sALEI.
Is Alpha, $43; 60 Cholar- Potosi, S13301359
1871; 145 Crown Point, $s5 50GsSSs8 20; 4 Gould
orc 30; 10 Imperial, $1O7; 40 Lady Bryan, Sl5;
q Ophir, Sl9s. 80; 175 0vcrman, $760T 900
n IS; 905 Savage, $lsl01sO 5O01Sl 50; 1870 Seq.
regated Belcher, gil 5O011 70; IS Yellow
Jacket, $1,15S61,1sO01 ,175; 10 Cole, 823 8. 81.
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Births.

DENNY-In Gold Hill, July 90, to the wife Of
Charles W. Denny, q daughter.
BYRNE-In Virginia, July u, to the wife OF
Francis Byrne, q son.
HANAGAN-In Virginia, July q, to the wife Of
John flanagan, a son.
RoGERs-In Carson, July "a, to the wife Of ].
z. Rogers. a son.
RUHE-At Verdi, July 20, to the wife Of Henry
Rnhe, q son.
THURMAN-In Washoe City, July IA, to the
wife Of W. II. Thurman, a son.
WEINBERGER-In Washoe City, July 90, TO
the wife OF NJ. Weinberger, a daughter.
THOMAS-In Washoe City, July 20, to the wife
OF John Thomas, a daughter.