Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-07-07
THE EVENING NEWS.
"wednesday Evsnlus........July >, 1869
Coroner's Inquest.

wednesday Evening.--.....Juiy =, 1869
Coroner's Inquest.
Yesterday afternoon Coroner Symons
held an inques, IN the matter OF John
Baldwin, whose sadden aud peculiar
death at Virginia on the morniug of July
LIST induced the belle. in the minds Q;
many people that ,e was poisoned, and
with %strychnine DR.. C. VI. Cornell,
who chemically tested the coa,en,s OF
the stomach Of deceased, testified that
he could discover no trace Of s,rychnine
or any other poison. The Physician-
who made the ~post-mor,.m "Nsmiu,t,on
of deceased, testified 10 an enlargement
Of the heart, overgrowth OF the liver,
congestion OF the lungs, s,ngreucd state
of the stonFch. aud other unhealthy
conditions, {tending to produce death
from spas aud after the manner in
which des{ sed is known to have died
While at 4 Ihi,e Pine, several wesks go,
Mr.. Bald,S- was accidentally run over
by a waf{ sustaining Severe injuries
about tb,F spine, breast and shoulders.
He had uttered from il ever since his
return, (which was some three weeks
ago, al part of the time had been cou-
fined his bed by sickness, during
which ctras occasionally attacked by
spasd rs regards his assertion just
preya ayo ais death, that lac had been
poisIYi e was testified by persons
whrt i known him for years. that this
was very COMMON assertion on his
part, whenever he had eaten or drank
anything which disagreed with him
Ps,ties testified 10 being with him or
sefbpg him the evening previous. TO his
al d, and that he repe 'tcdly refused To
dAk when urged, complaining "fn very
$40 throat. 0ne witness testified! to
skiing him 90 home at 2 O'Clock IN the
morniug to bed. The evidence taken
before the Coroner was very Solumiaous,
but we give the substance Of il; very Ill
tie additional light was thrown upon the
peculiar circumstances OF his death be-
youd what has been heretofore pub
iished. The verdict of the jTr. WAS TO
the effect that deceased had died irom
congestion of the vital organs.
IScIDryrAL.-0n the occasion OF Non
DAVIS celebration of the glorious Fourth
at Virginia, when c street was crowded
with spectators, witnessing tho grand
iremen's tournament, II Highland piper,
in costume, with his two l,trle scn' also
rugged out in the piciuresqe Scottish
plaid, kills, and honuets, came s'ardily
marching along the sidewalk, PLAYING II
set of powerful bagpipes, after II style
calculated TO stir up the very soul OF
any native of the "lsnl o cakes.
Most Justify did he blow, jam wind, "ad
exert himself, aud when You come 10
talk about the music, that's where IT
was produced, according to same folks
opinion, but YOU couldn't prove IL by US.
The crowd squeezed u OF his way and
let him pass, while u long string OF boys,
girls aud curious individuals followed
in his wake. The power ana sensational
effect Of his-music, was startling. No
c was just starting in on Il very de-
termiued effort TO via the champion
badge, and who knows hut they might
have succeeded, had u not been thnt
lust Us that outrageous piper pissed 'h'
engine with his dea.eping din, the er-
asperated hose burst IN utter despera.
ton. 1t il we'll that he did not pass
during the other similar critical periods,
or there might no, /" u whole string OF
hose left.
RrcrpERArioN.-Dan De guile, so
long exercising his fertile br'i"' mud
welding his potent pencil as local e"i'
ter Of the Eatsrpriie, leaves 10 Night tor
Douner Lake, where he will clay of
and enjoy himself amid those sylvan re
treats aud cool waters for Il few week.,
and then he is going down among the
milk and honey regions OF the COW
counties TO roll 10 green clover NNhi'e,
preparatory to a raid upon 'ae h"sn
houses of San Francisco. tie intends
being absent about six months. MOST
cordially we recommend our friend ana
fellow pitcher wherever his wandering
footst, ps tend. May everybody deal
with him kindly and cheer his young
heart"
The WosKlSoNrS's CONVENTION
Pursuant to call issued some time since
by the Miners Unions Of Virginia and
Gold Hill, the delegates to tue Work
iugmeu's Convection met at the piss'iel
Courtroom, Virginia, At 10 a. ". yester-
day. After the usual preliminaries a
permanent organization was effected
and the convention adjourned until the
first Monday in August, at which lime
the committee appointed to DRAFT reso-
buttons expressive of the sense OF The
convention, and also a constitution anu
by.lsws, will report, and u large
amount of business of vital importance
TO the interests of the w~orkingnen OF
this State viii! he transacted.
MuRpERER ARnssrso.-Last SUNDAY
evening, acting upon tclegraphie Hd-
vices from Sheriff Shaw OF Dayton,
Chief Downsy and officer Laekey of Vir-
g;n;, succeeded in detecting aud arrest
inc A man named J"hn Storey, who shot
and mortsllr wounded an oh man in a
drunken dispute last Thursday evening
in Mason Valley. EsmsraldS County.
The officers recognized The nan just
from description before he had been IN
the city more than an honr or so, and
put him in the station house. They
surrendered him to the proper officers
next day. and he has gone hack /" rs
meralda for Trial.
SHAFT BRoxEy.-The heavy nin"' inch
shat, Of the Gould 4 Curry pump onsine
broke short OFT close mp 10 the spur
xheel. at 10 o'clock last evening, c.ns-
NO a sudden s,opp"ge Of the pnmr, OF
course. All work at the bottom of the
mine shaft is stopped, as the water VAS
this morning. already ahov" the ',h
station, where drifting east was com
@euced. The broken shaft will be re-
placed hy one from the company : MI.
and the pump will start agar" l" Two o.
three days,
INSTALLATION, 1 o. B. Al NEE,
ING of Nevads Lodge. M. 81 y. F."