Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-06-03

Especial 10 the Gold Hin Daily News by the Attain
tic and Pacific Telegraph Line.I
To-DAY's KILOGRAMS.

T~ELE6hAhS.
Troops nfter the Indian savages.
ST.. Lours, June IA Kansas dispatch
says Colonel Weir, with n squadron OF
cavalry, is scouting on Saline River for
Indians. Colonel Merrill will take the
field from Fort Harker, General Custar
from Fort Hayes, Colonel Hamilton from
Fort Riley, with orders to pursue rigor-
ously and punish severely any Indians
who may be found. The killing of 10
persons in Saline County is confirmed.
The women were ravisbed. 1t is said
these outrages were committed by Sioux
aud Cheyennes, divided into bands OF
from nine to seventeen.
Destructive Firo.
WORCESTER, Mass, June 2.-Eiliott'S
Mills, at Woonsocket, R. /, also the
rooms of the Woonsocket Tape and
Binding Company, and the workshops
of W. E. Hubbard, o. S. Fuller & Co.,
were burnt last night. Loss, Slo,00oi
partially insured. Two huudred people
are thrown out Of work.
Death Of Comm odore Foster.
IyprAYApoLIs, June 2.-C Commodore
James P. Foster, U. s. Navy, died this
morning in this city.
NEW YORK, June AT the Union
Course, Long Island, the trot for n
ST. 500 purse was won by American
Girl. who beat Lucy and Goldsmith's
Maid. Time, 2:2?l, 1923, 2:25. Lady
Thoruo was lame. It was ~showery, but
there were nearly 5000 persons present.
Sudden Denth.
MILWAUKEE, June Jonathan E.
Arnold, President of the Milwaukee
Board of Trade, died suddenly to-day
of heart disease while a. his Office.
~ To BIO Hanged.
BosToN, June 1.-The trial Of Dennis
Reen, for the murder Of his brother-in
law, Dennis Conner, at Cambridge, re-
suited in a verdict Of guilty, and the
prisoner sentenced to be hanged.
Woman Suffrage Defeated In Mnssa-
chusetts.
In the Senate to-day, the proposition
of woman suffrage vas dcfented-9
ayes to % noes.
Drowned.
LEWISTON, Maine, June "A boat
containing nine men was carried over a
small waterfall below Rumford Falls,
Tuesday, and three persons were
drowned.
Moro Drowning.
ISDIASApoLIs, June "A colored
man named Brooks drove a horse and
buggy into White river, and both man
and horse were drowned.
A Woman Killed by Another.
PORTLAND, June 2.-Mrs. NJ. A,
Baker, milliuer and dressmakcr, was
shot and MORALLY wounded last even
ing by the wife Of W. Parker, a lawyer,
Mrs. Parker gave herself into custody
From North Carolina.
RALEIGH, june 2..-Shcrif Colgrove,
of Jones County, was shot dead on Sat
urJny morning, by IA party Of men con-
cealed by the roadside. His servant
was MORALLY wounded and has since
died.
Congress Of Brewers.
NEWARK IN. ~, June ?.-Thc ninth
annual Congress Of Brewers Of the
United States commenced to-day, in
Dramatic Hall. About 200 leading
lager beer brewers were present. After
an address from Henry Claussen, Jr.,
President Of the Central Organization,
giving interesting statistics Of the
trade, n committee was appointed 10
nominate permanent officers, and the
Convention took u recess.
Tho American MInistc' In England.
New York, June "A Herdid's Lon
don special says Mr.. Motley, it is under
stood, had to-day addressed q letter to
Lord Clarendon, informing him of his
arrival in London, officially, and re-
qucsting the appointment Of n day for
the presentation of his credentials. As
the Prince of Wales holds n levee to-
day, tomorrow has been named rs a
moro fitting time for the ministerial in.
PRODUCTION.
Mr.. Moran, the United States Charge
D'Afrairs, attended the Princes levee,
and was presented.
The burden Of newspaper articles
published here to-day on the subject Of
Motley's arrival is generally to the
effect of what writers find in his speech
Mt Liverpool, and as to the indications
of the spirit Of instructions given him
by President Grant.
Remarkable shower Of Snakes In Illinois.
%SrRISoFIELD, ILL.,, June 2.-The Regis.
ter describes n remarkable shower Of
snakes near Taylorville last Sunday.
Every ditch and pool in the prairie, after
the rain, was found to be alive with
uoudescript creatures from Is inches to
two feet long, and from three quarters Of
an inch to one inch in diameter. The
tail is fiat, like the eel, and without fms.
The head is shaped somewhat like an
eel. The EARS are simply orifices. lm-
mediately behind the head, on each side,
is u ripper like II turtles, about m inch
long, including the limb, which has u
perfectly developed joint. The color Of
the snake is dark blue. The number Of
these creatures is beyond NIL estimate;
they swarm in every puddle of water.
They swim entirely finder water, or with
the head or q portion Of the body above
the surface. They are perfectly harm.
less, and the boys take them from the
pools by hundreds and bring them to
town for inspection. The story is
vouched for by numbers who have seen
this phenomenon.