Owyhee tidal wave. [volume] (Silver City, Owyhee County, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1869-1870, 1869-10-28
Death ofEdward Hosp.--on Sun.

day night last, as Andy Shrader, Mrs. West
enfelter and Edward Hosp were encamped at
Big Spring, some fifty miles from here, on
their way TO Cope district, Robert Griffith
drove up TO their camp from the south and
Charles BrunZell and some others from this
direction They we're informed at once that
Mr. Hosp was very i'll. Everything was done
for his relief that could possibly he suggest
cd in the absence Of a physician or medl-
cineg. but in vain, as he died about three
O'Clock in the morning. As there were no
conyenicnces at hand for buryiBg the body
there it was deemed best to send ii TO this
place for interment Accordingly Mr.. Crit
nth had the remains put into his wagon and
arrived here with them on Tuesday alter
noon Mr. Hosp was German by birth.
aged about So years, has for several years
been connected with the Ruby City Brewery,
and was at the time Of his death removing the
fixtures Of the establishment 10 Mountain
City. His more intimate acquaintances ac-
count for his death on the hypothesis that
camping in the open air, and sleeping on the
ground were more than his age and constltu-
ton could bear. II is said that he has
brother in New York who is a Catholic
Priest, and that be himself was man Of
libe.al education.
The Poorman mine at depth Of fifty
feet below the 400-foot level, where drift Is
run six feet each way from the shalt shows
better evidence of permanence than it ever
has above Hitherto a want of castings OF a
eeRfinuous character has been discouragng
feature. but now we are informed that after
wandering in maizes dark for several months
through section of the mine in which but
little ore could be found and the country
rock broken and disorganized, they find
good sound ledge with perfect castings, and
that the ledge has changed its dip from west
to east, indicating that bv some CONFUSION
Of nature a break has occurred at that point,
giving the surface portion an unnatural IN
clinatiOn and mixing il up generally with
country OF granite and other worthless mat
ter During the search for the vein 1t has
frequently been announced that the Poorman
was SICK or that it had taken the character
Of INDECENT sick man, but ii is now pro-
nounced convalescent, and from a careful
diagnosis of the case il is believed will soon
present more robust appearance than ever.
The Good Tcmplars had very pleasant
dancing party at Hills Theater on the even
ing of Wednesday the Goth for the benefit of
certain members OF the bTuef VINO udu Deen
unfortunate in receiving broken limbs by ac-
cident The net proceeds, after paying all
expenses, amounted to $3.50 quite a help
to the Order. which Of late has been pretty
severely taxed by the misfortunes Of some
of the brethren.
Since writing the above We are assured
that the ball was not strictly Good Tenn
pIar affair, but was shared in by the Odd
Fellows, of which Order the unfortunate
men for whose benefit IT was projected were
also members and a joint charge with the
Templars.
An officer was sent for TO quell difficulty
at the Owyhee Co.'S mill on Tuesday between
one of the men employed in the mill and
another who had been discharged. The man
discharged, il appears, accused the other of
being instrumental in having him dismissed
and went down from town to chastise him
for il, and began by using a six-shoo,er for
a club. with which he struck several ticks;
during which time his antagonist had backed
up to the blacksmith's bench, where he got
hold Of a aallet, with which they had been
hammering copper pipe, and gave him such
a lick on the head as TO disable him from
further violent demonstrations, and thus the
| fight ended
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