Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-09-09
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THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH LrSE.l

ESPECIAL To THE 0OLU HILL DAILY NEWB III
THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH LINE.
Death Of Senator Fessenden.
PORTLAND, Me- oSeptember S.-Senator
Fessenden died at halfpast six o'clock this
morning. He was sensible till the hour Of
his death, and had passed a comfortable
night until 8 O'Clock.
The Vermont Election.
MONTPELIER, September S.-There were
not over $4,000 votes cast in this State. The
returns received indicate Republican ma
jority Of about 10000. The Senate is unani-
mou,ly Republican, and the House 200 Re-
publicans to 80 Democrats.
Tho Dreadful Mining Calamity in Penn.
man Bodies all In ono Pile, and Dead I
SCRANTON, Pa, September 8.-Al the
bodies Of the miners In the Avondale mine,
numbering upward Of $50, were found yes
terday in a great pile, DEAD!
Suicide Of n Murderer.
PHILADELPHIA, September g. Joseph
Snyder, the murderer Of Carter at Paramount
Park, committed suicide in his cell this
morning, by holding his head in a bucket Of
water.
From Washington.
WASHINGTON, September 8.-The Presi.
dent this afternoon appointed General Shsr-
man to act as Secretary Of War until the va
cancy is filed.
The Mayor has issued = proclamation
closing the municipal Offices tomorrow. The
indication is that all secular business
throughout the city will DO suspended, out Of
respect to the late Secretary R~awlins, whose
funeral pageant will doubtless be one Of the
most solemn and impressive ever witnessed
in this city.
From New York.
NEW YORK, September S.-Collector Grin.
nell has requested that the flags that visit
this port DO displayed at half-mast to-mor-
row, out Of respect to tho late Secretary
Rawlins.
The Stock Exchange voted to-day to ap.
propriate from the Treasury the amount Of
$1,000 for the widow and children Of Gen.
eral Rawlins, and the same amount for the
sufferers by the Avondale coal mine disaster.
The Rawlins fund now amounts to $24 500.
Tho Powell Expedition.
SALT LAKE, September Spy a telegram
from st. George, q. T., we learn that Major
| Powell, with the Colorado Exploring Expe-
dition, reached the mouth Of tho Rio Virgin
on the Both ult., having made a successful
trip. Nothing necessary, to the success Of
the exploration was lost, but everything else
was, with the loss Of the boat. Major Pow.
ell passed through St. George on Sunday last,
on his way to this city, going East.
From Boston.
Boston, September 7.-Forty thousand
dollars have been subscribed and a fine estate
purchased in Springfield for a home for aged
men. Additional subscriptions to the amount
Of $4,000 are being made to furnish it.
]. c. Howe, an aged and well known mer-
chant, died to-day.
Colonel B~roadhead, State Liquor Agent,
was up before Commissioner Hallett to-day
ON the complaint of Colonel Lyman, Collec-
tor Of the District, for selling liquors to town
agents without revenue stamps, and was held
in $1,000 bail for trial. The defendant
claims that the liquors sold were in the origi-
nal packages and required no stamps.
The Penusylvanin Disaster.
New York, September IA special from
Scranton, Pa, says there we're not less than
1873 nor moro than $50 people in the Avon
dale mine when the accident occurred. Some
men who went down the shaft reported tho
FIRE in the furnace all out. The presumption
is that when the fire broke out the miners
kept their ~senses-having observed the FIRE,
they fed to the upper chambers, closing the
doors behind them. Surprising this to be
true, the rescuer proceeded on the simple
plan Of forcing fresh air into the mine. This
continued till 4 o'clock in the afternoon,
when a party Of men, penetrating 200 feet,
ON opening 4 door, made the discovery that
the Arc was still burning in the furnace,
which had been ignited BY the coal pit out
side. These men, understanding the situa-
ton. saw in a moment that all hope was at
an end; that all that could be done was to
drag the lost men from their frey tomb to q
Christian burial. A change Of operations
was then decided upon, and It We deter
mined to direct their immediate efforts to
extinguish the fire. Means are now arranged
to that end, and tonight will be occupied in
deluging the mine with water.