Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-05-13
ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES.
Arrivals.

RAILROAD ACCIDESTs.- Perhaps it
would be a well if Superintendent
Yerington, Of the Virginia and Truckes
Railroad, would either set up q school
Of instruction for some of his employees.
or send to some other road for hands
such rs conductors, brakeSmen, en-
gineers and firemen-who are qualified
for their positions, for the frequent
accidents which have happened on the
road within n month are very plain
evidence that some Of the men en-
ployed within that time are incompe-
tent. Only yesterday three ore cars
got away on the switch leading to the
Crown Point and Yellow Jacket, and
there being no brakesman aboard,
rushed furiously down the switch, and
at the end smashing up 4 stone wall
and damaging the cars. At 20 min
uteS Of IL o'clock to-day another
accident OF 4 more serious nature
occurred, 4 short distance below
the Crown Point bridge. A train
of eight or ten ore cars, with the loco
motive Carson, conductor Bell In COM
mand, was going down, ut the usual
rate of speed, when just above the
point back Of the Gold Hill school
houses, the locomotive Ormsby and
the up-train came booming along.
The engineers did not see each other,
by reason Of the short curve, until they
had approached each other rather
closely, and consequently there was a
collision. The locomotive Carson did
not sustain n great deal OF damage,
beyond springing her c~ow-catcher
"out of kilter," so that it had to be
removed ; but several Of the loaded
cars were considerably ,jammed and
crushed in their couplings. The loco
motive OrmSby with up-train, was in
iured the most. Her smoke stack was
broken OIL, and her tender damaged
a GOOD deal, so much as to brake open
the water tank and let all the water
out. Just back of the tender were
three empty ore cars which were al
most literally broken and smashed to
pieces. This was about all the dam
are that was done. Superintendent
Yerington, and Mr.. Holmes, and Mr..
sullivan, road masters, were soon out
the ground, and with 4 small force
of men removed the cars, and the Car
SOL towed the Ormsby up to the
machine shop of the company in vir-
"inia. The road WIS cleared in five
hours after the accident. The cause
Of the accident is said to be the neglect
TO send a flag ahead by the down train
to the Baltic switch, at American Flat,
co rs TO notify the up train to stop there
until the down tain arrived. The
oversight Is attributed to conductor
Bell. Who usually is IL of the safest
man OIL the road, and an old and expe-
rienced railroader. There are OIL this
ra;lroad some most excellent con-
ductors. brakesmen and engineers, II
Who are very careful and reliable;
hnt "A we remarked in the fore part
of This item, late accidents would seem
m show that there r Others not so
careful. The ears will 60 down this
afternoon as usual.
CHEAT GOLD EXCrrEMENr.-A few
DAYS ago, at the County Hospital. n
tame duck in the yard was accidentally
tredden upon by 4 horse and killed.
'rhe duck being in good order and con-
d;tion. the cook stripped oil its feath-
ers and properly prepared 1t for COOK,
mo. In doing so the crop or SlzZaru
WIS ex,mined, and strange to relate
ouite a number of small grains OF gold
we're found in it, amounting IN value
m over twenty-five cents. This queer
discovery Mt once created quite an eS-
element among the residents OF the
Hospital. The sick crawied from their
beds. and cripples hobblcd forth with
ali mans. dishes, and such tools as they
conld Law their hands on, and COM
menced 4 vigorous search for the rich
nI,cer digginrs they knew must exist
close by the Hospital. They dug and
scratched about in all the likely II
unlikely places with great vigor and
Industry, but did not succeed in even
raising the "color," and at length they
gave il up. Where the duck got that
gold i. the question. The philosophy
Of the thing probably consists in the
fact that the auriferous fowl was
brought over from California some six
months ago, where it was raised in the
cold mining section. 1t did pretty
we'll, however, to carry all that con-
cealed treasure so long. If it had been
killed sooner it might have "panned
out better, perhaps.
ORDER IN BANKRUrrCY.-The fol-
lowing order In Bankruptcy, which
we give for the information of parties
concerned in bankruptcy proceedings,
was made by Judge Hillyer, Of the
limited States District Court, oil the
dtb of last April. The two banks now
DESIGNATED as repositories are the
RanS of California, in Virginia. and
the bank of III. II. Flagg, In Gold Hill
ORDERED, That in addition to the bank
NV ~ds,icnated as a place Of deposit under
S,n,r.l Order No. %, the bank known a.
W. "Apency Of the Bank Of California, at
W;r,S,iS City, in Storey County, be and Is
h.rshy designated also a. a bank where
nsatrsy Z. received BY a~ssignees, or paid into
T%nnr, in the course Of any proceeding IN
S.nt,pntcy. shall be deposited. And any
s.;onee upon making the hrst deposit IN
.uch p~roceeding, shall file at the same
any IN The Office of the Clerk Of this Court a
uot;ee in writing specifying the bank Sc
Ltd. and hereafter all deposits in that pro-
cssd;na shall BE- made in the bank SO Sc