The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1870-07-30

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for the prisoner. The Court adjourned
Mt 0 o'clock last night until this morning.
at the request of Mr.. Hawley for the
defense, who said he only had one or
two more witnesses to examine, and
whose testimony would be very brief.
He desired, however, to consult with Mr..
Thornton (who is bed-ridden, and who
was originally of the %counsel) before
placinc them on the stand. The testi-
mony for the prosecution Is materially
TO the same effect as that deposed to at
the Coroner's inquest, and which we
published at the time. The defense has
introduced d character Of evidence,
which, whilst it does not particularly
conflict with the case made out by the
prosecution, greatly amplifes and en-
nhasizes the prcvocation to the homi-
eide. Both sides agree upon the extreme
drunkenness of Hutchinson at the time
of the staying, and upon the opening
incidents 10 the fatal collision. Among
these is some of the provoking language
used by the prisoner when the deceased
impatiently told him to get ont of his
gay. The witnesses for the prosecution,
however, testify to stronger and more
aeeravating epithets from Hutchinson to
Glennon than is admitted to have been
heard by those for the defense. There
seems to be no great diversity of opin-
ing on the part of the defense as to a
tussel having occurred between the par
ties, in which Glennon struck Hutchin-
son over the head with a bottle (three
times, according to one witness, when
the bottle broke, and deceased contin-
ued to hit the prisoner with the neck
remaining in his hand, } whereupon the
prisoner whipped out a knife and made
an upward lunge at deceased. The de-
Tense is certainly doing better than any
body could have anticipated from the
facts ELECTED at the inquest, and those
that could be cleaned near and at the
scene of the homicide on the day of the
fatal assault.
AFTER HIS CoRDIAL.-A pet mule be-
longing to Cirque Barnes was left in the
street yesterday, when he concluded to
move off on his own account. But
of our assayers, knowing the animal,
caught him by the bride and led him to
the sidewalk, near n Main street saloon,
thinking he would remain there till his
owner returned. The assayer then went
into the saloon to determine the quality
of the bar. and was not a little aston
ished, on turning suddenly round, to be-
hold the go%od-natured face of the mule
~intently peering over the counter, for all
the world as il he had been invited to
take n drink, and had MT refused. But
as the cupelling process of the establish
ment did not oxidize liquors in sufficient
quantities for mule drinks, the assayer
declined TO treat. and the owner OF the
bar refused TO take the only bill the ami
NAL had as sufficient collateral. That
mule was therefore hustled out, like any
other hummer, notwithstanding be had
a bit left.
HEAVY FALL OF RAIs.-Shortly after
noon, yesterday, the skies elouded up,
and thunder and lightning gave notice
of a coming storm. We were in the vi
cinity of Swansea at the time, and reached
shelter before the foodgates were opened.
For about twenty minutes n of the
~fiercest and most piercing rains We ever
witnessed fell voluminously. II was not
n shower; but a steady, heavy, determ-
ined rain-one that tested roofs of ques-
tionable tightness severely. Three very
sharp flashes of lightning, followed by
tremendous discharges of rolling thun-
der, occurred during the hight of the
storm. The bed of Swansea Creek,
which was as dry as q chip before the
storm, was filed with IN overlooking
torrent of water in a few minutes; and
the trails and roads became conduits of
foaming rain. This was the sharpest
rainfall seen in White Pine this season.
RUNNING FIsELY.-The Eagle Walsh
Furnace, at Swansea, was visited by us
yesterday, and we found it to be running
s~plendidly on a combination of base ores,
with the eyer-superior Trench mine ores
as the principal metal producer. Under
the able direction of Mr.. l.. Hart, this
furnace has worked very satisfactorily.
1t has now been running 20 days, and
the lining is as good as the first day it
was fired up. No furnace in the district
presents SO tidy and workmanlike an APP
pearanoe as the Eagle; and we doubt
whether any has given such practical
proof of the success Of smelling here,
when economic care and intelligent ex-
perience characterize the management of
well-constructed works.
PAINFULLY PRoMISENT.-The rain yes
terday drew out a painful contrast on the
hillside, near the old County Hospital,
at Swansea. It had made the sagebrush
and bunch-grass look fresh and green;
but ut the same time IL brought out In
bold prominence the large number of
clay-colored hillocks that mark the
resting places Of the poor patients who
breathed their last in the inhospitable
hospital near by. There are not less
than a dozen scattered graves in sight,
and at least a score altogether in and out
of view.
A NEW Instrumentation. Matte
sons ground, over against our print
shop. now puts on the appearance of a
military encampment. A row of warlike
tents. covered by rocky ramparts and
limestone classmates, meet the eye, and
all that is required to give il the COM
plete appearance of q military headquar-
tiers is a flagstaff floating a regulation
standard. The Governor has now a
force of about rs men engaged in putting
up his works, and from the enterprise
displayed, We shall soon see the smelt-
ing furnaces in full blast.
Some people are so wound up with
their provincial Importance as to think
that when Swansea takes snuff Hamil-
ton must needs sneeze. Col. Bell has
the supreme audacity to claim that our
Thursday night electric illumination
was caused by a blazing stove-pipe up
Swansea canyon. Not much.
The Bua PEsr.-We are just now WIS.,
tied by the black bug nuisance, a shard-
winged, beetle-shaped production of hot
weather, alkal moisture and black rock.
They are nice pets. and would form a
splendid subject for Joe simmons ento-