Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-06-16

KLKO ITEMS.


ELKo Items.
I Cirou tAe Iadspsadsnt, June ISL
Anotter caie Of squeezing q lady's
hand occurred hare Q few days since.
On an emigyant car going west were
several German hmilies direct nom
Fatherlands While the train was walt
ing here they inquired II there were
any German residents Of the town
who hailed from their section-naming
It. A certain well known citizen
real estate agent (who was born, many
years ago, at the place named,) think
Ing, perhaps, there might be q chance
for q speculation, visited the immi-
grants In the car and introduced him.
self-takng q seat beside and address
ing q handsome lady Of the party.
The lady inquired about the country,
and finally asked her obliging country
man what his occupation or profession
was. Wishing to impress her with ms
importance, he replied: 81 nm Burgo-
master (which answer, although
ambiguous and equivocal, was not al,
together untrue, considering the WORD
in Its pathological sense and the re-
lations of the speaker to the warm
Springs. The lady was sensibly az
fected by the revelation, and .
Mayor" had things his own way.
until he got the delicate white hand OF
the beautiful emigrant In his own, ana
-sQueezed.it, when she drew back In
dignantly, and exclaimed: Lac,
mister! what do you mean?" 10
which, seeing the effect Of his indiscre-
tion, he replied composedly, as he left
the car: "Nothing; only bidding you
adleu-the train Is about starting" g
Our prisoners have been furnished,
from time to time, with the illustrated
papers Of the day, which they have
been In the habit Of hanging upon the
walls to adorn their cells. Sheriff
Fitch, not wishing to deprive the poor
devils Of the aggravating pleasure OF
gazing upon pictures Of the outer
world, In making his rounds would
merely tap the walls with his knuckles
to see that everything was secure, and
allowed the papers to remain. Yester-'
day, In sounding the inside wall Of the
cell occupied by J.. 9. Watson, n Of
the stage robbers, Fitch struck a soft
place. On removing the paper 1t was
found that a breach. had been made in
the wall, and the prisoner was evil
IDENTIFY only awaiting the dead hour Of
night to make good his escape by way
of the main hall of the building. The
last we saw of Watson he was sitting
In the Jail door with two blacksmiths
hammering away about his ankles as
industriously as boiler makers. de
will remain in jail.
Barney J. Cosgrove, who murdered
Annie McManus on Sunday morning,
9Th inst, In this place, was yesterday
arraignsd In the District Court to
plead to an indictment for murder.
He pleaded not guilty, and his case
was set for trial Monday next, 10th
instant. In speaking of the murder, In
Its local column, the San francisco
Bulletin says that Cosgrove has been
under arrest several times In that city,
and that about twenty months ago, a
short time before the Presidential cleo
ton, he stabbed a man named Michael
Flood, at a saloon on Market street.
Cosgroye was convicted Of the assault,
and fined $500. His mother raised
$500 by mortgaging her house, and
paid the fine, 800 having been remit
ted by Judge McKinstry. While In
prison, Cosgrove was frequently sup
piled with meals by the girl whose life
has Just been sacrificed at his hands.
The coming man land his wlfel passed
west Sunday morning. He is Of Chi
nese extraction seven feet nine inches
In hight, or nine feet seven inches, we
disremember which. Mrs. John was
about five feet eight, and had OIL her
person about $4,000 worth Of dia-
monds. This Is the same Chinaman
for whom Governor Blasdel was mis-
taken at Woods Museum, Chicago,
some months since.
Several blondes Of tho Lydia Thomp-
son troupe passed west q few days
since. There Is no need of bills where
these people travel = they advertise
themselves. The new style stage walk
was exhibited literally on the platform
In front Of the Cosmopolitan, and Is a
rickety, jerky, hop-and-go-fetch-it sort
of a gait-a cross between the walk Of
a sailor on land and a lubber at sea.
Charley Croker returned from Wah.
satch yesterday. he says the develop.
ments in the new coal fields, ten miles
east Of Elko, are insufficient to deter.
mine the extent or value Of the dis.
coyeries. The coal beds recently
opened near Wahsatch, however, are
very extensive, and the coal Is Of the
best quality. The new fields are 1886
miles east Of Elko.
Bob Rowland and wife, old residents
of Carson City and White Pine, re.
turned from the East on Sunday morn.
ing, and left for Treasure City the
same evening. They were accom-.
panied by Professor Huntington, q
practical and scientific m~ineralogist,
who goes to White Pine to examine Its
mines and study Its geological peculi.
arities.
We learn from Mr. Kirkpatrick that
John Atchison, late Of Cope District,
has arrived safely at Apache Pass and
the Burro mines, In New Mexico. Al
last accounts he was about to start on
q trip one or two hundred miles north
tovisit a new mining district. Governor
Stafford, of Arizona, Is along, and a
military escort
The passenger trains going west, fol
the past few days, have been crowded
far beyond the east bound trains. Two
and three emigrant cars 90 west daily,
loaded with passengers, while one cal
Is more than sufficient to accommodate
that class Of passengers for the East.