Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-05-21
THE LATE g. A. BRIER.

The White Pine Netes of Thursday
gives the following particulars of the
death of Mr.. Brier, ofthe S~hermantown
Reporter. The Coroner held an inquest
on the body ut which the following ties
timony was elected:
B. w. Crowell, swom-Yesterday
the deceased came to my drug store
and said he was constipated and wanted
Inc to give him 4 heavy dose of sonfe-
thing to operate ON him quickly; l
asked him what he wished to take; he
said that blue mass gave him the most
relief, speaking as il his liver was af-
fected; I gave him n cathartic powder,
composed of ~rheubarb, jallop, calomel,
SIENNA and bicarbonate Of soda, given
In syrup Of ginger. This morning,
18th Instant. he came to my place and
said that the medicine i had given him
had done all that he desired-said he
had to be on his feet all day. ladviscd
him to apply for medical treatment,
bit he said he could not spare time.
He asked me for another prescription
to keep him upon his feet, which | gave
him, consisting of grains of rheubarb,
Z grains of Quinine, IL of galseninum,
and 3 or 4 grains of blcarbonate of
soda. lie said he felt we'll enough ex-
cept the trouble in his left side. gave
him the prescription, and told him
that II 1t was really necessary that he
should be up and around, to take the
powder, but not before he took some
Cruel. T do not think the medicine
taken would cause death, but do not
know what effect it might have OH the
disease under which deceased was la
boring. He brought no prescription,
simply asking me to put them up for
him to the best of my Judgment for his
case. :.
4 G.. Driscoll, sworn-About l O'Clock
today I was eating dinner at the Enos
Chophouse, when the deceased came
in and remarked to the landlady that
he felt us if he was drunk, and that 1t
was caused from taking u dose OF qui-
nine and rheubarb; he said he had
congestion Of the lungs, and felt near
ly blind, and that everything he saw
looked green. The deceased called for
soup, and made the above remarks
while eating it. This was all | heard
DR.. T.. X. willard, sworn-Yester-
day morning | was in the postofice
and heard the deceased say that he had
been insensible the day previous for a
| couple of hours, and remarked that no
body knew it. I quizzed him rs to
how he knew 1t himself, and he an
swered by looking at my watch |
have q the body of the deceased,
and think that the dark appearance of
the ears, throat and face could be
caused by congestion of the brain and
lungs and not from poison. In regard
to the prescription given by Mr.. Crow
ell, I do not think the proportion Of
quinine was at all too much for the
case. In fact, I would have given
from two to three times as much in
congestive cases. | saw no proof of
poison OH or about body Of deceased.
DR.. j. A. Nesbitt, swon-Says 1t is
his professional opinion that the de-
ceased came to his death from heart
disease.
VERDICT OF TIE JURY,
we, tue JuTOES> Llllu tlstl llc ucCclScu
was named G. A. Brier; was a native
Of Indiana, aged about forty years
that he came to his death on the 18th
day Of May, 1870, Of heart disease or
other natural cause.
Signed: =. DcCook, foreman John
Mclaughlin, A. Ii. Sloat, j. l.. Cone
yer, Samuel Irvine, III. G.. Bryan.
MONUMENT TO BRIER.
Before the dispatch was received
from Rev. w. W. Brier yesterday,
intimating his intention to remove the
remains OF his brother from the State,
tho subject of erecting a substantial
monument over the remains was under
discussion, and liberal contributions
had already been offered.
ruNERAL POSTPONED.
The funeral of the late g. a. Brier
has been postponed until noon to-day
CThursday). The funeral Will take
place from Firemen's Hall, where the
body now lies in state. Friends, ae-
quaintanccs, flremen and citizens
generally are respectfully invited to
attend.
ID.