Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-05-24
Overland Dispatches

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TO SATURDAY NIGHT.
Advi.es from Chicago.
CHICAGO, May 23.-T Three suicides
have occurred-one young women and
two men-within the past thirty-siX
aud one or two unsuccessful
attempts.
The owners and occupants Of what
Is known as the Douglas tract, In the
southern part of the city, are organ
king to defend their titles against an
effort about to be made by heirs of
Stephen A. Douglas to obtain posses
sion of the property.
The weather continues extremely
warm, with heavy rains and storms.
1t Is reported that East and West the
crop prospects continue extraordina-
rily good.
A New York special says Rev. Nj. +.
Gladdis, formerly Assessor of Internal
Revenue ut Cincinnati, was arrested
Saturday, on the requisition of the
Governor of Ohio, for alleged conf
plicity In frauds while in that position.
claims entire innocence, and his church
will support him until his guilt Is
proved.
Washington News.
CHICAGO, May 23.-The Tribune's
Washington special says the foreign
mall service is in better working order
under the treaties concurred in by the
present Administration than at any
previous period. Except that our re-
lations with France are broken of,
everything is going OH in a satisfactory
manner. The change Of English mails
for Australia via San Francisco has
placed us OH q better footing regarding
the carrying of our own closed mails
for the Continent through England.
Indications point to the necessity Of
compelling the French to come to
terms with us. At home the atliArs of
the Department are in 4 most promis-
ing condition.
The new bond and banking bill has
been about perfected by Garfield's
Committee, and will appear in about
the same form as originally reported,
but will hardly be considered before
next week. He thinks it can be a +
ried through, with some non-essential
amendments, but many careful cali
yassers think it will be defeated, if.not
in the House, then in the Senate.
% A Times special says the land sales
of the Union Pacific Railroad now
average nearly $4,000 per month;
total sales to date, about $500, 900;
average price, 81 so per acre. 1t
shows the restriction Congress pro-
poses to apply to to the Northern
Pacific, at 81 so per acre, is rather
below than above the prices Of other
roads.
The Army Appropriation bill Is
about ready to be reported. The
House appropriations are quite heavy,
one of the largest items being for
recruiting.
Tho Emperor md Prince Napoleon.
New York, May pa letter says
there is a fresh quarrel between the
Emperor and Prince Napoleon. and
they are not OH speaking terms. 1t
grew out of n remark Of the latter
respecting the Emperor.
/, ..s New York Ncws.
New York, May 23.-There was n
yearly meeting Of Quakers ut several
of the Friends meeting houses in New
York and Brooklyn yesterday. The
first days session was only for worship
and was public, but the business meet
ings through the week will be private,
and will BIO held ut Rutherford Place.
Rev. Chas. b. Smyth opened. a church
of his own, at Masonic Hall, yesterday.
The congregation, comprising almost q
hundred people, received the pastor
with partly suppressed cheers. smyth,
in the course of his sermon, threw his
arms above his head, and exclaimed
enthusiastically, 81 have no chains to
bind me, no straight jacket to cramp
me !; l have nothing, beloved friends,
to prevent me from going forward"
He claimed to be n reformer, like Wes-
ley.
In Brooklyn, Sunday, Patrick Muir
ply split his wife's head open with a
Ratchet.
A banquet was given last night to
certain Catholic priests in aid of secta-
rian schools.
The German frigate Incora is In this
harbor, soon to be Joined by two coll
sorts. A Swedish and M or more
French war vessels are also expected.
A meeting was held in Brooklyn at
Tabernacle Church, OH Sunday. An
address was delivered by Bishop James
and others.
A naval architect named Durkin,
claims to have constructed n new style