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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1871-10-28
To ColsumptiVeS.

Richlmd. Stafford CO., Va, Oct 2l,1S7l.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-08-09
THREE MEN SAVED FROM DROWN
ISa.-The Oakland Transcript Of the

THREE MEN SAVED FROM DRowN-
1Sa.-The Oakland Transcript Of the
eth instant relates this occurrence:
As the Central Pacific Railroad Com
pany's freight steamer Thoroughfare
was on its $3.50 trip from San Francisco
to Oakland, last Saturday evening,
Captain John Hackett observed an OBJ
ject about q mile distant, off his course,
on the water, which struck him as very
unusual at that time and In that direc.
ton. He watched the object for some
time, and as 1t seemed to remain nearly
stationary, he became apprehensiye
that It might be a boat capsized, with
persons clinging to 1t. He could make
out nothing about 1t to confirm his
fears, but the further he sailed from 1t
the more uneasy about the matter he
became, until finally he determined
upon putting the Thoroughfare about
and satisfying himself whether any one
was afioat or not. This proceeding
proved exceedingly providential, as
upon nearing the spot he discovered a
boat, keel up, with three men clinglng
to its side. A boat was lowered and
the men taken on board the steamer,
where Captain Hackett provided for
them with the means at his command.
The men belonged to the United States
man-of-war California, now at Mare
Island, one an engineer and the others
seamen. They had been In the water
several hours, and one Of them was suf-
fering so much from exhaustion before
they were picked up, that he begged
his companions, who were sustaining
him, to let him drop, as he was sure to
die any way, and they were only rem
dering their own death more certain
by prolonging his life.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-08-09

gWANTRDITo Go Or, BUT CouLDN'T.
A late case Of Miilerism In Delaware
came to grief Ia; a peculiar manner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Calender of that State
were so firmly convinced that the end
OF all things had arrived, that, arrayed
In white garments sewed at the ex-
tremities, TO guard against contingent
cles ofwind and weather, they recently
hied them to the top of their woodshed
awaiting the blowing Of Gabriel's
trump. It was night-night, calm and
lustrous-and the New Adventists pa.
tiently awaited the signal. In the
meantime something commenced to
slip along the roof; It proved to be
Mrs. Calender herself. The lady,
who had hoped TO ascend, now com.
menced to descend at q rapid and per-
ilous pace, seriously incommoded In
her moyementg BY tho sewed-np gar
meuts..a Finally sste rolled OF the
roof to the ground, o, distance Of five
feetS liMr.D Calender, meanwhile,
bound in his dress In like manner to
his spouse, hefpls4sly watched the pro-
ceedlngs; but Mhan Mra.O alfender's
shrleR announced That she had reached
mother earth, be, .bestlrred himself to
assist her Rending his bonds with
a herculesn effort, he stepped lightly
down the ladder whereby they had
assembled, and fastened to the rescue
Of Mrs. Callender, whom be found suf-
fering from a dislocated ankle. The
presence Of the doctor and the necessi-
ty OF paying him bis swinging fee
wound up In the most worldly and
practical manner possible this very
"strange,y eyentfulf history piof Mr..
and Mrs. Calender Of Delaware.-Bd-
ttmore American Hesos oo26'01 %" ''h
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-08-09

EUROPEANS CoMNG.-The interest
awakened among leading capitalists OF
Europe, concerning tho western por-
tlon Of the United States, Is making
itself manifest In the sending Of intelli-
gent representatives to personally as
certain facts with a view to investment.
Commissioners have been recently APP
pointed by some of the leading bankers
on the Continent of Europe, to visit
the line of the Northern Pacific rail-
road and report on 1t, with the view OF
selling the securities on the other side
Of the Atlantic. The commission con-
sists Of five members , Aug. Folch, q
celebrated Austrian engineer ;iLe Che
Waller de Grelnburg, n celebrated engi-
neer of Vienna ; Nal. Den Tex, Sec
rotary OF the Board Of Commerce, Am
sterdam ; Mr.. Hass of Berlin, spromi-
nent Prussian railroad man, and Mr..
Won Breitschwert of Frankfort. These
gentlemen are Of high position In the
scientific and commercial world, and
their report of every section of country
through which, they pass making In
spections, will be looked for with In
terest and be Of much Importance.
They will be accompanied BY George
B. Sargent, the financial agent In
Europe of the Northern Pacific Rail-
road. 1t Is expected they Will visit
Salt Lake City about the 25th Of this
month, and they will most likely spend
a little time In this region examining
mines In the contiguous dlstricts.-Sals
Lake Herald, 9Th. -. ,'.v;n, .s'a,s1!F
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Overland Dispatches
SPECIAL tothe GOLD HILL NEWS
BY the CABLES.

VERSAILLES, August 9.-Government
has introduced a bill to bring the trials
to a speedy termination. 1t will sus-
pend for a time the discussion Of taxes
on raw materials, and instead will In
crease existing direct taxes.
PARfs August 9.-The Prussians are
ordered by telegraph to evacuate
Troyes.
LONDON, August ga meeting was
held at Heidelberg on Sunday to take
measures for the formation Of the
Church Of Germany. Forty delegates
were present, coming from various
parts of Germany, Austria and Swift
zerland. A committee vas appointed
to draw up a constitution for the new
church. Its main points will be prln-
biple, council, constancy, subordina-
ton Of the Pope, separation Of church
and state, participation of laymen In
the management Of the church, free
elections for bishops,a and modification
Of the confessional. The delegates are
divided IN opinion as to whether the
church should acknowledge the primacy
of the Pope. The committee was III
structed to submit Its report for rati
~fication at q meeting to be held al
Munich in September.
BERNE, August 9.-The French have
paid further five millions for the main
tenance Of Bourbaki's army, which
will continue to cost a million fort,
nightly. All war material Is ordered
| returned to France.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-08-09

RoAp AGENTS At WoRx.-Road
agents appear to be at work In the city
again. Sunday night, between 8 and
10 o'clock, as Jacob KEEPER was walk
Ing In the vicinity of Fifteenth and L
streets, he was stopped by two masked
men, each Of whom presented a re-
volver and ordered him to hold up his
hands. He obeyed ORDERS and while
one still covered him with n pistol the
other interviewed his pockets and cap
tured seventy-tlve cents. He was then
directed to move on. During the
search one of the men fired n shot from
his pistol, apparently with the object
of showing that the weapon was loaded
and for the purpose Of intimidation.
About 10 o'clock the same night Thos.
Dunsworth. while returning up town
from a visit to q friend, was met by
two men on Tenth street, between n
and o, and had a demand made for his
money. He declined to comply, and
beat a rapid retreat toward the house
at which he had been calling, followed
by a pistol shot. At the residence Of
his friend he procured a pistol, and
then returned to the place where be
had been met by the road agents, but
they bad taken their departure.-Sac.
linton. FAt.NE AE[ q 2 %
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4 CurIsua VIII.

- ~
The Cincinnati Esqutrerssys The fol-
lowing curious document Is a verbatim
copy Of . will which Judge Yates, Of
Peoria, III, has In his possession. 1t
Is headed "The Last WIN and Tesla
ment Of James Cook, Of Shelby county,
Ohio": "
Having been left ten times by q wife
whom I TOXIN poverty from necessity,
and who after slandering me and charg-
Ing me with every crime that disgraces
humanity, who has destroyed my char
acter BY her Infamous lies, robbed me
six times, and cost me. directly and in
directly, more than $1,000, and now
having stolen my property six times
and broken my heart and then left me
without cause, now know ], james
Cook, do make this will:
"Item-If I die before Susan W.
gets a bill Of divorce, then 1t Is my will
that Susan gets my personal property
In the house, by choice Of sale, one
third ofsmy other property, including
notes, 1ffef paying my debts, which
are small, and one-third Of the rents
and profits of my real estate-and so
to remain while she Is ~single-and II
Joshua Peck outlives her, then to him
during his lifetime. If she gets a bill
of divorce, then the law to decide.
IGtsItem-1fI die before she settles our
case, then l wish the gold watch to be
left to, Mary, and the mare and the
buggy, taken as an Offset to the watch,
as lido not vishm my name on anything
she keeps.
"Item-IIeave my wife to the ten
der mercies Of an everything God, and
may He forgive as I have forgiven, for
I have forgiven her not only seventy
times seven, but one thousand.
:. "Item-I will not place on record
my curse, God will do that. Ipity q
poor, ahalfderanged woman-whom l
have loved, deeply loved, and only
now love-if pure and free from vice.
} &"ltem-In making this will l am
not intending to cast any reflection on
humanity-aM have their faults. May
God sbsolIethe guilty lean not.
"This will made on Sunday, the
10th day of April, 1888. Signed and
sealed said, day, al. z4iJAAEs Cook"
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a..lA.,

From tho Piocne Record, August o.
D. A. MEYENDoRF Snoors AND LIZ
srANx1Y KILLS GEORGE NJ HAkRsA.
The KILLING DONE N SELF DEsENse.
Again are we compelled 70 chronicle
the killing Of another man IN Pioche,i
although In this case the yet seems
to have been done In self-defense.
About z o'clock p. NJ, on Saturday
last we were startled by the report that
D. A. Meyendorffh had shet and Instant
IL killed George n. Harris. We hur-
ried at once TO tho sceneo of the affray
and from facts gathered there and what
we learned by a subsequent visit to
Meyendorff in Jail, we obtain the fol-
lowing In regard to the matter Mey-
endorf had gone up to the Office Of the
Phoebe Silver Mining Company, at the
head Of Meadow Valley street, for the
purpose, as Is his custom every even
ing, to learn what assaying was to be
done on the next day. There he met
Harris, but paid no attention TO him
further than passing. the time Of day.
He spoke to the Superintendent, Geo.
w. Rutherford, and asked him II there
was any assaying to be done for to-
morrow, and was informed that there
was none. He turned away from Mr..
Rutherford and had gone but a short
distance when Harris called to him,
saying, "You had better come back
here IS some assaying for you to do"
Meyendorff returned and a piece Of
rock was handed to him by A. J. Blair,
the foreman of the mine. He took It.
and Harris and Rutherford commenced
talking together. Meyendorf then said
to Rutherford 4: "This Is the 9th and
tomorrow Is the 9th, and there will be
q great deal Of work to do" Harris
then spoke up and said to Meyendoff,
" Who is talking to this man, you or
me; God d-n You. I'll learn you to
keep quiet !" Meyendorff laughed,
thinking he was joing, when Harris
said to him. "God d-n you, I'll slap
your face" Meyendorf, seeing he
was in earnest, and knowing the char
| acter of the man he had to deal with,
told him he had better not slap his face
or attempt it. Harris then struck him
In the face twice, the second blow
drawing blood, when Meyendorf drew
his deringer and fired, the ball striking
Harris to the left Of and aninch and a
half above the left nipple, penetrating
the heart. Harris was killed instantly
and fell to the ground without a MUIR
muir. Meyendorf came down Meadow
| Valley street at once and gave himself
up. to the officers, and was lodged In
Jail. He was brought before Justice
Mcdonald, about half an hour after
ward, and was at once released on
g., 500 bail to appear on the 9th for ex-
animation. S. c. Barnes, Isaac Jen-
nings and Mitchell Nicholich went OIL
the bonds as sureties. Meyendorf's
action In the matter is Endorsed by the
public In general, as Harris was known
In the community as a bad, desperate
man, and was at the time under bonds
to answer the charge Of killing VIM.
r. Warnock. Harris Is, said to have
made threats during the day that he
would kill Bob Logan and Others be-
fore night, and was at the time under
the influence Of liquor. Meyendorff
was we'll known In Austin and White
Pine as a ~peaceable, quiet and orderly
citizen. -
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-08-09

KrpSApp1Sa.-Atout three weeks
ago two or three Chinamen gof the
genus "rough,n called upon another
Celestial resident Of / street, and en-
deavored to borrow $3.50 from him.
He refused to grant the loan, cand they
took their leave. A day or two after
wards the old mans daughter was
stolen, and the would-be borrowers
offered to hunt her upif her father
would give them $3.50. He refused,
and the other fellows, to get the money
which they had demanded. took the
girl to San Jose and sold her for the
sum mentioned. The fact becoming
known by her father, he secured the
services OF lawyer, and proceeding 70
San Jose, got the girl back on habeas
corpus. A few days ago the Ednappcrs
returned to Sacramento, and officers
Martz and Swift were, notified OF the
TACT. Sunday night they watched n
house in which the ringleader was r
ported to. have ,secreted himself ana
yesterday morning followed him Il
the depot and arrested. him as he was
about to leave for San FtAncisco onthe
: o'clock train.-See, Usioas ig!
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TELEGRAMS
ESPECIAL TO THI GOLD HILL DAILY NEWS .,
THE wEsrERN UNION ~TELIaRAPH LLNH.l ;
FROM SAN FRANCISCO

San Francisco, August 81 P. NJ
The Democratic Municipal Nominal
Ing Convention last night accomplished
nothing beyond receiving the names of
candidates for Supervisors and School
Directors.
The Democratic Legislative Conven-
ton nominated Owen Mcmahon, Of
San Mateo, for joint Senator, and j.
A. McClelland and VIM. A. Paper,
Senators, from San Francisco.
Lewis Beach, who committed suicide
In Laurel Hill Cemetery by taking
strychnine at the grave ofhis sons, left
the following note In his pocket:
Ny DEAR WFE-Forgive me, but |
can't live longer; I have not been rs l
ought, but I have tried to be honest,
and I hope God will forgive me-. ASK
Mr.. Miller to take my tickets and see
to them for you you will find them
In the pocket Of my flannel coat. Good
| by God bless you. You have been q
good wife to me. I am going to see
our darlings. remain your affection.
ate husband, LEWIS BEACH.
T. S. Dear Silpha, here by the graves
Of our dear boys l breathe my last. ]
tried to get means from my friends,
but could not do so. Farewell, my
darling, I hope we may meet In a bet
ter world. L. B.
His last son was killed by the build.
ing thrown down by a gang Of boys on
Leavenworth street, two weeks ago.
A temporary injunction has been
granted on the suit Of J. D.. Montagnie
ct al, stockholders Of the Hidden
Treasure Mining Company, to restrain
the collection of the assessment Of g
per share, now due. The petitioners
charge the President and Board of
Trustees with mismanagement, in con-
tracing to pay twice the value of the
Big Smoky Mill, desiring to break
down the stock, and allege that no mill
Is necessary, and If necessary, that the
present rate Of profits from the work
Ing Of the mine will pay for 1t In sixty
days, without assessment.
James Behrens, agent for the Eu-
gene Cliquot champagne, has been ar
rested on a charge Of misappropriating
$4,000, proceeds Of sales. .
The Oakland Opposition Ferry Com
pany have ordered the building Of a
first class powerful swiftdouble ender,
100 feet In length, Immediately. The
Chin Du Wan is carrying at ten cents
a head and goes loaded every trip.
Weather warm and cloudy.
Two-thirds of the goods In the Pa
vilion are now arranged for exhibition
and by tomorrow night everything
will be In order. ~
Gold, 1l23S. Greenbacks, soy; SELL
ing 90L.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-08-09

NITRO GIYcEKxE.-At q recent
meeting of q scientific society In Eng
land, the following method OF manu-
featuring nitro glycerine was recon-
'mended: One thousand parts Of FUN
ing nitric acid at fifty degrees Beaume.
should be mixed with two thousand
parts Of sulphuric acid, and when the
mixture Is cool, three hundred and
eighty parts OF glycerine should be
added slowly, by allowing 1t to trickle
down the sides Of the vessel. In this
way the glycerine will spread over the
surface Of the acids, and may remain
suspended for hours without producing
any effect. When the nitro glycerine
Is required for use the mixture should
be stirred for ten seconds with a glass
glass rod, and then poured Into twenty
times It's volume Of water. Instantly
the nitro glycerine will be- precipitated
to the extent Of seven hundred and
sixty parts, or double the amount Of
the glycerine employed. The nitro
glycerine Is an oily colorless liquid,
With a density Of LEO, having no smell,
but a taste which at first Is sweet, but
soon becomes pungent like pepper.
Persons engaged In the preparation Of
nitro glyoerine arc subject to violent
headaches and nausea, but these effects
are only experienced several hours
later, and by constant habit will even
tually cease. Nitro glyoerine Is solu-
bic In ether and methylio alcohol, but
not In water; whom just preclpitated
Il Is very acid and must be washed in
water repeatedly, and then saturated
with bicarbonateo of soda or lime The
presence Of water dlminishes the risk
Of explosion, but reduces the quantity
Of nitro Rlyoerlne iabsorbable BY the
slick and other substances used to
transform it TO dynamite. The pure
nitro gIycerine, at q red heat, takes a
s~pheroidical form and changes Into
,yapor Without any explosion, but by a
sudden shock detonates violently. It
begins TO evaporatei ut 1856 degrees
Fahrenheit. No effect Is produced upon
It BY electricity.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-08-09

"a PROMINENT Government official at
Washington recently wrote to a friend
In New Yotk, ihquiring asto the posi-
Hpn, financially and otherwise, Of q
r6sidenee OF That gett&l I't1 am appy
TO inform you that Mr.. - stands at
the very top OF respectability here.
He owns a. fast horse 70 New York
Judge, and intends b steal the first
railroad he sees lying around loose."
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-08-09

The reigning belle at Saratoga has
I've huge trunks, two French maids, q
hired young lady companion, two pet
cansrles, a pair of ponies and a nobby
phston, and a shabby, sore-eyed
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-08-09

Az Indiana editor, who must have
arisen with the lark, or gone to bed
with one, saysthat circumstances are
beginning to shape themselves; the
logic Of events Is hanging link upon
link; the destiny that shapes our
ends Is fast manlfesting Itself, and
soon an intelligent awakening Of the
people will be felt all. over this conn
try." What does he mean-sausages
or an earthquake?
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-08-09

some young ladies In a Western
town have organized a buttermilk so
ciety, to furnish the pure extract to
young men addicted to ardent spirits,
hoping by this means to reclaim them.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-08-09

A JEwELKR Of Southbridge, Mass,
has made a silver low-pressure marine
engine, every part complete, which
covers no larger space than a silver
quarter dollar. 1t Is described as Of
,Gten mosnuito power.n
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-08-09

QUEEN VIcroRA's daughter, Crown
Princess Of Prussia, Is reported to be
growing fat, like her mother. She is
thirty-one years old, and has had six
children.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-08-09

TIE Rev. Henry Wilson, a success
full preacher In Illinois, is in jail for
being too much married. Seven Of his
wives have been discovered, and a few
more are believed to be extant.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-08-09

A NEW ORLEANS woman has sup
piled the world with a novelty In the
matter of suicide, by trying to kill
herself by stufing rags down her
throat.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-08-09
POISONOUS GAssEs.A

-@
Po1soNous GAssEs.An several oc-
casions, while passing in the omnibus
over the Divide, between Gold Hill
and Virginia City, where the iron
foundries are, we have noticed the
peculiar effect Of the gases therefrom
upon the passengers, rs we'll as our
self-although just passing through
what might be termed a volume of
poisonous exhalations from the stock
stacks Of the foundries. We do not
know how these gases affect the peo-
pie Of their immediate neighborhood,
but we prefer living away from an
iron foundry. A correspondent in
speaking of poisonous gases, says:
i In regard to the freedom from pain
incident to death produced by carbonic
acid gas when administered In large
quantities, It may be interesting to
note that In large foundries where iron
10 melted In ~cupolas, there Is always a
large quantity Of carbonic acid gas and
also carbonic oxide passed into the
stack. This great volume Of gas In
some instances cannot escape freely
by the flues and blows out OF the charg-
Ing door. Sometimes workmen in the
act Of charging the cupols r deluged
by q flood Of the gas. and In all cases
fall instantly ~insensible, and would
die II not dragged away from the pol
sonous atmosphere. When restored to
consciousness they cannot remember
any sensation Of any kind-certainly
none Of pain-attending their insensi-
bility. In one instance o workman
engaged In repairing o furnace re-
mained IN It while an adjacent n
was put into blast. The supernatural
ant gas passed partially into the place
where he was working, and so quickly
did he succumb under its influence a
to cut short something he was saying
10 those outside, so rs to show that be-
tween the time Of uttering one word
and another he was, to all appearance,
dead. Il was with the utmostdificulty
he was restored. and he had no recol-
lection Of what had happened. 1t has
been q matter Of considerable interest
whether this result Is brought about BY
the carbonic acid or by the carbonic
oxide gas. Some who have breathed
pure carbonic oxide gas have noted
this effect, while men, plunged sud-
denly into carbonic acid gas, as In
wells, have As suddenly become insen-
1LDlC. $1,000 4
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-08-09

A BRooxIYS physician prescribed
hydrate u choral for a young lady,
and wrote the prescription, "Chlor.
.bydr.n The druggist interpreted his
hog Latin 70 mean "chlorldium ny
dnrgyri"-corrosiye sublimAte-and
the young lady died.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-08-09

A CoxSEcTIcUr builder, going into
the cellar Of a new house, was seized
by the foot by something, which proved
70 be q young r%attlesnake about three
feet long. He killed It rapidly. 8,
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-08-09

B. 4. RorAI, aged sixty-eight, and
Anna Field, aged seventeen, became
acquainted on the Pacific Railroad one
day last week, and were made n at
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-08-09

STARS FOR THE CALIFORNIA THEATRE.
F. s. Chanfrau will follow Mrs. F. w.
Lander, and after him will come Mrs.
D. P. Bowers with a new play.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-08-09

ABBuNrbuth onot prescharrscently
declared that Gone people cannot see
the difference between sounding the
gospel trumpetand blowing their own
horn. .;,5! : s.I2Jt ,n!1igEI'