Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-11-04
THE LATE HIGHWAY RonnEnr..

tho money from tlaggs Bank. MT
Burgess was terribly beaten by the
scoundrels because he hesitated to give
up his money. Three Of his ribs were
cracked near the spinal column, one
of the men having jumped upon him
when he was knocked down. DIR,
Geiger, fortunately for Mr.. Burgess,
was in Walker valley, and he was
called upon and rendered his profes.
sional services. Mr.. j. w. Woodruff,
Of Gold Hill, returned from the resi-.
dence of Mr.. Burgess last night, and
says that Burgess Is In a very precari'
Gus condition by reason Of the severity
of his wounds, as he Is over fifty years
Of age. Mr.. Burgess is able to talk,
but he has no suspicious as to who the
men were who robbed him. The rob
bers rode unshod horses, as some
farmers in Mason's valley tracked
them from the place Of the robbery fol
some distance over the sandy plain:
toward Fort Churchill. From an un'
msntionable source we learn that there
Is a gang Of robbing and pillaginG
devils living between Virginia City,
Dayton and the sink Of Carson river,
which has Its secret stations, and who
are committing depredations between
tho aforesaid localities when oppor'
tunity offers. It Is suspected that the
scoundrelS who maltreated MIR. Bur.
CESS are two Of them, and that they,
knowing he had lately received $0OC
from the State for the capture Of four
of the escaped c~onvicts, had "shad-
owed" him from Walker river valley
to Virginia City, Gold Hill, Dayton,
and down the Carson river valley to
Mason's valley, where they waylaid,
nearly murdered, and robbed hun.
They were evidently on his track very
closely after he left Gold Hill, rs they
knew Of his spending some money
In Dayton on Saturday night. 1t Is to
be hoped these scoundrels may be
caught and punished. One Of them Is
represented to be a large, heavy man,
with coarse, deep, sonorous voice
while the other was q small man.
PERHAPS FATAL STAINING ATFRAY.
About 8 o'clock last evening, Patrick
Guthrie was stabbed by John Fitzger-
aid, near the Pluto House, Lower Gold
Hill. They have been working In mills
at Silver City, and were old friends,
both married. and living with their
wives In one house together in Lower
Gold Hill. They were going to take a
trip East together, and last evening
were up to Virginia arranging for
their tickets. Afterward they got to
drinking pretty freely, and OH their
way down home contrived to quarrel,
when Fitzgerald drew a pocket-knlfe,
with a blade some three or four inches
long, and stabbed Guthrie in the re.
gion Of the kidneys. The wounded
man went into the Piute House, where
he was properly cared for, and Fitz.
gerald went down the road. DR.. Hall
being sent for found Guthrle's wound
a serious one, and n which may re-
sult fatally. Town Marshal Harkin
went In pursuit Of Fitzgerald, but
could not find him till about 8 O'Clock
this morning, when he arrested him In
Lower Gold Hill. On examination be-
fore Justice Putnam, his Honor con-
oluded to commit the prisoner to the
County Jail to await the result OF
Guthrie's wound, and he was accord
ingly taken there. .
ST. PATmcK's CHURCH FAIR.-The
ladies' Fair In aid Of st. Patrick's
Church, Gold Hill, commenced last
evening at Miners Union Hall. The
various tables for the exhibition and
sale of fancy articles, useful goods,
refreshments, etc, are looking finely,
the hall is appropriately trimmed, and
everything will be done to make this
Fair as pleasurable and gratifying a
success as It's predecessors. There Is
excellent music each evening, and
dancing also after 10 O'Clock. Admis-
sion only fifty cents. The attendance
was very good last evening, much bet
ter than could have been expected con-
sidering the terrible state Of the
weather, and everybody seemed to be
enjoying themselves greatly. Many
desirable articles Of practical use as
well as ornament, arc for sale there,
and In purchasing. the buyer not only
benefits himself, but also materially
assists in a very worthy object, to say
nothing Of the social pleasures to be
enjoyed, even if a person only goes to
look on or dance, without buying any
thing. 1t is a very agreeable place to
spend an evening.
APPLYING AT HEAD QUARTERs.-One
of Gosse's boarders, on the Divide,
yesterday picked up a letter directed
to General U. S. Grant, President OF
the United States. Not being sealed,
he opened it and found it was from
Pinchower, and evidently lost before
he could get 1t safely into the Post-
office. In It Pinchowsr sets forth that
long before the settlement of this sec
ton Of country by white men he trav,
eled through 1t and located all the
lakes and streams for \ couple Of hum
bred miles square, with a view to the
benefit of his fellow-man. Now, when
he seeks to avail himself Of his great
foresight and bring water from Tahoe
and other lakes to Virginia and Gold
Hill, he Is interfered with by Won
Schmidt, the California Bank, and
other steam swindle arrangements.
He only asks President Grant to send
an ADEQUATE number of soldiers to his
assistance, and while he Ia engaged In
putting down the kuklux In the South,
to Just squelch these n~uisances also,
He asks that General Sherman be put
at the head Of the soldiers sent to pro
tect him In his rights.
"INcIpENrs IN THE LIFE OF A BLINr
GrRL."-Thls Is the title Of a neatly
printed and well bound volume Of ovel
two hundred pages, Z copy Of which
has been laid on our table by the au'
thoress, Miss Mary L. Day, a graduate
Of the Maryland Institution for the
Blind. Miss Day visits Gold Hill fol
the purpose Of selling her books, from
the proceeds of which she Is enabled tc
travel for the benefit Of her health
which has been declining. The bool
itselfis worth the money asked for it
one dollar-apart from any other con
sideration to Induce persons to pur
| chase it. It Is written in q plain ant
interesting style, giving the experience
| of the writer who, at an early age, wa!
suddenly shut out from the gloriou!
sunlight, and the beauties Of nature
The sale Of her book is her only pecu
| mary resource, and we cheerfully com