Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-09-16
ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES.

formerly an aSsayer at ElHo, was
picked up day before yesterday, says
the Carson Register, by the westward
bound passenger train at Winnemucca,
where he had been left By the emlgrant
train going the same way. When near
Wadsworth, night before last, and
while the train was running at the rate
of about 40 miles an hour, Bennett
went out upon the platform Of a sleep
Ing car, put on the brake and walked
down to the lower step with the inten-
ton Of jumping of. The brakesman,
feeling the brake Oh, rushed out to see
what was the matter, and caught the
insane man Just as he was In the act Of
Jumping from the lower step. With
the assistance Of a passenger, the
brakeman succeeded in getting the In
sane man back into the car, where
close watch was kept over him until
che train reached Wadsworth, where 4
Deputy Sheriff Of Washoe county went
aboard and took charge of him. From
there to Reno, Bennett appeared to be
quiet, and at the latter place tho OIL
Ger left the train and allowed his
charge to 90 on to Truckee, where he
would overtake the emigrant train for
which his ticket called.
CARSON ITEMs.-We extract the fol-
lowing from the Register Of this morn
ing: The gang Of Cinnamon at work
on this end of the Carson and Reno
division Of the Virginia and Truckee
Railroad, are grading just beyond the
old toll house, near the divide. and
about three and n half miles distant
from this city .... The case Of Wood vs..
Serington & Co., which has been on
trial in the Second District Court for
the mast four or five days, was submit
ted to the jury last evening. The
State Controller yesterday drew his
warrant for S24, 500 on the State Capt.
tol Fund, that sum being the final pay
ment lot 25 per cent? due the contrac-
tor on the completion Of the Capitol
building.
FINED HIM.-"Portuguese Joe" the
Peruvian caught In the act OF setting
the front stairway of the Newport
Lodging House, adjoining McGurn's
famous store, on South G street, Nlr-
vlnia, on fire, was, OH examination
Yesterday In Justices Court, fined you
The evidence went to show that the
man was very drunk, and upset the
lamp upon the stairs through his own
drunken awkwardness. He should 1e
careful hereafter not to let that acci,
dent happen through him a second
time. He got off cheap enough tni'
time.
Tuy LYNX advertisement Posi-
poSEp.-The Enterprise says: Mr..
Barrett being obliged to attend Court
in Carson City as a witness In n water
suit for the past three or four DAYS,
h great lynx and bull dog "discus-
slon has been unayoidably postponed
until next Friday evening" when u
will positively take place. Inc com
Is up on the fight, and Pipers Opera
House has been engaged for that nignt.
The sports predict a very lively ngnt
between the animals. The lynxes Will
be apt to make the fur fly.
VERY LAST CHAScE.-J. X. Myers
agent for Virginia of the Folsom lot
tery, desires US to say to all who nave
engaged tickets of him, or who pro-
pose getting any, that they Apply
70 him forthwith. or be barred out ell
tirely, as he has to make full returns
TO headquarters on Monday OF all I'M
sold tickets, in readiness for the draw
ing which takes place next Wednes-
day. He has but q few more tickets
leit-all winning numbers. Last
chance.
BRussw1cx MuI--rhis famous rock
destroying and misunderstanding In
s,itution, on Carson river, Is being
thoroughly dismantled and overhauled;
Its capacity is to be muchly increased
by the addition of new machinery and
more of It. The dam is also being
oyerbauled and rebuilt. One hundred
white men and seventy-1ve Cinnamon
nre employed In making all these new
improvements, presenting q very busy
and lively scene
JOIN I. GISS.-This well known lit
erary engineer of the Carson Register
we met on C street, Virginia, this
morning, cruising along reading the
sions as he went, and looking fat but
somewhat soured about something,
having doubtless lost several new hats
and things on the California election.
Dave NcGown was conducting him
about giving him a cocktail or SO &C.
casionally to keep him from spelling
Grand JURY.-The Storey County
Grand Jury met at Virginia this fore.
noon pursuant to adjournment, and
nyinp to the continued absence Of
'T"dgs Rising again adjourned till Sep,
tsmSer 27th. They have only Two
@ors cases, of felony, to dispose OF,
when they will be able to give In the''
report.
Ror1Es SxAr1Na.-wm. by loan
,rcorm, US that he will open his iaiI
nd winter series Of roller skating
S aoSrees at Virginia and Gold HUI soou'
.Sa IStb Of next month, with reduced
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