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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-10-20

AN OLD SOLDIER MURDERED DY HIS
WIFE.-At Upper Sandusky, to-day, q
terrible ease Of poisoning was exposed.
Twelve years ago Barnabas Wagner,
a soldiers of 1912, married a girl not
out Of her teens, while he had reached
his three score and ten. They have
lived together since the date of the
marriage, apparently happy; but 1t
seems she had tired Of him Of late, and
had formed a plot, with her brother,
HuJert Caster, to get rid Of the old
man. They engaged q travelling doc
tor, named Tooney. to do the work,
agreeing to pay him 5000 therefor.
Tooney got strychnine, and Wagoner's
wife made bread and milk sop for the
old man, he being sick. The doctor
put the poison into 1t. It was given
to Wagner on the morning Of Sept.
2lst, and In the evening he was dead.
The 5000 not being forthcoming, tho
doctor got angry, and threatened to
expose tho deed. This did not bring
the money. This morning he gave
Information before the proper official
and gave himself up. Mrs. Wagner
and her brother were arrested and the
trio are nov In Jail. The body of
Wagner was disinterred, and to-
morrow a post mortem examination
will be held upon it. The case Gre
ated intense excitement In that locali-
ty, the parties being respectfully con-
nected and Of considerable means.
The examination tomorrow will re-
veal further important fncts.-Fort
Wayne (lnd.) Date Of Oct. 9Th.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-10-20

REWARD OFFERED.-Sherif Spires
offers a reward of $500 for the capture
of Robt. Hamilton and Joshua Wright,
who broke out of the Austin jail on the
night of the 18th inst. For the return
Of Hamilton he offers $3.50, and for
Wright $3.50. Following Is a descrip-
ton of the refugees" Hamilton is
% years old, dark complexion blue
eyes, dark hair and whiskers, about 8
feet 9 inches high, weighs about l65
pounds, Is a Canadian by birth I; had OH
when he left, black cloth pants, much
worn, blue cashmere sack coat, black
felt hat and carpet slippers. Wright Is
apparently about 20 years Of age, 8
feet S or 0 inches In height, light
downy whiskers and mustache, rather
fair complexion, weighs about $50
pounds !; had on when he left, n light
hat with a black band, dark striped
pants, with vest Of the same material,
light boots, but little worn. Both are
under indictment for grand larceny.
Eureka Sentinel.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-10-20

RETURNED.-Walter Il. Hall and
Otto Kuencer. both old residents Of
Phoebe, returned from Arizona on
Wednesday last, both looking as II the
trip had done them good. The gentle
men returned to this place to look
after their individual interests in this
section. They report Things in Sacra-
mento District looking exceedingly
we'll, and say all the camp needs Is
time and capital to bring 1t out. The
five-stamp mill at Mineral Park, now
In course Of construction, will be COM
pletcl and running by the end of the
present month. What they say to
parties here is: "If you have money
to invest, 60 there; otherwise stay
where you are at present ."-Piochs
Record.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-10-20

A -MERITED REBUKE.-Antic-
ipating the early demise of Queen Vic
toria, the Chicago Times feels called
upon to give the Prince of Wales this
notice : "Where this sprig of royalty
ever acquired his present low tastes
and abomlnable habits Is q matter
which the Merati, scientists, heroes
and statesmen Of his mothers time
have vainly endeavored to determine.
A recreant alike to the memory Of a
y~irtuous father and tho heart-pangs Of
widowed mother; false to q noble
wife, and contemptuous of the opinion
Of an outraged nation, this princely
Micawber is loaflng about waiting for
something to turn up that something
meaning to him a crown. He Is fitting
himself for the duties Of a throne BY
dancing attendance upon London
brothel5; Is preparing to do his share
In advancing the interests of England
by counting the attention Of cockney
cads and third-rate Anonymas, and Il
fitting himself for the advanced views
of the Nineteenth century by mixing
In pothouse brolls and dance-house
orgies"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-10-20

surRo TuNNEL.-were It not for the Enter.
prise the great busy world world have forgotten
the tremendous efforts for . thing made by
Adolph long before now. Its Issue OF the 18th
instant contains It's regular periodical notice
Ckept standing, We presume, except o change
OF hZures): "The Sutro tunnel was In yester-
day TO q distance OF ALSO feet. The ground 10
., present hard and dry."-Reess Rirer RsreiAt.
II the people Of Western Nevada
depended upon the "bis thing" Su-
tro's wildcat, for their bread and but
ter, or v whisky money, they would
have starved long ago. Time has
proven that 1t 1t a useless speculation
that 1t Is impractlcable and unnecessary
as a drainage hole and as a means Of
transportation for ores, its usefulness
seems ten or twenty years In the dis
tance. In support Of which PROPOSE
ton we will merely state that it is
almost two years since the tunnel was
started, and 1t has been run ALSO feet
In six miles distance. "Hard and dry"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-10-20

The BROAD VS.. NARROW GAUGE
A great deal has been said of late in
favor Of narrow-gauge railroads, and
an array of figures has been produced
to show their superior economy over
roads Of greater width. But the Sci
entifc american and Railroad Gazette
do: not indorse these views. They
maintain, with convincing statistics,
that the broad-gauge road costs but
little more than the narrow, and Will
wear equally we'll with the same Use.
There would be no saving by narrow
gauge practice for a given amount Of
traffic, except perhaps q slight one In
cost of ties and in the ballasting, which
will vary with the length Of the cross
ties. But because q gauge Is wide, 1t
does not follow that cars and locomo.
tives must be heavy, that loads which
would crush down or break light rails
need be carried, or that trains should
move at a speed OF forty miles an hour.
People generally prefer wide and COM
Portable cars, and the gauge Of our
roads will gradually be widened, while
light stock will be used, so that light
railways for light traffic, not narrow
gauges, will DO the phase railroad en-
cheering will assume In the future.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-10-20
Mine0.

From the 8. F. Alta. Wednesday EVENING"
The stock market opened with some
frmness and q disposition to rise, and
Comstock stocks were generally better.
The pressure on the Ely mines contin-
ued without much effect. Meadow
Valley-Five shipments on October
account aggregate $50, 148; pulp assay
18th and 18th, $171 per ton. Chollar-
On the 10th, 20 tons Of ore were ex-
tracted. No change In mine. Belcher
-Petaluma mill pulp assays on the
10th, $138 10. In another column will
be found the card of Capt. Raymond
In relation to the position Of the Ray
mond and Ely mine and the ~nefarious
attack that has been made upon the
stock. The time has passed when
blackmail banditti can seriously injure
either land or mine titles. But stock
holders Of small means are made to
suffer by such raids as that from which
Capt. Raymond's card is intended to
guard them. At the afternoon Board
the market was better. Belcher rose
$25; Eureka Consolidated, 81. Tho
pressure on Raymond & Ely was re.
Iumed, and the price went TO $50,
when q demand set In and the price
closed at 900, and on the street, after
the Board, $97H. Yellow Jacket was
81 higher.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-10-20

The INFLUENCE OF WOMAN OVER THE
HEART OF MAN.-If the women did
but know how to use the great influ-
ence which they possess over the heart
of man, what q happy world, indeed,
would be this Of ours. Man Is but hui
man ; woman Is no more, and how can
ono expect perfection from the other.
A man is generally called the bread
winner, and. in order to win the bread,
what hardship he has to encounter he
has to meet the cold rebuffs of the
world. He has, In like manner, to
encounter many disappointments and
disheartenings during the day ; conse-
quently he requires some to con-
sole him when he returns home at
eventide-some one to speak words Of
encouragement to strengthen him for
the tolls Of the coming day and If he
meet not with such 4 one-if discon-
tent and unhappiness await him at his
home-how can he enjoy that sweet
repose, without which his life would
be- like unto the troubled sea. His, in
deed, would be q troubled life If living
1t may be called ; ~sullenness will DER
spread his brow, and sadness his heart,
till he eventually sinks beneath a
drowning load of trouble and sorrow
not dead-but far better would it be
for himself and those around him If
death had been so charitable rs to have
taken him from this painful sccne-for
he Is dead to himself, to his wife, and
family, and worse than dead to society
generally, for he is-yes, We must close
the picture-a drunkard.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-10-20
FROM ELKo.

ELKo, October 19.-During the high
wind to-day, a fire broke out in Hen
ley's building, communicating to the
Western Union Telegraph Office, the
Elko House, Wards furniture store,
Waldron's law office, the Kingsbury
House, Wilson's saloon and Ice depot,
Phillips blacksmith shop and dwell
ing, j. B. Henley's office, Haynes
saloon. DR.. Meiggs' office, Watson's
office, Marks & S~teinberger's dwelling,
Relnhart's dwelling and warehouse,
the Buskeet Saloon, ElIo Brewery,
Kohn's cigar store, Kinkelspiel's jew
elry store and barber shop, Van Hou-
toms store, Lindley's hardware and
tin store, Yeats boot store, David
sons restaurant and Alsxander's dry
goods and clothing store. The loss Is
at 10000.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-10-20

The CRors ABRoAp.-Itis extremely
probable that for some time to come
there will be large demand abroad
for American grain ard breadstuffs.
The reports Of this years crops in
Europe Indicate less than an average
yield. In England. the wheat Is not
only deficient In quantity but poor in
quality, and It is anticipated that a
hundred million bushels will have to
be imported this Winter to supply the
deficiency. The English potato crop
Is short, although the Irish crop Is an
average one. From the Continent the
reports are better than those from
England, but at the same tirne no abil-
ity Is indicated to supply the English
deficiency. The late war seriously In
terfered with agricultural operations
In both France and Germany, and this
has produced there an exceptional de-
mand for grain.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-10-20

from the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. ]
MIR. Blob edits q temperance paper
somewhere in California, and he
gushes as only orthodox temperance
people can. "Oh, my friend" says
Blob; and the more you. read him the
sadder you are and the more you
think that life Is a failure, unless one
proposes to be an Internal fool. "Oh,
BROTHER" calculates Blob, in q recent
gush, "why will re, and why will ye
notP Lo! the crystalline liquid drip
peth from the rock, and wasteth upon
the plain-aad ye will not. The fiery
poison moveth itself In the glass-and
70 will. o miserable and blind {;
there Is no safety for thee but In our
band Of teetotlers! Come up and
teetotle Come and join thy thirsty
spirit unto or-s, even as a drop Is
Joined unto Its oceaa" This Is in
tended to be after Cough, and 1t GER
tainly Is where 1t does not Cough the
handle, to use q common expression ;
but the San Francisco Ne1s Letter
notices 1t thus irreverently:
"Mr. Blob, rs q philologer you are
without a parallel; the verb ito tee
totle' Is the grandest conception of
the age. Hereafter It shall bs the
dearest pleasure Of our existence to
visit the public schools and hear that
delicious part Of speech corrugated.
Fancy the rapture Of hearing from the
rosy lips Of some young thing such
verbal music as this: Il t~eetotle, you
teetotle, he teetotles,' etc., through
all the moods and lenses! We have
never teetotled any, but your touching
picture Of the water going to waste on
that unappreciatiye prairie affects US
to tears. We know at last why the
| ocean Is called q waste Of water ! 1t
was christened by a teetotaler, who
grieved because he could not drink 1t
ALL"
Yea, the NeDs Letter, which Is edited
doubtless by q confirmed drunkard,
goes further. "John Blob" 1t says,
:" If We had your mouth drawn over a
pump spout and soldered water-tight
about the edges, we should exalt and
depress the handle of that useful ma
chine with unwaverlng constancy,
until your skin should be equal In
tension to the head Of a drum. Then
we should beat upon the same oil ex-
ceedingly lively air."
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-10-20
Overland Dispatches
SPECIAL tothe GOLD HILL NEWS
BY n CABLES.

LONDON, Oct. 20.-Lord Granville In
a speech at Manchester last night, re-
gretted the suffering Of Chicago, and
was thankful to the American Govern
ment for s~uppressing the Fsnian raid.
The Times this morning believes
that jealousy Of England exists In the
United States.
The subscriptions received at the
Mansion House for Chicago amount to
G33, 1000.
It is rumored that Prince Napoleon
will 90 to Paris.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-10-20

FooTsIE-T oorsrEs.-A dapper little
man, named Lord, who lives In Brook.
Ign, goes crazy at the sight of a wo.
mans foot. "He crosses Fulton ferry,
follows a crowd Of women as they get
Into the stage, deposits his little figure
between two of them, beams upon the
rest, oficiously hands up all the fares
he can get, and then wriggles his feet
among those of the women. II by
happy management he can put each
foot on one Of his neighbor's he Is in
comparative paradise.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-10-20

THE Boston Journal remarks that
ga young lady with golden tresses
tainted the other day, and an alarmed
friend bathed her forehead with vino
gar, and In the most expeditions man
ner bathed all the golden color out Of
her friends front hair" The moral
Of which Is that young ladies, when
they faint should "bar the vinegar"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-10-20

A NEWLY married couple from New
York, on their wedding tour stopped
at the Briggs House, Chicago, and
when the fire broke out went to look at
it. They soon were compelled to re-
turn, but found the Briggs House In
flames. They lost everything. and
have come back to New York entirely
destitute.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-10-20

WE ARE AHEAD.-The Silrer State,
published at Unionville, mentions that
a squash weighing s~eventy-fiye pounds
had been raised in a garden near that
place. We can nearly discount that.
Z. H. Eastman. who has a fine ranch
some three miles below town. has one
weighing eighty-seven pounds, while
in the garden of Z. B. Cntts, Of this
place, can be seen one weighing eighty
nine pounds. How is that for o Reno
production.-Reno State Journal.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-10-20

BUrLLoN.-Wells, Fargo s Co. have
shipped through their agent, B. F.
Sides, since October 18th, 81 bars OF
bullion, valued at 8,163 %. John
Cahill has assayed thus far on the
month Of October, bullion valued at
$l6O,493 S4-$l42,493 81 for the Ray
mond 6 Ely, and 5000 for other
DartleS,-Pioche Record.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-10-20

SENATOR SPRAeUE and his brother
Amasa, of Providence, r. l., are erect
ing In the cemetery Of that city q fam
lily monumental tombstone ut a cost Of
800, 600. The remains Of the deceased
members Of the family are to be re-
moved to the lot containing the monu-
ment.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-10-20

A Coon CRor.-An old rail splitter
In Indiana recently put a quletus upon
a young man who cfRffed him upon
his bald head, In these words : "Young
man, when my head gets MS soft as
yours, I can raise hair to SELL"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-10-20

Ii Russia, people who are picked up
on the highways In a state Of into1ica-
ton are condemned, whatever may be
their social station, to sweep the streets
for one day, and it is not rare in st.
Petersburg to see we'll dressed indi-
yiduals thus employed.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-10-20

A CLASSICAL SCHoLAR.-A Connec-
tlcut Democrat sent his SOIL to New
York to complete his education. After
a short time the son wrote to his father
that he was studying Horace" On
learning this the paternal parent re-
piled "Come home; / don't want
Greeley to make q Republican of my
son.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-10-20

Tun Mayor Of Macon, Georgia, offers
a premium Of $50 to the prettiest girl
under seventeen who shall appear in a
homespun dress at the State Fair.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-10-20

IRE Postofice Department has for
warded to Chicago twenty bags filed
with stamps, blanks, etc., to supply
the loss occasioued by the fire.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-10-20

WHAT a paper out West unconscious
" printed "The groom Is a Christian
and the bride a Baptist"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-10-20

The Boston Post says many young
ladies are accused of wearing their
engagement rings in their pockets, OK
cent when She Is around.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-10-20

DUBUQUE boasts Of a curious animal,
which isa combination Of the fish, eel,
snake, crocodile and lizard. It is about
a foot long, and has two crimson ears.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-10-20

A CARRIER PIGEON flew from 4
steamsr at sea to Montclair, n. j., at
the rate Of $50 miles al hour.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-10-20

An Indiana girl tearfully consented
to marry a man she hated, because she
couldn't bear the idea Of losing the
wedding trousseau.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-10-20

The latest device for "bresking up
a setting hen is to place a couple Oh
lumps of Ice In the nest.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-10-20

ENORMOUS GRAPE.-The Stockton
Independent tells this:
At the fruit store of John Elliott,
near the corner OF Weber venue and
Suffer street, may be zen a grape
berry Of enormous size. 1t Is Of the
White Muscat or Alexander variety,
and measures one and n half inches in
diameter IL way and II inch the
other way. 1t Is the largest grape
berry we have ever seen.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-10-20

DoBBs thinks that Instead OF giving
credit to whom credit Is due, h cash
had better been paid.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-10-20

VINO was the first debtor? Adam
for we read that Eve presented him
with a bill (Abel). We must credit her
with that, anyhow.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-10-20

On the sd instant Laura d. Far
comes before the California Supreme
Court on appeal.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-10-20

TIE President took three premiums
for colts at the St. Louis Fair last
week.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-10-20

"safron.hued Angel Of Death" is
what Mississippians call yellow fever.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-10-20
FOUND!

TN GOLD HILL, A PAwNBkcKEh 9 RE
CENT for a DIAMOND RING. pswned for .
certain sum In Virginia. Tho receipt Is In favor
of a Mr.. Willis, who will call at the NxMso mes
and Get his receipt BY paying for this advertise
asit Hill, ssVs. :, 1871. NJ
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-10-20

STEAM omnibuses have been intro
duced into Paris.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-10-20

ANEW style Of earring is in the shape
Of Yacht with flags and sails flying.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1871-09-14
Letter TO the Chairman Of the ku-
kluX Committee.
CHARLEsTON, s, c

CHARLESTON, S. c., September 7.
Twenty-siX of the most prominent citi-
zens of Spartanburg County including
the United States Commissioner, United
States Assessor, Probate Judge, Sheriff,
Clerk of the Court, and County Repre-
sentatives in both branches of the Legisla-
ture, publish over their own signatures
the following letter:
SPARTANBURG, S. c., Sept. 7.
Hon. John Scott, Chairman Of tie hu-hiuE COM
Utittee.
We, the undersigned citizens of said State and
county having SEEN through the newspapers,
that outrager on various citizens had been commit
ted in this county since the committee. of which
you are Chairman, left said county, and that you
had thereupon recommended the proclamation Of
martial law in this county, feel constrained to
make the following statement We have made
diligentinquiry, and have been unable TO hear Of
single outrage having been committed in this
county since your committee left it. On the con-
trary, the county is in profound state of peace
and quiet"
The Spartan, in publishing the above,
says; This statement ought to be sut-
fcient to prove to the mind of Senator
Scott that he has been imposed upon by
communications and af1davits, upon which
he founded his statements made To the
President, and his recommendation that
martial law be proclaimed IN the county.
Furthermore, we learn that leading Radi-
calls here admit that no Outrages have &C.
Cured in Spartanburg O0lnty since the
committee was here"