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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-05-16
SACRAMENTO ITEMS.

From the Sacramento Union Of yesterdsy.l
Last Thursday, DR.. E. II. CurtiA OF
this city, operated upon Judge Crock
EFT, of the Supreme Court, for the re-
moval Of a cataract from one OF his
eyes, the Judge having become totally
blind. Tho operation was very sue
cessfully performed. and yesterday,
when for a few moments the bandages
were removed, it was found that the
most happy results had ensued, the
Judge being able to see his wife, who
wls standing anxiously by, and de-
scribe her apparel. In a few days, as
the v becomes accustomed to the
light, the sight will doubtless DO ex.
ceilent. The Judge has not decided
whether he will have the other eye OPP
Grated upon or not, but he c~ortainly
feels highly gratiied with the pros
pect of renewed sight. DIR. Curtis
also operated last Friday upon a son
of william G.. English, who had suf-
tered tho loss Of an eye through Its b.
ing struck with a top thrown by All
other boy who had been playing near
him. AS tho eye was completely ri.
ined, and its Inflammation threatened
to injure the other, 1t was deemed
proper to remove It altogether, and
thi, WAS done so skillfullY that two
days afterward the boy was out enjoy
ing himself.
For the past few days a small party
of Indians-bucks, sluaws aud chill
dren-havc been camped oil the side
of the levee neal the fish market,
where they have been engaged In dry
ing tish. Night before last nearly all
of them got drunk. During the even
Ing a gentleman passing by heard n
child crying, and found that one OF the
sauaws, In her drunken sleep, had
rolled upon aud nearly smothered her
papoose. which was apparently about
six weeks old. Yesterday morning the
chlld's father and mother had an utl-
pleasantness as the conclusion OF their
spree, and the squaw terminated 1t by
hitting her liege lord over tho head
with u bottle, inficting a pretty severe
cut.
1t Is reported that the injuries which
Louis Egleton inflicted ON himself last
Saturday morning will probably result
fatally. The wounds are not neeessa-
rily Of n fatal nature, but he had been
drinking heavily previous to the at
tempted suicide, and the effect Of the
liquor and his injuries combined will,
It Is feared, cause his death. .
Adams, Mcneil & Co. shipped over
the mountains yesterday n car load OF
powder for the Virginia and Truckee
Railroad Company.
Two japanese Of high rank passed
through to San Francisco yesterday on
the western-bound train.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-05-16
FOR GRANT.

Tho New Hampshire State Republi-
can Convention, held on the sth in-
slant, fully and harmoniously Endorsed
the administration Of General Grant,
and on the 9th Minnesota did the same.
The New York City Republican Com
mlttec. however, Oh the 9th Instant.
showed signs Of dlssention, and advised
Endorsement Of the Cincinnati NOM
ineea. Yet after oil, New York
might b reasonably expected to favor
Greeley /; why not? In all other States
however. so far Is heard from the reg
ular Republican Conventions have
unanimously resolved to support Grant
for tho Presidency, nineteen Of them
thus falling into line for the great file
leader. The nomination of Greeley
and Brown at first looked like a strong
Que. from the fact that the Democracy
apparently stood ready to support 1t In
combination with the disaffected Re.
publicans and anti-G rant man, yet day
BY day 1t grows weaker, and Is sinking
into greater insignificanee. Grant Is
the choice OF the nation, and will be
re- elected President Of these United
Stntes.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-05-16
pIocHe ITEMS.
From the Ely Record. May lo.l

About $3.50 yesterday morning WIN.
Donavan, an freshman at work at No.
8. while coming out OF the 2OO-foot
drift with tools, accidentally fell
through to the 360-foot level, striking
on his head and killing him instantly.
The first intlmation Of the accident
was hearing the drills strike the trap
door at 800 feet. The men working at
800 feet came to the trap and found
Donayan. He had only been at work
ut No. 8 two days. He formerly
worked at No. 0, and the Alps, but
was compelled to leave there on ac-
count Of bad air.
Since the late fire some trouble has
been taking place in regard to the
ownership OF certain lots la the burnt
district, titles to the same being set up
BY different parties. On Monday last
an attempt was made to jump the lot
Immediately In front Of the Record
office, OH which II. Lewis has paid
taxes for some time past, but the effort
was frustrated by the appearance OF a
force OF Lewis friends ON the ground
armed with shotguns, and declaring
their intention to defend their rights
ut all hazards. The adair terminated
without bloodshed. nothing but a few
blows having been struck In the me-
lee. From present appearances there
will be a good field for our lawyers 70
work on In tho matter, as the titles to
several other lots In that vicinity are
In dispute. ..sr. slfta l,agrg
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-05-16
NEVADA APPROPRIATION.

The following telegram has been re-
eeIyed by H. C. Street. editor Of the
Elko Independent:
w~AsHrNoroS, Nay 10, 1917.
II. @. STREET; Fifty thousand dollars recon-
mended BY House Committee on Appropriation
for land surveys In Nevada.
Most or US are naturally inclined to
favor appropriations calculated to ben-
eft youthful and thriving State.
How much Nj. Kendall had 10 do with
inducing this appropriation does not
appear, but thus far his desert ar
tesian wells bill, his bill for regulating
freights and fares on the Central Pa
clic and other railroads, and various
other acts and doings in Congress,
show that he Is always on the lookout
for the best interests Of the State he 50
ably and efficiently represents. Mr..
Kendall Is making a very good record
for himself, and Is accordingly becom-
ing more and more popular with his
fellow-citizens OF Nevada.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-05-16
MORE ABOUT MARKHAM.

From a Now York Letteft to the Boston Globs.l
But a young and pretty woman Is
settling her dr4peries preparatory 70
sitting down In the chair which the
obsequIous waiter Is holding In readi-
ness, and not a Neapolltan,~ fresh from
the hands Of Bigot's renowned chef,
can draw us away from the contem-
plation of q piece Of young and pretty
femlninity and then she has on the
new style Of spring bonnet-a modi.
fed illustration OF the "coal-scuttles"
of our Observation-Disclosures with
delicate apple-green ribbon, and a scarf
Of exquisite lace that was never twist
ell and draped over those white cherry
blossoms BY any other than the hand
of a French modiste. And the COS
tune, composed Of = harmonious
blending Of two shades OF the same,
fresh spring coior-ths darker pro-
dominating, and the gloves, rose-tint-
ed. smooth as satin and ipolisheda -
ivory-we almost wish she would not
pull them of. lave. for the hand which
Is revealed, fine and white, aud on 1t,
flashing and melting, n single sap
phire. A blonde, too; but why will
she not turn her head and let US see
her face? She rises-a tall woman
"nobly planned lit Is the "Queen
Of burlesque," Pauline Markham !
Why. 1t Is only the other day some
Western paper would have US believe
that this creature Of magnificent POSI-
bilities, this woman Of Tftanesque
beauty, whose voice Richard Grant
White has likened' to "vocal velvet"
was now the victim of deep-seated
consumption ; that she was obliged To
lean against the side scenes while .
8 hollow. cough racked her wasted
frame" etc. Nothing OF the kind /!
She passes out with a regal sweep, and
an air that Is suggestive of anything
but consumption or decline.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-05-16

GERMANS LEAVING EN- MAssE FOR
ANRRIcA.-The German correspond
ent Of the London Guardian says q Gu
rlous phenomenon Is to be seen In the
northwest and east Of Prussia. An
em,grant mania Is In full progress.
In Schleswlg-H olstein It assumes ex-
traordinary dimensions; whole villa
ges are being emptied, and people are
selling houses and lands Mt ruinous
prices. There Is a wholesale exodus.
Emigration agents are busy shipping
of the people, the greater and stpe-
rior part to America, aud the lessor
part to Queensland. Another CORE.
spondent writes : IA village with good
land In my district has only three fam.
lilies LEFT In It, and they 60 In a week
or two" This mania Is fast spreading
to Posen and East Prussia. Hundreds
camp out at the railway Stations witt
Ing for the trains to convey them
away. ~H
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-05-16

The famous and rather mythical
$50, 900. 900 pirate treasure deposit on
Cocos Island seems as far from discov-
cry as ever. The last expedition which
sailed from San Francisco on the
schooner Frances L. Steele, consisting
Of fourteen persons, including Captain
Brown and wife, who knew just where
the treasure was buried, ended disas-
trously. Mrs. Brown returned to San
Francisco by tho last steamer from
Panama. Sho was several months
with the treasure seekers on Cocos Is
Land, but no treasure was found. OF
the fourteen persons who sailed on the
Steele, five were buried at Panama,
and only four, It Is stated, now sur
yiye,
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-05-16
A STREAK Of aIoD LUCK.
From tho Detroit Tribune, April ss.l

From the Detroit Tribune, April 81
Harvey D. Windsor, son.in-law Of
Hubbard Smith, yesterday received re-
liable Information Of Q streak Of good
luck. and Is now the happy possessor
of mining property estimated to be
worth over two millions OF dollars.
About five years since he visited Utah
Territory, and he then ''stuck his
stake" In some land In what Is known
as the Camp Floyd Mining District,
and improved Il as required by law,
anu thus procured q perfect title. Now
he Is assured by the best possible testi-
mony Of his good fortune. The prop
erty Is located about So miles from
Salt Lake City, and Is a part Of the
mormon Chief" lode. In December
last 2 800 feet adjoining his claim sold
for 81, 900, 900, and no owns 2,S00 feet,
which, at the lowest estimate, Is said
to be worth &c. 900 per foot. The for
tunate holder Of this land Is one Of the
youngest business men Of this city, and
Is to DO congratulated upon his good
luck.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-05-16
1910 BUCKS" JURY.
r.lAh 1 o.c. Ia Dc Bsy..n

About the year 1855 the great TRACE
dian, Mexican Buchanan. was running
the Metropolitan Theatre In Sacra-
mento. Buck had some trouble with
one Of his actors named Forbes. and
from words they came to blows, Buck
throwing out his "bunch Of flves" and
thereby blacking Forbes eye. The
latter swore out a warrant for Buck,
and he was duly arrested. Hon. j. w.
Coffroth was employed to defend the
case. A jury Of Bucks peers was de-
manded to try the case. Now be 1t
known that juries In police courts are
an abomlnation to every one except to
those who call for them-but In those
days every citizen was liable to jury
duty. Two waggish constables Glen.
Harris and Fred Chamberlin) were
sent out to drum up q jury to sit In
Judgment on the tragcdlan. One went
down the levee, the other Front street.
Old "buEls" were summoned from
the hay aud lumber piles ; they were
awakened from chairs IN rum mills
stirred out Of empty boxes, and
aroused from their peaceful slumbers
on the sidewalks and In the freight
sheds. In the course Of a half hour
twenty-four citizens appeared In court
to respond to their names and duties
Is jurymen. -.
The first twelve names were called,
and as they occupied their seats In the
box, Coffroth began to wonder, Buck
looked agtast, the audience Uttered.
and the Judge tCogginsl thought ''what
next" The jury were requested to
stand up and be worn to answer ques-
lions touching their qualifications to
serve a. Jurors, and there stood twelve
Of Sacramento's most noted "bums,"
"Old Sans" at the head and Happy
Jack" ct the foot-the rag-tag and
bob-tail OF the levee-blacked eyes,
bunged noses and mouths, hair TN
comoed and full Of hay and straw,
bleared faces and rags were the rule
and not the exception. Old Buck was
wild; Caffroth tried to hold him down
but it twas 10 20; he ,arose from his
seat, his mouth full Of "soap," and
with tho majesty Of Richelieu, threw
himself OH the mercy Of the court rs
follows: "May Is please your Honor,
the law says a man may be tried by q
jury Of his peers. II those tpointing to
the jury are my peers, then l VIII
plead guilty" Amid roars Of laughter
tho court was adjourned. Buck de-
clarlng that 1t vas the best foundation
for a farce he ever found, and he would
certainly bring 1t out on the stage, al
though he thought that jury would
have hung him. had they had a chance
to try him, for assault and battery.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-05-16
MORE SENSATION.

In the San Francisco Call of yester-
day We find the following telegram:
VrRGISrA. May l3.-The case OF the
Yellow Jacket FIRE Is being slowly but
surely worked up. A welC-known gen.
tleman of this city has made certain
statements (privately) which are al
most Incredible. and has given the
names and addresses Of several wit
nesses who no says will substantiate
them. These statements implicate.
besides heretofore suspected, parties OF
high standing, and circumstances lend
FEASIBILITY to his story. The gentle
man believes that the mine was not
only purposely fired, but that 1t was
the deliberate purpose Of some OF the
conspiators to destroy two miners, BY
name John O'Brien and Kern Ryan, to
put the seal Of silence on their lips
about certain developments. He DO.
lieves, also, that a conspiracy existed
against Jones before the fire, aud that
1t eliminated for the time In that aw-
full calamity. As SOON rs his state
ments are sufficiently substantiated BY
those to whom he refers for corrobera-
ton. you shall have the particulars.
Thus It would seem that the sensa-
ton lovers are determained to keep up
tho excitement by some means or
other. II, however, there Is really
something positively tangible In this,
and the Virginia man aforesaid act,i-
ally does know and cal prove all he
says he can, We, In common with the
rest of the public of Gold Hill. insist
that he does so, or be made. to do so.
These are, indeed, grave charges, and
tie sooner their truth or total falsity
Is established, the better. But facts,
not sensational assertions, are precise
ly what are acknowledgements pro-
ven facts. and nothing else. We have
always believed the nre WAS accidental,
yet II 1t can be proven otherwise, We
certainly are open to conviction. II,
however, this man cannot prove what
he asserts, he will have to take place
together with his alders and abettors,
among those who would SANDER their
fellow men with baseless sensational
%f,bricatlons, and pander to a depraved
public taste.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-05-16

BODY FoUND.-The dead body Of
man was found Saturday afternoon In
the Yuba river, near the ranch Of MI.
Boggs, about nine miles from Marys-
vile, on the Nevada road, by a young
man who was wandering along the
river bank. It was that Of a white
man, five feet five inches high, Of me-
dunn size, sandy hair and mustache.
He had on blue wooden drawers, white
wooden socks, and a heavy pair OF
mining boots. with q XX on the sole
Of each, made with large tacks. Other
than these, there was nothing to show
who he was or from whence he came.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-05-16
IT has been agreed BY the Democratic

IT has been agreed BY the Democratic
National Executive Committee that
the National Convention Of that party
shall be held at Baltimore on the 9th
Of July next. The call for the conven-
tlon Is Issued, and Invites the cooper
alton Of all conservative citizens.
What sort Of a success this convention
will be, whether better or worse than
the Cincinnati Convention, and. wheth-
er It will indorse Greeley, will depend
upon the political aspects and devel-
opments OF the next two months.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-05-16

FIDELITY REwARDED.-A touching
story Of faithful love comes from Phil
adelphia. A beautiful young girl be-
came engaged In 1851 to gallant of1-
Ger In the Union army. At the close
of the war he went to California to
seek his fortune. She waited patiently
for his return, feeling confident that
he would yet come back to her. SO the
years passed !; gray hairs began to
show themselves In her brown tresses ;
her friends no longer ridiculsd her,
but pitied her as q monomaniac. last
week her fidelity was rewarded. The
lover Of her girlhood returned from
California bronzed and bearded, a mil
iionaire, with q wife and twins.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-05-16

The Utica Observer chronicles an
alleged attempt to assasslnate DIR.
Dunlap. a gentleman well known as a
standing candidate for the Presidency.
a Ia George Francis Train. The Doc
tor now resides at Watertown. He
says that while Oh the way home from
church a few evenings ago some one
fired a pistol at him, and thinks 1t
wal the work Of some Of Greeley or
Grants emissaries, who are jealous Of
him.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-05-16

INDIA Runner TREEs.-rho belt Of
land around the globe five hundred
miles south Of the equator, abounds In
trees producing the gum Of India rub
Der. They can be tapped for twenty
successive seasons, without injury, and
the trees stand so close that one man
can gather the zap Of eight In a day,
each tree yielding OH an average three
tablespoonfuls daily. Forty three
thousand OF these trees have been
.countedin a tract Of land thirty miles
long and eight wide.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-05-16

The Superior Court Of Boston has
decided that a transportation company
cannot detain . man BY force to make
him pay his fare, II he has passed over
the line without q ticket. A man, In
the case In question, said lie had lost
his ticket, or given It to tho wrong
officer, and the company held HIN to
make him pay his fare. He sued for
assault and falsc Imprisonment, and
got a verdict for so.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-05-16

ANOTHER He BRUrE.-The San Fran
cisco Bulletin Of Tuesday says: Ella
Mclaughlin swore out a warrant yes
terday for the arrest Of her husband,
Thomas Mclaughlin, charging him
with assault and battery. Some time
ago he stabbed her several times 10
the neck, but she refused to prosecute
him. About two months ago he struck
her with . chair on the head, produc-
ing a wound several inches In length,
and again she let him 90. Saturday
night he again attacked her, aud mp
peared before tho Court to-day with
both eyes nearly closed.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-05-16

A New YoRk farmer laughed when
his prudent wife advised him not to
smoke on a load Of hay. He footed It
home that night with his hair singed,
most Of his garments a prey 10 the de.
vourlng element, and the ironwork OF
tie wagon 10 = potato sack and then
his wife laughed.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-05-16

SOMEBODY has been trying to prove
that Washington was born In England
In a village by the name Of Cookham.
We see nothing interesting about the
story. but the name Of this political
Bethlehem. Cookham Is good, because
the ham would not b good without
the cook. It spoils the story Of the
Ratchet, aud Of tho garden planted
with Georges name In green cabbage,
but that Is rather In Its favor.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-05-16

A HALIFAX pilot and three assist
ants, who, at great risk. succeeded In
getting aboard q Quebec schooner
which had parted anchor and was
going out to sea with the drift Ice,
were arrested by the agent, on bring
Ing her In. for Illegally entering the
vessel and breaking open the cabin.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-05-16

In 1864 the New York Tribune said
It did not know just where General
Grant vas going to "strike, but 1t
would "advise any one who happened
to DO in his way to get out Of 1t d.
rectly." That was good "advice'
then, and It Is Just as good now.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-05-16

Z VICTOR EMANUEL Is said to be the
best public speaker, oratorically, Of all
the potentates in Europe-manly and
sslf.possessed.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-05-16
MEETING.

OFFICE OF THE KENTUcK MINING
Company, San Francisco, May :, i611.-ln
secordance with Q resolution adopted u . meet.
inr Of the Trustees ofthe Kentnek Mining Com
Stosssbolders Of said Company 10 hereby called,
Inc same TO be held at the once Of the Company
No. ans Montgomery street. San Franclsco,
California. on MONDAY, the 1otA day Of June,
1879, at . O'Clock T. 4, 70 TAX. Into eonIidera;
stock Of ss!d Company from four hundred thou
sand dollars, divided into two thousand shares
OF Of two hundred dollars csch-the present
capital stock-to four million dollars, divided
into twenty thousand shares Of two hundred
p.L. MsDoNKLD.
tsG ia. PRTfCHARD.
J.C. MAYNARD,
JIM. VIM0NT,
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-05-16
For SALE Al 4 BARoAih.

A BRUSSELS CARPET. ONLY m USE
a two months, measuring forty.siIy,rds;
Inquire at B. GALLAND.S DRY 1000, Ssofs'
Gold Hill. Ap~u
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-05-16
LOST,

A SMALL POCKET CASE OF SURGICAL
"A Instruments. The finder VII! DO slitAoy
rewarded BY leaving the ssme at THIS 9noo' OF
at the once OF DR. BRONSON, firg'nM
Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-05-21

THAr PURE and exemplary patriot, the
Hon. J. r. Doollttle, speaking Of the pros
poets Of the Liberal Republican campaign,
says, "As for mon, We only Inquire, are they
honest, and capable, and true 70 their prip.
ciples ," For tho sake Of Mr.. Greeley and
Mr.. Brown Il Is to bs hoped that he will no,
push the honesty" inquiry too far, and that
be viii not make II test Of admlsslon Into
the Liberal ranks. II he docs, We are In
clluei to think that not only will he make
no converts 10 the future, but that II all the
dishonest retormer are driven out the
balance Of the party could be comfortably
Stowed away In q couple Of omnibuses.