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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-04-09
SHOOTING AMONG THE SPORTS.
A Faro Dealer Shos 1t Mineral Hill
Tom Laswell Heard From.

From the Eureka Sentinel Of Saturday.
Night before last at about 9 o'clock,
= difficulty took place among . party
Of sports ut Mineral Hill, which, pro-
baby. resulted fatally to n Of the
participants. Concerning the affair
our correspondent at that place writes
us hastily as follows: "a shooting
affray occurred here tonight In which
one Henry Burgess, a sport, was shot
and dangerously injured. The clrcum-
stances Of the shooting seem to be
about these: Burgess was dealing
faro for James Mann In the Casino sa-
loon, when a dispute arose as to a bet
made by Tom Laswell. The latter Of
fered to furnish Burgess a pistol with
which to defend himself, and walked
across the street to got 1t. In the
meantime Burgess stated that he did
not want to be killed In his seat, and
arose and passed through the saloon
and into the street, when three shots
were quickly fired, resulting as above.
But one shot took effect. The ball
passed through the LEFT side, just above
the diaphram, ranging downward, and
came out Oh the same side close to the
spine. The attending physician re-
ports the wound as very dangerous, but
not necessarily fatal. Laswell was ar
rested and lodged In jail" Daney,
Laswell and Burgess are all we'll
known here. where they spent a good
portion OF tho Winter.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-04-09

A Is the wire stretched between the
two cities; IL the tables on which
are tho instruments In the offices at
either end of the line B the receiving
instrument at Sacramento; g the send
ing instrument do; D the sending in-
stfument and E the receiving instru-
ment In the Office ut San Francisco. A
sending and a receiving operator sit at
the opposite ends of the same table In
each office, and from each instrument
-four In ala ground wire descends
to the earth, thus making two COM
plete circuits over tho single line.
The operator at B pays no attention
to what his colaborer at c is doing, but
sends right through to d, and at the
Same time E Is sending to c, or vice
versa, neither interfering with the
other In any manner. 1t would take
too much space to give all the minor
details Of the invention, and tho tech
nical description would be too abstruse
for the ready comprehension of the
general reader. but q general idea Of
the operation of tho machine may be
gathered from the description given.
The Duplex instruments have been In
practical service for some time In New
York, and their operation here Is so
thoroughly satisfactory that the Com
pany will probably Introduce more Of
chem into their different offices on this
coast. The instrument was invented
In Boston and patented In the United
States; but the same principle, in a
different form, was, we believe, adopted
In Germany several years since. AS
scientific achievement 1t Is a great sue
cess, and 1t has besides an immediate
practical value, which every person
familiar with telegraphiug will recog-
niZo at a glance.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-04-09
WAR DEPARTMENT wHATH1R
MAP

Through the kindness Of Vice Presi-
dent Colfax we have received q copy
Of the weather map, prepared By AL
bert J. Myer, Brigadier General and
Chief Signal officer Of the United
States Army, published BY order Of the
Secretary Of War. This map Il for the
use Of the Signal Service. and tho benz
eft Of commerce, and bears date
Washington, Tuesday, March 18th,
7:35 A. M.-the various peculiar but
easily understandable signs set down
upon 1t giving full indications Of the
weather prevailing at that time all
over the United States. Tho map Is
fourteen by twenty-five inches In size,
comprising the entire territory or area
Of the United States, and showing the
various signal stations throughout the
country, from Maine to San Francisco.
with arrows and lines showing the
direction and comparative force Of the
wind /; also peculiar signs indicating
the weather, rainfall, etc. Appended
Is a printed synopsis or summary de-
script,ve Of the weather during the
past twenty-four hours, as telegraphed
from the different stations, Of which
there are over a hundred, together with
tho probabilities Of what the weather
will DO during the day. It 10 very
plain to see and understand the great
Importance these daily weather charts,
regularly Issued, are and will DO to tho
people of the nation, on land or navi-
eating along the coast. It Is is = very
interesting map. and gives a n excel
lent idea Of the completeness, import
ance and efficiency OF the Signal Ser
vice.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-04-09
DISCOVERIES N MlHERAleaY.

Under this caption the San Diego
Union of March 3Oth says:
A private letter received from DR..
W. J. Hoffman, U. s. A., chief miner
alogist of the Wheeler exploring
expedition, informs lis that the
work Of making up the reports of the
various officers connected with the ex-
ploration party is going forward rap
idly, and that the entire report Of
Lieutenant Wheeler will DO completed
before the expiration Of the coming
Summer. Tho results Of DIR. Hoff-
mans mineral research promise to
prove important. Two new minerals
have been discovered by him, n an
antimoniate Of silver, lead and iron,
and the other q manganate Of silver,
iron, anthony and arsenic. both rich,
yielding from $500 to 5 1900 OF silver
per ton. These minerals have been
worked. but were not known to be
new. Our readers will remember that
we spoke of the probability Of DR..
Hoffman giving to the world tho ben
eft Of his roluminous notes and extern
sive collection Of sketches made by
himself personally while accompany
ing the expedition. We are pleased
to be able to impart the information
that he has made an arrangement with
the Harper publishing company that
he will furnish a series of papers
which will be published In their Mag
azine this Spring. They will certainly
prove interesting; not only because
they will treat Of q country almost
unknown to civilization, but because
the Doctor will be able to give to the
world much that the gifted Loring,
who was the greater portion Of the
time his companion, intended to write,
and which would have been irrevoca-
bly, lost If it were not for the habit Of
taking notes, which has always been q
characteristic of the Doctors.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-04-09
SALT LAKE BURGLARY.

from toe Salt Lake Hsr.'d OF Saturday.
An attempt was made to bu:glarize
the residence Of Ole of the Herald COM
poSitors late on Thursday night, or
early yesterday morning, before he
got home from WORK. The fools ap-
parently didn't know he was connected
with a newspaper, or they never
would have proposed to "operate" In
such a quarter. AS 1t was, his family
called loudly for assistance and the
scoundre!s decamped. He has pro-
vided himself with mitrsilleuse aod
4 battery of double-barreled shot guns,
and cordially invites tho would-be bur-
glars to visit him again. II they do,
he assures us ofan item-that Is, If our
reporter will be able to walk around
enough to do justice to the scattered
debris of the midnight callers.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-04-09
A CRUEL Joke.

The San joaquin Eepublican OF the
Sd instant says:
On Monday last, as the passenger
train over the Central Pacific road was
approaching this city, the engineer dis
covered a man standing on the track.
Thinking Of course he would step OH
before the train reached him. the en-
gineer continued at his usual speed.
The man did not move, and when TOO
late to stop the train before 1t reached
him, the brakes were whistled down
and the engine reversed, but to no pur,
pose-the man was knocked down and
run over. He fell across the track and
both legs we're separated from the
body. The train was backed up to the
scene Of the accident, and conductor
and passengers sprang out and hast
ened to the mangled and lifeless body.
The head and trunk lay on n side Of
the rail, and the legs on the other.
The conductor rushed up, and stopped
and looked; then exclaimed: "Hay,
by all that's holy, and this Is the first
of April" The man was a coat and
pants stuffed with hay. The engineer
Is swearing yet. We are bound to say
that such jokes are dangerous they
might cause the death Of a real man.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-04-09

The third centennial anniversary Of
the independence Of Holland was cele-
brated at tho Hague and other places
on the first Of this month. The war
for the independence Of Hollaod, or
rather against the despotic rue of the
Spaniards, was commenced about 1861.
but It was not until 1872 that the Hol-
anders acquired sufficient spirit and
intelligence to declare their independ-
snoe Of the Spanish crown. The war
continued without interruption until
1909, whom by the armistice Of bort a
cessation Of hosti!ities was secured for
six years. In 1915, with the breaking
out Of tho Thirty Years War IN Ger
many, the Spaniards resumed hosti,i-
ties against the Dutch, and It was not
until 1645 that repose was secured to
Europe by the Treaty Of Westpha!ia,
and Spain acknowledged the indspsnd-
euce Of Holland. The contest which
resulted In Dutch independence lasted
81 years and was the most prolonged
war of which history furnishes a record.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-04-09
THE LONGEST BRIDGE IN THE WORLD.

The Tensas and Mobile bridge. or
bridges, on the Mobile and Montgomery
Railroad, extends from Teusas station,
on the Mobile aud Montgomery road,
to the city of Mobile, a distance Of
fifteen miles, crossing both Mobile and
Tensas rivers aud including ten draws,
one for each Of the naviga6le channels
into which the rivers are divided. The
bridge itself Is constructed of wood,
but It's piers or supports are iron cyiin-
ders, which rest on a solid surface of
wooden piles driven down evenly with
the bottom Of the stream and the mud
Of the intervening morasses. 1t has
been three years IN the course of con-
structlon, at a cost Of about 81, 800. 600,
aud now that 1t has been successfully
completed, 1t Is perhaps the longest
structure on the globe.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-04-09

GENERAL SHERMAN, while In Malta,
was entertained by the officers Of the
s7th Royal Irish Frsllsers or "Faugh
y Ballaughs" as they are called. In
thanking them for the cordial hospital
ity with which they had received him,
he assured them that II they were Or
dered to America, as he bad heard they
were to be, he should DO most happy
to rsciprocats In kind. They would
find a new county and a young army,
whose banner bore no such venerable
names as those Of the battle flag Of the
s7th but he hoped that they would
find that America was not unworthy
Of the mother country from which she
was born.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-04-09

ACCORDING to all act OF Congress,
after February 18th, 1872, every plate
Of boiler iron or steel made for use In
the construction Of steamboat boilers,
must b distinctly and permanently
stamped by the manufacturer thereof
with his name, the place where manu-
featured, and the number Of pounds OF
tensile strain It will bear to the square
inch. Boiler makers r also proh;bi-
ted from either building o: repairing
boilers with unstamped plates. or even
with such plates until they have been
inspected. In consequence Of this leg
islation, the iron manufacturers at the
rolling mills have refused to supply
iron plates for the construction Of
steam boilers and have discharged
their employees. In New York there
sre several steamers requiring new
boilers, which cannot be supplied, in
consequence Of the inability to procure
tho stamped iron plates.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-04-09

On Saturday last, according to the
telegraph, the Lone Pine county was
still in a shaky condition, full Of tre-
mors, and several adobe houses, which
were badly shattered by the frat great
shock, were falling to pieces. A heavy
shock was felt at Lore Pine, Wednes-
day morning, the earth opening In
places, and smoke aud sulphurous
gases escaping from assures. Saturday
mornings heavy shock was felt there,
and In Lynn's Valley, strong enough
to turn people over In their beds. No
particular damage was done, however.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-04-09
PROGRESS IN rElEaRapHIc ART.
From the 8. F. Bulletin of Saturday.

From the 8. r. Bulletin Of Saturday.
When the electric telegraph was first
brought Into practical operation by the
late Professor Morse, 1t was thought
that the system was completed and
that further advance In that direction
was impossible. Nothing In the line
Of mans inventive genius can ever be
completed. Science has no Pillars OF
Hercules with Ne plus ultra inscribed
upon them. Il then required two wires
70 complete the circuit, and messages
could only be sent one way at q time.
Subsequently 1t was discovered that
one wire could be dispensed with. By
carrying a wire down Into the earth at
each end Of tho line, attaching 1t to a
copper plato buried In the moist earth,
the circuit was made complete, the
ground being brought into use, and the
return current being transmitted
through 1t as quickly and completely
as it had been before over the second
wire. Then the old system Of inden-
lions on paper passing over a wheel
by which the messages were recorded,
was done away with, and the opera
tors learned to "read by the ear ="
alone with unerring accuracy, thus
chsapenlng and improving the system
immensely and expedlting the business
Of transmitting aud receiving MESA
ges. 1t then appeared that the system
was really complete and that further
progress OF very important character
WAS out of the question. The art was
really In Its infancy still Is so, prob
ably.
The experiment Of running two rail-
road trains past a given point stimuli
taneously on q single track, has been
tried many times, but never with
marked success /; almost invariably ne
cessitate5 a change of seats by the pas
sengers, and causes other iuconvcni-
ences and unpleasant results to both
the patrons and proprietors of the line.
It seems quite as nearly impossible to
make . success of a similar experiment
In the telegraphing business, but we
have this week had ocular demonstra-
ton of Its perfect pr~actlcability. At
the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany's main Office on California street,
one of Stearn's Patent Duplex Instru-
ments Is now In successful operation,
Its duplicate being at the other end Of
the line at Sacramento. This invention
actually accomplishes the feat Of pass
Ing messages In opposite directions
simultaneously over a single wire, and
that, too, without greasing tho wire.
We will illustrate 1t by a simple dla-
gram
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-04-09

In Maine, IL Is reported there Is a
tract Of land, 454 rods long and 200
rods wide, and containing fifteen farm
houses, which does not belong to any
town and the inhabitants Of which do
not pay any taxes and cannot vote.
When the lines Of adjoining towns
were run. several poor families lived
on this gore Of land. and the aUthorl-
ties not wishing to add to their pau
psrs, excluded the tract from the sur
vavs.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-04-09
LAURA KxEsE and Emma Webb are

LAURA KHENE and Emma Webb are
reported to have started a newspaper
consisting Of seventeen pages. The San
Francisco Chronicle, commenting upon
the idea, pertinently remarks: EVERY
Newspaper person and printer can un-
dsrstand how a "form" Of sixteen pa
ges can b made up" but we confess
to being puzzled about the seven
teenth. Perhaps there Is something
about the ''make up" Of the form Of a
woman's newspaper, as there Is about
the make up Of the form Of the woman
herself, that we men do not under
afand-o
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-04-09

TIE area Of a receangle which will
embrace all the territory Of tho Penn
sylvanla oil region from which oil has
yet boon obtained,i Is about 1000 square
miles, but the whole number Of acres
which have yet produced oil does not
exceed 6 800, equal 70 ten square miles,
or one hundredth part of what Is
known as the "oil region" The re-
giou produced, during 1871. five aid
three-fourths millions Of barrels Of oil.
of forty-three gallons each.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-04-09

Recently while the members Of the
Japanese Embassy were on a visit to
the branch Of the Signal Service at New
York, the officers initiated them in the
mysteries Of tho science. It took n
hour and q half, and was really a Won
der for the Japanese. The knowledge
Of weather q hours In advance was q
matter Of great consideration and
thought with them, and they openly
stated that tho observations mado and
tho results obtained were a matter Of
especial interest to them.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-04-09
GODS COUNTRY.

The Grass Valley Republican Of Sat-
urday, says:
A correspondent writing from the
Jim mine, In Gods Country" near
Gr~aniteville, on the 1st instant, states
that 1t was storming fearfully at that
time. Hail stones as large as hens
eggs, and not half as soft, were being
hurled downward with such fury and
looseness that the writer states "it
was even dangerous to be safe" We
judge from u correspondents letter
that "God's Country Il not a very
safe refuge even for a Christian,
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-04-09

TIE Louisville Journal, referring to
the fact that somebody Is going to
build a hotel In Rhode Island ninety
two feet long and sixty feet wide, ex-
presses astonishment that the authorl-
ties should "psrmlt anybody to put the
State all under one roof In that way"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-04-09
Tsnrss. win send = full delega,

T1nnssEI will send . full delega-
ton TO the Liberal Republican Goa
ventlon At Cincinnati. A feeling that
the deliberations Of this Convention
will b Tery important ia deepening
and tho indications are that It will be
attended by a great part of the brains
and integrity Of the Republican party.
The address Of the leading New York
Republicans, headed by Horace Gree
ley, has created much excitement In
political circles and It Is regarded as a
yery important movement.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-04-09

Coon paying orc has been struck In
tho Gold Tunnel mine near Nevada
City, California, at q depth Of about
400 feet from the surface. In conse-
quencs Of this discovery 1t Is said CASH
wiler and others of San Francisco,
have purchased the California mine,
which Il q continuation Of the Gold
Tunnel. The California paid we'll ten
or twelve years ago, but was after
wards temporarily abandoned.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-04-09

STICK To IT.-A philosopher and
moralist wisely says: LET young
men remember that their chief happi-
ness in life depends upon their faith
In women" Now, young men, do not
lose your faith in women, even If you
behold the one who has vowed to be
shine and thine only" reclining upon
the bosom of another fellow. Have
faith, young men, and you may pos
sibly live to have some other follows
beloved made a comforter for your
neck with hor arms. Faith Is bound
to be rewarded in the end.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-04-09

AaAss1z Il easily satisfied. He says:
"I am satlsf1ed since I have examined
the tsmocaris percei-that trilobites
arc not any more closely related to the
~phyllopods than to any other entomos-
trscp, or 10 the isopods."
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-04-09

IR,sH CONFEDERATION ELECTION
The Burke apd Luby Club, San Fran
cisco, on Saturday last elected and In
stalled officers for the ensuing yea. as
follows: President, Hon. Frank Ma
hon; Secretary. Thomas j. Pine ;
Treasurer, j. J. Murphy. Board Of
Trustees-P. Meany, VIM. Broderlck
and Jas. F. Meagher.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-04-09

J. L. SMITH, Of Austin, has Just COM
pleted a press with which he Is pack
ing snow to be used In lieu Of ice next
Summer. At no time during the win
ter has the weather been cold enough
to CONCEAL the Ice Of Reese river to q
Of more than two and q quarter
inches, consequently a sufficient stock
Of ice could not be formed.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-04-09

A distinguished and successful msr-
chant OF New York. writes: az watch
the papers Of the locality Of my Gus
TONERS, and when I find one who Is too
ssingy to advertise, or if he has with
drawn his advertisement, I immedi-
atsly cloas my account with him. The
man who cannot appreciate the bone
ats Of advertising, will never mako a
successful merchant and Is unsafe to
trust"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-04-09

WAGNER has written IN Imperial
March, In honor Of the German vic
tories. A contemporary says 1t Is "in
the music of the future veln," resem-
bles a concert Of 1000 cats hold next
door to a boiler makers shop In full
blast, and sure to he immensely pop
ular.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-04-09
Tn people Of Phoebe have a theatre
just completed. lts capacity Is suffi-
Gent 70 seat 600 persons.

Tas decrease In the public debt last
month was "a, 39l,4 61. The coin bal
ancs In the Treasury has reached the
enormous sum Of $40, 5OO,610.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-04-09

TEE new trial Of Laura D. Fair, for
tho murder Of Crittenden, Is set for
June Gath. She asks no change Of
venue from San Francisco,
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-04-09
NEW TODAY.
THE YOUNG LADIES'
SOCIAL SOCIETY

LII MEMBERS OF THE YOUNG LADIES'
n Social Society, OF Gold Hill, arc requested
to meet at the Hall'of Liberty Engine Company
No. /. on TUES DAY EVENING",
April 9th, at Z o'clock. All members arc re.
Quested to be present.
BY order Of the President, ans Ct
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-01-05

eey~ a neat present for your wife or
friend can be had by calling at Phillip
Lawrence's Book store, Mineral Point.
Everything that one could desire at this
season of the year for presents, keepsakes,
&c, can be found in abundance at this
establishment. His Chromos are perfect
gems Albums of every variety and finish ;
Books of every style of binding, the con
tents being so diversified as to suit every
one. An abundance of toys of the most
elegant finish and patterns. 1t is not too
late to make presents either for Christmas
or NV Years We have had remarkable
severe weather during tn g Holidays, and
it is altogether likely that not half the
presents have been made this year had
the weather been favorable.
The Mineral Point Book store is the
best place we know of in the county to
procure just the thing wanted for Christ
mas or New Years present.